New England Conservatory President Emeritus and Walter W. Naumburg Chair in Music, Laurence Lesser Bach: Suite for Cello solo no 1 in G major, BWV 1007. Recorded live in Jordan Hall, Boston, by Alex Hug

Bach: Suite for Cello solo no 1 in G major-Prelude

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

Tchaikovsky   Piano Concerto No 1, B Flat Minor, Op 23 Open   Best Of Classical Music

The New England Conservatory Philharmonia led by guest conductor Jefferey Kahane at the keyboard, present Mozart's Concerto for Piano no 25 in C major. Recorded live in Jordan Hall November 6, 2013 by Alex Hug.

Mozart: Concerto for Piano no 25 in C major- Allegretto

Hilary Hahn Paganini Caprice 24 & Paganiniana

A cello quartet arrangement of the second movement from J S Bach's Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D major, BWV 1068.
Cello arranged and performed by Deryn Cullen
Mix and mastering by @dan-cullen

J S Bach - Air on the G - String

A cello quartet arrangement of the second movement of Vivaldi's Cello Sonata no. 3 in A minor RV43

Vivaldi - Cello Sonata III in a minor - Allegro

Hugh Wolff leads the New England Conservatory Philharmonia in a performance of Beethoven's Egmont Overture. Recorded live in Symphony Hall, Boston April 23, 2014.

Beethoven: Overture to Egmont, op. 84

Brahms Hungarian Dance No 5 arranged for string quartet. The sheet music available at www.musicforstrings.com

Brahms Hungarian Dance 5 string quartet

Antonio Vivaldi - Winter (Full) - The Four Seasons

You can purchase the entire album "Winds Of Winter" - freddiehangoler.bandcamp.com/album/winds-of-winter

Waltz Of The Rain

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Bach: Suite for Cello solo no 1 in G major-Prelude

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