I do agree with you in that, if Bach had a pedal he most likely would have used it. Please don't get me wrong, I think you played it beautifully. I suppose it is what you are taught. My teacher would never allow pedal to be used. As a matter of fact, she is very strict about it.
dobermans215, This is what Angela Hewitt says about pedaling Bach. The secret is to figure it out with the fingers first – is to do all the articulation, all legato, whatever you want to do, do it all with the fingers first and then bring in the pedal if there's something you really can't join and want to have joined. That's the secret, I think, to use it only when required. How beautiful it can sound without pedal in the B flat minor. It's very difficult to do and takes great, great control.
The acoustics are wonderful. How are you doing it at home? I need a mic. Mine sound awful and is why I never upload anything... And my playing sucks too. lol
That was a great performance! I've never learned to play the whole piece through, but after hearing what you did with it I downloaded the score and will work at it. I'll be playing it on an old 73-key Casio, BUT with enhancement via True Pianos on my computer. Thanks for the entertainment-- Eddie
Loveley .. I just did it to .. but you are way MUCH better than me .. .... MUCH .. loveley sound btw and I see you play it to with the pedal ^^ not many play without it ... but I like the pedal to more in this ... and maby Bach would to if he had a pedal at his disposal
Nice. I've been playing ave maria with this video on my violin, and I think you've missed a measure somewhere in the end. I'm always end up one measure ahead of you in the end... I'm guessing around measure 25, maybe? But otherwise, great! I love the tempo.
@angelflight2k6 According to Wikipedia "The version used by Gounod has the addition of one measure (m.23), found only in the Schwenke manuscript and the Simrock printed edition based upon it, but not in the other Bach manuscripts or the scholarly Bischoff and G. Henle Verlag Urtext printed editions."
@angelflight2k6 According to Wikipedia, 'The version used by Gounod has the addition of one measure (m.23), found only in the Schwenke manuscript and the Simrock printed edition based upon it, but not in the other Bach manuscripts or the scholarly Bischoff and G. Henle Verlag Urtext printed editions.'
very good, finally i found good performance of this piece. Right tempo, clear sound, very soft touch. Dynamics is good, i cant hear exactly, because of compressed audio on youtube, but nevertheless it's good )
baroque styled music (such as Bach) is usually used as a way for a pianist to essentially show off their skills. toccatas, which translates into fancy keyboard piece or something of the sort, are what Bach is well known for. They are just fast, dizzying scales essentially.
Bach probably wanted it played faster in order to better showcase the musicians talent.
The other day I was driving home from work and listening to the classical radio station and heard a recording of this piece played at less than half this tempo. It was amazing, so simple and unornamented but so poignant.
That's nice. I'd have liked to hear more dynamic contrast... anyway, I think I preffer Chopin and romantic pieces. Anyways, It doesn't mean you did a great job.
You mean me being a show-off? I actually don't agree that I was (anyone can hear that note, I was just the one pointing it out), so I guess the answer to that would be "no".
This is very nice. Very good tempo and excellent control! You should include the fugue in the same video also. I don't like it when pianists omit either the prelude or fugue because Bach wrote them to be included together. Could you redo this and play the fugue also?
Thanks much Bach Scholar, I know what you mean. At the moment fugues turn me into a raging maniac, especially Bach fugues! They are a bit too mathematical for my tastes but I suppose oneday I will aquire the taste to play some. Right now I just have to figure out who to stop playing some much Scriabin! I CAN'T STOP! Over the past year I have not been able to stop leraning his music. It's very addicting! I read the notes of his music in my sleep!
Beautiful recording here, everything came together perfectly. Listened several times before and omitted to leave a compliment... too busy looking for more Scriabin.
Thanks BarNuun! I am always busy looking for more Scriabin. To me no one can touch Sofroninsky! I took a lesson with Sofroninsky's Grandson who is also Scriabin's Great Grandson but had to stop due to money issues. Hopefully I can continue lessons soon. What a blessing to have such an opportunity!
I love this download. I recorded the music part and have been playing it nearly everyday in my truck. Thank you! And I don't think you're acting weird, it just looks like someone that has just finished playing a beautiful piece of music.
Holy crap, that was beautifully played. I've seen plenty of youtube videos of people playing piano and this completley caught me by surprise as to how amazingly you play.
e el titulo esta mal es el prelude de toda la vida, sobra eso de bwv y lo de en c mayor, asi k no te flipes, mira pulsa en mi nombre y mira un video del piano, salgo tocando esta en un concierto, se olle mucho mejor y no me flipo tanto, aprende chaval.
Well done! I allways find myself accelerating and reaching crescendo about halfway through, but you keep it absolutely even and well tempered indeed! =)
Thanks TotallyBursar, It is human nature to rush when a crescendo comes or to slow down when you decrescendo. Beethoven was said to have sometimes slow down a bit in crescendos as an effect. It takes a lot of work to perfect but when it is written it the score to accelerando or deccelerando it's a matter of how much or how little and depends of the style of music. Thanks again.
Thanks Drew82a, I have never even heard of a left handed piano. I just googled it but have to read more on it. My piano is a Yamaha 6'1" C3 Conservatory. The carpet is used to keep cold air from coming up into the piano and to tone down reverb reflections.
hummm :P, i've found that the extra bar ws probably from a schirmer edition... those have very modifications to the original editions.. and my sheet that ive downloaded is just a photocopy of that edition! damn you schirmer! :)
:P its the third, i forgot to post this in the last one, the version of the roland piano book ( 60 piano masterpieces) is the one with 35 bars, and in the place of the hypothetic extra bar, there is an asterisk and in the bottom of the page there is that extra bar with a japanese or chinese note, if someone has that book and understands japanese it would be nice( if you want pictures, thats fine too). only bach will know :P
well, meanwhile ive found 4 different possible composers of that extra bar; gnoud, czerny, schweitzer and schwenke, if anyone knows more than that, please answer..thanks
Hi,, ive found in both books and in internet, two different sheets. one with 36 bars and other with only 35! the ''extra/missing'' bar is the 23rd.. ? does anyone know which one is the correct? ive found the one with 36 in expensive book with hundreds of classical songs, and the one wiht 35, in a book that comes with roland pianos and on many internet sites. thanks for the help! and ive enjoyed your videos! great! happy new year
Hi BugaDotCom, Sorry I am just getting back to you but I get so many messages I can't keep up anymore. Henle Urtext is usually the best edition but the aren't cheap. 36 measures is correct.
Hi OverFjell, actually that is not true. Bach did have access to a piano forte. Gottfried Silbermann build a piano forte that Bach played and approved of. He did complain it was too hard to play after playing on a harpsicord for so many years. After this Bach began writing for piano forte.
Bach's estate included 3 violins, 3 violas, 2 cellos, 2 small basses, 1 viola da gamba, 1 lute, and EIGHT HARPSICHORDS --- but NOT EVEN ONE STINKIN fortepiano!
A 1747 newspaper reporting about Bach's visit that year to the Prussian court refered to "the so-called Forte and Piano" that Bach had improvised on at the court. The language of this reference suggests just how newfangled the fortepiano was still considered in 1747, even though the earliest fortepianos appeared around 1700.
The action of coupled harpsichord or organ manuals can be heavier than piano action.
Bach never wrote for the fortepiano.
Silbermann began making fortepianos in Germany around 1730, and around 1736 Bach tried one. He complained that the high register was too weak and the action to heavy. Presumably, the Silbermann fortepianos Bach encountered in 1747 at the Prussian court had better action.
Upon Bach's death in 1750 his estate included 8 harpsichords --- but not 1 fortepiano.
Get out of your heads the notion that a Silbermann fortepiano worked and sounded liked a modern piano.
For one thing, the damper "pedal" on Silbermann's fortepiano was not a pedal at all. It was merely a hand stop that could be changed only at a pause in the music!
TheGuyCalledX, to say this prelude was intended to be played detached is ridiculous! Bach's music was intended to be played many ways, not in one way. I play it different each time.
I agree that there are many interpretations of this piece, but it is hard to argue that Bach himself played the piece detached.Your playing, it's quite wonderful.
What I'm saying is that, given the time period, Baroque, there was a specific way people tended to compose and play music.
Also, the piece was from a collection of preludes and fugues called the Well-tempered Clavier.
The Clavier is a flute-like instrument. If you imagine a flute, it is a detached instrument. And Baroque music in general is a detached style, with legato used only between short phrases.
In Bach's day, the term "Clavier" was a generic term for ANY type of keyboard instrument, e.g., harpsichord, clavichord, spinet -- even organ or fortepiano.
There's nothing flute-like about the sound of any of these instruments. And a flute does not sound detached unless you play it that way.
In his dedication to his Inventions and Sinfonias, one of Bach's stated purposes was "to arrive at a singing style in playing".
ok, u need not listen to some of the comments here... take it from me, ok.. I think the sound is great. Really.. that's all that matters, and I have at least 7 different versions of this piece performed by the masters.. ok..not amateurs! and u'r sound is very close... I listen constantly.. I mean they are classical musicians... and they record js c in prelude. u'r fine in my opinion..
pedal but I was studying this with a great teacher just last weekend and learned more about phrasing, over lapping legato and using less pedal which works, too.
I think you definitely have the right idea, LVB. I like the clarity that you've achieved by making your fingers do the work. Relying on the pedal often makes it too muddy. This was beautifully played. Keep up the great work. :D
essential? it was made to be played on harpsichord, you know, the metallic sound?
I don't know if it's essential, but i guess its ok, cuz people nowadays fall in love w/ the pedal. But back in those days, it wasnt played w/ pedal or legato for that matter.
I still prefer it semi-legato, but thats me. there are a kajillion different variations of this piece.
Just as a note, this was a reply to someone who said pedal was essential in this piece.
And, I'm sure I agree with you, we can argue semantics all day long. IF this happened, IF that happened, but construing yourself in this counterfactual history is all hoopla.
starkey7uk, not B-flat, but B = H. Don't ask why... I have no idea. I grew up in eastern europe where they have it like this (not just germany) and it has always seemed counterintuitive to me.
you forgot a whole chord (bar/measure no. 23; G - Eb - H - C - Eb) and that's one of the important ones, without this one, the climax of the piece doesn't really make sense ...
the end should't be arpeggiated cause that's bach - u know?!
Thanks for your comments quizzee2. I agree it should climax more in those secctions. I used a mordent and an arpeggio at the end because it is in Bach's autograph. Bernard Robert's is the only pianist I have heard who plays it like that.
Thanks hsmFreek, I now only use the pedal very sparingly like 1/4 or even 1/8 pedal and I use more over lapping legato like Angela Hewitt does. Thanks for your comment.
he made a mistake at the end
123jessicadaniel 5 months ago
@123jessicadaniel, haha! Do you mean at the recapitulation at bar 23 after the answer
in tenor, tonic pedal, stretto VI, answer (part) in treble, before the coda or are you referring
to the mordant, glissando and fermata at the end which most pianists don't play because it
is hardly ever published? They are in Bach's facsimile manuscript Allans Edition No.1192 of
the WTC book 1. I believe you know that WTC doesn't stand for World Trade Center, haha!
LVB1770 5 months ago 2
Haaaaay... that looks like a PIANO. Nevertheless in good temper.
CuddlyBadger 8 months ago
@CuddlyBadger , on occasion it can lose it's temper and get pissed off, haha!
LVB1770 5 months ago
Wrong note? I think that was an ornament....
In any case, thanks for a lovely piece with which I will start the day.
dellaroux 9 months ago
Thanks dellaroux, Comments like yours are why I continue to post on You Tube!
The wrong note starrfan was referring to was me accidentally playing a wrong
note. The score I used is based off of Bach's manuscript and that is where I got
the ornament at the end. The only pianist I have heard record that ornament is
Bernard Roberts. Thanks again dellaroux!
LVB1770 9 months ago
I do agree with you in that, if Bach had a pedal he most likely would have used it. Please don't get me wrong, I think you played it beautifully. I suppose it is what you are taught. My teacher would never allow pedal to be used. As a matter of fact, she is very strict about it.
dobermans215 9 months ago
dobermans215, This is what Angela Hewitt says about pedaling Bach. The secret is to figure it out with the fingers first – is to do all the articulation, all legato, whatever you want to do, do it all with the fingers first and then bring in the pedal if there's something you really can't join and want to have joined. That's the secret, I think, to use it only when required. How beautiful it can sound without pedal in the B flat minor. It's very difficult to do and takes great, great control.
LVB1770 9 months ago
@LVB1770 I agree. This piece is meant to be played with out the petal.
domi23 9 months ago
Nice tempo but you should never use a pedal when playing Bach
dobermans215 10 months ago
Thanks for your thoughts dobermans215,
Granted I over pedaled here but never using pedaling in Bach
is limiting. I use 1/4 pedal now only pedaling into the next measure.
Many great pianists use pedal in Bach. It's just a matter of using it
sparingly and tastefully. I bet if Bach had a sustain pedal he would
have used it to add color and texture! Thanks again.
LVB1770 9 months ago
Difficult to play at that tempo but you made it look so easy. Except for the wrong note played at the next to last measure it was perfect.
starrfan 10 months ago
tears to my eyes so lovely
Superwhiff1 10 months ago
Uma das músicas mais lindas que um ser humano foi capaz de compor!!
ramonjrgtbaa 10 months ago
Uma das músicas mais lindas que um ser humano foi capaz de compor!!
ramonjrgtbaa 10 months ago
I just learned how to play this songs completely today.
I guess the most important thing is the level of emotion that the player
inserts into the song because the song it self if kind of easy to learn.
Beautiful !
theFforlife 11 months ago
This is one of Bach's most beautiful works because of the shear simplicity. This is played VERY well - great tempo - Many thanks for this upload.
87Wayne 1 year ago
I can see your skin through that shirt. But very nice playing, and nice sound on that piano.
philnoll 1 year ago
The acoustics are wonderful. How are you doing it at home? I need a mic. Mine sound awful and is why I never upload anything... And my playing sucks too. lol
BankFace 1 year ago
That was a great performance! I've never learned to play the whole piece through, but after hearing what you did with it I downloaded the score and will work at it. I'll be playing it on an old 73-key Casio, BUT with enhancement via True Pianos on my computer. Thanks for the entertainment-- Eddie
zaputzaput1 1 year ago
so eerie and beautiful it reminds me of hannibal lector lol
bongtoker420 1 year ago
wow nice
balloonq 1 year ago
Nicely rendered - the tempo and the modest use of the pedal are very pleasant to my ear. Thank you for sharing this!
spacebender 1 year ago
Loveley .. I just did it to .. but you are way MUCH better than me .. .... MUCH .. loveley sound btw and I see you play it to with the pedal ^^ not many play without it ... but I like the pedal to more in this ... and maby Bach would to if he had a pedal at his disposal
Darkboy2525 1 year ago
Nice. I've been playing ave maria with this video on my violin, and I think you've missed a measure somewhere in the end. I'm always end up one measure ahead of you in the end... I'm guessing around measure 25, maybe? But otherwise, great! I love the tempo.
angelflight2k6 1 year ago
@angelflight2k6 According to Wikipedia "The version used by Gounod has the addition of one measure (m.23), found only in the Schwenke manuscript and the Simrock printed edition based upon it, but not in the other Bach manuscripts or the scholarly Bischoff and G. Henle Verlag Urtext printed editions."
gjrcomputing 1 year ago
@angelflight2k6 According to Wikipedia, 'The version used by Gounod has the addition of one measure (m.23), found only in the Schwenke manuscript and the Simrock printed edition based upon it, but not in the other Bach manuscripts or the scholarly Bischoff and G. Henle Verlag Urtext printed editions.'
gjrcomputing 1 year ago
uy que vicente!
andresmetacho2 1 year ago
very good, finally i found good performance of this piece. Right tempo, clear sound, very soft touch. Dynamics is good, i cant hear exactly, because of compressed audio on youtube, but nevertheless it's good )
webanton 1 year ago
muy bien!
andresmetacho2 1 year ago
very nice tempo but however, the poses at the end of the piece wasn't really necessary though lol.
other than that, thumbs up
flinty39 1 year ago
I just learned this song transposed on Upright Bass.... it doesn't sound nearly as pretty as it does on piano. D:
aceenigmax 1 year ago
Originally this is played a lot faster, but playing it slower makes it more enjoyable. I dont get why Bach meant it to be faster
albrtsify 1 year ago
baroque styled music (such as Bach) is usually used as a way for a pianist to essentially show off their skills. toccatas, which translates into fancy keyboard piece or something of the sort, are what Bach is well known for. They are just fast, dizzying scales essentially.
Bach probably wanted it played faster in order to better showcase the musicians talent.
johnlatvis 1 year ago
@albrtsify I agree, its nicer slower.
Great Job!
RuiizuKuroi 1 year ago
Reminds of baby sleepy time...
a1mint 1 year ago
Like it. very soft, nice tempo, clear...
So an easy piece and still so beatiful.
klavierapollo 2 years ago
Just beautiful!
JuniixForever 2 years ago
Very nice. Sweet playing.
mmaier2112 2 years ago
Great tempo, finally I found a good version. Tempo changes would ruin the balance
5 stars
Kinjutsuu 2 years ago 7
The other day I was driving home from work and listening to the classical radio station and heard a recording of this piece played at less than half this tempo. It was amazing, so simple and unornamented but so poignant.
yogajosh1 2 years ago
Dayum. This is my favorite classical song.
mybruisedarm 2 years ago
Mis mas sinceras felicitaciones a este tipo. Envidiable, verdaderamente soberbio, incitante, un golpe a los sentidos. Awesome!!!!!!!!
CAT1830 2 years ago 2
Absolutely beautiful.
duplessisriana 2 years ago 7
muyyy bieenn,,y el ritmo por fin lo tocas bien,,los demas en los videos,,lo tocan muy rapido,,,,avee mariaaa,,que divino!!!
gabariton 2 years ago 2
very nice this is my favourite bach peice
well played, but u could have added tempo changes and maybe a little contrast in dynamics
fleabass6969 2 years ago 5
That may have been nice but it wouldn't have been accurate so you can hardly blame the man.
curzmg 2 years ago
That's nice. I'd have liked to hear more dynamic contrast... anyway, I think I preffer Chopin and romantic pieces. Anyways, It doesn't mean you did a great job.
What else do you like to play?
JasonTchavarria 2 years ago
lovely i like it
ralfiona 2 years ago
great bass in the piano
what sort is it?
mccreadyk 2 years ago
mccreadyk,
It's a 1989 Yamaha C3 6'1" Conservatory grand.
LVB1770 2 years ago
I would have liked to hear more dynamic contrast, especially towards the end. I was waiting for the fortissimo that never came. : (
VoiceOfAnAngel1 2 years ago 3
bach didnt originally write in dynamics. :)
panicandfoblvr 2 years ago
He would have definitely wrote them if a harpsichord had dynamics.
freshhh1994 2 years ago 4
nice i like it
ralfiona 2 years ago
GREAT PIECE!! 5/5 i played this for my first contest solo ^.^
Elijah919 3 years ago
Sounded absolutely beautiful.
^_^
Thatsahotcafeboy 3 years ago
Can't you hear that the notes are off rhythm?
pizzaboy456783 3 years ago
pizzaboy456783, What? Please elaborate in detail if you can.
LVB1770 3 years ago
Don't listen to this pizzaStupid. You're Good
5 stars for you. :D
samyloki 3 years ago
HaHa samyloki! Funny. I always like to get feedback if someone can explain themselves instead of just making some random comment. Thanks!
LVB1770 3 years ago
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samyloki 3 years ago
You're welcome.
i like your vids. They reflect the time and practice you put to it. Then people sh*t comment on them. That peace me off. (+_+)
samyloki 3 years ago 2
Very nice.
buntschuh 3 years ago
Thanks so much buntschuh!
LVB1770 3 years ago
perfect!!!
warren0088 3 years ago
Thanks warren0088!
LVB1770 3 years ago
Good interpretation, but the last note in the third-to-last measure should be a D - I'm hearing an E, was this voluntary?
Cheers and thanks for putting this online!
ascalvin 3 years ago
Thanks ascalvin.
I believe you are correct on the D.
LVB1770 3 years ago
ascalvin I think you are a show off
furelise454 2 years ago
And I thank you for your feedback!
ascalvin 2 years ago
was this voluntary?
furelise454 2 years ago
You mean me being a show-off? I actually don't agree that I was (anyone can hear that note, I was just the one pointing it out), so I guess the answer to that would be "no".
ascalvin 2 years ago
and by that point.. you are.. correct.. but yea. your right. it should be an E in that measure.
his performance is really good tho.. good job..
resi45 2 years ago
just wondering...dont hate me for saying this
from 1:36 to like 1:40 wasnt there one extra thing to be played? at least thought there was last time i played it...
just wondering :-D
nice playing btw
dudeguy927 3 years ago
Nice playing man! The tempo is pretty good, i still want to do a "sweet" tempo. And yeah, from 1:36 1:40 there is a thing that is not played.
Nice perfomance :D
Tiino0 3 years ago
i have the notes and nothing was missing.
frozenlabyrinth 3 years ago
Best tempo yet. The amplitude was more evenly balanced too. Nice, I'll keep this one.
PeelTower 3 years ago
I agree with PeelTower
nitrosray 3 years ago
This is very nice. Very good tempo and excellent control! You should include the fugue in the same video also. I don't like it when pianists omit either the prelude or fugue because Bach wrote them to be included together. Could you redo this and play the fugue also?
BachScholar 3 years ago
Thanks much Bach Scholar, I know what you mean. At the moment fugues turn me into a raging maniac, especially Bach fugues! They are a bit too mathematical for my tastes but I suppose oneday I will aquire the taste to play some. Right now I just have to figure out who to stop playing some much Scriabin! I CAN'T STOP! Over the past year I have not been able to stop leraning his music. It's very addicting! I read the notes of his music in my sleep!
LVB1770 3 years ago
ooh nice piano & playing!
darkkchoco 3 years ago
Thanks much darkkchoco!
LVB1770 3 years ago
This is great but i think it is a bit too fast but its all about interpetation, thats the beauty of music!
jumpman858 3 years ago
Soaked it in at the end there. Nice.
CarlosIsDown 3 years ago
sehr schöne Aufnahme!
chr1974bln 3 years ago
Beautiful recording here, everything came together perfectly. Listened several times before and omitted to leave a compliment... too busy looking for more Scriabin.
BarNuun 3 years ago
Thanks BarNuun! I am always busy looking for more Scriabin. To me no one can touch Sofroninsky! I took a lesson with Sofroninsky's Grandson who is also Scriabin's Great Grandson but had to stop due to money issues. Hopefully I can continue lessons soon. What a blessing to have such an opportunity!
LVB1770 3 years ago
I love this download. I recorded the music part and have been playing it nearly everyday in my truck. Thank you! And I don't think you're acting weird, it just looks like someone that has just finished playing a beautiful piece of music.
ExpressTN 3 years ago
Why do you behave so wierd at the end? Something wrong with your brain?
ymsefisen 3 years ago
lvb you are music - thank you j.s bach out of the dark i saw the light..
dodgy fan mdv the one we were waitin' for big e smalls at piano.. xxx
dodgyfan 3 years ago
Thanks dodgyfan!
LVB1770 3 years ago
Very nice indeed.
lolorobs8217 3 years ago
Thanks
lolorobs8217!
LVB1770 3 years ago
well done =) you played this piece correctly.
XKiwiNguyenX 3 years ago
really good ;). i really like this song ^^
forever4luvf4 3 years ago
i can play it,too...
i love it
really good ;)
anschixx3 3 years ago
Ésta canción en directo:
watch?v=QdXakq4fmpI
chopemanchopeman 3 years ago
Sublime! Bravo!
RomeoIngush 3 years ago
Thanks RomeoIngush!
LVB1770 3 years ago
i can play that song!
good job
tommyquality 3 years ago
Holy crap, that was beautifully played. I've seen plenty of youtube videos of people playing piano and this completley caught me by surprise as to how amazingly you play.
faraz1729 3 years ago
Wow, thanks faraz1729! I am working on another Bach prelude as well as some Schumann, Barber's
Pas de Deux and more Scriabin preludes. Thanks again for the knd words.
LVB1770 3 years ago
e el titulo esta mal es el prelude de toda la vida, sobra eso de bwv y lo de en c mayor, asi k no te flipes, mira pulsa en mi nombre y mira un video del piano, salgo tocando esta en un concierto, se olle mucho mejor y no me flipo tanto, aprende chaval.
chopemanchopeman 3 years ago
man you play great but i cant help feeling like your a snob great playing mate your really good.
baggies4 3 years ago
Thanks baggies4, but please elaborate on why you
think I am a snob. That's a pretty ridiculous statement. You don't even know me. Never assume
something about someone because it makes an
ASS out of U and ME!=ASSUME!LOL! Peace.
LVB1770 3 years ago
hey ..that song is almost similar to now and then of Blackmore's Night...
papalakiss 3 years ago
papalakiss, that's because they borrowed it into their song like so many other bands have done with Bach. Even the Beatles borrow from Bach.
In a way Bach was the begininng of popular music, pop music. Beethoven also influened pop music.
LVB1770 3 years ago
Well done! I allways find myself accelerating and reaching crescendo about halfway through, but you keep it absolutely even and well tempered indeed! =)
TotallyBursar 3 years ago
Thanks TotallyBursar, It is human nature to rush when a crescendo comes or to slow down when you decrescendo. Beethoven was said to have sometimes slow down a bit in crescendos as an effect. It takes a lot of work to perfect but when it is written it the score to accelerando or deccelerando it's a matter of how much or how little and depends of the style of music. Thanks again.
LVB1770 3 years ago
cuida el "5" de la mano derecha,el ritmo se lleva con la mano izquierda,no muevas tanto la mano derecha,no subas tanto el"5" de la derecha.
nairigrigorian 3 years ago
Thank you so much nairigrigorian! I adore your playing! You are such wonderful pianist and teacher! I just love you!
LVB1770 3 years ago
eres muy intelegente,me alegro de conocerte.
nairigrigorian 3 years ago
Thanks for the compliment and I am glad I found you on you tube.
LVB1770 3 years ago
Beautiful, I am teaching this to my students, and you are a fine example in performance of this piece for them to hear.
Thank you for posting this.
szaszarose 3 years ago
Thank you very much szaszarose! One of my favorite recordings of the prelude is by
Bernard Roberts.
LVB1770 3 years ago
this is really beautiful!! on of the best on youtube!!! thank you for posting!!!
BryndisSnae 3 years ago
this is really beautiful!! on of the best on youtube!!! thank you for posting!!!
BryndisSnae 3 years ago
I wish I could play the piano :(
andyonaidu 3 years ago
Don't we all wish we could? :( It's one of the most complicated instruments. It's a pity I don't have any musical talents. :(
luirot9 3 years ago
OK. This is the best one, so far I heard on the tube. EXCELLENT! JUST RIGHT! THANKS FOR POSTING
RockingJulia 3 years ago
Thanks so much RockingJulia!
LVB1770 3 years ago
Good tempo, is that a left handed piano? it looks like one. Whats the deal on the carpet!?
Drew82a 3 years ago
Thanks Drew82a, I have never even heard of a left handed piano. I just googled it but have to read more on it. My piano is a Yamaha 6'1" C3 Conservatory. The carpet is used to keep cold air from coming up into the piano and to tone down reverb reflections.
LVB1770 3 years ago
I've looked up your Yam 6'1" C3 and you can get left handed ones! I play a left handed todler grand! It sounds Beaut!
Drew82a 3 years ago
Very nice! I like this!
thequeta 3 years ago
Thanks so much thequeta.
LVB1770 3 years ago
Wonderful rendition - played with lots of feeling. Bravo!
fazalahmed24 4 years ago
Thank you fazalahmed24.
LVB1770 4 years ago
I just heard my stepson play this and thought it was beautiful so I just found your video and bookmarked it. Beautiful job.
ExpressTN 4 years ago
Thank you for the kind words ExpressTN.
LVB1770 4 years ago
That was a very sweet interpretation
bmnmtfk 4 years ago
Thanks much bmnmtfk!
LVB1770 4 years ago
hummm :P, i've found that the extra bar ws probably from a schirmer edition... those have very modifications to the original editions.. and my sheet that ive downloaded is just a photocopy of that edition! damn you schirmer! :)
BugaDotCom 4 years ago
:P its the third, i forgot to post this in the last one, the version of the roland piano book ( 60 piano masterpieces) is the one with 35 bars, and in the place of the hypothetic extra bar, there is an asterisk and in the bottom of the page there is that extra bar with a japanese or chinese note, if someone has that book and understands japanese it would be nice( if you want pictures, thats fine too). only bach will know :P
BugaDotCom 4 years ago
well, meanwhile ive found 4 different possible composers of that extra bar; gnoud, czerny, schweitzer and schwenke, if anyone knows more than that, please answer..thanks
BugaDotCom 4 years ago
Hi,, ive found in both books and in internet, two different sheets. one with 36 bars and other with only 35! the ''extra/missing'' bar is the 23rd.. ? does anyone know which one is the correct? ive found the one with 36 in expensive book with hundreds of classical songs, and the one wiht 35, in a book that comes with roland pianos and on many internet sites. thanks for the help! and ive enjoyed your videos! great! happy new year
BugaDotCom 4 years ago
Hi BugaDotCom, Sorry I am just getting back to you but I get so many messages I can't keep up anymore. Henle Urtext is usually the best edition but the aren't cheap. 36 measures is correct.
LVB1770 4 years ago
oh i just love this piece - who cares about the fugue, this is gorgeous!
hansdotcom22 4 years ago
Thanks hansdotcom22!
LVB1770 4 years ago
what happened to the fuge that is supposed to follow? thats only half the piece.
ryanr3300 4 years ago
ryanr3300, I never learned the fugue because I was pulled away by other compositions I wanted to learn. Plus, fugues make me mentally unstable
and drive me to insanity! One of these days I may wrap my brain around fugues but as of now they give me many headaches!
LVB1770 4 years ago
I hear ya. I'm trying to learn the fugue for this right now, and sometimes i just want to smash and burn the piano.
ryanr3300 4 years ago
He could've had access to it, but he dismissed the piano. So therefore, his music was written as how he intended, with no pedal.
OverFjell 4 years ago
Hi OverFjell, actually that is not true. Bach did have access to a piano forte. Gottfried Silbermann build a piano forte that Bach played and approved of. He did complain it was too hard to play after playing on a harpsicord for so many years. After this Bach began writing for piano forte.
LVB1770 4 years ago
Bach's estate included 3 violins, 3 violas, 2 cellos, 2 small basses, 1 viola da gamba, 1 lute, and EIGHT HARPSICHORDS --- but NOT EVEN ONE STINKIN fortepiano!
A 1747 newspaper reporting about Bach's visit that year to the Prussian court refered to "the so-called Forte and Piano" that Bach had improvised on at the court. The language of this reference suggests just how newfangled the fortepiano was still considered in 1747, even though the earliest fortepianos appeared around 1700.
wcbroccoli 3 years ago
The action of coupled harpsichord or organ manuals can be heavier than piano action.
Bach never wrote for the fortepiano.
Silbermann began making fortepianos in Germany around 1730, and around 1736 Bach tried one. He complained that the high register was too weak and the action to heavy. Presumably, the Silbermann fortepianos Bach encountered in 1747 at the Prussian court had better action.
Upon Bach's death in 1750 his estate included 8 harpsichords --- but not 1 fortepiano.
wcbroccoli 3 years ago
Get out of your heads the notion that a Silbermann fortepiano worked and sounded liked a modern piano.
For one thing, the damper "pedal" on Silbermann's fortepiano was not a pedal at all. It was merely a hand stop that could be changed only at a pause in the music!
wcbroccoli 3 years ago
You are making the false and misleading suggestion that Bach merely imagined that
the action in Silbermann's early fortepianos was too heavy and that this was not real defect.
The action of a good fortepiano is actually lighter and more responsive than that of a modern piano!
wcbroccoli 3 years ago
why do you lot care!!! just listen to the music. dont bitch about what piano it should be on!!!
jeeeez
oshofrankland 3 years ago 2
quite fine imo, i prefer w/o pedal, but it seems most modern pianists like to add pedal. The piece was intended to be played detached.
TheGuyCalledX 4 years ago
TheGuyCalledX, to say this prelude was intended to be played detached is ridiculous! Bach's music was intended to be played many ways, not in one way. I play it different each time.
LVB1770 4 years ago
I agree that there are many interpretations of this piece, but it is hard to argue that Bach himself played the piece detached.Your playing, it's quite wonderful.
What I'm saying is that, given the time period, Baroque, there was a specific way people tended to compose and play music.
TheGuyCalledX 4 years ago
Also, the piece was from a collection of preludes and fugues called the Well-tempered Clavier.
The Clavier is a flute-like instrument. If you imagine a flute, it is a detached instrument. And Baroque music in general is a detached style, with legato used only between short phrases.
TheGuyCalledX 4 years ago
In Bach's day, the term "Clavier" was a generic term for ANY type of keyboard instrument, e.g., harpsichord, clavichord, spinet -- even organ or fortepiano.
There's nothing flute-like about the sound of any of these instruments. And a flute does not sound detached unless you play it that way.
In his dedication to his Inventions and Sinfonias, one of Bach's stated purposes was "to arrive at a singing style in playing".
A "singing sytle" is not a "detached style"
wcbroccoli 3 years ago
Well, really, you shouldn't use pedal at all, seeing as how this piece was made for Harpsichod.
Excellent performance though! I'm doing this piece for my exams.
OverFjell 4 years ago
OverFjell, I disagree. 1/4 to 1/8 works well with over lapping legato fingering.
LVB1770 4 years ago
ok, u need not listen to some of the comments here... take it from me, ok.. I think the sound is great. Really.. that's all that matters, and I have at least 7 different versions of this piece performed by the masters.. ok..not amateurs! and u'r sound is very close... I listen constantly.. I mean they are classical musicians... and they record js c in prelude. u'r fine in my opinion..
ignore the negative comments.
iluvmusickp 4 years ago
u need to pedal in this piece.. it's essential for the sound!
iluvmusickp 4 years ago
Hi iluvmusickp, Actually, that funny cause I do
pedal but I was studying this with a great teacher just last weekend and learned more about phrasing, over lapping legato and using less pedal which works, too.
LVB1770 4 years ago
I think you definitely have the right idea, LVB. I like the clarity that you've achieved by making your fingers do the work. Relying on the pedal often makes it too muddy. This was beautifully played. Keep up the great work. :D
sweetie3988 4 years ago
essential? it was made to be played on harpsichord, you know, the metallic sound?
I don't know if it's essential, but i guess its ok, cuz people nowadays fall in love w/ the pedal. But back in those days, it wasnt played w/ pedal or legato for that matter.
I still prefer it semi-legato, but thats me. there are a kajillion different variations of this piece.
TheGuyCalledX 4 years ago
I believe if Bach had access to sustain pedals in his day it would have changed the history of keyboard music!
LVB1770 4 years ago
Just as a note, this was a reply to someone who said pedal was essential in this piece.
And, I'm sure I agree with you, we can argue semantics all day long. IF this happened, IF that happened, but construing yourself in this counterfactual history is all hoopla.
TheGuyCalledX 4 years ago
sorry.. but what the hell is H???? I play this always, no H notes.. oh boy, i'm lost and i play from the js book..
iluvmusickp 4 years ago
For some crazy reason, Germans and other such people call B-flat H! I have no idea why.
starkey7uk 4 years ago
starkey7uk, not B-flat, but B = H. Don't ask why... I have no idea. I grew up in eastern europe where they have it like this (not just germany) and it has always seemed counterintuitive to me.
djriskyp 4 years ago
Hey maybe you should look at it once more ...
you forgot a whole chord (bar/measure no. 23; G - Eb - H - C - Eb) and that's one of the important ones, without this one, the climax of the piece doesn't really make sense ...
the end should't be arpeggiated cause that's bach - u know?!
the rest's fine;)
quizzee2 4 years ago
Thanks for your comments quizzee2. I agree it should climax more in those secctions. I used a mordent and an arpeggio at the end because it is in Bach's autograph. Bernard Robert's is the only pianist I have heard who plays it like that.
LVB1770 4 years ago
Just wondering...can you play this without the music in front of you? Interesting question.
BB2nite 4 years ago
I can, well the first bit lol. =]
randomgoat5 4 years ago
Beautifully played! Well done! Keep up the good work!
ZiggyStardust35 4 years ago
you used pedaling right? maybe you should try without it...better feeling...more natural...just my opinion...
hsmFreek 4 years ago
Thanks hsmFreek, I now only use the pedal very sparingly like 1/4 or even 1/8 pedal and I use more over lapping legato like Angela Hewitt does. Thanks for your comment.
LVB1770 4 years ago
awesome job. im trying to learn this, and your video is a great reference
Osprey218 4 years ago
Thanks Osprey218, I'm glad it helped you out.
There was a video posted of this with Andrei Gavrilov but I don't it's still up. The DVD is available on Amazon. It has 4 different pianists
playing all 48 of Bach's Preludes and Fuges.
LVB1770 4 years ago
Great. Thanks a lot
Osprey218 4 years ago
I like your softness in this video, good tempo and feeling
alexvonsayn 4 years ago
dont slow down, keep the hypnotic left hand going steady, nice modern approach :) i like it
ittou5 4 years ago
oh man that was beautiful can you play his little fugue in G minor? If you can please post it, it want to hear you play it!!!
ectomy1235 4 years ago
Esta canción la toco yo en piano !! No sabia q es tan conocidaa...
ashezz2007 4 years ago