Bach Prelude No. 2 in C minor BK 1, WTC 1

[pianistaw]

Nothing special, have played it better. But it's the only performance recording I have, and under performance stress ones real abilities come into focus.

Played on a Steinway D. Enjoy!(or not... )


Yes you see and hear right, I use the sostenuto pedal here! I like it, and it is my interpretation...Bach quite changed up some things in music too.

[ranniks]

That was some excellent playing.

[awesom_o]

Bravo!

I really liked how you made the voices sustain and sing through the texture, while keeping the texture itself beautifully rhythmic, and appropriately buoyant.

It is good to have your own interpretation of works by the masters. Do not be afraid to use the pedal, as long as you understand why you are using it, and what you are using it for.

This will ensure that you use the pedal to enhance the clarity of your musical ideas.

Good pedaling adds musical clarity. Bad pedaling damages musical clarity. Don't worry about what instrument the composer had at the time! It's 2014!

[pianistaw]

That was some excellent playing.

Thank you very much, I appreciate it.

Bravo!

I really liked how you made the voices sustain and sing through the texture, while keeping the texture itself beautifully rhythmic, and appropriately buoyant.

It is good to have your own interpretation of works by the masters. Do not be afraid to use the pedal, as long as you understand why you are using it, and what you are using it for.

This will ensure that you use the pedal to enhance the clarity of your musical ideas.

Good pedaling adds musical clarity. Bad pedaling damages musical clarity. Don't worry about what instrument the composer had at the time! It's 2014!

Thanks awesom_o, glad you liked it.

Sorry, had no time to upload a video of the secret exercises we were talking about...maybe in two weeks, when I have time 

[liszt85]

Excellent playing indeed! I've got just one suggestion. Towards the end (right before and in the presto section), the low G note needs to be played louder and possibly with more pedal since that is a pedal tone - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pedal_point, so you need to give it a stronger harmonic footing by playing the low G louder. This I believe is not an aspect of interpretive freedom, I believe it is something historical that contributes directly to the composer's intent there that we need to respect. This is my interpretation, just to clarify what I mean:

It is an old Yamaha P22, so excuse the sound quality .

You obviously play at a very high level, so you can play this even better than I can with some tweaks (especially with your tempo choices for the adagio, allegro and presto). Also, I would suck at it if I were to play it in public, so I commend you for the clarity and accuracy with which you play this piece in public!

[pianistaw]

Excellent playing indeed! I've got just one suggestion. Towards the end (right before and in the presto section), the low G note needs to be played louder and possibly with more pedal since that is a pedal tone - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pedal_point, so you need to give it a stronger harmonic footing by playing the low G louder. This I believe is not an aspect of interpretive freedom, I believe it is something historical that contributes directly to the composer's intent there that we need to respect. This is my interpretation, just to clarify what I mean:

It is an old Yamaha P22, so excuse the sound quality .

You obviously play at a very high level, so you can play this even better than I can with some tweaks (especially with your tempo choices for the adagio, allegro and presto). Also, I would suck at it if I were to play it in public, so I commend you for the clarity and accuracy with which you play this piece in public!

Thanks for your comment! I'll take a look at what you said with my teacher.
I realize that performance practices must be thought of. To which degree is another question. But to a certain extent one needs to follow them. I.e. your playing of Rachmaninov is probably not going to sound the way you want if you play it the same as you would play Haydn.