Started listening to this at 1 PM on Monday afternoon, 25 September 2017. I am age 72, retired, and if I want to listen to Bach all afternoon, I can and will. Unless the cats need attention or something, of course >^..^
Paul, I found you recently - 2-3 yrs ago - but somehow missed your Goldberg. Until today when seeking to lose myself in music while I pack my house for moving in one month. I love your work in Art and Music and how well you have taught Emilie in all matters of education. I follow her own narrations also. So today the Goldberg volunteered itself and I right straightaway am ordering it. This will be my “one more great work” to learn in my lifetime. (Now 83 so I will hurry.) since I’m underway with Chopin Gminor Ballade I can’t count it anymore and will add the great Bach masterpiece. Your edition is just what I needed! And your playing. OMG. Thank you and your family. From Memphis TN (via Josh Wright’s recommendation to hear you) Robin Davis, piano.
Of all the works you have contributed Paul, this is a true gift to the world; I can only imagine the pleasure this will give in perpetuity, not to mention the amount of work it will inspire. Thank you.
The Goldberg Variations are a sublime intellectual and creative achievement by JS Bach. This format of presentation, showing four bars of score with the playing hands, also used by Paul Barton for the 48 preludes and fugues of the WTC, superbly showcases this magnificent work of genius, inviting the listener into the mind of Bach. Bravo and Thanks!
Paul, I have been listening to Bach for over forty years. It never ceases to astound me how many "great" piano players seem not to understand how to play Bach. For that reason, perhaps, it is such a pleasure to encounter a rendition like this. Your rendition of this and other works of Bach are an absolute joy to listen to. Another comment mentioned that this recording will stand in perpetuity - well, for however long there are still humans who can appreciate this form of music, it will.
I remember listening to a CD of glen Gould playing these variations. My mom would play this in her car during the ride back home from preschool. I guess classical music has always been part of my life
Bravo, Maestro Barton. What a beautiful interpretation of one of Bach's most enduring works. I concur with others here when they say that they prefer your interpretation to that of Gould's. That is high praise, indeed, as Glenn Gould is the one who made Bach relevant to the piano on the concert stage. You have a brilliant technique, and you color this work that really gives vibrancy, clarity, color, and life to Bach. As the late, great Virgil Fox said of Bach, "He is a red-blooded, living, breathing force. One who's music evolves and is relevant throughout time. Not to be relegated as a museum piece and only interpreted in the "purist's" narrow view. I am an organist, so Bach and Buxtehude are foundational to my repertoire, though I am more of a French Romantic person who loves Vierne, Dupre, Widor, Gigout, Messiaen, I still seek out and love to play Bach. I really enjoyed your interpretation; it is genius. So, I sure hope you will interpret and perform JS Bach's "The Art of Fugue".
Thank you, Paul, for your generosity in sharing this project. It must have entailed an incredible amount of work, not just to play the pieces, but to work out the fingering from the original two manual score, plus to add the wonderful animated score.
I have listened to n Goldberg Variations recordings and I prefer this one to any other - even from Gould's or Schiff's. This guy knows how to play this, perfectly.
At publication, The Goldberg Variations were described as uplifting and enriching the spirit, a joy for amateurs and masters alike. It is not meant to be played as quickly as possible, but instead at a tempo that makes each note sing and allowing for all of the voices to be heard with clarity. It should not give anxiety or feel like a show piece, and Mr. Barton does this perfectly in my opinion.
I can't begin to thank Paul Barton enough for the enormous amount of stellar work he has contributed so far, and still continues to provide to the online piano playing community! 😃😃😃👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼🤗🤗🤗🎹🎹🎹
Oh God!! Tears of Joy!!! Thank you so much for doing this Sir!! I only wish I were 40 years younger--spending hours and hours imitating your graceful, intelligent and enormously musical style. What Gift you have given us!!!!
this very satisfying video for an amateur shows how the piano repertoire is like encountering Ali Baba's cave. There within your reach as you enter are an astonishing array of musical jewels, among much else, but prominent, Bach's Inventions or several, as well as preludes and fugues and cantatas and so on. And then one day it maybe years later after practicing you can turn a corner in the cave, and reach up a bit and try to grasp by your fingertips some inkling about playing parts of the Goldberg Variations. Thanks for posting this public service
You know what I love most about your interpretation? Other than the fact that it is SUPER clean.. it is very light. Like a breath of fresh air or eating a sponge cake with berries and cream. Ahhh. :) Bravo
Unbelievable. Outstanding playing, and an achievement few pianists have the time or skill to have ticked off. Also, Paul is an outstanding Artist (Painter), to have such unprecedented talent at both playing piano and painting is almost unheard of, to me, anyway.
reduire les variations à seulement 3 morceaux est quand même réducteur, tant , pour moi en tout cas, elle m' ont enthousiasmé du début à la fin. L' émotion est tout le long, avec un changement d âme , presque imperceptible, à la seconde partie des variations.
You are a continual source of inspiration and a master of technique. The precision, sensitivity and control you display throughout your now vast repertoire is astounding and a sheer delight to observe and listen to. Thank you Paul.
Hi Paul. Just bought your book Goldberg variations. I am so happy with it!!! Now I can focus more on learning instead of figuring the unknotting of my fingers 👍🏻👍🏻 thanks for the work
Thank you Paul Barton for sharing this beautiful gift and magic music God bless you. Your videos really make me happy and learn techniques very complicated.
Interpretació excepcional: amb austeritat luterana, precisió germànica i claredat i puresa diamantines. Amb uns tempi exactes i mantinguts. Barton deixa que la tècnica esdevingui autènticament expressió, i quina expressió! Per molts anys!
I listened to many pianists playing Bach(Dinu Lipatti amazes me with Bach and Chopin) and i may say that i really loved your interpretation and surpirsed me the "relaxed" tempo.By the way i love elephants too.Thanks and wish you the best.
This piece (aria) is beguiling for its apparent simplicity yet is possibly one of the more exquisitely difficult ones to interpret with clarity as Paul has done.
Thank you Paul for your great generosity in sharing this project and for the incredible dedication and hard work you must have done to bring it to fruition!
Bravo to the enormous share! What a gorgeous performance and the video format that is unmatched by none! You have inspired me to listen and learn! Thank you so much! 👏👏❤️🙏
Mam raka trzustki, ta muzyka daje mi ukojenie. Nie boli. Dziękuję. = I have pancreatic cancer, this music gives me relief. It does not hurt. Thank you. 💖💕
Hey quick tip: if you change the timestamp of the Aria to 00:00 instead of 00:03, we will be able to see the timestamps and names in the TH-cam player :)
Hey Paul, Thanks for this wonderful recording. To be honest I've often had a hard time listening to Bach music. I learned to appreciate the craftsmanship in it, but there's just many aspects of it that bother my ear. Now there's a couple of these things that would often bother me in Bach, that I don't experience as such in your recording. To mention a few; I really appreciate the brightness and clarity of the sound that your recording has. As the string of 16th notes usually rattles on, melodies often becomes unclear to me... In general, ornamentations bothers me ("Unnescesary delution"), but in your playing they sound so very clean and rich. It makes me listen to them with a fresh, appreciative ear. Thanks!
Most of Bach's keyboard works sound best on a harpsichord, with a few exceptions. Goldberg Variations sounds great on either, in my opinion, but perhaps try listening to Bach on harpsichord, where the ornamentation is more appropriate due to the instruments limitations.
@@DangerRussDayZ6533 No mention of the organ in your opinion here? lol Bach was a good harpsichordist, but he was actually an organist and his work makes up the base of an organists repertoire. His and Buxtehude's. Yes, Bach's keyboard compositions, particularly his compositions for chamber music, are harpsichord based. Yet, Maestro Barton really plays them well and makes them very relevant for the piano too.
Got in late tonight after a hard day at work, only wanted to listen to Paul's piano to unwind to, the perfect music to de-stress and relax, thank you paul!
Paul! Look at your description, there is a mistake on your second paragraph which is a doubled sentence, you will find it! Otherwise, very great recording of a very difficult art of Bach.
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Started listening to this at 1 PM on Monday afternoon, 25 September 2017. I am age 72, retired, and if I want to listen to Bach all afternoon, I can and will. Unless the cats need attention or something, of course >^..^
That’s Glenn Gould’s birthday 🎂❤️ I love your comment.
You are a good person, i love your comment
Lol
cat are useless, get a dog
@@theantonioexperience My cats listen to Bach too.
Mieux que le prétentieux Lang Lang qui en rajoute pour la frime! Ici nous avons une vraie interprétation de Bach. Mille bravos!
With tears of happiness in my face , i stand up and i gibt one thounsands claps for your superb interpretation.
The amount of work in this video is just outstanding.
first
Paul, I found you recently - 2-3 yrs ago - but somehow missed your Goldberg. Until today when seeking to lose myself in music while I pack my house for moving in one month. I love your work in Art and Music and how well you have taught Emilie in all matters of education. I follow her own narrations also.
So today the Goldberg volunteered itself and I right straightaway am ordering it. This will be my “one more great work” to learn in my lifetime. (Now 83 so I will hurry.) since I’m underway with Chopin Gminor Ballade I can’t count it anymore and will add the great Bach masterpiece. Your edition is just what I needed! And your playing. OMG. Thank you and your family. From Memphis TN (via Josh Wright’s recommendation to hear you)
Robin Davis, piano.
¡The most brilliant creation of the music is Bach! Thanks Paul for being our pianist.
Of all the works you have contributed Paul, this is a true gift to the world; I can only imagine the pleasure this will give in perpetuity, not to mention the amount of work it will inspire. Thank you.
Thanks so much for these kind words, I really appreciate them.
The Goldberg Variations are a sublime intellectual and creative achievement by JS Bach. This format of presentation, showing four bars of score with the playing hands, also used by Paul Barton for the 48 preludes and fugues of the WTC, superbly showcases this magnificent work of genius, inviting the listener into the mind of Bach. Bravo and Thanks!
I agree
Paul, I have been listening to Bach for over forty years. It never ceases to astound me how many "great" piano players seem not to understand how to play Bach. For that reason, perhaps, it is such a pleasure to encounter a rendition like this. Your rendition of this and other works of Bach are an absolute joy to listen to. Another comment mentioned that this recording will stand in perpetuity - well, for however long there are still humans who can appreciate this form of music, it will.
connaissez vous les toccatas 910/916 (par glenn gould) ? C est mon oeuvre préférée de Bach au piano.
I remember listening to a CD of glen Gould playing these variations. My mom would play this in her car during the ride back home from preschool. I guess classical music has always been part of my life
Bravo, Maestro Barton. What a beautiful interpretation of one of Bach's most enduring works. I concur with others here when they say that they prefer your interpretation to that of Gould's. That is high praise, indeed, as Glenn Gould is the one who made Bach relevant to the piano on the concert stage. You have a brilliant technique, and you color this work that really gives vibrancy, clarity, color, and life to Bach. As the late, great Virgil Fox said of Bach, "He is a red-blooded, living, breathing force. One who's music evolves and is relevant throughout time. Not to be relegated as a museum piece and only interpreted in the "purist's" narrow view. I am an organist, so Bach and Buxtehude are foundational to my repertoire, though I am more of a French Romantic person who loves Vierne, Dupre, Widor, Gigout, Messiaen, I still seek out and love to play Bach. I really enjoyed your interpretation; it is genius. So, I sure hope you will interpret and perform JS Bach's "The Art of Fugue".
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Thank you, Paul, for your generosity in sharing this project. It must have entailed an incredible amount of work, not just to play the pieces, but to work out the fingering from the original two manual score, plus to add the wonderful animated score.
Alles redet von einer Krise, was wär ein jedes Piano OHNE diese 4. Pedal,
wenn nicht
Die Krise !
Danke Mr. Barton für „FEURICH‘en“ Spitzenklang !
I have listened to n Goldberg Variations recordings and I prefer this one to any other - even from Gould's or Schiff's. This guy knows how to play this, perfectly.
A mi me gusta mas escuchar a Gould, pero me encanta y me divierte mucho mas ver a Paul tocando.
At publication, The Goldberg Variations were described as uplifting and enriching the spirit, a joy for amateurs and masters alike. It is not meant to be played as quickly as possible, but instead at a tempo that makes each note sing and allowing for all of the voices to be heard with clarity. It should not give anxiety or feel like a show piece, and Mr. Barton does this perfectly in my opinion.
Graceful and Sublime!
B(ach) + B(arton) = a wonderful formula! How lucky we are to be blessed with this formula.
If you simplify and add like terms then it's 2Ba + Bc + Bh + Br + Bt + Bo + Bn
I can't begin to thank Paul Barton enough for the enormous amount of stellar work he has contributed so far, and still continues to provide to the online piano playing community! 😃😃😃👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼🤗🤗🤗🎹🎹🎹
Bravo to Paul Barton.
本当に素晴らしいです。
こんなに感動したバッハは久しぶりです。
心の底から尊敬します。
こんなに素晴らしい演奏を、いつでも聴ける事を感謝します。
本当にありがとうございます。
I’m in tears. Incredible talent. Awesome.
Incredible very impressive ❤
Oh God!! Tears of Joy!!! Thank you so much for doing this Sir!! I only wish I were 40 years younger--spending hours and hours imitating your graceful, intelligent and enormously musical style. What Gift you have given us!!!!
Aria 00:03
V1 05:48
V2 08:00
V3 09:33
V4 11:35
V5 12:46
V6 14:04
V7 15:04
V8 16:54
V9 18:41
V10 20:41
V11 22:32
V12 24:31
V13 26:43
V14 32:19
V15 34:27
V16 40:00
V17 43:20
V18 45:09
V19 46:34
V20 48:25
V21 50:17
V22 54:30
V23 55:57
V24 58:06
V25 01:00:38
V26 01:11:58
V27 01:13:53
V28 01:15:49
V29 01:18:06
V30 01:20:14
Aria (conclusion) 01:22:18
Thank you!
Best coment ever.
👍🏼
Why? The description has the exact same!
Marian Palko you copies it, didn’t yiu
That Aria - almost unbearably beautiful
Thank you for all the wonderful music that you freely share with the world.
Harmonic pedal fits so well with JS Bach music! Thank you Paul for this gift
this very satisfying video for an amateur shows how the piano repertoire is like encountering Ali Baba's cave. There within your reach as you enter are an astonishing array of musical jewels, among much else, but prominent, Bach's Inventions or several, as well as preludes and fugues and cantatas and so on. And then one day it maybe years later after practicing you can turn a corner in the cave, and reach up a bit and try to grasp by your fingertips some inkling about playing parts of the Goldberg Variations. Thanks for posting this public service
You know what I love most about your interpretation? Other than the fact that it is SUPER clean.. it is very light. Like a breath of fresh air or eating a sponge cake with berries and cream. Ahhh. :) Bravo
Thank you for brightening my mornings, as I do my chores. I can hear your playing in my mind, even as I go for my walks in the countryside.
Unbelievable. Outstanding playing, and an achievement few pianists have the time or skill to have ticked off. Also, Paul is an outstanding Artist (Painter), to have such unprecedented talent at both playing piano and painting is almost unheard of, to me, anyway.
best variations:
aria 00:03
var 1 05:48
var 3 09:33
var 5 12:46
var 6 14:04
var 7 15:04
var 8 16:54
var 10 20:41
var 11 23:32
var 12 24:31
var 13 26:43
var 14 32:17
var 15: 34:27
var 16 40:00
var 17 43:20
var 20 48:25
var 21 50:17
var 23 55:17
var 25 01:00:38
var 26 01:11:58
var 28 01:15 49
var 29 01:18:06 (last)
Brilliant voicing!
Impressive performance Paul. Thank you
my favourite 3 is variation 1, 5 and 20. Somrthing about them is so attractive.
reduire les variations à seulement 3 morceaux est quand même réducteur, tant , pour moi en tout cas, elle m' ont enthousiasmé du début à la fin. L' émotion est tout le long, avec un changement d âme , presque imperceptible, à la seconde partie des variations.
So clear and concise in the performance. So perfect for students too to do a score reading and live analysis.
You are a continual source of inspiration and a master of technique. The precision, sensitivity and control you display throughout your now vast repertoire is astounding and a sheer delight to observe and listen to.
Thank you Paul.
Your keyboard technique and rhythm is godly!
Hi Paul. Just bought your book Goldberg variations. I am so happy with it!!! Now I can focus more on learning instead of figuring the unknotting of my fingers 👍🏻👍🏻 thanks for the work
素晴らしい演奏に出会えてとても嬉しいです。
Thank you for all these recording Paul, they are so beautiful and truly an inspiration!
Thank you Paul Barton for sharing this beautiful gift and magic music God bless you. Your videos really make me happy and learn techniques very complicated.
Interpretació excepcional: amb austeritat luterana, precisió germànica i claredat i puresa diamantines. Amb uns tempi exactes i mantinguts. Barton deixa que la tècnica esdevingui autènticament expressió, i quina expressió! Per molts anys!
You are always my inspiration..Amazing artist, pianist and musician and hard worker!
I have no word to say except admiration
Outstanding!
Merci pour cette démonstration qui enseigne sur les passages de doigts et de mains... Cela répond bien et aide au déchiffrage de la partition.
Every time I listen to Paul I earn a free lesson on pianoforte !
Mr. Barton your bach is outstanding and really more beautiful phrasing than other playing of chopin etc. You re bach specialist indeed.
My hat off to you Paul! Many and sincere thanks!
This helps me a lot to study. Thank you for such stunning playing. Mr Barton.
Everything best about our species: the brain, the beauty, the agile fingers
Thanks Master
I listened to many pianists playing Bach(Dinu Lipatti amazes me with Bach and Chopin) and i may say that i really loved your interpretation and surpirsed me the "relaxed" tempo.By the way i love elephants too.Thanks and wish you the best.
dinu was incredible; life cut short way to early
This piece (aria) is beguiling for its apparent simplicity yet is possibly one of the more exquisitely difficult ones to interpret with clarity as Paul has done.
Thank you Paul for your great generosity in sharing this project and for the incredible dedication and hard work you must have done to bring it to fruition!
♥️Paul& unser Pedale-Harmonique !!!!♥️
Thank you Paul, awesome
Great job, an outstanding achievement. Thanks for sharing it Paul!😉(I,m just 14, but I really enjoy watching and listening to your wonderful playing!)
You are 16 now. And apparently you too are a pianist by now. Bravo! 😁👏
Wow is beatiful💙
This is monumental, Paul...
I love your Bach. Thanks for sharing.
Thanks for hard work!)
You're welcome!
Bravo to the enormous share! What a gorgeous performance and the video format that is unmatched by none! You have inspired me to listen and learn! Thank you so much! 👏👏❤️🙏
This is really great. Your playing goes straight to the heart.
;)
V25 is a very beautiful yet often overlooked variation. I cherish this one.
This is amazing, in the truest sense of the word. Thank you for this.
Veramente molto molto molto bravo. Complimenti.
Mam raka trzustki, ta muzyka daje mi ukojenie. Nie boli. Dziękuję. = I have pancreatic cancer, this music gives me relief. It does not hurt. Thank you. 💖💕
Sembrano facili le Variazioni Goldber… suonate da te!! Congratulazioni!!
BRAVISSIMO Paul...thanks for all your videos....so inspiring🤩
Bach would approve - Bravo
nice and slow, good, beautiful, i listened to the whole video like 10 times. and the sheets are a plus :))
Ohhhhhhh, a great work. Bach should be considered Human Heritage. There´s no word...
WOW! Thank you so much for creating and sharing this!
Thank you for the tutorial... Very helpful for learning.
Yes! Thank you so much for all your work Paul!
Hey quick tip: if you change the timestamp of the Aria to 00:00 instead of 00:03, we will be able to see the timestamps and names in the TH-cam player :)
incredible achievement; thank-you for sharing
incredible achievement; anyone who as attempted the variations realize...paul makes it look very easy and the variations are far from easy.
I like the Goldberg Variation as it is played here by Paul not the over flowery interpretation by Glenn Gould.
Huge and wonderful work!
Hey Paul,
Thanks for this wonderful recording. To be honest I've often had a hard time listening to Bach music. I learned to appreciate the craftsmanship in it, but there's just many aspects of it that bother my ear.
Now there's a couple of these things that would often bother me in Bach, that I don't experience as such in your recording.
To mention a few; I really appreciate the brightness and clarity of the sound that your recording has. As the string of 16th notes usually rattles on, melodies often becomes unclear to me...
In general, ornamentations bothers me ("Unnescesary delution"), but in your playing they sound so very clean and rich. It makes me listen to them with a fresh, appreciative ear.
Thanks!
Most of Bach's keyboard works sound best on a harpsichord, with a few exceptions. Goldberg Variations sounds great on either, in my opinion, but perhaps try listening to Bach on harpsichord, where the ornamentation is more appropriate due to the instruments limitations.
@@DangerRussDayZ6533 No mention of the organ in your opinion here? lol Bach was a good harpsichordist, but he was actually an organist and his work makes up the base of an organists repertoire. His and Buxtehude's. Yes, Bach's keyboard compositions, particularly his compositions for chamber music, are harpsichord based. Yet, Maestro Barton really plays them well and makes them very relevant for the piano too.
A master interpreter. Thank you Maestro!
Thanks for your hard work and for this video.
The 1st variation is so pretty to watch
Até a execução de suas mãos, já é uma experiência estética.
Bravo!!!!!!
Happy memory of first time i heard this in 1953 in Oxford ---- but it was not played as well as this !
what... i can't believe this. i guess I'm subscribing 👍 thank you
I just listended to all of this straight through. I was having a great day and it got a lot better. Muchas gracias.
Bravo Maestro!
Many thanks for this video
amazing :)
I love it when people play new interpretations of JSB. This one’s not particularly to my taste, but that doesn’t matter.
Fantastic;-)
Got in late tonight after a hard day at work, only wanted to listen to Paul's piano to unwind to, the perfect music to de-stress and relax, thank you paul!
Awesome. Next Project? Art of Finger Dexterity by Carl Czerny
BEATIFUL! THANKS!
I love this! I am trying to learn it too! Just in time!
This is so great, thank you !
Очень красиво и душевно исполнено. Спасибо!
Paul! Look at your description, there is a mistake on your second paragraph which is a doubled sentence, you will find it! Otherwise, very great recording of a very difficult art of Bach.
Twice thank you, I've made the correction.