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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

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


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

Live Piano Recording. A notable and well-known piano solo composition by virtuoso pianist Franz Liszt. 

Franz Liszt - Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2

Steinway & Sons Model D 274 Concert Grand Piano. Live Piano Recording. Orchestral String from Garritan Instant Orchestra. I hope you love the melancholy theme of this song.

Frédéric Chopin - Waltz In B Minor, Op.69 No.2 (No.10) (Orchestrated Version)

Listening to the chaconne is as rich and layered an experience as the story behind the music. Whatever meaning you ascribe to the chaconne — personal, civic, divine, or none at all — it's certain to leave its mark.

Johann Sebastian Bach's chaconne has been arranged for nearly every instrument: from the ominous-sounding organ to the solo flute or the delightfully sparse marimba. Or, listen to these renditions by an enterprising clarinetist and an equally ambitious saxophonist. Or how about this menacing arrangement for trumpet and orchestra and this lyrical performance by two cellos. There is truly an arrangement for everyone.

But it's something spectacular when a great violinist performs the chaconne.

Tim Fain's live performance during Krista's conversation with Bernard Chazelle at WXQR's Bachstock is no exception. Before a full house at The Greene Space, he played Bach's chaconne, the fifth and final movement from Partita No. 2. As our executive editor Trent Gilliss observed, "It's a rarity and a privilege to be able to listen to a 15-minute violin solo without an orchestra." Especially a great performance like Tim Fain's, who is known for his electrifying recordings in Black Swan and 12 Years a Slave.

This performance is included in On Being's radio production, "Discovering the Cosmology of Bach" (http://www.onbeing.org/program/bernard-chazelle-discovering-the-cosmology-of-bach/7026)

Johann Sebastian Bach: "Chaconne" from Partita in D Minor for Solo Violin - Tim Fain

Mendelssohn Violin Concerto, first movement. Wayne Lee, violin; Emely Phelps, piano. Recorded Fall 2010 in New York.

Mendelssohn Violin Concerto, first movement

francesco tristano, piano & conducting / sabine raynaud & florian cousin, flutes. the new bach players

http://www.amazon.com/J-S-Bach-Complete-Keyboard-Concertos/dp/B0007TKGOY/ref=sr_1_7?ie=UTF8&qid=1318236482&sr=8-7

johann sebastian bach: concerto in f major, BWV 1057 - III. allegro assai

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

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

اجرای معروفترین قطعه از پاگانینی "لا کامپانلا" - تنظیم شده برای پیانو سلو از فرانتس لیست - پیانیست: نیکولای لوگانسکی - انتشار: ۲۰۱۲

اجرای بسیار شفاف و تمیز این پیانیست روس از این قطعه را بشنوید

Frantz Liszt - La Campanella

UCL Chamber Music Club concert - Thursday 7th June 2012
www.ucl.ac.uk/chamber-music

Johannes Brahms (1833-97)

Liebeslieder (Love Songs), Op.52 (1868-9), Nos.1, 2, 5, 6, 9, 10, 11, 15, 16, 18

Anne Taylor – soprano,  Annika Lindskog – alto,  Luke Thomas – tenor,  Amos Paran – bass
Roger Beeson, Steve Copeland – piano duet  

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Brahms: Liebeslieder, Op.52

Liebesträume: Dreams of Love – Liszt, also known in English as The Loves of Liszt
Its a romantic song ... tell about Lizt dreams about love after he broken heart..... 
Finally i can playing this song, although i not playing perfectly but it need long time since 2011 ... lol... Enjoying :)

Liebesträume : dREAM About Love - Franz Liszt Solo Piano by @airinaditya

Blue Danube Waltz

Johann Sebastian Bach - Air on G String (Piano Solo)

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Chopin: Balladen

Fantaisie-Impromtu in C Sharp Minor, Op. 66

Chopin - Fantaisie-Impromptu in C-sharp minor op. 66

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Brahms: Liebeslieder, Op.52

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