The Power of 400-Year-Old Harmonies
Video | 2 months ago
Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck’s organ music still sounds astonishingly fresh more than 400 years later. In this Beyond the Notes episode, I explore the first variation of Wir glauben all an einen Gott and reveal how Sweelinck creates extraordinary power through...
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This Czerny Etude Should Not Be This Beautiful
Video | 2 months ago
Carl Czerny Op. 299, School of Velocity, is usually treated as dry finger training — but this etude shows something very different. In this video, I play and explore one of Czerny’s most beautiful studies: a five-finger exercise that becomes lyrical, invent...
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This Is How Bach Announced the Birth of Christ
Review | 2 months ago
Bach’s Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland, BWV 599 does not announce the birth of Christ with sweetness, but with descent, dissonance, silence, and pain. In this video, I explore how one short chorale prelude says more than many larger works. Check out my video o...
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The Best Piano Teacher Ever. A Tribute.
Review | 2 months ago
Support the complete Whole Beat recording of Czerny’s School of Velocity on Kickstarter: https://bit.ly/3Qy0Qrd Carl Czerny is often treated as the composer of dry piano exercises. I believe he deserves much better. This video is a tribute to one of the mos...
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The Etude You Were Taught to Hate
Video | 3 months ago
Discover Czerny’s School of Velocity on Kickstarter here: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/authenticsound/czernys-school-of-velocity-as-youve-never-heard-before Carl Czerny’s famous C major piano etude from his School of Velocity opus 299, is often reme...
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This Mozart Adagio Has 256th Notes. Why?
Video | 3 months ago
Check out the Pre-Launch of Czerny's School of Velocity on Kickstarter here: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/authenticsound/czernys-school-of-velocity-as-youve-never-heard-before -- 0:00 Introduction 1:07 Kickstarter Carl Czerny 2:35 Start of the deep ...
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Brahms' Final Piece Sounds Like a Dying Heartbeat
Short | 3 months ago
In one of Brahms’ final works, a quiet inner pulse begins to sound almost like a dying heartbeat. This video explores Brahms’ late organ chorale prelude Herzlich tut mich verlangen, from the posthumously published Op. 122. Written near the end of his life, ...
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Bach’s Most Famous Fugue Starts with a Ridiculous Theme
Video | 3 months ago
Get 30% OFF of my Bach-organ recording on CD and/or Vinyl, using this code: BWV565 https://www.authenticsound.org/bachorganworks1 In this video, I discuss the fugue from Bach’s famous Toccata and Fugue in D minor, BWV 565, in detail. I look at the fugue the...
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Bach & Mozart Up Close | Live in the Unique Hoksent Chapel
Stream | 4 months ago
30% OFF of J.S.Bach WTC 1 + 2 (no code needed) 20% EARLY SHIPPING on our entire catalogue. Use this code at checkout : FirstShipping https://www.authenticsound.org/recordings Ends Wednesday 27th May 2026 -- 0:00 Intro 9.45: J.S.Bach Prelude & Fugue In C Maj...
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What Is Wrong With This Mozart Fugue?
Video | 4 months ago
Mozart’s Fugue from the Suite in C major, K.399, is one of those pieces that seems almost too simple at first glance. But that apparent simplicity is exactly where its genius begins. In this video, I take a closer look at how Mozart builds an entire musical...
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I Played Bach’s Most Famous Organ Piece Live
Short | 4 months ago
Bach’s Toccata and Fugue in D minor, BWV 565, performed live on the Contius organ in Leuven. This video includes a short introduction, followed by the complete live performance of one of the most famous organ works ever written. Performed by Wim Winters Rec...
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This Tiny Change Transforms How You Play Bach's First Invention
Podcast | 4 months ago
A small fingering choice in Bach’s First Invention changes much more than comfort. It changes articulation, phrasing, and even how we understand the motive itself. In this first episode of a new practical series, I zoom in on one detail from the score and s...
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