Pavel Zemek Novák - Preludes and Fugues Book 1

'I have no doubt that these 24 Preludes and Fugues are one of the 
finest piano works of our time’    David Matthews 
 
The twenty-four Preludes and Fugues by Pavel Zemek Novák (b.1957) were written for pianist William Howard over a 17-year period (1989-2006) and reflect the evolution of his musical language during this time.
 
 
The 75-minute work is divided into four books, the first two based on the Old Testament and the second two on the New. The 12 Old Testament preludes and 12 fugues all have individual titles, beginning with The Creation of Heaven and Earth and The Creation of Man and ending with two movements called Isaiah. Creation is presented with elemental simplicity, a mostly two-part prelude followed by a one-part fugue.
 
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