I have been thinking of getting the Bach 48 Preludes and Fugues for a while. Just thinking what editions of it are good. I have the 2 and 3 part inventions AB edition (brown cover), but sometimes I find AB editions quite heavily edited, and expensive. Does anyone have a favourite edition of this?

I use the AB editions. They were re-edited a few years ago.

I happen to have spare copies of both AB books...Tovey & Samuel Eds.

Depends if you want an urtext, performing edition etc. If you want a good urtext, Henle is one which I use. Trinity has Barenreiter on its syllabus. ABRSM will obviously recommend its own! For more information on editions: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urtext

Thanks FC and semele. I should have added I have studied editing during my masters course, including Urtext, and the philosophy of reproducing the 'original', minor variations, other decisions made by editiors.

One thing I notice about AB editions (more a marketing ploy having their's on the syllabi) is they often have fingering marked in. For something like Bach where the middle parts can change between left and right hands frequently this can be useful, but can also erradicate independant thinking.

How about this edition,Neil?

http://www.sheetmusicplus.com/store/smp_in...3489401&page=01

Even with P&P,probably a lot cheaper.

http://www.xe.com/ucc/