Prelude and Fugue No. 8 in E-flat minor, BWV 853, from Bach's Well-tempered Clavier, Gulda pianist

Prelude and Fugue No. 8 in E-flat minor, BWV 853, from the Well-tempered Clavier by Johann Sebastian Bach. Played by Friedrich Gulda; recorded 1972, MPS-Tonstudio, Villingen, Germany.

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[mallorcametal3]

well, it was supposed to be played with a hapsichord, so playing it with a piano is already cheating (sustain of the notes, dinamics...) so why not use the pedal? if Bach was given a modern piano back in the time, im sure he would have used pedal.

[gerhold101]

Very many students have worked hard to learn music. I would guess any composer whose works have been recorded, ditto with any musician and conductor and many of those whose names aren't remembered. Genius is difficult to define and an oft-misused term but it can't come about solely by years of hard work and study. Monkeys and Shakespeare, yes? You're denying, for some reason, the essential factor of creativity in all music, art and literature. I remain bewildered as to where music arises.

[13shenmy1]

@mallorcametal3 bach wrote it for the keyboard instruments, hence the name clavier at the end of the Well Tempered Clavier and not Well Tempered Harpsichord.

[rapperscanttakeahint]

@Anononononononymous I completely agree! I've been learning this piece for the last few months and every single one of the few hundred times I've played it through I've been stunned at how fantastic those few bars are

[juzzyfuzz]

@mallorcametal3 I know of a wonderful Bach scholar, who once remarked "when playing Bach on the piano, some pianists choose to not use the sustaining pedal, in an effort to make the piano sound like a harpsichord. But it doesn't work - it doesn't sound like a harpsichord, it simply sounds like a piano without the sustaining pedal, that's all, pure and simple".

[wawa314159]

@SergejKlassen Indeed. It's my fault. Thanks for the correction.

[SergejKlassen]

@wawa314159, I guess you didnt really listen to this music... By the way, this Fugue is also three-voiced...

[TheMrSteinway]

For the ease of viewer, 4:26 is the fugue

[deezlesteezle]

@KindFurryBoy Hell, you can't even recognize it.

[deezlesteezle]

@KindFurryBoy Wow I know you said this a year ago but I still have to reply... Cleary you do not appreciate the intellectual depth...