A recording of J.S. Bach's 'Preludie in C' played by Neil Balfour.

When J.S. Bach began working on his epic Well-Tempered Clavier in 1722, chances are he wasn't thinking that it would become one of the defining musical texts in keyboard history. But, somehow, it has - and the Prelude No. 1 in C Major is where it all starts.

The Well-Tempered Clavier (there are two volumes of it, each containing a prelude and a fugue in each musical key) kicks off in C Major, the most 'natural' musical key, so he obviously made sure that the first entry is a good one. Few pieces of keyboard music sound so delicate and fragile, but there's a very Bach-ian stability to it as well. 

It's a strikingly simple piece to begin with, gently phasing through different chords and registers, but it's one of those pieces that demands to be tinkered with. Consequently, you'll hear plenty of different interpretations of this much-loved work.

Prelude No. 1 In C Major | Bach

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Recorder: Zoom H2N
Cameras: Lumix G80, Lumix GX80
Guitar manufacturer: Pavlos Gypas
Strings: Hannabach custom made 728 MT
Video available here: https://youtu.be/YGnpB5jA6AE

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Musique :
Jean-Philippe Rameau
Les Indes galantes : Les Sauvages 
« Danse du Calumet de la Paix et duo Forêts paisibles » - Le Concert d’Astrée –
Direction : Emmanuelle Haïm

(P) 2012 Erato Disques, a Warner Msic UK Division 
Avec l’aimable autorisation de Warner Music France, a Warner Music Group Compagny

Arrangement : 
Coco Josua / Mozarf
Thomas Deborde 
Arnaud Toulon

Voir le film : www.operadeparis.fr/3e-scene/les-indes-galantes

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J.S. Bach "Suite N. 1 In G Major, BWV 1007 - Prelude" Ophélie Gaillard, cello

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