Bach Repertoire

For late intermediate to early advanced piano bach is and always was a great pianist some recognizable pieces are the advanced Goldberg variation 1, Prelude from English Suite no. 5 in E minor, BWV 810 (from English Suites BWV 806-811), J S Bach Prelude and Fugue in G, BWV 860 or Prelude and Fugue in E, BWV 854, or Prelude and Fugue in F#, BWV 858 (from The Well-Tempered Clavier book 1), Prelude and Fugue in C minor, BWV 871 or Prelude and Fugue in Eb, BWV 876 (from The Well-Tempered Clavier book 2), Fantasia in C minor, BWV 906.

Bach also wrote many late intermediate to early advanced pieces such as the 15 2 part inventions. Also the 1st movt: Allegro Moderato from Brandenburg Concerto no. 3 in G, BWV 1048 [Die Hard] (from Cult Classics). The Concerto was written for A more or less orchestra sometimes with a harpsichord. The Gigue (from French Suite No. 6 in E, BWV 817 is also a good piece to learn. You can find excelent analysises on YouTube for the Bach 2 part inventions as well as his son C.P.E Bach's famous Solfegietto.

The links are for no. 13 invention https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c0_UEQkUSco and no. 2 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VzuyxhWO5ng no. 4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cmp1QkgSes4 no.1 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qw22OjAM3Xk no. 14 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4vgorNYnV8w no. 3 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-n_vdJ8zvWQ no.8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TbHJ9cHtBic and finaly no 9 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nX1GFqOhJ8o. After all Schiff did say " Scales and Chords are pointless if you have Bach"