What incredible memory to play all this magic music of Bach without reading the music. Itslike remembeting every word in Dostoevskij's Brother Karamazov except music says more than words. Especially Bach's.
Incredible. What a labour of love from this young woman, extremely gifted, playing from memory (!!) that difficult but moving timeless masterpiece by the greatest artist of all time.
Absolutely outstanding tempered interpretation of Bachs' german character. What a perfect match. He would be very pleased by your interpretation. I hear Bach saying: this is exactly how it is supposed to be played!
One hour and 20 uninterrupted minutes of one of Bach's greatest meditations in his conversation with the Universe. Congratulations Martha Czech, for bringing us this universal conversation with such beauty and precision. God bless you.
Marta Czech, I kiss both your hands for this unbelievably mature interpretation! You have a great future as an interpreter of the greatest composer of all time!
Playing Bach like she is, on a modern instrument of this calibre, must be like driving a Ferrari on a scenic, open road… It is a double-edged sword that requires mastery over technique I will probably never wield myself. Nevermind the fact that she memorised every single note, pedal marking, articulation, dynamic… albeit it some of her own… and perform the entire work in a single sitting. The sensitivity of each melodic voicing is beyond anything I’ve experienced in modern Bach playing. Mindblowing does not even come close… It is an honour to have access to your art. Please keep blessing us 😂
i am an old hippie but i have to get out of bed now and call my friends and tell them " listen to this, it is the best ever .." Thankyou so much,, danke Marta, merci de tout mon coeur, gracias por todo...
Que interpretacion de Contrapunctus, realmente Divina,,,,, consecuencia numerica, fractales de Fibonacci detraz de estas ondas sonoras que te llevan al cielo,,, el Creador te cuide tus dedos y tu vida Marta, estas tocando las huellas del Creador, quizas sin darse cuenta
As a pianist and composer I know and love (and often tried to play parts of) this maybe greatest work of music ever since more than 40 years in all its details and have heard many great interpretations of it. But this one is really the greatest of all! M. Czech not only plays this, but becomes it !! This is a miracle and without exaggeration one of the greatest experiences of my musical life !!! I can not thank you enough for this superhuman performance 🌸🌸🌸
Unreal. The Art of the Fugue was an obsession of mine when I was in college. That it was all but impossible on a single guitar was a neverending source of frustration. Hearing it so expertly played on piano let's me live vicariously, so thank you for uploading this masterful performance!
Martha you really make "dancing" this masterwork. Maybe Glenn is smiling you for your great variety of staccato. Thanks a lot for sharing this jewel. Take care of your gift. Paolo from Italy
Ms. Czech, Your clarity and precision in presenting this work is unbelievable. You have a talent that few can match. I you had been with Bach is his last years as he approached year 1750, I am certain you could have helped him with the completion of this work and you would have made him proud in his last days. The tempo, combined with the clarity in this truely long piece is outstanding. I wish you continued success in you presentation of works of Bach. As a listen to your presentation, I can envision a smile on Dr. Albert Schweitzer face. Alles Gute
Dear Miss Martha Czech, I have been listening to KDF since my teens. I am 59 now and haven't experienced such bliss as I felt during your rendition. I am delighted that in such troubled times, the fire is still burning and the light is still shining. Thanks. God bless you.
J'ai également 59ans, et j'ai écouté KDF tout au long des années (enfin, un peu moins ces dernières années). Cette version est de loin la plus belle que j'aie entendue. Je suis tout à fait d'accord avec vous quand vous parlez d'une lumière qui brille encore. La belle musique, la belle poésie, le beau cinéma, quand de telles choses existent encore, cela est rassurant. Dieu vous bénisse également.
Wunderschön zu hören die rhyythmische Brillianz. Bach dienend, uneitel. Kein selbstdarstellerischer Firlefanz. Wunderschön. die Hände aunzusehen. Rein Technisch. Die Klarheit ihrer Darbietung berührt.... Eine großartige Musikerin.
Wonderful performance by *Marta Czech* ! On organ I play only Contrapunctæ XI and XIV fromemory because too difficult to read and play. *XI* 37:00 *XIV* 112:04 Best recording I havever heard on organ is blind organist Helmut Walcha.
@@GeorgeBletchly Have never been impressed by sight-reading, even though I.mproved the more I did. Besto finger everything out, then perform witho surprises/crashes.
Well, The Homeric epics were originally unwritten narrative poems, learned and passed down orally, so it's got some precedent. But in our modern era, with so many more sources of input into the brain (mostly distractions) learning these pieces and then PERFORMING so elegantly is a testimony to the artist's intellectual and dexterous greatness.
Sono circa 2 anni che ascolto quasi tutti i giorni la tua esecuzione - Marta - dell'Arte della Fuga e ogni giorno scopro nell'universo policromo della tua interpretazione delle perle risplendenti che danno nuova vita allo Spirito di Bach che trascende in Cielo sfumando dall'ultima nota da lui scritta nel suo ultimo contrappunto....
@@HubertRieger Hubert Rieger, sicherlich ist es der christliche Gott, denn Marta Czechs Klavieraufführung von Bachs Kunst der Fuge ist genau ein Gebet an unseren Gott
Miss Marta, I am swept away by your clarity and precision, over and over. I enjoy watching your hands as much as listening. But I am also thinking about the hours alone and sacrifices you have made, and only you know this, to achieve this success with these pieces. You are a beautiful soul, musician, and woman.
Ich (PITANO) bin vollkommen fasziniert und fühle, wie ich mit Gänsehaut einem Wesen demütig ohne Unterlass lausche ...Der Schöpfer - J.S.Bach - muss diese MARTA wohl auserkoren haben, sich SELBST spielen zu lassen ! BRAVO ! ! ! ! ! Christian Abraham Pittius (C.A.P.)
This is one of the best piano interpretations of this last of Bach's works. I love hearing it on the piano, harpsichord, and organ. The late German organist, Helmut Walcha interpreted it masterfully on both organ and harpsichord. This is a monumental work, and Maestra Czech absolutely brought this piece, which is very complex and difficult, to life. I am an awe of her talent.
ja - und dazu OHNE einen kleinen Fehler - absolute Millimeterarbeit .... 1.5 h komplizierteste Musik - auswendig - ohne Fehler .... sie hat Hilfe von Oben ... sie ist gesegnet!
Ich kann mich dem letzten Kommentar in jeder Hinsicht nur anschließen , keine Selbstdarstellung, sondern alleine dem Komponisten folgend und dienend! Bewundernswert!
Maestra Marta Czech's interpretation of Bach's 'Der Kunst der Fugue' is a perfect example of what the late Sviatoslav Richter called, "[T]the terraced dynamics of the late Baroque." Her achievement is at once breathtaking and astounding. I believe that Maestra Czech's rendition of this piece is far-and-away the best one that I've ever watched or listened to, hands down! Bravo!
Danke für diese wunderbar unaufgeregt angelegte, beiden Händen exakt die richtige Gewichtung verleihende Einspielung, erkennbar innerlich beteiligt, durchdacht, für mein Gefühl perfekt im Tempo, Chapeau!
Beweise gibt es leider keine. Aber mit Karl Jaspers würde ich über Chiffren der Transzendenz sprechen. Und mit einigen anderen Philosophen, ob wir es mit einem unbewegten Beweger oder einem Gott zu tun haben, zu dem wir beten können. Mit dieser Musik, zum Beispiel.
Wonderful interpretation to such high level music, with so beautiful play, all from menory, using Gould method of short souns. The best music play I have heard last years. Remarkable and enjoyable performance. Thank you Matha Czech
I see you check your comments. I was surprised when I came across this video. I thought I was the only one on the planet Earth to play this piece. Alas, I learned only the first three. I can't imagine learning the whole thing! You have the patience and clarity of a Buddhist monk. I consider it to be mankind's greatest artistic achievement. You, probably, feel the same.
What makes it the " mankind's greatest artistic achievement"? Is your statement just based on pure listening to the music? Serious question. I am curious.
@@MrUseur First of all, music seems to communicate deeper than other art forms. I know there is no way I can prove that, except to say that the frequency relationships between the 12 notes in the octave correspond exactly to the frequency relationships found between electrons in all atoms. Secondly, the theme in the Kunst der Fugue, is a quintissential mathematic musical phrase. Starts on the tonic, goes to the second most important note which describes tonality, the fifth, then the third most important note, the third, back to the tonic and then the leading tone. The 4 most important notes in the scale. But most importantly, it is mostly written in four parts. No pianist will deny that it is the most challenging music ever written. It has 4 different melody lines played simultaneously through most of it by just one person. No composer comes close to duplicating it. Madam Czech is a remarkably dedicated artist. The idea that someone has the nerve to sit down and play the entire work by memory is inconceivable to me. Are you aware that Bach wrote this on his deathbed?
Her wonderful performance is the cat’s pajamas Colossal Her wonderful performance must slake the slake the thirst of the soul of busy modern people, and evoke comfortable feelings and a peace of mind and embody great pleasure and deep impression and prodigious admiration
Gewaltig was Sie da aus dem Innersten ohne Noten spielen. Das "offene Ende", war das von Bach so vorgesehen nach mehr als einer Stunde von einem Leitmotiv zum andern. Grossartig, ihr Spiel, vom Anfang bis zum offenen Ende.
I am a big fan of Schiff for Bach and have numerous interpretation of these pieces, but this one is of an unprecendented detail and clarity. I am so happy to have discovered Marta on TH-cam. This is just pure genius!
Beautifully and flawlessly performed from memory. Driving rhythmic dynamism. Great phrasing. Each melodic line is so clearly stated. Bach comes alive and musical. BRAVO! Glen Gould eat your heart out!
Never Forget , that 80% of Bach keyboards works are the result of an improvisation that Bach put on a score aferwards. We will never hear the best composition of Bach, which means all the organ improvisations of Bach who died famous for his organ composition. During his life, he was popular and quiet famous in northern Germany not for his music (fiew disciples and connoisseur) but for his organ improvisations which are flying in the sky along my dream to lesson such a mathematical improviser. Bach is unique to have been the only musician to improvise a piece which seems to be the perfect achievment of the throught, of a long mathematical work! no way, it came like this wouahhh !. How can you compose more than 500 hours of music for all instruments , without to be a genius improviser. How can you be the composer the most famous for each instruments and the musician the most learn in musical school all over the world without to be a great improviser. Otherways you think, you are an hard worker to compose 9 symphonies and 6 hours of piano and that's all, as Beethoven who was a hard worker and wonderful musician, but not the music incarnated. The first instrument that Bach learned and played was the violin, from age 5 to 10 under the teaching of his father who died and Bach started to play organ at 10 under his uncle.when his father his violin teacher died and that's the reason why he created himself the sonatas and partitas for solo violin which are among the most difficult and beautiful pieces for a small instrument ever invented and it takes Menuhin, or Pearlman, or Grumiaux to play these sonatas and partitas perfectly. But Menuhin was playing 7 hours of violin per day. How did Bach to compose it, to play it himself while playing organ, harpsichord, composing 330 cantatas plus The Passions , the oratorio, chamber music, cello music, add that he was an incredible luth player as well as a flutist as well as a cello player as well...
I don't believe I have ever heard a performance of Die Kunst der Fuge where every moving line of the Fuge is so clearly delineated...after all, the beauty of a Fuge is to submerge oneself into the counterpoint.
I’m old. I still cling to antiquated notions about good taste in music and in dress. Marta Czech epitomizes those ideas, unlike some of today’s celebrated pianists who dress like Go-go dancers or gesticulate like cartoon characters. It’s quite refreshing.
I think that maybe, it would be better to just try to listen to the music instead of caring about dressing. Once there was just music, vinyl or cassette or wax cylinder, you wouldn't have cared about the dress. You could just try a real *blind* test... listening with closed eyes... maybe you could appreciate both Marta Czech and, let me guess, Yuja Wang?, for their artistic merits instead of their appearance.
Bach's son C.P.E. Bach said that the Art of the Fugue was to be read and studied rather than played. 80 minutes in Dm is a challenge to hear. Excellent playing. Thank you for tackling this huge piece.
The Greatest Work of Music of All Times.
💕Nobody Does It Better 👌
I hope even if it’s just 1 single person that sees this, that they have an amazing day and an even better future! 💖💖💖
🎉🎉🎉
What incredible memory to play all this magic music of Bach without reading the music. Itslike remembeting every word in Dostoevskij's Brother Karamazov except music says more than words. Especially Bach's.
I will but only because of reading this comment
Incredible. What a labour of love from this young woman, extremely gifted, playing from memory (!!) that difficult but moving timeless masterpiece by the greatest artist of all time.
Música celestial tocada por um anjo. Muito obrigado.
Absolutely outstanding tempered interpretation of Bachs' german character. What a perfect match. He would be very pleased by your interpretation. I hear Bach saying: this is exactly how it is supposed to be played!
What do you mean by “Bach’s German character”?
Heilige Musik aus einer verlorenen Welt, vorgetragen von einem Engel. Innigsten Dank.
Sehr schoen gesagt - schliesse mich an.
so etwas wollte ich gesagt haben......
💠✨🙏✨💠
❤ oui moi aussi j' aurai aimé dire cela ❤ merci
Brilliant
Glenn would be proud of this.
Oh no! Glenn Gould never would have used legato pedals.
@@peter.brunnert He was a great harpsichordist!
So good they named a country after her.
i´ve been to marta last year, they have great food,
One hour and 20 uninterrupted minutes of one of Bach's greatest meditations in his conversation with the Universe. Congratulations Martha Czech, for bringing us this universal conversation with such beauty and precision. God bless you.
Wonderfully put! Thank you ❤
7:17 7:19 7:21 7:23
7:58 8:01 8:02 8:03 8:03
❤ wonderfull
Diese Souveränität und Stilsicherheit sind mir im Leben noch nicht begegnet (ich höre seit 60 Jahren Klaviermusik).
Marta Czech, I kiss both your hands for this unbelievably mature interpretation! You have a great future as an interpreter of the greatest composer of all time!
my god, it's full of stars
Playing Bach like she is, on a modern instrument of this calibre, must be like driving a Ferrari on a scenic, open road…
It is a double-edged sword that requires mastery over technique I will probably never wield myself. Nevermind the fact that she memorised every single note, pedal marking, articulation, dynamic… albeit it some of her own… and perform the entire work in a single sitting. The sensitivity of each melodic voicing is beyond anything I’ve experienced in modern Bach playing. Mindblowing does not even come close…
It is an honour to have access to your art.
Please keep blessing us 😂
i am an old hippie but i have to get out of bed now and call my friends and tell them " listen to this, it is the best ever .." Thankyou so much,, danke Marta, merci de tout mon coeur, gracias por todo...
You are extremely lucky, Marta. You spoke with JSB about the mistery of life for more than an hour. Outstanding
She played this whole piece by memory? Mind blown.
Que interpretacion de Contrapunctus, realmente Divina,,,,, consecuencia numerica, fractales de Fibonacci detraz de estas ondas sonoras que te llevan al cielo,,, el Creador te cuide tus dedos y tu vida Marta, estas tocando las huellas del Creador, quizas sin darse cuenta
This is what I have to
say about Bach's life
work: listen, play, love,
revere -- and keep your
mouth shut.
Albert Einstein-March 1928
She is playing on a Fazioli piano😮!
As a pianist and composer I know and love (and often tried to play parts of) this maybe greatest work of music ever since more than 40 years in all its details and have heard many great interpretations of it. But this one is really the greatest of all! M. Czech not only plays this, but becomes it !! This is a miracle and without exaggeration one of the greatest experiences of my musical life !!! I can not thank you enough for this superhuman performance 🌸🌸🌸
I love her
Anyone who has made it here... congratulations.. you have reached the pinnacle of music, no matter which version you prefer
Amen to that!!!!
Amen, God bless you ! ♥️😽
Unreal. The Art of the Fugue was an obsession of mine when I was in college. That it was all but impossible on a single guitar was a neverending source of frustration. Hearing it so expertly played on piano let's me live vicariously, so thank you for uploading this masterful performance!
Favolosa fantastica bella 43:38
Fantastic interpretation, I love it : ) thanks for sharing. It's a bit jazzy - or is it just me? Anyway, I should sleep, but can't stop listening.
Dokonalé spojení Bacha a Vašich rukou, děkuji a zdravím z Česka.
There are women
and there are goddesses.
Excellent rendition! World class pianist + world class grand piano = something to remember.
Happy Birthday, Marta❤. Thanks for sharing your Art. It will make this world a better place.
Danke! Wunderschön ! Gott segne Sie,Martha!
Une vision grandiose digne du Maître Absolu de la pensée musicale. Structure et poésie en amour. Merci Madame.
Ja, man verneigt sich in Dankbarkeit. Welch ein Geschenk 🎁
For me, this is perhaps Bach's greatest piece. So exceptionally well performed Marta.
Bardzo fajna Sztuka Fugi. Dziękuję. I nich się wideo niesie po YouTubie szeroko i lajkowo :)
Słuchanie takiej muzyki przywraca mi Wiarę w sens jej istnienia. Gratuluję wykonawczyni artyzmu.
Her Bach’s performance will be a call to God to remain silent
Her individual finger control is astonishing. Just perfectly clear, and we hear exactly the notes she wants us to hear… ausgezeichnet!
Martha you really make "dancing" this masterwork. Maybe Glenn is smiling you for your great variety of staccato. Thanks a lot for sharing this jewel. Take care of your gift. Paolo from Italy
Ms. Czech, Your clarity and precision in presenting this work is unbelievable. You have a talent that few can match. I you had been with Bach is his last years as he approached year 1750, I am certain you could have helped him with the completion of this work and you
would have made him proud in his last days. The tempo, combined with the clarity in this truely long piece is outstanding. I wish you continued success in you presentation of works
of Bach. As a listen to your presentation, I can envision a smile on Dr. Albert Schweitzer
face. Alles Gute
Two hands amazingly trans-audibly playing with each other under supervision of a splendid young pianist!!!
80 minutes such a difficult music, from memory ! she is so tall that I can't even kiss her thank you
😅 Wunder kann man sich nicht herbeisehnen, sie geschehen einfach.
I am convinced now that no creaking chair is needed for a perfect performance. Thank you.
Wish more pianists would play in this pure style. Very compeling.
Marta is one of the greatest pianists of our generation. What a memory and amazing touch she has. 😮
Dear Miss Martha Czech, I have been listening to KDF since my teens. I am 59 now and haven't experienced such bliss as I felt during your rendition. I am delighted that in such troubled times, the fire is still burning and the light is still shining. Thanks. God bless you.
I am also 59 and have been listening to KDF since I was 19. You are right - this performance is light in a dark time.
@@eumaeus71 Thanks for your absolute heartful remark.
J'ai également 59ans, et j'ai écouté KDF tout au long des années (enfin, un peu moins ces dernières années). Cette version est de loin la plus belle que j'aie entendue. Je suis tout à fait d'accord avec vous quand vous parlez d'une lumière qui brille encore. La belle musique, la belle poésie, le beau cinéma, quand de telles choses existent encore, cela est rassurant. Dieu vous bénisse également.
¡Qué interpretación tan elocuente!
Wunderschön zu hören die rhyythmische Brillianz.
Bach dienend, uneitel. Kein selbstdarstellerischer Firlefanz.
Wunderschön. die Hände aunzusehen.
Rein Technisch.
Die Klarheit ihrer Darbietung berührt....
Eine großartige Musikerin.
Good morning Marta from Birmingham UK - congratulations on your wonderful performance - I am very moved as I am sure you want your listeners to be
Sheer perfection! I listen to this all the time in my studio. A lesson in concentration, focus and expressive precision.
Es ist ein Hochgenuß, Sie spielen zu hören! Vielen Dank für Ihre Kunst!
sodelicious..................................
Realize that she has performed this entirely from memory. Astonishing❤
Wonderful performance by *Marta Czech* ! On organ I play only Contrapunctæ XI and XIV fromemory because too difficult to read and play.
*XI* 37:00 *XIV* 112:04 Best recording I havever heard on organ is blind organist Helmut Walcha.
@@GeorgeBletchly Have never been impressed by sight-reading, even though I.mproved the more I did.
Besto finger everything out, then perform witho surprises/crashes.
i can't believe she memorized all that!
Well, The Homeric epics were originally unwritten narrative poems, learned and passed down orally, so it's got some precedent. But in our modern era, with so many more sources of input into the brain (mostly distractions) learning these pieces and then PERFORMING so elegantly is a testimony to the artist's intellectual and dexterous greatness.
Beautifully rendered: clean, sensitive, honest.
Very bice interpretation, precise and crisp.
I heard it's never about the art,music,book but the artist,composer,author. It seems equal here.
This performance is an astonishing achievement.
Makes me happy to be alive.
Sono circa 2 anni che ascolto quasi tutti i giorni la tua esecuzione - Marta - dell'Arte della Fuga e ogni giorno scopro nell'universo policromo della tua interpretazione delle perle risplendenti che danno nuova vita allo Spirito di Bach che trascende in Cielo sfumando dall'ultima nota da lui scritta nel suo ultimo contrappunto....
@@HubertRieger Hubert Rieger, sicherlich ist es der christliche Gott, denn Marta Czechs Klavieraufführung von Bachs Kunst der Fuge ist genau ein Gebet an unseren Gott
Kisses on your hands !
Miss Marta, I am swept away by your clarity and precision, over and over. I enjoy watching your hands as much as listening. But I am also thinking about the hours alone and sacrifices you have made, and only you know this, to achieve this success with these pieces. You are a beautiful soul, musician, and woman.
Ich kann mich dieser Einschätzung nur anschließen. Es geschehen noch Wunder auf dieser Welt.
Ich (PITANO) bin vollkommen fasziniert und fühle, wie ich mit Gänsehaut einem Wesen demütig ohne Unterlass lausche ...Der Schöpfer - J.S.Bach - muss diese MARTA wohl auserkoren haben, sich SELBST spielen zu lassen ! BRAVO ! ! ! ! ! Christian Abraham Pittius (C.A.P.)
Dass einem hin und wieder Wunder begegnen, macht das Leben doch lebenswert.
This is one of the best piano interpretations of this last of Bach's works. I love hearing it on the piano, harpsichord, and organ. The late German organist, Helmut Walcha interpreted it masterfully on both organ and harpsichord. This is a monumental work, and Maestra Czech absolutely brought this piece, which is very complex and difficult, to life. I am an awe of her talent.
I don't think Walcha recorded it on harpsichord.
I came for Bach but then stayed for your beautiful sense of space.Great musicality Marta.Greetings.
Das ganze Werk, das ganze System im Kopf.
Was für eine Leistung! Bravo!
ja - und dazu OHNE einen kleinen Fehler - absolute Millimeterarbeit ....
1.5 h komplizierteste Musik - auswendig - ohne Fehler ....
sie hat Hilfe von Oben ...
sie ist gesegnet!
Ich kann mich dem letzten Kommentar in jeder Hinsicht nur anschließen , keine Selbstdarstellung, sondern alleine dem Komponisten folgend und dienend!
Bewundernswert!
Maestra Marta Czech's interpretation of Bach's 'Der Kunst der Fugue' is a perfect example of what the late Sviatoslav Richter called, "[T]the terraced dynamics of the late Baroque." Her achievement is at once breathtaking and astounding. I believe that Maestra Czech's rendition of this piece is far-and-away the best one that I've ever watched or listened to, hands down! Bravo!
Danke für diese wunderbar unaufgeregt angelegte, beiden Händen exakt die richtige Gewichtung verleihende Einspielung, erkennbar innerlich beteiligt, durchdacht, für mein Gefühl perfekt im Tempo, Chapeau!
KdF BWV 1080 + Marta Czech sono la
prova dell’esistenza di Dio
Beweise gibt es leider keine. Aber mit Karl Jaspers würde ich über Chiffren der Transzendenz sprechen. Und mit einigen anderen Philosophen, ob wir es mit einem unbewegten Beweger oder einem Gott zu tun haben, zu dem wir beten können. Mit dieser Musik, zum Beispiel.
this is "out of this world!"
Bach will always loom large over the musical giants that succeeded him.
Wonderful interpretation to such high level music, with so beautiful play, all from menory, using Gould method of short souns. The best music play I have heard last years. Remarkable and enjoyable performance. Thank you Matha Czech
I see you check your comments. I was surprised when I came across this video. I thought I was the only one on the planet Earth to play this piece. Alas, I learned only the first three. I can't imagine learning the whole thing! You have the patience and clarity of a Buddhist monk. I consider it to be mankind's greatest artistic achievement. You, probably, feel the same.
What makes it the " mankind's greatest artistic achievement"? Is your statement just based on pure listening to the music? Serious question. I am curious.
@@MrUseur First of all, music seems to communicate deeper than other art forms. I know there is no way I can prove that, except to say that the frequency relationships between the 12 notes in the octave correspond exactly to the frequency relationships found between electrons in all atoms.
Secondly, the theme in the Kunst der Fugue, is a quintissential mathematic musical phrase. Starts on the tonic, goes to the second most important note which describes tonality, the fifth, then the third most important note, the third, back to the tonic and then the leading tone. The 4 most important notes in the scale.
But most importantly, it is mostly written in four parts. No pianist will deny that it is the most challenging music ever written. It has 4 different melody lines played simultaneously through most of it by just one person. No composer comes close to duplicating it.
Madam Czech is a remarkably dedicated artist. The idea that someone has the nerve to sit down and play the entire work by memory is inconceivable to me.
Are you aware that Bach wrote this on his deathbed?
@@bartbannister394 Excellent answer, Bart Bannister. Thanks for sharing your clarifying statements!!!Greetings from Argentina.
@@gladyspalmieri7292 Argentina! My sister in law is from Buenos Aires. Her family name is "Manfredi." Greetings from NYC.
MrUseur, there is your answer.
I admire you Martha dear, thanks for sharing this with us.
Her wonderful performance is the cat’s pajamas
Colossal
Her wonderful performance must slake the slake the thirst of the soul of busy modern people, and evoke comfortable feelings and a peace of mind and embody great pleasure and deep impression and prodigious admiration
Gewaltig was Sie da aus dem Innersten ohne Noten spielen. Das "offene Ende", war das von Bach so vorgesehen nach mehr als einer Stunde von einem Leitmotiv zum andern. Grossartig, ihr Spiel, vom Anfang bis zum offenen Ende.
I am a big fan of Schiff for Bach and have numerous interpretation of these pieces, but this one is of an unprecendented detail and clarity. I am so happy to have discovered Marta on TH-cam. This is just pure genius!
Wonderful....hope to listen the Partitas soon...
Beautifully and flawlessly performed from memory. Driving rhythmic dynamism. Great phrasing. Each melodic line is so clearly stated. Bach comes alive and musical. BRAVO! Glen Gould eat your heart out!
Thank you. Why don't you have a website?
Hi @ Miss Marta
Great performance. Happy 𝘽𝙚𝙡𝙩𝙖𝙣𝙚 to you & your many wonderful fans throughout the world.
Peace ...
Never Forget , that 80% of Bach keyboards works are the result of an improvisation that Bach put on a score aferwards. We will never hear the best composition of Bach, which means all the organ improvisations of Bach who died famous for his organ composition. During his life, he was popular and quiet famous in northern Germany not for his music (fiew disciples and connoisseur) but for his organ improvisations which are flying in the sky along my dream to lesson such a mathematical improviser. Bach is unique to have been the only musician to improvise a piece which seems to be the perfect achievment of the throught, of a long mathematical work! no way, it came like this wouahhh !.
How can you compose more than 500 hours of music for all instruments , without to be a genius improviser. How can you be the composer the most famous for each instruments and the musician the most learn in musical school all over the world without to be a great improviser. Otherways you think, you are an hard worker to compose 9 symphonies and 6 hours of piano and that's all, as Beethoven who was a hard worker and wonderful musician, but not the music incarnated. The first instrument that Bach learned and played was the violin, from age 5 to 10 under the teaching of his father who died and Bach started to play organ at 10 under his uncle.when his father his violin teacher died and that's the reason why he created himself the sonatas and partitas for solo violin which are among the most difficult and beautiful pieces for a small instrument ever invented and it takes Menuhin, or Pearlman, or Grumiaux to play these sonatas and partitas perfectly. But Menuhin was playing 7 hours of violin per day.
How did Bach to compose it, to play it himself while playing organ, harpsichord, composing 330 cantatas plus The Passions , the oratorio, chamber music, cello music, add that he was an incredible luth player as well as a flutist as well as a cello player as well...
Its not one piece - its a braid of many pieces , the skill is to make a strong harmonious rope but aurally present each thread.
Fenómena!!
Ein unerwartetes Weihnachtsgeschenk am Heiligen Abend. Von Herzen Dank, liebe Marta Czech, für diese außergewöhnliche Interpretation.
¡Excepcional interpretación de tan magna obra! Gracias a Marta Czech, por la belleza y asombrosa ejecución que nos regala.
If Bach had had TH-cam, he wouodn't have got a fraction as much done!
He had all those kids, though...
Me encantó!! Gracias Marta, ejecustate una de las mejores interpretaciones que escuche de bwv 1080!
Fantastic performance, a little in the style of Glenn Gould but with the charm and virtuosity of Martha Czech, bravo !
Thank you for broadcatsting your interpretation. It's absolutey magnificent! It's a real delight! congratulations !!
Sehr schön
this interpretation is surely the best I've ever heard!
Stupendo Bach, Stupenda Martha Czech.
Enchantement Sonore. Deeply Love for Bach & Martha Czech, Glen Gould, Hélène Grimaud and Co
Geweldige vertolking van deze fuga van Bach
I don't believe I have ever heard a performance of Die Kunst der Fuge where every moving line of the Fuge is so clearly delineated...after all, the beauty of a Fuge is to submerge oneself into the counterpoint.
Fantastic!! She really understands Bach's music.
Thank you so much for your effort, Mrs. Czech, it's a delight to hear you playing.
cp 1: 0:22
cp 2: 3:20
cp 3: 6:06
cp 4: 8:30
cp 5: 12:54
cp 6: 15:48
cp 7: 20:36
cp 8: 24:14
cp 9: 30:14
cp10: 32:58
cp11: 37:00
cp12: 43:42 (rect/inv)
cp13: 49:40 (rect/inv)
cp14: ?
canone 1 per augmenationem: 54:30
canone 2 all' ottava: 58:52
canone 3 alla decima: 1:02:57
canone 4 alla duodecima: 1:07:30
cp15 (not completed): 1:12:03
This is absolutely a gem, I hope it stays on YT forever! Thank you!
A new admirer of yours Marta, of your breathtaking ability, intelligence, artistry and grace. You do the greatest composer of all time proud.
tolle Leistung, offenbar auswendig abgerufen, Respekt aus BRD SH OH
I’m old. I still cling to antiquated notions about good taste in music and in dress. Marta Czech epitomizes those ideas, unlike some of today’s celebrated pianists who dress like Go-go dancers or gesticulate like cartoon characters. It’s quite refreshing.
I agree.
Those go-go dancers are circus artists. Marta Czech represents true art. But that's my humble opinion.
Cheers to that!
Marta, your piano playing has depth and utmost beauty. I am so astounded. All the best. Thank you for such an experience.
I think that maybe, it would be better to just try to listen to the music instead of caring about dressing. Once there was just music, vinyl or cassette or wax cylinder, you wouldn't have cared about the dress. You could just try a real *blind* test... listening with closed eyes... maybe you could appreciate both Marta Czech and, let me guess, Yuja Wang?, for their artistic merits instead of their appearance.
Cor she good wow - imagine having that piano at home and Marta on hand at breakfast? Transportation!!
Merci Marta c'est tout simplement époustouflant, enthousiasmant ! Merci !
Bach's son C.P.E. Bach said that the Art of the Fugue was to be read and studied rather than played. 80 minutes in Dm is a challenge to hear. Excellent playing. Thank you for tackling this huge piece.