J. S. Bach - Prelude and Fugue in E flat minor, WTK 1 - Olga Stezhko, piano (Live)

J.S. Bach Prelude and Fugue in E flat minor from The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1
Olga Stezhko, piano
www.olgastezhko.com
Strand International Piano Series, St Mary-le-Strand, London
26 May 2023
Video credits: Patrycja Lisowska, Jack Corrie - Smart Cookie Media

[@kennethlim7146]

Most beautiful Bach presentation I remembered.

[@jeffreyfleming4016]

Touching and beautiful.

[@robertmarcus9653]

How amazingly beautiful is your soul in the perfect performance. ❤❤

[@gangolf7hontheim511]

Für mich ein Schlüsselwerk in dem schon so unfassbaren Gesamtoeuvre Bachs, dieses es-moll-Präludium!

[@katbullar]

Pure beauty in form of sound. Great performance!!!

[@user-hg9jy6fy3t]

Как приятно слушать, когда музыкант вдумчиво играет.

[@Richard.Anderson]

I so relate to your KZbin video and it impressed me.

[@alessandrostella664]

J adore ❤

[@tchorn2026]

Olga, thanks a lot, well done! Just signed for your channel.

[@richardblake6781]

Enjoyed this immensely. Played with soul. Love the left hand voicing. Very clear and commanding. The moving middle voicing shared between hands was terrific. Thank you for sharing your performance.

[@nannerbenahs]

Beautiful performance. Thank you.

[@TheSidney3]

Wonderful!

[@dazmindleon]

Amazing!

[@DanielVieira-mj1ml]

Bravo!!!

[@davidbenjamin4798]

Olga, this was beautiful.

[@hennesseybrownmusic1821]

Beautiful playing and founding director Jonny looks forward to being present at Olga’s return to the Series this Friday

[@giovannitestore1845]

Complimenti Esecuzione impeccabile👍 ❤❤❤🌹 👏👏👏

[@lawrencetaylor4101]

merci

[@richardblake6781]

Happened upon this. Never heard of her. Wow is all i can say. So many technical hurdles, balance in voicing, exceptional lyric quality, played as a set..... and from memory. Just exceptional! Thank you for your hard work and dedication. Also thank you for posting this. I think you played with Bach here.

[@robertoscichilone4087]

Bravissima!

[@phwbooth]

Brava!

[@anemserep]

Parabéns pela linda execução.

[@carlosbalbi2230]

Felicitaciones colega!!! Haces Musica Celestial. ❤ De tu corazon solo pueden salir cosas buenas tocando asi BACH. Desde Uruguay Felicitaciones. Carlos Balbi.

[@burrahobbithalf]

It's good to know I'm not the only one who can't conceive of playing that prelude without massive rubato.

[@40turati]

Muchas gracias desde México

[@user-nh2vt9we4h]

Очень хорошо.

[@joelrigal4622]

Mastery and deep musicality, deat rendition!

[@robertorosario4052]

Awesome. Great performance.

[@moy9022]

❤❤

[@impressivebat8096]

Very beautiful! ❤

[@KyoichiHenmi]

Fantastic!

[@williambunter3311]

Brilliant!

[@die_schlechtere_Milch]

This is one of my favourite numbers of the WTC I, but the prelude confronts one with some quite difficult artistic choices for the voices of the the left hand which requires the interpreter to have an over-all view of the prelude and fugue, which itself is a great landscape, and varies very much according to interpretative choices. Masterfully done here, interpretation as poetry. But the tripod could have been placed such that we could get a better look at the keyboard and see less of the black leather seat.

[@RedcoatsReturn]

🥲 Soooo beautiful 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏😊👍👍

[@barney6888]

Very beautiful

[@ramonsurrocanouvilas3903]

Un Bach que sona romàntic. Entenc les discrepàncies, però m'agrada.

[@Skhal]

The sirene at the begginig give something interesting 😳 Very beautiful performance

[@musiclover4311]

Beautiful playing!

[@thomasstier488]

wunderbare Darstellung, danke !

[@MyApps-uf1dz]

so sweet girl and so well played

[@mariacristinagarulli4831]

BRAVA E BELLA

[@johanneschristophscheer6233]

Well done thank you

[@ignaciourech8083]

Rather good tonal Balance, I would love to Aussist a concert of yours

[@serg68ful]

No way

[@mysticakhenaton1701]

GO Olga, GO. LOL

[@corvanha1]

Bacharach?

[@relax-de3bi]

I agree😮

[@DieFlabbergast]

Johann Sergei Bachmaninov.

[@henkvrieling9586]

All those know it better comments. Shut up and listen to.

[@user-yk5cu5ke5b]

она играет цельно, как песенку а там полифония я не слышу здесь полифонии

[@Fart55z]

Странно. Все хорошо прослушивается.

[@DieFlabbergast]

Ты глухой. Обратитесь к врачу.

[@user-yk5cu5ke5b]

@@DieFlabbergast она не может/не умеет разделять голоса а тебе нужен психиатр

[@loomgale3705]

Bach...?

[@relax-de3bi]

Good question

[@paxwallace8324]

Hey Bach Fascists! JSB intentionally left all tempo and all verbal instructions out of books one and two of the Well Tempered Clavier. So y'all are free to record your rigid attempts to hamstring the modern piano trying to make it imitate those 300 yrs old keyboard dinosaurs to your hearts content. But stop baying at this gorgeous musician like Jackals of mediocrity

[@user-jz2sx3ij1x]

А где собственно Бах?...увы слишком много чувств,где энергия баховской музыки

[@petereden9224]

Has Bach written all over it: energy, feeling, sublimity.

[@katbullar]

Where is your taste though?

[@user-pp7lv3iw3b]

Этот Бах предполагает исповедь, а это просто замысловатые фразы, которые не несут смысла и глубины,внутренней сдержанности, пока это просто игра ради игры

[@xbqchm]

Way toooo much pedal

[@Pablo-gl9dj]

Not to your taste? So what?

[@ChamMansour]

@@Pablo-gl9djNo. It’s only that Bach is not supposed to be played this way; if you intent to play it on a modern clavier, then it must adhere to what Bach wrote in a sense other that merely the notes.

[@tchorn2026]

I think, it’s just your opinion.

[@soledadrodriguezderivera9266]

Con tanto pedal consigue casi el sonido original de aquellos instrumentos que no se dan en los más modernos . Pienso que es muy fiel su interpretación .

[@SimonDanellPiano]

​@@ChamMansour if you play on a modern instrument you kind of by definition "don't adhere" to what Bach intended. Either the pianist will fail to sounds like a harsichord or clavichord, or they use the piano to its full extent. To me, the choice is very clear. You also don't know how Bach himself would use our modern instrument, soooo....

[@SKNSV]

She plays one line. This is mistake. There are several lines in this prelude. This is a polyphony of thoughts at different levels. They are connected by the same key, but each line tells its own story.

[@relax-de3bi]

Something is not right here for me. Rubato? To many pauses? This is not chopin or beethoven. This should be bach. This is anyway not for my ears.

[@nahuevideos]

Es un buen ejercicio poder tocar como un robot, pero para mi gusto la interpretacion es muy "cuadrada", parece la reproducción de una partitura de Finale.

[@katbullar]

What nonsense!

[@robertmarcus9653]

How amazingly beautiful is your soul in the perfect performance. ❤❤

[@davidbenjamin4798]

Olga, this was beautiful.