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Your Opinions Wanted: Out of the 96 pieces in Bach's groundbreaking WTC I & II, what are your favorite(s)?
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I like C# major fugue from book II. A while back I was listening to a CD of Glenn Gould's performances of WTC I and II and this piece jumped out at me. I like the relatively slow deliberate way he seems to play it. I eventually went on to learn this fugue, along with the C# major prelude (I like the Fughetta at the end). These works seem very cheerful and remind me of spring. Never seen so many #'s before this piece!
I am looking for another fugue and/or prelude to learn.
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Bach Prelude and Fugue No. 2 in C minor from WTC 1. Pretty much the reason I started piano.
Dr. Appleman, former NASA engineer, Empire of Earth and B.S. of Ninjutsu at MIT.
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The prelude in E flat major from Book I. Not so much a prelude as an ediface.
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WTC I: P&F in B-flat minor.
Repertoire
John Cage: 4'33"
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P&F #7 from WTC I are still my faves though I love the whole lot of them.
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Bach English Suite #5
Scarlatti Sonata K141 . L422
Mozart Sonata K333
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The prelude in E flat major from Book I. Not so much a prelude as an ediface. I love that one too. I'm especially partial to many of the preludes but my favorites are G# minor book 2 and F minor Book 1.
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F# minor from book II (no. 14 or 15 i think)
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The c sharp minor fugue from Book I, is, without a doubt, my favorite. I love them all, and hear each book as one work. If you should ever have the chance to hear them played live in their entirety you'll see what I mean.
"And if we look at the works of J.S. Bach — a benevolent god to which all musicians should offer a prayer to defend themselves against mediocrity... -Debussy
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F# minor from book II (no. 14 or 15 i think) ding ding ding.. so hard and so clever.
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love and peace, Õun (apple in Estonian)
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The c sharp minor fugue from Book I, is, without a doubt, my favorite. I love them all, and hear each book as one work. If you should ever have the chance to hear them played live in their entirety you'll see what I mean.
and that is my all time favorite piece of all time. i adore it.. and i haven't played it for such a long time.
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love and peace, Õun (apple in Estonian)
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WTC I: P&F in B-flat minor. Yes, that one  that Chord in the third to last bar of the prelude... music is made for moments like this (sigh).
![[Linked Image]](http://www.runemasterstudios.com/graemlins/images/cloud.gif) Composers manufacture a product that is universally deemed superfluous—at least until their music enters public consciousness, at which point people begin to say that they could not live without it. Alex Ross.
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It's an amazing work isn't it, apple? So much passion. Just please don't force me to listen to Gould play it 
"And if we look at the works of J.S. Bach — a benevolent god to which all musicians should offer a prayer to defend themselves against mediocrity... -Debussy
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WTC I: P&F in B-flat minor. Yes, that one that Chord in the third to last bar of the prelude... music is made for moments like this (sigh). I played that one when I was 14. My first and only Bach P&F.
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Fricicles, you have to tell us how you liked it!
Composers manufacture a product that is universally deemed superfluous—at least until their music enters public consciousness, at which point people begin to say that they could not live without it. Alex Ross.
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I really liked the prelude because I was a whiz-bang kid at the time. The faster the better. But I didn't like the fugue - my teacher added very detailed dynamics and articulations that I found tedious to follow. Hey, I was 14! 
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did you play that prelude fast?? (I think I've been playing too slowly ! ) I've never heard a recording of it, just a family member playing it, and had a bit of a read myself. Totallly understand the impatience of 14
Composers manufacture a product that is universally deemed superfluous—at least until their music enters public consciousness, at which point people begin to say that they could not live without it. Alex Ross.
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Whoops, I misread the first post. I actually played the B-flat major one. The prelude is of that one is very fast.
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![[Linked Image]](http://www.runemasterstudios.com/graemlins/images/lol.gif) well I thought it seemed a bit odd!
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