He composed it for a harpsichord or clavichord, a double manual harpsichord (as with the Goldberg Variations & French Suites), and in some cases probably an organ. No, Bach didn't specifically tailor his keyboard music to a modern grand piano. Historically, is the pedal justified? Yes and no. In contrast, the Russian pianists tend to use the pedal more liberally-Feinberg, Richter, Gavrilov, Nikolayeva, Afannasiev, etc., and as a result, I can find their Bach playing takes on an 'organ-like' size & quality at times, such as in the Well-Tempered Clavier, for instance. Though I'd say that Schiff is rare (if not singular?). I've noticed that some of the more recent 'Bach specialists' use the pedal most sparingly, while Andras Schiff doesn't use it at all (on his ECM recordings, but not the Decca ones). Most of the notable Bach pianists use the pedal, some more sparingly than others. I'm not able to comment with any confidence about the F minor concerto, except to say that it's often heard as a violin concerto. Mozart owned a pedal piano which was designed to avoid this problem, and old pianos like this are, I think, a better avenue to explore than pedalling Bach on a Steinway. When you think that a lot of Bach's musical ideas were contrapuntal, you can see that all the voices are equally important - it's not like something by Schubert! A modern piano's pedal tool may not be so good at this. But possibly pedal for sustain in some of the WTC pieces.īut there's a catch, when an organist plays a long note, he can do so without obscuring any of the music in a resonance haze. So, clearly no pedal for sustain in The Goldbergs or the Chromatic Fantasy and Fugue. If it's because you want to sustain a sound, then if it's possible that Bach meant a sustaining instrument like an organ, then I understand. If it's because you like it, then jolly good, it's more about you than anything else, there isn't anything further to be said, de gustibus. Click to expand.Why do you want to use pedal?
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