Bach - The Well-Tempered Clavier, Books 1 & 2 | The Metzler Organ at Trinity College Cambridge

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Robert Costin plays J. S. Bach's complete Well-Tempered Clavier on the Metzler organ at Trinity College Cambridge.
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From the booklet notes:
'My personal journey with the WTC dates back over a quarter of a century and has led me to perform it on harpsichord, clavichord, piano and organ. There is no doubt that one can justify a more historically 'authentic' complete performance on certain of these instruments, but ultimately this is in the ear of the listener: arguably, the music is simply too great to be restricted to one keyboard. The 48 are nowadays rarely performed on the organ but in the late eighteenth century and early nineteenth century there was a tradition of playing them on the instrument. This was particularly the case in England, where pedal technique was rudimentary and knowledge of his organ works was limited. The organ has the advantage of being able to sustain the contrapuntal lines, but in the wrong environment this could lead to all sorts of acoustical disadvantages. I believe the wonderful Trinity College organ possesses all the right qualities to justify this project, something that I hope is evident in these recordings. The motivation for the recording was one of exploration rather than an effort to prove a point and it has been a hugely enriching experience.'
Book 1 (BWV 846-869)
00:00:00 Prelude No. 1 in C Major 00:01:59 Fugue No. 1 in C Major
00:04:08 Prelude No. 2 in C Minor 00:06:08 Fugue No. 2 in C Minor
00:07:59 Prelude No. 3 in C-Sharp Major 00:09:37 Fugue No. 3 in C-Sharp Major
00:12:22 Prelude No. 4 in C-Sharp Minor 00:15:21 Fugue No. 4 in C-Sharp Minor
00:19:08 Prelude No. 5 in D Major 00:20:50 Fugue No. 5 in D Major
00:22:55 Prelude No. 6 in D Minor 00:24:42 Fugue. No. 6 in D Minor
00:26:56 Prelude No. 7 in E-Flat Major 00:31:08 Fugue No. 7 in E-Flat Major
00:33:07 Prelude No. 8 in E-Flat Minor 00:36:43 Fugue No. 8 in E-Flat Minor
00:42:12 Prelude No. 9 in E Major 00:43:40 Fugue No. 9 in E Major
00:45:08 Prelude No. 10 in E Minor 00:47:43 Fugue No.10 in E Minor
00:49:16 Prelude No. 11 in F Major 00:50:28 Fugue No. 11 in F Major
00:51:57 Prelude No. 12 in F Minor 00:53:58 Fugue No. 12 in F Minor
00:58:30 Prelude No. 13 in F-Sharp Major 01:00:06 Fugue No. 13 in F-Sharp Major
01:02:15 Prelude No. 14 in F-Sharp Minor 01:03:35 Fugue No. 14 in F-Sharp Minor
01:06:55 Prelude No. 15 in G Major 01:08:01 Fugue No. 15 in G Major
01:11:19 Prelude No. 16 in G Minor 01:13:25 Fugue No. 16 in G Minor
01:15:37 Prelude No. 17 in A-Flat Major 01:17:05 Fugue No. 17 in A-Flat Major
01:19:32 Prelude No. 18 in G-Sharp Minor 01:21:26 Fugue No. 18 in G-Sharp Minor
01:24:07 Prelude No. 19 in A Major 01:25:32 Fugue No. 19 in A Major
01:28:15 Prelude No. 20 in A Minor 01:29:38 Fuge No. 20 in A Minor
01:34:53 Prelude No. 21 in B-Flat Major 01:36:29 Fugue No. 21 in B-Flat Major
01:38:24 Prelude No. 22 in B-Flat Minor 01:41:23 Fugue No. 22 in B-Flat Minor
01:44:15 Prelude No. 23 in B Major 01:45:29 Fugue No. 23 in B Major
01:47:36 Prelude No. 24 in B Minor 01:53:04 Fugue No. 24 in B Minor
Book 2 (BWV 870-893)
01:59:57 Prelude No. 1 in C Major 02:02:55 Fugue No. 1 in C Major
02:04:50 Prelude No. 2 in C Minor 02:07:53 Fugue No. 2 in C Minor
02:10:18 Prelude No. 3 in C-Sharp Major 02:12:15 Fugue No. 3 in C-Sharp Major
02:14:23 Prelude No. 4 in C-Sharp Minor 02:18:56 Fugue No. 4 in C-Sharp Minor
02:21:38 Prelude No. 5 in D Major 02:26:11 Fugue No. 5 in D Major
02:29:18 Prelude No. 6 in D Minor 02:31:20 Fugue No. 6 in D Minor
02:33:19 Prelude No. 7 in E-Flat Major 02:36:16 Fugue No. 7 in E-Flat Major
02:38:13 Prelude No. 8 in D-Sharp Minor 02:42:25 Fugue No. 8 in D-Sharp Minor
02:46:07 Prelude No. 9 in E Major 02:51:34 Fugue No. 9 in E Major
02:54:41 Prelude No. 10 in E Minor 02:59:13 Fugue No. 10 in E Minor
03:02:29 Prelude No. 11 in F Major 03:06:06 Fugue No. 11 in F Major
03:08:00 Prelude No. 12 in F Minor 03:12:40 Fugue No. 12 in F Minor
03:15:02 Prelude No. 13 in F-Sharp Major 03:18:25 Fugue No. 13 in F-Sharp Major
03:21:04 Prelude No. 14 in F-Sharp Minor 03:24:19 Fugue No. 14 in F-Sharp Minor
03:29:01 Prelude No. 15 in G Major 03:32:24 Fugue No. 15 in G Major
03:33:52 Prelude No. 16 in G Minor 03:36:47 Fugue No. 16 in G Minor
03:40:32 Prelude No. 17 in A-Flat Major 03:44:33 Fugue No. 17 in A-Flat Major
03:47:44 Prelude No. 18 in G-Sharp Minor 03:53:01 Fugue No. 18 in G-Sharp Minor
03:58:36 Prelude No. 19 in A Major 04:00:47 Fugue No. 19 in A Major
04:02:30 Prelude No. 20 in A Minor 04:06:00 Fugue No. 20 in A Minor
04:08:04 Prelude No. 21 in B-Flat Major 04:12:41 Fugue No. 21 in B-Flat Major
04:15:24 Prelude No. 22 in B-Flat Minor 04:18:50 Fugue No. 22 in B-Flat Minor
04:24:34 Prelude No. 23 in B Major 04:26:53 Fugue No. 23 in B Major
04:31:00 Prelude No. 24 in B Minor 04:33:37 Fugue No. 24 in B Minor
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@foveauxbear 4 жыл бұрын

Great to hear this recorded on a pipe organ, Bach would not have worried in the slightest. He intended it to be played by any keyboard instrument.

@nickvuci 3 жыл бұрын

Andras Schiff once said that the piano was the only keyboard instrument capable of playing all the preludes and fugues properly. With all due respect, I think we all know that he meant to say the organ.

@RobertCostinMusic 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you, glad you enjoyed it!

@paulcaswell2813 3 жыл бұрын

Schiff's knowledge of Bach is minimal to say the least in any case.

@kurisu_rpg 3 жыл бұрын

The organ is definitely better at some of the fugues with long pedal points that decay so quickly on other instruments they don't have their full effect. CPE Bach recommended restriking the long tied notes but no one ever seems to do that when they play them on piano, harpischord, etc. Just listen to Fugue 1 -- on every recording on another instrument, the low C decays after one or two measures leaving the tenor and soprano voices to play alone for the last couple of bars. But here the pedal point stays until the final chord. (Fugue 20 can't even be played correctly on an instrument without a pedal board)

@jonramsay9038 3 жыл бұрын

@@kurisu_rpg Hey do you have a source for that CPE Bach quote? That's really interesting to me as I have always thought about restriking

@kurisu_rpg 3 жыл бұрын

@@jonramsay9038 It's quoted in the Alfred Masterworks edition of the WTC; it comes from CPE Bach's "Essay on the true art of playing keyboard instruments".

@miguelfontesmeira 4 жыл бұрын

The organ makes my experience of pedal point sublime. How Bach cleverly used it becomes very apparent.

@ivancarlson953 3 жыл бұрын

When biologist Lewis Thomas was asked what message he would choose to send into outer space in the Voyager spacecraft, he said: “I would send the complete works of Johann Sebastian Bach … but that would be boasting.”

@haydnschlinger6740 6 ай бұрын

I thought that was Carl Sagan

@stelun56 3 жыл бұрын

Every other composer pales in comparison to J S Bach. A love affair that broadens and deepens with time. Never pretentious or overbearingly indulgent. Who was this man that created such musical wonders?

@guitarplayerfactorychannel 3 жыл бұрын

Beautifully said, every word. Pale in comparison. Sublime master by the hour. (His foundation secret is in the root movement of the chord progression, a simple consistent formula that uses strong, weak, and very strong connection types. The only theory book I have found mention of it it is in Schoenberg's 'Theory Of Harmony'.) And a beautiful recording by one who hears the harmony and sustains the relevant tones across, mixing adjacent chords or parts that point the harmony.

@Radioactisaurus 2 жыл бұрын

It was Buxtehude's genius that gave us Bach.

@mhdfrb9971 Жыл бұрын

@@Radioactisaurus and also his family

@IKIDIF Жыл бұрын

Sound great in my truck with the bass cranked! Love it

@user-wr8wf5nf4l 2 жыл бұрын

I used to think that this masterpiece is not suitable for organ because I onced listened to a bad recording. Happy to know that my point is disproved after listening to this wonderful performance! Also organ can actually play those long notes that last for several bars as Bach intended on the sheet music which piano and harpsichord simply can't. I just wonder why people don't play this more often on the organ? WTC on organ is absolutely sublime!

@RobertCostinMusic 2 жыл бұрын

thank you for your kind comment, I'm glad you enjoyed it

@FABIO_MARTINSS 4 жыл бұрын

Fantastic! Great to hear the king of instruments playing this masterpiece

@DanielSilva-gc4xz 2 жыл бұрын

The king of the instruments is the piano. Organ is the god of the instruments

@none_of_your_business 2 жыл бұрын

@@DanielSilva-gc4xz savage

@elemusic19 Жыл бұрын

@@DanielSilva-gc4xz Had me in the first half.

@oanaandra 5 ай бұрын

You filled my heart with joy! Thank you for the wonderful vision and interpretation!

@RobertCostinMusic 5 ай бұрын

Thank you, I'm so glad you like it!

@jbw53191 Жыл бұрын

I once played the C minor Fugue from Book II as a Prelude at St Patrick's Cathedral. It seemed like it was composed for that!

@ianbennett8127 2 жыл бұрын

Absolutely beautiful… lifts my spirit. Thank you so much. My late grandmother loved Bach and played organ but never pipe organ but she has imparted a love of organ to me …

@RobertCostinMusic 2 жыл бұрын

thank you for your comment, I'm so glad you like it

@thekantor1964 4 жыл бұрын

Wow!!!! Congratulations! What an absolute life achievement! I envy you, sir! Excellent work!

@RobertCostinMusic 4 жыл бұрын

thank you!

@mvmarchiori 4 ай бұрын

Bach's music is heavenly inspired, and i think the organ has a sound that goes right in the soul. Id love to hear other pieces played at the organ as well, but thank you a lot for this!

@Orochimaru741 2 жыл бұрын

This is incredible, thank you! This piece truly comes alive on organ 👏

@RobertCostinMusic 2 жыл бұрын

thank you also, glad you like it!

@Bach6032 4 ай бұрын

The works of Bach are so inspired that they transcend instrumentation. It is a pleasure to hear the WTC rendered on the organ and these performances are splendid. Thank you for sharing.

@RobertCostinMusic 4 ай бұрын

thank you for your kind comment, much appreciated

@xeq 10 ай бұрын

Thank you for such a wonderful interpretation! Knowing well that Bach was an organist at the core, it never really struck me how the music he produced was so interleaved with his experience at the instrument. And, now it makes perfect sense! Having studied his music for many years, and played it myself, mostly on the piano, I do feel a little bit stupid to have come to this revelation only now. But, that is a credit to you and how you make his music come alive.

@RobertCostinMusic 10 ай бұрын

Thank you for your kind comment, I'm very grateful

@Garrett_Rowland 4 жыл бұрын

What a great thing you've given the world here. Very interesting recording~

@RobertCostinMusic 4 жыл бұрын

thank you for your comment, I'm glad you like it

@PepperDoom 2 жыл бұрын

TY for this amazing gift to all Bach enjoyers!

@RobertCostinMusic 2 жыл бұрын

thank you for your kind comment

@tonycross5801 Жыл бұрын

This is incredible. A truly sublime experience.

@RobertCostinMusic Жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@DirkdeZwijger 9 ай бұрын

Bach is addictive! Thank you so much for sharing your work Robert!!

@RobertCostinMusic 8 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoy it!

@neapolitan3995 2 жыл бұрын

This is by far the best recording of this piece I've ever listened to. I think the pipe organ can play the well-tempered clavier in a way that no other instrument can. Bach would be very happy.

@RobertCostinMusic 2 жыл бұрын

thank you for your kind comment, I'm glad you enjoy it

@randymills1205 3 жыл бұрын

An inspiration. So much beauty - not least owing to your subtle articulation/phrasing and fine registrations. Thank you.

@RobertCostinMusic 3 жыл бұрын

thank you for your kind comment, I'm so glad you appreciate it

@threethrushes 3 жыл бұрын

Having attended a concert at Trinity College Chapel, some 15 years ago was one of the highlights of my existence.

@Examantel 4 жыл бұрын

Sounds like Kirnberger III. It is nice to finally hear this in a well temperament, as was intended by the composer.

@furryfreek 4 жыл бұрын

I believe it's actually Werckmeister I (III). You're right though; so much gets lost in translation when Bach's work is performed using equal temperament.

@Examantel 4 жыл бұрын

@@furryfreek Listening a bit closer, you're right - there is a slow beating of the C-E major third.

@BlackBunn1e 4 жыл бұрын

@@furryfreek Damn. You're my kinda freek.

@Axadn 2 жыл бұрын

@@BlackBunn1e you are funny 😂

@user-oy2kh2pi2k 3 ай бұрын

Superbe ! Œuvre recréée en quelque sorte pour l’orgue et servie par une variété et une légèreté de touchers. Vraiment magnifique ! Merci pour cette belle interprétation au service de l’écriture contrapuntique.

@RobertCostinMusic 3 ай бұрын

merci pour votre aimable commentaire, je suis heureux que vous l'appréciiez

@rankoplavec3197 3 жыл бұрын

AN OUTSTANDING INTERPRETATION

@RobertCostinMusic 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you, glad you enjoyed it!

@silv3r97 2 жыл бұрын

the organ gives this masterpiece a new voice, more powerful, more harmonious, more rounded, complete. the organ has the power to lift the spirit (and bring it closer to God, for those who believe in it, and to the universe) like no other instrument can, in my opinion. thank you for blessing us with this wonder.

@RobertCostinMusic 2 жыл бұрын

Davide, thank you for your comment, much appreciated. I'm so glad you like it

@guilhermeatanasov8423 3 жыл бұрын

I think the organ was Bach's favorite keyboard instrument. So complete... Great interpretation !

@RobertCostinMusic 3 жыл бұрын

many thanks, glad you enjoyed it!

@michakuczynski2987 2 жыл бұрын

wow, I always listened to piano interpretations, this is a completely new and great experience for me :D

@przemysawgoebiewski2797 2 жыл бұрын

I love the no 12. Incredible harmony in fugue.

@DanielSilva-gc4xz 2 жыл бұрын

And also book 2 no 1 prelude

@alessiacecchetti9868 4 жыл бұрын

Love this Bach so much! 🎵💥🎶🤗 congratulations!

@TenorCantusFirmus 3 жыл бұрын

The "Wohltemperierte Clavier" actually sounds amazing on the organ!

@RobertCostinMusic 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you, I agree!

@polina1693 Жыл бұрын

Bravo!!!

@hebrews619 Ай бұрын

Thank you for sharing so generously your labour of love. God be glorified through the listening of this blessed music. Love, Singapore.

@RobertCostinMusic Ай бұрын

Thank you for your kind comment

@ethanmendoza5216 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for sharing this.

@stephenmyers7298 7 ай бұрын

Listening to this gives new insight on how it should be performed on the piano..

@youtube_user 2 жыл бұрын

Very different from the piano version. I think, the keys to beauty here are registration and articulation. If someone just played the well-tempered clavier on an organ without thinking about that, it might end up being rather dull. I like this recording very much. Thank you for sharing!

@RobertCostinMusic 2 жыл бұрын

thank you for listening and commenting, I'm so glad you like the recording

@user-fu7zf4ck9z 3 жыл бұрын

I can't like this fucking video enough!! It's so good

@RobertCostinMusic 3 жыл бұрын

many thanks, glad you like it!

@estevaotacon 5 жыл бұрын

Bravo!

@user-rw5zt9tl7q 2 жыл бұрын

Listening to it for the xth time, it is still wonderful

@RobertCostinMusic 2 жыл бұрын

so glad you enjoy it, thank you

@SamuelJFord 2 жыл бұрын

Fantastic. So well suited to organ!

@RobertCostinMusic 2 жыл бұрын

many thanks for listening, glad you enjoy it!

@vickiesims1600 5 жыл бұрын

I will need more time than I have at the moment to hear it all, but I do like the snippet I have listened to.

@Vikingvideos50 Жыл бұрын

Absolutely beautiful

@RobertCostinMusic Жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@austinafrench 3 жыл бұрын

Incredible, Robert!

@RobertCostinMusic 3 жыл бұрын

thank you!

@polina1693 Жыл бұрын

Thank you!!!! ❤

@xbqchm 3 жыл бұрын

Fantastic performance! After listening to this, I'm not sure if I will ever listen to WTC on any other instrument than the organ.

@RobertCostinMusic 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you, glad you enjoyed it!

@Tizohip 4 жыл бұрын

this is very good video

@paulcaswell2813 3 жыл бұрын

This is a truly wonderful performance. I would add that Trinity has one of the tiny handful of organs in Britain where such a performance is possible. Many thanks for the upload.

@RobertCostinMusic 3 жыл бұрын

thank you for your kind comment, I'm glad you enjoy it

@gergokovacs3332 3 жыл бұрын

Excellentperformance, excellent registration

@RobertCostinMusic 3 жыл бұрын

Many thanks for your comment and appreciation

@pyykmatt79 Жыл бұрын

finally someone did pipe-organ version of the WTC's

@dmitarvukicevic4280 3 жыл бұрын

Unfortunately i cant like this twice, i rellay like your interpretation of every prelude and fugue. Thank you for this, best wishes, you made my day.

@RobertCostinMusic 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for your kind comment, very best wishes to you too

@marcelobrunorodrigues7630 3 жыл бұрын

Congratulations! For a long time I only knew Louis Thiry's complete recording. I feel that Heinz Lohmann had the worthy initiative of including the harpsichord toccatas and other works in his edition of Bach's organ works.

@RobertCostinMusic 3 жыл бұрын

many thanks for your reply

@lenochkazmeeva3475 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for this beautiful performance! I actually came here because I tried to listen to WTC piano interpretations, and I’ve understood that most of the parts are probably written for organ and are completely not understandable on any another instrument. This version proved my opinion to me even more then I expected. I hope that your great work will gain more popularity. So sad to see maybe the best WTC interpretation so underrated :( P.S.: I hope I haven’t done too much mistakes in this comment. English is not my native language.

@RobertCostinMusic 3 жыл бұрын

thank you for your kind comment and appreciation

@Tracequaza Жыл бұрын

this recording blew me away many times, and I think your choices of registration and articulation were really well suited for the organ and the original music. this is before considering how impressive it is to record both books. the only thing I can think to change would be to occasionally add pedal, I think a nice 16' or 32' would really help on just the pedal point at the end of the louder fugues (edit: i just got up to the end of book 1 and heard you do this at the end of the b minor, very cathartic ending for the end of the book). really well done, and thank you, I really enjoyed this performance

@RobertCostinMusic Жыл бұрын

Many thanks, I appreciate your comment. I think I'd use more pedal in places if I recorded it again. There are some obvious places to use it like the ends of the A minor Fugue Book 1 and the G minor Fugue Book 2. I also remember adding it in the E minor Fugue Book 2. Endless possibilities!

@guitarplayerfactorychannel 3 жыл бұрын

The works can be played slower on the organ and have the time to bring out the harmony with held speaking tones. Wonderful work. All the comments here are wonderful. I was playing Book I with a Nason Flute keyboard tone and thoroughly enjoyed it. Had to find a recording on the organ. Glad to hear many appreciate the work on Organ. Spectacular.

@RobertCostinMusic 3 жыл бұрын

Many thanks for your comments, I'm so glad you appreciate it

@LiselotteSels 3 жыл бұрын

Fantastic and relevatory!

@RobertCostinMusic 3 жыл бұрын

Many thanks for your comment, I hope things are well in Antwerp

@LiselotteSels 3 жыл бұрын

@@RobertCostinMusic thanks!

@elemusic19 Жыл бұрын

The beginning of the prelude in C minor from book 2 sounds sort of like a chorale prelude to me.

@dibaldgyfm9933 2 жыл бұрын

I love espcially when you use the flute registers. I thing mixtures should be only in broad chord secrions, because sometimes it obscures the voicing/voice leading. To record all the pieces is some accomplishment, kudos ♥️♥️♥️

@RobertCostinMusic 2 жыл бұрын

thank you for the comment. I agree about using mixtures, which is why I tried to emphasise the 8' tone. Maybe I would do things differently if I had another chance...

@lucienfournier5399 Жыл бұрын

Perfect

@RobertCostinMusic Жыл бұрын

Thank you, I'm glad you like it!

@patricecruau 3 жыл бұрын

On ne trouve pas la version Desenclos de 2013, plus "légère" que celle-ci; un nouvel apport à explorer.

@vickiesims1600 5 жыл бұрын

Bello Robert.

@RobertCostinMusic 5 жыл бұрын

thanks for the message. Hope all's well and that you enjoy the recording, a true labour of love...

@apostolismoschopoulos1876 4 жыл бұрын

2:29:18 book 2 d minor prelude

@ethanmendoza5216 4 жыл бұрын

Nice Euler profile pic 👍🏽

@Jantsenpr777 2 жыл бұрын

This is an exquisite recording by all standards! I really loved the colorations given to some preludes and the full sound given to the fugues. On a technical matter, what criteria did the organist use to implement the pedals? I heard it used very powerfully in some places.

@RobertCostinMusic 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for your comment, I'm grateful. I recorded both books a year apart and my thoughts about using pedals changed. I've arranged many of them with pedals, however when I recorded on the Trinity Cambridge organ I decided to use them relatively sparingly because the instrument is so beautifully balanced. I save pedals for the end of big fugues, A minor fugue Bk 1, G minor Bk 2, E minor Bk 2 etc, a bit like the C major organ fugue BWV 547. I think I might use them more now. Some of the fugue subjects are not suited to pedals, eg the G major ones.

@julioamador261 4 жыл бұрын

Genius

@fabiochiarini947 3 жыл бұрын

Magistrale

@RobertCostinMusic 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you, glad you enjoyed it!

@scottbiggs8894 9 ай бұрын

Finally the ending of prelude 22 makes sense. Because the piano can't sustain the top Bb long enough, the piece misses the sound like a perfect cadence. (I replay the held Bb on beat 3 of the last measure, but hearing it sustained on an organ is just right--no pun intended). Thank you for sharing this. Do you know if the organ is itself well-tempered or is modernly "corrected" to equal tuning? To me the fifths sound increasingly hard as the music goes through more exotic chords, which would make sense for a well-tempered organ.

@RobertCostinMusic 9 ай бұрын

Many thanks for your comment, I'm very grateful. I believe it's well-tempered, probably Werkmeister to my ears.

@strashuninstitue390 9 ай бұрын

Great performance! Thank you. Do you have intention to play Art of the Fugue, Toccatas?

@RobertCostinMusic 9 ай бұрын

Thank you for your kind comment. I am relearning the Art of Fugue at the moment so watch this space!

@dallasd1282 4 жыл бұрын

Aahh yes bachs Well tempered clavier. Praeludium 2 is my favorite song from book 1

@user-rz2eg2ui6u Жыл бұрын

Очень понравилось. Было бы хорошо, если бы количество интерпретаций этого великого произведения на аутентичных клавирах приблизилось к их количеству на рояле.

@RobertCostinMusic Жыл бұрын

Спасибо за ваш комментарий

@Tizohip 4 жыл бұрын

2:51:34 one of my favourites

@burraldo 4 ай бұрын

In my opinion, the organ is the best instrument to play the Well Tempered "Keyboard" preludes and fugues! The organ can prolong the sounds as long as you want. It's like a "chorale". Organ is the king of all keyboard instruments, it's a kind of "baroque synthesizer". 🎸🇧🇷🇮🇱

@RobertCostinMusic 4 ай бұрын

thank you for your comment, much appreciated!

@zonzon711 2 жыл бұрын

00:47:43 Fugue No.10 in E Minor

@machaelmus3843 2 жыл бұрын

3:36:45

@christianindividual4550 2 жыл бұрын

53:57 1:02:15 2:04:50 06:08

@mofumofuvirtual11coursegui19 3 жыл бұрын

素晴らしいですの。もっとたくさん、ハープシコード曲のオルガンでの演奏を聞きたいですの。

@RobertCostinMusic 3 жыл бұрын

親切なコメントありがとうございます

@JackSparrow175 3 жыл бұрын

4:33:37 2:59:13

@Reino_X 3 жыл бұрын

Nicee

@RobertCostinMusic 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks

@aperson6934 3 жыл бұрын

1:34:03

@apostolismoschopoulos1876 4 жыл бұрын

Book 2 è minor: 2:54:41

@m.erubik 3 жыл бұрын

Hi friend

@redschonewille 3 жыл бұрын

Well (This isn't working on my nerves like the harpischord or even the piano) tempered!

@Tizohip 4 жыл бұрын

in that time today when i look to pedal in first fugue of wtc 1 i search "bach wtc 1 organ"

@arshiaghasri6333 3 жыл бұрын

Who is playing this album? Robert Costin or Frédéric Desenclos??

@RobertCostinMusic 3 жыл бұрын

Robert Costin

@arshiaghasri6333 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you. Great album by the way! Hearing Bach's clavier music on organ is a necessary experience, as organ was actually a very important part in Bach's mind along with choir.

@arshiaghasri6333 3 жыл бұрын

You should edit the "Artist" title below the video though, it is titled Frederic Desenclos which is also an organist.

@RobertCostinMusic 3 жыл бұрын

@@arshiaghasri6333 done, thanks for encouraging me to sort this out!

@pmurraymusic 4 жыл бұрын

(Ahem) MORE COWBELL! Kidding - great work!

@user-dg5xz9cc1y 2 жыл бұрын

3:02:29

@lukeluke7082 2 жыл бұрын

I swear that 3rd fugue is played wrong. Or it was defo meant for organ. The sustains are so much more obvious with organ. Sounds like a different song at times. But when I play it on my electric keyboard with organ sound it still doesn’t sound like this

@RobertCostinMusic 2 жыл бұрын

Many thanks for the comment, Luke - are you talking about the C sharp major fugue? The acoustic of the Trinity Chapel could have something to do with the sustains

@amabile2997 2 жыл бұрын

15:22

@user-qo5iv7rn2n 5 ай бұрын

1:58

@user-fu7zf4ck9z 4 жыл бұрын

I think it's obvious that Book 1 was intended for organ

@user-fu7zf4ck9z 3 жыл бұрын

Nevrotico19 The D major prelude and fugue sounds better on harpsichord as well imo, but nothing really suggests that it is specifically written for it. I think with preludes like E-Minor, E-Flat minor and B-flat minor or fugues like the Cis-Sharp minor, A minor (the unplayable orgelpunkt) and C-Minor it would be reasonable to assume that they are more suited for an organ. Book 2 doesn't sound good at all on organ, so i agree that the 2nd WTC was most likely intended for harpsichord.

@user-fu7zf4ck9z 3 жыл бұрын

Nevrotico19 I'd say the modern piano is the best solution for your problem, as you wont have to switch recordings between prelude and fugue and instead get the best of both worlds really. The challenge here is to find the right pianist, but that comes down to your taste of course. To me, most of book 1 is pretty lackluster on harpsichord, but pretty exciting on organ, however, i will always prefer piano recordings of the WTC (Nikolayeva, Tureck, Gould only for fugues, Richter if it wasnt for his fast tempi)

@aaaabb1666 3 жыл бұрын

I've always thought that the long pedal point at the end of the C minor fugue is just dying to be played on the organ!