Baroque

Prelude in B minor, BWV 855a

Prelude in B minor, BWV 855a by Johann Sebastian Bach, composed 1720. 33 recordings in this catalogue, from 1961 to 2025.

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Most recorded performers

Ordered by the number of recordings in this catalogue.

Emil Gilels

Soloist · 5 recordings

João Carlos Martins

Conductor · 2 recordings

Alexandre Tharaud

Soloist · 2 recordings

Anne Queffélec

Soloist · 2 recordings

Nikolaj Tokarev

Soloist · 2 recordings

Víkingur Ólafsson

Soloist · 2 recordings

Philip Sheppard

Conductor · 1 recording

Alexis Weissenberg

Soloist · 1 recording

Most reissued catalogue entries

Ranked by linked albums in the catalogue, with compilations left out and at most two entries per conductor or soloist. Some entries are candidate groups of movements with shared publications and credits. These connections do not establish a shared recording session, equivalent mastering or recording quality.

Víkingur Ólafsson
catalogue year 2018 · on 4 albums
Browse 1 recording and 4 linked albums
Recordings in this entry
- Recording 1
Linked albums
Peter Gregson, Víkingur Ólafsson
catalogue year 2018 · on 4 albums
Browse 1 recording and 4 linked albums
Recordings in this entry
- Recording 1
Linked albums

Recordings (33 of 33)

Conductor

João Carlos Martins2 Philip Sheppard1

Label

Sony Classical7 Deutsche Grammophon4 Decca Classics3 Мелодия3 MIRARE2 Philips2 Signum Records2 Warner Classics2 CBS Records Masterworks1 Cedille1 ECM New Series1 EMI Classics1

Decade

1960s3 1970s2 1990s3 2000s5 2010s12 2020s5

Credited instrument

Piano28

Performance practice

Source-backed classifications. Unknown means no reviewed evidence is stored.

Unknown33

Recording / performers	Year	Label
Prelude in E minor, BWV 855aBruce Xiaoyu Liu Year: 2025	2025	-	3:16
Prelude in E Minor, BWV 855 (Arr. for Piano by Siloti - In B Minor) [Live]Grigory Sokolov Year: 2023	2023	Deutsche Grammophon	2:46
Prelude in B minor, BWV 855Philip Sheppard Year: 2022	2022	Signum Records	4:45
Prelude in B minor, BWV 855aKhatia Buniatishvili Year: 2021	2021	Sony Classical	4:02
Prelude in B minor, BWV 923Kenneth Hamilton Year: 2021	2021	-	2:50
Prelude B minor, BWV 855aPolina Osetinskaya Year: 2019	2019	Мелодия	3:23
Above and Below, B minorPeter Gregson, Víkingur Ólafsson Year: 2018	2018	Deutsche Grammophon	3:01
Prelude & Fugue, BWV 855a (transcr. by Alexander Siloti): I. Prelude no. 10 in B minorVíkingur Ólafsson Year: 2018	2018	Deutsche Grammophon	3:00
Prelude in B minor, BWV 855AEmil Gilels Year: 2018	2018	Fondamenta	3:34
Suite: Bach was in Another Room (2-7): Prelude BWV 855a (The Children's Room)Ezio Bosso Year: 2017	2017	Sony Classical	2:54
Klavierbüchlein für Wilhelm Friedemann Bach: No. 18. Prelude in E minor, BWV 855Alexandre Tharaud Year: 2015	2015	Warner Music France	3:02
Prelude for Piano in B minor, BWV 855aNikolaj Tokarev Year: 2013	2013	Sony Classical	2:14
Prelude in B minor, BWV 855aAlexandre Tharaud Year: 2013	2013	Warner Classics International	3:02
Prelude in B MinorSimone Dinnerstein Year: 2013	2013	Sony Classical	1:33
Prélude en si mineur, BWV 855aAnne Queffélec Year: 2012	2012	MIRARE	-
PréludeAnna Gourari Year: 2012	2012	ECM New Series	3:40
Prelude in E minor, BWV 855aKonstantin Scherbakov Year: 2011	2011	TwoPianists Records	2:59
Prelude in B minorJames Rhodes Year: 2009	2009	Signum Records	3:19
Prelude for Piano in B minorNikolaj Tokarev Year: 2007	2007	Sony Classical	2:17
Prelude in B minorMartin Stadtfeld Year: 2004	2004	Sony Classical	2:26

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