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

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

Franz Liszt: Ungarische Rhapsodie Nr 2

Do you like Bach? I simply love this piece!

Bach Präludium Fis-moll WTKII

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

Grieg - Peer Gynt Suite No. 1 - III. Anitra's Dance

Markus Gottschlich- piano
https://www.markusgottschlich.com/store/of-places-between-album

Schubert Impromptu Op.90 No.3

Johannes Brahms: Hungarian Dances No.4 - Poco sostenuto

this valse has so much different facettes...
I played it on my Roland RD-170

Chopin Valse cis moll opus 64 Nr 2

Solo Violin: Ainhoa Galvany
Violins: Laura Torcal & Raquel Paleo
Viola: Isa Juarez
Cello: Queralt Garcia
Harpsichord: Ilil Danin

Recorded at the Fentener van Vlissingenzaal
Recording: NanoGrammophon

June2013
Utrecht

Franz Liszt: Ungarische Rhapsodie Nr 2

DSM