Julian Bream - Bach BWV 998: Prelude, Fugue & Allegro

AND!!!! his guitar !! this is not a piece of wood! - we can be certain!

oops! In my comment below I'm referring to the Allegro.

I love how bream keeps the bass line in the lower octave in the B section. It does however make the work much more technically demandingBut it beefs it up Most guitarist play that bass line in the higher octave and it really sounds thin and weak in that section... Of course if one plays this transcription/arrangement by Bream it should be re-named Prelude, Fugue and Andante! LOL
Thanks for upload. Its GREAT!

I know Segovia was his mentor, but JB did so much better than Segovia! And really, he did more than Segovia.

Truly the best. So much music coming from him.
Nothing in the music is sacrificed. Nobody on this day is on his level except for Dyens

Agreed. Dyens also comes to my mind. Although I recently saw Odair Assad perform solo. Talk about sheer power of expression there.

What are you talking about?
You can't compare him to Dyens!
With all respect to Dyens, Bream is on a higher level.

Simply the greatest British musician ever - and the most wonderful player of the guitar and lute. He does not get the recognition he deserves. Bream, you are the man and will always be. Your playing has come from the gods.

dasgroover. You are right of course. The music is perfectly sublime. Miraculous. Thanks to Bream we hear it here.

Where's jugglenaut's comment gone. I enjoyed that...

yes, all practice is metered - afterward performance is free flight -

personally, in musical context, I prefer the experience of freedom vs a performance being overly rehearsed -

When it comes to joy there cannot be such strict demand to restrain individual expression

I had an awakening when I first heard the Allegro
it remains a central hub of influence which I must return to and bath often

and no matter who plays it - ( glorious or less so ) the music itself remains transcendent