Bach French Suite No 5 Piano G Major BWV 816-Courtney McLean

Courtney McLean plays Bach French Suite No. 5 in G Major, BWV 816
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• bach
• french
• suite
• courtney
• mclean
• piano
• BWV
• 816
• Major

[billabongxv]

Enough of these mediocre comments about pedal. Bach's music can be played well with or without pedal, just like all other music. There was never a pianist (a good one!)who didn't use some pedal in Bach (including Glenn Gould).

[Metz77]

Fantastic, beautiful music!!

[biofourpointoh]

@angietihi I would not think anything of the hair. A critique on such grounds might inadvertently create a bias against female players (as many men are able to avoid the issue entirely with very short hair - far more socially acceptable for men than for women). Perhaps it is part of her ritual, like a tennis player bouncing the ball before the serve.

[ocsound1]

It's good playing, The allemande is superiour to the courante .. the tempo in the courante is a bit out of control and loses something, altough it's solid .. the allemande has the magic .. the courante sound isn't articulated clearly enough to be played at that tempo .. I enjoyed the playing overall :-)

[Akee1990]

@billabongxv Also if you don't know what the hell you're doing, you will make the music sound Romantic.This ain't no dAmn Romantic piece

[Akee1990]

@deathshot7 I don't use the pedal on Baroque music.Well try not to because the pedal will obscure the contrapuntal lines.

[angietihi]

Beautifully played, iffy notes, pedal and all. Very musical and expressive. But what's with the hair thing at the beginning? Did she forget to tie it back? A bit irritating seeing that.

[angietihi]

Beautifully played, pedal or no pedal, iffy notes and all. But what's with the hair thing at the beginning? Did she forget to tie it back? It went where it was originally within seconds anyway.

[codycrowder]

bach would have hated it.. artist yes, beautiful playing yes.. but in all reality, bach was very precise and he played on a harpi.. haha hed be like wtf

[johnmarkpiano]

The hall is very wet, which doesn't help the articulation. But I never understood the argument to use no pedal. Of course the tone is different; it is a striking hammer, on a nine-foot instrument, with thousands of pounds of force on its soundboard, that doesn't ring at all if you knock the side of it with your hand (like a harpsichord, or guitar).

I think she plays beautifully, like an individual, like an artist, and I think that's how Bach would prefer to hear it.

[Tony33156]

Five Stars!! Great Performance.

[121Ayame121]

Beautiful! The fast notes are a little iffy though, but still very good :D