Bach: P&F E-flat major, WTK II

[pianisten1989]

This is me playing Bach. I've been playing if for almost 2 weeks now, and want to hear what you think.

Thx

[pianisten1989]

aaah! what is wrong this time?!?! I hate this sh*t >.<

[Steffen Fahl]

This is me playing Bach. I've been playing if for almost 2 weeks now, and want to hear what you think.

Thx

Hi pianisten,
I wont say anything about the instrument, since even if another might promote your musical Ideas perhaps more brilliant as the one used in the pianostreetblog about Martin Sturfält, but that is not what counts when it comes to bach. I must admit I even prefer your more careful way to play the one of Martin Sturfält. Meanwhile you might imagine that everybody who is practising Bach develops his own conception.

I will not pretend any personal conception would be better than another, but perhaps the differences could still perhaps inspire. What I like is the sensible and careful colours you chose is the fine contrasting of the interludes in between the thematic moments of the fugue.
What I do understand a bit different seems to me the overall character: I don’t know if you count that much on characteristics of tonalities, but Eb Major is for instance the Key of the Eroica. I know this is still far from Bachs life, but still I tend to take both the prelude and the fugue with more pride and vitality. The prelude has something rhythmicly marked like a concertomovement as we know it from the first movement of the italian concerto, It even shows a remarkeble clear Reprise with those rythmicly marking chords which is not that often in Bachs preludes. Taking them a bit more extroverted, must not prevent you to show your beautiful colours in the variety of harmonic interlude of this prelude, but will give the overall character more strength. Similar I would point out much more the very optimistic first leap of the fugutheme. This can show quite a lot pride in nearly every corner of the fugue when the theme comes back, without contradicting your already mentioned nice colours of the fugue interludes.
This is just what I think about what I listened. I don’t know if it might help you. But you asked for a opinion that’s it.
Best
Steffen