Absolutely outstanding tempered interpretation of Bachs' german character. What a perfect match. He would be very pleased by your interpretation. I hear Bach saying: this is exactly how it is supposed to be played!
What incredible memory to play all this magic music of Bach without reading the music. Itslike remembeting every word in Dostoevskij's Brother Karamazov except music says more than words. Especially Bach's.
Incredible. What a labour of love from this young woman, extremely gifted, playing from memory (!!) that difficult but moving timeless masterpiece by the greatest artist of all time.
One hour and 20 uninterrupted minutes of one of Bach's greatest meditations in his conversation with the Universe. Congratulations Martha Czech, for bringing us this universal conversation with such beauty and precision. God bless you.
Marta Czech, I kiss both your hands for this unbelievably mature interpretation! You have a great future as an interpreter of the greatest composer of all time!
Playing Bach like she is, on a modern instrument of this calibre, must be like driving a Ferrari on a scenic, open road… It is a double-edged sword that requires mastery over technique I will probably never wield myself. Nevermind the fact that she memorised every single note, pedal marking, articulation, dynamic… albeit it some of her own… and perform the entire work in a single sitting. The sensitivity of each melodic voicing is beyond anything I’ve experienced in modern Bach playing. Mindblowing does not even come close… It is an honour to have access to your art. Please keep blessing us 😂
Unreal. The Art of the Fugue was an obsession of mine when I was in college. That it was all but impossible on a single guitar was a neverending source of frustration. Hearing it so expertly played on piano let's me live vicariously, so thank you for uploading this masterful performance!
As a pianist and composer I know and love (and often tried to play parts of) this maybe greatest work of music ever since more than 40 years in all its details and have heard many great interpretations of it. But this one is really the greatest of all! M. Czech not only plays this, but becomes it !! This is a miracle and without exaggeration one of the greatest experiences of my musical life !!! I can not thank you enough for this superhuman performance 🌸🌸🌸
Que interpretacion de Contrapunctus, realmente Divina,,,,, consecuencia numerica, fractales de Fibonacci detraz de estas ondas sonoras que te llevan al cielo,,, el Creador te cuide tus dedos y tu vida Marta, estas tocando las huellas del Creador, quizas sin darse cuenta
i am an old hippie but i have to get out of bed now and call my friends and tell them " listen to this, it is the best ever .." Thankyou so much,, danke Marta, merci de tout mon coeur, gracias por todo...
Well, The Homeric epics were originally unwritten narrative poems, learned and passed down orally, so it's got some precedent. But in our modern era, with so many more sources of input into the brain (mostly distractions) learning these pieces and then PERFORMING so elegantly is a testimony to the artist's intellectual and dexterous greatness.
Wunderschön zu hören die rhyythmische Brillianz. Bach dienend, uneitel. Kein selbstdarstellerischer Firlefanz. Wunderschön. die Hände aunzusehen. Rein Technisch. Die Klarheit ihrer Darbietung berührt.... Eine großartige Musikerin.
Dear Miss Martha Czech, I have been listening to KDF since my teens. I am 59 now and haven't experienced such bliss as I felt during your rendition. I am delighted that in such troubled times, the fire is still burning and the light is still shining. Thanks. God bless you.
J'ai également 59ans, et j'ai écouté KDF tout au long des années (enfin, un peu moins ces dernières années). Cette version est de loin la plus belle que j'aie entendue. Je suis tout à fait d'accord avec vous quand vous parlez d'une lumière qui brille encore. La belle musique, la belle poésie, le beau cinéma, quand de telles choses existent encore, cela est rassurant. Dieu vous bénisse également.
Beweise gibt es leider keine. Aber mit Karl Jaspers würde ich über Chiffren der Transzendenz sprechen. Und mit einigen anderen Philosophen, ob wir es mit einem unbewegten Beweger oder einem Gott zu tun haben, zu dem wir beten können. Mit dieser Musik, zum Beispiel.
Wonderful performance by *Marta Czech* ! On organ I play only Contrapunctæ XI and XIV fromemory because too difficult to read and play. *XI* 37:00 *XIV* 112:04 Best recording I havever heard on organ is blind organist Helmut Walcha.
@@GeorgeBletchly Have never been impressed by sight-reading, even though I.mproved the more I did. Besto finger everything out, then perform witho surprises/crashes.
Ich kann mich dem letzten Kommentar in jeder Hinsicht nur anschließen , keine Selbstdarstellung, sondern alleine dem Komponisten folgend und dienend! Bewundernswert!
Maestra Marta Czech's interpretation of Bach's 'Der Kunst der Fugue' is a perfect example of what the late Sviatoslav Richter called, "[T]the terraced dynamics of the late Baroque." Her achievement is at once breathtaking and astounding. I believe that Maestra Czech's rendition of this piece is far-and-away the best one that I've ever watched or listened to, hands down! Bravo!
Sono circa 2 anni che ascolto quasi tutti i giorni la tua esecuzione - Marta - dell'Arte della Fuga e ogni giorno scopro nell'universo policromo della tua interpretazione delle perle risplendenti che danno nuova vita allo Spirito di Bach che trascende in Cielo sfumando dall'ultima nota da lui scritta nel suo ultimo contrappunto....
@@HubertRieger Hubert Rieger, sicherlich ist es der christliche Gott, denn Marta Czechs Klavieraufführung von Bachs Kunst der Fuge ist genau ein Gebet an unseren Gott
I don't believe I have ever heard a performance of Die Kunst der Fuge where every moving line of the Fuge is so clearly delineated...after all, the beauty of a Fuge is to submerge oneself into the counterpoint.
Ich (PITANO) bin vollkommen fasziniert und fühle, wie ich mit Gänsehaut einem Wesen demütig ohne Unterlass lausche ...Der Schöpfer - J.S.Bach - muss diese MARTA wohl auserkoren haben, sich SELBST spielen zu lassen ! BRAVO ! ! ! ! ! Christian Abraham Pittius (C.A.P.)
Martha you really make "dancing" this masterwork. Maybe Glenn is smiling you for your great variety of staccato. Thanks a lot for sharing this jewel. Take care of your gift. Paolo from Italy
Bach's son C.P.E. Bach said that the Art of the Fugue was to be read and studied rather than played. 80 minutes in Dm is a challenge to hear. Excellent playing. Thank you for tackling this huge piece.
Ms. Czech, Your clarity and precision in presenting this work is unbelievable. You have a talent that few can match. I you had been with Bach is his last years as he approached year 1750, I am certain you could have helped him with the completion of this work and you would have made him proud in his last days. The tempo, combined with the clarity in this truely long piece is outstanding. I wish you continued success in you presentation of works of Bach. As a listen to your presentation, I can envision a smile on Dr. Albert Schweitzer face. Alles Gute
I see you check your comments. I was surprised when I came across this video. I thought I was the only one on the planet Earth to play this piece. Alas, I learned only the first three. I can't imagine learning the whole thing! You have the patience and clarity of a Buddhist monk. I consider it to be mankind's greatest artistic achievement. You, probably, feel the same.
What makes it the " mankind's greatest artistic achievement"? Is your statement just based on pure listening to the music? Serious question. I am curious.
@@MrUseur First of all, music seems to communicate deeper than other art forms. I know there is no way I can prove that, except to say that the frequency relationships between the 12 notes in the octave correspond exactly to the frequency relationships found between electrons in all atoms. Secondly, the theme in the Kunst der Fugue, is a quintissential mathematic musical phrase. Starts on the tonic, goes to the second most important note which describes tonality, the fifth, then the third most important note, the third, back to the tonic and then the leading tone. The 4 most important notes in the scale. But most importantly, it is mostly written in four parts. No pianist will deny that it is the most challenging music ever written. It has 4 different melody lines played simultaneously through most of it by just one person. No composer comes close to duplicating it. Madam Czech is a remarkably dedicated artist. The idea that someone has the nerve to sit down and play the entire work by memory is inconceivable to me. Are you aware that Bach wrote this on his deathbed?
Gewaltig was Sie da aus dem Innersten ohne Noten spielen. Das "offene Ende", war das von Bach so vorgesehen nach mehr als einer Stunde von einem Leitmotiv zum andern. Grossartig, ihr Spiel, vom Anfang bis zum offenen Ende.
ja - und dazu OHNE einen kleinen Fehler - absolute Millimeterarbeit .... 1.5 h komplizierteste Musik - auswendig - ohne Fehler .... sie hat Hilfe von Oben ... sie ist gesegnet!
This is one of the best piano interpretations of this last of Bach's works. I love hearing it on the piano, harpsichord, and organ. The late German organist, Helmut Walcha interpreted it masterfully on both organ and harpsichord. This is a monumental work, and Maestra Czech absolutely brought this piece, which is very complex and difficult, to life. I am an awe of her talent.
The Greatest Work of Music of All Times.
Glenn would be proud of this.
Oh no! Glenn Gould never would have used legato pedals.
@@peter.brunnert He was a great harpsichordist!
So good they named a country after her.
i´ve been to marta last year, they have great food,
Música celestial tocada por um anjo. Muito obrigado.
She played this whole piece by memory? Mind blown.
my god, it's full of stars
Absolutely outstanding tempered interpretation of Bachs' german character. What a perfect match. He would be very pleased by your interpretation. I hear Bach saying: this is exactly how it is supposed to be played!
What do you mean by “Bach’s German character”?
I hope even if it’s just 1 single person that sees this, that they have an amazing day and an even better future! 💖💖💖
🎉🎉🎉
What incredible memory to play all this magic music of Bach without reading the music. Itslike remembeting every word in Dostoevskij's Brother Karamazov except music says more than words. Especially Bach's.
I will but only because of reading this comment
Incredible. What a labour of love from this young woman, extremely gifted, playing from memory (!!) that difficult but moving timeless masterpiece by the greatest artist of all time.
This is what I have to
say about Bach's life
work: listen, play, love,
revere -- and keep your
mouth shut.
Albert Einstein-March 1928
Favolosa fantastica bella 43:38
Heilige Musik aus einer verlorenen Welt, vorgetragen von einem Engel. Innigsten Dank.
Sehr schoen gesagt - schliesse mich an.
so etwas wollte ich gesagt haben......
💠✨🙏✨💠
❤ oui moi aussi j' aurai aimé dire cela ❤ merci
Brilliant
One hour and 20 uninterrupted minutes of one of Bach's greatest meditations in his conversation with the Universe. Congratulations Martha Czech, for bringing us this universal conversation with such beauty and precision. God bless you.
Wonderfully put! Thank you ❤
7:17 7:19 7:21 7:23
7:58 8:01 8:02 8:03 8:03
❤ wonderfull
Diese Souveränität und Stilsicherheit sind mir im Leben noch nicht begegnet (ich höre seit 60 Jahren Klaviermusik).
Marta Czech, I kiss both your hands for this unbelievably mature interpretation! You have a great future as an interpreter of the greatest composer of all time!
You are extremely lucky, Marta. You spoke with JSB about the mistery of life for more than an hour. Outstanding
Playing Bach like she is, on a modern instrument of this calibre, must be like driving a Ferrari on a scenic, open road…
It is a double-edged sword that requires mastery over technique I will probably never wield myself. Nevermind the fact that she memorised every single note, pedal marking, articulation, dynamic… albeit it some of her own… and perform the entire work in a single sitting. The sensitivity of each melodic voicing is beyond anything I’ve experienced in modern Bach playing. Mindblowing does not even come close…
It is an honour to have access to your art.
Please keep blessing us 😂
Unreal. The Art of the Fugue was an obsession of mine when I was in college. That it was all but impossible on a single guitar was a neverending source of frustration. Hearing it so expertly played on piano let's me live vicariously, so thank you for uploading this masterful performance!
As a pianist and composer I know and love (and often tried to play parts of) this maybe greatest work of music ever since more than 40 years in all its details and have heard many great interpretations of it. But this one is really the greatest of all! M. Czech not only plays this, but becomes it !! This is a miracle and without exaggeration one of the greatest experiences of my musical life !!! I can not thank you enough for this superhuman performance 🌸🌸🌸
I love her
Une vision grandiose digne du Maître Absolu de la pensée musicale. Structure et poésie en amour. Merci Madame.
Ja, man verneigt sich in Dankbarkeit. Welch ein Geschenk 🎁
Que interpretacion de Contrapunctus, realmente Divina,,,,, consecuencia numerica, fractales de Fibonacci detraz de estas ondas sonoras que te llevan al cielo,,, el Creador te cuide tus dedos y tu vida Marta, estas tocando las huellas del Creador, quizas sin darse cuenta
She is playing on a Fazioli piano😮!
Danke! Wunderschön ! Gott segne Sie,Martha!
Bardzo fajna Sztuka Fugi. Dziękuję. I nich się wideo niesie po YouTubie szeroko i lajkowo :)
i am an old hippie but i have to get out of bed now and call my friends and tell them " listen to this, it is the best ever .." Thankyou so much,, danke Marta, merci de tout mon coeur, gracias por todo...
80 minutes such a difficult music, from memory ! she is so tall that I can't even kiss her thank you
😅 Wunder kann man sich nicht herbeisehnen, sie geschehen einfach.
¡Qué interpretación tan elocuente!
Dokonalé spojení Bacha a Vašich rukou, děkuji a zdravím z Česka.
For me, this is perhaps Bach's greatest piece. So exceptionally well performed Marta.
Kisses on your hands !
Her Bach’s performance will be a call to God to remain silent
Słuchanie takiej muzyki przywraca mi Wiarę w sens jej istnienia. Gratuluję wykonawczyni artyzmu.
I am convinced now that no creaking chair is needed for a perfect performance. Thank you.
Her individual finger control is astonishing. Just perfectly clear, and we hear exactly the notes she wants us to hear… ausgezeichnet!
i can't believe she memorized all that!
Well, The Homeric epics were originally unwritten narrative poems, learned and passed down orally, so it's got some precedent. But in our modern era, with so many more sources of input into the brain (mostly distractions) learning these pieces and then PERFORMING so elegantly is a testimony to the artist's intellectual and dexterous greatness.
Fenómena!!
There are women
and there are goddesses.
Excellent rendition! World class pianist + world class grand piano = something to remember.
Fantastic interpretation, I love it : ) thanks for sharing. It's a bit jazzy - or is it just me? Anyway, I should sleep, but can't stop listening.
Happy Birthday, Marta❤. Thanks for sharing your Art. It will make this world a better place.
Wunderschön zu hören die rhyythmische Brillianz.
Bach dienend, uneitel. Kein selbstdarstellerischer Firlefanz.
Wunderschön. die Hände aunzusehen.
Rein Technisch.
Die Klarheit ihrer Darbietung berührt....
Eine großartige Musikerin.
This performance is an astonishing achievement.
Makes me happy to be alive.
Anyone who has made it here... congratulations.. you have reached the pinnacle of music, no matter which version you prefer
Amen to that!!!!
Amen, God bless you ! ♥️😽
Dear Miss Martha Czech, I have been listening to KDF since my teens. I am 59 now and haven't experienced such bliss as I felt during your rendition. I am delighted that in such troubled times, the fire is still burning and the light is still shining. Thanks. God bless you.
I am also 59 and have been listening to KDF since I was 19. You are right - this performance is light in a dark time.
@@eumaeus71 Thanks for your absolute heartful remark.
J'ai également 59ans, et j'ai écouté KDF tout au long des années (enfin, un peu moins ces dernières années). Cette version est de loin la plus belle que j'aie entendue. Je suis tout à fait d'accord avec vous quand vous parlez d'une lumière qui brille encore. La belle musique, la belle poésie, le beau cinéma, quand de telles choses existent encore, cela est rassurant. Dieu vous bénisse également.
Wish more pianists would play in this pure style. Very compeling.
sodelicious..................................
KdF BWV 1080 + Marta Czech sono la
prova dell’esistenza di Dio
Beweise gibt es leider keine. Aber mit Karl Jaspers würde ich über Chiffren der Transzendenz sprechen. Und mit einigen anderen Philosophen, ob wir es mit einem unbewegten Beweger oder einem Gott zu tun haben, zu dem wir beten können. Mit dieser Musik, zum Beispiel.
Realize that she has performed this entirely from memory. Astonishing❤
Wonderful performance by *Marta Czech* ! On organ I play only Contrapunctæ XI and XIV fromemory because too difficult to read and play.
*XI* 37:00 *XIV* 112:04 Best recording I havever heard on organ is blind organist Helmut Walcha.
@@GeorgeBletchly Have never been impressed by sight-reading, even though I.mproved the more I did.
Besto finger everything out, then perform witho surprises/crashes.
Es ist ein Hochgenuß, Sie spielen zu hören! Vielen Dank für Ihre Kunst!
Vous êtes incroyable! Merci pour votre interprétation!
Ich kann mich dem letzten Kommentar in jeder Hinsicht nur anschließen , keine Selbstdarstellung, sondern alleine dem Komponisten folgend und dienend!
Bewundernswert!
Two hands amazingly trans-audibly playing with each other under supervision of a splendid young pianist!!!
Quelle mémoire !😁
Sheer perfection! I listen to this all the time in my studio. A lesson in concentration, focus and expressive precision.
Merci Marta c'est tout simplement époustouflant, enthousiasmant ! Merci !
Maestra Marta Czech's interpretation of Bach's 'Der Kunst der Fugue' is a perfect example of what the late Sviatoslav Richter called, "[T]the terraced dynamics of the late Baroque." Her achievement is at once breathtaking and astounding. I believe that Maestra Czech's rendition of this piece is far-and-away the best one that I've ever watched or listened to, hands down! Bravo!
Beautifully rendered: clean, sensitive, honest.
Sono circa 2 anni che ascolto quasi tutti i giorni la tua esecuzione - Marta - dell'Arte della Fuga e ogni giorno scopro nell'universo policromo della tua interpretazione delle perle risplendenti che danno nuova vita allo Spirito di Bach che trascende in Cielo sfumando dall'ultima nota da lui scritta nel suo ultimo contrappunto....
@@HubertRieger Hubert Rieger, sicherlich ist es der christliche Gott, denn Marta Czechs Klavieraufführung von Bachs Kunst der Fuge ist genau ein Gebet an unseren Gott
I don't believe I have ever heard a performance of Die Kunst der Fuge where every moving line of the Fuge is so clearly delineated...after all, the beauty of a Fuge is to submerge oneself into the counterpoint.
Ich (PITANO) bin vollkommen fasziniert und fühle, wie ich mit Gänsehaut einem Wesen demütig ohne Unterlass lausche ...Der Schöpfer - J.S.Bach - muss diese MARTA wohl auserkoren haben, sich SELBST spielen zu lassen ! BRAVO ! ! ! ! ! Christian Abraham Pittius (C.A.P.)
Dass einem hin und wieder Wunder begegnen, macht das Leben doch lebenswert.
Marta is one of the greatest pianists of our generation. What a memory and amazing touch she has. 😮
💕Nobody Does It Better 👌
Космос, нет слов....
Quelle joie !
I heard it's never about the art,music,book but the artist,composer,author. It seems equal here.
Geweldige vertolking van deze fuga van Bach
Martha you really make "dancing" this masterwork. Maybe Glenn is smiling you for your great variety of staccato. Thanks a lot for sharing this jewel. Take care of your gift. Paolo from Italy
Klausījos 10 reizes. Klausīšos vēl.
Wunderbar!!!
Bach's son C.P.E. Bach said that the Art of the Fugue was to be read and studied rather than played. 80 minutes in Dm is a challenge to hear. Excellent playing. Thank you for tackling this huge piece.
Bach will always loom large over the musical giants that succeeded him.
Ms. Czech, Your clarity and precision in presenting this work is unbelievable. You have a talent that few can match. I you had been with Bach is his last years as he approached year 1750, I am certain you could have helped him with the completion of this work and you
would have made him proud in his last days. The tempo, combined with the clarity in this truely long piece is outstanding. I wish you continued success in you presentation of works
of Bach. As a listen to your presentation, I can envision a smile on Dr. Albert Schweitzer
face. Alles Gute
I see you check your comments. I was surprised when I came across this video. I thought I was the only one on the planet Earth to play this piece. Alas, I learned only the first three. I can't imagine learning the whole thing! You have the patience and clarity of a Buddhist monk. I consider it to be mankind's greatest artistic achievement. You, probably, feel the same.
What makes it the " mankind's greatest artistic achievement"? Is your statement just based on pure listening to the music? Serious question. I am curious.
@@MrUseur First of all, music seems to communicate deeper than other art forms. I know there is no way I can prove that, except to say that the frequency relationships between the 12 notes in the octave correspond exactly to the frequency relationships found between electrons in all atoms.
Secondly, the theme in the Kunst der Fugue, is a quintissential mathematic musical phrase. Starts on the tonic, goes to the second most important note which describes tonality, the fifth, then the third most important note, the third, back to the tonic and then the leading tone. The 4 most important notes in the scale.
But most importantly, it is mostly written in four parts. No pianist will deny that it is the most challenging music ever written. It has 4 different melody lines played simultaneously through most of it by just one person. No composer comes close to duplicating it.
Madam Czech is a remarkably dedicated artist. The idea that someone has the nerve to sit down and play the entire work by memory is inconceivable to me.
Are you aware that Bach wrote this on his deathbed?
@@bartbannister394 Excellent answer, Bart Bannister. Thanks for sharing your clarifying statements!!!Greetings from Argentina.
@@gladyspalmieri7292 Argentina! My sister in law is from Buenos Aires. Her family name is "Manfredi." Greetings from NYC.
MrUseur, there is your answer.
Gewaltig was Sie da aus dem Innersten ohne Noten spielen. Das "offene Ende", war das von Bach so vorgesehen nach mehr als einer Stunde von einem Leitmotiv zum andern. Grossartig, ihr Spiel, vom Anfang bis zum offenen Ende.
この曲 BWV 1080が大好きです。ネヴィルマリナーの監督する演奏を好んできてました。
別の方のピアノのCDも買いましたが満足できませんでした。
Marta Czechさんのピアノ演奏は私っを満足させてくださいました。
何度も聞いてます。ありがとう。
他の演奏もたくさんアップされているので聴かせてもらってます。
あなたの演奏は、研究されていて、鍛錬されていて、素晴らしい。素敵です。
this is "out of this world!"
Good morning Marta from Birmingham UK - congratulations on your wonderful performance - I am very moved as I am sure you want your listeners to be
BWV１０８０は勿論素晴らしい曲だけれど、奏者が曲に負けないくらい美しい！特に横顔が。
ルノワールの作品みたい。
Danke für den musikalischen Genuss am Sonntagmorgen. 🙂👍🎹🎶🎶
Marta, J ❤️ you.
Das ganze Werk, das ganze System im Kopf.
Was für eine Leistung! Bravo!
ja - und dazu OHNE einen kleinen Fehler - absolute Millimeterarbeit ....
1.5 h komplizierteste Musik - auswendig - ohne Fehler ....
sie hat Hilfe von Oben ...
sie ist gesegnet!
Prachtig❤
Bach ist immer wunderschön
Ein unerwartetes Weihnachtsgeschenk am Heiligen Abend. Von Herzen Dank, liebe Marta Czech, für diese außergewöhnliche Interpretation.
Magnificent beyond words.
I love the Art of Fugue. That was so beautifully interpreted!
If Bach had had RUclips, he wouodn't have got a fraction as much done!
He had all those kids, though...
¡Excepcional interpretación de tan magna obra! Gracias a Marta Czech, por la belleza y asombrosa ejecución que nos regala.
Stupendo Bach, Stupenda Martha Czech.
Enchantement Sonore. Deeply Love for Bach & Martha Czech, Glen Gould, Hélène Grimaud and Co
Muy bueno!!! 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
Sehr schön
tolle Leistung, offenbar auswendig abgerufen, Respekt aus BRD SH OH
Лучше не видел. Браво бисс Марта. Гениально И. С, Бах . Особое место .
Very bice interpretation, precise and crisp.
This is absolutely a gem, I hope it stays on YT forever! Thank you!
Fantastic!! She really understands Bach's music.
She brings out each part in a way that I've seldom seen another pianist achieve. It's hypnotizing.
Amazing....what a memory...
変に肌を露出されていないし 見た感じが、美しいです。これからのご成長を、期待しています。
On devine que Martha Czech apprécie cette œuvre pour la garder totalement en mémoire . Bravo !
This is one of the best piano interpretations of this last of Bach's works. I love hearing it on the piano, harpsichord, and organ. The late German organist, Helmut Walcha interpreted it masterfully on both organ and harpsichord. This is a monumental work, and Maestra Czech absolutely brought this piece, which is very complex and difficult, to life. I am an awe of her talent.
I don't think Walcha recorded it on harpsichord.
herrlich! 💜 💐 🙏 der "Himmel" ist so nah, wenn Menschen wie Bach und Marta den Weg zeigen.