Bach's fugues really are the greatest thing on God's green earth.

Incredibly pure and rich sound for an upright piano. Can't believe how nice it sounds.

YES...."STUNNING FUGUE" I could watch and listen to your performance over and over thousands of times (Thankyou BACH TOO!)

never never never never watch someone play this piece like him the best interpretation ever

Schön, daß es talentierte Menschen gibt, die Bach zu interpretieren wissen🙂👍🎹🎶

Just beautiful in every way possible. The fugue itself is one of Bach’s finest and the performance is sensitive in terms of intelligent and musical dynamics as well as impeccable playing. And I agree with another commenter here: do all you can to NOT be the next Glenn Gould. You are already a star in your own right...and you seem to play simply for the joy of it. How very refreshing. Bravo. (The upright piano: superb choice to display this work.)

I keep watching this with joy and disbelief. I can’t praise it enough.

This is my favourite version of this fugue - amazing. I hope you become a star!

Excellent, at the right tempo, without exaggerations, all notes crystal clear, expressing the right feeling. Well done :)

One of Bach's greatest. And to see someone play it moves me, thankyou for sharing this.

I watched this for the first time a few years ago and I keep coming back to it, amazing performance. It's so precise and yet you really bring out all the wonderful Lisztian Romanticism. It builds up wonderfully, and it's so exciting to listen to. Bravo.

Great work. Best recorded piano transcription I could find on youtube!

I cannot stop watching this! It has been like 50 times so far in the last 3 times! Fantastic job Ben! Way to be the next Glenn Gould!

I've been listening to this interpration for a few months now and I feel I just have to leave a comment. Your performance is beautiful, you use great phrasing and great dynamics. This is a brilliant recording and I will listen to it for months if not years to come.

Masterful rendition

Just a marvelous performance! And a really fine, no-nonsense interpretation. Well done Ben!

How beautifully played, the performer does credit to Bach's genius.

More please, I watch this basically every month

The quality of the video is equally amazing. Well done cameraman(men)!

That sounds excellent! I'm excited for your future videos.

Wow!! I'm afraid I've not heard of you, but it's my loss! This is really wonderful part playing!

I love the performance.

Bach ic divine. Thanks for bringing some Heaven to Earth, Bro!

Hen Hao! Good clarity and phrasing. Go go go, you can go far!

I liked every second of your performance. Thank you so much for performing one my favourite pieces in such a beautiful way!

Absolutely brilliant, and that opening 40 seconds .... eye shutting!!! 😑😑😑. We’re utterly indebted to Liszt and the brilliant Mendelssohn for bringing us Bach from the mists of time! How the German populace of the time could forget Bach’s music still makes me a little angry, his music only kept alive by the very few scholars and specialists during the 100 or so years of his music’s hibernation! Whether his music was considered old hat or not, it was and will always be ... utterly ASTONISHING!!!! J.S.Bach, the greatest achievement in the history of music!!!!

Flawless performance. I’m learning this now 👍

this video has been shared in a classical wechat group in China. people love it! thank you for sharing!

It's hard to express in words what I just have listened to.

So beautiful and so well-played! I haven't heard anyone play this piece better than you!

Amazing job!

Absolutely wonderful and crystal clear.

That's just terrific. It's so clean and precise, and yet you do so much with it. Gorgeous performance.

I repost this to friends every time I watch it, which is basically on a schedule. More please

BRAVO!!! You'd make Bach & Liszt very happy. I love this piece and your performance. Timeless beauty.......

Articulate, musical, flawless 🎹❤️😊 performance

This is no amateur. Among the best in KZfaq in my opinion, congratulations! The upright piano is an interesting and rare take, because it takes away some dynamic, which makes it better for Bach, but worse for Liszt in my opinion. So the beginning sounds really great, better than a grand piano, only in the end bars the lack of dynamic is a bit strident (5:00).

Thank you. Beautiful.

Amazing performance, precision and musical. Really enjoyed it. Thanks for posting.

There's of course no "wonderful Lisztian Romanticism" in this transcription :-) Both the music and especially the interpretation is artistically transparent in its contrapunctial facture. Ben's playing is very sensitive and full of variation in articulation and dynamic shading and development. Thank you very much for this recording. Give us more !

Simply gorgeous!!

this piano sounds really lovely

That is one fine upright right there, and well played.

Magnificently played

Very accurate and meticulous playing! I enjoyed watching your effortless hand movements very much! Thank you for sharing! 🙂

Awesome. Thank you.😊💙

Amazing. Great work!

This piece has four different parts and you play them with only two hands, and you played it so well, I really think this is amazing! You're very talented :)

Perfection. Great job :)

Perfect! Amazing performance!

Outstanding. Many thanks.

Congratulation! Amazing performance!!!

very nicely played!!! Beautiful

The surge and swell of intertwined melodic lines building to a climax is as exciting as music can ever be. Bach's genius makes it happen optimally.

Incredible

An interesting perspective. After all, the interpret is the first one to enjoy the outcome of his/her own production, so an upright piano is something that aims toward that goal. And a great interpretation as well. I wish you a successful career, Benoit.

Interpretazione curata in ogni minimo dettaglio e di grandissimo pregio. Colpiscono non solo la sobrietà e l'eleganza dell'esecuzione, ma anche la raffinata modernità della regia e la grandissima qualità sonora. Ascoltare questa registrazione è una gioia assoluta.

Well done! Such precision and musicality

Impeccable ! Wonderful and insightful! Bravo!

fantastic!!!

Grand merci !

This is amazingly well done, Great job! Also its S.463 for anyone whos looking for the sheet music

Bravo, vraiment magnifique !

Bravo! Beautifully played!

Played with the intended strength and energy it deserves. Very nice.

Fantastic recording! Loved it on this u1 upright with the case parts removed. Well done!

Unbelievably good!!!!! Congratulations 🥳 🎉👏👏👏

One word---sublime

Bravo..bravissimo!!!

Beyond brilliant writing, and performance.

What an incredible performance!

Amazing

Excellent!

Bravo!!! Wondrous Bach, Liszt, Zhou Thankyou

Pretty freakin' awesome

Complimenti! è una bellissima esecuzione.

Obrigada, BACH, por nos ter legado esta obra prima.

Awesome !

Wow I'm speechless!

Bravissimo!!!

Great job.

Wow just excellent!

I love this so much! I listen to this everyday. Such a beautful song. Im trying to learn it on piano too.

Unglaublich toll gespielt

I just watched excellence at work. Remarkable!

Spectacular

Thanks again.

Absolutely stunning! The tone you are getting at the beginning there is incredible. It must have taken you ages to voice that.

dude... you rock HARD!!! you earned my sub, sir.

This is epic. You deserve to have 10,000s of subscribers.

Perfect.

really impressed with this performance. very good articulation

Perfect

素晴らしい演奏！

I'm currently practicing this, just started, and having a hart time splitting the voices in my head as I play. This part is crucial for me when learning Bach otherwise it just sounds garbled. Thanks for playing this, it helps me hear it.

great!

great technique!

A very honest reading, unlike the pedantic playing by other professional pianists.

Bah ça alors... Bravo, bravo.

Great!