Prelude and Fugue in G minor "L'orage furieux".

One of my earlier fugues in G minor that happened to be perfectly resonant with my latest prelude back to back. This piece's name in French means "The raging thunderstorm" and is (to me, at least) evocative of the drizzling rain amidst a particularly stormy day.

I also happen to have created a SoundCloud account as of recently, and I will hereon begin posting the definitive versions of my best works therein.

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Edited January 30, 20233 yr by Fugax Contrapunctus

Hi @Fugax Contrapunctus,

The prelude is a very nice toccata, and the fugue is a nice one as always. I love the move to Ab major. I think in some episodes one voice can be silent to allow a thinner two voice passage for contrast and reserve the 3 voices sound for the subject, but that's subjective.

P.S. Your compositional date on the score seems wrong with future date 19/11/2023!

Thanks for sharing!

Henry

Great work.

I only find the prelude a bit tiring because of its never changing frantic rhythm. In the sequences I perceive a relief of the tension.

I thin the fugue is more balanced an varied. Measures 77-81 are a bit odd in the context of the whole piece, but that's my taste. In all, it's a beautiful work.

I agree with @Luis Hernández that measures 78 through 81 are kind of rushed and robotic in this rendition.  If this were performed that would definitely have to be played slower.  I personally like your praeludium better than the fugue.  Your fugue is almost overbearing with the thickness of it's counterpoint.  Thanks for sharing!

The prelude gives me mixed feelings indeed. Too many 16th notes with the same pattern to my taste perhaps, though it's very likely that the digital sound helped a lot in my lack of conviction on this first part of the piece.

The second part is better in my opinion. Its main idea is more interesting, the final passages were surprising in the good way and it reminds me a little of a torment in the near M28. I must say that I liked more other works I've been recently (and not so recently) listening from you, so if this is a more or less old work I can say that I definitely feel the evolution.

Kind regards,
Daniel–Ømicrón.

On 1/26/2023 at 10:55 PM, Luis Hernández said:

only find the prelude a bit tiring because of its never changing frantic rhythm. In the sequences I perceive a relief of the tension.

23 minutes ago, Omicronrg9 said:

The prelude gives me mixed feelings indeed. Too many 16th notes with the same pattern to my taste perhaps, though it's very likely that the digital sound helped a lot in my lack of conviction on this first part of the piece.

But for a toccata like prelude I find this quite fine to have same patterns of rhythmic figure all over the movement, for example the prelude of the C minor and D minor prelude in Bach's WTC I. Maybe as Daniel said it's the problem of the digital sound only.

Henry