J. S. Bach, Capriccio sopra la lontananza del suo fratello dilettissimo, BWV 992, Edward Smith

J. S. Bach
Capriccio sopra la lontananza del suo fratello dilettissimo
BWV 992
harpsichord by Mirko Weiss
Recorded in 2002
Another early work by Bach existing only in faulty copies, the idea of a Capriccio in the form of a series of descriptive tableaux was undoubtedly derived from Kuhnau's Biblical Sonatas of 1700. Bach, however, takes a contemporary event as his subject: most likely the departure of his brother Johann Jacob for Sweden in 1704. The little drama unfolds in six short movements, alternating German and Italian:
1. "Arioso" Adagio: His friends plead with him to renounce his departure
2. They describe the perils he may encounter in foreign parts
3. Adagiosissimo: A general lament by his friends
4.Seeing that his departure is inevitable, the friends gather round to say farewell
5. Allegro poco "Aria del postiglione"
6. Fuga all'imitazione di posta (Fugue in imitation of the post-horn)

[@XMusicMusicX]

Great recording. I'd never heard of Edward Smith. Thanks for uploading.

[@peterfslife]

This wonderful piece has become apart of me. SERIOUSLY. It's all I really want to listen to now days. It's what I go to bed at night to, and what I wake up to in the morning. It's what I hear all day when I can't help but listen to it hundreds of times, or I find myself humming it. It's become such an important piece in my wonderful life. It's all I talk about with my friends anymore. I make my friend heather sit in her car at a restrant after we got done eating and I made her sit there like a dog listening to this video while we were in a Wi-Fi area near the restraunt. I am happy to say that she survived. I love it so much. It's what I want everybody to hear that I know. My friend Heather is telling her friends about it too and It's on my blog too, where I discuss it. I've talked about it to so many people, and I drone on and on about it. I had to stop at my loca music store just so I could play it on a harpsichord mode on a keyboard that actually sounded like a harpsichord. It was sooooooooo wonderful. This piece has become such a serious part of my every day, and every night life. Maybe because it is what savedme from insanity when I was lying in the cold ICU in the hospitallast year and my parents were gone but I lied there and did not feel so alone whenever listened to that piece. The nurses seemed to enjoy that piece as well.

[@peterfslife]

This piece is so adicting. I cannot tell you how many times I've listened to this absolutely wonderful piece!

[@peterfslife]

Every time I listen to this piece whether it be at 12:00 noon, or 02:00 in the wee hours, It just makes me feel so happy. I find myself just beyond happy. It gives me such an absolutely wonderful feeling. I've been obsessed with this piece lately. It's my favorite classical piece and It's what's got me feeling really awesome this morning, and fueled by the blessing that happened last night. I went to bed thinking about this piece. I woke up thinking of this piece. This piece is my world right now. I love it beyond any means of description. I mean, this version just gives me the best feeling of utter joy. Tanks of happiness are emptying out into my bloodstream, and they're just pouring throughout my whole entire body. They are gusing throughout every single inch of my body. This piece is a fuel that gets me going like something I can't even begin to describe!x It's made me want my own Harpsichord. That would be so cool. I'd sit down, and I'd play this piece with the full feeling, and with every bit of happiness and spirrit I have in me right now, and I'm in turbo drive right now. I am LIKE THE HUMAN MOTORCYCLE RIGHT NOW! I am the Human motorcycle. I could scream I am so happy right now.

[@peterfslife]

I absolutely love this piece. This piece is one piece that I listened to when I was in the ICU in September and October I was on a ventilator and could not speak. I had to undergo a Trach and the pain medication that I was on gave me the weirdest dreams about the Burn Unit and Hubbard Tank which would have caused me to lose my hold on reality and the world around me, but this absolutely wonderful piece was one thing that I listened to during those long nights when I hardly got any sleep and the sleep I did get was not really good sleep! The way you play the first movement makes one feel like they are swinging along. IT IS BEYOND WONDERFUL!!

[@claudioferrara4455]

I discovered this piece thanks to the guitar and piano variations in 'Call Me By Your Name' and have been listening to it dozens of times, both in its original and rearranged versions.

[@maxcitta74]

me too 😃

[@peterfslife]

The fifth movement and the sixth movement are also extremely nice.

[@peterfslife]

6:10 I LOOOOVE THIS PART VBEYOND ANY MEANS OF DESCRIPTION!

[@moderato1985]

Danke!

[@csgcsg78]

œuvre de jeunesse ? Aurait-on le génie en naissant ? Très bonne qualité du son. Merci

[@Alexmalism]

Bach's early works are always full of dreadful yet interesting moments tho.

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