Bach: Well-Tempered Clavier

[Spotted Horses]

I kind of liked it, for a change.  The sound of the organ did not bother me.  But don't know how many P/F I can take. She can play, that's for sure.

I heard some prominent beating in the first prelude, which was a turnoff. Maybe an interesting "well-tempered" tuning? Perhaps accentuated by the overwhelming soundstage in the recording? Anyway, didn't work for me.

[Mandryka]

I think it takes a considerable adjustment to get into the swing of it, if you can't obliterate the memory of other performances. The organ brings more than a change to timbre - it's as if the instrument leads her to new ideas for touch and phrasing and balance. Still haven't heard her Bk 1 by the way.

One thing I have noticed  is the absence of pompousness. Whether that means that the interpretation is too small scale is a moot point IMO. It's one thing to say it's light, relaxed, domestic. The flip side of that is that it doesn't have much by way of seriousness,  gravitas.  But still, it's a good thing that the recording poses these questions, gives food for thought.


 

I tried prelude and fugue I from book I. I found it unlistenable. Got halfway through the prelude before I had to turn it off.

[prémont]

I think it takes a considerable adjustment to get into the swing of it, if you can't obliterate the memory of other performances. The organ brings more than a change to timbre - it's as if the instrument leads her to new ideas for touch and phrasing and balance. Still haven't heard her Bk 1 by the way.

One thing I have noticed  is the absence of pompousness. Whether that means that the interpretation is too small scale is a moot point IMO. It's one thing to say it's light, relaxed, domestic. The flip side of that is that it doesn't have much by way of seriousness,  gravitas.  But still, it's a good thing that the recording poses these questions, gives food for thought.


 

I had no problems at all. What attracts me is precisely the small scale domestic air.

BTW Naoya Otsuka is a he, not a she.

[San Antone]

BTW Naoya Otsuka is a he, not a she.

Oh.  I was working off of this photo on Spotify. Maybe there are two musicians with the same name?



I was a bit confused with her holding an oboe, but thought, well maybe she plays organ too.

[JBS]

His Youtube channel is here
https://youtube.com/channel/UCRW9-2zT90bH1hWHeafroeA?feature=shared

As of now, it's simply uploads of the WTC recording.

[Dry Brett Kavanaugh]

Oh.  I was working off of this photo on Spotify. Maybe there are two musicians with the same name?



I was a bit confused with her holding an oboe, but thought, well maybe she plays organ too.

He is a professor at Tokyo Art University, the most prestigious conservatory in Japan.


http://waonrecords.jp/waoncd390.html