BACH -- Well-Tempered Clavier (Book I), Prelude No. 1 in C

[Timwhaley0702]

Love you man

[UnifiedPerfection]

Very impressive. I want a Piano :/

[random1970]

Love this piece and love how you play it. Our little 5 month girl falls asleep to this!

[Craptron2000]

I purposely searched this song to hear this exactly as you played it. I did not like the professional versions which are actually ranked much higher than your version. They felt either rushed or played staccato style. You let the notes flow and hang in the air.

[ChiChithePygo]

@Craptron2000 Thanks very much, those are kind words.

[Rheostatik]

@Craptron2000 That's because professionals are playing it how it would have been played when Bach wrote it, 250 years ago. The piano hadn't even been invented yet. Amateurs tend to romanticize the piece, which is fine, but not what a professional is going after.

[hrprada]

Ive been scanning YouTube for this particular piece and your performance is much better than most of the others. It's filled with passion !

[ChiChithePygo]

@hrprada Thanks!

[qwhisdjnzdz]

Nice work man. Beautiful piece, one of the better known Bach evergreens... I would like to make one comment, the tempo is not very stable. IMHO baroque music, and in particular this type of two-part etudes, should be played with metronome precision. But that's just my opinion. Keep up the good work

[ChiChithePygo]

I hear you---I used to feel the same way. Now, I think that a metronomic performance lacking dynamic contrast should be advertised as period specific, but not necessarily the end all be all.

I've never seen a reason why late Baroque music needs to be so mechanical. Sure, the composers have left us very straightforward scores, but it was a time of very different performance practice. Improvisation wasn't just expected, it was often required! Maybe a little flexibility's not a bad thing.

Thanks!

[dvirkup]

Actually you played it a little bit romantic but still it was one heck of a performance.

great. 4/5

[ChiChithePygo]

Haha, it may be more than just a "little bit" romantic, but I'm very glad you enjoyed it!

[elrohiron]

Great work, it was amazing had to watch it twice.

Never heard it played so well b4

[ChiChithePygo]

That's quite a compliment---I'm so glad you liked it. :)

[osodrac3012]

Congratulations, great execution.

[ChiChithePygo]

Thanks for watching!

[1234plee4321]

good job

[ChiChithePygo]

Thank you.

[MissyHolland]

Beautiful, laddie. I fell in love with

Bach's music when I was 8 (hearing the allegro to the 5th Brandenberg) and took

up the harpsichord at once.

[ChiChithePygo]

It's beautiful music---thanks for watching!

[IronManWXC]

brilliant, man! i can tell you feel the emotion in the song when you play, its great. Well done!

[ChiChithePygo]

I'm so glad you liked it---thanks for the kind words!

[dlb1911967]

Beautifully played. Love this piece. Keep posting!

[ChiChithePygo]

Thanks, that's very nice of you.

[doctorkozi]

Compliments, a really nice interpretation ed execution!

[ChiChithePygo]

Thank you very much!

[xPythox]

My absolute favorite song in the world.

[ChiChithePygo]

Definitely one of my all-time favorites as well. Thanks for watching!