As a species we are so lucky that so much of Bach's work was not lost and survives. His preeminent musical intuition and understanding has never been surpassed. What was lost is unpriceable!
@@nightshadegatito I suppose it's possible someone might uncover some heretofore undiscovered manuscripts, but it's been so long since they were written, and a lot of people have been looking for almost as long. Every now and then things like that happen - take the dead sea scrolls. But Bach was so prolific and it's clear he wrote a lot more than anyone has found to date. In his time his music was considered antiquated and was not really popular, or so I've heard, so it wasn't considered valuable then.
Duh... Stupid comment? Bach's music IS NOT for "concentration". It deserves a HIGH DEGREE OF CONCENTRATION ITSELF. Its required if you are to hear the strettos, the subject inversions, the countersubjects. If you think its 'background music' you are dumb, and Bach would've slapped you. Every music written by a skilled composer is stimulating, it doesnt matter the period.
@@MrGuilherme1100 Its a voice leading indication. It means the voice that was being written on the lower staff and played with the left hand now switches to the upper staff and thus is played by the right hand. In this case it was the Alto. Its important to be able to clearly identify the voice leading of the 4 parts so these indications are of much value to the performer or student of the fugue.
Very true thinkermanmusic. Contrary to the 1st book of the WTC, the 2nd book has all sorts of variants. Kenneth Gilbert, the performer here, decided to side with the smaller "ossias" which I could not fit into the screen. I'm impressed with your ear and observation and I thank you for pointing that out.
Love how the C Major prelude sounds like the intro to a long awaited album. Bach was like “Yo guys I just dropped my newest album in all 24 keys, it’s even better than the first one”
In my personal opinion, nothing can top the 1st one!! It has a nostalgic and unique feel to it, especially the first fugue in C major and the prelude in D minor
just played through (i'm a violinist and composer) the entire 2nd book to this harpsichordist...jumping around the different lines. 2 1/2 hours just like that. and the neighbors appreciate it too.
Hello Iaiosto, It was Herr Bach who chose to call the the titles what they are (not me). As to why? I'll have to quote the Bach expert Christoph Wolff: "...the Preludes & Fugues of the WTC manifest his (Bach's) resolve to leave nothing untried, even if it meant exploring avenues where no one had gone before... He set the stage by exploiting fully the chromatic and enharmonic potential of the keys...".
Раніше я майже кожен день заходив слухати "Добре темперований клавір" саме на цей канал. Почути таку сумну новину про автора каналу було великою несподіванкою. Спочивай з миром, друже.
Nem em mil vidas aprenderia tal maravilha, um trabalho imenso, escrito a bico de pena, a luz de velas, às vezes em meio de dificuldades para sustentar uma prole imensa, não seria um verdadeiro milagre?
Absolutely. I can play a piece in Db major and it sounds warmer than something in C# major. Furthermore, when I've sang in choirs for professionally for world-reknowned orchestras and such, I can absolutely tell you the tuning of a note is based completely on the context of the tonality and harmonic structure.
"no double sharps are allowed in key signatures" Well, you are correct there. The Ministry for the Standardization and Control of Key Signatures would in fact jump on anyone who did this and impose substantial fines. If I'm not mistaken Bartok himself had to pay exactly such fines for some of his non-standard key signatures found in the Microcosmos. Thank you so much for reminding me! You've saved me a lot of money!
Is it just me, or is fuga 13 just about the most perfect piece of music ever constructed? The prelude is amazing too. Well, as E. Power Biggs once said, one's favorite Bach piece is whichever piece one happens to be listening to at the time....
My theory teacher said that if you go from a perfect 5th to a dim/aug 5th, it is acceptable. It's normally fronwed upon, but it is ok to use on occation or if it improves voice leading! Also, Bach often broke many of his rules. He invented them, and then broke them on purpose.
Thanks a lot fo uploading this video. It's helping me in trying to play Bach's masterwork.I like the scrolling the way it is placed. It couldn't be better done.
I would say that missing a Picardy third is a pretty major (pun is definitely intended) mistake, as it really isn't difficult to do. I would be expect that the performer would re-record it, but as this isn't the case: I think that the player might have been working from a different edition (but it's not likely that a Picardy third is something editors would be unsure about).
I love the technical rebuttal's you get on these web sites. Bach himself was very technical in his scoring, which is why some musicians find him hard to play Gruss Gott leiber herr Bach und de musik ist so schoen !
after listening to the Prelude in D major BWV 874 i automatically thought about Mozart's sonata for two pianos KV 448 , Bach really is the Father of the classical music he surely inspired every single composer that came after him .
While many people consider Mozart as the greatest of all time (and I have no quarrel with that), Bach will always be the greatest for me, even above Mozart and Beethoven, because I cannot think of a single composer who has had such a towering influence on generations of composers that succeeded him. Hnadel, perhaps. But Bach's compositional techniques and harmonies were revolutionary and hardly understood during his time, especially as he became more and more esoteric in his later works. Counterpoint was going out of fashion within the last decade of his life. Yet every major composer of note for the next two centuries at least cited and copied him.
Interesting scrolling of the whole book 2 of this The Well Tempered Clavier composed by the counterpoint rebel who breaks rules Johann Sebastian Bach. Sounds pretty good.
WHOEVER IS THE HARPSICHORDIST? CONGRATULATIONS ON ONE OF THE MOST SATISFYING MUSICAL EXPERIENCES I HAVE EVER LISTENED TO. IT IS A WONDERFUL PERFORMANCE.
I find the theme of the G Minor fugue interesting. The same note repeated 6 times generally does not make for an interesting melody, yet the voicing of the fugue definitely makes up for that.
Repeated 7 times in fact! There's also a fugue loosely based off a choral where the theme opens with a note repeated 8 times. th-cam.com/video/l-KhI_vU8_I/w-d-xo.html
Excellent recording! AS for the work itself, I will follow Albert Einstein's advice: " Regarding Bach's work, I have this to say: listen, play, love, revere and keep your mouth shut!". On question though: which harpsichord is Gilbert playing on, and what's the pitch and the tuning used? I have a feeling it's on the low side(A = 415) and it's not ET. Am I correct?
1:06:51ІІ т. №12 прелюдія f 1:11:04 ІІ т. №12 фуга f 1:31:02 ІІ т. №16 прелюдія g 1:32:56 ІІ т. №16 фуга g 1:54:18 ІІ т. №20 прелюдія a 1:57:01 ІІ т. №20 фуга 2:05:41 ІІ т. №22 прелюдія b 2:09:02 ІІ т. №22 фуга b
For those who don't know, the interpreter here is Kenneth Gilbert, only mentioned at the very end of the video (and/or in some comments). Pour ceux qui ne le sauraient pas, l'interprète ici est Kenneth Gilbert, mentionné seulement à la toute fin de la vidéo (et/ou dans certains commentaires).
the recording of the b flat major fugue plays different notes than is notated in bars 5-6; the performed notes match that of the henle edition, without comments referencing differing editions of the piece
You might notice that a lot of Bach's music involving brass and drums was in D-major. This had a lot to do with the instruments back then and D-major, as a consequence, acquired a number of associations. If I'm not mistaken, pastoral music (think 6/8 andante) often seems to appear in F major.
@Bo Qin Bach did not use Gradus ad parnassum for composing. He, as with many other German composers of the Baroque (and less so French and Italian composers), used the thorough-bass method of composition. Most of these pieces are just perfected examples of extemporaneous thorough-bass compositions. No rules are "broken" either. All of these pieces follow the thorough-bass method. There was a lot of music in Bach's time, especially in his years writing the second book of the WTC, that could have "polluted" his ears. Think of Italian and French dance music that did not strictly follow a multiple voice contrapuntal style. Bach was an architect in that he took these styles and adapted them to the contrapuntal style, although less so than, say, a fugue, and brought each style to its full potential. He is doing nothing less here with the WTC2, although working with 2 different styles, the Prelude and Fugue. There are many examples of music, specifically composition styles, at the time that would not be suitable for the prelude or fugue. Again, no rules are broke.
Sorry about that! I went ahead and provided that info at the top of the "Descriptions" window where all the other time indexes are located. Thank you for posting my video feedback on your wonderful channel as well.
Oh, and thank you as well for pointing to the articles from Wikipedia on G#-major and F-flat major. I don't believe I had seen key signatures with double sharps or flats in them but by golly there they are. Excellent googling, pianno1500.
You're right about the E-flat Magnificat. I've always imagined that that was because it wasn't too difficult to tighten everything up by a half step. Two Christmas examples: The Trumpet Shall Sound from Messiah is in D-Major as is "Großer Herr und starker König" from the Christmas Oratorio, both very trumpety. F-major for pastorals isn't universal as you point out. Maybe I'm overly influenced by the Beethoven 6th, but I seem to recall a fair bit of such music in F.
What Paganini fugue are you thinking of? The first four notes of the A minor fugue are actually a motif that can be found in Handel's Messiah (the "And with His stripes we are healed" chorus), the finale of Haydn's string quartet in F minor Op. 20 no. 5, and Mozart's requiem (the Kyrie Eleison), so it is a surprisingly common theme. If there is a Paganini fugue that contains it I would love to learn about it.
There has a huge amount of scholarship on how Bach did not actually write for equal temperament. Most people come to the conclusion that is a form of mean-tone temperament. On a period tuned instrument, you would notice a clear difference among the keys. Later, after Bach and into the time of Beethoven, these different key flavors acquired a stronger and stronger sense of distinction according to the affects, colors, moods, and the like.
If you look and listen very carefully, you'll hear that the version being played by the player isn't the one in the score for the C# major prelude. The difference is in the top voice of the left hand. That's the one with quite a lot of different variations being played. So I kind of expected that the score and the playing wouldn't match completely. Doesn't mean that you didn't do a wonderful job of course ;-)
As a species we are so lucky that so much of Bach's work was not lost and survives. His preeminent musical intuition and understanding has never been surpassed. What was lost is unpriceable!
Yes. Reading his biography is very interesting, but also absolutely devastating to realize how much of this wonderful mans work that is lost.
Is it lost for certain? As in unrecoverable?
@@nightshadegatito I suppose it's possible someone might uncover some heretofore undiscovered manuscripts, but it's been so long since they were written, and a lot of people have been looking for almost as long. Every now and then things like that happen - take the dead sea scrolls. But Bach was so prolific and it's clear he wrote a lot more than anyone has found to date. In his time his music was considered antiquated and was not really popular, or so I've heard, so it wasn't considered valuable then.
close to 700 works lost :(
The discovery of BWV 1087 inside a copy of the Goldberg variations can only give us hope for more serendipituous findings…
*Puts Bach on to enhance concentration for reading*
*Ends up distracted by the beauty of the music*
happens to me everytime hahaha
Duh... Stupid comment? Bach's music IS NOT for "concentration". It deserves a HIGH DEGREE OF CONCENTRATION ITSELF. Its required if you are to hear the strettos, the subject inversions, the countersubjects. If you think its 'background music' you are dumb, and Bach would've slapped you.
Every music written by a skilled composer is stimulating, it doesnt matter the period.
@@riversandstones1644 What does the dashed line mean on 26:41?
@@MrGuilherme1100 Its a voice leading indication. It means the voice that was being written on the lower staff and played with the left hand now switches to the upper staff and thus is played by the right hand. In this case it was the Alto.
Its important to be able to clearly identify the voice leading of the 4 parts so these indications are of much value to the performer or student of the fugue.
У меня тоже самое. Иногда просто не могу до конца сыграть потому, что есть моменты, от которых пропадает возможность мыслить..
Very true thinkermanmusic. Contrary to the 1st book of the WTC, the 2nd book has all sorts of variants. Kenneth Gilbert, the performer here, decided to side with the smaller "ossias" which I could not fit into the screen. I'm impressed with your ear and observation and I thank you for pointing that out.
For those watching this on their phone:
BWV 870a - 0:48 - C Major - Prelude
BWV 870b - 2:58 - C Major - Fugue
BWV 871a - 5:01 - C Minor - Prelude
BWV 871b - 7:38 - C Minor - Fugue
BWV 872a - 9:57 - C# Major - Prelude
BWV 872b - 11:53 - C# Major - Fugue
BWV 873a - 14:00 - C# Minor - Prelude
BWV 873b - 17:35 - C# Minor - Fugue
BWV 874a - 20:20 - D Major - Prelude
BWV 874b - 26:15 - D Major - Fugue
BWV 875a - 28:43 - D Minor - Prelude
BWV 875b - 30:34 - D Minor - Fugue
BWV 876a - 32:18 - Eb Major - Prelude
BWV 876b - 35:11 - Eb Major - Fugue
BWV 877a - 37:13 - D# Minor - Prelude
BWV 877b - 41:57 - D# Minor - Fugue
BWV 878a - 45:31 - E Major - Prelude
BWV 878b - 51:02 - E Major - Fugue
BWV 879a - 53:48 - E Minor - Prelude
BWV 879b - 58:17 - E Minor - Fugue
BWV 880a - 1:01:21 - F Major - Prelude
BWV 880b - 1:04:54 - F Major - Fugue
BWV 881a - 1:06:51- F Minor - Prelude
BWV 881b - 1:11:04 - F Minor - Fugue
BWV 882a - 1:13:16 - F# Major - Prelude
BWV 882b - 1:16:31 - F# Major - Fugue
BWV 883a - 1:19:11 - F# Minor - Prelude
BWV 883b - 1:21:51 - F# Minor - Fugue
BWV 884a - 1:26:56 - G Major - Prelude
BWV 884b - 1:29:42 - G Major - Fugue
BWV 885a - 1:31:02 - G Minor - Prelude
BWV 885b - 1:32:56 - G Minor - Fugue
BWV 886a - 1:36:32 - Ab Major - Prelude
BWV 886b - 1:40:26 - Ab Major - Fugue
BWV 887a - 1:44:00 - G# Minor - Prelude
BWV 887b - 1:46:52 - G#Minor - Fugue
BWV 888a - 1:50:56 - A Major - Prelude
BWV 888b - 1:52:44 - A Major - Fugue
BWV 889a - 1:54:18 - A Minor - Prelude
BWV 889b - 1:57:01 - A Minor - Fugue
BWV 890a - 1:59:03 - Bb Major - Prelude
BWV 890b - 2:03:18 - Bb Major - Fugue
BWV 891a - 2:05:41 - Bb Minor - Prelude
BWV 891b - 2:09:02 - Bb Minor - Fugue
BWV 892a - 2:14:15 - B Major - Prelude
BWV 892b - 2:16:29 - B Major - Fugue
BWV 893a - 2:20:38 - B Minor - Prelude
BWV 893b - 2:23:21 - B Minor - Fugue
You did this twice?! You’re actually a hero
Hero!
Yousuf Ejazi Thank you.
Hero we need but not the one we deserve
sorry to dissapoint but its already on the desc you prob copy pasted it xd
Love how the C Major prelude sounds like the intro to a long awaited album. Bach was like “Yo guys I just dropped my newest album in all 24 keys, it’s even better than the first one”
haha!
In my personal opinion, nothing can top the 1st one!! It has a nostalgic and unique feel to it, especially the first fugue in C major and the prelude in D minor
@@BlossomedJewelsOfficial Oh, interesting! I think WTC II is far superior!
just played through (i'm a violinist and composer) the entire 2nd book to this harpsichordist...jumping around the different lines. 2 1/2 hours just like that. and the neighbors appreciate it too.
Ah this is very innovative! I sometimes do the same with my Alto Recorder in Brandenburg Concerto 3
The F minor prelude & fugue -- nostalgic and wonderful!
was playing them at musical school... the best
I feel those two works are very modern sounding almost. They sound like pop songs, especially the prelude.
ummmmm...
F minor is a great key in itself
@@robbyburns5822 listen to They by JEM. Sounds similar
Between all those notes, there is a space you can rest. Bach makes negative space so comfortable, always assuring you life is OK.
Hello Iaiosto, It was Herr Bach who chose to call the the titles what they are (not me). As to why? I'll have to quote the Bach expert Christoph Wolff: "...the Preludes & Fugues of the WTC manifest his (Bach's) resolve to leave nothing untried, even if it meant exploring avenues where no one had gone before... He set the stage by exploiting fully the chromatic and enharmonic potential of the keys...".
When I go to youtube to listen to music I think " what bach will I have today?"
Scriabin for morning
(Maybe) some extra Romantic
Jazz for the afternoon
End the day with Bach.
@@segmentsAndCurves it's better to start your day with Bach, as Andras Shiff does
@@t_mm_r My schedule messes up a lot.
@@segmentsAndCurves I see u everywhere
@@cloud-dv1wb yes
Раніше я майже кожен день заходив слухати "Добре темперований клавір" саме на цей канал. Почути таку сумну новину про автора каналу було великою несподіванкою. Спочивай з миром, друже.
The fugue in c minor is so brilliant... The stretto at the end is very sublime.
It's a shame the performer forgot the Picardy 3rd, I was surprised to hear it end on a C minor chord at 9:49
@@aniruddhvasishta8334 The Urtext edition has a C minor chord at the end in the score. I prefer the Picardy 3rd there honestly
Nem em mil vidas aprenderia tal maravilha, um trabalho imenso, escrito a bico de pena, a luz de velas, às vezes em meio de dificuldades para sustentar uma prole imensa, não seria um verdadeiro milagre?
The D major fugue is perfection
wow, i hadnt notice it, but now its one of my favorite fugues, i also like the strettos.
Prelude is also amazing
Is bach god ?
the fugue XXIII IS BETTER
@@emtpa14 short answer: yes
Long answer: Y E S
Absolutely. I can play a piece in Db major and it sounds warmer than something in C# major. Furthermore, when I've sang in choirs for professionally for world-reknowned orchestras and such, I can absolutely tell you the tuning of a note is based completely on the context of the tonality and harmonic structure.
This music is so mysterious and wonderful that I cannot comprehend it on one listen. Many thanks for sharing, Gerubach.
Gilbert gives a very fine performance. Great clarity and rhythmic surety.
gerubach, God bless You for all the postings You do. Thank You very much.
"no double sharps are allowed in key signatures" Well, you are correct there. The Ministry for the Standardization and Control of Key Signatures would in fact jump on anyone who did this and impose substantial fines.
If I'm not mistaken Bartok himself had to pay exactly such fines for some of his non-standard key signatures found in the Microcosmos.
Thank you so much for reminding me! You've saved me a lot of money!
An absolutely outstanding supreme Bach's masterpiece. . .
8:27 such a difficult harmony & counterpoint passage
What a genius Bach was!
Is it just me, or is fuga 13 just about the most perfect piece of music ever constructed? The prelude is amazing too. Well, as E. Power Biggs once said, one's favorite Bach piece is whichever piece one happens to be listening to at the time....
Absolutely agree! The fugue theme is so addicting
Indeed Bach's F sharp major P&F in both WTC 1 and 2 are absolutely incredible
I still can't believe this fugue is real, the subject is so cool and the invertible counterpoint in the episodes is otherworldly
When you lok at it attentively, when the music stops the pentagram seems to keep flowing. Optical illusion? A wonderful rendition!
requiescat in pace Gerubach
Amém, Kirie Eleison.
Was ist passiert?
@@Cayres18 Gerubach ist gestorben
9:58 - 11:10 this is so soothing and peaceful...
This marvelous work is WTC 1 on steroids!
theyre eqully amazing
w8 i see what you mean
@@bammealy7609 I think he means that the WTC Book 2 is much more difficult than the WTC Book 1
@@henrykwieniawski7233 why did you make prodigies? it crushes everyone's talent
Actually not... I think they have both the same complexity
I love B flat minor prelude!
My theory teacher said that if you go from a perfect 5th to a dim/aug 5th, it is acceptable. It's normally fronwed upon, but it is ok to use on occation or if it improves voice leading! Also, Bach often broke many of his rules. He invented them, and then broke them on purpose.
Thanks a lot fo uploading this video. It's helping me in trying to play Bach's masterwork.I like the scrolling the way it is placed. It couldn't be better done.
BWV 879b - 58:17 - E Minor - Fugue
At 9:49, the performer plays the final chord with a minor third, instead of with the Picardy third written in the score.
POPPYCOCK!!
Kris Keyes As it should be.
jeez sorry everything cant be perfect for you. But let me let you in on a secret: nobody cares
I would say that missing a Picardy third is a pretty major (pun is definitely intended) mistake, as it really isn't difficult to do. I would be expect that the performer would re-record it, but as this isn't the case: I think that the player might have been working from a different edition (but it's not likely that a Picardy third is something editors would be unsure about).
+kris Keyes Excellent ear!!!
I love the technical rebuttal's you get on these web sites.
Bach himself was very technical in his scoring, which is why some musicians find him hard to play
Gruss Gott leiber herr Bach und de musik ist so schoen !
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Pedro Soares de Alvarenga, 75 anos.
Amazing, insuperable.
One of the best renditions I heard
Thank you!!!!!! Your work is inestimable!!!! Ciao from Italy!!
The C Major fugue is the most catchy thing ever to me
love, love, love this music!
Your videos and Bach's music are completely mesmeserizing
Thank you for sharing Beauty with the open public, friend :) Bach, God's Divine Sewing Machine, Perfection manifested as Music.
When I pause the video the score keeps moving, I think I should see a doctor.
Nah it’s normal! It happens to all of us
This must have been quite a project to do this with Books 1 & 2. Thank you very much for your hard work.
Wonderful. Thank you for this.
after listening to the Prelude in D major BWV 874 i automatically thought about Mozart's sonata for two pianos KV 448 , Bach really is the Father of the classical music he surely inspired every single composer that came after him .
While many people consider Mozart as the greatest of all time (and I have no quarrel with that), Bach will always be the greatest for me, even above Mozart and Beethoven, because I cannot think of a single composer who has had such a towering influence on generations of composers that succeeded him. Hnadel, perhaps. But Bach's compositional techniques and harmonies were revolutionary and hardly understood during his time, especially as he became more and more esoteric in his later works. Counterpoint was going out of fashion within the last decade of his life. Yet every major composer of note for the next two centuries at least cited and copied him.
Interesting scrolling of the whole book 2 of this The Well Tempered Clavier composed by the counterpoint rebel who breaks rules Johann Sebastian Bach. Sounds pretty good.
+Frère sto mir auch
20:35 that delay is delicious
Another fantastic contribution.
Keep up the brilliant work.
You're very welcome. Very glad that you enjoyed it.
i listen to these as a template for organ improvisation.
I love the G Major Prelude and Fugue
WHOEVER IS THE HARPSICHORDIST? CONGRATULATIONS ON ONE OF THE MOST SATISFYING MUSICAL EXPERIENCES I HAVE EVER LISTENED TO.
IT IS A WONDERFUL PERFORMANCE.
Ron Walker Performer & Album Info - 2:25:46
+gerubach Couldn't you just say who it is?
+ktriebler I think he's pointing out that this question is already answered in the video.
Good stuff, but Christianne Jaccotett is better IMO :D
Incidentally, this clavierplayer's albums are available on Spotify, including the ones for The Well-Tempered Clavier.
The e minor fugue... I've been searching for so long
Thanks for this music! This is AWESOME!!!! I love bach
This is FANTASTIC!!! Thanks so much for doing these. And please please please do Art of the Fugue.
I find the theme of the G Minor fugue interesting. The same note repeated 6 times generally does not make for an interesting melody, yet the voicing of the fugue definitely makes up for that.
Repeated 7 times in fact!
There's also a fugue loosely based off a choral where the theme opens with a note repeated 8 times.
th-cam.com/video/l-KhI_vU8_I/w-d-xo.html
Plot Twist: 2:25:33 It ends on a C Major chord with an orchestra to signify the end of WTC Books I AND II.
thank you mendellsohn--there never was and never will be another BACH
Bach really enjoyed writing the D Major prelude
Excellent recording! AS for the work itself, I will follow Albert Einstein's advice: " Regarding Bach's work, I have this to say: listen, play, love, revere and keep your mouth shut!". On question though: which harpsichord is Gilbert playing on, and what's the pitch and the tuning used? I have a feeling it's on the low side(A = 415) and it's not ET. Am I correct?
Great video. Thank you for taking the time to post this.
Great performance and nice presentation.
Thanks for pointing that out! I do appreciate that and it has been corrected thanks to you.
I must thank you again for your always informative comments.
Созерцание чистого разума вселенной! Спасибо!
"First J. S. Bach, then the others!"
THIS is my favorite Channel in All of TH-cam!
Amém, Kirie Eleison.
1:06:51ІІ т. №12 прелюдія f
1:11:04 ІІ т. №12 фуга f
1:31:02 ІІ т. №16 прелюдія g
1:32:56 ІІ т. №16 фуга g
1:54:18 ІІ т. №20 прелюдія a
1:57:01 ІІ т. №20 фуга
2:05:41 ІІ т. №22 прелюдія b
2:09:02 ІІ т. №22 фуга b
Thank you very much for this amazing work!
Good to see You here :)
In a very good place
@@Tizohip 😄 wow, 10 years ago...!
I salute you for this great presentation.
B Major prelude makes me so happy
For those who don't know, the interpreter here is Kenneth Gilbert, only mentioned at the very end of the video (and/or in some comments).
Pour ceux qui ne le sauraient pas, l'interprète ici est Kenneth Gilbert, mentionné seulement à la toute fin de la vidéo (et/ou dans certains commentaires).
at 1:56:17 , the last note of that bar in right hand in the score is A-flat, but the recording is A-natural.
GREAT EAR!!
BWV 871a - 5:01 - C Minor - Prelude
my favorite out of everything.
the one on spotify is the best version of this
The B major Prélude is just so good !
2:23:21 - B Minor - Fugue
Andante!!!! LIKE!!
the recording of the b flat major fugue plays different notes than is notated in bars 5-6; the performed notes match that of the henle edition, without comments referencing differing editions of the piece
Absolutely there is a difference. Db major is a warmer key, while C# Major is a brighter key.
How? Bach could have wrote in d flat major it only has 5 flats c sharp has 7 sharps. 5 is less than 7
Another equally delightful idea is the second volume of a Well-tempered Clavier of the greatest genius of all time - Johann Sebastian Bach !🙏🙏🙏
You might notice that a lot of Bach's music involving brass and drums was in D-major. This had a lot to do with the instruments back then and D-major, as a consequence, acquired a number of associations.
If I'm not mistaken, pastoral music (think 6/8 andante) often seems to appear in F major.
Marvellous.Thank You.
Just think of the old adage: "Rules are meant to be broken".
@Bo Qin Bach did not use Gradus ad parnassum for composing. He, as with many other German composers of the Baroque (and less so French and Italian composers), used the thorough-bass method of composition. Most of these pieces are just perfected examples of extemporaneous thorough-bass compositions. No rules are "broken" either. All of these pieces follow the thorough-bass method. There was a lot of music in Bach's time, especially in his years writing the second book of the WTC, that could have "polluted" his ears. Think of Italian and French dance music that did not strictly follow a multiple voice contrapuntal style. Bach was an architect in that he took these styles and adapted them to the contrapuntal style, although less so than, say, a fugue, and brought each style to its full potential. He is doing nothing less here with the WTC2, although working with 2 different styles, the Prelude and Fugue. There are many examples of music, specifically composition styles, at the time that would not be suitable for the prelude or fugue. Again, no rules are broke.
When one has a solid understanding of the rule, it's the time to break it.
Sorry about that! I went ahead and provided that info at the top of the "Descriptions" window where all the other time indexes are located. Thank you for posting my video feedback on your wonderful channel as well.
thank you very much for making this!
Oh, and thank you as well for pointing to the articles from Wikipedia on G#-major and F-flat major. I don't believe I had seen key signatures with double sharps or flats in them but by golly there they are. Excellent googling, pianno1500.
The prelude and fugue in b minor were amazing.......
This is wonderful. And I like the red bar!
The beginning of the C sharp minor prelude contains a motive similar to the opening motive in the E flat minor prelude in Book 1.
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lol I was so hyped for the f# at 17:06
05:01 my favorite
06:10 B part
I really love the 11th fugue
You're right about the E-flat Magnificat. I've always imagined that that was because it wasn't too difficult to tighten everything up by a half step. Two Christmas examples: The Trumpet Shall Sound from Messiah is in D-Major as is "Großer Herr und starker König" from the Christmas Oratorio, both very trumpety.
F-major for pastorals isn't universal as you point out. Maybe I'm overly influenced by the Beethoven 6th, but I seem to recall a fair bit of such music in F.
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When Bach does something, it is a rule, by definition.
Parallel octaves in e minor fugue from book I, here I come!
Paganini Fugue infleunced by Bach at 1:57:01-1:59:00
What Paganini fugue are you thinking of? The first four notes of the A minor fugue are actually a motif that can be found in Handel's Messiah (the "And with His stripes we are healed" chorus), the finale of Haydn's string quartet in F minor Op. 20 no. 5, and Mozart's requiem (the Kyrie Eleison), so it is a surprisingly common theme. If there is a Paganini fugue that contains it I would love to learn about it.
There has a huge amount of scholarship on how Bach did not actually write for equal temperament. Most people come to the conclusion that is a form of mean-tone temperament. On a period tuned instrument, you would notice a clear difference among the keys. Later, after Bach and into the time of Beethoven, these different key flavors acquired a stronger and stronger sense of distinction according to the affects, colors, moods, and the like.
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If you look and listen very carefully, you'll hear that the version being played by the player isn't the one in the score for the C# major prelude. The difference is in the top voice of the left hand.
That's the one with quite a lot of different variations being played. So I kind of expected that the score and the playing wouldn't match completely.
Doesn't mean that you didn't do a wonderful job of course ;-)