Richter plays Bach: WTC1 No. 18 in g sharp minor BWV 863

A beautiful recording... The atmosphere in the prelude! And the way he captures the mood of each piece so well!

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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

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• piano

[tothemax91]

Okay, can someone please tell me why Bach has written his 8th prelude and fugue in D♯ minor, (this applies to this aswell). As if he was modulate to the D♯ major (quite possible, I am unsure wether he does or not) which contains five sharps and two double sharps, I can then envisage the use for a triple sharp as an accidental which is to say uncommon :), for example used in leading note, as well as ridiculously hard to read. So why such a key?!

tom

[Pianoplayer002]

I am not sure I understand what you are talking about, but as far as I know the reason for the d# minor fugue to be written in d sharp minor and not e flat minor is that he first wrote the fugue in d minor and didn't want to rewrite all the notes, so he simply put some sharps at the approperiate places, and voilá, fugue in d sharp minor ;)

[pianojeans]

I just love ALL of these - Please try and complete the whole set VERY SOON - And thanks for all the very hard work you have put in to make these truly magical pieces become even more entertaining.

[musikfann]

just realising how much beethoven was influenced by this stuff..

[jampishon]

Why did you play the last accord moll, in the notes last accord is dur!

[MusicPredominates]

@pierrot79 : Bach was a composer of fundamental proportions. When one studies Chopin one detects a foundational aspect from Bach.

[contingocoins]

@hhhnightmare the predictability of the Tierce de Picardies can become wearisome (to modern ears) after a certain number of minor key movements...

[pierrot79]

@Pianoplayer002 For Bach and his contemporaries, tonalities have a meaning of their own, due to the temperament (enlarged or shortened fifths in particular). A fugue in D minor couldn't be transposed in d sharp minor without losing the intent. The fact is very few people in history can pretend mastering music as Bach ... thus it not surprising we cannot see why he would use D sharp instead of e flat.

[mtv565]

Prelude is played too fast but still nice. Quaver = 100 to 110 would be fine.

[hhhnightmare]

why is there a B-sharp written at the final bar, when it´s crearly a B natural that´s played??

[rsdmse]

I thought all the pieces in WTC 1 ended in major...

[1980NewWave]

Like Bach (and I've played this particular prelude & fugue, one of my favourites) but could never stand how he finishes most of his minor-key pieces in the tonic major. Sometimes when I play them I just end in the proper minor key anyway, the score be damned - hey, artistic licence :)

[ChronicMetamorphosis]

@tothemax91 There are times in the study of music, where I just have to accept things as how they are instead of questioning them. Sheet music is really just a map written in another language. I read it, I move to the next interval and I play it.