Amateurs 2007: Clark Griffith plays Bach

[RandyNewmanFan]

Better than Bach himself probably played them. You're an inspiration in every way, Clark. A well-rounded genius.

[scomp65]

Pure perfection! great job! can and will keep listening and waiting for the new. i'm certainly a fan...

[metteholm75]

I would gladly buy a recording with him, if I ran into one.

[shechaiyah]

Whatever he's doing besides music, he's in the wrong business. This guy's exceptional, even for a pro. Does he record his music?

[marirossi]

too romantic, nineteenth-century for my taste...yet he's got a splendid technique, there's no doubt...I'd like to have it too :-) I must study still a lot more... ;-)

[UltimateJoolsFan]

gosh, how can you play that from memory? i think it's amazing that you can just do that, and the fingerwork and practice that must have gone into this is incredible to think about. yeah, i'm on my second piano lesson and the last time i had a lesson was early 05, so I'm feeling a little daunted at that moment. i'm learning Praeambulum BWV 927 and I'm trying to find some recording of that, if you happen to have a recording of that anywhere. :) thanks

[dorianmarkovac]

its not hard to play from memory lol

[13243546abcdef]

sounds too romantic at times, but the playing is the SMOOTHEST i have ever heard - which is really good for baroque...

[jannokas85]

Outstanding playing indeed...the speed makes it sound terribly hard, but nevertheless it sounds very beautiful and flowing like water in a small creek by the side of a summer cottage :D

[thegoldeneasy]

for the record....the original is much faster. i've made up a dance peice to it and have to hear it every day, so i know

~ea$y~

[jannokas85]

What? The standard metronome mark for this piece is 112 per a dotted crotchet...he's playing it prestissimo...

[jannokas85]

Whoopsie...not a dotted crotchet...just a crotchet :)

[cdpiano27]

Is it the acoustics? It sounds overpedaled and heavy. But maybe the room is live. This theme is also in Violin Partita #6 and it is supposed to be very light. Sounds too heavy for me though.

[despina41]

I dont know why any pedal would be necessary in a big hall like that. I also don't know why pianists feel such a need to rush these poor Bach works - Bach's music shouldn't be used for showing off fingerwork - it's like someone talking too fast and never pausing to breathe. I wish I could hear more bass in this performance, but thats secondary to the main problem with the speed and lack of rhetoric.

[pianoboyo]

just occasionally i felt the rubato within the phrases got a bit too much..but I loved the energetic clear fingerwork..I could hear the string writing textures coming through. The chords could be phrased more imaginatively - but well done.

[shela2]

A Bravura Performance, Tailored for or by Clark to show off his nimble fingerwork. I would like to hear him play this on a harpsichord, it would just suit.

[RosieHolt]

Clark, I've always known you were good....but this was GREAT! rosieholt

[donaldmallow]

excellent.

[marisauh]

Clark, thank you for your Bach! You are an extraordinay musician.

-- Marisa Haines

[herrbeethovenfan]

Excellent!

[stephenTGV]

Bravo !!! Wonderful playing. Unfortunately the sound is a bit too sonorous,(too much reverb) as the microphones may not have been placed in a good position.

[luganskymichelangeli]

i'm in love with this one

[keybawd]

Too much like a finger exercise. Even the initial downward G major scale has a shape. This is horrible Bach playing. The rubati are grotesque. Keybawd

[trivilan]

Outstanding