Bach 5 voices Prelude and Fugue in C#minor WTC I

[steinwayargentina]

And old recording I found of Bach Prelude and Fugue in C# minor from the vol. I of Well Tempered Clavier. The video quality isnt the best one but the audio its ok I think....

Regards!

Pablo

[cygnusdei]

Wow, congrats, you play this beautifully  

I love this piece. It's awe inspiring how Bach could fashion the most mundane of vehicles (the keyboard) to carry the the weight of such a grand, larger-than-life conception of the fugue. When I play this my thoughts usually wander about the struggles of life, but that's just me.

Again, really nice job! I notice that you don't play all the ornaments in the prelude though. And the fugue will make more impact if there is more cohesion/continuity, especially in the latter parts.

[iratior]

I'm glad I sought to hear this recording.  I'm wondering, was it made in Argentina?  It looks as though the furnishings of a library are in the background.  It adds to the sense of mystery.  I myself once played this prelude and fugue, on an electric organ, for a wine and cheese party in Hartford, Connecticut, 42 years ago.  It was a big hit.  The trouble with playing it on the piano is that, unless it's done faster, it's hard to achieve the sort of sostenuto quality that the 5-part harmony of the fugue seems to demand.  I note that steinwayargentina chose to resound as chords some of the harmonies of the fugue, on account of this.  I appreciate the way steinwayargentina had sought to memorize the piece, though I do believe the score was not  followed exactly in all cases.  So I thank steinwayargentina for a very entertaining performance, and if he really is from Argentina, then my advice would be to beware of Lithrea caustica.