@@dcytol The thing is, that's what you have pictured in your mind's ear, which is a dream reality. A fantasy. We will never know what it would have truly sounded like at the time Bach was alive or what his true intentions were, or how his preconceived notiion of music would change with the invention of the piano during his lifetime and what his preconceived notion of music was before it was invented.. Also, the dynamics are there, you're just not listening hard enough. Bach thought the treble of the piano forte was too weak. So who are you to say what should and should not be when it's really your own self-righteousness that wants things to be how you want them to sound? You're out of your element.
This sounds so lovely and light. I’ve been learning this piece for 3 months and the way he plays it sounds like a different piece to mine entirely! Gorgeous.
Exploring the realm of classical music is akin to entering a museum of sound, where each musical piece is a grand work of art. The uniqueness and intricacy of classical compositions make them special and awe-inspiring.
When the flames have their season Will you hold to your reason Loaded down with your talents Can you still keep your balance? Can you live on a knife edge?
I would listen to this d-minor French suite which is played by Glenn Gould. Now, d-minor French suite by Andras Shiff is as marvelous as Gould. Thanks to these two great pianists, I could sufficiently comprehend the goodness of Bach's French Suits . From Tokyo
@@TvDaddyAndTheTabloidArmy Thank you for your comment. After listening to the piano performances of these two great pianists , I could understand how fruitful and intelligent Bach's French suites are.
Growing up, my mom developed a severe alcohol addiction and drank for probably 10 years, heavily. Up until entering college (sophomore now), I lived with my dad because my mom's addiction became too overwhelming and made the family environment unbearable. She's been sober for half a year now, but starting two months ago, she began getting symptoms. She waited a month to go to the hospital out of fear, although her skin and eyes were turning yellow, she had ascites, in which fluid builds up in the abdomen and can be very painful. The day before she finally knew she had to go to the hospital, she coughed up blood. She's been in the hospital for a month and a half. She most likely has liver failure and will need a transplant, but she is not in "urgent" need (she's not dying, like some people are, unfortunately, but will probably need a liver transplant in the future), but is in great pain. Doctors are now saying it could be "something else", after more than a month of testing, daily blood work, evaluations, etc. I typically only listen to rap and 70s/80s rock, and listen to classical occasionally when I studied.One day while studying and listening to the "Intense Studying" playlist on Spotify (an official Spotify playlist comprised of classical music), French Suite No. 1 in d-minor Allemande BMV812, by Murray Perahia, I believe, started to play. I've never felt such emotion radiating from a song and it really got me into classical music. This occurred maybe a month ago, and as of two weeks ago, this song inspired me to purchase a relatively expensive digital piano. It is my dream to play this song, and can play the first few notes; however, it will take much time and practice to play Allemande, let alone the whole suite(s). This song alleviates my despair caused by my mom's illness. Every time I'm feeling down, I just come here to watch Shiff effortlessly invoke the pinnacle of human creativity and talent that is Bach. Bach was truly a genius and a man ahead of his time, and credit also is deserved by Shiff for his exquisite rendition (disregarding accuracy) of one of Bach's magnificent works. P.S. Perahia has a video describing his interpretation of French Suite No.1. It is supremely thoughtful and genuinely phenomenal. I enjoy his interpretation of the Allemande just as much as Shiff's. I'm not familiar with music theory, as I am a complete beginner, but Perahia's interpretation seems to be more romantic and slower, which I greatly enjoy, too. Here's the link, if you're interested: ruclips.net/video/GPrJXfM8Kq8/видео.html
I am studying music, this is my seventh year in the race and I have to play this piece, I think it will be difficult but I will try it! If you want to play the piano, do it, it's a beautiful instrument and learning music is an incredible experience. Over time you will grow in the musical aspect but also in the human aspect, start with basic things, if you want to play some Bach when you have some experience, go for the "Minuet in G" or the "Minuet in G minor" "; Inventions are really good pieces and not as difficult as this one. I'm sorry for my bad English, I'm from Argentina haha, go ahead, brother! I hope your mother improves soon
Why is it that only very few have bothered to perform/record this suite? Perahia calls the gigue "angular" (possibly he isn´t fond of it). Well, its rythm is quite atypical....but I like it!
Schiff played the rhythm completely wrong! It's dotted rhythms, but he played them as triplets, in essence changing the time signature from 2/2 to 12/8!
@@FreakieFanhard disagree, some of the most challenging memorization work I’ve ever done occurs in Bach. Prokofiev sonatas, Chopin Concertos, Ligeti etudes, all easier to memorize in my opinion. Though maybe it’s because I came to appreciate and dig into the baroque (particularly Bach) idiom a bit later.
Just finished hearing Gould's rendition of Bach's French Suite #1, and I find Schiff's rendition far superior. Schiff's tempo strikes me as more what Bach intended than Gould's faster pace.
Michał Lukasz the fact is that in the baroque era they always added ornamentation by improvising it and not writing it on the score. The interpreter is free to add ornamentation
It would be best to look at each composers manuscript to be able to tell, as for instance Rameau used ornamentation on his notes. I wonder about the Toccata and Fugue D-moll beggining Bachs, it has a ornament at the start. Is it possible that even though this manuscrpit was considered a training piece, that it was performed without this ornament.
thank goodness i didn't listen to Schiff's interpretation the first time i listened to this piece by Bach or I never would have fallen in love with it!
I think he meant that listening to Schiff's interpretation made him appreciate the piece even more contrasted to listening his favorite version of the interpretation firstly
All conductors and male soloists these day seem to wear these floppy black things. I prefer white tie and tails. Of course the difficulty with Bach is that if you play a phrase Three different ways you bring out a different happy felicity each time. No one can win.
Maybe also because Schiff plays it with a 12/8 rhythm even though the time signature is 2/2. This is the right way to play it since a Gigue has always a triple meter.
@@ottonormalo4638 There is legit debate whether or not bach would've wanted it to be tripleted, but there is no doubt that Schiffs interpretation absolutely slaps hard. Legit mad technique to pull that off
@@GSHAPIROYYou will find on the Web an article by Amy Zanrosso with the title "The Baffling Binary Gigue" that deals with this topic. Also in the article a table by the composer Howard Ferguson who suggests conversions from binary to ternary rhythms.
This is the kind of performance you could be hearing for the 100th time and still finding new music in it.
@@dcytol The thing is, that's what you have pictured in your mind's ear, which is a dream reality. A fantasy. We will never know what it would have truly sounded like at the time Bach was alive or what his true intentions were, or how his preconceived notiion of music would change with the invention of the piano during his lifetime and what his preconceived notion of music was before it was invented.. Also, the dynamics are there, you're just not listening hard enough. Bach thought the treble of the piano forte was too weak. So who are you to say what should and should not be when it's really your own self-righteousness that wants things to be how you want them to sound? You're out of your element.
This sounds so lovely and light. I’ve been learning this piece for 3 months and the way he plays it sounds like a different piece to mine entirely! Gorgeous.
Exploring the realm of classical music is akin to entering a museum of sound, where each musical piece is a grand work of art. The uniqueness and intricacy of classical compositions make them special and awe-inspiring.
This -> Super Mario RPG -> deltarune Chapter 2
Art will forever be inspiring others
Какое любовное и нежное выражение лица у этого человека!
Он прекрасен .
Видно,
насколько он любит то,
чем занимается.
I don’t like
Emerson, Lake and Palmer used this bit in the song Knife Edge along with a bit from Leos Janacek.
When the flames have their season
Will you hold to your reason
Loaded down with your talents
Can you still keep your balance?
Can you live on a knife edge?
Exquisita, te envuelve en una deliciosa paz y armonía que hace que tu espíritu encuentre bienestar. Gracias
sarabande parte is just magic
Excellent and amazing performance
The Gigue is my favourite dance from that suite.
I love the Menuet II, he plays it in such a way
I love the allemande so much
Me too. I really wants to play this piece :D
I’m trying to play it and the fingering was a pain
Agree! I’m learning this too
I would listen to this d-minor French suite which is played by Glenn Gould. Now, d-minor French suite by
Andras Shiff is as marvelous as Gould.
Thanks to these two great pianists, I could sufficiently comprehend the goodness of Bach's French Suits .
From Tokyo
This is far superior
@@TvDaddyAndTheTabloidArmy Thank you for your comment. After listening to the piano performances of these two great pianists , I could understand how fruitful and intelligent Bach's French suites are.
@@高橋正博-s2u Valentina Lisitsa
Suite*
This is just what Bach intended! Super
Bach intended for it to be played on harpsichord.
Menuet 1 beautiful 😻
Growing up, my mom developed a severe alcohol addiction and drank for probably 10 years, heavily. Up until entering college (sophomore now), I lived with my dad because my mom's addiction became too overwhelming and made the family environment unbearable. She's been sober for half a year now, but starting two months ago, she began getting symptoms. She waited a month to go to the hospital out of fear, although her skin and eyes were turning yellow, she had ascites, in which fluid builds up in the abdomen and can be very painful. The day before she finally knew she had to go to the hospital, she coughed up blood. She's been in the hospital for a month and a half. She most likely has liver failure and will need a transplant, but she is not in "urgent" need (she's not dying, like some people are, unfortunately, but will probably need a liver transplant in the future), but is in great pain. Doctors are now saying it could be "something else", after more than a month of testing, daily blood work, evaluations, etc. I typically only listen to rap and 70s/80s rock, and listen to classical occasionally when I studied.One day while studying and listening to the "Intense Studying" playlist on Spotify (an official Spotify playlist comprised of classical music), French Suite No. 1 in d-minor Allemande BMV812, by Murray Perahia, I believe, started to play. I've never felt such emotion radiating from a song and it really got me into classical music. This occurred maybe a month ago, and as of two weeks ago, this song inspired me to purchase a relatively expensive digital piano. It is my dream to play this song, and can play the first few notes; however, it will take much time and practice to play Allemande, let alone the whole suite(s). This song alleviates my despair caused by my mom's illness. Every time I'm feeling down, I just come here to watch Shiff effortlessly invoke the pinnacle of human creativity and talent that is Bach. Bach was truly a genius and a man ahead of his time, and credit also is deserved by Shiff for his exquisite rendition (disregarding accuracy) of one of Bach's magnificent works.
P.S. Perahia has a video describing his interpretation of French Suite No.1. It is supremely thoughtful and genuinely phenomenal. I enjoy his interpretation of the Allemande just as much as Shiff's. I'm not familiar with music theory, as I am a complete beginner, but Perahia's interpretation seems to be more romantic and slower, which I greatly enjoy, too. Here's the link, if you're interested: ruclips.net/video/GPrJXfM8Kq8/видео.html
Brian go
Brian .
I am studying music, this is my seventh year in the race and I have to play this piece, I think it will be difficult but I will try it!
If you want to play the piano, do it, it's a beautiful instrument and learning music is an incredible experience. Over time you will grow in the musical aspect but also in the human aspect, start with basic things, if you want to play some Bach when you have some experience, go for the "Minuet in G" or the "Minuet in G minor" "; Inventions are really good pieces and not as difficult as this one.
I'm sorry for my bad English, I'm from Argentina haha, go ahead, brother! I hope your mother improves soon
It's interesting how a piece marked my despair (d minor) can cure it in a way.
Do yo still keep the piano playing?
Which makes me break down in tears first? Tie between this sarabande and the one in No. 5.
12:17 - my work is done *zen bow*
Awesome
Beautiful!♥
beautiful
Würde gerne sofort auf alles verzichten
Alex Aldrovandi .
Bravo...
Why is it that only very few have bothered to perform/record this suite? Perahia calls the gigue "angular" (possibly he isn´t fond of it). Well, its rythm is quite atypical....but I like it!
Schiff played the rhythm completely wrong! It's dotted rhythms, but he played them as triplets, in essence changing the time signature from 2/2 to 12/8!
wow! memorize that.
This is nothing compared to piano concertos or contemporary compositions, which get memorized by concert pianists as well constantly...
@@FreakieFanhard disagree, some of the most challenging memorization work I’ve ever done occurs in Bach. Prokofiev sonatas, Chopin Concertos, Ligeti etudes, all easier to memorize in my opinion. Though maybe it’s because I came to appreciate and dig into the baroque (particularly Bach) idiom a bit later.
Can you live on a knife edge?
What if humans had camera lenses for eyes?
What if the Moon was one large pineapple?
Umm, it's made of matured tasty cheesy. Everyone knows that!
how many did the likes of Emerson turn on to the likes of Bach?
anyone snooting at him shits marble
@@graeme011 That statement has been proven false, why do you think we've never been back to the moon?
Courante 03:20
elp !
si
mloutris not to mention the extended piano technique in that song so cool
Yup Knife Edge, that's exactly what inspired me to watch this
Best ever!
Schiff at his very best.
1 0:05
2 3:20
3 5:05
4 7:40
5 10:05
thanks
Very accurate performance. Not as sensual as Svyatoslav Richter's, but also amazing. And all without notes and from memory.
An accurate expression of the sublime.
inconceivable!
Just finished hearing Gould's rendition of Bach's French Suite #1, and I find Schiff's rendition far superior. Schiff's tempo strikes me as more what Bach intended than Gould's faster pace.
I fins that Goulde’s tempi are far better
Good taste; Gould is pure crap
Gould's Sarabande tempo is so much better. Here it's too fast.
My teacher just told me to come here and use Schiff as a reference for tempo, and not Glenn Gould
gould is soulless
I really appreciate Sir.Schiff
Staier, Koopman, Leonhardt, etc. for example
Martha Argerich and Grigory Sokolov are also definitely experts on Bach.
Sir Andras..
10:16 Gigue
LIINDOOO!!!!
Love Haebler's reading.
My lawyer Son watsaped this to me as his Bach before seven on poetry day.
Wordless poetry.
And I just love the black gear.
If the Haeven exist, must be so!
I prefer Keith Emerson's version in Knife Edge
My drug
Mine too! Bach is a trip!
irresistibile..
😍♥️
I heard that Bach did not put ornamentation onto his original manuscripts and that that they have been added on later, is that true?
Michał Lukasz the fact is that in the baroque era they always added ornamentation by improvising it and not writing it on the score. The interpreter is free to add ornamentation
It would be best to look at each composers manuscript to be able to tell, as for instance Rameau used ornamentation on his notes.
I wonder about the Toccata and Fugue D-moll beggining Bachs, it has a
ornament at the start. Is it possible that even though this manuscrpit was considered a training piece, that it was performed without this ornament.
Gotta say he is looking pretty dope in that long mandarin collar shirt
thank goodness i didn't listen to Schiff's interpretation the first time i listened to this piece by Bach or I never would have fallen in love with it!
Wait wut? What didn't you like about his interpretation?
I think he meant that listening to Schiff's interpretation made him appreciate the piece even more contrasted to listening his favorite version of the interpretation firstly
@@SerbStef pretty sure he just means its bad.
I can see that Emerson Lake & Palmer copied that song.
All conductors and male soloists these day seem to wear these floppy black things.
I prefer white tie and tails. Of course the difficulty with Bach is that if you play a phrase
Three different ways you bring out a different happy felicity each time. No one can win.
Класс!
Bach. What else?
10:16
11:06
100
His gigue actually sounds like a gigue. I know it is heavily ornamented and a bit awkward, but most play it so slow that it loses its gigue-ness.
Maybe also because Schiff plays it with a 12/8 rhythm even though the time signature is 2/2. This is the right way to play it since a Gigue has always a triple meter.
@@ottonormalo4638 There is legit debate whether or not bach would've wanted it to be tripleted, but there is no doubt that Schiffs interpretation absolutely slaps hard. Legit mad technique to pull that off
@@ottonormalo4638 But then how do you explain the 16th notes in the LH in bar 11? Schiff completely disregarded them.
@@GSHAPIROYYou will find on the Web an article by Amy Zanrosso with the title "The Baffling Binary Gigue" that deals with this topic. Also in the article a table by the composer Howard Ferguson who suggests conversions from binary to ternary rhythms.
@@ottonormalo4638 Thanks! Although it doesn't mention the 16th notes in bar 11 etc.
Good, but too romantic.
Schiff would prob be amused by this comment
Are you kidding? In baroque terms he's one of the most accurate pianists out there.
@@hugoclarke3284 I guess pointytailofsatan who has a profile picture of a retarded cat knows better.
The baroque and romantic period have more similarities than differences
Can you live on a knife edge?