Bachs Art of the Fugue has been a part of my life for the last 50 years. In addition to its fascinating complexity, this recording shows its extreme beauty, especially in the first contrapunct, which I hoped would never end ... One of the greatest recordings I've come across
I like things slow, but when he started off, I thought,"What???" But he was just saying, "Be patient. Listen!" Marvelous. And thanks for calling for my full attention.
Mr. Gryaznov is from the "Russian' school and thus excels in artistry and technique. (Their teaching methods are unbeatable.) Phenomenal technique, interpretation and memory!! Bach was a huge influence on Chopin who was a very conservative composer. Many non-musicians have stated that they "like" Bach (and classical music in general) for some reason. Recent studies explain why. The brain compresses sounds for memory. Classical music is compressed (far) more than any other genre, i.e the brain works harder. This leads to the long-term pleasure derived from something complex (Art of the Fugue) vs trite "popular" music. It's why classical music has staying power without boredom while "popular" music changes constantly.
Mr. Gyaznov has a sobering, yet youthful vitality in this precious rendition of the Art of Fuge. I would love to hear him play it again ten, twenty, thirty, forty years from now to experience how he would age into this masterpiece. Thanks, Mr. Gryaznov, you are truly an exceptional artist!!!
I am not a musician, but I love classical music and, after 33 or 34 years of listening to Bach's music, I have to say, that his work is always an elixir for my ears and soul, is music that regardless of what I do, is without exception a way of making life beautiful.
wirklich schön, wie Gryaznoff diese in so vieler Hinsicht hochanspruchsvolle Fugen mit Leben füllt. Etwas, das man selten findet. Die Erhabenheit und den Ernst, den dieser Zyklus fordert, kommt durch seine Interpretation hervorragend zur Geltung. Tolle Leistung!
The art the the Fugue is unfinished: the book abruptly stops at 51:30, supposed to corresponds to Bach's death. Gryaznov proposes a completion and a closing of the Fugue, mixing B.A.C.H signature and the principal theme in forward mode ! So beautiful to finish on B.A.C.H message (sharped :) ). FORMIDABLE !!
I have been listening to this recording on and off for years now… and I find it outstanding. Only Rosalyn Tureck, had she ever recorded it, could have played it as passionately serene as you do.
El Arte de la Fuga del Gran Maestro J S Bach es una obra magnífica llena de intrincados contrapuntos , producto de un ingeniero de la composición musical con calificativo de Genio...eleva al espíritu y èste al cuerpo a niveles que no son terrenales. La ejecución me parece muy meritoria , máxime de memoria...Me gustaría escucharla sin pedal a fin de sentir plenamente la ejecución pura. Gracias y que Dios los bendiga. Efrain Dávila R.
I betcha that the reason he can memorize this entire magnificent chunk of music is because he has HARDLY drank any liquor or smoked any cigarettes....lol! That puts my chances of pulling this off at zero.....below zero! This is spectacular!
+ steve a That's right. Don't smoke tobacco. Try chewing it. A plug of Brown's Mule tobacco may help memorization immensely. p2.liveauctioneers.com/342/10298/2541849_1_l.jpg
Cette interprétation très sobre ne s'intéresse qu'a nous faire entendre de la façon la plus lisible les harmonies merveilleuses de Bach. Une maîtrise du toucher rare entièrement au service de l'harmonie. J'adore.
Beautiful interpretation. About the musik itself there is nothing to say. "Bach is good" wold be the same to say "the earth turning around the sun is good" - unneccessary.
I still don't know how he pulled out all Chopin etudes after that... I mean, after Contrapunctus XIV you just don't play anything, it's over. World has ended and soul has ascended, right? Why do I even play.. (the question I ask myself when seeing live pianists like M. A. Hamelin, who effortlessly just nail most difficult pieces without breaking a sweat). Still, there's something about playing it yourself. If you're interested in Art of Fugue, I recommend DVD recording + documentary called "Desert Fugue", made by Fugue State Films, you can find it online and order worldwide. It also features organ recording by G. Ritchie - even though I'm not a big fan of organ recordings, this is pretty damn good, also it includes last contrapunctus with ending written by Helmut Walcha, blind organist who learned Bach by listening to each voice separately and then combining them in his head. Insane stuff, but it's very effective in the case of polyphony. Anyway, back to my point - Ritchie said that there's just a pleasure of playing it yourself, experiencing all those voices first hand, creating this harmony. So the ultimate experience would be to understand and hear it while playing. Pleasure-wise I don't think it applies to every single piece.. like, listening to Barber's Sonata is nice, but playing.. well, another story. You can play whole Goldberg Variations and still be able to play some more, but play either whole Art of Fugue or mentioned Barber Sonata.. and you won't be so eager to play more. I ramble, but as a last note - even G. Gould said that Contrapunctus XIV itself is very demanding and hard to play, so I would assume - also exhausting, even for such legend as Gould was.
kmg yes very annoying when you persevere and never make headway like these did, no doubt they worked very hard but a lot easier as they had God given talents and probably best teachers instruments and started young, they could memorise easily etc, makes you want to smash their hands with a sledgehammer I hate listening to this as it makes me jealous and give up
It's not a competition, my friend. Because Jacques Pepin can cook rings around you, you will stop cooking meals? Or because Roger Federer plays majestic tennis, you will never pick up a racket again? Do it for the joy.... if it brings you joy, that is.
the 14th one i felt like it was the culmination of a mans life. all those struggles, ups and downs, but we can see the trend that life's getting better. He'a winning the struggle. Even as he nears his end there is still struggle. And when finally his time came, what he felt about his life is told by that last note. contentment
Die Spielweise von Gryaznov hat mir die Augen (und Ohren) geöffnet: wunderbar kontemplativ und geradezu elegisch! Ein Kontrapunkt zur gefühlten Treibjagd eines Glenn Gould (... dessen Bach'sche Interpretationen aber gleichfalls bravourös und genial sind)
Trotz der "gefühlten Treibjagd" (die nur bestimmte Stücke betrifft , von denen einige aber genau dadurch erst durchsichtig wurden), war Glenn unzweifelhaft derjenige , der die Bach'sche Klaviermusik in nie zuvor gehörter Klarheit erstrahlen ließ. Das Kontemplative bei Vyacheslav scheint mir zu ermöglichen innerhalb dieses einen Konzertes 10 z.T.atemberaubend komplexe Fugen aus Bachs "Kunst der Fuge" BWV 1080 (im 1.Teil) neben allen (!) Chopin-Etüden op.10+25 (im 2.Teil) aufzuführen - was es meines Wissens bislang noch nicht gegeben hat !
I love Bach and I almost like some of the many others, such as.....ehhh.....uhmm....you know....that other guy....with the long hair....no, not that one....the one with a serious look on his face...yes, that one!!.....I think.
+Eugène Duschmoll György Ligeti disait que s'il devait choisir une seule oeuvre musciale sur une île déserte, ce serait l'Art de la Fugue (dans l'interprétation d'Evgeny Koroliov).
+Eugène Duschmoll Plus je vais, plus c'est mon intime conviction, à ceci près que cela me ferait éliminer A.2 Sc.2 de Lohengrin (dial. Elsa-Ortrud) et pas mal d'autres trucs pas piqués des vers. Interminable sujet.Cela dit, je pense que c'est en l'étudiant que l'on perçoit encore bien mieux les incroyables finesses harmoniques vues "de l'intérieur", Côté Gryaznov, je trouve son CP1 d'une infinie platitude et largement loupé par ses libertés dynamiques incompréhensibles musicalement (et contraires aux éditions).Il est bien plus intéressant voire excellent par la suite (on y reviendra).
+tonycosworth Oui, c'est ce qu'on dit... Lequel JSB, cependant, aurait paraît-il, été profondément blessé quand Kubrick lui a préféré Ligeti pour l'illustration sonore du délire final dans "2001".
+Eugène Duschmoll Surtout que Ligeti en a ensuite voulu à Kubrick pour des questions de non-respect de droits d'auteur (c'est vrai en plus paraît-il). JSB n'aurait sans doute pas fait tant d'histoires.
Not bad. Better than many. For the complete Art of the Fugue I prefer Tatiana Nikoleyeva. But the sublime performance of the six fugues just posted by Phil Grant, on the most beautiful piano I've heard, goes beyond that. Plus amazing wilderness photos In Sync with this "infinitely moving" music.
j'ais craint le pire pour la finition de la fugue inachevée. J'ais eu tord. Bravo. Je défis quiconque ne connaissant pas cette fugue, n'a jamais lu la partition, de deviner à partir de quand Monsieur Gryaznov a complété cette fugue.
Nothing like Gould's playing IMO. His playing is much more serene and calm whereas Gould gets very eccentric. The romantic sound that you guys talk about is probably directly related to the mellow sound of the piano, and his use of the pedal (which is a source of debate). However, for me it is perfectly adapted as you get a true feeling of calm and peace in your inner soul when listenning, which is for me what characterizes Bach's keyboard music.
IMO It doesn't matter if he plays it too romantically. You're entitled to your opinion, of course. But I love it that I can listen to millions of different renditions of different pieces and find the one that fits me best. I'm a romantic piano player mostly, so for me this sounds much better than versions that hold closer to Bach's image.
He's playing it 100% russian style. Feinberg and Nikolaevna and Richter used to play Bach like this. Only thing is he takes no rythmic and only few agogic liberties. Sokolov and Koriolov, each in his own way and with his very own sound, have a similar aesthetic approach.
Genio. 🙋🏻♀️🇮🇷🎶🎶🎶🎹 Mexico ❤
To memorize The Art of Fugue is a feat in itself. He deserves a gold star just for that alone
remsan03 Memorizar esto es jodido ! Bravo !
gold star? give the man a medal.
You are one of the greatest living pianists period. Just incredible
It really takes insane preparation and guts to pull this off… absolute beast of a pianist
Not boring at all. This is exactly the interpretation of Bach I like.
The Arte of Fugue then the complete Chopin studies, this is next level
I am almost crying. The music, voices, memory, sound, all that he makes and achieve with the parts...
Bachs Art of the Fugue has been a part of my life for the last 50 years.
In addition to its fascinating complexity, this recording shows its extreme beauty, especially in the first contrapunct, which I hoped would never end ...
One of the greatest recordings I've come across
J.S.BACH : ART OF FUGUE Vyacheslav Gryaznov.Live recital,part 1
Contrapunctus 1 - 00:34 ,Contrapunctus 3 - 05:30 ,Contrapunctus 2 - 08:30 ,
Contrapunctus 5 - 11:00 ,Contrapunctus 6 - 14:56 ,Contrapunctus 8 - 19:40 ,
Contrapunctus 9 - 28:58 ,Contrapunctus 11 - 31:20 ,Contrapunctus 13 - 39:12 ,Contrapunctus 14 - 41:55 ,
Thank you for this great performance !
I like things slow, but when he started off, I thought,"What???" But he was just saying, "Be patient. Listen!" Marvelous. And thanks for calling for my full attention.
really..
really.. You can't put it any better than that.
I don't need the drama.
I need the peace, the music.
Bach and the Fugue.
Live well and in peace my friends.
johnberg181 Same to you
I read beach and the Fuge.
Mr. Gryaznov is from the "Russian' school and thus excels in artistry and technique. (Their teaching methods are unbeatable.) Phenomenal technique, interpretation and memory!! Bach was a huge influence on Chopin who was a very conservative composer. Many non-musicians have stated that they "like" Bach (and classical music in general) for some reason. Recent studies explain why.
The brain compresses sounds for memory. Classical music is compressed (far) more than any other genre, i.e the brain works harder. This leads to the long-term pleasure derived from something complex (Art of the Fugue) vs trite "popular" music. It's why classical music has staying power without boredom while "popular" music changes constantly.
Pure bliss….
Gloria eterna al màs vasto y sublime compositor musical de todos los tiempos.
Mr. Gyaznov has a sobering, yet youthful vitality in this precious rendition of the Art of Fuge. I would love to hear him play it again ten, twenty, thirty, forty years from now to experience how he would age into this masterpiece. Thanks, Mr. Gryaznov, you are truly an exceptional artist!!!
Yes but he has the most boring look about him like a librarian
@@MegaPianogenius seen him without glasses? He could easily compete with Daniel Craig as Mr.Bond😎
@@peterbrenton410 🤣 that's so funny but very true.
No.1 - 00:34 ; No. 3 - 05:30 ; No. 2 - 08:30 ; No. 5 - 11:00 ; No. 6 - 14:56 ,
No. 8 - 19:40 ; No. 9 - 28:58 ; No. 11 - 31:21 ; No. 13 - 39:12 ; No. 14 - 41:55
Thank you 🙂❤️
Thank you
Thank you
Thanks
So peaceful, so soothing, so perfect
Absolutely amazing. I'm in love with Gryaznov's playing and transcriptions. What a surreal and underrated pianist.
Yes - that´s our little planet...
I am not a musician, but I love classical music and, after 33 or 34 years of listening to Bach's music, I have to say, that his work is always an elixir for my ears and soul, is music that regardless of what I do, is without exception a way of making life beautiful.
Thank you BlueSaphire70.
Thank you JullArvi!!
Thanks for putting this into words the way you have - and I also thank God for a musician of this exalted calibre.
limitattitude, wonderful to find more people that share my love for this music. Thank you for your words.
limitattitude, there is no reason to thank God. What about Johann Sebastians parents, and what they did in the year 1684!
"10 Fugues from Art of Fugue by Bach & 24 Etudes by Chopin" .... by memory!
Dear Vyacheslav your perfromance is triply and deeply impressive
He's a genius.I wonder if his secret is lots of coffee 😏🤔
@@peterbrenton410 Yo no joke though 😂
The best music in the universe.
In or out of the universe!!
I am so greatful
Francis
Yes, i think so!!!!
At least !
The best interpretation of Kunst der Fuge that I ever heard I think. The piano (as an instrument) also has a transparency which is difficult to match.
wirklich schön, wie Gryaznoff diese in so vieler Hinsicht hochanspruchsvolle Fugen mit Leben füllt. Etwas, das man selten findet. Die Erhabenheit und den Ernst, den dieser Zyklus fordert, kommt durch seine Interpretation hervorragend zur Geltung. Tolle Leistung!
This is simply the best! Fresh and vigorous!!!
C'est la un vrai pianiste! Bravo Vyacheslav!! Fabulous playing, man!
More like Vyacheslav Chistov because of how pristine and sublime the performance is.
Повеяло Талантом и Культурой... Огромными...
Great realization of this monumental Art of Fugue! Bravo!!!
The art the the Fugue is unfinished: the book abruptly stops at 51:30, supposed to corresponds to Bach's death. Gryaznov proposes a completion and a closing of the Fugue, mixing B.A.C.H signature and the principal theme in forward mode ! So beautiful to finish on B.A.C.H message (sharped :) ). FORMIDABLE !!
The ending is a stroke of genius
Lionel Rogg the Organist also does a 'completed' version after playing the original one ...that was 1969
Величавый Божественный Бах ! Как звучит рояль ! Спасибо !!!!!!!!!!
Казахстан 🇰🇿
All played from memory!! All played brilliantly, intelligently.
Great performance and musical memorz. The art of Fugue is my favourite piece.
I have been listening to this recording on and off for years now… and I find it outstanding. Only Rosalyn Tureck, had she ever recorded it, could have played it as passionately serene as you do.
WOW! What a memory!
Splendid completion! Bravo.
Fantastica apresentaçao, maravilhoso ver e ouvir V. Gryaznov. 26-12-2017-Sg-08:21hs.AM-Carapicuiba-SP-BR.-
Wonderful performance by *Vyacheslav Gryaznov*!
31:21 XI My favorite Contrapunctus. So difficult. Interesting, tender loving ending of B-A-C-H.
Это действительно касалось моего сердца!
I don't know what to say... It's just... so beautiful.
El Arte de la Fuga del Gran Maestro J S Bach es una obra magnífica llena de intrincados contrapuntos , producto de un ingeniero de la composición musical con calificativo de Genio...eleva al espíritu y èste al cuerpo a niveles que no son terrenales.
La ejecución me parece muy meritoria , máxime de memoria...Me gustaría escucharla sin pedal a fin de sentir plenamente la ejecución pura. Gracias y que Dios los bendiga. Efrain Dávila R.
Formidable exécution ,très beau
34:48 I have never heard this that way.
Замечательно! Виртуозная сдержанность. Тончайшее понимание! Браво! Браво!
I betcha that the reason he can memorize this entire magnificent chunk of music is because he has HARDLY drank any liquor or smoked any cigarettes....lol! That puts my chances of pulling this off at zero.....below zero!
This is spectacular!
I don't drink and don't smoke too.
+steve a LOL !!
+ steve a That's right. Don't smoke tobacco. Try chewing it. A plug of Brown's Mule tobacco may help memorization immensely. p2.liveauctioneers.com/342/10298/2541849_1_l.jpg
@@horatiodreamt Are you suggesting this pianist grayzes it?
Cette interprétation très sobre ne s'intéresse qu'a nous faire entendre de la façon la plus lisible les harmonies merveilleuses de Bach. Une maîtrise du toucher rare entièrement au service de l'harmonie. J'adore.
Beautiful interpretation.
About the musik itself there is nothing to say. "Bach is good" wold be the same to say "the earth turning around the sun is good" - unneccessary.
I am so impressed by you playing piano.. you are the best piano player...
Beautifully done. Congratulations.
Superb perfomance!
I still don't know how he pulled out all Chopin etudes after that... I mean, after Contrapunctus XIV you just don't play anything, it's over. World has ended and soul has ascended, right?
Why do I even play.. (the question I ask myself when seeing live pianists like M. A. Hamelin, who effortlessly just nail most difficult pieces without breaking a sweat).
Still, there's something about playing it yourself. If you're interested in Art of Fugue, I recommend DVD recording + documentary called "Desert Fugue", made by Fugue State Films, you can find it online and order worldwide. It also features organ recording by G. Ritchie - even though I'm not a big fan of organ recordings, this is pretty damn good, also it includes last contrapunctus with ending written by Helmut Walcha, blind organist who learned Bach by listening to each voice separately and then combining them in his head. Insane stuff, but it's very effective in the case of polyphony. Anyway, back to my point - Ritchie said that there's just a pleasure of playing it yourself, experiencing all those voices first hand, creating this harmony. So the ultimate experience would be to understand and hear it while playing. Pleasure-wise I don't think it applies to every single piece.. like, listening to Barber's Sonata is nice, but playing.. well, another story. You can play whole Goldberg Variations and still be able to play some more, but play either whole Art of Fugue or mentioned Barber Sonata.. and you won't be so eager to play more. I ramble, but as a last note - even G. Gould said that Contrapunctus XIV itself is very demanding and hard to play, so I would assume - also exhausting, even for such legend as Gould was.
kmg yes very annoying when you persevere and never make headway like these did, no doubt they worked very hard but a lot easier as they had God given talents and probably best teachers instruments and started young, they could memorise easily etc, makes you want to smash their hands with a sledgehammer I hate listening to this as it makes me jealous and give up
It's not a competition, my friend. Because Jacques Pepin can cook rings around you, you will stop cooking meals? Or because Roger Federer plays majestic tennis, you will never pick up a racket again? Do it for the joy.... if it brings you joy, that is.
@@MegaPianogenius hahahahaha
@@MegaPianogeniusHm, I would laugh but your hyperbole of "smashing" their hands was a bit much. This should be inspiring, not discouraging my friend.
Quite a good completion of the 14th!
the 14th one i felt like it was the culmination of a mans life. all those struggles, ups and downs, but we can see the trend that life's getting better. He'a winning the struggle. Even as he nears his end there is still struggle. And when finally his time came, what he felt about his life is told by that last note. contentment
was the last note e sharp? this is a wild guess. haha
Die Spielweise von Gryaznov hat mir die Augen (und Ohren) geöffnet: wunderbar kontemplativ und geradezu elegisch! Ein Kontrapunkt zur gefühlten Treibjagd eines Glenn Gould (... dessen Bach'sche Interpretationen aber gleichfalls bravourös und genial sind)
Trotz der "gefühlten Treibjagd" (die nur bestimmte Stücke betrifft ,
von denen einige aber genau dadurch erst durchsichtig wurden),
war Glenn unzweifelhaft derjenige , der die Bach'sche Klaviermusik
in nie zuvor gehörter Klarheit erstrahlen ließ.
Das Kontemplative bei Vyacheslav scheint mir zu ermöglichen
innerhalb dieses einen Konzertes 10 z.T.atemberaubend komplexe Fugen
aus Bachs "Kunst der Fuge" BWV 1080 (im 1.Teil)
neben allen (!) Chopin-Etüden op.10+25 (im 2.Teil) aufzuführen
- was es meines Wissens bislang noch nicht gegeben hat !
No lo ponían.🎹🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶
I know so many composers, Bach and the others
I love Bach and I almost like some of the many others, such as.....ehhh.....uhmm....you know....that other guy....with the long hair....no, not that one....the one with a serious look on his face...yes, that one!!.....I think.
Si on devait ne sauver qu'une seule oeuvre musicale avant quelque cataclysme planétaire, assurément ce serait L'Art de la Fugue de Bach !
+Eugène Duschmoll György Ligeti disait que s'il devait choisir une seule oeuvre musciale sur une île déserte, ce serait l'Art de la Fugue (dans l'interprétation d'Evgeny Koroliov).
+Eugène Duschmoll Plus je vais, plus c'est mon intime conviction, à ceci près que cela me ferait éliminer A.2 Sc.2 de Lohengrin (dial. Elsa-Ortrud) et pas mal d'autres trucs pas piqués des vers. Interminable sujet.Cela dit, je pense que c'est en l'étudiant que l'on perçoit encore bien mieux les incroyables finesses harmoniques vues "de l'intérieur", Côté Gryaznov, je trouve son CP1 d'une infinie platitude et largement loupé par ses libertés dynamiques incompréhensibles musicalement (et contraires aux éditions).Il est bien plus intéressant voire excellent par la suite (on y reviendra).
+MarcusHK1 Elégant retour d'ascenseur de la part de Ligeti dont le poème symphonique pour 100 métronomes avait bouleversé JSB.
+tonycosworth Oui, c'est ce qu'on dit... Lequel JSB, cependant, aurait paraît-il, été profondément blessé quand Kubrick lui a préféré Ligeti pour l'illustration sonore du délire final dans "2001".
+Eugène Duschmoll Surtout que Ligeti en a ensuite voulu à Kubrick pour des questions de non-respect de droits d'auteur (c'est vrai en plus paraît-il). JSB n'aurait sans doute pas fait tant d'histoires.
Thankyou thankyou thankyou!!!!! !!!!!!
MESMERIZING
Amazing!
What a brilliant execution! What in the world is it with Russian pianists!!!!!!!!!!!
Wonderful!! ist definitly goes to my favorite list
Divino con Bach. 🎶🎶🎶🎶🇮🇷Mexico. 😊
Meraviglioso!
WONDERFUL !
really fantastic ending !!!
Молодец! Всё очень грамотно выстроено и главное очень красивый звук
Just perfect!
Not bad. Better than many. For the complete Art of the Fugue I
prefer Tatiana Nikoleyeva. But the sublime performance of the six fugues just posted by Phil Grant, on the most beautiful piano I've heard, goes beyond that. Plus amazing wilderness photos In Sync with this "infinitely moving" music.
La tecnica perfecta Los estudios de Chopin y JS BAch
J.S. Bach. 🙋🏻♀️🇮🇷 Mexico.
Awesome!
Wow, such a lively performance, it is well comparable to Goulds.
Excellent!
(Clearly inspired by Glenn Gould's interpretation. What a pity that Contrapunctus 4 is missing.)
"Inspired by Gould"!! Really? Gould was a maniac performer
@Hamburger
That's my name, dont wear it out.
Браво! Вы великий музыкант.!
Muy buen pianista.
Congratulations to V. Gryaznov
I find it so funny that we are always commenting the same videos:)
And this one is TERRIFIC! I agree :)
B.A.C.H. last signature before his death at 49:13 . J.S. Bach is eternal
j'ais craint le pire pour la finition de la fugue inachevée. J'ais eu tord. Bravo. Je défis quiconque ne connaissant pas cette fugue, n'a jamais lu la partition, de deviner à partir de quand Monsieur Gryaznov a complété cette fugue.
Bravíssimo!
Mesmerizing. Still working on WTC. This is inspiring
Süperr..Ellerine sağlık..
Wonderful...
Fantastic !
wonderfull. Thanks
just amazing there is a god
Amen
Einstein said something similar after hearing the boy Menuhin play...😊
pete chan no there ain't dos I can't play it, the git wouldn't give me the talent
No todo Bach lleva pedal. 🇮🇷
Чудо!!!
the question is to choose between clarity (Slow like here) and dynamism (Aymard more lively) ...
I would think all music paths lead to The Art of Fugue and end there!
Very impressive! Thanks! Is the end of no14 from your hand? Very well done!
20. 24. Bellísimao Mi gracias
He's playing it more like Chopin. You'd expect a different sound for this magnificent work by Bach. Just my opinion
+Mendel Labkowski maybe you would like it better on the clavichord?
+Mendel Labkowski I agree, It's too much romantic. It's not how a baroque fugue should be played.
Nothing like Gould's playing IMO. His playing is much more serene and calm whereas Gould gets very eccentric. The romantic sound that you guys talk about is probably directly related to the mellow sound of the piano, and his use of the pedal (which is a source of debate). However, for me it is perfectly adapted as you get a true feeling of calm and peace in your inner soul when listenning, which is for me what characterizes Bach's keyboard music.
IMO It doesn't matter if he plays it too romantically. You're entitled to your opinion, of course. But I love it that I can listen to millions of different renditions of different pieces and find the one that fits me best. I'm a romantic piano player mostly, so for me this sounds much better than versions that hold closer to Bach's image.
He's playing it 100% russian style. Feinberg and Nikolaevna and Richter used to play Bach like this. Only thing is he takes no rythmic and only few agogic liberties. Sokolov and Koriolov, each in his own way and with his very own sound, have a similar aesthetic approach.
this is just so fucking good. This is making me cry thanks for uploading this. Thanks thanks thanks. Love you
tomaspianist please refrain from swearing when in the presence of genius. but I see where you are coming from.
D JRG Absolutely, I apologize for swearing, I just couldn't hold emotions, sorry again.
BREATHTAKING!
Unerhört gut!
Eine Referenzaufnahme!
excelente tempo...
Vyacheslav is the best!
Wonderful performance. does anyone know if his completion is published?
SUPER !
Замечательное грамотное ісполненіе Баха!!!
a nice and lively interpretation, comparable to Gould's