J.S.BACH - Prelude & Fugue in B minor BWV 869 by Irakly Avaliani

[@beehoney9357]

Exactly what this Fugue is about. OMG just unbelievable music....and interpretation. An endless journey to space and...eternity.

[@bobsteiner9209]

I came upon this recording quite by accident, via the KZbin algorithm, and it was a delightful discovery. BWV 869 is one of Bach's greatest works, and I loved the tempos you chose. Most pianists play it faster (and end it too loud). I'm also glad you credited the Fazioli, a lovely instrument for this music. Beautifully engineered also, with a wide dynamic range and ideal microphone placement. Thanks!

[@cismercier8009]

Yes. So many pianists rush though the 869 prelude and leave out those spaces between the notes, those resonances, only thanks to which a cathedral of sound is built. The same can no doubt be said about the fugue, but the prelude is closer to my heart.

[@Bach6032]

Introspective and achingly beautiful.

[@Chrismacleod777]

Wow! That was amazing! Thanks for posting! 💐🪴🍎🎹🎶🦆🐥🤡🥰💐👍😀

[@andrearodigari4840]

I just came across today with this miraculously well done performance. Reminds me of the eternal Sviatoslav Richter. Is such a balm for the harshness of life. Beauty will save the world.

[@pianistaamatore7730]

My favorite interpretation ever is thw one by Yuri Egorov, and your is really close. Slow tempo and bass legato school is what gives to this prelude his mystical power, and you are on the way.

[@amobley22]

The instrument is beautiful.

[@DuoCorcova]

So nice👏

[@CarlBowlby]

Truly beautiful interpretation. Just for myself I enjoy the fugue more than the Prelude, but you def played the Prelude at Andante as it’s marked in the score. But what was truly revelatory was the fugue. I didn’t know if I could listen to 6 pages of music played Largo, but I put down my score and just absorbed the floating notes and it was exceptionally relaxing and beautiful. Kudos to you for having the courage to play Bach slowly. Too many pianists interpret Bach like an insanely wound-up kuckoo-clock! Sure, Gould set the standard for buzzing through Bach’s uptempo works like a whirling dervish, but even Gould when he reached an older age reinterpreted, for example, the Goldberg Variations at a much, much slower tempo than when he first recorded it in his 20’s. Regardless, great job!

[@IraklyAvaliani]

Dear Carl, Thank you for your comments. All my listeners comments and appreciations help me to see if I am on the right way of preparing my recording of the Well-tempered Klavier. All the best.

[@CarlBowlby]

Irakly Avaliani you’re very welcome, my compliments are much deserved by your playing. I encourage you to make a recording of the WTC according to the way you feel they should be played and not the way they are played currently. Most recordings of the WTC are played all the same way. Again I encourage you to play them the way you feel, and with that you will create something fresh and new! Best of luck!

[@heinrichwagner8179]

​@@IraklyAvalianites you are...on the right way. Yes Sir you are right when somewhere you say: " It's most more difficult to play slow than quick. All others interpretation here in KZbin takes the Largo to quick.Even Youri ! You are more that on the right way you go up with Jesus to Golgatha in the fuge. J.S. Bach was very religious and here we can feel that.

[@ashotariyan1589]

The tempo of the Fugue is the most appropriate one. Many distinguished pianists for no reason prefer much faster tempo...

[@IraklyAvaliani]

It is far easier to play fast than slow :-)

[@ashotariyan1589]

@@IraklyAvaliani Definitely, however in case of Gould and Richter some questions are still remained...

[@CarlBowlby]

Irakly Avaliani ah a man after my own words! I’ve been preaching this concept for years now, as a pianist myself, and I haven’t found anyone yet, until you, who follows what I call the “slow cooking school” of piano playing. Good for you and excellent playing!

[@madaboutvoice]

@@CarlBowlby F. Gulda recorded this P&F at a similar tempo to Mr Avaliani, though not as pianissimo.

[@ZuraBBacha]

Gamarjobat batono Irakly. Didi madloba aseti lamazi musikis. Mec gaxlavt Pianisti da var namdvili da udidesi moyvaruli baxis musikis. Kidev gakvt baxis chanawerebi? Kargi ikneboda tkveni axlo gacnoba :) Pativis cemit. Zurab Bach.

[@IraklyAvaliani]

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[@ZuraBBacha]

@@IraklyAvaliani Gamarjobat. Didi madloba pasuxistvis. Dzalian gamixarda. Me tkven gipovet Facebookshi da gamogigzavnet megobroba. Me tbilisshi davibade da axla vcxovrob didi xnis mandzilze germaniashi. Momenatra chemi samshoblo. Rogorc vxedav tkven cxovrobt saprangetshi :). Siamovnebit gavagrdzelot saubari messenjerit

[@choijiwonballetclassmusic]

8:07

[@dukeofcurls3183]

Glenn Gould plays the fugue at almost 4 times this speed lol