J.S. Bach Prelude in D minor, BWV 875 – McNulty Fortepiano Graf 1823 by Angie Zhang

J.S. Bach’s Prelude in D minor, BWV 875, on a Graf 1823, performed by Angie Zhang — pianist and fortepianist, winner of major international competition prizes — on a “Romantic-era Piano,” a Walter fortepiano by Paul McNulty. The instrument featured in this recording is a concert-quality replica crafted by the renowned modern fortepiano maker Paul McNulty. Subscribe to our YouTube channel for more captivating fortepiano performances!

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PAUL McNULTY became interested in instrument building after Peabody Conservatory in Baltimore. Having studied piano technology in Boston, he earned guild qualification as a tuning examiner. Paul McNulty has built more than 300 fortepianos after Silbermann, Stein, Walter, Hofmann, Fritz, Buchholtz, Graf, Pleyel and Streicher. His fortepianos owned by such musicians and musical institutions as Warsaw Chopin Festival, Competition & Institute (Graf 1819, Pleyel 1830 & Chopin’s "Warsaw piano" Buchholtz), Klassik Stiftung Weimar (copy of Liszt's personal 1846 Boisselot piano), Royal Academy of Music and Royal College of Music in London, Paris Conservatoire, Trossingen Hochschule fur Musik, Koeln, Augsburg and Hannover Hochschule, Paris Sorbonne, Stanford, Cornel & Harvard University, Oberlin College, Basel Musik Hochschule, Schola Cantorum Musik-Akademie Basel, Musik und Kunst Privatuniversität der Stadt Wien, Turin Conservatorium, Vicenza Conservatory, Amsterdam and Den Haague Conservatory, Anton Bruckner Privatuniversität Linz, Glyndebourne Festival, UK, Opera National de Paris, Royal Danish Opera Copenhagen, Center and many others, Prof.Paul Badura-Skoda, Alice and Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Prof.Malcolm Bilson, Katia & Marielle Labeque, Kristian Bezuidenhout, Ronald Brautigam, Robert Levin, Trevor Pinnock, John Irving, Trudelies Leonhardt, Geoffrey Lancaster and Neal Peres da Costa.

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