Bach - WTC I Prelude and fugue no. 24 in B minor BWV 869 - Van Asperen | Netherlands Bach Society

[@bach]

0:07 Prelude 5:30 Fuga

[@ttwiligh7]

I usually don't like lots of ornaments and rubato, but this is so uniquely beautiful, especially fugue. It sounds sad, delicate, and transparent. So sensitive and incredibly beautiful. I felt like I heard this piece for the first time.

[@jamallabarge2665]

He did them just so.

[@gertmuller9936]

You can truely sense, how calm and peaceful his mind is during the performance. So inspiring!

[@pagorami5253]

out of all the recordings there are of the fugue, this is the one i keep coming back to the most. so wonderful!!

[@Spscc23998]

There are many excellent performances of this Prelude and Fugue on piano, but this rendition on the harpsichord is truly sublime. Thank you for uploading.

[@ulmestrat]

For me the best Bach interpreter on harpsichord ! I think Bach himself would agree.

[@wietseouwejan6804]

I Rembember this being posted on AoB: In heaven for 12.40 minutes! My mother asked me if I was still alive since I was not moving of whatsoever. It just grabbed my heart and made me feel like going into eternity! Thanks to Mr. Van Asperen and the NBS for this most touching performance!

[@rorycoker6601]

There's an old saying that the angels listen to Mozart and God listens to Bach.

[@Iliyasseitpenbetov]

Big love for your organization! Video and musicians, so amazing. Love from Kazakhstan 🇰🇿 🤝

[@HerrMichaelKohlhaas]

One of the most sublime, inspiring performances from the WTC I have ever heard.

[@athos604]

What an intimate and delicate interpretation! Thank you very much!

[@biberfan]

Great performance, love ornamentation. So cool to see inside this master’s workshop

[@Chrismacleod777]

A magnificent performance! I really like the slower tempo in the fugue. Bach is wonderful - thank you Mr Van Asperen! 😀👍

[@Racosz]

Excellent rendition and performance here and in the whole series. I've just realized that there's no interpretations of BWV 850, BWV 864 and BWV 868 in these outstanding series. It would be such a gift having them in order to complete the first WTC book with these magnificiebt versions by Netherlands Bach Society. Greetings from Bogotá, Colombia.

[@bach]

Good point. Those three BWV numbers still need to be published indeed. However, the good news is that we‘ve already recorded them, so we will complete the WTC I series somewhere in the next months.

[@wirag4680]

@@bach BWV 850 still missing to this day 🥲

[@MyGustavo2012]

INDESCRIBABLE...! Ideas and emotion sprouting out of one single flame...! One of the major mysteries in that unfathonable mystery called J. S. Bach...Thanks a lot to you, Master, for your unparallel rendition of this gorgeous music... (bs. as.)

[@lewisschultz1241]

Enjoyable to see artist . His recordings of the Well Tempered Clavier on Harpsichord and clavichord are great.

[@RyanMichero]

Bob Van Asperen - LEGEND!

[@notaire2]

Wunderschöne und detaillierte Aufführung dieses logisch konstruierten und perfekt komponierten Meisterwerks im relativ langsamen Tempo mit schimmerndem Klang des Cembalos und mit angenehmer Dynamik. Echt gelehrter Cembalist!

[@joshuafruend3348]

Beyond words. Thank God for J. S. Bach

[@roelanddirker7620]

Bach much to be prefered above the god (of the bible)

[@gloriasmith8104]

Absolutely beautiful and so calming! We surely need music like this during these days! Thank you so much.

[@jamallabarge2665]

Very mature and sincere interpretation! He starts with the piece and goes beyond it.

[@javibassoon7619]

7:56 Bach and Van Asperen... SUBLIME

[@SilvioNobre]

Tudo que há de melhor é ouvir Bach pela manhã!

[@luisfernandotapia451]

Concordo!

[@weslencamargo7564]

Verdade

[@hallerj]

Hauntungly unique recording, it has so much heart to it

[@armithel3133]

I have already listened to this more times then hours it has been available to listen.

[@tuchpongtulyayon6343]

Thank for visually seeing Mr. Van Asperen performance here. I got his performance of The WTC, and many more on EMI label, and still consider his performance of The WTC as the best ever on Harpsichord(much faster than here) .

[@mbogletcheke]

Can someone tell me how this piece of music can speak to people of different cultures, young and old, male or female, learned and unlearned, modern and outdated? I was attracted by the sound of harpsichord the very first time I came accross it. Thank you for sharing.

[@claudioh5148]

Perfekt und wunderschöne Tempo.🎶🎵🎶

[@21rooms1willdo]

I have chills. Thanks bach

[@karmmaguitar]

Bminor is the most beautiful of all keys in my opinion

[@MrSpadasa]

Arnold Schoenberg famously wrote the following comment near the subject of the fugue in his edition of the Well-tempered Clavier: "Is this the first composition with twelve tones?".

[@georgebreidenthal725]

Bach would reply to Schoenberg: "I can do it, but you can't."

[@theMusicWellOrg]

We all continue to thank all of you from Bach Nederlands Society!!

[@YevgeniyAlexey]

The most interesting part is the temperament of the tuning which leads to the foundations and origins of both books.

[@piotrzuchowski6884]

Wonderful performance, sounds like there's great acoustic. And of course realisation is top notch, as always. I have no idea how you are able to make so many interesting cuts I camera movements. How many people were shooting this? Incredible

[@tjjenkin42]

Fantastic performance.

[@bifeldman]

Gorgeous.

[@HarpsichordVinylGallery]

So nice that this is now at KZbin too so it can be downloaded and treasured whatever might happen to KZbin. Such a nice performance and setting of that cosy environment. Thank you Nederlandse Bachvereniging. Was it already uploaded a year ago but not yet published considering the description of a year ago and the publishing date of today?

[@doggod18]

Merci de garder J.S. Bach vivant par sa musique. Art inégalé.

[@TheMusicofKathleenVick]

I've been planning to broadcast live stream, to introduce some of my new music. But I said to myself, "First, you have to clean up all this clutter in the piano room..." This video made me change my mind. I think I'll live stream the new music, clutter and all. The mess in the room actually enhances the performance. Thank you, Bob.

[@alainleblond4118]

Magnifique... Merci de Québec.

[@soobin_tone]

I think no.24 is the best piece of WTC BOOK 1.

[@CarmenReyes-em9np]

Book 4

[@CarmenReyes-em9np]

NO Libro 1.

[@Acoustic-Rabbit-Hole]

The Richter recording of this is like the old grandfather clock calmly stringing thru eternity.

[@isuketakahashi3569]

素晴らしい。何度でも聞いてしまう。

[@peteacher52]

Bach . . . "There you are. I've shown you how to do it. It's easy. Now it's your turn!"

[@roseliajs908]

Que preciosidade!!! Maravilhoso... Obrigada por compartilhar... ✨✨🎼✨✨👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@alanleoneldavid1787]

It would be amazing to here the whole wtc volume 1 and 2 on this channel

[@haisheauspforte1632]

Now there is a full WTC I playlist available!

[@alexbes6344]

7:07 the beginning of a delicious dream… nameless beauty

[@luuktorn]

Very nice! That is a well tempered harpsichord

[@emil__yen]

Это прекрасно

[@juandediosabarcagonzalez706]

Gracias por tan hermosa interpretación. Saludos desde País Vasco, España.

[@CarmenReyes-em9np]

Bien graaciás. 🎶🎶México. 🇲🇽🥇

[@marcomaran7126]

amazing, thanks a lot

[@markglynn4713]

I notice and hear that he often holds adjacent keys down instead of releasing them giving a slighty blurred effect. Is this a special harpsichord technique intended to enhance the sound?

[@gilgermesch]

It is, indeed!

[@Ogurets123]

Yes, overlegato!

[@TheGloryofMusic]

Yes, it's called "overholding", and it's interesting that the technique was apparently unknown to earlier generations of harpsichordists. However, the "revival" type of instruments they played had a such a dry tone that it would perhaps not work very well.

[@leonardschick5257]

As a harpsichordist I am often astonished why people use overlegato. It's not historically informed for Bach (only for broken chords, like for instance the first prelude of WTC I) and it's not beautiful. The norm was a slight overlegato (release slightly before the next note, no staccato!). Legato, staccato and overlegato existed in some context.

[@herrickinman9303]

Whatever the intent, it's very annoying.

[@edmundnschrag]

That settless it for me. I say we let the Dutch rule the world. Who's with me?

[@bronktug2446]

Beautiful!

[@ma859]

Wonderful! Thoughtfully kept to the mood and emotions of the piece. Appropriate coloring. Would have liked more intensity towards the end of the Prelude and especially the Fugue much more intensity and rubato and volume as an expressive dialogue.

[@StoicHippy]

Is the shuffled rhythm period correct? It is no doubt musically interesting and makes the already beautiful piece sound even less pedagogical.

[@LorenzoCacciotti]

What temperament do you use?

[@cb-at]

The fugue is dodecaphonic - all 12 tones appear!

[@Steinbach1984]

Ik heb dit stuk (beide delen) vaak gespeeld, maar er altijd een paar kleine problemen mee gehad. De prelude is eigenlijk helemaal niet geschikt voor klavecimbel: het is net een Italiaanse triosonate en zit vol met allerlei dissonante vertragingen die op twee violen prachtig schrijnend zouden klinken maar op dit instrument doodvallen. Op piano klinkt het beter, op orgel nog beter. En liefst wat minder snel dan Van Asperen hier doet. En de fuga, die cerebrale fuga met zijn twaalftoonsthema? Die is prachtig, maar past niet bij het aardse preludium.

[@alcyonecrucis]

I think this is the super long one

[@luisfernandotapia451]

I fucking love this channel. Thank you for keeping me sane during this times. 😍

[@georgebreidenthal725]

Must we use bad language? Let's avoid the f word as we do the n word.

[@Forcroi]

The only WTC1 prelude with a repeat, right?

[@smihca]

Meister!

[@CarmenReyes-em9np]

20----+++-24. Junio.

[@johncummings7802]

Where are we?

[@CarmenReyes-em9np]

El final del clave es el 24. ..el último .son 24.

[@IliaKaplia]

Прекрасная вещь, спасибо! Но не стоит снимать так много лицо, нужно подавать суше, целмудреннее. Глубина должна быть сокрытой. Это ведь и убило интернет - бесконечное количество лиц, лиц, лиц. Сахар и чувственность. The king's daughter is all glorious within: her clothing is of wrought gold.

[@jasongotcello]

He looks so much like Rostropovich

[@ugca3850]

🙏👏💐

[@72organaro]

Prima parte enigmatica,tensioni armoniche ritardi,per arrivare alla fuga,di un velata romantica sensazione

[@CarmenReyes-em9np]

Bien.

[@dallasbear4706]

Baa Baa Ba-Ba-Bach Baa Baa Ba-Ba-Bach

[@HarpsichordVinylGallery]

Het zou mooi zijn als het commentaar en de uitvoering van een stuk enigszins dezelfde metagegegevens hebben om na het downloaden de beide bestanden alfabetisch bij elkaar te laten groepen en niet alsnog alles te moeten hernoemen naar een zinvolle omschrijving. De B van Bach als componist staat wel heel erg ver af van de uitvoerende bij een V van Van Asperen om maar een voorbeeld te geven. Raadpleeg anders even een bibliothecaris. Daar zijn deze opnamen toch veel te professioneel voor om zo knullig om te gaan met de metadata. Het zou voor de hand liggen om bij de omschrijving bijv. te openen met BWV-nummer of de naam van de uitvoerende(n) in uitvoering en commentaar. Dan staat alles al netjes gegroepeerd.

[@gianmarcocarnevale659]

Curiously Lady Gaga's "Bad Romance" begins with some measures from this Fugue ...

[@marksmith3947]

There seems to be a tendency to play Bach with extreme distortion of the tempo and pulse on the harpsichord. It's difficult to get used to. The sound of the instrument is nice

[@avelinovazquezgroba4906]

You can not remain atheistic after listen this...Bach's music is the main prove that God exists...

[@georgebreidenthal725]

Listen to the video "From bacteria to Brethoven" presented by Stephen Meyer. Both Bach and Beethoven could not have happened by accident.

[@handavid6421]

andante?

[@Ivan_1791]

Nice profile pic bro.

[@handavid6421]

@@Ivan_1791 you are everywhere man, but I didn't copy your profile pic, I thought I saw my old comment when I saw your comment the first time. Bach rules.

[@andrearodigari4840]

Isn't it enough as proof of the existence of God?

[@zeero_music]

lady gaga

[@tokyoyeyeye7586]

lady gaga

[@merry-go-roundbr4218]

lady gaga

[@benceb.9086]

Time stamp pls pls pls

[@fredericolourenco1972]

I could happily have done without the extra ornamentation. This is such sublime music that we don't need the distraction and disfiguring effect of pointless ornaments.

[@HerrMichaelKohlhaas]

"Pointless ornaments" I don't know what that actually is supposed to be. When you study the sources of the time, it becomes clear that ornamentation was a subjective matter left to the taste of the performer. And if you look at the versions of the Inventions and Sinfonias that the Bach pupil Gerber copied, you see that they are much more ornamented than what Mr. van Asperen has (masterfully) presented.

[@Bach6032]

Without a doubt my favorite P&F of the 24 of WTC 1. Lovely video and your fresh approach is illuminating, enjoyable and satisfying.