Bach: WTC1 No. 3 in C sharp major BWV 848 (Richter)

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List of The Welltempered Clavier videos I have uploaded (I will continue to add videos until the list is full!):

1. in C major http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dkt75juxvxw
2. in c minor http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1GXHjxvSi24
3. in C# major http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z-c8WG2GTaI
4. in c# minor
5. in D major http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K_85VWhfSRA
6. in d minor http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QNMYHy8B7KU
7. in Eb major
8. in eb minor
9. in E major http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EMEITKQI7ao
10. in e minor http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wp5mPL7IPMc
11. in F major http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=njXeHu5znZ0 (new!)
12. in f minor http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X9Z_FVjMSWc (new!)
13. in F# major http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lJCpUW1Q1yc
14. in f# minor http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RjAQLU23keI
15. in G major http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gNlXYLsC_Vs
16. in g minor http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AZKif28jMUg
17. in Ab major http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gCL5Zvnt0TU
18. in g# minor http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gfrI046SU3E
19. in A major http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TRZfA5gv-dE
20. in a minor http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qj4lPhfG98o
21. in Bb major http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FzwlNtcWV34 (new!)
22. in bb minor http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CL00B8TQMBQ (new!)
23. in B major
24. in b minor

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Bach
• Richter
• Sviatoslav
• Das
• Wohltemperierte
• Klavier
• Well
• Tempered
• Clavier
• Fugue
• Prelude
• major
• BWV
• 848
• piano

[UserID20]

Theory question. At 2:00 if you pause and look at the second measure there is a cancellation of a double sharp... but not on the same octave.. is that a misprint?

[Pianoplayer002]

THat, or they take into consideration that there actually may be performers stupid enough to think that they have to play a double sharp up there as well... I dunno, it doesn't make sense to me either. I guess it's just a precaution to prevent misreadings of that note

[a5urbanipa1]

Does anybody know what happened at 2:00?

[Pianoplayer002]

huh?

[insaneguitarfreak]

Bach sounds ALWAYS great, even in midi format in a Tetris game. Just because. Or just because it´s Bach.

[anyways589]

Exactly, it is a matter of taste. What I wrote earlier is my opinion. Play it how ever you damn please!

[fledgehog]

@insaneguitarfreak i always found the tetris connection interesting, because the way that all the different parts in a bach piece fit together is incredibly reminiscent in my mind of a well-played game of tetris

[JohnEBPiano]

Chopin op. 10 no. 4?

[JustLooking876]

Just as a side note:

The whole prelude interestingly appears in the Sims 3 Late Night Expansion under the name of 'Wilkinson's Bay Sonata' (they FINALLY put the piano back into the game...). I was pleasantly surprised when I heard it.

[tarquin161234]

This whole piece is incredible

[wilkw3]

@UserID20 there is few notation system, in european one any chromatic sign concerns a note in every octaves, but still it is useless to write cancellation and then sharp. It has to be older notation system in my opinion.

[thefloyd10]

@insaneguitarfreak sounds of farts haha

[insaneguitarfreak]

@PetetheJazzMan yup, i´m well aware of that, I think any of his fugues would sound fascinating even if they are recorded with the sounds of farts lol

[rumpranger65]

Also, thanks for putting the sheet music with it. It's wonderful for seeing all the counterpoint, and shows the second part in all its fugal beauty and perfection.

[rumpranger65]

How do you guys keep the left hand so steady and perfect? Right hand, no problem. Left hand, I can't keep it steady and I get "wobbly".

[Keytaster]

just tooo fast. He totally misses the point, really ruins the whole prelude... it needs to be said, Gould hither and thither