Bach The Well Tempered clavier

[blackonwhite]

I need to learn a prelude and fugue from Bach's Well Tempered Clavier book 1 for an audition any help it has to be beautiful it doesn't have to be virtuosic and please sight readable.

[j_menz]

and please sight readable.

If you were able to find any of them sight readable, surely you wouldn't be asking.

[blackonwhite]

I find enough of them sight readable and the reason I am asking is because I am not good with Bach I don't hear enough of his music but a straight-forward answer would be nice.

[j_menz]

I find enough of them sight readable

Then you are perfectly well equipped to find one from those that you like. I don't see what else we can contribute - they're all good and all fine for audition purposes.

[blackonwhite]

Ok fine what is your favorite.

[j_menz]

Nice of it though it is that you want to play my favourite, that particular one changes regularly. You would in any case, be better off playing your favourite - particularly for an audition. We do, after all, tend to play better those pieces that speak to us and you do want to look your best.

[blackonwhite]

I am not a fan of Bach so I do not a have a favorite this is why I am asking but since you don't want to give answer I think I will ask someone else.

[rubinsteinmad]

All of them are ugly I think though, the c minor and f minor are prettier than most fugues. They are also the most attempted/played by children.

[brogers70]

For what it's worth, my current favorite is Eb major from Book I.

[feddera]

I played no.6 in D minor at an audition earlier this year. The fugue is probably one of the easiest (only 3 voices), but the prelude can be tricky. I still found this prelude easier than the one in C minor.

[jpgm9919]

I need to learn a prelude and fugue from Bach's Well Tempered Clavier book 1 for an audition any help it has to be beautiful it doesn't have to be virtuosic and please sight readable.

As sigh readable you mean whitout many flat or sharps? I would recomend C sharp major or B flat minor, but if it is the case maybe the B flat major.