Well-Tempered Clavier (J.S. Bach), Book 1, Kimiko Ishizaka, piano

[@xtokk]

*C Major* -_Prelude: __00:02_ -_Fugue: __02:44_ *C Minor* -_Prelude: __04:38_ - _Fugue: __06:26_ *C Sharp Major* - _Prelude: __08:22_ -_Fugue: __9:38_ *C Sharp Minor* - _Prelude: __12:14_ -_Fugue: __15:11_ *D Major* -_Prelude: __17:50_ -_Fugue: __19:25_ *D Minor* -_Prelude: __21:13_ -_Fugue: __22:50_ *E Flat Major* -_Prelude: __24:59_ -_Fugue: __28:32_ *E Flat Minor* -_Prelude: __30:21_ -_Fugue: __34:20__ (D sharp minor)_ *E Major* -_Prelude: __38:14_ -_Fugue: __39:59_ *E Minor* -_Prelude: __41:20_ -_Fugue: __43:20_ *F Major* -_Prelude: __44:50_ -_Fugue: __45:55_ *F Minor* -_Prelude: __47:23_ -_Fugue: __50:16_ *F Sharp Major* -_Prelude: __54:13_ -_Fugue: __55:54_ *F Sharp Minor* -_Prelude: __57:58_ -_Fugue: __59:03_ *G Major* -_Prelude: __1:02:18_ -_Fugue: __1:03:13_ *G Minor* -_Prelude: __1:05:51_ -_Fugue: __1:08:03_ *A Flat Major* -_Prelude: __1:09:57_ -_Fugue: __1:11:30_ *G Sharp Minor* -_Prelude: __1:13:29_ -_Fugue: __1:15:32_ *A major* -_Prelude: __1:17:49_ -_Fugue: __1:19:20_ *A Minor* -_Prelude: __1:21:17_ -_Fugue: __1:22:40_ *B Flat Major* -_Prelude: __1:26:42_ -_Fugue: __1:28:04_ *B Flat Minor* -_Prelude: __1:29:59_ -_Fugue: __1:32:26_ *B Major* -_Prelude: __1:35:44_ -_Fugue: __1:36:46_ *B Minor* -_Prelude: __1:38:33_ -_Fugue: __1:41:02_

[@rypha4703]

thanks for this! needed it for an assignment

[@nemochi]

I need this pinned on top cuz it's a pain to have to school down here for reference every time HAHAHHAH

[@sirya-bookie9495]

This needs more likes.

[@nemochi]

@@sirya-bookie9495 I need it pinned so I dont have to scroll

[@mateuspimpao]

Thanks

[@erichodge567]

Oh, that first prelude and fugue...Bach knew so well that you gotta start your album off with a really strong cut. He always delivers.

[@Kimiko-piano]

Truth spoken. But then, by the time you get to B-minor, you have to admit he knows how to end them, too.

[@erichodge567]

@@Kimiko-piano , well said.

[@johnervin8033]

360 degrees, start AND finish, he's the ultimate master. Debussy himself said something like, out of a thousand notes, you will not hear one chosen badly by Bach, or lacking in the right kind of taste, and for what he aims to achieve. Awesome.

[@zevelgamer.]

@@Kimiko-piano And the Eb minor prelude, He really knows how to get in the middle ish part of them

[@fletchercalderbank8498]

I love how you divided the fugue scores into each voice, it makes it a lot easier to follow, seeing what each voice is doing individually

[@SerCat28]

I wish there was a way to download these sheet music.

[@qazsedcft2162]

​@@SerCat28You can. Search for "bach wtc open score". Some univeristy made a bunch of PDFs with the fugues in open score.

[@MGMonasterio]

One of the most balanced renditions of the First Book ever performed. A real surprise. very, very good.I was waiting fror something like this and I was already thinking that it was not possible anymore in our times, this Lady is a Joy! A must for every lover of Bach.

[@OpenGoldberg]

Thank you, I've made sure Kimiko gets your kind comments. You might want to sign up for her mailing list as she's launching a Kickstarter project next week for her upcoming "J.S. Bach, Kunst der Fuge (Art of the Fugue)" recording, to which she has composed a new ending. eepurl.com/-9uzf

[@MGMonasterio]

Yeap! There I go! Thank you!!!

[@zivagoodman9654]

❤️a 😘

[@johnervin8033]

You are right. Very well-organized musically, conceptually, and emotionally. Besides George Malcolm, one of my favorites for Bach, the first I heard and still probably prize above others is Malcolm Hamilton (the name "Malcolm" seems to be Bach-friendly) of USC, a classmate let me hear his collection when I was first studying piano, and Hamilton on harpsichord was a great guide. But Ms. Ishizaka, though rather straightforward musically (inifinitely better than the crystal meth tempi that have been all the rage for too long), is a joy for the clarity of her concept, and what is rare to find, really accurate execution standard, rarely hearing any seams, which is a high standard. I prefer it to Glenn Gould ( I sang often with the Orchestra which with he was perhaps most often associated, and also played some of these in concert, with "plans" to play more!). She is maybe less far-ranging in imagining it than he, or his quirkiness, but rarely what seems self-indulgent (unlike Mr. Gould, absence of hums is prized!). Although it's no detriment to restrain some fangled emotions with Bach, within a certain boundary, I yet prefer these pieces played with a somewhat different range of dramatic and emotional expression, such as Hamilton and Malcolm bring, always. As Wilde put it, "To have become a deeper man is the privilege of those who have suffered." But that can take many forms, indeed! In any case, much here has depths that I have not heard quite the likes of elsewhere, and I find all that she brings superior there to many current "exemplars" ~ not to tarnish any names, but they rule the roost, and she has much of a different sort of insight to bring to such a great work, heard as well as we can from his highest heights! New takes, ones that are commanding in their nuance and presentation, are always to be championed and prized. Recordings I've worshipped for over fifty years, and that are the unsurpassable zenith of quality and depth, are those of Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli, especially the Beethoven #32 sonata, during which I inevitably swoon, performed on a, I believe, a 111 key Bosendorfer no less, and I thought that hers might be one as well, marvelling at the great clarity of sound in expression. Great gratitude for that choice, a very captivating and "revealing" union, and all of that acoustic. Brilliant sound and splendide!

[@luisdiazlopez3712]

The first prelude was transformed by Charles Gounod in a precious Ave María. A slower playing by Kimiko is justified. She is proud of being also a succesful weights lifter. Thanks for this gift

[@Kimiko-piano]

So glad that you enjoy it, and yes, this music has had a profound impact on many composers throughout time.

[@wholemilky]

The BEST renditions of the C# and D major preludes I've ever heard, it's seriously wonderful! She truly brings life to the notes.

[@Kimiko-piano]

Thank you! I'm glad you enjoy my recording =)

[@donovan665]

Really Impressed by the touch and attention to all voices, feels like a lot of love has been put in to getting to grips with Bach's meaning

[@Kimiko-piano]

Yes, so much love for his music.

[@brianzayman3395]

I think I beg to differ. While Ishizaka's interpretation is extremely clear and clear, the voices at any point resemble each other. This is not how I view counterpoint. It is a conversation between voices, played non-uniformly. When I practice these fugues I get the phrasing of each voice separately, and each one's volume, articulation and phrasing may be different from what is going on w the other lines. For example, in the c minor fugue, at 7:49 the lower voice should crescendo when it ascends the scales.

[@FockeWulfFW200]

@@brianzayman3395 that's how you may play it. Bach didn't write this for piano. That crescendo is not valid in Klavier.

[@thomaskuehne7383]

... so amazing ... I heard her playing long long time ago ... and also her brother who is a famous violoncello player now. We were together with my little daughters, one of them also is a musician now ... seems that Kimiko Ishizaka has inspired us 🥰 ...

[@Kimiko-piano]

Hello Thomas, glad to hear that your daughter has pursued her dreams!

[@marosantos3249]

C Major - 846 0:00 / 2:41c minor - 847 4:39 / 6:26C# Major - 848 8:22 / 9:39c# minor - 849 12:13 / 15:12D Major - 850 17:51 / 19:25d minor - 851 21:13 / 22:51Eb Major - 852 24:59 / 28:32eb/d# minor - 853 30:21 / 34:19E Major - 854 38:14 / 39:58e minor - 855 41:20 / 43:20F Major - 856 44:50 / 45:54f minor - 867 47:22 / 50:14F# Major - 858 54:12 / 55:52f# minor - 859 57:58 / 59:03G Major - 860 1:02:19 / 1:03:14g minor - 861 1:05:50 / 1:08:03Ab Major - 862 1:09:58 / 1:11:30g# minor - 863 1:13:29 / 1:15:31A Major - 864 1:17:48 / 1:19:21a minor - 865 1:21:16 / 1:22:41Bb Major - 866 1:26:45 / 1:28:02bb minor - 867 1:29:59 / 1:32:26B Major - 868 1:35:44 / 1:36:43b minor - 869 1:38:33 / 1:41:01

[@modetenchik]

Спасибо тебе, добрый человек

[@MathOSX]

Thank you :)

[@PSllva]

Public service! Thank you!

[@henrypapale1242]

Incredible! Perfect tempi. Clarity of the different voices is peerless. Bach would have approved.

[@OpenGoldberg]

glad you like it, Henry!

[@Kimiko-piano]

The clarity of the voice is so important to me, and I'm really happy that you notice it. A big part of that comes from careful planning of the articulations, not just of the themes, but of every note, so that it's always logical and consistent.

[@professorunlikely]

@@Kimiko-piano 信じら寝ないとてもほんちです。ありがとございます！

[@ttwiligh7]

What a beauty. The healthiest piano sound I've ever heard. This WTC purifies me. There were some pieces in WTC I didn't like as much, but Kimiko Ishizaka made me love those. Especially the works in Major key sound very refreshing to me. I sing, dance and relax with joy. This is the first time I don't think anything while listening to Bach. Thank you for playing WTC. You made me happy.

[@Kimiko-piano]

I feel that Bach is nearly unique in his ability to write major key pieces that sound truly joyous, with no caveats. And thank you for this comment, it makes me happy =)

[@ttwiligh7]

P.S) You also played my favorite fugues beautifully(f minor and b minor!). I love your left hand. The bass sounds fabulous. Not many people have that much control. Bach's music has many layers, like water crystal clear but you can't see the bottom. Countless people challenged this water, not for a new interpretation but discovery of Bach. And you are the one who found a lot of gems there. (Oh, how I love c minor prelude you play..) I've been a huge fan of Bach for nearly 50 years, and I still got a lot to know, so many mysteries ahead. You solved some for me in extremely natural manner, a truly pleasant surprise.

[@Kimiko-piano]

@@ttwiligh7 I'm blushing =)

[@johnervin8033]

I like that "healthiest piano". You may have something there. I prefer some neuroses of a creative kind brought to Bach, though you aren't wrong, with Ms. Ishizaka, for sure. Norman Sherry in his massive biography of Graham Greene, uses as the epigraph to one of his chapters about the young novelist, a quote from Proust, "Without nervous disorder there can be no great artist." Hmmmmmm!

[@ttwiligh7]

@@johnervin8033 That's just prejudice. I believe Bach was totally healthy.

[@NothingFunnyAboutTheseCarpets]

WOw this performance is so great! I'm now listening to e flat minor prelude. The way she reduces the time of the last beats of some measures (9 and 11 for example)to maintain the fluidity of the sixteenth notes is so weird but it works so well! Usually people like to play these kind of dotted rythms even more dotted, all the sixteenth notes turning into thirty second notes, but then sometimes switch akwardly to sixteenth again just because they want to keep the tempo. Ishizaka here sacrifices that in a very natural and effective way, I never thought that it was even possible to do this and it sounds so nice! I was really amazed and surprised!

[@NothingFunnyAboutTheseCarpets]

omg the rythm in measures 32-34!! It's genius! We never lose the direction of the music, who gives a damn about the metronome! This is really inspiring for me, thank you so much!

[@genekim1426]

A modern day renaissance woman! An accomplished pianist and weight lifter! A great example of what human beings can accomplish!

[@OpenGoldberg]

And mother. A very good mother.

[@genekim1426]

@@OpenGoldberg Perhaps most important accomplishment of all. Thanks again for the uploads!

[@bobgold57]

Easy to put on, not so easy to turn off. The tempos, pacing, clarity...I've already grabbed my WTC book for a little exploration. Thank you for the inspiration.

[@Kimiko-piano]

It's so worth it! You might have seen already, but you can get the full album as a download here music.kimiko-piano.com/ The Bach recordings are free to download.

[@user-74652]

I love hearing how different people play Bach's WTC. Having so few markings in the score definitely encourages the creativity of the interpreter, and I like Ishizaka, Schiff, and Richter's completely different interpretations for different reasons.

[@Kimiko-piano]

Yes, there's a lot of difference between my performances and the others that you mention. I was careful to not listen to other performers while I was studying, in order to avoid influences.

[@bartaliohiggins6007]

That is so fascinating @Kimiko Ishizaka…. Fantastic playing! Thank you for sharing this music with us!!

[@JJ-jw1cy]

What a great youtube upload. As a somewhat advanced adult hobby player, I keep coming back to this video when I tackle something from the WTK. The recording by Kimiko Ishizaka is fantastic and I often get stuck listening to it when I just wanted to look something up.

[@brianlynch2759]

A superb rendition of this master piece. I was very impressed with the Schiff interpretation but I think that this was more nuanced and technically brilliant.Hopefully we will hear more from this gifted pianist.

[@Kimiko-piano]

I've recently begun composing my own pieces. The first full album of my compositions (which I also perform) is here, in case you're interested. kzbin.info/www/bejne/ppmWZpuCrMiWobs

[@Schleiermacher1000]

Please abolish the dislikes! We laypeople judge too much by our taste. I think the recording is very good. Thanks for the video.

[@OpenGoldberg]

I hereby wave my magic KZbin wand and have abolished all the dislikes ;-)

[@Geopholus]

This recording is reminding me how important subtle changes in phrasing can be in suggesting the internal structure of a piece by Bach. Bach always plays with what artists call figure/ ground relationships. Like when something is delineated with a line, which thing is the object and which is the background? In an M.C. Escher graphic, Escher plays with our sense of which is which. Is it birds, swimming in a sea of fish, or fish swimming in a sea of birds. The best interpreters of Bach are aware of all the possibilities of the illusions, available for focus. Bach sketches with a line that suggests an underlying architecture, but there are many possibilities for what the shape of framework underneath REALLY IS! Kimiko does the 1st prelude so beautifully, for this consideration, she leaves us plenty of room to explore the possibilities for moving the markers on the beginnings and endings of phrases (of our internal minds ear) which is exactly how #1 should be played,... it can put one into a meditative trance. Another great pianist, Konstantin Lifschitz, totally ruins WTC #1 by putting a tiny extra space at the measure mark, for each phrase, changing the piece from sparkles glinting off the ocean on a sunny day, to a row of artificial wood grain panels with the same woodgrains, on each one! Its partly the ambiguity of the design that lets Our mind play with the elements, wondering where does this sentence end , or begin, and seeing the words with different breaks in the phrase, they can have equally interesting , and meaningful ideas., but different, depending on ones focus. So Sorry to say that the C# minor Fugue (BWV 849), really suffers for Kimikos decision to stress the "apparent" downbeat, and she clips the end beat of each phrase, breaking the beauty of the continuous lines, in this, one of Bach's most ethereal, mysteriously floating pieces, when played as Sviatoslav Richter does, or Edwin Fisher, or Tatiana Nikolaeva...What Bach leaves out of his compositions is just as important as what he puts in!

[@Kimiko-piano]

It's exactly "all the possibilities" that made this take so long to prepare. I had to try out EVERYTHING I could imagine and hold it up to the light of truth: Is that better than the other possibilities?

[@Geopholus]

@@Kimiko-piano , I hope You can forgive my lack of humility, You are a brilliant pianist!. Listening again to the fugue (BWV 849) unfortunately i still feel the same. I have been playing Stephen Malinowski's version, over and over with "alien robot voices", and the more i listen, the more I enjoy it. Especially interesting that 849 is so favored by pianists, and yet it sounds even better, with a weird vocoder electronic "vox humana". But I do Like your, and Stephen's faster tempo. Another favorite of the ones You do here that I L O V E, is BWV 852.

[@alcidesduartefalcao2577]

What a great discovery! This lady plays Bach with soul and finesse. Her tempo of this piece is just perfect - not so fast or slow. It is a Gem! Bach would be proud of this performance.

[@1prwoop290]

Alcides Duarte Falcao you are right man!

[@Kimiko-piano]

Thank you! Check out my own compositions as well: kzbin.info/www/bejne/hIaTdoGPjbmbl7s

[@HenkPoley]

Looked the performer up on Wikipedia. She used to be a weightlifter. Okay, that was unexpected :P

[@seanmarshall7529]

in my mind antipodal to caring for the right piano playing muscles.. 1000 roads to Rome

[@laflamezz1907]

sean marshall what?

[@Trace631]

You're online google the word-Duh

[@Bulbophile]

electric player piano replay

[@kevinmathewson4272]

She's been a pianist all along. For a while she was a pianist who also lifted weights. She's been playing the piano since she was four.

[@justdope1963]

Thank you for displaying the score in all separate voices. Very helpful and I wish more youtube recordings did this.

[@charlesstiebing9231]

beautiful! I thank God for you sharing your gifts!

[@walteryako2883]

Thanks so much for your art, Kimiko. Each voice can be clearly heard, and the whole spirit of the Well-Tempered Clavier, as well. Amazing!

[@elipereira5958]

greetings from Brazil to you! Very beautiful work! Bach is my daily bread I listen him everyday, anyway is the only manner for me to grow as a good musician and person

[@Kimiko-piano]

A fine daily habit, to be sure.

[@HelenaWilliams8696]

Profound melodies to inspire the mind and to relax. Pianist Kimiko expresses magisterial control over all aspects of the Well-tempered Clavier! Delightful listening...

[@Kimiko-piano]

Thank you =)

[@kenmogibrainworld4844]

This piece is like the Old Testament in the world of music. So classic, solid, and beautiful. I love this performance.

[@Kimiko-piano]

Thank you!

[@photografr7]

Kimiko Ishizaka Are you upset that computers can play it perfectly (without emotion)?

[@xmvziron]

@@Kimiko-piano Ah! The performer herself!

[@Selector93240]

Hans de Büllow said that Bach well tempered klavier was like old testament of music and Beethoven sonatas was like the new testament;)

[@photografr7]

Makes perfect sense. I was a music major briefly at Boston University.

[@brodycates8472]

The articulations she gives brings a whole new life to these pieces. Emotion Ive never before heard in bach WTC. Wonderful pieces

[@OpenGoldberg]

Agree =)

[@Shmookcakes]

I have listened to this over and over!

[@bloodybonescomic]

I love Bach's WTC. And I love different interpretations. This one is outstanding. Outstanding!

[@souverain1er]

Thanks for the upload. Exquisite production of Bach. I don't think a regular listener appreciates what level of skill is required to play such complicated and beautiful music.

[@Kimiko-piano]

Thanks so much for the very kind words. A lot of thought and effort went into the recording, but the music is so rewarding. Have you also had a chance to hear my own compositions which I recorded more recently? Here are the "Blues Variations" for example, which has a canon and a fugue inspired by Bach in it. kzbin.info/www/bejne/eHubp36Kj76Gabs

[@johnervin8033]

It takes a keyboardist, or any musician, to understand just how demanding it is to "ace" a really good keyboard executant standard, regularly, for Bach, without seams showing. Even more so for the slower tempi, such control issues, but a lot of work in technique, more hours than anything I know, for the right result, the desired sound.

[@helihobbit]

Such clarity of articulation brings wonderful life to every voice! Bravissima!

[@MGMonasterio]

And as I keep hearing it gets even better. Where does this pianist come from? Heaven! What a delight from and for the Soul!

[@OpenGoldberg]

Have you downloaded the audiophile quality files from music.kimiko-piano.com? The background on these recordings is interesting as well. She was the first classical performer to not only finance all of her recordings with fan funding, but to also license them as public domain works from day 1. See her Goldberg Variations, if you haven't already: kzbin.info/www/bejne/Z2bIq6OteK2ngNU

[@MGMonasterio]

Thank you for your kind answer! And information! I have passed 50 years hearing at every possible rendicion of The Well Tempered Clavier, and humbly can say that knows something about it, what this pianist does, is really superb. The timing, the cadenza, we have seen a lot of changes since, lets say Walter Gieseking and Edwin Fischer to Glenn Gould, from too fast, to too slow (and albeit I love Gould) but Ms Ishizaka has the exact pace. I understand that this statement is quite subjective, of course, but for me, she sounds the best!

[@OpenGoldberg]

I can only hope you love the Art of the Fugue =)

[@MGMonasterio]

Of course I do, and I just see it couldn`t be otherwise, this Artist has" being made" to Bach as a fish to water!

[@Kimiko-piano]

thank you, Manuel. Where do I come from? heheh.... "the practice room" is the only valid answer :D

[@composer318]

To say, this is the best 24 pieces than other pop songs!

[@OpenGoldberg]

Agree!

[@SDGRTX1455]

The new benchmark of The Well Tempered Clavier. Bravo! Glenn Gould would sit and rethink about his recording of this work.

[@winglow7615]

The best I've heard. And I am not kidding.

[@1prwoop290]

Wing Low you r right

[@EWang-yn5sy]

Respect to whoever made this video. It's such a magnificent work, maybe bad for sight-reading, but very clear and inspiring for visualization.

[@nikolaacimovic8854]

I really enjoyed every singel note...Many thanks for posting...

[@Kimiko-piano]

Thanks for listening!

[@windyra]

The performance is definitely master piece! As a recreational adult player who started to study piano a few years ago, I could barely play a few relatively simple preludes and fugues in WTK. I found so much fun listening to Kimiko's performance, following her lead of each line, which I couldn't do by reading the original music sheets as a non-professional. This is incredibly educational as well.

[@Aciduza23]

I’m fascinated by how is the Bach work sound played by Kimiko Ishizaka! Thanks a lot❤️🙏🏼

[@therainforest4314]

So dreamy, beautiful, and precisely articulated, OpenGoldberg. :)

[@stevewilliams2240]

I've become an admirer of Kimiko. She's very clear and expressive at the same time. I hope she keeps recording more of Bach's work

[@OpenGoldberg]

She'll be recording Kunst der Fuge in May. Sign up for her newsletter to get a notification about that! eepurl.com/-9uzf

[@Riverification]

thank you so much - a LUMINOUS performance: very moving. I've never heard the WTC played so intimately. What glorious music this is - I cannot understand any attitude other that pure gratitude.

[@OpenGoldberg]

Thank you!

[@sergiocueto3803]

Y es la guía...excuse me...sr.

[@Kimiko-piano]

It's the first time anybody's called my playing luminous... I'm glowing =)

[@hansweichselbaum2534]

Great interpretation! Not schmaltzy romanticized and not mechanical like a clockwork.

[@mtklima]

A bit mechanical.

[@anuartureshbayev1291]

​@@mtklimaIt should be a bit mechanical to it to be Bach.

[@sergiosergio7163]

Magnifique interprétation d'IKimiko Ishizaka🌸🌺🌸

[@Kimiko-piano]

Thank you!

[@carlosenriquediazbertozzi4447]

Kimiko, inestimable amiga, eres una caricia para el alma. Gracias por tañir la Cuerda Primordial del Alma Humana. Tú, reparas el Mundo. Bendiciones a ti y a toda tu gente. A todos los que hacen posible encontrarnos en este mágico lugar...

[@stevehinnenkamp5625]

Utterly incredible! Each work shines with radiance, capturing the trials, joys and contentment of being human on this planet. Brava extended to the great pianist who speaks so eloquently through her God-given hands!

[@emin1461]

Wow!! How cool it is to divide the preludes/fugues into sections! Well done KZbin and OpenGoldberg!

[@OpenGoldberg]

Glad you enjoy it!

[@Kimiko-piano]

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[@FighterFred]

To play that 5 voice fugue in that tempo is masterful, very difficult.

[@Kimiko-piano]

The very concept of 5 voice fugues is pretty amazing. Glad you appreciate the recording!

[@thomanation]

Wonderful playing! Top rated version of all WTC I. And thanks to Bösendorfer piano, it delivers crystal clear layer to different voices, very 3D sound

[@Kimiko-piano]

That's exactly the special quality of the Bösendorfer that I love so much, especially for Bach. It allows me to keep all of the individual voices as distinct and separate as I want.

[@INDIGOBLUE555]

A complete privilege listening to your rendition of the WTC - thank you so much for sharing.

[@Kimiko-piano]

Thank you. It's also quite wonderful being able to connect and communicate with the people who enjoy it. If you visit my website, not only can you download the audiophile quality version of this and other recordings, for free, you can get notifications when I release new music. music.kimiko-piano.com

[@jeanhounsell4199]

Bach the 48 played by older lady Maarta....

[@jeanhounsell4199]

Have you a live performance of the 48 by J S BACH, PIANIST Marte

[@jeanhounsell4199]

I love comparing the differing interpretations of various pianists.

[@INDIGOBLUE555]

@@jeanhounsell4199 Same here, I have several renditions of Bach's piano works too.

[@manfredlipp6410]

Erinnerungen werden wach - gute Musik, gute Lehrer, gute Freunde, gute Zeiten seit 1953******

[@FighterFred]

That last fugue is on another level.

[@Kimiko-piano]

Fredrik Wallinder yes, it is amazingly daring in its harmonics and form.

[@zanexiao4488]

Many consider it the first piece of music to use a tone row.

[@Kimiko-piano]

@@zanexiao4488 Yes, it's a defensible idea. I remember my father-in-law after he heard me play it the first time. He was wide-eyed, in awe. "So chromatic!" he said.

[@ajabisong]

The concept is beautiful. Absolute clarity

[@OpenGoldberg]

+Edmund Aja-Bisong Jr. Glad you like it. Have you made it to the later keys? Check out A Major Fugue for one that really cooks.

[@zanexiao4488]

Hello fellow lover of Bobby Fischer and classical music!

[@lebecccomputer287]

This is a really lovely performance. I’m new to classical and I feel like I could understand more of the intention behind these songs

[@Kimiko-piano]

Then my mission was accomplished =) Glad you like it.

[@druniky]

@OpenGoldberg: thanks alot for informing me of this new version of J.S.Bach's G-Variations. Great articulation, clarity and sensitivity. A real pleasure to listen! Congrats to the pianist and thx to the producer and uploader. 👌 👏

[@OpenGoldberg]

+Nikolaos Druides so glad you enjoy it!

[@Kimiko-piano]

Thank you! Hope you have kept listening to it these years.

[@Kimiko-piano]

@Truth God Thanks. I'm half-Japanese, half-German, and I grew up in Germany.

[@faith-n-understanding]

This is an interpretation I like a lot in terms of tempo and mood. Wonderful!

[@Kimiko-piano]

Thank you!

[@johnervin8033]

She really so often chooses what are, imho, spot on as appropriate and revealing tempo, for her approach overall. (I will be thus egged on to fine tune mine as the only merely bearable response to this hearing.) I am old school, in tempo, as in "old-fashioned Bach". (Klemperer and Hugh Bean are not too fast, ever, LOL. There is a recording here at YT of Furtwangler playing the cadenza on pano to the 5th Brandenburg, very slowly, and I would take that any day of the year in exchange for all the "modern" playing Bach "as crazy as bugs", which seems the standard in the "New Age" and seems 30 years old hat, or so. But this pianist always takes a very measured approach, which is a great context for listening, like an avenue of meditation, and one really good way of hearing it.

[@hong_julee3106]

I have to put this beside my GG collection, too. Thank you, KI.

[@kirkpatticalma7911]

This is the best Bach piano video I have ever seen.

[@breveennkukan3603]

She brings Bach’s notes to life!

[@Raikaska]

The D major prelude is really, really well played. Not just technically, but creatively. I love it

[@franciscosard]

Fantastic performance, Bravissima

[@studentofcounterpoint]

The articulation and touch of the performer really adds something else to each of the pieces. A very fine performance.

[@JordiFranchParella]

It's really a very interesting reading and playing of the great Bach's Well-Tempered Klavier. Thumbs up, of course. And congratulations on it !

[@Kimiko-piano]

Thanks! It was a lot of hard work, but so rewarding.

[@ameliamarie75]

This is wonderful! I absolutely love listening to it.Thank you!!

[@OpenGoldberg]

So glad =)

[@CheroquiRock1]

Thank you so much for this, from Buenos Aires.

[@monelleny]

Very musical rendition...with plenty of light and space. Lovely! :)

[@OpenGoldberg]

+monelle thanks for checking it out, glad you enjoy it!

[@bencosmo1979]

Truly brilliant and that c# minor fugue in particular is sensational

[@waynehowells6301]

Now that was absolutely lovely....Wonderful playing!

[@Kimiko-piano]

thank you!

[@abtsit7127]

Thank you for gathering your emotions !

[@mariog123]

Genial interpretación. Gracias Kimiko Ishizaka.

[@Schleiermacher1000]

The shot is as beautiful as the picture of the artist at the end.

[@Kimiko-piano]

thank you

[@Schleiermacher1000]

@@Kimiko-piano Please, in no way

[@rachs57]

Ms. Ishizaka, thank you so much for the beauty you gave us; listening on 6.8.2020, pandemic & memorial for George Floyd.

[@Kimiko-piano]

I can't think of a better time to turn to this music.

[@rachs57]

@@Kimiko-piano Honored you took the time to reply, truly an amazing performance...thank you.

[@micheletokar2479]

Bravo. Absolutely stunning interpretation. Your touch on the piano is wonderful.

[@shoshashosha9257]

Thank you for uploading this.

[@kevinmorris6984]

Absolutely superb job. Blessings, and thanks for this.

[@piotrjedrzejewski50]

The feeling of the music of Johann Sebastian Bach's great- thank you , ... a wonderful prelude 5, BWV 850

[@Kimiko-piano]

Glad you like it!

[@nicolasadams2204]

I absolutely love your work!! I am following your example as I work on the 2,6,10,11,14,20, and 21 preludes!

[@Kimiko-piano]

Enjoy learning those wonderful pieces. Playing them is true joy.

[@silvanomangana7656]

Visuel des fugues très pédagogique. Belle vision.

[@RemnantCult]

This rendition of Clavier got me through many study sessions.

[@lroa6913]

Gran intrepretacion, a la altura de los grandes divos del piano. Bravo por tan bella ejecucion. La fuga No. 4 en C# min simplemente es una de las mas grandes obras musicales de todos los tiempos. Digna de el Dios de la Harmonia.

[@Core.soul.frequency_]

Brought me to tears in 40 seconds. What beautiful and light hands.

[@Kimiko-piano]

awww =)

[@עידןפוזיילוב]

thank you so much about this recording !!! so amazing and wonderful! i wish it would some day ill be in your concert in real time to see you play you are awesome!!! thank you so much !!!

[@Kimiko-piano]

That would be wonderful =)

[@EDDIOPINA]

¡Que musica ta hermosa!. Gracias Kimiko por interpretara tan apasionadamente

[@jackjohnhameld6401]

Kimiko, merci.

[@stephanieharris3512]

how beautiful it is

[@garychan2945]

Listening to this really helps me get through my work everyday!

[@anuartureshbayev1291]

Working as a compositor every daĝ

[@josephalvarez5315]

Such a fantastic performance

[@Kimiko-piano]

Thank you, and I'm glad you like it. On my channel you can hear me play pieces I composed myself, if you're interested.

[@guydesbief69]

Prélude 1 0:0, Fugue 1 2:43, Prélude 2 4:39, Fugue 2 6:31, Prélude 3 8:23, Fugue 3 9:42, Prélude 4 12:22, Fugue 4 15:20, Prélude 5 17:52, Fugue 5 19:28, Prélude 6 21:13, Fugue 6 22:56, Prélude 7 24:59, Fugue 6 22:56, Fugue 7 28:32, Prélude 8 30:32, Fugue 8 34:19, Prélude 9 38:14, Fugue 9 39:59, Prélude 10 41:19, Fugue 10 43:21, Prélude 11 44:50, Fugue 11 45:55, Prélude 12 47:20, Fugue 12 50:15, Prélude 13 54:12, Fugue 14 55:52, Prélude 14 58:00, Prélude 15 1:02:15, Fugue 15 1:03:14, Prélude 16 1:05:50, Fugue 16 1:08:04, Prélude 17 1:09:57, Fugue 17 1:11:32, Prélude 18 1:13:30, Fugue 18 1:15:32, Prélude 19 1:17:49,,Fugue 19 1:19:20, Prélude 20 1:21:17, Fugue 20 1:22:41, Prélude 21 1:26:46, Fugue 21 1:28:02, Prélude 22 1:29:58, Fugue 22 1:32:26, Prélude 23 1:35:44, Fugue 23 1:36:44, Prélude 24 1:38:33, Fugue 24 1:41:01

[@nemochi]

Thanks for the effort :D

[@linkinthegame2574]

This 5 voices's fugue is incredible, probably the most technical piece of the book i think ^^ Anyway, this interpretation is wonderful ! My favourite ! Thanks for this recording :)

[@Kimiko-piano]

5 voice fugues are a miracle of creation =)

[@jamesrockybullin5250]

Which one? There are two.

[@OpenGoldberg]

@@jamesrockybullin5250 And they're both hard :D

[@kenmifune]

I love the interpretation of cis moll fugue. It is much easier to understand the structure of the fugue if it is performed faster.

[@Kimiko-piano]

@@kenmifune Thank you =)

[@olivercharles2930]

Piano playing is a delicate act that requires precision and softness (sometimes). Weightlifting seems like the complete opposite of that. And yet, Kimiko Ishizaka does both of those things. She is a legend.

[@Godewig]

Bach's well-tuned piano still attracts - Pollini, Keith Jarrett - now Kimiko Ishizaka - seems to be some special piece of piano knighthood. Thank you for this fine rendition.

[@Kimiko-piano]

I'm enjoying my knighthood ;-)

[@jonholan4443]

That's truly wonderful rendition, old J.S. would be happy.

[@samssams1548]

Легко и светло! Женская ипостась Божественного...

[@SuperShagrad]

I love your version. Absolutely best for me. Thanks

[@洋阿相]

洋阿相 　石坂公子さんの秀でた才能とこのプロジェクトを成功させたスタッフと企業に最高の賛辞を送ります。（遥かな北海道から1936年生まれの老楽師）

[@Albeit_Jordan]

Yes this is an exquisitely tempered clavier, you've raised it well.

[@jupiter-84]

This is so beautiful!!

[@odettefrancois6566]

Bach es el padre de la música, sus obras sublimes llegan al alma, saludos desde Chile,🎼🎶

[@Philobach]

si vous aimez Bach, comme je l' ai vénéré pour la beauté de sa musique, vous devriez aimez mes propres compositions, présentes et surtout à venir, sur ma chaine.

[@garfreed]

I enjoy this version very much.

[@Kimiko-piano]

I'm so glad =)

[@hmol1955]

Absolutely wonderful!