A Clavinova from the early 90s: demonstration and performance. @johnmoraitis

Uploaded April 2021 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Chapters:
0:00 Introduction
1:38 Main Features
3:41 Recording features
9:24 Playback features
11:29 Recording BWV 639
13:46 Approach to performance
15:05 Performance

Music in the video:
Johann Sebastian Bach: Chorale Prelude "Ich ruf zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ," BWV 639 (from the Orgelbüchlein)

My performance of the first movement of Beethoven's Piano Sonata in c minor, op. 111:
youtube.com/watch?v=YTWw960iLGo

Corrections:
1) At 0:57 I left out the word "of" – the sentence should be "… because of some of its capabilities …"
2) In a couple of places in the video, I refer to BWV 639 as a "chorale" – it should be a "chorale prelude." I'll blame the excitement of the moment :-)

A Clavinova from the early 90s: demonstration and performance.

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