Wonderful!!! The prelude is a "virtuoso" passage and Chiara perform it with right velocity but with expressive touch giving us the feeling of "spontaneity and freshness". All themes of the Fuge are well emphasized with the right and beautiful touch.. Complimenti!
What's especially interesting is that, if you listen to the vertical harmonies, there are some *nasty* dissonances. If only that shock could still exist, if dissonance could be a deliberate dramatic device instead of an accidental flub of incompetent performance. Looking at you, Maroon 5.
Thank you. It was the WTC that really got me into Bach. He's not my favorite composer, for casual listening (that would be Olivier Messiaen), but there's something healing about the... I hate to use the word, but the only way to really describe Sebastian Bach's music is "perfection". Not a note is wasted, but the effect achieved is staggering. This is what makes the later works of Mozart and Beethoven so incredible; the fact that they manage to achieve so much with so very little material.
I like her articulation of the successive phrases of the prelude. A lot of performers glide through it at too even and rapid a tempo and it just comes across as a rushed blur.
"I can play this prelude so fast". Why play the last two bars twice as slowly? Of course we have also to interrupt the race when our hands have to move latterally, and so obliged to take time. Nothing to say about the fugue; now I can understand why some think that Bach is dry, mathematical and uninteresting. Even the interrupted cadence near the end holds no surprise... :(
@1401JSC he didnt say it in the book, though i cant remember where I read it. and yeah, your comment was quite negative, kind of implying that you were agreeing with whoever said those things. But there I go, jumping to conclusions >.
@1401JSC Ok, so perhaps this piece is a little dry, but I just said, exercise for the player. so listen to toccata and fugue in D minor, or the prelude to cello suite no. 1. They are still mathematical, Bach is famous for his mechanical style of compostion. But in my opinion, they evoke as much emotion as anything written by schubert or liszt or beethoven. Just my opinion, and due to the subjective nature of ALL art (not just music,) you're welcome to disagree.
@DethFan333 "Exercise"? That's not my translation of the title page to Volume I. I said "SOME THINK Bach is dry, mathematical" not that I do ! All my comments have to do with this person's interpretation.
@1401JSC Let me quote myself, from a previous comment. "while I admit that your opinion of music would perhaps hold a bit more weight then mine, I do know a little bit about music." I think it's obvious that im no scholar, just look at my channel. Im just an enthusiast. I think i misinterpreted your initial comment. I saw the words "Bach is dry, mathematical and uninteresting." and just decided that they were your own, and you felt that way about all of his music. Sorry....D=
@NoiseOverMusic No, I'm not joking. I meant "her interpretation and/or performance of the fugue had much to be improved". Of course I know this piece, especially the fugue, is extremely difficult to play (I myself play the piano, though not well).
There are people who make the world a better place. Chiara Massini is one of them. One of the best of them.
Very nice performance! Very light and playful. Thanks Chiara.
Grazie di cuore !!!
Wonderful!!!
The prelude is a "virtuoso" passage and Chiara perform it with right velocity but with expressive touch giving us the feeling of "spontaneity and freshness".
All themes of the Fuge are well emphasized with the right and beautiful touch..
Complimenti!
I agree with all your points.
clear, light, excellent performance
Wonderful performaces
Gracias infinitas por la maravillosa manera de interpretar a Bach. Felicidades
i guess I'm kinda off topic but does anyone know of a good website to stream new movies online ?
@Marshall Cruz I would suggest Flixzone. You can find it by googling =)
@Daxton Winston Yup, I have been watching on FlixZone for years myself :D
@Daxton Winston thanks, I went there and it seems like they got a lot of movies there :D I really appreciate it !!
@Marshall Cruz happy to help =)
What's especially interesting is that, if you listen to the vertical harmonies, there are some *nasty* dissonances. If only that shock could still exist, if dissonance could be a deliberate dramatic device instead of an accidental flub of incompetent performance. Looking at you, Maroon 5.
Thank you. It was the WTC that really got me into Bach. He's not my favorite composer, for casual listening (that would be Olivier Messiaen), but there's something healing about the... I hate to use the word, but the only way to really describe Sebastian Bach's music is "perfection". Not a note is wasted, but the effect achieved is staggering. This is what makes the later works of Mozart and Beethoven so incredible; the fact that they manage to achieve so much with so very little material.
Great !!!
I like her articulation of the successive phrases of the prelude. A lot of performers glide through it at too even and rapid a tempo and it just comes across as a rushed blur.
Lovely. Thank you.
I prefer this tempo for the fugue. It sounds blurry when rushed...
Merci !
@NoiseOverMusic Both prelude and fugue are played here at what I would call a 'moderate' tempo; I think 'really dragging' is an unfounded criticism :(
"I can play this prelude so fast".
Why play the last two bars twice as slowly?
Of course we have also to interrupt the race when our hands have to move latterally, and so obliged to take time.
Nothing to say about the fugue; now I can understand why some think that Bach is dry, mathematical and uninteresting.
Even the interrupted cadence near the end holds no surprise...
:(
@1401JSC he didnt say it in the book, though i cant remember where I read it. and yeah, your comment was quite negative, kind of implying that you were agreeing with whoever said those things. But there I go, jumping to conclusions >.
@1401JSC Ok, so perhaps this piece is a little dry, but I just said, exercise for the player. so listen to toccata and fugue in D minor, or the prelude to cello suite no. 1. They are still mathematical, Bach is famous for his mechanical style of compostion. But in my opinion, they evoke as much emotion as anything written by schubert or liszt or beethoven. Just my opinion, and due to the subjective nature of ALL art (not just music,) you're welcome to disagree.
@DethFan333
"Exercise"?
That's not my translation of the title page to Volume I.
I said "SOME THINK Bach is dry, mathematical" not that I do !
All my comments have to do with this person's interpretation.
Perfecto!!!
@1401JSC Let me quote myself, from a previous comment. "while I admit that your opinion of music would perhaps hold a bit more weight then mine, I do know a little bit about music." I think it's obvious that im no scholar, just look at my channel. Im just an enthusiast. I think i misinterpreted your initial comment. I saw the words "Bach is dry, mathematical and uninteresting." and just decided that they were your own, and you felt that way about all of his music. Sorry....D=
@DethFan333
Scholars should know and quote their sources!
The prelude is excellent except for the stumblings at 0:41 and 1:02, but the fugue can be much better.
I agree. The fugue part, respectfully, is not that great..
@DethFan333
Do you add that to our discussion with all the authority of an 18 year old guitar player?
@NoiseOverMusic No, I'm not joking. I meant "her interpretation and/or performance of the fugue had much to be improved". Of course I know this piece, especially the fugue, is extremely difficult to play (I myself play the piano, though not well).
Pretty good, but the fugue should have been just slightly faster, to maintain the enthusiasm of the audience.
q linda vc e' chiara ! :) ! :)
@1401JSC I just dont think you should judge Bach as a whole purely with this video. That's what I think. Anyway rant, over ;D
Klavesin?
that is not c sharp major...
It is, but in a baroque tuning.
Played with virtuosity.