Bach – Prelude BWV 999 – Bream, Guitar

The Prelude in C Minor (BWV 999) is a prelude, possibly for solo lute or another instrument written by the composer Johann Sebastian Bach, probably during the late 1710s or early 1720s. An edition of this work that is arranged for piano is available under the title J. S. Bach: Eighteen Little Preludes, edited by Keith Snell. It has been widely adapted into other instruments such as violin, piano, guitar etc. – Julian Bream.

Bach by Bream

Prelude in D Major

The guitarist Julian Bream performs Bach's Prelude from the Suite No 1 for cello, BWV 1007.

Sonata in G Minor

The guitarist Julian Bream performs the third movement (fuga) from Bach's Violin Sonata No 1 in G Minor

Other Bach’s Prelude on Guitar

Prelude No 1

The Chinese guitarist Xuefei Yang performs Bach's Prelude in C major from the first book of The Well-Tempered Clavier