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Topic: New video Bach Prelude nr 10 in E minor BWV 855 from WTC I

New Bach  video this week of my Project Bach @ Home.
We're in E minor a pale coloured key that suggested to Bach two ideas totally differing from each other. The prelude is full of passion, of painful palpitation, of impetuousness.
It seems as if it were a pianoforte arrangement of a  Trio for violin, lute, and harpsichord.
All three instruments carry out their parts in a consistent manner, until the entry of the Presto (indicated by Bach himself), somewhere about the middle of the piece. But the contents of this Presto only differ in appearance from
those of the first section; a glance at the lower voice shows that the beginning of the same is only the transposition of the opening measures from E-minor to A- minor; but the violin has been carried away by the lively movement, and now the harpsichord follows, for the most part, in 6ths and 10ths, while the lute is silent, at any rate is no longer noticeable.
I hope you liked it !

My actual setting is:

Played on Yamaha P125 piano stage                                          Video Recording Samsung Galaxy A54.
VST: Hamburg Steinway D Pianoteq Stage 8.4.0

https://youtu.be/GY9vG3r52ZU

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Re: New video Bach Prelude nr 10 in E minor BWV 855 from WTC I

carmelo.paolucci wrote:

New Bach  video this week of my Project Bach @ Home.
We're in E minor a pale coloured key that suggested to Bach two ideas totally differing from each other. The prelude is full of passion, of painful palpitation, of impetuousness.
It seems as if it were a pianoforte arrangement of a  Trio for violin, lute, and harpsichord.
All three instruments carry out their parts in a consistent manner, until the entry of the Presto (indicated by Bach himself), somewhere about the middle of the piece. But the contents of this Presto only differ in appearance from
those of the first section; a glance at the lower voice shows that the beginning of the same is only the transposition of the opening measures from E-minor to A- minor; but the violin has been carried away by the lively movement, and now the harpsichord follows, for the most part, in 6ths and 10ths, while the lute is silent, at any rate is no longer noticeable.
I hope you liked it !

My actual setting is:

Played on Yamaha P125 piano stage                                          Video Recording Samsung Galaxy A54.
VST: Hamburg Steinway D Pianoteq Stage 8.4.0

https://youtu.be/GY9vG3r52ZU

You play this prelude with such class and refinement, not too fast (as many do). Thank you carmelo.
Often, we see that what Bach asserts in one hand is contradicted by the other, but here there is no trace of that at all.   
Very different Bach-prelude! As someone said - the bass is the evil demon in this case, as halfway through the prelude it suddenly drags along the upper part, which has been lyrical up to then, in a mad whirl…

Well, thank you again carmelo. A captivating prelude.
BUT, Help! This piece has stuck in my head  now!    It's the left hand mad tempo!

Best wishes,

Stig

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Re: New video Bach Prelude nr 10 in E minor BWV 855 from WTC I

Pianoteqenthusiast wrote:
carmelo.paolucci wrote:

New Bach  video this week of my Project Bach @ Home.
We're in E minor a pale coloured key that suggested to Bach two ideas totally differing from each other. The prelude is full of passion, of painful palpitation, of impetuousness.
It seems as if it were a pianoforte arrangement of a  Trio for violin, lute, and harpsichord.
All three instruments carry out their parts in a consistent manner, until the entry of the Presto (indicated by Bach himself), somewhere about the middle of the piece. But the contents of this Presto only differ in appearance from
those of the first section; a glance at the lower voice shows that the beginning of the same is only the transposition of the opening measures from E-minor to A- minor; but the violin has been carried away by the lively movement, and now the harpsichord follows, for the most part, in 6ths and 10ths, while the lute is silent, at any rate is no longer noticeable.
I hope you liked it !

My actual setting is:

Played on Yamaha P125 piano stage                                          Video Recording Samsung Galaxy A54.
VST: Hamburg Steinway D Pianoteq Stage 8.4.0

https://youtu.be/GY9vG3r52ZU

You play this prelude with such class and refinement, not too fast (as many do). Thank you carmelo.
Often, we see that what Bach asserts in one hand is contradicted by the other, but here there is no trace of that at all.   
Very different Bach-prelude! As someone said - the bass is the evil demon in this case, as halfway through the prelude it suddenly drags along the upper part, which has been lyrical up to then, in a mad whirl…

Well, thank you again carmelo. A captivating prelude.
BUT, Help! This piece has stuck in my head  now!    It's the left hand mad tempo!

Best wishes,

Stig

Thank you very much Stig for the compliments, which I really hope I deserve, I'm giving it my all and this trip to WTC1 is truly beautiful. Every now and then I happen to bang my head on fingerings or voices that I can't balance... but all it takes is a little patience and little by little things will come.
Thanks again and greetings from Italy
Carmelo

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Re: New video Bach Prelude nr 10 in E minor BWV 855 from WTC I

That was a very good effort !

You started as you meant to go on, but excusing the odd unsure and hesitant fingering difficulty you managed to convey the overall beauty of the piece quite eloquently! Perhaps you should have given yourself a little more time before attempting a performance? You're more than capable of mastering this one, of this I have no doubt.

Keep going !

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DEZ wrote:

That was a very good effort !

You started as you meant to go on, but excusing the odd unsure and hesitant fingering difficulty you managed to convey the overall beauty of the piece quite eloquently! Perhaps you should have given yourself a little more time before attempting a performance? You're more than capable of mastering this one, of this I have no doubt.

Keep going !

Thank you dear Dez for your comment that I consider honest, frank and sincere. You have captured exactly the limits of this recording, that many others have mercifully kept silent: not so much some uncertainty in the fingering but the fact that this prelude must fit into your fingers to be rendered in an acceptable way. And this takes time. So I will continue to study it but I will not record it right away... the piece must settle to be at the same level as the others. When it's finally ready I'll add it. Anyway, this trip to WTC1 is magnificent...
Greetings from Italy
Carmelo