1. 0:28 Prelude in C-Major BWV 846 2. 2:47 Fugue in C-Major BWV 846 3. 4:38 Prelude in C-Minor BWV 847 4. 6:30 Fugue in C-Minor BWV 847 5. 8:24 Prelude in C#-Major BWV 848 6. 9:37 Fugue in C#-Major BWV 848 7. 12:06 Prelude in C#-Minor BWV 849 8. 15:04 Fugue in C#-Minor BWV 849 9. 17:42 Prelude in D-Major BWV 850 10. 19:16 Fugue in D-Major BWV 850 11. 20:59 Prelude in D-Minor BWV 851 12. 22:34 Fugue in D-Minor BWV 851 13. 24:40 Prelude in Eb-Major BWV 852 14. 28:00 Fugue in Eb-Major BWV 852 15. 29:48 Prelude in Eb-Minor BWV 853 16. 33:47 Fugue in D#-Minor BWV 853 17. 37:33 Prelude in E-Major BWV 854 18. 39:04 Fugue in E-Major BWV 854 19. 40:23 Prelude in E-Minor BWV 855 20. 42:29 Fugue in E-Minor BWV 855 21. 44:02 Prelude in F-Major BWV 856 22. 45:04 Fugue in F-Major BWV 856 23. 46:28 Prelude in F-Minor BWV 857 24. 49:20 Fugue in F-Minor BWV 857 Encore: 26. 54:34 Fugue in F#-Major BWV 858

@danielpincus221

Жыл бұрын

An effort of love. Kudos!

No coughs in the entire presentation, that's a winner =)

@LaDivinaLover

3 жыл бұрын

I noticed that about the time I started to read your comment lol. A feat indeed!

@eagleeye6333

3 жыл бұрын

!!Agree!!

I can’t even imagine memorizing all 24 preludes and fugues. Absolutely astounding!! 👏👏👏👏👏💕😍💕😍💕🥰💕💐💐

@IvanGreindl

Жыл бұрын

So does also Thomas Schwan (for the *two* books!)🙂 However, you're right, this interpretation is *excellent* too: rigour and sensitivity together. A wonderful sharing.

This is the right way to play Bach, I think. There is no "fireworks" like many others enjoy to do. It is sure an awesome performance!

I don't comment on KZread much, but this performance is truly exceptional! Her performance of Bach is keen and alive--it just makes me want to close my eyes and smile.I purchased her WTC and Open Goldberg Variantions several months back and keep going back to listening to them both. I have been listening to her WTC and OGV for several months now and continue to enjoy them immensely. I have sampled many Bach performers over the years and Kimiko, I believe, has done the finest job, she has corrected interpretive issues I have had with performers before her. Not in one single case here have I thought the question. "Why did she do it that way"? ..each piece speaks the absolute truth to me. She has put some serious thought and research into this because what I believe she has achieved is a true reference on Bach interpretation and performance on the modern Piano--and what a piano to play on! Astounding in every sense of the word. Magnificient!!

@curtiscpro

6 жыл бұрын

What does the word "Open" mean when you write "her.. Open Goldberg Variations"? Thanks

@Kimiko-piano

5 жыл бұрын

@@curtiscpro and Ken Z - first of all, thanks for the appreciative comments. "Open" in this case refers to the license. It's drawn from "Open Source Software" as a concept, and the recordings that I made of Bach are licensed as Creative Commons Zero, meaning they're in the public domain. You can download them for free on my website: music.kimiko-piano.com

One of my favourite recordings - clean, precise and not hurried. A great reference recording, and a feat to play over an hour of such music from memory. Well done Kimiko

@Kimiko-piano

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you =)

@itemeodem2616

3 жыл бұрын

Ja, genau. Präzise und ruhig intoniert

Love the fugue in c sharp minor that was great. I mean every echo of every repetition of every melody had the exact same strength and pitch. Such control and with an absolut force and determination. An inspiration to every piano player ever

@sereitan5967

8 ай бұрын

Agreed one of the best interpretations I've heard.

I'm found of the tempi chosen and the overall insight of Ms Ishizaka's interpretation, not mechanical at all but above all "natural" and fair to the spirit of this work. It seems to flow with a great sensitivity put at the service of the score ; a most faithfull reference.

@shantaram56

6 жыл бұрын

Laurent Deburge k

@Kimiko-piano

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you! My intention was to put Bach first, as well as I could.

All by heart. My respect to her

I can't express what I want to say because my English,but!!! I like Bach, especially clavier songs of Bach. So, I listen to ...... a lot of this ....so called The Well-Tempered Clavier 1. And the one thing that I can say is .....she is one of the best player who plays Bach now!! Surely,trill is ..... I feel if her trill is so faster ,maybe it's better. But!! Any way, she has ears to listen to a lot of melody,and has ability to control 3 or 4 melody. She has talent that can highlight the charm of the song !!

Superbe interprétation ! La sonorité particulière du *Bösendorfer* désoriente un peu au début (par rapport à celle du Steinway) mais finalement convient très bien à cette oeuvre magnifique, sobre, rigoureuse, 'stricte'... Mme Ishizaka, en artiste accomplie, donne ici toute la mesure de son grand talent.

Amazingly she played with out the sheet music. What a genius

Absolutely fantastic! There is fire in this interpretation. I love the rawness of the playing. I'm a huge fan!

@Kimiko-piano

5 жыл бұрын

Great adjectives, thank you!

Annotations, smanotaions, no notations. Let the music speak, and so she did! Such marvelous playing that my spirit could not help but sing too.

I remember years ago... watching this room beeing built from the ground up.... and now this.... magnificient!

Wonderful!! It's a pleasure listening.

Amazing to have memorized all of this music. And she plays it so very well too. My favourite is the C major fugue. She does it great justice. Wonderful!

@catherinemorris4310

6 жыл бұрын

Yes, few people can play that fugue well!

@curtiscpro

5 жыл бұрын

Hi, can you clarify why you say that? Is it a literal, or qualitative response? Do you mean of all people who play WTC fugues, only a few of them play the C-major fugue well? Or do you say this to reflect your own understanding of the difficulty of this fugue over other fugues in WTC 1? Thanks.

@catherinemorris4310

5 жыл бұрын

Curtis Pro She has a precision to her playing but also humanity. And yes, that first fugue of the first book does require a lot of finger changes and some craft if it is not to sound disjointed and odd. She produces a fully-integrated piece of music. Playing a Bosendorfer helps too, they are really good for Bach and greatly underrated.

@Kimiko-piano

5 жыл бұрын

Thankfully, memorizing music is not that hard for me. That lets me focus on the other hard parts of playing.

The notion that one person can be an olympic-style powerlifter and a classical pianist at the same time is way beyond my comprehension . . . unless Superwoman has finally slipped up and revealed her true identity.

@WilXuH

9 жыл бұрын

Both are based on extreme discipline... maybe that's the key :) Interesting fact anyways, I didn't know that, thanks for pointing it out. I noticed she had some strong forearms... lol Besides, she surely needs a strong back to hold on to countless hours playing piano! awesome

@physikphilosoph

9 жыл бұрын

Have seen Tzimon Barto?

@ironpirites

9 жыл бұрын

physikphilosoph No. I'll look for Tzimon Barto. Thanks.

@matcoddy6097

6 жыл бұрын

shes not "an olympic style powerlifter" , shes a powerlifer (Squat, bench deadlift), and and olympic lifter (clean and jerk/ Snatch) , the 2 are separate sports, also I and many people I know are classical pianists+Powerlifters /weightlifters, Its very comprehensible and common. If you meant to say at an elite level, like she is, that is different. Sorry if I came off rude, just pointing out that theres many other talented/gifted pianists+Lifters, and that olympic lifting and powerlifting are 2 different sports LOL. Also unfortunately powerlifting is not in the olympics (though it is at the world games, and special olympics etc)

@mrnarason

6 жыл бұрын

I lift weights then try to play on a keyboard, it hurts my hands.

What a fantastic treat it must have been for these lucky guests. :)

Just know that she was an Olympic weightlifter and powerlifter

Sehr schöne Darstellung von Frau Ishizaka in Verbindung mit dem Bösendorfer-Flügel. Die Akzente sind so fein und zart gespielt.

I got Kimiko music at bandcamp.com. Bach music is very well performed by Kimiko. Great. Thanks.

@Kimiko-piano

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks! Here's the site: music.kimiko-piano.com

A truly inspiration!

Thanks for this!

Merci , et bravo !

I love her touch on the keyboard, so beautifully articulated, The Miraverse. Thank you for sharing. :-)

@Kimiko-piano

5 жыл бұрын

It was a beautiful piano as well. A Bösendorfer from a local piano dealer.

@therainforest4314

Жыл бұрын

@@Kimiko-piano - Few are capable of maximizing the qualities of a fine instrument like you are, Kimiko. You are absolutely brilliant at the keyboard. :)

Thanks for the annotations!

@inwardglow

10 жыл бұрын

Thanks for making such a superb recording!

@Manifoldrecording

10 жыл бұрын

The quality of the recording is due to (1) a great artist, (2) a great instrument, (3) a great room, (4) great recording equipment, and (5) an engineer who knows how to best take advantage of (1) through (4).

@inwardglow

10 жыл бұрын

I shall mention your role--with a keen eye to detail; noticing, in every venue, the effect of lighting, balance, sound. . .and how you translate that information to make your productions unique and very special. We all benefit from your guidance in the process. Thank you!

a genuine interpretation...

@Kimiko-piano

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

Kimiko is coming back to Manifold Recording to play Chopin on an original 1842 Pleyel piano (Chopin's favorite!) Check out the Kickstarter: www.kickstarter.com/projects/opengoldberg/kimiko-ishizaka-plays-chopin-on-an-1832-pleyel

@otakurocklee

9 жыл бұрын

OpenGoldberg This is great news. I do wish she would record WTC Book 2 though.

Prodigiosa capacidad interpretativa. Excelente y muy PERSONAL la interpretación del preludio 2

I loved everything, with the exception of the c major fugue.

@Tylervrooman

3 жыл бұрын

Why not that ONE fugue?

@junlee7237

3 жыл бұрын

I mean, i get her intention, she wants to differentiate the vioces as much as possible. And she does a good job at that, but it still feels kinda clunky nonetheless. Could be a nerves problem though.

damn. she's so silent, i can't barely hear her breathing outstanding play

Nicely done

I just discovered you from WKCR in NYC. The Goldberg Variations. You are a thoughtful and a refined interpreter. Happy to hear the Bősendorfer. Be healthy and be well. 🍑🌷🍂🍀🌻

I have (and enjoy) Glenn Gould's renderings of these but I have to admit that I prefer Ms. Ishizaka's as much more soulful and less aggressive. I do so much wish they would re-issue the CD, since I would love to own it.

Bravo!

'Kimiko Ishizaka will record Bach's Well-Tempered Clavier at the Teldex Studios in 2014' GOOD! :-)

@jnsurg947

10 жыл бұрын

Beautiful!

@Kimiko-piano

5 жыл бұрын

You can download that now: music.kimiko-piano.com

Great performance! Thank you for uploading. Is there a performance of Part II? On 22nd May 1973 Friedrich Gulda played the Welltempered Clavier I at the Musikvereinssaal in Vienna, also by heart. A week later he played the second part. I was lucky to attend both performances. I remember Gulda grinning at members of the audience who were following his playing by reading the score!

omg she recites the entire book?

it's fun to see how in this kind of music and thanks to the piano, dynamics replace rubato; playing "piano" i.e lower, sounds like playing slower, which it is not.

Nothing equals or surpasses the magnificent Bösendorfer Grand Piano.

@marshallallensmith

9 жыл бұрын

I still like Mason & Hamlin better...

@marshallallensmith

9 жыл бұрын

Don't take my word for it. Sergei Rachmaninoff was also a huge fan.

@runejrgensen7048

9 жыл бұрын

Sure Mason & Hamlin is great...and it's much more affordable than the Bösendorfer. But Bösendorfer still is the Rolls Royce of Grand pianos: It even takes 30-50% more time to produce one, than a Steinway! It is sublime in every way. The pedigree is historic: Brahms, Liszt, Dvorak, Benjamin Britten, Richard Wagner, Bela Bartok, Oscar Peterson, André Previn, The Beatles, ABBA, Michael Jackson, Duke Ellington, Frank Sinatra, Victor Borge, Tori Amos, Stevie Wonder, Chick Corea, Lionel Richie, Anton Rubienstein and many other composers/mucisians had a Bösendorfer. And all of the three tenors...to quote Placido Domingo: "Many pianist try to sound like singers. Me personally, I always try to sound like a Bösendorfer" :-)

@sixkatz

9 жыл бұрын

Marshall Smith™ "Don't take my word for it. Sergei Rachmaninoff was also a huge fan." ""Dear Mr. Steinway, I am very happy to have the opportunity of using your pianos for my concerts because I consider them to be perfect in every way. Faithfully yours, Sergei Rachmaninoff"

@benjaminsmith2287

6 жыл бұрын

It's purely subjective. For me, this is the piano. But it sounds different than other European pianos. I like that it isn't so broad and blending, has a slightly nasal, metallic, "tinge" sound. Some don't like it for that reason.

Love how you ended the Prelude in C (First piece) I used to trill the end, but I like your ending better with the staccatos. Going to copy. Not a very good beginning, but an excellent ending.

wow - this girl is not only an excellent musician - she´s also a very sportive person (weight lifting and more). A very impreessive human beeing ... born in Bonn, like Beethoven!!!

4:40

This is one awesome pianist. If I had not wasted my youth on stupid stuff, I would have been at same level.

@kenz1284

6 жыл бұрын

Life is in the pursuit, not the end, go for it!

La interpretación del preludio 847 es magistral

我聽到了大鍵琴的聲音!!

I bet lifting all those weights really helped her to play the piano. It's like cutting butter with a hot knife for her...LOL

@Kimiko-piano

5 жыл бұрын

Yes, it helps a lot.

A question remains: where do I find the *Second* Book? ☺🙄

i personally like bosendorfer better than steinways

@kenz1284

6 жыл бұрын

I can understand that point. I agree, even though I would appreciate a concert grand model of either of those in my living room. :)

@benjaminsmith2287

6 жыл бұрын

I like both, but prefer Bosendorfers by quite a bit. Yamaha bought Bosendorfer in 2008, came out with 3 lines of pianos since that have oddly similar tone qualities. I like those as well.

She's a host

Fantastic! Has Kimiko recorded book 2?

@Miraverse

9 жыл бұрын

Not at Manifold Recording . But she'll be coming back to do a very exciting program next month, which will be captured with RED DRAGON cameras. Stay tuned for the Kickstarter that's about to launch!

@Kimiko-piano

5 жыл бұрын

No, and at the moment I'm working on my own compositions. www.kickstarter.com/projects/kimikoishizaka/new-me Check them out =)

Anyone who can play the whole book 1 (or 2 - or both) in a sitting, from memory, deserves serious respect. That said, I find a lot of this playing a little too mechanical. I favor a looser, freer way of playing these pieces. Too often, after I mention something about Bach, people will say "isn't his music very mathematical?" I think this is a rather poor way to think of Bach's music, but I think the stereotype is fostered by mechanical playing. It also doesn't help that people have shallowly created a sort of dichotomy between pre-romantic music and romantic music, as if romantic music has total claim to soulfulness and expressiveness. Anyway, the music should sing, first and foremost. While not exactly how I would play the pieces, I think Egarr's recording of the WTC on harpsichord captures some of the freedom that I think is possible and desirable in this music. I do like that she doesn't hurry the pieces as much as some do.

@MithatKonar

9 жыл бұрын

That's one of the cool things about Bach's music: it leaves so much room for interpretation. Feeling dramatic? It can do that. Feeling methodical? It can do that too. Feeling schmaltzy? Etc.

@quinto34

8 жыл бұрын

+Krisenda Lobato Personally I prefer this dialogue style which suits the WTC more then singing.. ;-p (same with Bach's cello suites!) Also this is a wonderful sounding piano, I can not stand the sound of any harpsicord, quelle horreur!

@albertlanda1146

7 жыл бұрын

I could not agree more. I have recorded the "48" here in Australia and it definitely my favourite interpretation of this work. ALBERT LANDA "THE WELL TEMPERED CLAVIER" on the ABC CLASSICS label. My approach is precisely the opposite of this very precise, detached, and rather heartless performance.Love some feedback.

0:30

💚🌱🙄🥀

Beautiful Bach! Is this the new Boesendorfer 280 VC?

@Kimiko-piano

5 жыл бұрын

No, but I recorded Bach's Art of the Fugue on one. kzread.info/dash/bejne/ooeWs9KIpMrNd84.html

Why are there so many dislikes?!

Bosendorfer!

18:12850

I am really surprised that her weightlifting has not hardened or damaged her arm and hand muscles to play Bach like that, so wonderfully !!!!!! It is really incomprehensible to me !!!!!!

Though there are clear technical deficiencies in Ms. Ishizaka's playing, there is, still, something very compelling in the way she expresses herself in these pieces.

@TP-jg6nz

9 жыл бұрын

lourak613 Stiffness in the wrists.... She could free that with the right work, no?

@lourak613

9 жыл бұрын

T.A. Priest Yes - I would say you're on target with your observation. Notice the muscular development in her arms in just the wrong place for a pianist. This is a sign of excessive tension.

@rioclaro220

9 жыл бұрын

lourak613 Maybe you should consider she was also an olympic and power weightlifter. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kimiko_Douglass-Ishizaka

@lourak613

9 жыл бұрын

Fernando Gonzalez Camus Thanks for responding to my comment! That is interesting - that she was a weight-lifter. If anything, that tells me that her forearms have become overly "intelligent". But if we look closely, we can see the excessive flexing of those muscles, and that, I believe, is a liability for her. Very difficult to "unlearn" those muscular movements at this age. But I am thrilled to listen to her very unique way of playing anyway! She certainly has a keen ear for the counterpoint of these pieces.

@YY-wu7et

8 жыл бұрын

+Fernando Gonzalez Camus Holy shit. I did not expect that.

I agree... is a little too mechanical. There are two sides: those who consider to adopt the harpsichord type mechanics or the ones that say that if its played in a piano it has to take the advantage of the mechanics that the piano forte offers... IDK

Slightly stilted playing but she brings out the various voices beautifully.

THE BEST ARE WOMEN/FEMALES

sound like glenn gould interpretation

just use the pedal a little more, even thougt she had an ide by underplay her talent

@carstensrensen-lindorf7896

6 жыл бұрын

i comment what hear, not her talent, that is insdiscubable

@carstensrensen-lindorf7896

6 жыл бұрын

comment ar 1. prelude c-major

That room is way too dry.

@Kimiko-piano

3 жыл бұрын

It's a recording studio, so I think that was the intention for that space.

@salahhamze

3 жыл бұрын

@@Kimiko-piano the people's bodies sucked up too much of the reverb, hehe. I should have said something nice. Your playing is genius and I listen to your recording of Bach's Canon ala Duodecima a few times every week. It's my mind's coffee. Cheers!

@Kimiko-piano

3 жыл бұрын

Salah Hamze “It’s my mind’s coffee” - amazing quote :-) Yes, I’m sure you’re right about the people. I remember the room as being quite dry by nature, as well.

She looks exactly like my ex. My ex was a Korean chick, but into the wrong king of thing. I loved her anyway. Now, at this moment I don't know where she is. I always wanted an Asian chick that could sit down and play some piano. Yet, I know I am dreaming; because no one is single.

@LectorDrKim

8 жыл бұрын

+Piano Man42 You can buy as many chickens in the market. Stupid.

@randyclar747

8 жыл бұрын

Global Business Patron Global Headhunter The key word is "buy" here that you used. I have no intent to buy a woman, dumb shit.

弹的费劲，听的也费劲。这应该不是钢琴家吧，跟个大学生弹的似的

Something about the way she plays this feels labored in the most unpleasant way.

@vanillavinyl9916

7 жыл бұрын

Mark Ferwerda that does seem to be part of it. She also picks some deliberately awkward timings, maybe just too "jolty" for my taste.

@markferwerda7968

7 жыл бұрын

Yes, and because there were no modern concert grand pianos in Bach's time perhaps these would sound best or most authenic on a clavier period instrument of Bach's time. I think if Bach were around he would encourage the use of pedal very sparingly on a modern instrument.

quanto è ridicolo il piano nero moderno ....

@mirko9072

4 жыл бұрын

ma va là

Machinelike and Soulless.

she needs to learn to play with feeling and proper phrasing or get off the bench so very dry.

@firebird100779

7 жыл бұрын

There is nothing dry about this interpretation.... Bach should not be romanticized. When I hear Bach I want to hear the universe churning. not schmaltzy human emotion. Her Bach is fantastic.

@DavidBoycePiano

7 жыл бұрын

Why shouldn't Bach be romanticised? He must have had his romantic moments, since he fathered twenty children to his two beloved wives, who, one hopes, if they did not hear the universe churning, at least sometimes felt the Earth move.... It's good to hear and enjoy different interpretations. Earl WIld, one of the greatest piano masters of all time, said in his inimitable Memoir, that if a musician doesn't feel he or she has something to say with a piece, something to bring to it, then he or she shouldn't perform it. He cited the example of a tutorial where he suggested the student could try playing a piece a certain way. The student protested "But last Wednesday you told me to play it this other way!" Wild replied "Yes, but last Wednesday it was raining, and today it's sunny!" WIld also spoke of how Jorge Bolet, another of the piano giants, referred with disgust to "The urtext mob" who claimed there was only ever one definitive way to interpret a piece.

@firebird100779

7 жыл бұрын

romanticized in the way one would play late Beethoveen to say music through Schubert, Schumann, Chopin, Brahms to Rachmaninoff. Lots of legato added sustain pedal... this is not Bach. Not romantic in the emotive sense. Some of Bach's music is beyond sensual.

@firebird100779

7 жыл бұрын

Good musicians pay attention to good performance practice. Herreweghe imho does some near perfect Bach interpreting.

@masatomatch7511

7 жыл бұрын

timothyj1966 下らない落書きするな！

Pim pim pim pim pim pipipipipipipi ( left hand ) - I didn´t like this rendition. Looks like sight-reading. She plays the left hand a little AHEAD or BEHIND the tempo of the right hand, as a pupil always play ( Like two persons playing without one hearing what the other plays, out of sync ). Thank god there are Glenn Gould or Andras Schiff to get a soul.

Too many mistakes

why she play the piece like it's verymechanical, broken from one note to another? not flowing... didnt like this rendition

Bravo!