Invention Playlist: www.youtube.com This is the most technically difficult of all 15 Inventions. It is not my favorite musically (no. 9 is), but much can be learned through practicing and eventually mastering its technical difficulties. I have to admit I split hairs over this recording and it was by far the hardest Invention to record because it is like "walking on egg shells". Making a good recording is not just about PLAYING the right notes, but rather HOW the right notes are played. Like many of Bach's allegros, this Invention is usually played too fast. It has Bach's most common allegro of 84 bpm which is plenty fast if one makes audible all the articulative details. This Invention is more difficult to play at a controlled allegro like 84 bpm than at 19th-century or Czerny allegros as often heard. **************************************** This second recording of Bach's Inventions wasdone on December 29 and 30 instead of just one night as in my first recordings (the ones with the Greek column in the background). In these new interpretations I have kept all the same tempos but have changed the articulation in some of them. One can play these Inventions infinite ways, yet there is only one correct tempo. Some viewers have become offended claiming that I think my "way" is the only way to play Bach. This is false reasoning because "tempo" is not the same as "way". To illustrate this, imagine 100 performers playing the same Invention at the same or similar tempos. It is ...
Invention Channel: www.youtube.com The invention is often a silent and expressive that it is not correctly reproduced. It's actually one of the strongest and most energetic of all the inventions, which resembles a sort of "mini-concert" movement. Bach shows an extroverted opening with jumps of an octave in LH (which I do twice) on my piano, which had never used in a quiet and expressive piece. Il Tempo 84 bpm and Bach Allegro was the standard for mostThe first movements of his concerts. To bring the character warm, rustic and energetic I play most of it an octave lower, which I think is superb sound on my piano. I also play all detached and very strong. *************************************** This second recording of Bach's Invention in December * s wasdone 29 and 30 instead of just one night, in my first disc with the Greek column (in background). In these new interpretations, which all have the same rhythm, but retainedhave changed in the articulation of some of them. You can play these inventions infinite possibilities, but there is only one swing of things. Some viewers were offended to say that I mean "think" is the only way to play Bach. This argument is false, since "speed" is not the same "way". To illustrate this, put 100 artists playing the same invention in the same or similar times. It is guaranteed that there would be 100 significantly different interpretations, each with its own unique...