Bach Prelude and Fugue F Minor Book II

[1albusseverus]

This is it - how it should be played AND heard. I'm hearing music in it I've never heard before. Thank you - love your brain!

[NoldorinElf]

Watch the tempo in the fugue, but otherwise admirable phrasing and expression in both the prelude and fugue. Well played indeed.

[xNaN3x]

I'm sure the fugue got faster and faster as it went on.... that always happens to me D:

[90Nicoleee]

Amazing. You make it look so easy. I am playing this in my Grade 8 exam this saturday, but I didn't learn it from memory. I play the prelude a fair bit slower. Really enjoyed your interpretation. again, Amazing!

[povie100]

How long did this take you to learn to this level (with how much practicing a day?)? This is excellent.

[Batgirl2612]

I totally messed this piece up in my grade 8 exam.....I was so nervous.......T_T..

wish I can play as well as this..........

[mumundertheoak]

The ending of the fugue is lovely. It is such a temptation to stretch that out for the last few bars, but you did a very nice job reserving it for the very end as is stylistically correct. I liked the tempo, too - that was how I played it when I studied it years ago, and bah to those who insist on the slower tempo! :)

[co0kii]

ah the fugue..sounds hard, I better get started then x)

[breezywindyairlia]

Awesome! I like how clean it is!

[SingHouse]

I KNOW what is wrong with people who call any music a 'song'... GRRRRRRRRR they listen to a 3 hour symphony and say that's a cool 'song'; GRRRRRRR again.

[Joeytronlol]

truly beautiful rendition

bravo

[bae215]

...because they didnt have a pedal back then. You couldnt even make crescendoes, or soft and dark timbre.

[oliveratto]

Excelent! Great performance, great technique...

[DoUbLeUtEeEeFfFfF]

haha ~ you're making it look so easyy!!!

[AgnesRegina]

Beautifully done! The speed makes it the more impressive because it's swift but very even. Bravo.

[psycomusicianno1]

im going to try and learn this for my A2 recital how long did it take you to learn this?

[Batgirl2612]

I'm having this for my grade 8 exam....it's still a mess.

[aries066]

ASnyone ever tell you that you look like Chopin?

[cutefidgety]

rofl maybe only from the angle that we're restricted to :P

[DanJames15]

@aries066 looks more like Franz Liszt, its uncanny

[pianonodame]

It's beautiful the way yu played it!

Nice playing!

try to use pedal, it might be even better!

:)

[bae215]

they didnt have a pedal back then haha

[CharlieDraper]

This was a very good performance, but I think tommyharrington is right to suggest there is something lacking.

[mrkowloon]

Fantastic piece by Johann Sebastian Bach!!

[M3sslah]

Of all I have heard this is the best, perfect tempo, perfect emotion.

[sstachna]

Really admirable! I absolutely enjoyed your Style and disciplined technique. Thx and keep it up!

[deeto1978]

yeah i am trying too....it is so beautiful and you make it look very easy. i have to say i have looked at a lot of videos and so far you are my favourite, people tend to add pedal and it really does not need it.. the pedal seems to drown out all the beautiful Bach nuances...:)

[repsaj299]

I am trying to learn this piece now (when i say trying, i mean trying)! You played it really well

[nizorox]

Great playing... it felt a bit fast though...

[Melodita89]

yeah!!!i see what you mean....i'm learnig it now and the most diffcult is to play without any sheets...

[Melodita89]

i'm learning now this fugue..it's a little bit dificult, isn't it?

[VKatze]

@.@ Mmmmmmm Awesome...!!!!!!!! You rock!

[ramhamsam]

dude nice fugue

[joaniemaloney]

This was one of the pieces I worked on last year. Enjoyable to learn.;)

I like your take on it!

[Jdneptune87]

that was damn good.... was the tempo of fugue that fast?m preparin that piece for my exams..

[musicFan432]

This is so beautifully played! I've listened to it several times now. You've inspired me to learn to play this myself.

[EAFSQ9]

this has been adapted by Jem for her song 'they'

[vampirbloodlust]

i love that song lol

[l0veandpeace]

absolutely amazing. your so so good. and you kind of look like zach braff

[sinbadlook]

fantastic and inspiring!

[Bagolylovag]

You play it very well. Congratulations!

[tiranofice]

tommharrington is actually right, the piece is played perfectly, but it misses somethin, i think i know

he needs to create more dynamics in his themes, he just plays the notes of his theme like they belong together, it doesn't, ther is a question and an answer, he should not throw them together, but make them come out

[fanana37]

Well, they didn't have much in the way of dynamics on keyboards back in the Baroque period. I think this recording is excellent.

[rentaship]

Interesting and enjoyable

[tommyharrington1]

you have the basics. Now feel the music, where is the colour, the love. This music is higher than all of us, truly divine, each note is gold. Also try to play more relaxed, you are a little stiff. For my this music is everything.

[jannokas85]

It's quite amazing that it seemed that your hands weren't balanced in the slower piece, but as soon as the tempo got faster you got out your 'ferrari' mode :D and your hands moved much more harmoniously. Although you played brilliantly i can tell you that you would enjoy it much more if you were to relax your shoulders a bit more. I can see that your arm movement is slightly held back by the hardness in the shoulders.

[achmed1anonym]

if imight make a suggestion i'd hear on the bass more often especially in the fugue nevertheless it's a very good interpretation. Bravo!

[lourak]

Nice work! Don't be afraid of a bit more dynamic contrast. Particularly toward the end - you can have the subject entering with a bit more drama. Sudden fortes and sudden pianos is perfectly acceptable in Bach - only crescendos are questionable.

[Barbetax]

I didn't liked the way you played the prelude BUT, the fugue was exelent

[mwoehrl]

Thanks for posting this! I'm currently learning this Prelude&Fugue myself, and it's always good to see how others do it! My compliment! :-)

[chachidu]

Thanks. The fugue has some tricky fingerings necessary to hold down required notes (and of course without pedal). Great piece though.