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Topic: Prelude & Fugue in b-flat WTC bk. 1  (Read 5248 times)

Offline faustsaccomplice

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Prelude & Fugue in b-flat WTC bk. 1
on: December 04, 2007, 02:05:03 AM
recorded last month at my friend's house
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Re: Prelude & Fugue in b-flat WTC bk. 1
Reply #1 on: December 07, 2007, 12:38:09 AM
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Re: Prelude & Fugue in b-flat WTC bk. 1
Reply #2 on: December 10, 2007, 05:53:22 PM
This is really good. Sounds impromptu, like you just sat down and played without preparation. Your articulation is very clear and your tone is perfectly suited to Bach. There are a couple smudges here and there but nothing major (at least for pianostreet)  ;) Good job.

What brand of piano was this? Sounds like an Asian instrument, I'm curious.
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Re: Prelude & Fugue in b-flat WTC bk. 1
Reply #3 on: December 10, 2007, 11:57:58 PM
you're quite observant

indeed, it's a yamaha

thanks for your comments and encouragement.  it's interesting what you said about it sounding impromptu.  indeed, i hadn't practiced the piece for quite a while, but i was playing a lot of stuff and recording it, and i just went through a bunch of stuff with little pressure, and some of it turned out ok, even if it was relatively unpracticed.

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Re: Prelude & Fugue in b-flat WTC bk. 1
Reply #4 on: December 13, 2007, 06:14:05 PM
you're quite observant

indeed, it's a yamaha

thanks for your comments and encouragement.  it's interesting what you said about it sounding impromptu.  indeed, i hadn't practiced the piece for quite a while, but i was playing a lot of stuff and recording it, and i just went through a bunch of stuff with little pressure, and some of it turned out ok, even if it was relatively unpracticed.

I do this from time to time, sit down and play something I haven't played in a while; the results are usually pretty good although I wouldn't take them out in public. If you work on a piece intensively and really learn it inside out the work is not wasted. When you came back to it after a long time it's fresh. I heard that freshness in your playing. I believe this is one of elements that makes a great instrumentalist, this ability to capture spontaneity in a jar and release it at will. To combine this with technical perfection is no mean achievement. Like fine wine, it takes time.
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