J.S. Bach Partita No. 2 in C Minor BWV 826 Tzvi Erez, piano. Capriccio (6/6)

iTunes link http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/bach-partita-no-2-bwv-826-ep/id407643017?uo=4

About 2 years back, Mildred Kenton casually asked me to have a close look at Bach's Partitas for keyboard, the second being her favourite. Recently, I had the opportunity to study this Partita, and I was so taken by its divine beauty and technical charm. This recording of the entire 6 movements of the Partita (I will post the videos as they become available) features my interpretation of how Bach should be performed; the counterpoint should feature the cantabile melody as it travels between voices, and level playing is key with the drive of the rhythm.

I would like to thank BachScholar for his insight of Bach's Tempo. Although I did not execute the entire Tempo advise, much of it was taken into consideration for the performance. http://www.youtube.com/user/BachScholar

This entire Partita is available for purchase at the Niv Music Store (http://www.nivmusic.com and click on the Store Logo) in time for the holiday season. This is Music for the Soul, and it deserves a listening ear.

Partita No. 2 in C minor is in six parts: Sinfonia, Allemande, Courante, Sarabande, Rondeaux, and Capriccio.

The Partitas are the last set of Keyboard Suites that Bach composed and the most technically demanding of the three. They were composed between 1725 and 1731.

In keeping with a nineteenth century naming tradition that labeled Bach's first set of Suites English and the second French, the Partitas are often referred to as the German Suites. In comparison with the two earlier sets of suites, the Partitas are by far the most free-ranging in terms of structure.

While each of the Partitas was published separately, they were collected into a single volume (1731), known as the Clavier-Übung I (Keyboard Practice), which Bach himself chose to label his Opus 1.

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[tsoder123]

Such divine music, but bachs head flying in front of the earth is a little disturbing :)

[OldRabit]

Wonderful!!!

[batchava]

Eretz deserves the definition: A good artist.

[10WiseVirgins]

This is MOST GENIUS musician after Svatoslav Richter. Incredible!

[petertkf1]

Great Song..

He played smoothly...GREAT!

[JACKSON2012music]

HEADGASM

[bliss4jules]

which hemisphere is Bach's head in?

[imeneelkafsi]

This is my Grade 8 exam piece. IT'S SO HARD TO PLAY.

But it's amammamamamazing.

[Adamalgorithm]

@tsoder123 Bach is the flagship of Earth. In this way we show off to aliens. After hearing Bach the Aliens will think we are so smart we must have advanced weapons and technologies and they will leave us alone.

[Vesivian]

@tsoder123 Heck yeah!

[andreatan200]

I LOVE THISSSSSSSS!!!

[jenniferzhu2000]

this song is my eastbay and my junior bach song. It is so hard to play!