This song was on a website that said “top 15 easy classical piano songs to play as a beginner and sound like a pro” ... I think they got the pro part right, not the beginner part...
Tragiques KAYAK That’s technically the whole essence of baroque music: Speech in sound. Would recommend you Harnoncourt’s book: “Musik als Klangrede”. There’s an English translation of it too
I'll tell you a trick to this piece how most German pianists teach it. For the Prelude... You use your fifth fingers as pedals, while holding those top notes... only with fingers 5. The harmonies sing that way. Also, the very last note, do a small trill playing E natural, F, E natural and hold it with a pedal at a softness of p. For the Fugue. Live and breathe the voice' theme. Familiarize yourself with each voice by actually taking staff paper, and composing out the voices yourself. And that is how many strict German pianists teach their students this Bach piece.
I tried it, it sounds terrible....to clarify, you do mean hold the highest and lowest notes (from the downbeats) for half the measure? Does it only sound good when played up to speed? It just sounds like drowning out the other notes to me. Do you think Richter does this in his recording?
Beautiful. This music really opens my very soul. .. Something very magical about this piece, the way the key changes occur during the fugue section stirs me deeply!
I don't know Paul, but everytime I get to know a score by heart, your interpretations sound incomparable even to the biggest names in the piano world. They truly talk the same language of my heart. I do understand and get feelings from others, but still your performance voice has the mood of a mother. This is so special for me. Thanks for the vibes.
@@BigEightiesNewWaveall it takes is practice. It’s a skill, not a gift. Treating musicians like they were born with the ability to do this discredits both their efforts and the composer’s work
@@concorde__ I would say there is still a certain level of talent involved but yup. Most is just "are you willing to put in your hours". Like any other one can learn.
@@concorde__spoken as one who has never known anyone with natural, effortless, God - given ability. Some can practice endlessly while others can literally roll out of bed & make a laughing stock in minutes what it took the other years to reach mediocrity. I hope one day you learn this. You do yourself a strong disservice if not.
Playing this piece well looks like a great struggle, what did you think? I always was afraid of Bach, even a bit of Mozart, mostly playing pieces like Mendelssohn's, but THIS prelude of Bach (yeah forget about the fugue) looks like once learned a big trouble to maintain; play it correctly all long AND making it sound not dull, adding creativity.
i got a version of this in itunes and since replays get counted there i can confidently say i heard this more than 500 times. and i havent had enough of it yet
I have commented negatively in the past on several videos, so I picked a random Bach to say something nice: you do make it look effortless. Bach. You make Bach look effortless. There.
A little advice for the fugue: Sing the main theme and it will be clear to you and to anyone who's listening. Anyway, this performance is stunning!thanks
my favorite performance of this prelude. i feel like this tempo is perfect; love the smorzando done when going to the presto and the smooth transition to the adagio! i feel like most pianist play all the piece in a allegro-presto dynamic and the difference between parts is hardly noticed. really good work !!
Wow the voicing in the fugue is absolutely out of this world. I am also practising this piece and my god the way you bring out the lowest voice from 2:39 to 2:45 is incredible. This fugue is pure art and to play it well takes a great amount of effort and energy
My god, how am I supposed to play this for my piano exam?? edit: y'all are rly blowing up my notifs huh. to keep it concise, i ended up playing the prelude & fugue in b flat major (book 1) since my teacher wanted me to learn that one instead. I ended up getting 8.5/12 (70%); not that great but my overall exam was 83/100 so ig that's fine.
Genial! Llevo un tiempo tocando el piano. Todavía no me atrevo con los preludios y fuga de Bach. Desafortunadamente nunca he podido memorizar muy fácil. De momento voy a disfrutar viéndote tocar de esa forma tan maravillosa. Excelente trabajo.
My teacher always insisted that each note should be played as staccato,exactly the way you're playing it. I imagine this piece being played in a more agile way. Hearing the notes played in a legato manner makes me think about a boiling soup,while each note should be perceived like putting pearls on a thread to make a necklace,lol. That'd be my way of seeing it. English isn't my first language so I may not have expressed my thoughts accurate enough,but you probably got the point. Piano isn't my first instrument either.I specialised in violin The piano was mandatory so I had to study it.
Try to play it like you imagine, don't let social pressure and music history define what it should sound like exactly... As long as you play what is written in the score, you should do what you prefer, even if your teacher doesn't agree with you...
The thing is, this is baroque music. This wasn't meant for a piano. It was meant for a hapsichord. And if you ever heard that instrument, you might have noticed that the sound dies quickly. I think this guy ( and your teacher ) is trying to mimic the sound of a hapsichord by doing staccato. That makes complete sence in my eyes, as it was written for a one. But if you prefer legato over history, I mean, that's fine. Who knows, if there was an actual piano in Bach's time, would he make this legato? We can't know. Whatever sounds good to your ears as far as I'm concerned. In the end, it's about how YOU interpret it.
The presto movement of this prelude gets me every time! So happy you're uploading stuff from the WTC. I just started learning the 48 by Bach using the progressive order of difficulty that Bartok used to teach with. So it's perfect timing!
Here you go! It takes into account compositional difficulty and complexity of the counterpoint- not just technical difficulty. 1. no. 15 in G (Book II) 2. no. 6 in Dm 3. no. 21 in Bb 4. no. 10 in Em 5. no. 20 in Am (Book II) 6. no. 11 in F 7. no. 2 in Cm 8. no. 9 in E 9. no. 13 in F# 10. no. 21 in Bb (Book II) 11. no. 6 in Dm (Book II) 12. no. 19 in A (Book II) 13. no. 11 in F (Book II) 14. no. 19 in A 15. no. 14 in F#m 16. no. 18 in G#m 17 no. 2 in Cm (Book II) 18. no. 5 in D 19. no. 7 in Eb 20. no. 14 in F#m (Book II) 21. no. 7 in Eb (Book II) 22. no. 1 in C 23. no. 17 in Ab 24. no. 13 in F# (Book II) 25. no. 15 in G 26. no. 12 in Fm (Book II) 27. no. 1 in C (Book II) 28. no. 24 in Bm (Book II) 29. no. 10 in Em (Book II) 30. no. 16 in Gm 31. no. 5 in D (Book II) 32. no. 18 in G#m (Book II) 33. no. 24 in Bm 34. no. 9 in E (Book II) 35. no. 4 in C#m (Book II) 36. no. 23 in B 37. no. 3 in C# (Book II) 38. no. 12 in Fm 39. no. 3 in C# 40. no. 8 in D#m (Book II) 41. no. 22 in Bbm 42. no. 17 in Ab (Book II) 43. no 4 in C#m 44. no. 8 in D#m 45. no. 20 in Am 46. no. 22 in Bbm (Book II) 47. no. 16 in Gm (Book II) 48. no. 23 in B (Book II)
Maravillosa la ejecución, con la gran ayuda del cifrado en la parte superior. No se podía pedir más, porque llevaba más de mediodía tratando de hallar esta partitura, y vengo a hallarla aquí, con postre incluido. Thanks a lot. RP.
"The Well-Tempered Clavier" was ostensibly a training manual for beginners and intermediate players. I mean...yeah... I love how Bach was a bit clueless about what beginners and intermediate players can do. He lived in another universe, and we're all the better for it! :D
Paul, thank you so much for these WTC uploads!! I've been waiting patiently for these without asking. I still continue to revisit your treatments of GBV, Inventions, and Sinfonias. Bach sounds so lovely on that Feurich and without doubt, beautifully played. Keep going if time permits. Thank you for your selfless contributions to this community. Cheers and Happy New Year to you and your family. -Stephen
this piece is so so so gorgeous. so amazing. thank you for sharing your interpretation of it, it's wonderful. i hope to be able to finish learning this piece soon!
I'd like Praeludium bit more slower and more variation in tempo. I like Kimino Ishizaka's interpretation more. Probably I got too used to her interpretation.
By far my favorite version of this. Why do some people play it so fast? In my opinion it loses its feeling and all the notes get crammed together.. This sounds nice and smooth....
I finished the prelude and fugue in c major, then my teacher told me to work on the second, which was this one. I was happy and excited, until i saw the score.
Right. It was literally Hanon, then Bach, then whatever recital pieces we wanted to play. Usually some Beethoven sonatas mixed in the semester, as well.
moisés chic garrido It is, but that’s what these pieces are meant to have you practice, amongst many other things. That’s why they are so commonplace in most students’ repertoire.
Playing Bach somehow makes you feel like this is the original way the piano was meant to be played and everything else is just an imitation. Every key, every chord just comes together to sound so effortlessly perfect as if the piano itself deliberately tries to adjust to the piece and not the other way around as it normally feels like. I don't even listen to Bach's piano pieces that much but playing them is just out of this world.
Excellent performance . I did an atonal youtube video of it. The key to playing this piece is to practice slowly, glancing first at your left and the right.
Thank you for this beautiful interpretation, Paul Barton-Gould! (forgive me, I'm joking....). I confess this is my favourite Bach's prelude-fugue, and you make fully honour to this masperpiece!!
0:10 Prelude
1:46 Fugue
Thx!
Brilliant
Hero❤
I’ve been finding the timestamp of prelude for a whole hour
Tysm❤😊
This song was on a website that said “top 15 easy classical piano songs to play as a beginner and sound like a pro” ... I think they got the pro part right, not the beginner part...
yeah I agree it seems in Piano world and musical word "'intermediate" level is relative especially in classical music...
@Tranhoang Long This one is actually in c minor. You mean the C major.
I’ll be the one to say it so no other wannabe has to. It is called a _pecie_
@@azureNotsure Actually, it's a piece.
Max Gregory Compositions no, it’s a joke ;D
jk, that mistake was on my part lol
Bach obviously liked to torture his students, so technical yet so smooth to listen to, he was truly a genius
Turning a person into a virtuoso is not torture
Hema Nagaraja tell that to Beethoven
Hema Nagaraja wait a minute.. grandma is that you?!
Hema Nagaraja no grandma!! don’t beat me! i’ll play for 3 more hours!! just... don’t... hit me again
hahaaa nice comment. I started it, and it seems that I have to work harder to finish it !
01:18 - when someone's been talking at you constantly and they finally get to the point.
1:07 - " yes we know skip all the extra talk, get to the point."
@@amirkdd9641 z
Tragiques KAYAK That’s technically the whole essence of baroque music: Speech in sound. Would recommend you Harnoncourt’s book: “Musik als Klangrede”. There’s an English translation of it too
Either that, or when the person you've been talking to still doesn't understand what it is you were trying to say. :P
so if you learn this you can talk in music, epic win
Your name should be Paul Bachton
@@ludhannsebastivanbachthove4987 You are myth... mitou você! kkk
No HE is bad
@@armandoaraujo6128 Very very bom yout inglês man
Lmao still works if told in German
Tou si nu bachtton
I'll tell you a trick to this piece how most German pianists teach it. For the Prelude... You use your fifth fingers as pedals, while holding those top notes... only with fingers 5. The harmonies sing that way. Also, the very last note, do a small trill playing E natural, F, E natural and hold it with a pedal at a softness of p. For the Fugue. Live and breathe the voice' theme. Familiarize yourself with each voice by actually taking staff paper, and composing out the voices yourself. And that is how many strict German pianists teach their students this Bach piece.
Ludwig Van Beethoven I guess you would know, would you not? Lol
Katie dear, JS would know better!
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I tried it, it sounds terrible....to clarify, you do mean hold the highest and lowest notes (from the downbeats) for half the measure? Does it only sound good when played up to speed? It just sounds like drowning out the other notes to me. Do you think Richter does this in his recording?
That’s exactly how my teacher told me to play it.
Actually, one of my favourite Bach WTC preludes ... Oh.. so powerfull but emotional at the same time :)
Wtc 2 no 15... not bad either !
No7 wtc 2 😍
@@dlefil1364 i even like it
I love this prelude ❤
outstanding performance! for me, J.S.B is the pinnacle of what the human brain is capable of. To create such a thing from nothing truly is miraculous
Beautiful. This music really opens my very soul. .. Something very magical about this piece, the way the key changes occur during the fugue section stirs me deeply!
I don't know Paul, but everytime I get to know a score by heart, your interpretations sound incomparable even to the biggest names in the piano world. They truly talk the same language of my heart. I do understand and get feelings from others, but still your performance voice has the mood of a mother. This is so special for me. Thanks for the vibes.
Absolutely wonderful reply, very well said.
That sequence at 2:50 reminds me a lot of Vivaldi's cello concertos......The way it ends on that sixth gives me the chills!!
Circle of 5ths - used commonly throughout Baroque music and really all classical music even today (besides the atonal ones obviously lol)
I also found Musical phrases from Vivaldi's pieces , into Bach Pieces.
It’s called a progression
One of the best performances of Bach I've ever heard
It seems Im back watching this after playing Before Your Eyes, truly a throwback....it instantly jump started old memories..
at 2:28, the way you keep the melody pronounced is incredible. i have never been able to make the lower melody on the right hand stand out like that.
Yes ❤😊
Me either, I never got past chopsticks. My mom however could read music and play anything by ear.
@@BigEightiesNewWaveall it takes is practice. It’s a skill, not a gift. Treating musicians like they were born with the ability to do this discredits both their efforts and the composer’s work
@@concorde__ I would say there is still a certain level of talent involved but yup. Most is just "are you willing to put in your hours". Like any other one can learn.
@@concorde__spoken as one who has never known anyone with natural, effortless, God - given ability.
Some can practice endlessly while others can literally roll out of bed & make a laughing stock in minutes what it took the other years to reach mediocrity.
I hope one day you learn this. You do yourself a strong disservice if not.
Must be cool to have a piano that displays the musical score in HUGE notes right on the closed lid!
its added after lmfaooo
@@andrewherman8942 no way
@@_xeon Sorry to inform you my friend but it is😂😮😅
The joke went over a lot of people's heads
In every single TH-cam video ever where there is a comment that makes a joke like this, there's always at least a few replies that take it seriously
This is a very beautiful melody -- the pianist who plays it makes it the most beautiful way I've ever seen and heard.
I’m learning these pieces for an audition, and this is where I always come for reference on my playing. Thank you for your beautiful rendition!
I found a composer who wrote prelude and fugue in 2020 this is the new bach!!!!
th-cam.com/video/o5EjIgsFX5U/w-d-xo.html
@Emilioooo I got in! But I decided piano wasn’t what I wanted my career to be in, so I left after one semester. Now I’m studying chemistry!
@@samtranstrum2200 good for you! Hope chem works out for you:)
Playing this piece well looks like a great struggle, what did you think? I always was afraid of Bach, even a bit of Mozart, mostly playing pieces like Mendelssohn's, but THIS prelude of Bach (yeah forget about the fugue) looks like once learned a big trouble to maintain; play it correctly all long AND making it sound not dull, adding creativity.
i got a version of this in itunes and since replays get counted there i can confidently say i heard this more than 500 times.
and i havent had enough of it yet
You! I like. ( :
andras schiff is one hell of a man
Pianists are still afraid to play Bach's Prelude and Fugue from the Bad Tempered Clavier.
its called "The Well Tempered Clavier"
@@CodeNameParis . I think he knew that. He was just making a joke.
sailor7k r/wooosh
Yeah! Which do you prefer from this book ?
fugue in A suffering
I have commented negatively in the past on several videos, so I picked a random Bach to say something nice:
you do make it look effortless.
Bach. You make Bach look effortless.
There.
A little advice for the fugue:
Sing the main theme and it will be clear to you and to anyone who's listening.
Anyway, this performance is stunning!thanks
my favorite performance of this prelude. i feel like this tempo is perfect; love the smorzando done when going to the presto and the smooth transition to the adagio! i feel like most pianist play all the piece in a allegro-presto dynamic and the difference between parts is hardly noticed. really good work !!
Wow the voicing in the fugue is absolutely out of this world. I am also practising this piece and my god the way you bring out the lowest voice from 2:39 to 2:45 is incredible. This fugue is pure art and to play it well takes a great amount of effort and energy
This is....I don't know... I'm speechless!!! I'm sure Bach would be too....listening to your amazing performance!!!! You're great Paul!!!!
Ah the hope of the Picardy third that all can be healed. There is hope. Thank you♡
You have incredible control over this instrument. Beautiful piece, well done
My god, how am I supposed to play this for my piano exam??
edit: y'all are rly blowing up my notifs huh. to keep it concise, i ended up playing the prelude & fugue in b flat major (book 1) since my teacher wanted me to learn that one instead. I ended up getting 8.5/12 (70%); not that great but my overall exam was 83/100 so ig that's fine.
Wait my speed is at 1.25. Oops
Slow down darling you're no Gouldy.
except Gould played this piece slower than this...
Marcus, well how did the piano exam go?
Me too
Far better than ANYBODY I've ever heard (and I heard the greatest ones, but you are among them if not better!)
the "slow" tempo makes it incredibly beautiful!
A renowned work and beautiful performance. Thank you so very much for sharing.
Genial! Llevo un tiempo tocando el piano. Todavía no me atrevo con los preludios y fuga de Bach. Desafortunadamente nunca he podido memorizar muy fácil. De momento voy a disfrutar viéndote tocar de esa forma tan maravillosa. Excelente trabajo.
Here from Before your Eyes , Really great experience
No mordent at the end of the prelude I'm about to freak out
What do you call an introductory segment, at the beginning of a piece that repeats?
Spencer Virtue you didn’t have to full on roast him
My teacher always insisted that each note should be played as staccato,exactly the way you're playing it. I imagine this piece being played in a more agile way. Hearing the notes played in a legato manner makes me think about a boiling soup,while each note should be perceived like putting pearls on a thread to make a necklace,lol.
That'd be my way of seeing it.
English isn't my first language so I may not have expressed my thoughts accurate enough,but you probably got the point.
Piano isn't my first instrument either.I specialised in violin The piano was mandatory so I had to study it.
Nicolae lol ok v: nvm
i suppose you meant "non-legato" instead of "staccato"
@@havryliuk He is playing it staccato in the most part :P
Try to play it like you imagine, don't let social pressure and music history define what it should sound like exactly... As long as you play what is written in the score, you should do what you prefer, even if your teacher doesn't agree with you...
The thing is, this is baroque music. This wasn't meant for a piano. It was meant for a hapsichord. And if you ever heard that instrument, you might have noticed that the sound dies quickly. I think this guy ( and your teacher ) is trying to mimic the sound of a hapsichord by doing staccato. That makes complete sence in my eyes, as it was written for a one.
But if you prefer legato over history, I mean, that's fine. Who knows, if there was an actual piano in Bach's time, would he make this legato? We can't know.
Whatever sounds good to your ears as far as I'm concerned. In the end, it's about how YOU interpret it.
Guess who's Bach
Bach again
J.S Bach
Tell a friend
Y’all are every where😂😂😂
Now this looks like a bach for me
so everybody just play to me
we need a little tchaikovsky
cause it feels so liszt without me
Two set!
Imma raise a perfect counterpoint
InTeReStInG
Marvelous... just plain marvelous! Thank you for sharing this and the other P. & F.s
BRILLIANT presentation. For the performance and the untold EDUCATION that it will offer everyone ♥♥♥♥
very lovely music, paul! bach was a genius
I am currently learning this piece, and I must say that he plays it amazingly
The presto movement of this prelude gets me every time!
So happy you're uploading stuff from the WTC. I just started learning the 48 by Bach using the progressive order of difficulty that Bartok used to teach with. So it's perfect timing!
Jordan Stephens where can i find the progressive order ?
Here you go! It takes into account compositional difficulty and complexity of the counterpoint- not just technical difficulty.
1. no. 15 in G (Book II)
2. no. 6 in Dm
3. no. 21 in Bb
4. no. 10 in Em
5. no. 20 in Am (Book II)
6. no. 11 in F
7. no. 2 in Cm
8. no. 9 in E
9. no. 13 in F#
10. no. 21 in Bb (Book II)
11. no. 6 in Dm (Book II)
12. no. 19 in A (Book II)
13. no. 11 in F (Book II)
14. no. 19 in A
15. no. 14 in F#m
16. no. 18 in G#m
17 no. 2 in Cm (Book II)
18. no. 5 in D
19. no. 7 in Eb
20. no. 14 in F#m (Book II)
21. no. 7 in Eb (Book II)
22. no. 1 in C
23. no. 17 in Ab
24. no. 13 in F# (Book II)
25. no. 15 in G
26. no. 12 in Fm (Book II)
27. no. 1 in C (Book II)
28. no. 24 in Bm (Book II)
29. no. 10 in Em (Book II)
30. no. 16 in Gm
31. no. 5 in D (Book II)
32. no. 18 in G#m (Book II)
33. no. 24 in Bm
34. no. 9 in E (Book II)
35. no. 4 in C#m (Book II)
36. no. 23 in B
37. no. 3 in C# (Book II)
38. no. 12 in Fm
39. no. 3 in C#
40. no. 8 in D#m (Book II)
41. no. 22 in Bbm
42. no. 17 in Ab (Book II)
43. no 4 in C#m
44. no. 8 in D#m
45. no. 20 in Am
46. no. 22 in Bbm (Book II)
47. no. 16 in Gm (Book II)
48. no. 23 in B (Book II)
Jordan Stephens thanks alot !!!
Jordan Stephens do you play both the prelude and fugue for each?
Jordan Stephens tks
Hi Paul, could you make a tutorial for Ravel Jeux D'eau please? or Brahms hungarian rhapsody no.1?
Those bass runs are just so satisfying
That’s amazing! My favourite Bach’s prelude and fugue in WTC.
playing these two for my Grade 7 exam today, wish me luck!
Красивая подача материала. Очень интересно, следишь за партитурой, руками и слушаешь. Просто класс!!!
Thanks with your video I'm almost finished learning preludio n 2 and now starting with Fuga n 2!
Learning this for my grade 8, this is awesome. Thanks Paul!
Ben Treacy it s only grade 5
That's in accordance with the Henle Scale.
Archie H. Jelbert in the henle I believe it's a RCM grade 9 if anyone's wondering.
+Bobowobo You are correct
Archie H. Jelbert it's grade 8 abrsm
Paul Barton, meu Deus! Quem é esse cara? Ele é fantástico! Personifica tudo o que pode haver de melhor em arte.
I LOVE the way the video is set up!!! It's nice to see the Pianist's hands...it looks so effortless.. but I know, it's not. Bravo! ♥
Maravillosa la ejecución, con la gran ayuda del cifrado en la parte superior. No se podía pedir más, porque llevaba más de mediodía tratando de hallar esta partitura, y vengo a hallarla aquí, con postre incluido. Thanks a lot. RP.
played so beautifully and soulfully. we are currently learning that and are taking this as an example. Thank you very much!!!
Браво! Правильная подача материала,как и должен звучать Бах,а именно и темп и динамическая окраска и само прикосновение клавиатуры. Спасибо!
Amazing! Why would ppl put thumbs down? Excellent music and great performance, I added it to my YT playlist. Thank you.
de hash hkkop
Paul performs flawlessly. Bars 28 and 29 are executed with such poise.
It looks like you're tickling the ivories.
thats illegal.
Plastics*
@@mariaf.1275 i mean he does hang out with elephants a quite a lot... bit suspicious innit
he was hitting the range, in a pianistic way
@@HueNost *THE ELEPHANTS ARE DYING*
Best performance of this piece by far. Most individuals that perform this struggle greatly with tempo
"The Well-Tempered Clavier" was ostensibly a training manual for beginners and intermediate players. I mean...yeah... I love how Bach was a bit clueless about what beginners and intermediate players can do. He lived in another universe, and we're all the better for it! :D
Bach was a madman...and so are you!
Paul, thank you so much for these WTC uploads!! I've been waiting patiently for these without asking. I still continue to revisit your treatments of GBV, Inventions, and Sinfonias. Bach sounds so lovely on that Feurich and without doubt, beautifully played. Keep going if time permits. Thank you for your selfless contributions to this community. Cheers and Happy New Year to you and your family. -Stephen
this piece is so so so gorgeous. so amazing. thank you for sharing your interpretation of it, it's wonderful. i hope to be able to finish learning this piece soon!
I always say this but my god Bach was such a madman, and beautiful playing dude
the perfect bach's prelude, for sure
great playing
I'd like Praeludium bit more slower and more variation in tempo. I like Kimino Ishizaka's interpretation more. Probably I got too used to her interpretation.
This songs is amazing...looking the score and the finale that is like the jazzy release of all the energy at the super fast prelude
By far my favorite version of this. Why do some people play it so fast? In my opinion it loses its feeling and all the notes get crammed together.. This sounds nice and smooth....
The version of Glenn Gould is the best
Kimiko ishizaka did a version I like
@@djimencal17shoutout to the kid
Wonderful reading of these exquisite pieces and very interesting sound indeed using the unique pedal. Extends the instrument into fascinating realms
0:00 : Prelude
1:45 : Fugue
Amazing!!!! Very impressive Paul, thank you for uploading
I finished the prelude and fugue in c major, then my teacher told me to work on the second, which was this one. I was happy and excited, until i saw the score.
Extremely beautiful playing. Great virtuoso plus musicality
Its like a Hanon excercise on steroids
Lmfao ye
I love the feeling of urgency I get from this prelude. So dramatic.
I'm learning this right now. And this is a grade 9 piece. I love the prelude way more than the Fugue!
is it grade 9? Ive realy jumped in the deep end
Which one is grade 9? The prelude or fugue?
50 subs?? • 198 years ago they're both grade 9
Both are in the level 9 books
I like the fugue better.😅
This wonderful performance is a paramount gift to Bach lovers
beautiful recording. Especially love the transition to presto here 1:02
Yes ❤😊
Learning this prelude again now after forgetting even playing it 12 years ago. Very cool peice
I don't get the comments. This is like the hanon you have to play. It's not even that hard compared to the later WTC Preludes and Fugues
Right. It was literally Hanon, then Bach, then whatever recital pieces we wanted to play. Usually some Beethoven sonatas mixed in the semester, as well.
The thing is that having a good and equilibrated voicing in this polyphonic pieces is SOOO damn hard
moisés chic garrido It is, but that’s what these pieces are meant to have you practice, amongst many other things. That’s why they are so commonplace in most students’ repertoire.
@@TyronTention correct
Im leaening the piece and this has been a big help so far
Love the variation in dynamics.
バッハは当時チェンバロを使いながら作曲した
そのコンポーザーの思いにシンクロするような、まるでチェンバロでの演奏のような奏法ですね！
marvelous!
1:13 that part of presto is awesome
Thoroughly enjoyed!
Be truthful piano players, how much do you hate Bach on a scale of 1 to 10? Counterpoint madness, a delight for the ear a nightmare for the fingers
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Playing Bach somehow makes you feel like this is the original way the piano was meant to be played and everything else is just an imitation. Every key, every chord just comes together to sound so effortlessly perfect as if the piano itself deliberately tries to adjust to the piece and not the other way around as it normally feels like. I don't even listen to Bach's piano pieces that much but playing them is just out of this world.
why is bach so genius!
WHY? Why is the sky blue?
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Awesome to see you play it
THAT G at 01:07 . Majestic
Agreeable❤🎉😊
A master of the keyboard playing the Master of Counterpoint! Thanks!!
It's funny everybody complaining about how difficult this looks... this is considered one of the easiest Prelude & Fugues.
Upload a video of you playing it
@@zeb236 Thats not an argument you moron
@@zeb236 do You play the Piano?
a totally flawless composition... mind blowing
Anyone noticed that the music is slightly ahead of the hands or it is just me?
Watch in slow motion and you will see its not lining up at all...
I checked it in slow motion. It lines up. Maybe your eyes are behind?
It's just you
Probably the best version that I've ever heard
The harmonic pedal thing really makes a difference
Excellent performance . I did an atonal youtube video of it. The key to playing this piece is to practice slowly, glancing first at your left and the right.
The only video where I find the tempo perfect.
0:11-3:29 my favorite part
Love how the last part of the prelude hints at the subject of the fugue
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Hi Paul, I can not download the mp3 and I can not find the scores either. But thanks for the video, I had a hard time finding it.
Thank you
That tonic pedal in the end was beautiful
Bach loved writing fugues
Thank you for this beautiful interpretation, Paul Barton-Gould! (forgive me, I'm joking....). I confess this is my favourite Bach's prelude-fugue, and you make fully honour to this masperpiece!!