Prelude and Fugue No. 21 in B flat major, BWV 866, from Bach's Well-tempered Clavier, Gulda pianist
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@RabaSarabinja Sounds fine to me.
BTW, this performer is not Gould. He doesn't even sound like Gould.
He doesn't even look like Gould.
LOL
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@RabaSarabinja Those accents are the "meter". He is emphasizing the first beat of all the bars in that particular sequence. You know.... Strong-weak-strong-weak, common time.
It is often important to give the listener a sense of where the beats fall, particularly for a long flurry of notes like that and more importantly because it is Baroque.
And.... your teacher would not kill you.
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This is one of two Bach pieces I actually have respect for, because believe me when you have Bach EVERY year in RCM you start to develop some hatred towards his style (AND NO OFFENCE BACH WAS A GREAT COMPOSER) especially because I love the romantic period (like Chopin) and every piece is kind of monotonous. ANYWAY, they should have included THIS piece in the RCM cuz I would actually ENJOY playing it every day... but sadly that's not the case...
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@qwertyasdyaln can one speak of rubato in WTC, where there are no tempo markings?
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The fugue is delighful, so sprighty, joyful and transparent.
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@qwertyasdyaln it has to sound as "quasi improvisation".. it's more than allowed in this piece!
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@ladygaga1me I've studied it as well.. would you post a record on youtube?
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I am ten and playing this. I love it! <3
sshhhiiiit this nigga don even USE a condamn bitch ass got 20 kids
fateplus1 2 months ago
@fateplus1 Nice to know that homeboys such as yourself are also enjoying this music.
henripche 2 months ago 6