I saw Gavrylyuk once, probably in '07 or '08. He came to my little Australian hometown of Taree (population ~15,000) and played a full concert to a half-full theatre, an audience of probably under 100 people, on the Steinway he'd brought with him. To top it off, he was playing for free as a fundraiser for a local music school. Totally amazing concert. If there were any doubts that blue-collar country people could enjoy classical music, he was applauded into about 4 or 5 encores. That was a pretty special day.
From memory he'd played the Prokofiev Sonata #7, some Chopin Etudes (including the F Major from Op 10), some Brahms, the Horowitz wedding march arrangement, Liszt's Taranella, and... other stuff.
How can he survive and eat on "free"? That's a nice story, but such a talent has to pay something to move a large piano and rent a hall, and sleep in a hotel, no?
Those are the best concerts, aren’t they? Not in the big venue with sponsors in the audience and all that, but in a small place, with people who are really there for the music. Must have been an absolutely great concert.
What's sad is how lacking in passion people can be.....here is an outstanding, gifted pianist who exhibits incredible passion for his playing...respect that
Oh, I entirely agree with you. Full of passion, very passionate but controlled wherever it should be too, and without sacrificing accuracy or evenness. A wonderful interpretation.
Flawless performance. Many others on youtube are too fast or have no feeling when performing this piece. This performance shows the proper respect for the music. Excellent.
holy santa claus shit. this blew my mind as a newbie to classical. I'm absolutely amazed by the sheer emotion and drama in this. please, reccomend me more.
hm? i don't understand why people couldn't understand. He's acting like that because his emotions are being effected by the sound...not because he's actually playing it. He clearly has it memorized and has been playing it over and over again, remember it takes a lot of time to get it to perfection. So it's nice to have that time to relax and have all your emotions come out at the tone, knowing that you're playing the piece correctly. having the tone is what makes a pianist a good one.
Holy Classical Music Batman!! I am sitting her attempting to type while the tears are flowing. This was the most beautiful thing I've ever heard! Absolutely astounding!! He makes love to the piano and understands the emotions from the music. He is channeling emotions through his body and unto the piano.
So amazing, the way Bach's music sound perfect in baroque style, romantic era, even on a jazzy way... this is a truly amazing version... I'll have to practice very much... and then 100 times more to achieve this. I'll start today :)
Thank god this video is here... I'm learning this for a competition and WOW some of those parts are so dense with chords I can't tell which voices to bring out. 5*
Beautiful. this piece sounds the best played on an organ but this is still amazing to listen to. He is a very talented musician and all music is emotional on different levels
I keep going back to this one; it reminds me that the fugue can be taken slower than some of the renditions on here - and played effectively. Very reassuring!
@EvgeniySPBGPU He acts in such a manner because he is playing one of the greatest pieces of music ever written and he can feel the genius in it resonating in his mind.
from Jose', the Hermeterec........This performance almost tore my heart out.....the absolute genius of it! Maestro Gavrylyuk is stupendous and I am of the opinion that Bach is the greatest composer who ever walked the face of the earth.
esta sonata la estaba buscando ya hace mucho tiempo y no sabia el copositor ni el nombre gracias a la pelicula La carrera del siglo de 1965 al fin pude encontrarla que relajante y fascinante es la musica classica Congratulations
As we say in french - La bave des crapauds n'atteint pas les nuages - The toads drool doesn't reach the clouds . Bravo monsieur Gavrylyuk. Qu'est-ce qu'ils connaissent de la musique, ces philistins...
@EvgeniySPBGPU I would say that musicians are not always emotional in the typical sense, but that they can understand music better than the average person.
this guy has skills. about half of the notes in 1:00 -1:10 are octaves (unless he's doing the version without octaves which alot of people do). i don't get how he plays them so fast
Actually this is Piano transcription (arrangement) by Busoni of a Bach Organ composition. If you think its hard to play on Piano, then try playing it on the Organ with both hands and feet (which is the part in octaves in the left hand). I do agree with you if you can play Bach you can play most and composer.
not so great??????omg you have really high standards!!!!!! this peice is really fabulous!!!!!!!!! especially played by him on the piano seeing as it was originally written for the organ!!!!!!
This version is astonishing. My only concern is, why is there always way more notes in piano transcriptions as there are in the original versions? I mean, this piece is rather easy to play on the organ (before you start yelling at me, I've played this piece as an audition piece for university), but this transcription is much harder. Why is that?
Oh god yes my fingers are dying with this; as long as there's no fast double notes I'm safe :P but there are difficulties in this piece I've never thought existed lol
Great as this is on the piano, it pales in comparison to the organ version. You get so much more "BAM!!" from the chords on the organ, especially those amazing dissonances leading on to each other just dying to resolve and when they finally to you dribble in your pants. Bach's music really is orgasmic lol. But yeah, this was very good, but nothing compared to the organ version. BTW I'm neither a pianist or an organ player so I'm completely unbiased.
I saw Gavrylyuk once, probably in '07 or '08. He came to my little Australian hometown of Taree (population ~15,000) and played a full concert to a half-full theatre, an audience of probably under 100 people, on the Steinway he'd brought with him. To top it off, he was playing for free as a fundraiser for a local music school. Totally amazing concert. If there were any doubts that blue-collar country people could enjoy classical music, he was applauded into about 4 or 5 encores. That was a pretty special day.
From memory he'd played the Prokofiev Sonata #7, some Chopin Etudes (including the F Major from Op 10), some Brahms, the Horowitz wedding march arrangement, Liszt's Taranella, and... other stuff.
How can he survive and eat on "free"? That's a nice story, but such a talent has to pay something to move a large piano and rent a hall, and sleep in a hotel, no?
@@justupostear3571 It's called *savings.*
that's so cool man, i am glad you have that experience.
Those are the best concerts, aren’t they? Not in the big venue with sponsors in the audience and all that, but in a small place, with people who are really there for the music.
Must have been an absolutely great concert.
What's sad is how lacking in passion people can be.....here is an outstanding, gifted pianist who exhibits incredible passion for his playing...respect that
Oh, I entirely agree with you. Full of passion, very passionate but controlled wherever it should be too, and without sacrificing accuracy or evenness. A wonderful interpretation.
14 years later, it's still the most profound rendition i've ever heard of tocatta y fugue.
Superb and sensitive. Musicianship and technical skill merged into a perfect synthesis, I call it pure music.
Flawless performance. Many others on youtube are too fast or have no feeling when performing this piece. This performance shows the proper respect for the music. Excellent.
holy santa claus shit. this blew my mind as a newbie to classical. I'm absolutely amazed by the sheer emotion and drama in this. please, reccomend me more.
Best 10 minuets of my life!
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hm? i don't understand why people couldn't understand. He's acting like that because his emotions are being effected by the sound...not because he's actually playing it. He clearly has it memorized and has been playing it over and over again, remember it takes a lot of time to get it to perfection. So it's nice to have that time to relax and have all your emotions come out at the tone, knowing that you're playing the piece correctly. having the tone is what makes a pianist a good one.
Extraordinary achievement. Sheer excellence.
Wonderful. Thoughtful and restrained, but immensely powerful. Thank you.
My life ambition is to be able to play this, absolutely stunning
Are you there yet?
Beautiful in all aspects !
Holy Classical Music Batman!! I am sitting her attempting to type while the tears are flowing. This was the most beautiful thing I've ever heard! Absolutely astounding!! He makes love to the piano and understands the emotions from the music. He is channeling emotions through his body and unto the piano.
ay!!!, me encanta esta obra, muchas felicidades !!!!
So amazing, the way Bach's music sound perfect in baroque style, romantic era, even on a jazzy way... this is a truly amazing version... I'll have to practice very much... and then 100 times more to achieve this. I'll start today :)
I like this pianist's interpretation of the fugue. Very beautifully played!
Bravo, bravo, archibravo! Best version of this piece I've ever heard!
this is absolutely outstanding
Thank god this video is here... I'm learning this for a competition and WOW some of those parts are so dense with chords I can't tell which voices to bring out. 5*
Beautiful. this piece sounds the best played on an organ but this is still amazing to listen to. He is a very talented musician and all music is emotional on different levels
I keep going back to this one; it reminds me that the fugue can be taken slower than some of the renditions on here - and played effectively. Very reassuring!
Finally! I've been searching for a recording of this version! Transcribed for piano by Busoni ©1939. This is by far the most difficult and impressive version. I can barely make it through the song let alone at speed. The fingering is insane. The octave work is truly incredible. Other versions dumb down and simplify the octaves while this one has them all and adds tremendously to the difficulty of the piece. Even the easier Toccata is much harder while playing octaves between the repeating A note. At 1:00 three octaves are played instead of two. Again at 2:22 other versions are much simpler while this makes for some very tight two handed work. At the end, compare the Recitativo and Vivace parts to other versions and this blows them away.
I always thought the part at 0:44 should be played that way.
Amazing and inspiring performance. Wish the sound tech did a better job.
The sheet music can be found here: Schirmer's library of musical classic Vol. 1629
www.amazon.com/Bach-Busoni-Toccata-Schirmers-Library-Classics/dp/B000KET3IQ
The best version is the one played by Cziffra, but i cant find it anywhere. I think he transcribed it or idk
I agree with you but I don't see what's wrong with the sound tech on this recording...
@EvgeniySPBGPU He acts in such a manner because he is playing one of the greatest pieces of music ever written and he can feel the genius in it resonating in his mind.
from Jose', the Hermeterec........This performance almost tore my heart out.....the absolute genius of it! Maestro Gavrylyuk is stupendous and I am of the opinion that Bach is the greatest composer who ever walked the face of the earth.
Love it! My music teacher talked about this piece at school. You really brought the feeling out of it! Angelina (8)
superb.
It takes real talent to pull that off on a piano. All I can say is, "WOW!!!".
By far, the best version if this piece I have EVER heard. Can anyone play better? Show me! Bellisimo!!!
I quite agree.
Gyorgy Cziffra
PaulBarton
+Cyndi Leon In my opinion Stephen Hough! And i like the Bach near mechanical transcription of Cory Hall.
Cziffra's version is by far the best. Ever.
Whau, you rock Bach like never!
izumitel'nui pianist.master vusokodo klassa. bravo!!!
Bravo!
Audacity is going crazy trying to keep up with the intensity of this piece
BRAVO, BRAVO!!!
Wonderful performance, Thank you
Love this
esta sonata la estaba buscando ya hace mucho tiempo y no sabia el copositor ni el nombre
gracias a la pelicula La carrera del siglo de 1965
al fin pude encontrarla
que relajante y fascinante es la musica classica
Congratulations
Exquisite
... bravissimo ... he makes us understand the Bach's superiority ... he had God inside ...
Alexander Gavrylyuk is fantastic.
He is a master
Such a magnificent piece. It was played so well.
WORDERFUL !
I mean this is just godly
It's on IMSLP (spread the word, there are maaaany more)
This is really so strong and passionate and very clever.
Beautiful ❤❤❤
As we say in french - La bave des crapauds n'atteint pas les nuages - The toads drool doesn't reach the clouds . Bravo monsieur Gavrylyuk. Qu'est-ce qu'ils connaissent de la musique, ces philistins...
Me encanta !!!!
He really sounds like he is one with the piano and music. I felt like I was brought to hell and back. He really plays all the textures of the piano.
Talent and ability . This is the real thing .
Em 01,25, é uma das partes que mais adoro.♥♥♥♥♥
He does a nice job on the pedal parts and the parts that are played on separate manuals. Very interesting overlapping hands technique.
@EvgeniySPBGPU
I would say that musicians are not always emotional in the typical sense, but that they can understand music better than the average person.
monstrous fugue
This was an exemplary rendition of the piece.
excellent performance
excelente interpretacion !!
Puta, como essa música é linda.cada minuto uma surpresa.♥♥♥♥♥
Phenomenal
3:00 Fugue starts.
This is a good example of showing how playing some wrong notes is better than playing without passion
Totally
Frankestein would be pleased by this rendition. Yiu dit et!!! My frankestein lullaby!!
гениально!
I hope to play like this person someday. I just started playing piano again after not playing for 10 years.
He is at the very top of world pianists. But good luck 🙂
always wanted an eerie castle with one very tall open chapel at the top of a turret and play this on the biggest organ.
Who doesn’t…
me emocione ..
Which I could like this vid more than once.
Bravo
BRAVO !!!
Beautiful music! aaaaaaannndd i now love tailcoats
I hope someone was waiting off-stage with a beer for him.
but its great to play like that. if you've played it you'll know how fun and rhythmic it can be!
@porrada25 I am Practice this piece right now! its pretty hard! lol
wow, last time i say this video it was at a better video and audio quality.
Wonder what happened.
AND NO IT'S NOT THE SAME AS BEFORE.
His style is really reminiscent of Richter playing Pictures at an Exhibition in places. Very emotive.
Who's doing the sound recording on this one? Awful job by the sound engineer with the mic levels. Nevertheless, excellent performance.
It's never too late
this guy has skills. about half of the notes in 1:00 -1:10 are octaves (unless he's doing the version without octaves which alot of people do). i don't get how he plays them so fast
Actually this is Piano transcription (arrangement) by Busoni of a Bach Organ composition. If you think its hard to play on Piano, then try playing it on the Organ with both hands and feet (which is the part in octaves in the left hand). I do agree with you if you can play Bach you can play most and composer.
I like.
@raa4566 I've seen the sheet music for this. Its scary!
23 now
not so great??????omg you have really high standards!!!!!! this peice is really fabulous!!!!!!!!! especially played by him on the piano seeing as it was originally written for the organ!!!!!!
This version is astonishing. My only concern is, why is there always way more notes in piano transcriptions as there are in the original versions? I mean, this piece is rather easy to play on the organ (before you start yelling at me, I've played this piece as an audition piece for university), but this transcription is much harder. Why is that?
This pianist looks like he should be an actor
i think its Busoni's transcription
the version i've found doesnt seem to accomodate human hands.... anyone have any suggestions? -_-
The worst things seem to stick out the most because people are taught to focus on them.
is it like some of the Beethoven pieces with the superhuman finger stretches, or is it the fiddly finger riddles?
I think you are good!
Oh god yes my fingers are dying with this; as long as there's no fast double notes I'm safe :P but there are difficulties in this piece I've never thought existed lol
Does anyone know where I could find the exact transcription to this performance?
Apparently 12 people own an organ at home.
Excellent !!
You might have found a version that is for the organ rather than piano
Hello,
does anybody know where to get the notes of only the Fugue on the web?
imslp
It is because an instrument is played by more than just the hands...
Does anyone else want to hear this played on a harpsichord?
Hell no
@icebluemyst It's true
Made in USSA!
Great as this is on the piano, it pales in comparison to the organ version. You get so much more "BAM!!" from the chords on the organ, especially those amazing dissonances leading on to each other just dying to resolve and when they finally to you dribble in your pants. Bach's music really is orgasmic lol.
But yeah, this was very good, but nothing compared to the organ version. BTW I'm neither a pianist or an organ player so I'm completely unbiased.
*standing ovation*