Richter plays Bach French Suite No.4 (I)

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  • Опубликовано: 15 сен 2024
  • Richter 76 years old, live recording in 1991 of French Suite No. 4 in E-flat major BWV 815a
    PART I
    - Praeludium
    - Allemande
    - Courante
    - Sarabande
    PART II : • Richter plays Bach Fre...
    - Gavotte I, Gavotte II
    - Menuet
    - Air
    - Gigue
    ~
    The French Suites, BWV 812-817, were composed between 1722 and 1725. The suites were later given the name 'French' as a means of contrast with the English Suites. The name was popularized by Bach's biographer Johann Nikolaus Forkel, who wrote in his 1802 biography of Bach, "One usually calls them French Suites because they are written in the French manner." This claim however, is inaccurate; like Bach's other suites, they follow a largely Italian convention.
    They consist of the traditional dances like Allemande, Courante, Menuet, Gavotte, Gigue, Sarabande as well as some less-frequently encountered dances like the Anglaise, Polonaise, Air, Bourree and Loure. These suites lack preludes (except Suite No.4 under BWV 815a) and are shorter and less elaborate than the Partitas and English Suites.
    As usual with Bach, parts of the suites were recycled from earlier works or sketchbooks, and they underwent several revisions after publication. There is no surviving definitive manuscript of these suites, and ornamentation varies both in type and in degree across manuscripts.
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Комментарии • 49

  • @alombredeslava2468
    @alombredeslava2468 8 месяцев назад +4

    Une interprétation naturellement harmonieuse sans le moindre artifice. La musique, comme le temps, s’écoule et emporte l’auditeur irrésistiblement. Richter est maître de cette emprise merveilleuse qui est, selon moi, la définition même de l’art.

  • @spfqr4977
    @spfqr4977 2 года назад +8

    Allemande 1:50
    Courante 4:21
    Sarabande 6:18

  • @QiaoziMetroSongs
    @QiaoziMetroSongs 11 лет назад +15

    I love you Richter!!!!

    • @mairaleikarte43
      @mairaleikarte43 3 года назад +1

      He loves you too! 😘🤗😂💜💚💙💕🍀

  • @RobertoGentileguitarist
    @RobertoGentileguitarist 12 лет назад +10

    Interpretazione stupenda! Richter porta la musica di Bach fuori dal tempo e dallo spazio dove non esiste più nulla se non il silenzio tra un suono e l'altro!

  • @4mebach
    @4mebach 12 лет назад +8

    Really different interpretation - elegantly done - very nice, indeed!

  • @metteholm4833
    @metteholm4833 5 лет назад +7

    Movement 2 is the Allemande of French suite no. 2. The first movement, he plays is a set of Prelude+ Fugue - of which Bach wrote dozens.

    • @janusli117
      @janusli117 Год назад +1

      So which prelude and fugue is the first one?

    • @user-mx6ie5pr7o
      @user-mx6ie5pr7o Год назад +1

      “Movement 2 is the Allemande of French suite no. 2” What exactly does that mean?!

  • @stevenxia2944
    @stevenxia2944 12 лет назад +6

    I like this modified version, sounds more mixture of Romantic flavor and Baroque. :)

    • @mairaleikarte43
      @mairaleikarte43 3 года назад +3

      Yea, like Bach was an actual human with life.

  • @JulianHotaling
    @JulianHotaling Год назад +1

    Praeludium, after the nice pre-Praeludium- "The Mind's Road To Rebirth In The Pleroma"... best tempo, M.M. 40...

  • @AlessioAndres
    @AlessioAndres Год назад +1

    Richter played Bach very good starting with the 90's. Weird story yet exceptionally delicious. He got out his tricks one by one. The most remarkable story in the XXth century is Richter.

  • @musicably
    @musicably 14 лет назад +4

    It is not uncommon for suites to have additional movements, which are sometimes called "gallanteries," which roughly means "pleasantries" in French.
    I have been studying BWV 815, but will get a copy of BWV 815a, which has interesting modifications

  • @VCguitar1
    @VCguitar1 11 лет назад +20

    Much, much, much better than Schiff (of course, because this is Richter playing)!

    • @elenirum2020
      @elenirum2020 5 лет назад +4

      I was thinking the same. The feeling is much different, he goes deeper into the music.

    • @thomassicard3733
      @thomassicard3733 2 года назад +1

      LOL - you ARE funny. ;-) Please find some objective perspective.

  • @thomassicard3733
    @thomassicard3733 2 года назад +1

    What a tender tempo on the last movement of this recording. I will keep in mind how that affected me as I reinterpret the movement. A blend of me and others should make a good final product.

  • @matteopagliari
    @matteopagliari 14 лет назад +1

    @jacarandaxia Of course. You can hear it.

  • @johnpark9523
    @johnpark9523 9 месяцев назад +1

    1:50

  • @user-io9kb9fw7q
    @user-io9kb9fw7q 2 года назад +1

    素晴らしい😀

  • @guitarfan1979
    @guitarfan1979 11 лет назад +3

    It's the third movement of Lady Gaga's Flute Sonata in T major as arranged by Michael Jackson in the early 90's. Greets from Siberia.

    • @raincatw
      @raincatw 6 лет назад +1

      wow, never know this, need to find out the sound recording.

  • @xper2xper
    @xper2xper  14 лет назад +1

    @tinkleneko
    I suggest, you refer to the description of the post once again. Additionally :
    - BWV 815, 4th French suite in E flat major, is made of Allemande, Courante, Sarabande, Gavotte, Air, Gigue.
    - BWV 815a is having additional movements : Praeludium, Gavotte I, Gavotte II, Menuet
    I suggest, you do not refer exclusively to Wikipedia, as there are lots of incomplete and even wrong information in quite a few articles.
    All the best!

  • @elenirum2020
    @elenirum2020 5 лет назад +4

    Best interpretation , did he use a little of petal?

    • @klaus.mp3
      @klaus.mp3 5 лет назад +3

      yep

    • @thomassicard3733
      @thomassicard3733 2 года назад +1

      Perhaps a touch of rose petal, or perhaps a touch of hyacinth?... begonia?

    • @elenirum2020
      @elenirum2020 2 года назад

      @@thomassicard3733 what do you call rose pedal?

  • @guitarfan1979
    @guitarfan1979 9 лет назад +8

    I wonder where did Richter take the score for the praeludium from...can't find this version anywhere...

    • @MatthieuStepec
      @MatthieuStepec 9 лет назад +3

      Alloy Brendan look for BWV 815a on IMSLP!

    • @MatthieuStepec
      @MatthieuStepec 9 лет назад +1

      ***** I am not sure what you are talking about...

    • @elenirum2020
      @elenirum2020 5 лет назад +1

      I have a score which has it . Edition Breitkopf 1983

  • @xper2xper
    @xper2xper  14 лет назад +1

    @tinkleneko
    Sorry, I don't get what you mean. Could you explain ?

  • @rbob200
    @rbob200 12 лет назад +2

    interesting prelude 815a, was the arpeggio suggested improvised by richter or was a written down version?

    • @lynn9499
      @lynn9499 4 года назад +1

      I would like to know this too.

    • @lynn9499
      @lynn9499 4 года назад +1

      also, is there anyone having a written out version for Richter's improvised arpeggios?

    • @robertgraham4728
      @robertgraham4728 3 года назад +2

      It is simply written as block chords.

    • @robertgraham4728
      @robertgraham4728 3 года назад +2

      @@lynn9499 The part shows only block chords

  • @zackstaboy
    @zackstaboy 11 месяцев назад

    Why are the parts out of order?

  • @thomassicard3733
    @thomassicard3733 2 года назад +1

    Sounds suspiciously like sustain pedal is being used. I really don't care, but purists might have a conniption! LOL

  • @tinkleneko
    @tinkleneko 14 лет назад +1

    @xper2xper Praeludiums do not exist for French Suites. Go Wikipedia it :)
    Also, I don't think this is the right piece that you have on here. that's all :)

  • @tinkleneko
    @tinkleneko 14 лет назад +1

    uhhh there's not praeludium for the french suites... and this isn't even the right one?

    • @JumpDiffusion
      @JumpDiffusion 6 лет назад +2

      there is. it is BWV815a

    • @elenirum2020
      @elenirum2020 5 лет назад +1

      my book has it

    • @thomassicard3733
      @thomassicard3733 2 года назад +1

      My book does not have it, but I am quite sure this IS "the right one". LOL

  • @JulianHotaling
    @JulianHotaling Год назад +1

    Praeludium, after the nice pre-Praeludium- "The Mind's Road To Rebirth In The Pleroma"... best tempo, M.M. 40....