How lucky we are, the people who live today, that we can enjoy the work of one of the best pianists of all time in one click.

Wonderful performance, just as we all expect from this man. How fortunate we are to be able to enjoy such mastery. There are many great pianists, but Mr Perahia is my #1. His keybed touch, his refusal to let his own persona get in the way of the works he plays and his sometimes playful but always sensitive interpretations are sublime in the extreme.

I absolutely love the legato of Murray Perahia's playing of Bach. It is so soothing to the soul.

These pieces are just unbelievable. Bach was truly gifted, and these pieces are still teaching us composers and keyboardists 300 years after they were written.

Ohhhh that wonderful Murray Perahia touch is a thing of beauty. There are literally hundreds, if not more, great pianists from the past and the never ending present but there are only a handful that play on a meta level such as Mr. Perahia. Richter, Brendal, Argerich, and the list goes on and on...... To me it's ludicrous to say one musician is better than another. They are all giving there all so what more can one ask for pray tell!! Just enjoy whoever touches your soul.....

Perahia and Schiff are the two most supreme pianists alive today. Thank God for that.

1. Allemande - 0:00 2. Courante - 2:51 3. Sarabande - 4:43 4. Gavotte I - 7:37 5. Gavotte II - 8:50 6. Menuet - 11:44 7. Air - 12:39 8. Gigue - 14:22

The secret to Perahia's sublime artistry, is his complete shunning of effect and affectation. Arbitrary expressive gestures are also never to be found. It is the text and solely the text that interests him. Add to this, a healthy emotional and aesthetic approach to the music, and no small measure of good taste in phrasing and articulation - and quite a large dose of astute analysis of the work at hand - and there you have it - one of the greats of our time...

I want to live a life as he plays the piano.

This Suite is beautiful. The Allemande is the very emotional. In my opinion, this is the best performance I've ever heard in my life. Perahia is the best. Perahia, I love you!!! Thank you!!!

Mr, Murray Ｐerahia's French suite has a deep prayerful heart ,the melody is natural to sing ,and the tone of the piano is soaked in my heart and I was deepIy moved．

LOVE Murray Perahia's Bach! My heart is melt away every time I listen to his playing of my beloved Bach!!!!

I have a very long list of favorite pianists, but above all is Murray Perahia, he just plays everything in such an artistic and beautiful manner. For me he is the best!

There is something about mr. Perahia's playing that really appeals. So glad to have you upload this French Suite. For me the best interpretation.

The greatest composer of all time meets his greatest living interpreter. Magic ensues.

I absolutely love Murray Perahia. His Bach is so pure and soulful. Who would think that a severely infected thumb would lead him to this? (He studied Bach while he was recuperating.) Thanks so much for posting!

The opening is like a breath of fresh air and evokes a sunrise to me.

His Bach is divine and soulful.

he makes it so easy for us to understand the music

I have listened to many Murray Perahia recordings over the years. What a joy!

Déjà Bach c'est sublime mais avec Murray cela prend une dimension divine! On se dit qu'il existe quelque chose qui nous dépasse.

heavenly music with purity

Sublime interprétation, un grand merci pour le partage !

Perahia joue tout avec génie, c’est incroyable, un pianiste aussi complet. Et c’est même de mieux en mieux...

The Allemande of the suite is one of my favorites.....so intensely beautiful

this is bach coming from the soul and communicated directly to the soul. perahia actually demonstrates in his playing how a deep knowledge of counterpoint and voice leading can help one take musical expression to another dimension, and that the point of understanding these musical forces is first and foremost to inform the expression of the music. the expression in the music arises in a completely natural way from the actual harmonic and contrapuntal content, the motion of these musical forces, their relationships, progressions, etc., and is not something that is merely imposed onto the music from outside. it arises from within the music. the relationship between moving voices is not just in the foreground of the music but can also be heard and felt in the so-called middleground, and the voice leading occurring at this level is typically what gives overall shape and direction to the surface. really being able to perceive the musical forces in this way is what gives someone like perahia the ability to *speak* the music, rather than just play it. just like with speaking a language, there are natural inflection patterns, the natural rise and fall of the rhythmic patterns of stress and intonation. these pieces are statements.

"no pedal allowed" "not historic" --> here is the example, that it doesnt matter HOW you play it. At the moment somebody is able to bring Bachs soul out like he does, there is no room for dogmatic discussions. It is time to enjoy and be quite.

Beautiful. I'm breathless hearing his interpretation.

What a privilege to have access to this wonderful moment

I always found Bach so cold, soulless and flat. Now I love it.

Yes, the utmost purity and most natural breathing.

Very tender and soft playing. Nice style of slowing down and shaping the dynamics! Wonderful playing.

I've heard pianists of great, great stature, plummeting the enormous soul of Bach, who used pedal and so forth as a means. The only thing that really matters is living in the aesthetic depth of great music, and Bach is the greatest of all great music. Talk about authenticity and period instruments.....well, 99.999% of performances inordinately based on these musicological considerations fall into inertness , lifelessness, where the letter is observed by not the meaning, where the map is obsessed on leaving the territory not only unrendered, let alone even recognized. Disembodied intellectualism, an effect of extreme post-modernist musicology and theory, is, at best, of secondary import. Great art is about form, yes, but more importantly content. Depth.

Rich! Crisp! Natural breathing! Perfect beauty and expressiveness!

Allemande sublime and gave me goosebumps. Thanks for posting.

He makes the music most possible divine. J.S. Bach brings hope for a life in another world or consciousness, but need a musician of this carat to let us know it.

EXQUISITELY SUBLIME. PURE MUSIC FLOWING.

I love his Bach sound

Maestro Murray, su técnica es perfecta... Limpia, con interpretación... Es un verdadero placer escuchar a Bach en su interpretación... Congratulations, from México city

One of the highest moments in music.

Let Perahia’s music soften people’s hearts and spread peace to the world. 🌎 ♥

Merveilleux Perahia dans Bach ! Bonheur total...

Quel merveilleux pianiste!

So gentle and soft. A would say a real gentleman. 😊

今まで聴いて来たFrench Suite No4 の中で一番シックリ来た。最高！

Watching it second time, I enjoyed it even more! Thank you.

I think what makes his Bach so great- is even within one line- he shapes it so you can hear the "inner" lines within a single one , i.e. which tones are at this level or another

何と優しい。明るい木漏れ日を天に向かって照り返すような。

He's the greatest living pianist.

This is so lovely and admirable!

Armonie del Cuore! Grazie Bach e Perahia.

so sensitive exquisite.calm and breathing..

Lovely....simply lovely!

This man LOVES what he is doing, and his love shines through the music in the most beautiful manner. A bit on the romantic, old-fashioned side, but due to the consistent and convincing manner of his interpretation, I am more than willing to be taken on his journey.

It's incredibly beautiful

Love this man and his music-making so much! Sensitivety, good taste and noble restrain are so perfectly combined!

Thumbs up if you agree murray periaha plays this better then andras schiff

His French Suites are the best performances of these pieces I know. So much light and breath and time.

che magia!che mistero!musica che ti apre la mente ed il cuore interpretata da un grandissimo come Perahia

I can't listen to Bach when I'm at work or studying because my mind just gets too involved with the music.

彼の演奏は、いつでも私の心に沁み入ってくるのです。 また日本でもリサイタルがありますように。

Sublime, beautiful! ... Perahia, Alicia De Larocha and Glenn Gould are undoubtedly the best interpreters of Bach's keyboard (piano) music , In my humble opinion. (or at least, my favorites) ... Bravo!

La perfection au bout des doigts, en toute sobriété.

Incredible. Bach is like skiing - easy to learn; difficult to master. This was a masterful performance - thank you for sharing and enlightening all of us.

Each note has an expression and meaning, a thing many good pianists lacks today, and when i say today i mean in the past 30 or so years

Maravillosa interpretación!!

Oh E-frat, my favourite key signature.

This video is the reason I discovered the sunny and beautiful gavotte II from the alternate version if this suite, which almost no other pianist seem to play..

i have to Play Allemande and courante as a degree in School and i have 8 weeks to practise, such a godlike Peace with the Beautiful Christmas key … i think 8 weeks is not enough to experience the Bach Feeling to Play it from your Soul, my teacher needed 30 years for the Goldberg variations then at age 40 he dared to Audition!

Bach.. the father of the Classic, Romantic era. Not to forget that he was the Lord of the Baroque.

Wow. I just listened to all 6 of his English Suites, scrolling score, and I don't think he uses the pedal AT ALL. I can see here that he seems to barely touch it, rhythmically, but I think what you are hearing is more a result of the recording, mic placement, and a very live room. What a fantastic artist! Maybe the best ever. BTW, he ignores the printed slur markings in the English Suites(!)

Sublime !

Top notch, thanks for uploading :)

The best on Bach!!!

MAGISTRAL

So much tenderness in this suite.

Awesome great!

Bravo!

Pure artistic genius

Thanks for your videos !!!!

What an artist!

I'm rediscovering JS Bach, after a long period. I purchased a composite collection and I am excited about my pursuit!

Very beautiful!

Magnífica lectura y mensaje: muchas gracias

Absolutly perfect life like perrahia's playing piano

I just noticed some amazing shots from inside the piano!

a very strong and clear player

Guy is musical legend

if ever i had any doubt about murray, the second gavotte here assuaged it. oh my god it's such a huge moment for bach's keyboard writing!

Delightful.

Adore! Adore! Adore!

His music reminds me of purest part of human soul.

I thank thee.

Ok people can play this suite, but the level on which Mr. Pirahia plays it, is absolutely beyond me and probably 99,99% of all other people.

This work of J.S. Bach I also know , since I have played and studied it with my teacher at the Music School though I didn't play much of J.S. Bach at the Conservatory later on after finishing the Music School since my teacher at the Conservatory for some reason didn't come up with me to study J.S. Bach except for the Italian Concerto. But when I heard the first notes of this work of J.S. Bach, played here by Murray Perahia , I thought I was mistakenly hearing an unknown work of J.S. Bach. He plays it so differently than what I am used to hear that it looks like it is coming from above, as a blessing from the Almighty God descending upon us as mere mortal men.

Excellent

I wonder how Bach would have played this if he had this same Steinway available to him. The modern piano give possibilities of sound that, in my opinion, enrich his works.

Bravo!!!👏👏👏

as for his use of pedal, it is perfectly judged and transparent. the pedal is simply what you must use in to enliven the piano's natural resonance. if you play on a harpsichord one of the first things you'll notice is that there is a bit of overhang as the resonance continues after you let go of the key. this can only be achieved on the piano by use of the pedal. the argument over the use of the pedal cannot be a dogmatic one based on abstract, doctrinaire ideas.

La ternura del piano. Digitacion perfecta. Caricias al corazón.