J.S. Bach: The Art of Fugue - Contrapunctus 9 (harpsichord)

[quesadiya]

BEautifull BAch and harpsichord and music!

[Snagglefratz]

J.S. Bach is the greatest musician that humanity ever produced. Period. You play beautifully, sir. Thanks for posting.

[iguarni]

@Snagglefratz I love J.S. Bach very very very much and in my opinion He is one of the best composers ever but I think L.V. Beethoven is not less!

[EmilyRules971]

I wonder if any pianist has even sat down at a harpsichord and said "Where's the pedals!" ;D

[mtv565]

Art of Fugue, Unfinished Fugue's ending:

i1105 . photobucket . com / albums / h352 / artoffugueend / artoffugue_ending . jpg



[mgreer2]

@meinerHeld read Psalms 82 (most notable verse 6), we are Gods but our source of strength comes from the Most High.

[aeneas123]

@mgreer2

so your source of strength comes from me? cause i'm pretty baked.

Also, tis is incredible

[MarSwanlake]

Arnold Schwarzenegger!! :O

[SVAFnemesis]

Bach IS fugue!

[alexito1954]

Thank For Uploading! Well Done!

[Gatchoup]

Beautiful plain interpretation of that amazing fugue!

[thenryarsnal]

Apart from that little hiccup around 2:08, it was very well done!

[Nikolausius]

Very well played. Congratulations!!!

[santiagoblues]

The master of the fugue

[bbbbmer]

Exquisite! 

[iguarni]

Wonderful performance. Congratulations! A timeless masterpiece played very well.

[marmaladeskyes]

confuguing!

[frenchguyfromfrance2]

That makes me want to play Castlevania

[hopelesslyinlovedu]

I'm so obsessed with your interpretation of this piece...

I've listened to it like 100 times.

Even if the harpsichord id a little bit off-key, I love it so much.

Thank you for such a sublime interpretation.

[Damun9]

The performance is flawless.. the sound sucks

[trh2130]

Leipzig Dresden Berlin Munich Everybody talk about Bach Music!

[hl2alyx]

@trh2130 Of course they would, Bach is a sensation!

[levibyte]

very gooooood...!!!!

[rejrockmetal]

Great

[TheNolb]

talent!

[consci3ntia]

excellent

[MaghoxFr]

Master

[Worldofwheelz]

Excellent!  Bravo!

[ldixon11]

Right on! - as they used to say. :-)

[jpstenino]

RYTEON3 very very nice performance. five stars and I have subscribed....

[googlekopfkind]

bach is sitting on a sky and is smilleying

[darkness666ify]

bravo bien jouer

[ArrenZamari]

that was so awsome

[HHFOV]

tyrone chan 4 prez

[MusicaRicercata]

Good performance. Are you sure the harpsichord is out of tune? To my ears it sounds like it's in a different temperament rather than being out of tune.

[Lassann]

Very good job!

[anyways589]

This is my one of my favorite fugues out of the whole Art of Fugue.

[Jtking3000]

wow i so want that harpsichord!

[eeektavius]

Bach is king of Fugue!

[twiddle7125]

*God of Fugue

[manilio91]

@twiddle7125 Bach is King of Music

[meinerHeld]

@twiddle7125 Bach would not approve of being called God. To God only be the glory! Bach is amazing.

[twiddle7125]

@meinerHeld It's a good thing that he's dead otherwise he'd be cross with me for calling him God then isn't it?

[MISFITROBBY138]

@twiddle7125 alpha and omega of fugue.

[10084886]

fantastic playing. the technique sounds great!

[PinanoManGulbransen]

Fanstastic. Just needs a little tune

[zyx1236]

I want that instrument ;D

[rtsing]

i took a moroney class in this classroom around 4-5 years ago .. can't believe it's been that long~ :D

[GerardvanR]

On my boxes this video gives a very typical sound. Is this really a harpsichord?

[naturgreendetox]

wow!!! super!!! :)

[dopemunky]

Hmm the sound is very nice, my friend!

[ruiolas]

Damn.. I love the harpsichord sound :)

[merlinforever]

Just a bit flat on the harpsichord, No big deal...

[morekew]

Great!!

[vilmavargasrobles]

BELLEZA

abrazo

vilma

[elcodigo]

Tremendo!!

muchas gracias

[eugenevez]

That was flat out awesome.

[Caxton1942]

Hello, again, ryteon. This is still a marvel...I hope that things are well.

[RichardIIfan]

Call me a purist but baroque music should not be played on the piano. Baroque music is intellectual so the description is apt.

[OscarPetersonFan]

I think barroque music can be played on piano or any instrument you want, but I think the harspichord will ever be the best instrument for this.

[darkshadyfigure]

As weird as it sounds though, I think the Piano can easily rival the Harpsichord with the Goldberg Variations aria

[requiemaeturnum]

The piano is a profane and common instrument. The harpsichord is cultured and superior in every way. The organ of course, is the King of Instruments.

[RichardIIfan]

yes! As the pianoforte and the fortepiano did not exist till after Bach's death playing Bach on the piano is a bit like translating Shakespeare in to plattdeutsch/glaswegian/southc­arolina dialect. It can be done but should not!

[OscarPetersonFan]

Actually, Bartolomeo Cristófori invented the pianoforte in 1709. In 1732, Lodovico Giustini published twelve piano sonatas under the name "Sonate da cimbalo di piano e forte detto volgarmente di martelletti". And in 1747, J.S. Bach aprobed Gottfried Silbermann's pianos, after the solutions that he proposed. And he also beacame a salesman agent of Silbermann's pianos. Obviously barroque music is better with harpichord, but how many people do you know can afford a harspichord?

[requiemaeturnum]

In truth, a harpsichord costs maybe a bit more than a grand piano. A 3-manual electronic organ costs about the same as a piano.

I play on a piano since I still live at home..but once I get some money and live on my own, I'll proly commission for a 2-manual French harpsichord (like that one) to be built for myself. (Try to see if I can make a few Mozarts, lol)

[OscarPetersonFan]

That's in Europe or in the USA, but here in Argentina there are only a few harspichords in big theatres and museums (I only had seen two in my life). Even pianos are expensive here. And grand pianos are not everywhere: the most of the music centres have vertical pianos, or electronic pianos. If you're lucky, you'll find a baby grand. Grand pianos are only in music halls. I really would like to have a harspichord, or even a real piano!

[tommyIglesias]

yo no pienso morir sin adquirir uno, estoy buscando alguien que me lo fabrique, pero es imposible en este pais de m...

si fueramos alemanes ya tendriamos uno, jajaja

Saludos colega

[jpstenino]

tequiemaeturnum

[OscarPetersonFan]

I don't think the piano is a profane instrument, but I agree with you when you say it's common. The harspichord Is cultured because it's sound represents an era, but the pianoforte was developed by Cristófori when he was looking for a more complex sound. If one person wants to play barroque music with a piano or any other instrument, it won't be wrong. Obviously, it will be better with a harspichord or an organ, but not everybody can afford one of that instruments.

[nintendowns]

the nice thing is that a keyboard is a keyboard. since pianos are more common, its perfectly possible to learn on one and then play on any other keyboard instrument as you see fit.

[OscarPetersonFan]

Of course! That's what I try to do!

[Lutzenberger]

thats right. but than its in most time only tchnically the same...harpsichord is a total different instrument to make the real music!!!

[Renshen1957]

Yes, the keyboards are similar, one can learn where the notes are. Most keyboardists learn on a Piano and later progress to Organ and/or Harpsichord.

Playing a Harpsichord for the 1st time after learning on a Piano can be very revealing (the sustain Pedal covers a multitude of sins).

The technique harpsichord is different; you'll discover muscles you didn't know existed. The Harpsichord requires more from the player, you might be surprised how much "touch" is involved.

[MistaMasta12]

Wow, very well played! =)

[marsvltor2]

Remember - Bach wrote Die Kunst der Fuge as a diversion for himself: there does not seem to be a 'correct' instrument for the work, and there are moments within that are physically 'unplayable': harpsichord and organ recordings normally have the odd note 'dubbed', for that very reason...

[cadecadecadecadecade]

Listen to Angela Hewitt play anything by Bach: she has committed all of his keyboard music to memory, and has recorded all of it. You will place Glenn Gould just beneath Hewitt, and all of the others come well after her.

[Frenchteacheronline]

The secret of good hapchsichord is in fingers. You play the piano with your soul and body and the harpchicord with your brain and fingers

[Tinouk29]

wow he's better than anyone i know! it's really though... i know .. i play saxophone piano and clarinet.. it becomes disturbing when u have to play because sometimes u mix up the fingers.

[Russischespionin]

Voll cool!

[whattube8]

So...is the secret to good harpsichord-playing, gigantic arms? Amazing, well-played!

[blacksk4]

I love the Art of the Fugue so much <3

Tanks for the vid. But its nor as good as on the Organ... anyway 5 stars!

[mmariasoledad]

schwarzenegger?

[pianoplayeruk]

great performance. not sure that the couplers sound right and your instrument could do with some serious tuning..

but otherwise really well played!

[Xear0]

perfectly played

[Darkboy2525]

dis SOund a little bit like dis :

Bach - Concerto for 3 Harpsichords in D minor (BWV 1063

... its something it's looks on it ... isn't pepol ??

[wcbroccoli]

Not even a little. The melodies, rhythms, and gestures are strikingly different. The only thing they have in common is the composer and the key.

[rtsing]

hey, i took a class in that room, taught by moroney, and played that harpsichord, once upon a time.

[PiotrSzyPiotr]

great work i really like your playing

[Moenstah]

Nice performance, could you please record it again on a properly tuned hapsichord?

Would love it (love this as well 4 stars) ;-)

[Akee1990]

I agree witchoo. The harpsichord is a half step flat.

[KefkasGriever]

The harpsichord is actually not a half step flat. It is in baroque tuning - as many harpsichords are - where A = 415 rather than 440. That being said, it is rather out of tune.

[mrharpsi]

In the baroque, harpsichords were usually 415 or 390. Today, people make harpsichord on 415 with transpositer, so you can change it on 440 (modern intonation)

[Andore23]

Very good!! and very nice fugue... one of my favorites. =)

[n34t43v3r]

I'll also post a version when i'm gonna finish learning contrapunctus 9, what shall it be, piano or harpsichord? ;)

[DrKorn5]

Harpsichord...the pianoforte is lame

[dolofonos]

I don't think the registers sound well, coupled.

[Corlagon2]

Best version i've heard after Glenn Goulds which I have on CD - thumbs up, 5*

[DBJ06]

Yeah, nice time for this fugue. Good performance. I would check the tuning of the higher notes.

[ryanyee1234567890]

this fugue can be played at any tempo but not too slow nor fast. this tempo is perfect from my point of view. no faster.

[jlamour]

Don't get too hung up on the tempo comments. It's not not too slow. Also the tuning is not necessarily your fault but make sure you have someone look it over before your next recording.

[jlamour]

EXCELLENT! Probably one of the best Bach performances I've seen on YouTube. Keep 'em coming! - Bach harpsichord fan.

[ruitye75ir94444]

I'm very impressed. Though I've always enjoyed this certain fugue to be played faster, I understand how enormously hard it is. I commend you for your great work!!!

[coolitnowjim]

beeaaauuutifulll!  the harpsichord always does bach's work justice. except if you're glenn gould, of course.

[jpiano2]

more!!!

please

[raticida123456]

elevadisimooooo !!!! solo los angeles componen asi

[EliaMarius]

very good execution!

[binhoservice]

Que lindo esse cravo!

[syrhchrys]

wow!! great job

[JAYASEKERA]

that was exceptional! I'm learning Bach's Fantasia and Fugue in A minor I think BWV 904. Wish I had access to a harpsichord! looks alot harder than a standard upright. keep up the good work. :)

[Caxton1942]

This young man has such a talent about which I could only dream of possessing. I have been listening to Bach for ages...tried my hand at performance...and threw my hands up in frustration to become just a listener.

[DannyDaWriter]

Great performance; this is one of my favourite contrapuncti from the Art of Fugue (along with XI and the final incomplete fugue), and you certainly have done justice. I do think the last chord could have been rolled, but nonetheless it is a very good performance, and a wonderful sounding harpsichord (the tuning does not bother me at all). Bravo!

[thetrojan01gr]

is this a bit out of tune? it doesn't start with 'd' ?

[DannyDaWriter]

He's in tune; the thing is is that his A is tuned to 415KHz, thus pushing all the other notes down what appears to be a half step as well (a "true" half step from our standard A=440KHz is something around 415.836KHz or something). He may also be using a different temperament, which is why the two Ds in the octaval jump do not sound similar.

[ryteon3]

Yes, you're right about the A=415. However, the instrument really is out of tune. At the time of recording, this harpsichord had not been tuned in quite a while, which explains the octave leap sounding a bit off!

[b0ttomzone]

@DannyDaWriter

All tuning systems have justly tuned octaves. In fact, the point of tempered tuning is to keep the octave just after going through the circle of fifths.

If you were to temper the octave, then you couldn't repeat any pitch in different registers, which defeats the purpose of this fugue's delicious invertible counterpoint.

Whatever, it still sounds like an exotic, ancient temperament. And it's still played well.

[Nerdimtar]

@b0ttomzone *cough*Cordier temperament*cough*

[b0ttomzone]

Well, I take back what I said about all temperaments having just octaves. But my knowledge of tuning theory is superficial at best.

[Caxton1942]

Heck...I cannot abide critics...if I could sit down and churn out one bar of chopsticks on a keyboard...I would have an apoplectic fit of joy...bravo...

[Zep1083]

This is my favorite Contrapunctus and I had never heard it on harpsichord. Thank you so much.

[3766673Liberate]

O_O Wow...

[firebreathone]

This is by far my favourite part from the art of the fugue.

[znanto]

not my favourite of the AOF, good job nevertheless, I sense a slight detachment, so if anything needs improvement it's that in my opinion.

[sauterio]

UNA DE MIS CANCIONES FAVORITAS del contrapunto.

Casi perfectamente tocada

NOTABLE!

[smithsherman]

You're Typewriting.Simply playing with your fingers metronomically and listening to the ensuing structure is about 1/10th of a Baroque performers task.Are We on a Diet?

[jackreneee]

Mi konsentas kun raticida123456, tre stranga klavarsono...

[raticida123456]

beautyful, but the harpsichord........ssss

[wolfgang7445]

Not bad, work on your trills though