Within a few short measures, the G Major P&F from WTCII leaps with exuberance from the static page into your soul. I wrote of a prelude in WTCI that put me in mind of Hanon. Today’s prelude has unmistakable exercise qualities, but elevated into the heavenly stratosphere by JSB. The fugue would also make a fine technical study if one weren’t humming along and becoming emotionally engaged in the glory of this uplifting P&F. Next time I feel in need of Hanon, I will come here first.