Prelude and Fugue No. 20 in A minor, BWV 865, from Bach's Well-tempered Clavier, Gulda pianist

[jasseminne]

Difficult piece technically, especially the part of fugue.

I'll not say "Good work", because it is Goulda who plays. It has to be good. I'm impressed.

[kv310]

Instructions:

1. Listen to this twice a day

2. Become a better person

[stijnje93]

Great!!!, you just hear the melody flowing:)

[jsanders841]

Wow, so different than Goulds.

[Athing222]

This is Barack Obama. I declare this a good song.

[gilazio]

i Agree with Vgggeflat

[Vgggeflat]

Practicing what? This was a demonstration for all time of what all the different keys were about. This time I find Gulda a bit too percussive.

[beethomozart]

Magnificent job by Gulda of these 24 series of preludes and fugues that go all the way through the 12 tonalities in major and minor mode, thus summing up 24 wonderful pieces that were supposedly for practicing purposes but nowadays one enjoys just listening, there you have this pretty no. 20!

[colourfulwithaU]

@beethomozart

Bach wrote some pieces for pedagogical purposes (practicing), but not this. He wrote this to demonstrate what each diatonic key could do, but even that is a secondary goal - his goal was to write something beautiful.

[TheAanchal]

again, simply beastie good as always :]