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Yuan Sheng is arguably the best piano Bach interpreter appeared during the last two decades. His sound is convincing, crystalline, melodious. His sense of tempo is perfect. The architecture of the music emerges clean, transparent, beauteous. He builds a musical world deeply embedded in the musical world of Bach. His intellectual perception of Bach music is impressive, he may be categorized as a scholar, as his understanding of the music goes beyond the merely sensual. He approaches the musical miracle with straightforwardness and simplicity, letting the miracle happen just from the playing of the notes. No artifice, no nonsense, just the music. Thanks Piano Classics for allowing us mortals to enjoy a glimpse at the inside world of Bach.
please... "the best", what does it mean this nonsense statement regarding music? there are interpreters and interpreters, it's music not olympic games... karl bohm mozart requiem it's far away from the timing of all others, gould concerto italiano the same, doesn't exist in music "best or worse", it exists only what u like or don't like... regarding sheng i don't like, the sound has a so few gamma of timbres, almost monotonous, metronomic, banal, in other words: annoying... and this is MY point of view...
@@демкен Dear Comrade: I read my comment again. I think that calling it "nonsense" goes against the spirit of the music and the respect due to other opinions. Music IS a very hierarchical world. How do you think the seating arrangements for the violins in the orchestra is made? The "best" seats upfront, and is called the concertino or primary. He is the best of this particular group. Who decides? The stable conductor. For young piano players, there is the Tchaikovsky competition. Who wins the gold medal is the best of that lot. Like it or not, we humans are all different, and some are better than others, as Orwell recognized long ago.
@@DanielRomero-vr6ej Many thanks for your answer pointing to the young icelandic pianist. Vikingur Olafsson. He records for the Deutsche Grammophon seal and has a distinguished career as an interpreter. Besides his several award winning records on Bach, he has a wide scope including Mozart and contemporary composers. He has a blooming international career despite his youth. His Bach playing is not too different from Yuan Sheng, perhaps due to his training in New York. Like Sheng, he has been compared to Glenn Gould.
The Saranbade repetition with the ornaments was so beautiful, never heard it like that. Previous interpretations look plain in comparison. This one feels like beautiful cursif font we find in those handicrafted wedding invitations. A marvel.
@@jesuisamoureuxdetoi and me, I can't understand how you can listen to that wonderful interpretation without feeling the emotion it carries ( a subtle kind of emotion for sure, as usual for Bach, but very deep )...except to be narrow-minded as you, maybe
Baroque music is considered less emotional than later eras of music because they didn't use dynamics as much. The piano wasn't invented yet, composers played the harpsichord or organ and did not add velocity to his notations. The song getting quiet and then getting loud is a huge aspect of what makes music sound "emotional". In the Classical era of music composers had pianos and began to include velocity. Another reason people find both Baroque and Classic music to be less emotional is because it was taboo to utilize the 3rds and 6ths of a scale and composers favored the more "perfect" harmonies like 4ths, 5ths, and octaves. It wasn't until the Romantic era of music (Beethoven) that taboo was shook. The 3rd note in a scale is what gives you the distinct Major or Minor sound and is considered to be the most emotional note of the 7 in the scale.
Rosalyn Tureck must be proud of her pupil.Listened to various chinese pianists but Y.Sheng really understands Bach.Clean,simple,emotional and strong interpretation.
Love the way he brings out the important voices, helping the listener make sense of this complex music. Also, he conveys beautifully the dance-like quality of so much of Bach's music. Yuan Sheng is clearly among the greatest living exponents of Bach. His rubato and ornamentation are tasteful, and he knows how to use music to tell a story.
00:00:00 Partita No. 1 in B-Flat Major, BWV 825: I. Praeludium 00:01:43 Partita No. 1 in B-Flat Major, BWV 825: II. Allemande 00:05:37 Partita No. 1 in B-Flat Major, BWV 825: III. Corrente 00:08:35 Partita No. 1 in B-Flat Major, BWV 825: IV. Sarabande 00:14:10 Partita No. 1 in B-Flat Major, BWV 825: V. Menuet I&II 00:17:20 Partita No. 1 in B-Flat Major, BWV 825: VI. Giga 00:19:22 Partita No. 2 in C Minor, BWV 826: I. Sinfonia 00:23:43 Partita No. 2 in C Minor, BWV 826: II. Allemande 00:28:20 Partita No. 2 in C Minor, BWV 826: III. Courante 00:30:42 Partita No. 2 in C Minor, BWV 826: IV. Sarabande 00:34:41 Partita No. 2 in C Minor, BWV 826: V. Rondeaux 00:36:07 Partita No. 2 in C Minor, BWV 826: VI. Capriccio 00:39:41 Partita No. 4 in D Major, BWV 828: I. Ouverture 00:46:02 Partita No. 4 in D Major, BWV 828: II. Allemande 00:55:09 Partita No. 4 in D Major, BWV 828: III. Courante 00:58:49 Partita No. 4 in D Major, BWV 828: IV. Sarabande 01:04:58 Partita No. 4 in D Major, BWV 828: V. Aria 01:07:12 Partita No. 4 in D Major, BWV 828: VI. Menuet 01:08:38 Partita No. 4 in D Major, BWV 828: VII. Gigue 01:12:13 Partita No. 3 in A Minor, BWV 827: I. Fantasia 01:14:22 Partita No. 3 in A Minor, BWV 827: II. Allemande 01:17:09 Partita No. 3 in A Minor, BWV 827: III. Corrente 01:20:34 Partita No. 3 in A Minor, BWV 827: IV. Sarabande 01:25:03 Partita No. 3 in A Minor, BWV 827: V. Burlesca 01:27:30 Partita No. 3 in A Minor, BWV 827: VI. Scherzo 01:28:40 Partita No. 3 in A Minor, BWV 827: VII. Gigue 01:31:56 Partita No. 5 in G Major, BWV 829: I. Praeambulum 01:34:38 Partita No. 5 in G Major, BWV 829: II. Allemande 01:38:56 Partita No. 5 in G Major, BWV 829: III. Corrente 01:40:48 Partita No. 5 in G Major, BWV 829: IV. Sarabande 01:45:57 Partita No. 5 in G Major, BWV 829: V. Tempo di menuetta 01:47:52 Partita No. 5 in G Major, BWV 829: VI. Passepied 01:49:37 Partita No. 5 in G Major, BWV 829: VII. Gigue 01:53:26 Partita No. 6 in E Minor, BWV 830: I. Toccata 02:00:26 Partita No. 6 in E Minor, BWV 830: II. Allemanda 02:03:32 Partita No. 6 in E Minor, BWV 830: III. Corrente 02:08:22 Partita No. 6 in E Minor, BWV 830: IV. Sarabande 02:15:16 Partita No. 6 in E Minor, BWV 830: V. Air 02:16:46 Partita No. 6 in E Minor, BWV 830: VI. Tempo di gavotte 02:18:57 Partita No. 6 in E Minor, BWV 830: VII. Gigue
And the same exchange (Aria Sarabande) is in 4th Partita. These exchanges are somewhat in common, I saw this, say, in Gianluca Luisi recording (by the way, also the finest). As for me, Air best place is before Sarabande, so I switch them in playlists (where possible).
There is exquisite beauty in Bach's works but I am reminded of how our brains work on patterns and this music is full of wonderful patterns. I admit to knowing little of music but we all feel things and thank you, our brains, and bach's cleverness.
Finally a modern piano player of classic who is good and has proper studio versions captured. Some of our best pianists of the 20th century hardly have a few good recordings when they were at their peak or just bad recordings ...
I've spent the last half century of my life with paints and brushes, engaging with some of the most beautiful places on the planet (Himalayas, Europe, Japan, Central Asia, South Pacific, South America, the American Southwest, etc.), living and depicting the most beautiful moments in those places. The only thing that can make me regret not having spent my life otherwise is listening to classical music. Bach of course, first and foremost, but also the other European Classical masters, and I also have to eclectically include classical Indian music, classical jazz, classical didgeridoo, classical koto and shakuhachi, etc. You get the idea. But Bach does stand alone, his music architectonic masterpieces of the mind and soul. God I wish I could play it! You never see something really until you stop and paint it - the steady accumulation of observation interspersed with gestures of emotion - and you probably can never really know this music unless you can play it and hear it whole with all its parts. I started piano at 57 and have managed a few of the two part inventions, so I can sense the wonders that lay beyond. Maybe in the next lifetime . . . meanwhile sincere appreciation and admiration to those who can, and who share it with us!
It‘s never late! The human brain is always ready to get new input - every moment. And don‘t see it as a waste not having explored the world of classical music. I started pretty ‚‘late‘ with drawing which you mastered while I fooled around.
Dear Mr. Brian Williams, I've spent all my life looking into the art of movement, dance. In many of its styles classical, folklore, modern, jazz, etc. This includes martial arts, Kong Fu and Tai-ji. Your remark resonates with my 'jealousy" so to speak with the power of music . It always triggered me, as a young dancer, choreographer, (teaching in the academy of dance) and dance history teacher, that no matter how good the dance is, if you take away the music, it is so much less, too much less. Metaphorically speaking, it always 'falls' behind the power of music. To share with you, this observation, as a movement person, made me decide to dig deep, and search for movement phenomena that can profoundly affect me, as music does. One that is as emotional. I found it, in the architectural works of the group who founded a movement notation, upon which it started to ask what is one movement. In the brain child of this group there emerged an answer. Wonderfully equipped with this (geometrical) answer, for the next 40 years it made dances that are asking where is the edge of the human capacity to engage in pre-concepted, pre-organized, pre-composed movements in a multi jointed body working in the gravity field. Unlike known styles of dance, that have to captivate audience from afar, using big movements [180 degrees angle leg splits, or fast spins on toes, i.e. swan lake etc.] here there were no financial limits, as everyone in this project worked from his own love (6 days a week). And yes, it was nicknamed the 'monastery'. In such atmosphere there were created clusters of movements, manifested in one body. Making it possible to compose [at last!] with an alphabet of movement. One can make a theme for one hand, which could 'travel' to your other hand, a leg, of your own, or your partners', or , like Bach here, start using reverse mode, cannons, dispositions, and structure manipulations, to at last, have a work of architecture in space and time. Better still, one can hold the manuscript, read, think in the idiom and share movements with other literati. And have a library of dances! So, now, with the summing experience of 35 years, of pushing the limits of mind and body to express an abstract moving model, in this art of the Eshkol-Wachman movement notation chamber dance group, I would never regret of doing; however, yes, familiar with your comment, I listen to this music, and still am affected in a way only music can bring about.
Playing the Partitas means clarifying the lines and symmetry that is so critical to the beauty of Bach. The artist communicates this symmetry well. Careful dialogue and shading is captured throughout. Very contemplative.
Открыла для себя нового талантливого исполнителя произведений Баха. Браво! Благодарю за предоставленную возможность наслаждаться тонкой игрой замечательного пианиста.
ouais... mais ce n'est pourtant pas parfait, quand on ecoute bien. on est aussi tres loin de l'emotion que donneraient martha argerich, helene grimaud, ou glenn gould, par exemples. mais c'est vrai qu'il y a une purete rafraichissante
Gentile Tatiana, mi compiaccio per la sua dedizione a Johan Sebastian Bach, le assicuro da me condivisa ma, essendo io Italiano, mi rattrista il suo difetto di conoscenza del nostro idioma. Onorato per la sua scelta di scrivere nella mia lingua, la esorto ad un maggiore impegno nell'apprenderla al fine di impiegarla esclusivamente con cognizione di causa. Mi auguro che Lei si applichi alacremente in un doveroso studio riparatore della lingua Italiana, splendida in se' ed espressione massima della indicibile Cultura del mio Paese. Buon lavoro. P.S. Se, come temo, Lei e' cittadina Russa, la prego di vergognarsi con tutti i suoi Connazionali.
2:18:57 I'm always baffled by how the Gigue of the Partita No. 6 points 2 centuries into the future. For the contemporary listeners, this must have been as hard to understand as Beethoven's piano sonata no 32 for his contemporaries. Out of their world. Complete abstraction and still eternal beauty.
Superbly done. Yuan Sheng lets this divine music speak for itself. Thankfully, he is not infected by what one 19th century critic called, "the Vanity of Virtuosity."
Inizi l'ascolto disattento, poi il genio razionale di Bach attraverso la magica e dolce precisione di Yuan Sheng ti richiamano l'attenzione, e rimani assorto col pensiero in tutto questo...
The way he plays it, the dynamics, the soft touch makes this already amazing collection of works by Bach just a little bit better. Truly and amazing pianist.
.....the great and eternal JSB enlightens my soul. The moment it starts, all conflicts of our world are over. We simply don’t listen enough to what the universe keeps telling us... Mi piace moltissimo
There was a time when many interpreters played Bach's music mechanically. It was "intellectual" music. In their hands, it became boring! Yuan Sheng lets us see the humanity that fills Bach's music.
@@roberthill1166 Yes. Fortunately, Yuan Sheng has his own genius, including the understanding it is the music that is the star (the performer shines in the reflection). The review below by Jorge Urzua Urzua is highly insightful.
A lot of insights from the Chinese that are original, full of freshness and energy, the rendering is sublime and the revelation of melodic lines is novel and crystal clear(Gould and Tureck's) that one cannot stop listening on with full joy in his heart. He entered the 2nd round of the 95s' chopin competition, I think he deserves more.
Muchas gracias por mi viaje al Cielo con el eterno JS BACH !!! Yuang Sheng, qué alma !!! Qué virtuosismo !!! Te transporta realmente al Cielo !!! ES MARAVILLOSO !!! 🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹
So good, so nice. Someone said he is melodious, yes, and his tone dynamic is beautiful. Among the best Bach that exist. And on Menuet in Partita No 1. I feel like dancing. It's like a waltz. And there is a lot more I can feel but it's difficult to express.
Mr. Yuan Sheng is a piano professor of China Central Conservatory in Beijing. He is considered the top Bach pianist in China. He once said, referring to another Bach pianist, Zhu Xiao Mei, "All who play Bach are my brothers." I enjoy his Bach immensely.
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Congratulations Mr Yuan Sheng! How wonderful that your excellent Bach playingskills are regarded as ‘the top Bach pianist in China’! However, I wondered if you could broaden your outlook on top playing Bach pianists by referring to them not only as a ‘brother’ but also as a ‘sister’? Your modelled behaviour might give women a better chance of being included. Martha Argerich has amazing piano skills for example, which also includes the ability to play JS Bach extremely well eg see Martha Argerich play Bach Partita No. 2 - th-cam.com/video/7mFDXNODNyc/w-d-xo.html Thank you!
The controversy in my mind is whether to let the music speak without using much of the resources of the modern piano. Those who can do this are the masters of Bach in my opinion. In this category I include Schiff and Sheng.
My first listen to this set is promising. I'd say I'd place it in the top five recordings I know, and I know dozens of recordings of the partitas on piano, harpsichord, clavichord, and one on organ. I like the way he varies repeats. Not a lot of musicians do that at all, and, frequently when they do they don't know what they're doing or their varied repeats are dissatisfying. Sheng's touch reminds me of the precise, pearl-like sound of Andras Schiff, though you wouldn't mistake him for Schiff. A wonderful set.
I have never heard Bach played in such a thoughtful manner. It is as if Yuan Sheng has been able to connect with the spirit of Bach. His interpretations have far surpassed Glenn Gould, Murray Perahia and any other masters out there.
Estoy de acuerdo, pero te pediría que escuches también la versión de la magnífica pianista francesa Marcelle Meyer, ya fallecida. Es Bach, metido en el teclado a través de sus dedos.
Très belle interprétation !!!! grande fluidité dans le jeu d'exécution ; très agréable à l'écoute... Une belle légèreté se dégage de ce travail au piano qui arrive à nous transporter de façon relaxante. C'est un accompagnement musical réellement bienfaisant dans notre quotidien à qui sait le ressentir. Bravo donc à l'interprète.
“Listen. He only just returned from a trip to find his wife had died. Bach had already lost three children, and he would lose seven more. This is grief and yet the rising notes of joy, shattering his own rules. Can you hear it? This is how men like me pray.” - Neil Gaiman, American Gods
Esto es absolutamente hermoso.!! Gracias Padre por haber hecho a este hombre ( BACH ) tan sensible para componer estás estrofas sacadas del piano de una manera casi CELESTIAL.
گتلیب والیش پدرش اطریشی و مادرش ایرانی و خاّهرزاده من میباشد مادرش از 3 سالگی به او تعلیم نواختن پیانو را اموخته. و بعد در بهترین مدارس شهر وین ادامه داده تا امروز توانسته برای خانواده ما و بقیه افتخار بیافرینذ مادر بزرگ ایرانی هم در ایران عزیز خودمان پیانیست بود یادش بخیر پدرگتلیب وی ولونیست مشهور.سرشناسی است . افتخار برای هر دو خانواده افسوس که موسیقی. در سرزمین ما ممنوع است ……….. ممنون از شما و به امیدروز ورزگاری بهتر …!!!! 🎼 🎶 🙏 🌺
No doubts the greatest musician of all times, way ahead of everyone, the first rocker, by the way, everybody make transcriptions of his music, all who followed have his influence, a bit or a lot.
A mi situación de viejo se agrega la convalecencia impuesta por un problema de salud, y a éstas dos condiciones, se suma la cuarentena que recomiendan las autoridades de salud para protegerse de los efectos del coronavirus. No obstante lo anterior, la vida la sigo viendo bella y aprovecho la recta final del camino. La música de Bach me acompaña y anima. Gracias por poner a mi alcance esta joya ...
Un mensaje optimista y entusiasta a la altura de la grandeza de Bach. Con esta Música a nuestro lado, ¿a quién o a qué debemos temer? Loado sea Bach en las Alturas. :)
‼️💯The best of the best💯‼️. I can’t believe that I can access these beautifully played Bach Partitas so easily. Thank you, Yuan Sheng! I hope you play at the Sydney Opera House one day!
This is superbly played with clarity and some ornamentation that I haven’t heard from other performers. I love it thank you. Subbed immediately to hear more, thanks Yuan. Congratulations must go to the Sound Engineer who expertly captures the crisp tones of the notes
einfach phänomenal - so verblüfft von dieser auf diese Weise interpretierten Musik, dass man sich unweigerlich fragt, ob man das jetzt wirklich gerade erlebt
Спасибо Вам за это Чудо! Как редко можно услышать такое чуткое, проникновенное и восхитительное исполнение клавирной музыки великого Баха! Какое задушевное, тонкое чувствование каждой интонации, каждого гармонического движения и с какой Любовью всё это исполнено! Убеждён, что эти записи уже стали жемчужинами мирового фортепианного исполнительства и займут видное место в ряду лучших интерпретаций европейской классической музыки! ☺️ 🌹
Comme l'a écrit Rivas Guerrero, Merci d'avoir mis ce bijou à ma portée...! Peut-on penser autrement devant cette merveille des sons, du piano et de la création de rJS Bach, que Dieu avait la main de ce créateur pour écrire ces merveilles ? L'étonnant est que depuis cette époque, PLUS Personne n'a pu réaliser quelque chose d'équivalent ou même d'approchant ! La modernité, le numérique et tout le reste, n'a jamais permis d'approcher et d'atteindre l'équivalent de ce créateur ? ! Merci à JS Bach l'unique, l'inoubliable, puisse-t-il m’entendre. N'oublions pas pour autant l’interprète Yuan Sheng qui est parfait.
Mosley Shoahs Exactly, there should be a moral cost benefit analysis. The chicken should not be allowed to participate as they generally are opposed to premature death by unnatural means.
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Thank you so much. I appreciate your words very much. Beethoven said: "Music is the only spiritual entrance to a higher world of knowledge."
Never heard of this pianist until recently and now I'll never forget him.
Yuan Sheng is arguably the best piano Bach interpreter appeared during the last two decades. His sound is convincing, crystalline, melodious. His sense of tempo is perfect. The architecture of the music emerges clean, transparent, beauteous. He builds a musical world deeply embedded in the musical world of Bach. His intellectual perception of Bach music is impressive, he may be categorized as a scholar, as his understanding of the music goes beyond the merely sensual. He approaches the musical miracle with straightforwardness and simplicity, letting the miracle happen just from the playing of the notes. No artifice, no nonsense, just the music. Thanks Piano Classics for allowing us mortals to enjoy a glimpse at the inside world of Bach.
please... "the best", what does it mean this nonsense statement regarding music?
there are interpreters and interpreters, it's music not olympic games...
karl bohm mozart requiem it's far away from the timing of all others, gould concerto italiano the same, doesn't exist in music "best or worse", it exists only what u like or don't like...
regarding sheng i don't like, the sound has a so few gamma of timbres, almost monotonous, metronomic, banal, in other words: annoying...
and this is MY point of view...
@@демкен Dear Comrade: I read my comment again. I think that calling it "nonsense" goes against the spirit of the music and the respect due to other opinions. Music IS a very hierarchical world. How do you think the seating arrangements for the violins in the orchestra is made? The "best" seats upfront, and is called the concertino or primary. He is the best of this particular group. Who decides? The stable conductor. For young piano players, there is the Tchaikovsky competition. Who wins the gold medal is the best of that lot. Like it or not, we humans are all different, and some are better than others, as Orwell recognized long ago.
@@демкенI agree, try this th-cam.com/video/SUWqJqC2brU/w-d-xo.html
@@DanielRomero-vr6ej Many thanks for your answer pointing to the young icelandic pianist. Vikingur Olafsson. He records for the Deutsche Grammophon seal and has a distinguished career as an interpreter. Besides his several award winning records on Bach, he has a wide scope including Mozart and contemporary composers. He has a blooming international career despite his youth. His Bach playing is not too different from Yuan Sheng, perhaps due to his training in New York. Like Sheng, he has been compared to Glenn Gould.
Hear, hear!
The Saranbade repetition with the ornaments was so beautiful, never heard it like that. Previous interpretations look plain in comparison. This one feels like beautiful cursif font we find in those handicrafted wedding invitations. A marvel.
I can't understand how could some people say that BACH's music is unemotional !!
and me, i can't understand how you can play bach with so little emotion... except to be chinese, maybe
@@jesuisamoureuxdetoi and me, I can't understand how you can listen to that wonderful interpretation without feeling the emotion it carries ( a subtle kind of emotion for sure, as usual for Bach, but very deep )...except to be narrow-minded as you, maybe
Some persons lack the physical functionality in one or more parts of the brain that are required to feel certain types of emotions.
@@777rogerf yes - /like socialized sociopaths! And with age and typical human life style this ability atrophies....
Baroque music is considered less emotional than later eras of music because they didn't use dynamics as much. The piano wasn't invented yet, composers played the harpsichord or organ and did not add velocity to his notations. The song getting quiet and then getting loud is a huge aspect of what makes music sound "emotional". In the Classical era of music composers had pianos and began to include velocity. Another reason people find both Baroque and Classic music to be less emotional is because it was taboo to utilize the 3rds and 6ths of a scale and composers favored the more "perfect" harmonies like 4ths, 5ths, and octaves. It wasn't until the Romantic era of music (Beethoven) that taboo was shook. The 3rd note in a scale is what gives you the distinct Major or Minor sound and is considered to be the most emotional note of the 7 in the scale.
Rosalyn Tureck must be proud of her pupil.Listened to various chinese pianists but Y.Sheng really understands Bach.Clean,simple,emotional and strong interpretation.
Beautiful performance, nothing stimulates the mind like Bach…
Love the way he brings out the important voices, helping the listener make sense of this complex music. Also, he conveys beautifully the dance-like quality of so much of Bach's music. Yuan Sheng is clearly among the greatest living exponents of Bach. His rubato and ornamentation are tasteful, and he knows how to use music to tell a story.
00:00:00 Partita No. 1 in B-Flat Major, BWV 825: I. Praeludium
00:01:43 Partita No. 1 in B-Flat Major, BWV 825: II. Allemande
00:05:37 Partita No. 1 in B-Flat Major, BWV 825: III. Corrente
00:08:35 Partita No. 1 in B-Flat Major, BWV 825: IV. Sarabande
00:14:10 Partita No. 1 in B-Flat Major, BWV 825: V. Menuet I&II
00:17:20 Partita No. 1 in B-Flat Major, BWV 825: VI. Giga
00:19:22 Partita No. 2 in C Minor, BWV 826: I. Sinfonia
00:23:43 Partita No. 2 in C Minor, BWV 826: II. Allemande
00:28:20 Partita No. 2 in C Minor, BWV 826: III. Courante
00:30:42 Partita No. 2 in C Minor, BWV 826: IV. Sarabande
00:34:41 Partita No. 2 in C Minor, BWV 826: V. Rondeaux
00:36:07 Partita No. 2 in C Minor, BWV 826: VI. Capriccio
00:39:41 Partita No. 4 in D Major, BWV 828: I. Ouverture
00:46:02 Partita No. 4 in D Major, BWV 828: II. Allemande
00:55:09 Partita No. 4 in D Major, BWV 828: III. Courante
00:58:49 Partita No. 4 in D Major, BWV 828: IV. Sarabande
01:04:58 Partita No. 4 in D Major, BWV 828: V. Aria
01:07:12 Partita No. 4 in D Major, BWV 828: VI. Menuet
01:08:38 Partita No. 4 in D Major, BWV 828: VII. Gigue
01:12:13 Partita No. 3 in A Minor, BWV 827: I. Fantasia
01:14:22 Partita No. 3 in A Minor, BWV 827: II. Allemande
01:17:09 Partita No. 3 in A Minor, BWV 827: III. Corrente
01:20:34 Partita No. 3 in A Minor, BWV 827: IV. Sarabande
01:25:03 Partita No. 3 in A Minor, BWV 827: V. Burlesca
01:27:30 Partita No. 3 in A Minor, BWV 827: VI. Scherzo
01:28:40 Partita No. 3 in A Minor, BWV 827: VII. Gigue
01:31:56 Partita No. 5 in G Major, BWV 829: I. Praeambulum
01:34:38 Partita No. 5 in G Major, BWV 829: II. Allemande
01:38:56 Partita No. 5 in G Major, BWV 829: III. Corrente
01:40:48 Partita No. 5 in G Major, BWV 829: IV. Sarabande
01:45:57 Partita No. 5 in G Major, BWV 829: V. Tempo di menuetta
01:47:52 Partita No. 5 in G Major, BWV 829: VI. Passepied
01:49:37 Partita No. 5 in G Major, BWV 829: VII. Gigue
01:53:26 Partita No. 6 in E Minor, BWV 830: I. Toccata
02:00:26 Partita No. 6 in E Minor, BWV 830: II. Allemanda
02:03:32 Partita No. 6 in E Minor, BWV 830: III. Corrente
02:08:22 Partita No. 6 in E Minor, BWV 830: IV. Sarabande
02:15:16 Partita No. 6 in E Minor, BWV 830: V. Air
02:16:46 Partita No. 6 in E Minor, BWV 830: VI. Tempo di gavotte
02:18:57 Partita No. 6 in E Minor, BWV 830: VII. Gigue
Thank you
I think Sarabande and Air in Partita No. 6 are exchanged-should be IV. Air, then V. Sarabande.
And the same exchange (Aria Sarabande) is in 4th Partita. These exchanges are somewhat in common, I saw this, say, in Gianluca Luisi recording (by the way, also the finest). As for me, Air best place is before Sarabande, so I switch them in playlists (where possible).
Pero madre mía güili, qué haces aquí compañero?
Viva España, coñ*!!!!!
Sos un genio.!!
Bach is a fertile and sober and rich spiritual Land
These music are a paramount gift to Bach music lovers
Aside from the lovely playing, kudos to the sound engineer. The sound is luminous and alive.
This pianist is amazing; he plays like he was on a harpsichord and this makes the sound like it was never done before. Bravo Mr. Yuen !
There is exquisite beauty in Bach's works but I am reminded of how our brains work on patterns and this music is full of wonderful patterns. I admit to knowing little of music but we all feel things and thank you, our brains, and bach's cleverness.
Finally a modern piano player of classic who is good and has proper studio versions captured.
Some of our best pianists of the 20th century hardly have a few good recordings when they were at their peak or just bad recordings ...
I've spent the last half century of my life with paints and brushes, engaging with some of the most beautiful places on the planet (Himalayas, Europe, Japan, Central Asia, South Pacific, South America, the American Southwest, etc.), living and depicting the most beautiful moments in those places. The only thing that can make me regret not having spent my life otherwise is listening to classical music. Bach of course, first and foremost, but also the other European Classical masters, and I also have to eclectically include classical Indian music, classical jazz, classical didgeridoo, classical koto and shakuhachi, etc. You get the idea. But Bach does stand alone, his music architectonic masterpieces of the mind and soul. God I wish I could play it! You never see something really until you stop and paint it - the steady accumulation of observation interspersed with gestures of emotion - and you probably can never really know this music unless you can play it and hear it whole with all its parts. I started piano at 57 and have managed a few of the two part inventions, so I can sense the wonders that lay beyond. Maybe in the next lifetime . . . meanwhile sincere appreciation and admiration to those who can, and who share it with us!
Is not late..And Bach does not seem to come with something new...
It‘s never late! The human brain is always ready to get new input - every moment. And don‘t see it as a waste not having explored the world of classical music. I started pretty ‚‘late‘ with drawing which you mastered while I fooled around.
Dear Mr. Brian Williams, I've spent all my life looking into the art of movement, dance. In many of its styles classical, folklore, modern, jazz, etc. This includes martial arts, Kong Fu and Tai-ji. Your remark resonates with my 'jealousy" so to speak with the power of music . It always triggered me, as a young dancer, choreographer, (teaching in the academy of dance) and dance history teacher, that no matter how good the dance is, if you take away the music, it is so much less, too much less. Metaphorically speaking, it always 'falls' behind the power of music.
To share with you, this observation, as a movement person, made me decide to dig deep, and search for movement phenomena that can profoundly affect me, as music does. One that is as emotional. I found it, in the architectural works of the group who founded a movement notation, upon which it started to ask what is one movement. In the brain child of this group there emerged an answer. Wonderfully equipped with this (geometrical) answer, for the next 40 years it made dances that are asking where is the edge of the human capacity to engage in pre-concepted, pre-organized, pre-composed movements in a multi jointed body working in the gravity field. Unlike known styles of dance, that have to captivate audience from afar, using big movements [180 degrees angle leg splits, or fast spins on toes, i.e. swan lake etc.] here there were no financial limits, as everyone in this project worked from his own love (6 days a week). And yes, it was nicknamed the 'monastery'.
In such atmosphere there were created clusters of movements, manifested in one body. Making it possible to compose [at last!] with an alphabet of movement. One can make a theme for one hand, which could 'travel' to your other hand, a leg, of your own, or your partners', or , like Bach here, start using reverse mode, cannons, dispositions, and structure manipulations, to at last, have a work of architecture in space and time. Better still, one can hold the manuscript, read, think in the idiom and share movements with other literati. And have a library of dances!
So, now, with the summing experience of 35 years, of pushing the limits of mind and body to express an abstract moving model, in this art of the Eshkol-Wachman movement notation chamber dance group, I would never regret of doing; however, yes, familiar with your comment, I listen to this music, and still am affected in a way only music can bring about.
Brian Williams What Bach did was Soli Deo gloria without that perspective life is just a series of idolatries that will turn to ashes in ones mouth
Prof Sheng really captures both the vitality of the dances and the somber tones of these partitas beautifully!
Playing the Partitas means clarifying the lines and symmetry that is so critical to the beauty of Bach. The artist communicates this symmetry well. Careful dialogue and shading is captured throughout. Very contemplative.
Открыла для себя нового талантливого исполнителя произведений Баха. Браво! Благодарю за предоставленную возможность наслаждаться тонкой игрой замечательного пианиста.
Listening to this whilst reading fairytale stories is perfect. I LOVE IT
Une précision chirurgicale dans cette interprétation fantastique de Bach. Simplement divin. Merci à Yuan Scheng!
ouais... mais ce n'est pourtant pas parfait, quand on ecoute bien. on est aussi tres loin de l'emotion que donneraient martha argerich, helene grimaud, ou glenn gould, par exemples. mais c'est vrai qu'il y a une purete rafraichissante
Vielen Dank fürs Hochladen. So schöne Musik habe ich schon lange nicht mehr gehört.
REZEPTE
he was an organ player complicated on his age but now he is the most brilliat composer ever the humanity seen
well, that's debatable, there are to many good ones to make a final decision
@@freeclassicalmusiclibrary6522 It is possible that J. S. Bach is most often given the top spot by musicologists and musicians..
Adoro !!!!!!!!!!non si stancherò mai ad ascoltare !!!!!!! Bravo Yuan Sheng !!!
Gentile Tatiana, mi compiaccio per la sua dedizione a Johan Sebastian Bach, le assicuro da me condivisa ma, essendo io Italiano, mi rattrista il suo difetto di conoscenza del nostro idioma. Onorato per la sua scelta di scrivere nella mia lingua, la esorto ad un maggiore impegno nell'apprenderla al fine di impiegarla esclusivamente con cognizione di causa. Mi auguro che Lei si applichi alacremente in un doveroso studio riparatore della lingua Italiana, splendida in se' ed espressione massima della indicibile Cultura del mio Paese. Buon lavoro. P.S. Se, come temo, Lei e' cittadina Russa, la prego di vergognarsi con tutti i suoi Connazionali.
@@alessandromarchesini9039czego Tatiana miałaby się wstydzić jeżeli jest Rosjanką? Rosja wydała wielu znakomitych kompozytorów i innych artystów.
Bach’s music is my luxury and magnificent tranqulizer
2:18:57
I'm always baffled by how the Gigue of the Partita No. 6 points 2 centuries into the future. For the contemporary listeners, this must have been as hard to understand as Beethoven's piano sonata no 32 for his contemporaries. Out of their world. Complete abstraction and still eternal beauty.
И флейт водосточных стакатто
Superbly done. Yuan Sheng lets this divine music speak for itself. Thankfully, he is not infected by what one 19th century critic called, "the Vanity of Virtuosity."
Inizi l'ascolto disattento, poi il genio razionale di Bach attraverso la magica e dolce precisione di Yuan Sheng ti richiamano l'attenzione, e rimani assorto col pensiero in tutto questo...
The way he plays it, the dynamics, the soft touch makes this already amazing collection of works by Bach just a little bit better. Truly and amazing pianist.
.....the great and eternal JSB enlightens my soul. The moment it starts, all conflicts of our world are over. We simply don’t listen enough to what the universe keeps telling us...
Mi piace moltissimo
There was a time when many interpreters played Bach's music mechanically. It was "intellectual" music. In their hands, it became boring! Yuan Sheng lets us see the humanity that fills Bach's music.
Bach is music is calming and peaceful and it has a great melody it’t so amazing
God is now with us !!!. My heart is healtly, is reconfortado!!!. Is wonderfull..God bless Bach, God bless you!!!!. Thank you, so much.!!
rip now corona
It’s Bach. Gods have nothing to do with his talent,.
@@roberthill1166 idiot.
@@roberthill1166 What would Bach respond to that? Yeah I thought so.
The performance on this recording is formidable, reminiscent to Glenn Gould's understanding and feeling of Bach... I love it, thank you so much 🙏
And without Gould's (imho) self-absorbed humming walterstoffelauthor.com
@@walterstoffel4714 The most annoying thing ever!
Walter Stoffel Yes but also without Gould’s genius.
@@roberthill1166 I certainly wouldn't dispute Gould's genius. But he's the "marmite" pianist....you either love him or hate him :-)
@@roberthill1166 Yes. Fortunately, Yuan Sheng has his own genius, including the understanding it is the music that is the star (the performer shines in the reflection). The review below by Jorge Urzua Urzua is highly insightful.
A lot of insights from the Chinese that are original, full of freshness and energy, the rendering is sublime and the revelation of melodic lines is novel and crystal clear(Gould and Tureck's) that one cannot stop listening on with full joy in his heart. He entered the 2nd round of the 95s' chopin competition, I think he deserves more.
Muchas gracias por mi viaje al Cielo con el eterno JS BACH !!! Yuang Sheng, qué alma !!! Qué virtuosismo !!! Te transporta realmente al Cielo !!! ES MARAVILLOSO !!! 🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹
So good, so nice. Someone said he is melodious, yes, and his tone dynamic is beautiful. Among the best Bach that exist. And on Menuet in Partita No 1. I feel like dancing. It's like a waltz. And there is a lot more I can feel but it's difficult to express.
Thank you so much! Fine performance.
Recorded in Beijing Concert Hall, China.
Jun 2, 2015 (Partitas 1, 2, 4) & Nov 9, 2015 (Partitas 3, 5, 6).
Nothing stimulates the mind like listening to Bach…
Mr. Yuan Sheng is a piano professor of China Central Conservatory in Beijing. He is considered the top Bach pianist in China. He once said, referring to another Bach pianist, Zhu Xiao Mei, "All who play Bach are my brothers." I enjoy his Bach immensely.
Congratulations Mr Yuan Sheng! How wonderful that your excellent Bach playingskills are regarded as ‘the top Bach pianist in China’! However, I wondered if you could broaden your outlook on top playing Bach pianists by referring to them not only as a ‘brother’ but also as a ‘sister’? Your modelled behaviour might give women a better chance of being included. Martha Argerich has amazing piano skills for example, which also includes the ability to play JS Bach extremely well eg see Martha Argerich play Bach Partita No. 2 - th-cam.com/video/7mFDXNODNyc/w-d-xo.html
Thank you!
@ Please see my new comment, replying to yours.
@ I believe "brothers" is a colloquialism like saying "hey guys" - it doesn't imply a gender. At least, that is how I understand the phrase.
@@JohnSmith-gp9ut That's correct
Guaf guaf guaf
I need to listen to classical music to refresh my ear everyday.
same! thats why I upload in my channel to!
And mind!
With a lively yet delicate touch, he makes these works quite enjoyable.
The controversy in my mind is whether to let the music speak without using much of the resources of the modern piano. Those who can do this are the masters of Bach in my opinion. In this category I include Schiff and Sheng.
Beautifully played, transported me to a peaceful world.
We're glad you enjoyed it!
My first listen to this set is promising. I'd say I'd place it in the top five recordings I know, and I know dozens of recordings of the partitas on piano, harpsichord, clavichord, and one on organ.
I like the way he varies repeats. Not a lot of musicians do that at all, and, frequently when they do they don't know what they're doing or their varied repeats are dissatisfying. Sheng's touch reminds me of the precise, pearl-like sound of Andras Schiff, though you wouldn't mistake him for Schiff. A wonderful set.
Кто входит в эту пятёрку по-вашему мнению?
Yuansheng is absolutely an amazing artist! He always shows subtle changes in his performance.
Perfection in execution, sensitive, musicality, interpretation ~ absolute excellence! A JOY to listen ~ grazie mille
L'essere umano, finché ci sarà, apprenderà la musica sempre grazie a Bach. Immortale.
a luminous interpretation that gives these subtle and magnificent scores a crystal-clear clarity. A marvel...
I have never heard Bach played in such a thoughtful manner. It is as if Yuan Sheng has been able to connect with the spirit of Bach. His interpretations have far surpassed Glenn Gould, Murray Perahia and any other masters out there.
Estoy de acuerdo, pero te pediría que escuches también la versión de la magnífica pianista francesa Marcelle Meyer, ya fallecida. Es Bach, metido en el teclado a través de sus dedos.
¡Qué apoteósico es el legado de Bach! Perfecto para vivir mejor esta Semana Santa en cuarentena.
La perfezione di BACH!
Splendida MUSICA!
Perfecta les Partitas de J S Bach ❤
such beautiful order. Notes are in place but have life within themselves.
its amazin how bach does that!
Très belle interprétation !!!! grande fluidité dans le jeu d'exécution ; très agréable à l'écoute... Une belle légèreté se dégage de ce travail au piano qui arrive à nous transporter de façon relaxante. C'est un accompagnement musical réellement bienfaisant dans notre quotidien à qui sait le ressentir. Bravo donc à l'interprète.
“Listen. He only just returned from a trip to find his wife had died. Bach had already lost three children, and he would lose seven more. This is grief and yet the rising notes of joy, shattering his own rules. Can you hear it? This is how men like me pray.” - Neil Gaiman, American Gods
An outstanding presentation of the Bach partitas. I am enjoying them immensely!
Esto es absolutamente hermoso.!! Gracias Padre por haber hecho a este hombre ( BACH ) tan sensible para componer estás estrofas sacadas del piano de una manera casi CELESTIAL.
Bach es un angel
Lo creo es irresistible no escucharlo.!!
@45:40 the harmonies/textures are perfect. The D major Courante @55:39 is one of the most joyful pieces ever written.
گتلیب والیش پدرش اطریشی و مادرش ایرانی و خاّهرزاده من میباشد مادرش از 3 سالگی به او تعلیم نواختن پیانو را اموخته. و بعد در بهترین مدارس شهر وین ادامه داده تا امروز توانسته برای خانواده ما و بقیه افتخار بیافرینذ مادر بزرگ ایرانی هم
در ایران عزیز خودمان پیانیست بود یادش بخیر پدرگتلیب وی ولونیست مشهور.سرشناسی است . افتخار برای هر دو خانواده افسوس که موسیقی. در سرزمین ما ممنوع است ……….. ممنون از شما و به امیدروز ورزگاری بهتر …!!!! 🎼 🎶 🙏 🌺
The performance is so perfect and beautiful!!
Thank you so much!
Bravo Prof.Sheng, you’re excellent!!
per ritornare in pace con l'universo, grazie Johan e grazie Yuan
No doubts the greatest musician of all times, way ahead of everyone, the first rocker, by the way, everybody make transcriptions of his music, all who followed have his influence, a bit or a lot.
Чудо!как Вы порадовали мою душу своим исполнением! кристально чистый,как слеза!!!
Sublime...gracias bach
This music has a hypnotising effect on my dog. I think it's his favourite doze music. It in no way makes him....bach.
But I would bet he’d like a chopin his dog dish.
Your dog has excellent taste. I take it that playing Bach's music makes it easier for you to Handel him. (😂 Sorry.)
Эту Музыку можно слушать бесконечно. Спасибо Yuan Sheng за глубокое прочтение Баха. Слушаю разговор умный, интересный, захватывающий
A mi situación de viejo se agrega la convalecencia impuesta por un problema de salud, y a éstas dos condiciones, se suma la cuarentena que recomiendan las autoridades de salud para protegerse de los efectos del coronavirus. No obstante lo anterior, la vida la sigo viendo bella y aprovecho la recta final del camino. La música de Bach me acompaña y anima. Gracias por poner a mi alcance esta joya ...
idem broder
Un mensaje optimista y entusiasta a la altura de la grandeza de Bach. Con esta Música a nuestro lado, ¿a quién o a qué debemos temer? Loado sea Bach en las Alturas. :)
La música de Bach es un bálsamo para el alma. Acerca a Dios.
habla con jesus escuchando la musica de bach no estas solo el esta a tu lado
ingles? no hablo espanol
This music makes me focus and concentrating!!!
me too :)
‼️💯The best of the best💯‼️. I can’t believe that I can access these beautifully played Bach Partitas so easily. Thank you, Yuan Sheng! I hope you play at the Sydney Opera House one day!
Thank to Piano Classics for shearing such a beauty !
You're welcome. Thank you for enjoying it
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Un grande Bach!!
This is superbly played with clarity and some ornamentation that I haven’t heard from other performers. I love it thank you. Subbed immediately to hear more, thanks Yuan. Congratulations must go to the Sound Engineer who expertly captures the crisp tones of the notes
I can listen to your performances all day !
This is mesmerisingly beautiful.
Thank you for the gold!
einfach phänomenal - so verblüfft von dieser auf diese Weise interpretierten Musik, dass man sich unweigerlich fragt, ob man das jetzt wirklich gerade erlebt
best music ever created
By far.
Спасибо Вам за это Чудо! Как редко можно услышать такое чуткое, проникновенное и восхитительное исполнение клавирной музыки великого Баха! Какое задушевное, тонкое чувствование каждой интонации, каждого гармонического движения и с какой Любовью всё это исполнено! Убеждён, что эти записи уже стали жемчужинами мирового фортепианного исполнительства и займут видное место в ряду лучших интерпретаций европейской классической музыки! ☺️ 🌹
Absolutely perfect performance!
Er spielt JSB wunderschön so muss es sein vielen Dank
I might have a new favorite Bach interpreter!
how wonderfully composed these commercials are interwoven with some old music ;->
Comme l'a écrit Rivas Guerrero, Merci d'avoir mis ce bijou à ma portée...! Peut-on penser autrement devant cette merveille des sons,
du piano et de la création de rJS Bach, que Dieu avait la main de ce créateur pour écrire ces merveilles ?
L'étonnant est que depuis cette époque, PLUS Personne n'a pu réaliser quelque chose d'équivalent ou même d'approchant !
La modernité, le numérique et tout le reste, n'a jamais permis d'approcher et d'atteindre l'équivalent de ce créateur ? !
Merci à JS Bach l'unique, l'inoubliable, puisse-t-il m’entendre. N'oublions pas pour autant l’interprète Yuan Sheng qui est parfait.
She plays this so fluently and bright. Amazing.
She??!!??
Listening to this white mountain biking through the woods on the last day of Summer 😀
Je me suis tombée par hasard sur cette magnifique vidéo.
c'est très beau beautyful.
Thank you so much for this!
Love it can't have enough of it
Quite beautiful....a pleasure on a cold morning. Thank you.
A pleasure always.
아름다운 피아노 연주곡 잘 들었습니다~감사합니다~🎵🎹🌿🍀☘🌹🌹☘🍀🌿❤❤
The partitas open my heart and soothe my soul.
This music makes me transcend.
I could listen to 14:10 - 19:25 over and over and over again. Such amazing music.
im playing this for my chickens because i read they like classical music
Oh yes! I can confirm it.
Glorms You can play one of the chorales from the B minor mass when you senselessly slaughter them !
Mosley Shoahs It’s often overcooked, burnt or dried out. Senseless loss of a chickens life !
Mosley Shoahs yup!
Mosley Shoahs Exactly, there should be a moral cost benefit analysis. The chicken should not be allowed to participate as they generally are opposed to premature death by unnatural means.
Très bien joué. Grand respect de Bach.
Best recording of these partitas.
I agree!
My dead cat used to love classical music and opera, listening to this makes me somewhat happy and sad at the same time
Many compliments! Brilliant interpretation! Your performance and masterful interpretation is a joy to listen to!
Me conmueve tanta belleza... c'est émouvante!
Hace un año que no escucho esta maravillosa música, pero la llevo en el alma !!! Muchas gracias por ella 💕💕💕💕💕
Beautiful beyond words