Bach - "Little" Fugue in G Minor BWV 578 (piano)

Me playing the "Little" fugue in g minor by Bach. Transcribed from organ to piano by I. Philipp.

[@jamesklotz1792]

Never thought this could be played so well on a piano but this is marvelous

[@RogerLucarotti]

Brilliant. Just Brilliant!

[@rgm2754]

Beautiful very good

[@StressKind]

Of all the recordings of this piece, this one is the one I keep coming back to. Somehow it's more accessible than the organ version and doesn't feel rushed!

[@stevewallschlaeger1379]

Just simply slow it down on the organ. Then add the parts to add as or if you become ready to do it. Klavier ist different because there are no stops ranks of pipes. She has the loud swell soft pedal and added tiny parts from the pedal parts within the bass notes as is customary to be heard. Learn to pick the most important lines first and simply allow it to come together during rehearsal but don't let the note faery perfectionist to stop you from continuing forward

[@carltrummer9103]

Thanks you. Beautiful.

[@TheZeldaCinema]

Considering this piece was made for organ and makes heavy use of organ pedals at certain parts, I think that's the focus of this performance, how hard it is to split 4 voices into 2 hands when you basically have 3 as an organist... Those 3rd and 4th, also 4th and 5th finger trills are the most impressive in my opinion; those who don't play have no idea how absurdly difficult it is to make a trill as you play a different melody, let alone with your ring finger and pinky!

[@addison_1661]

Bach invention 4 in d minor is a baby version but I agree. Bach’s ornaments kill me

[@thomaslai5303]

very interesting, thank you.

[@etnocnad]

Just clicked on this out of curiosity and stayed for the whole thing. Very serious and engaging playing! That is a very bright piano. I can't tell what make it is. In any case, pianos are very hard to record realistically.

[@DavidVanBuren1]

Amazing!!

[@westsidebilling]

My favorite classical piece. Very well done!

[@rubiksmaster301]

It isn't technically classical, since classical is more Mozart's time. Bach, Handel, Scarlatti, and others are from the Baroque period, with more fugues. The romantic period was Beethoven's time, and Chopin. However, I completely agree!

[@schrysafis]

@@rubiksmaster301 When I first read the William's comment I thought he meant the classical piece as in classical music piece so that's probably what they meant. Besides that you're absolutely right.

[@schrysafis]

@@rubiksmaster301 Oh wait you are a cuber right? I'm a cuber too. I'm so impressed that there are other cubers or speedcubers that listen to the same pieces of music. It's wonderful!

[@rubiksmaster301]

@@schrysafis Yep, it's true!

[@MatthewRDickinson]

Fantastic! My favorite rendition so far. Thank you!

[@amaury8781]

Very nice !😄

[@nicholsoncartoons7523]

I love this. So precise and so full....

[@danielkwiatkowski9701]

Bravo, you are great performer!

[@iguarni]

Brava!!

[@Luachair]

Great stuff, well done!

[@phil2611]

She even did the 'I'm deeply feeling the music so much that my head tilts constantly as if to ponder the sounds coming out' head tilts! This is amazing... I wonder.. as pianists why do we feel the need to look supremely confident in our playing, as if it's as easy as cake for us....what if it isn't.... for you it was though!

[@houdacookies]

i find my body moving like " uhh i'm feeling this deeply " but it looks like i'm doing it with defficulty ._.

[@fkwvivalamusica]

Great interpretation!

[@abrahamchavez1846]

Excellent, you are great!

[@木原浩-l2y]

パイプオルガンに勝るとも劣らぬ 美しい音色を ピアノで しかも独奏で演出するのは 至難の業。

[@TuberOnTheLoose]

Impressive. I need to keep practicing.

[@arnegotz2318]

werry good!

[@kawagalvaoo]

Oh, that's beautiful

[@KalpaHettiarachchi]

Wow.So beautiful and emotional...!! I'm glad that I can watch your cool performance. Thank you so much,dear friend.. Greetings,Chirantha.... Sri Lanka....

[@stevewallschlaeger1379]

You really bring out the song in this 1911 Hospe piano. What beautiful excercise for this wonderful instrument. I'm sure she thanks you for it. Thank you Miss Strength and Light

[@kevmetala]

How nice, good job Alice

[@hegelwave6037]

Simply beautiful. Thank u a lot for this.

[@AliceSokolova]

Thank you! I'm glad you enjoyed it.

[@mmX1995]

Amazing, good performance, congratulations for your effort and your practica, keep on going, you are an amazing pianist! 😁💚🙌🏼

[@rgm2754]

fantastic work, congratulations!

[@aino5641]

Sounds great! I am learning this myself and this motivates me to practise it

[@caicoalan]

Bravo!

[@mzahir32]

Very well done

[@kantvishi]

Truly great.

[@jmjulia100]

standing ovation!

[@RodericSpode]

Awesome

[@kevinjimoh2921]

That was beautiful

[@dabannecyguitare2658]

Great work !

[@Npvsp]

Love this. My compliments!

[@6natek]

amazing!

[@ziedzeumzeum1889]

Bien joué, bravo!!!👏

[@markoharamija4945]

This is awesome.

[@tolick01]

+ Jhr. Humphrey. Your playing is beautiful.

[@bayamonpr8383]

beautiful lady playing beautiful music

[@missanimalcrossingnewlife8432]

un mot a dire : Bravo!

[@missanimalcrossingnewlife8432]

it's beautiful ! sorry i'm french and i'm 13 ... good continuation !

[@christinewasstrom1429]

That’s amazing!

[@litosvaca7]

bravo!!!!

[@michelroussanne906]

Merci !

[@tarhuntas]

very good interpretation :-o

[@christmaslover5018]

Good job

[@ЮлияПодоскина-ч5щ]

Браво!!!

[@JoshKottlovski84]

мне нравится очень. Спасибо большое!

[@TomSarracino]

Wonderful ! Sheesh.

[@alexrcanez]

I will never get tired of saying that no one can play Bach as beautifully as women. Thank you, Alice, for such wonderful performance.

[@Andy-sp2ke]

Alex R. Cañez stop being sexist!

[@Kal-i6w]

Then you haven't seen Ton Koopman

[@Edude117]

What about Bach...

[@Npvsp]

Καλλίμαχος And Helmut Walcha and Glenn Gould

[@xDMrGarrison]

@@Edude117 haha

[@Mrsashafr]

Спасибо!

[@louischen579]

太強啦~~~!

[@konstantinsivak2566]

Прекрасно, молодец! =)

[@ayazdan5]

Likewise, never thought this could be done so nicely on a piano. Could you please share the PDF of the transcribed music sheet for piano? Thank you.

[@Engineer9736]

ayazdan5 Just have a look on imslp.. They got any transcription you can dream about.

[@BaselFawal]

beautiful especially when it peaks at the minute 2:50

[@marcose1137]

Even bach died. For some reason I feel, among many other things ashamed to die, but then I hear Bach's fugues and realize that I cannot write even one voice as beautiful as he could write 4. If death was good enough for bach then it is 4 times good enough for me. I don't really know why I wrote this, but for some reason I know it's relevant in some way

[@Peter-tx5dj]

Agree totally on the fact that bach had an incredible gift. What's up with that death thing tho? Is it just praising Bach in a weird way

[@aniruddhvasishta8334]

Wow, I didn't think it was possible to play the lower voices on a piano but I stand corrected

[@AliceSokolova]

Thank you! Transcription from organ to piano definitely has its challenges, and sometimes requires using the pedal for help.

[@born5601]

well played! is this the transcription more difficult than the other popular transcriptions?

[@gilbarbozadefreitasneto1988]

Lindo

[@RodericSpode]

I'm just curious if you have any idea how many hours practice it took you to learn this piece? Anyway, it is wonderfully played. Thanks for posting.

[@nocturnallsnake4228]

RodericSpode a few years from scratch. but you will learn a lot of other pieces in the beetwen.

[@MegaParadiseX]

Years? Lol no. Barely 1 month or so. 1 week if have experience.

[@hyenaskate]

Not a few years, then obviously it's above your level. Certainly no 1 week either, this isn't Chopin. When it's at your level, expect to spend 2 months for the notes. Then getting everything beautiful will be a neverending challenge.

[@ssteele1]

I guess you all missed the "from scratch..." part in the reply, in relation to someone with no experience, and new to the instrument.

[@TheOpus480]

If you learn 5 bars a day. You should get it done in roughly 2 weeks. A month at most and an eternity to master cus its Bach

[@wongeggyork8789]

where to find the sheet for this may I know. Better if for free hhhahahaha

[@matejmuzatko]

Very well played! One of my favorites and this is the best piano version on youtube that I heard :) I wish I could play like this... May I ask you, where you got sheet music for that version? :) Thanks

[@AliceSokolova]

IMSLP is a great source of sheet music.

[@matejmuzatko]

Thank you!

[@evepatel4095]

I think you play so good,this is a hard piece.I would like to know the sheet music you played.I use the virtual sheet online but they go so fast I need to practice slower

[@zolexDackery]

I see the big ol honk box. Steel strings by the window. And I think, this cant be the one... And then. Surprise. It turns out to be exactly it. No uhms or not quites. Even the intensity on introduction to the bass couldn't be better on any piano. The one I'll keep coming back to. It's like I asked someone to get me water, without clueing in even remotely as to how much. And they come back with the exact amount, to the millimeter. The world is just so fucking strange.

[@davidbantle7992]

I think there's a mistake at :44 I love this piece and the way you play it thanks

[@AliceSokolova]

Nope, that's just the harmony that Bach wrote.

[@pietropalumbo9870]

pretty sure that is in fact an error, checking the sheets, but awesome playing non the less.

[@riccardoleone9661]

Alice, J ❤️ you.

[@stevewallschlaeger1379]

Can you play BWV 560 B flat Prelude and Fugue by Herr Bach

[@FrancescoSblendorio]

Супер...

[@michaldevetsedm1882]

Tak pěkné to mohlo být! Ale tohle je Bach, musí se držet tempo! A použít pedál vám poradil kdo? Bach nepotřebuje takové umělé dramatizace, to je úplně proti jeho duchu.. Ale jinak dobré, přeji hodně úspěchu.

[@torcrawley6882]

which of the 4 voices are you playing, 1 and 2?

[@robertburnett5561]

Alex: Glen Gould wasn't a woman. As far as I know. A silly comment anyway.

[@classicalduck]

Perhaps Alex was thinking of Wanda Landowska, Rosalyn Tureck, Sylvia Marlowe, and Dame Myra Hess.

[@Engineer9736]

Robert Burnett Better use the reply option of KZbin to keep conversations followable. But i agree. Those comments on the pianist being female is so sexist.. People should appreciate her for the efforts in learning this piece and piano in general, not because she has a female body.

[@sato4462]

a bit overpedaled but over all good performance!

[@unknownperson7909]

Great performance, except the pedal usage.

[@razvaz]

1:06 G + B flat doesn't look fun to play.

[@Andy-sp2ke]

Simon D not fun at all with that trillXD

[@herrmeez]

Weird flex but ok

[@michaelmarsten4019]

Decent, but stills needs much work. KEEP YOUR FOOT OFF THE SOSTENUTO PEDAL!! You destroy 1/3 to 1/2 the voice leading by careless overuse of it - and learn not to confuse hard, sharp, overly loud articulation with expressivity. You could improve half the quality of your performance by lowering the volume by 1/2 to 1/3! Obviously a gallant effort, but it needs much greater sensitivity to dynamics and intonation before you can call it a finished product.

[@ThatFadedAsian]

Mistake at 1:45, good job though.

[@DynamicThreads]

How very astute of you to have noticed!

[@themi90]

DynamicThreads Im certainly impressed

[@AliceSokolova]

There is no mistake at 1:45. What sounds like a mistake is the dissonant major second interval formed by G and A, which are members of a half-diminished seventh chord.

[@DynamicThreads]

This is how you pwn someone on the internet, people. Take note.

[@ThatFadedAsian]

lol, Fair enough, it just sounded off, :) Thanks for edumacating me.

[@semafor5640]

Played the piano beautifully, but off the pedal, please!

[@AliceSokolova]

Unfortunately, since this piece was composed for organ, the piano transcription requires using pedal to include all the voices in only two hands.

[@semafor5640]

@@AliceSokolova This is understandable, but such a long pedal spoil the clarity. Thank you for the beautiful music and nice conversation.

[@joseph.r1122]

Bravo!