I like his playing and interpretation of this particular Bach/Busoni. Thank you for sharing this. Kissin always at his best no matter what piece he performs, A perfectionist in every repertoire that he plays.
Je la travaille en ce moment et c'est extrêmement difficile tant dans la longueur temporelle que dans l'écriture mais je m'accroche. Il y a un tel potentiel de partage émotionnel dans cette oeuvre que je ne lâche pas le morceau.
I don't know how people can judge this transcription (and any Bach/Busoni) with so much ignorance. This was never meant to be baroque; it's an image of the Chaconne through another channel (piano) and another style (romantic). It's like judging Horowitz's Carmen for not being romantic. In any case, any performance of a baroque work in piano is, in a sort of way, a transcription, since we don't know the approach that a modern piano would have had at that time. There are interpretations with more restrain that can please some unsatisfied people. My favorite for this piece is Bruno Gelber's.
Bach's Chaconne is one of the great compositions of all time. Hearing it by a great pianist is a great gift. Comparisons are for morons. Enjoy greatness for the gift it truly is.
hi milou. Yes I agree with you, this one is very thoughtful. I think, like Evgeny says, it has something to do with the atmosphere. Evgeny says that he gets inspired from the audiences. I think that might be a point. You can visit the kissin fanforum if you want. You can follow there all the latest news if you want.
I was actually at the Royal Festival Hall when he played this!!! Kissin is usually better Live than in Studio...Another good one is his playing of the Brahms Paganini Variations at Royal Festival Hall...much better than studio version..
I just listened to Rubinstein, and like this one better, in several sections sections. I have not found a piano master yet who performs this to my liking in every section.
I think it possible that a lot of nonsense has been said about Bach's music and the "Baroque style". Especially with relation to the harpsichord, which most musicians hated for its lack of dynamics, and JSB himself is supposed to have described it as ''soulless''. He wrote this after the death of his wife. I suspect he just played this on his violin and poured his soul out, with every emotion he had, later committing it to paper for us to marvel over. He never transcribed it himself, as no other instrument at the time was capable of the depth of expression of the violin. What he would have done for a modern grand piano! Busoni attempted to put in the passion, and probably his piano could not manage the full effect. After all Beethoven wrote for pains that had not developed to the power necessary for what he wanted, and he was always telling that to the manufacturers.
"No other instrument at J. S. Bach's time but the violin could express this." Are you that sure? How about the organ? J. S. Bach and IMHO Felix Mendelssohn wrote the most beautiful works for organ! In an other aspect you could however be right: it's not only the expression of the (crying) soul (that only a violin can symbolize) but the feeling of being so lonely! And there you're perfectly right! An organ would have been too much ... ;)
You are correct. In fact, he titled the collection the chaconne appears in "Sei solo." Not sei soli (six solos), but "sei solo," or "you are alone." Profoundly moving, that he coped with the huge loss of his wife by composing music for often double-stopped violin, sometimes creating the illusion of hearing not one, but two violins.
In Busoni's transcription it actually states in many places to not arpeggiate the chords. Though most pianists have to, since they stretch is too great.
I'm surprised busoni's score might say not to arpeggiate, since the Chaconne for violin is played effectively arpeggiated by nature of the instrument and surely the piano performance needs this
I love Kissin, but this performance is a bit noisy...I also notice that the last chord is still in d minor, when it should be major...that's a very Bach-ian trait in all of his minor key works is that the last note (or chord) in the major...
Yes. This is simply an absolutely tasteless transcription of such a great piece of music. Especially the parts from 4:03, 7:10 and 14:31 are some of the most terrible moments in music history. There are pianists like Malcuzynski who somehow manage to give the transcription some dignity, but it is and stays a horrible distortion.
やっぱりキーシンは何を弾いても素晴らしいです。本当に凄すぎる❗大好きです。
I like that he takes the minor chord at the end
unquestionably the correct one
absolument incroyable ! magique
I like his playing and interpretation of this particular Bach/Busoni. Thank you for sharing
this. Kissin always at his best no matter what piece he performs, A perfectionist in every
repertoire that he plays.
Je la travaille en ce moment et c'est extrêmement difficile tant dans la longueur temporelle que dans l'écriture mais je m'accroche. Il y a un tel potentiel de partage émotionnel dans cette oeuvre que je ne lâche pas le morceau.
I don't know how people can judge this transcription (and any Bach/Busoni) with so much ignorance. This was never meant to be baroque; it's an image of the Chaconne through another channel (piano) and another style (romantic). It's like judging Horowitz's Carmen for not being romantic. In any case, any performance of a baroque work in piano is, in a sort of way, a transcription, since we don't know the approach that a modern piano would have had at that time. There are interpretations with more restrain that can please some unsatisfied people. My favorite for this piece is Bruno Gelber's.
Yeah, but what you're saying is making sense. And we can't have that on the internet.
Facconti Thank you, you are 100% correct!
Right. Busoni was quite a guy. This is a beautiful thing.
Maybe we may call this is Busosni's Fantasia from Bach's Chaconne.
In terms of so-called "Romanticism", Stokowski's orchestration is far more efficient.
Tremendous performance.
Bach's Chaconne is one of the great compositions of all time. Hearing it by a great pianist is a great gift. Comparisons are for morons. Enjoy greatness for the gift it truly is.
i'm with you , doug. well said.
c'est magnifique.
My favorite Bach Busoni Chaconne is Michelangeli, but this is still a very good performance.
yeah. for eternity.
Awesome, thanks !!!
hi milou. Yes I agree with you, this one is very thoughtful. I think, like Evgeny says, it has something to do with the atmosphere. Evgeny says that he gets inspired from the audiences. I think that might be a point. You can visit the kissin fanforum if you want. You can follow there all the latest news if you want.
I was actually at the Royal Festival Hall when he played this!!! Kissin is usually better Live than in Studio...Another good one is his playing of the Brahms Paganini Variations at Royal Festival Hall...much better than studio version..
how can you possibly say average? and rated # 99 ! do you live on mars ? this man is a genius....
Perfect.
I just listened to Rubinstein, and like this one better, in several sections sections. I have not found a piano master yet who performs this to my liking in every section.
I like more the Brahms transcription for left hand, Zimmerman plays it super
I think it possible that a lot of nonsense has been said about Bach's music and the "Baroque style". Especially with relation to the harpsichord, which most musicians hated for its lack of dynamics, and JSB himself is supposed to have described it as ''soulless''. He wrote this after the death of his wife. I suspect he just played this on his violin and poured his soul out, with every emotion he had, later committing it to paper for us to marvel over. He never transcribed it himself, as no other instrument at the time was capable of the depth of expression of the violin. What he would have done for a modern grand piano! Busoni attempted to put in the passion, and probably his piano could not manage the full effect. After all Beethoven wrote for pains that had not developed to the power necessary for what he wanted, and he was always telling that to the manufacturers.
"No other instrument at J. S. Bach's time but the violin could express this." Are you that sure? How about the organ?
J. S. Bach and IMHO Felix Mendelssohn wrote the most beautiful works for organ!
In an other aspect you could however be right: it's not only the expression of the (crying) soul (that only a violin can symbolize) but the feeling of being so lonely! And there you're perfectly right! An organ would have been too much ... ;)
You are correct. In fact, he titled the collection the chaconne appears in "Sei solo." Not sei soli (six solos), but "sei solo," or "you are alone." Profoundly moving, that he coped with the huge loss of his wife by composing music for often double-stopped violin, sometimes creating the illusion of hearing not one, but two violins.
In Busoni's transcription it actually states in many places to not arpeggiate the chords. Though most pianists have to, since they stretch is too great.
frumos canta bach
No, it´s true. I felt the same.
гениален
I'm surprised busoni's score might say not to arpeggiate, since the Chaconne for violin is played effectively arpeggiated by nature of the instrument and surely the piano performance needs this
только изза голубого пиджака я слушаю эту пианинную игру музыканта и великого пионера Кисина
Wow. Impressive performance especially for a 24 year old.
me too
try Maria Tipo
***** Still sexist in the 21st century? Grow up.
***** Listen to Zuzanna Ruzickova, Tatiana Nikolayeva or Maria Yudina.
Try Hélène Grimaud. IMHO slightly better than Kissin. But the best Bach-Busoni Chaconne was played by the one and only Artur Rubinstein! :D
I think that the chords should be played as arpeggios. That'd sound better, don't you think?
Check out also these brilliant performances by Andrew Gu:
ruclips.net/video/tNpJc_diyK8/видео.html
ruclips.net/video/qS9NXSS8g9g/видео.html
Vous avez entendu qu'il la terminé en mineur ?
Kissin's performance is undoubtedly good, but I prefer Grimaud
Completely agree.
I love Kissin, but this performance is a bit noisy...I also notice that the last chord is still in d minor, when it should be major...that's a very Bach-ian trait in all of his minor key works is that the last note (or chord) in the major...
But the original bach end it in minor
да здравствует Спб
mejor es en violin..... Gidon Kremer - Bach, Chaconne
this piano sounds almost like a harpsichord... am I crazy?
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I like Kissin, he is a wonderful artist, but his Chaconne is “underpowered” in comparison with Rubinstein and Gilels!
No es.
1. Shura Cherkassky
2. ABM
3. Arthur Rubinstein
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99. Evgeny Kissin
very nice but horrible
TheSmoshmy what do you mean?
vague and absurd
He means: "I'm just a moron who understands nothing about music."
complimenti busoni ai fatto un schifezza
Bernd Glemser spielt dieses Stück noch besser
average
Yes. This is simply an absolutely tasteless transcription of such a great piece of music. Especially the parts from 4:03, 7:10 and 14:31 are some of the most terrible moments in music history. There are pianists like Malcuzynski who somehow manage to give the transcription some dignity, but it is and stays a horrible distortion.
...пародийныя страдания....
Не потянул....
Причем- по всем статьям....
Удивительно - абсолютно и как в потемках-....очень мелко и поверхностно....