Bach - WTC I Prelude and fugue no. 2 in C minor BWV 847 - Suzuki | Netherlands Bach Society
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- Prelude and fugue in C minor BWV 847, performed here by Masato Suzuki for All of Bach, is the first Prelude and fugue of Das Wohltemperirte Clavier in a minor key. The fugue expresses a great deal of sadness, loneliless and melancholy according to Suzuki.
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Masato Suzuki, harpsichordist
Harpsichord: Willem Kroesbergen, Utrecht 1987 after J. Couchet
0:00 Prelude
1:39 Fugue 
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Harpsichord is just the best instrument for bach, such a beautiful instrument
bach composed most of his music with harpsicord
@@shakArora Is it really? 🙂
Agreed, I looked up this song which I remember from my childhood and the first result was a piano clip and it just sounded so wrong. I had to specifically search for "harpsichord".
Having said that, I find this performance a little lacklustre, fumbly, slow, and lacking fluidity, with some odd pauses. This is a piece that needs to be played confidently, precisely, and evenly, in perfect time, no slow-downs.
0:07 Prelude
1:39 Fugue
Suzuki looks alot like Sato
Thanks a lot for that... can u analyze this piece😬
@@itsmeashbeel9175 when I first saw him I also thought the same. Maybe they are brothers?
The world is riddled with ten year olds who can breeze through the fugue at twice this speed. You see them down at the mall. There are maybe ten artists in the entire world who might possess a command of phrasing, ornamentation, and most importantly, the concept of "Ma" to do what you did here. Bravo!
Andras Schiff for example.
People seem to think these days that all music has to show off virtuosity. That idea can completely ruin Bach’s preludes and fugues, since the most important thing while playing them is accuracy and keeping a steady tempo. There’s no point racing through the fugue in 4 seconds, the fugue has to emit an elegant and precise aura.
@@themoonfleesthroughclouds "I have taken particular care to write andante maestoso upon it, so that it should not be played fast - for if a fugue is not played slowly the ear cannot clearly distinguish the new subject as it is introduced and the effect is missed"
@@Vextrove yes - agreed!
I agree. The phrasing is superb.
Possibly my favourite performance of possibly my favourite prelude & fugue from the whole 48. Wonderful.
Thank you NBS and all your artists. Thank you so much for this incredible celebration of Bach’s legacy.
I've been waiting for this one for a long long time... What an amazing performance!
Magnifique.
I prefer this prelude and fugue play on the harpsichord. I don't know why but sounds like magic in harpsichord.
I might get flak for this but I cannot listen to Bach on a piano.
@@armithel3133 me neither. it's offensive!
it's because it was writen for harpsichord guys
I totally agree with you and,as a musician, I feel the same. Bach's works were meant to be played on the harpsichord (and some on the pipe organ).😊👏☺️🎹
Yeah it’s seriously sacrilegious, and it boggles me mind how so many opt to replace harpsichord with piano, an instrument that these works are not composed for.
I love the Prelude, excellent interpretation, thank you very much, sensei Suzuki!
This is a truly beautiful and very moving performance.
i really love bach's pieces, he's the true one who inspired me and whose fugues, preludes and toccatas i love
Those are the hands of someone who really knows their instrument. Beautiful
What an amazing performance - many thanks for sharing it! I like the analytical style guiding us through this work. Much better than x other performances just chasing the score for the sake of speed.
As fine as could be to my ear.
A great treat to start my day.
Bravo.
This intrument is perfect suited for you - and you play the 847 like Bach himself would have played it! Great!
Beautiful encunciation here, with the kind of balance that Bach would have supported. Well done!
Incredible performance. Truly mastered this piece
The fermatas on first beat in the Praeludium are simply insane.😍
GORGEOUS performance!
Fantastic performance!
Amazing channel, I am recomending to all my friends
Wow! Finally something in a humanly tempo! Do you plan to upload the whole WTC eventually?
Me encanta el sonido. Gracias
Amazing🍃love the sound🍃
Beautiful!
チェンバロの趣深い音色でこの曲が聴けて、とても幸せです。
ありがとうございます！
Wonderful interpretation ! Warm thanks !
Wow such a bright sound
great and insightful interpretation! really inspiring.
Bravo!!!
My favorite Prelude!
Excelente ❤️
Masterpiece!
that's amazing !
Thank you!
At first I thought that was Sato but then I read the title but I still have doubts
@ no Sato is a violinist but maybe Suzuki and Sato are the same person
Suzuki=Suzuki masato, his father is Suzuki Masaaki, they are both organists and conductors
Sato=Sato shunsuke, he plays the violin
@@asdfgwert8796 thanks for the clarification
Sato and Suzuki don't even look like the same person.
Same, LOL
훌륭한 연주입니다>
Too many people want to hear Bach’s music played in the manner of a sewing machine. If you can’t appreciate the emotion and phrasing of a human musician, you might as well hear a rendition performed on Sibelius.
This series has made me realize that harpsichords are closer to organs
than to pianos in being very much individual instruments. 24 temperings:
24 different temperaments in 24 different instruments.
Listen to this and ¡Cry! So much well played ❤
Los tiempos y designios de Diós: Són de Diós. No me extrañaría el Salvador estuviera entre Nosotros. 💌
Preferiría pensar es: Sadhgurú. Yo te los encomando 💌
Aunque debo decir: O quizá no.
You are a Master
I study this prelude and Fugue now.
Awesome! I’m currently learning this and the presto section is killing me 😩
素晴らしい動画をありがとうございます🙏素晴らしい演奏をありがとうございます🙏🙏🙏。演奏が、はじまったしゅんかんから、あの、、、。空からザクザク金貨がふってきた！っという感じです。
Lovely
wonderful
Willem Kroesbergen was one of the best Harbsichordbuilder..... amazing instruments
Awesome piece on the Pianista game. Even better on a Harpischord!
sehr schönes instrumentes und sehr gutes spiel !
Yes, i think he nailed the interpretation of the fugue.
I agree
It's interesting that Japan, which has a different religious background from Europe, has produced not a few great Bach performers like Sato, Yamagata, Suzuki, and so on.
Bach is popular in Japan! (And a lot of Japanese people have studied with European teachers. I think Maasaki Suzuki was taught by Ton Koopman).
Kenichi Tanaka - what on earth do you mean? A religious background has nothing to do with performing Bach.
And this is an excellent performance.
@@madben9981 Bach composed all his works based on his religious belief, which was Lutheranism. Of course, Bach's works have universal aspect, but at the same time, it is also true that you can appreciate his works much better if you share the same Christian belief as Bach.
Kenichi Tanaka -Baloney. You're projecting your own religious beliefs. Do you really think you appreciate Bach more than a non-believer in your own imaginary friend? Do you shop for music based on the composer's beliefs? What about the performers? Do you think lutherans are better performers of Bach rather than catholics or atheists? Evolution provided you with a brain, perhaps you should learn to use it....
And, oh by the way, this prelude and fugue are from The Well Tempered Klavier, something Bach wrote (in all keys) to demonstrate the versatility of a new system of tuning.
While i do agree with your message, why such a hostile tone of delivery, it is completely counterproductive can actually weakens the point you are trying to make
You can see he lives it in his face
ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ 아름다워요
super
Prachtig Suzuki, u bent een goede dirigent ❤
Is dit niet de klavecimbel van Ton Koopman? / Isn’t this the harpsichord from Ton Koopman?
Look at this:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willem_Kroesbergen
最近は指揮者としての活躍が目立つ優人さんのチェンバリストとしての姿が垣間見られる貴重な記録。
Here the performance is tremendously moving, rather than a technical display.
Stupenda meravigliosa sinfonia
It's not a symphony, it's a prelude and fugue.
@@parthborikar5676 scusa non comprendo la lingua
@@parthborikar5676 se può tradurre in italiano grazie
@Antonella Baluganti
''Non è una sinfonia, è una preluda e una fuga''
@@generalgonzales8139 scusami sono un po ignorante in materia
🎹🙂👍
This day has arrived! But I'm 6 months late
Bach wrote by his hand all the ornamentation he wanted, I wouldn' t add not even one extra, maybe a tr at the end of certain phrases, but if not not even one
Beautifully played! I’m curious to know if this is the same instrument after Couchet that his father Masaaki recorded the Musical Offering on. The sound is so good. Thank you!
The instrument is built by Willem Kroesbergen, Utrecht 1987 after J. Couchet
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What's the name of that instrument?
A harpsichord, also known as a clavecin or a cembalo. ruclips.net/video/Z7jWYiQz1cA/видео.html
So f...in' GEORGEUS!!!
Isn't it the second prelude and fugue?
Yes.
The I refers to Book I
Yes, but the first in a minor key. Slightly sensationalist writing from whoever uploaded this…
Can you post prelude and fugue in a-flat major and minor from both books? I really like those songs
Pieces*
Suzuki family?
Masato is the son of Masaaki Suzuki.
Is this really a good performance?
No, it's a perfect one 🎉
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I can't understand why the prelude has to be played so fast and the fugue twice as slow?
Driving the ppl crazy
There is a weird tempo on the first part of the prelude, a little bit irregular
It's the phrasing, I think.
The rubato reflects the latest affectation in phrasing on the harpsichord. This practice is justified on grounds that you can't vary the dynamics from note to note on a harpsichord. (Funny that you never hear this much rubato when Baroque music is played on the organ, which has the same limitation with regard to dynamics.) Rubato can be annoying when it creates too many "special moments."
you mean, it's finally played in the manner it's supposed to be played ??? :000
How is this ''the manner it is supposed to be played''?
What temperament do we use to play this?
The principal pitch of period ensembles that play Bachs music is A=415 Hz. Regarding the earlier works of Bach (especially his early cantatas), the pitch is A=465 Hz.
@@bach I can't believe you responded. I'm a life long fan of NBS and All of Bach.
To clarify the question, is the piece played in equal temperament at 415Hz or some other temperament like quarter comma mean tone?
Dude! Did you break bread with Hana? I'll *bet* you did.... Probably took that jaw-dropping Bohemian soprano to Tokyo's sweetest little back-alley sushi bar .心配しないで. I promise not to breath a word to Honza. ;-)
sorry guys this video has the gunadopilis mike effect
Is it just me or does he look like sato?
anche un ateoun
when ii wake up im going death con 3 on bach
prelude is too fast, can't hear anything
RUclips gives you the opportunity to slow down the speed of a video ;-)
@@christocello7731 you can’t just slow down the video and thereby improve its quality, it works differently, for example, if you slow down the video at 30 fps to 0.5 speed, it will work at 15 fps, the same with sound, if the sound was not recorded with sufficient purity - slowdown will not create this purity
@@IceKrabik You're absolutely right referring to the technical implications of slowing down the video. But I can't quite get what you're complaining about the rendition. I can hear everything - and we have a good tempo relation to the "Presto" marked bars. Bach is said to have liked fast tempi - and he certainly was a very good keyboard player (think of the 5th Brandenburg concerto). And Suzuki plays the prelude in a somehow thoughtful manner (with rubato) until he suddenly switches to the "presto"-part. Only the "Adagio" could have needed some more time in my humble opinion.
@@christocello7731 well, the tempo is very unstable for Bach, this performance is more suitable for the music of romanticism, for comparison I recommend the performance of Gustav Leonhardt, which is considered the most authentic and is often inserted into music books as an example.
regarding speed, I like Glenn Gould's performance more, although it is not considered authentic, his approach allows you to hear every note and detail, which is the most important thing in Bach's music and in counterpoint in general
@@christocello7731 It's worth mentioning that "fast" today and "fast" in Bach's time are two different things, before music in general was slower, it turned into a competitive sport where everyone is chasing speed relatively recently.
By the way, Bach rarely used tempo indications, they were mostly left by Carl Czerny, because it was he who rewrote Bach's works and created collections of clavier works
18th century metal
Technique parfaite mais quel dommage qu'elle ne soit pas au service du texte . . .
It's surely made for harpsichord , if you play it on the piano it loses its Baroque charm
Not mad about his interpretation of the prelude. It does seem rather overloaded with technique and very short on feeling.
Of course. It could just be me.
True. Mainly because he plays the piece too fast. Compare this to the much more tempo controlled style of Gould for example.
When you say it's lacking feeling what do you mean?
@@patrickreinhardt4301 i think they mean no emotion, but this piece has no dynamics so idk...
I hated the leaning on beat notes as a substitute for accents. In the prelude I mean.
Yeah. I thought it was great except for that. Just doesn't feel quite right.
Hated it too, absolutely terrible. Like standing up and sitting down again with every bar.
Feels like hiccups to me. I have to admit though this was really good performance.
I have played this prelude and fugue for 60 years on the piano and have been through many kinds of interpretation. For a long time now in the prelude I give a slight accent on the first and third beats without any rubato. When it comes to the increase of speed on the second page I do not do a crazy increase but only enough to show the difference. In the end section I revert to the exact tempo 1.
Michael Traub's comment has a good description of it. I think Baroque music had a much freer form and lilting quality than most interpretations provide us.
nOT bAD
It's fucking horrific
insupportable cette tenue, pourquoi ???
How to destroy a masterpiece with histrionics and agogics. For the love of God, let Bach speak for himself!
It's perfect
Well I am not a professional but the guy has definite problems with accuracy and rhythm..:-( I play this piece also
What you call "problems" are actually his deliberate choices of style and interpretation.
It sounds 'out of rhythm' because he can't play piano or forte on the harpsichord, which is why he has to linger on notes that would otherwise be accented.
@@anirudhsreeram4015 To linger to get out o rhythm on behalf of tone is a bad choice
@@viliambalaz4867 This is due to harpsichord capabilities and phrasing. You can change articulations but you can't change volume. And it was common practice during baroque because with speed, usage of different keyboards and articulations you could create the illusion of dynamics. You can actually try by playing everything at the same volume, then because of this articulation and rythm will be the only resources for still being musical.
Also you have a different perception and conception of accuracy. You live in a time where metronomes and machines exist. You're used to hearing music that is strictly being performed to a metronome none of this existed during baroque era, so people of that time might never have heard a perfectly accurate beat
@@epadif "And it was common practice during baroque because with speed, usage of different keyboards and articulations you could create the illusion of dynamics." Says who? Is this alleged common practice actually documented, or is this merely speculation?
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