Schiff recorded the complete keyboard works of Bach back in 1982-1985. Decca had the 11-CD set for sale so I bought it. I spent the next 15 years commuting to and from work every day (60 miles round trip) listening to all 11 of those discs. Thank you, Maestro Schiff, for helping to preserve my sanity on the Washington DC beltway during rush hour.
I've always been very fond of the French Overture; it is rarely discussed by itself. I think if Bach had lived a little longer he might have written more music along the lines of the French Suites and Overture because of the direction of fashion at the time.
Several years ago I had the good fortune to hear Andres Schiiff perform at Davies Hall in San Francisco. It was an all Brahms concert, except for the single encore which was Bach's Italian Concerto (all three movements).
András Schiff does thank me for my attention in the end (21:03). But it is me who has to thank him for this exquisite introduction. And thank you for uploading and making it available to a larger audience.
What I find quite interesting is that the only extant manuscript of the French Overture is in C minor. Considering the 415 Hz tuning system, it sounds in fact in B minor today. I wonder why the rest of his works were not transposed a half tone below in modern printed editions... especially the WTC, as it completely changes the colors of the preludes and fugues.
Bachs music is totally incomprehensible. In as much as how did he manage to write so much complex perfect original beautiful music
Schiff recorded the complete keyboard works of Bach back in 1982-1985. Decca had the 11-CD set for sale so I bought it. I spent the next 15 years commuting to and from work every day (60 miles round trip) listening to all 11 of those discs. Thank you, Maestro Schiff, for helping to preserve my sanity on the Washington DC beltway during rush hour.
Do we even realize how lucky we are to see the talent, the knowledge and the beauty of the genius here over and over again?
I've always been very fond of the French Overture; it is rarely discussed by itself. I think if Bach had lived a little longer he might have written more music along the lines of the French Suites and Overture because of the direction of fashion at the time.
Several years ago I had the good fortune to hear Andres Schiiff perform at Davies Hall in San Francisco. It was an all Brahms concert, except for the single encore which was Bach's Italian Concerto (all three movements).
András Schiff does thank me for my attention in the end (21:03).
But it is me who has to thank him for this exquisite introduction.
And thank you for uploading and making it available to a larger audience.
What a wonderful descriptions of these masterpieces.
Thanks for each single word that we learn from you Maestro ❤
What I find quite interesting is that the only extant manuscript of the French Overture is in C minor. Considering the 415 Hz tuning system, it sounds in fact in B minor today. I wonder why the rest of his works were not transposed a half tone below in modern printed editions... especially the WTC, as it completely changes the colors of the preludes and fugues.
Mille merci, Sir !
….che grande lezione! Grazie Maestro! Emozionante!
Thanks maestro.
Brilliant in every way.
Gracias por compartir conocimiento y experiencia maestro.
wonderful!
i like the middle movement the most
Gracias ❤
Grazie !
i wonder where bach got the idea of french suites from or from some medieval transcription
the composer traveled the most documented is probably mozart and chopin i am thinking, correct me if i am wrong
i don't imagine bach traveled much since he exist in a clique of church organist and teaching
schade für die schreckliche Tonqualität wenn er spielt.Was für ein sampling benutzt dieses Video? Andere hier haben das gleiche Problem
Is he using the pedal?
no
@@MorganHayes_Composer.Pianist interesting...
I know he uses the pedal sparcely when he plays Bach. In his recital on the Goldberg Variation you can see it clearly in places.
i imagined bach thought french music was trash
Nice Comments on bach.., but why does he play like a Pianist? He tells us about Backgrounds, but there is no Impact on Piano. Why?
Because he’s a pianist?
Probably because he’s playing a piano…