This is the interpretation I have been waiting for! I was getting sick of people playing this piece at crazy fast tempi. Sometimes you can barely hear music, but not here. I enjoyed every note
Beautiful venue and equally beautiful playing! The fugue was wonderfully performed, with all the organ-like fanfare that comes with the piece and its key.
I love the D Major Prelude and Fugue from Book I, one of my favourites. The Fugue just sounds so majestic, and has that magical, quintessential high Baroque sound.
Maestro Bracheta, excelente interpretación de este preludio y fuga. El vuelo que le dió a la fuga, las pausas...en fin, una versión que noe.canso de escuchar. Y el análisis que hace, una masterclass!!!
Bach's name in German means "brook" and this piece sounds to me very like a brook flowing and splashing over a rocky bed... but only at first, as it develops in so many unexpected ways.
I would have enjoyed it more if there were not so many tiny waitings, although the idea, not to play notes evenly like a machine is understandable. No problem with the Tempi.
Im trying to learn this piece right now and I don’t have a teacher. How do you select an appropriate tempo for baroque music? I’m using Henle Urtext edition of of the WTC and so there’s no tempo marking.
napoleon, I think michaelarnold’s line is too inaccurate. You say: «I’m using Henle Urtext edition of the WTC and so there’s no tempo marking.» There is both right and wrong. In the baroque period, heartbeat was used as an inaccurate metronome. Both the preludium and fugue have the time signature C. So here «tempo ordinario» applies about 60 heartbeats per minute, 60 crotchets per minute. You can find a lot of information about «tempo ordinario» on the internet.
I think they call this "historical" performance practice, other aspects of which I usually like, but this messing with the micro-tempi, this stuttering is certainly not what the prelude is about. The prelude has such a steady rhythm that absolutely doesn't need any augmentation.
0:10 Prelude
1:53 Fugue
This is the interpretation I have been waiting for! I was getting sick of people playing this piece at crazy fast tempi. Sometimes you can barely hear music, but not here. I enjoyed every note
I totally agree!
I agree too. I prefer to have time to take in all the beauty.
Maybe you were listening too many pianists instead of harpsichordists.I’ll recommend Masaaki Suzuki’s version.
"Nothing kills excitement like speed" - Jorge Bolet.
@@jstoppenhagen And it is not machine-like playing.
So cool. Bach never disappoints.
Bach is love, Bach is life❤
One of my favourites, the fugue is just magical like many others.
Bravo, siempre Bach, maravilloso y siempre grande, precioso clavicembalo
Bach's music is so beautiful🍃
I didn't know Hugh Laurie could play the harpsichord that well... ;-) Thanks a lot for charing!
Hugh laurie definately is skilled enough in keyboard to play this piece if he wanted to...
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Bach é o que há mais próximo do divino!
Nothing I can say about JSBach that has not been said before . The performer is brilliant!
Thank you.
Wow..who knew Willem Dafoe could shred so hard on the harpsichord. Incredible.
Beautiful venue and equally beautiful playing! The fugue was wonderfully performed, with all the organ-like fanfare that comes with the piece and its key.
I love the D Major Prelude and Fugue from Book I, one of my favourites. The Fugue just sounds so majestic, and has that magical, quintessential high Baroque sound.
I’ve been wrestling with this piece for years. Enjoying this thoughtful performance very much.
It’s so beautiful that my work is playing today!
Welcome Boss😁
I really wonder what he’d think. I’m confident this beautiful stuff will be around for as long as humans are on this earth. It’s absolutely timeless
Bach, you are a legend and we will never forget you!
Great job Joe
Triple like! I am going to listen again and again. Thank you so much, from South Africa.
Just lovely! This one is tricky to make "musical", and you've done it wonderfully.
FINALLY! Now WTC I is complete! Looking forward to WTC II if that's even on the table :D
amazing performance and sound quality - bedankt!
Maestro Bracheta, excelente interpretación de este preludio y fuga. El vuelo que le dió a la fuga, las pausas...en fin, una versión que noe.canso de escuchar. Y el análisis que hace, una masterclass!!!
Thank you for the beautiful play
just lovely!
Simple, beautiful and cheerful!
Genial, bravo.
The heavenly sound itself!
I like this. Tempi well chosen, good style. Also the harpsichord is well recorded and sounds ust the way a Flemish instrument should. More please!
Great !
Masterful!
Fantástico!!! Gracias!!! Saludos desde Patagonia Argentina Fernando Hidalgo 3ro
Pieces was so cool
Bravo!
Interpretación perfecta.
Bach's name in German means "brook" and this piece sounds to me very like a brook flowing and splashing over a rocky bed... but only at first, as it develops in so many unexpected ways.
I think of it as an unpredictable butterfly flight
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HIs mini-me is staring at his back thinking, "I didn't know you could play so well."
Mmm Barenreiter text - love
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The Butterfly prelude..
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I would have enjoyed it more if there were not so many tiny waitings, although the idea, not to play notes evenly like a machine is understandable. No problem with the Tempi.
Im trying to learn this piece right now and I don’t have a teacher. How do you select an appropriate tempo for baroque music? I’m using Henle Urtext edition of of the WTC and so there’s no tempo marking.
Use whatever tempo that sits well with you as a sentient human being - trust your own musicality
napoleon, I think michaelarnold’s line is too inaccurate. You say: «I’m using Henle Urtext edition of the WTC and so there’s no tempo marking.» There is both right and wrong. In the baroque period, heartbeat was used as an inaccurate metronome. Both the preludium and fugue have the time signature C. So here «tempo ordinario» applies about 60 heartbeats per minute, 60 crotchets per minute. You can find a lot of information about «tempo ordinario» on the internet.
What temperament is used here?
You could say it's "well tempered" 😂
Well played, but I prefer to play this at a slightly faster tempo and smoother delivery.
I agree
I am not a fan of this romantic way of playing baroque music. I prefer a more solid rhythm.
I think they call this "historical" performance practice, other aspects of which I usually like, but this messing with the micro-tempi, this stuttering is certainly not what the prelude is about. The prelude has such a steady rhythm that absolutely doesn't need any augmentation.