Jorg Demus performs Bach, from The Well-Tempered Clavier (April 1985)

[@raymondvanleeuwen7995]

Demus has the deepest reading of the WTK known to me. For better sound one needs to get his old Westminster recordings as reissued on CD.

[@Guardiola075]

Merci.

[@culturehorse]

Very fine thank you!

[@irabraus9478]

In the Ab Prelude, Joerg plays like his teacher, Michelangeli -- only with more oxygen.

[@irabraus9478]

Joerg's performance of the G# minor fugue I would describe as "the voices of angels," to borrow the words of the late, great Luise Vosgerchian.

[@Acoustic-Rabbit-Hole]

I had not heard of this pianist before until today when i heard his amazing C# Prelude-872. It is quite inspired. I am tempted to give a go at restoring the audio here, and even pitching it down to A-432 (I believe this is at standard A-440, but I'm not at my piano at the moment. My guess is that this video was taken from a VHS video-cassette.

[@BrucknerMotet]

one of my favorite pieces to practice on the piano. As an added bonus, the first recording of the WTC I ever heard was complements of Jorg Demus. Thus, as one pulled into the WTC orbit as naturally as any self-resecting celestial mass by Demus, I have taken to many of his interpretations, and strive to replicate the spirit thereof during practice sessions.

[@ab-il1gk]

far better than GG

[@irabraus9478]

I am glad someone else thinks so. We are few and far between, strange to say!