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

09 - Tomaso Albinoni - Concerto a 5 Op.9,8 g for Oboe 3 Allegro

The last movement of Beethoven's immortal 30th piano sonata (played by me).

Beethoven Piano Sonata No. 30 In E Major, Op. 109  final movement

My take on Chopin's saddest little prelude.  Two and a half minutes of ache.


Chopin Prelude No. 4 In E Minor, Op. 28

Johann Sebastian Bach: Violin Concerto in A minor, BWV 1041

Thomas Gould, violin
Senesino Players

Johann Sebastian Bach: Violin Concerto in A minor: 1.

Johann Sebastian Bach: Violin Concerto in A minor: 3. Allegro assai

Ponchielli. Dance of the Hours arranged for string quartet. Download PDF sheet music at <a href="http://www.musicforstrings.com/en/string-quartet-sheet-music/121-ponchielli-dance-hours-gioconda-string-quartet.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.musicforstrings.com</a>


Ponchielli. Dance of the Hours. String quartet arrangement

Johan Sebastian Bach: Adagio for violin solo in G minor, Sonata 1

Johannes Brahms: Hungarian Dances No.4 - Poco sostenuto

A performance by Duo Persepolis ( Behnaz & Homayoon )

Antonio Vivaldi - Andante, F.V.No.2 ( Duo Persepolis - Classical guitar )

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