Musical Perfection

Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach, performed on his favourite keyboard instrument, the clavichord.

Ryan Layne Whitney plays Wq 62/4:

Benjamin Steens plays Wq 63/6:

Lucas Blondeel plays Wq 56/5:

Pianoforte technology has so far failed to recapture the subtlety and profundity of this most modest of all keyboard instruments. Notice the performers’ use of “Bebung”, alias vibrato. Can you do vibrato on a Steinway Grand? No.

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