Gulda plays Bach Chromatic Fantasy and Fugue

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Gabor Hamori

15 жыл бұрын

Gulda plays Bach Chromatic Fantasy and Fugue (BWV 903)
1964

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@SlateFx Жыл бұрын

Probably the best 10 minutes on the whole of KZfaq. Transcendent performance, one of those that you keep coming back to in awe.

@OldPannonian 9 ай бұрын

Oh yes! Another master of the keyboard. It is electrifying to listen to such a performance.

@asx7121 2 жыл бұрын

This "Jazz Bach" is simply fantastic!

@051963mf 10 жыл бұрын

Among the coolest pianist ever, Gulda was so relax in his mastery of the instrument...awesome interpretation.

@yoshikazutanaka7573 Жыл бұрын

OAKLEYひきこもりじょしかいとジャジャメン八幡OAKLEY？

@marciaflyte8978 Жыл бұрын

Couldn't carry Glenn Gould's jockstrap..lol

@051963mf Жыл бұрын

@@marciaflyte8978 make comments only when you really know about the subject, in other words, keep your morones to yourself. Good bye.

@espressonoob Жыл бұрын

@@marciaflyte8978 unintelligent comment

@alexanderurban4637 8 ай бұрын

Gould surely had a good technique, but lacked some musicalty and warmth, except his singing along obviously

@answersquestioned 14 жыл бұрын

I love how he keeps the momentum going from the first to the last note, creating a beautiful flow throughout. A most satisfying performance

@10tose 7 жыл бұрын

BACH IS THE BEST COMPOSER FOR ALL AGES ,FOREVER IN MUSIC HISTORY !!!

@RINCO65 7 жыл бұрын

I absolutely agree!!!!!!

@kekake11 7 жыл бұрын

i agree that bach is absolutely perfact, but not the best in music history

@ruperttmls7985 6 жыл бұрын

The Best!

@MattWeisherComposer 6 жыл бұрын

Todor Trajcevski Bach laid the framework for the best to appear!

@tarquin161234 6 жыл бұрын

"i agree that bach is absolutely perfact, but not the best in music history" Who's better in your opinion?

@germancardoso3587 5 жыл бұрын

One of the greatest interpreters of Bach and Mozart !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

@barbarafuglein3918 27 күн бұрын

Ohne viel Worte,ein Meister seines 😊Faches!!!!

@Aapton 12 жыл бұрын

omg that fugue, it drives me crazy. So endlessly beautiful.

@Stukov16 15 жыл бұрын

I really admire his easiness at playing! His fingers move so light as if there was no obstacle, no physical barrier between notes and chords. (I'm a pianist)

@789armstrong 3 жыл бұрын

a masterful interpretation.

@mashtali1 6 жыл бұрын

this is a wonderful version of this music.

@taviona 15 жыл бұрын

Absolutely, I love the steady pulse it has.

@wolfgangdraxler3177 4 жыл бұрын

Mind blowing music and artist! Thank you so much indeed!

@marcela77777 3 жыл бұрын

With what ease...... Brilliant performance, Maestro ! ❤️🌹❤️

@thomasramdasvoegeli 4 жыл бұрын

Himmlisch. Ich spielte dieses Werk auch, kann daher sämtliche Finessen besonders geniessen. Gerade auch gefällt mir sehr gut, wie er das Cembalostück bachgerecht UND Klaviergerecht spielt. Er nutzt Fähigkeiten des Bösendorfers, welche ein Cembalo nicht leisten kann so, dass es immer noch Bach ist. Wetten, Bach hat seine helle Freude!

@thomasmrf.brunner 10 жыл бұрын

Never heard this Fugue - 5:34 - with such incredible power ! Very nice.:)

@gijsschubert7901 5 жыл бұрын

Incredible jazzy playing in the last 2 minutes, fantastic!!! See him jumping & swinging on his stool from 8:40 onwards, wow. How does he do it??!!

@lambaman 13 жыл бұрын

When the Fugue starts....it's....MAGICAL

@Guarniz 13 жыл бұрын

este hombre nos demuestra que hay Bach más alla de Glenn Gould...this man demonstrates us that there is Bach beyond Glenn Gould...

@OldPannonian 9 ай бұрын

I always thought so, during my 80 years...

@The55555SSSSS 13 жыл бұрын

Bach's music added colour to this Black & White video!

@PaulinaColombia 12 жыл бұрын

Can you have a heart attack from hearing this? Amazing!

@MgcMrMistoffelees 14 жыл бұрын

This guy is a genius. In the black-and-white era, he wore black-and-white. When a colar TV was available, he wore colorfully.

@n64wilbert 13 жыл бұрын

What a great interpretation of this composition!!!

@NeuroBoy314 10 жыл бұрын

Amazing! Incredible! I can watch this video all day!

@PointyTailofSatan 6 жыл бұрын

The Scarlatti like Fantasy is so unlike Bach, one could almost believe it was written by someone else, like perhaps one of his students. But the fugue! The fugue practically screams "Bach!".

@sumirechan324 3 жыл бұрын

Amazing and beautiful !!!!

@dianalynn3600 7 жыл бұрын

Wow. Speechless here. That's a maestro!

@Marco-Lo-Muscio 15 жыл бұрын

Marvellous Bach from Gulda!! Thanks for this Video.

@albertoramos7293 2 жыл бұрын

Gracias Maestro por hacer grande a Marta Argerich. Orgullo.

@pukupukuss3864 9 жыл бұрын

素晴らしいとしか言いようがないです。ここでグルダの演奏に出会えるとは思いませんでした。感動です！！

@PointyTailofSatan 6 жыл бұрын

I love the precision of the fugue. And he gets so absorbed in the fugue, like Gould used to do. It's almost like he is just watching his hands playing by themselves. And while it something probably only a pianist would notice, his pedaling is superb.

@aimilios439 5 жыл бұрын

I thought you were an organist, not a pianist. :Ρ You are right though...

@charliekonig85 9 жыл бұрын

Dieser Anschlag-fantastisch!

@soulechene 6 жыл бұрын

Je ne sais plus combien de fois j'ai écouté cette fantaisie chromatique et fugue de Bach. Une splendeur en soi au niveau de la composition. Les versions sont innombrables j'en connais quelques unes que je place pour ma part parmi les meilleures, mais tout cela est très subjectif. En fin de compte, je me tourne toujours vers cette interprétation de Gulda qui est magnifique.

@kapoios1996 11 жыл бұрын

it could not be more ahead of its time!

@maternalheart66 13 жыл бұрын

Sighh, those were the golden days of concert pianists.

@pianogus 13 жыл бұрын

Not only does he not hum, he plays like a genius. Thanks for posting this vintage Gulda video.

@tsundoku5733 3 жыл бұрын

"Not only does he not hum" LOL! That reminds me of a programme I heard on BBC 4 years ago, where a presenter said that a Gould recorded had once been introduced on the radio with the words, "Bach's English Suites, played by Glenn Gould, piano and vocals".

@nameledaname6432 5 жыл бұрын

Браво за великолепную подборку))

@PointyTailofSatan 2 жыл бұрын

It's interesting in the fugue, he starts almost like he is just playing by rote, looking around the stage, distracted. But by half way into the fugue, he becomes like Gould, almost nose to the keyboard, conducting his hands with his eyes, fully engrossed.

@WhatsACreel 11 жыл бұрын

Amazing

@maxtenenbaum7425 2 жыл бұрын

EN EL PARAISO SE OYE LA MUSICA DE BACH ANTES QUE CUALQUIER OTRO COMPOSITOR. EL ES LO MAXIMO.

@peteacher52 13 жыл бұрын

So, what do all the learned armchair critics think that Bach would have done if he had been seated at the great Bosendorfer Imperial as seen in this video? Left the pedals untouched and tried to play it like a harpsichord? Yeah right! He would have loved it and exploited its resources to the maximum and in a way that would leave our jaws agape!

@tarquin161234 6 жыл бұрын

True, but then he might have written music more adapted to that, and might still have said his music is better suited for no pedal because that was what he composed for.

@dada78641 3 жыл бұрын

@@tarquin161234 I think that's unlikely tbh. There's no evidence Bach was a purist with regard to how you played his pieces. A lot of his pieces leave the exact instrument ambiguous, and he regularly reworked his compositions for other instruments. It's likely he would've been fine with harpsichord, clavichord or organ for most of his pieces, or he would've spent more time (or really, any time at all) specifying these things. One of his earliest biographers (Philipp Spitta) says he would've very likely been inspired by the grand piano had he lived to know of its existence, on the basis that he was not completely satisfied with either the clavichord's lack of volume or the harpsichord's lack of dimension. Personally I feel his music totally transcends the concept of instrumentation to begin with. You could play his music on a Game Boy and it'll still sound great.

@emilianoturazzi 3 жыл бұрын

Bach wouldn't have used any pedal because it is uneffective with counterpoint - it is not a mechanical or technical matter, but a musical one. When he wanted sustained tones he simply wrote long tones... that resonating aura is not so good for his aestetics

@PointyTailofSatan 3 жыл бұрын

Bach was actually quite famous for exploring the abilities of an instrument, and pushing instruments to their limits. That's why he was often asked to test new church organs. But also keep in mind that much of Bach's more advanced music depends more on melodic and harmonic development than dynamics. This is partly why almost all Bach scores have no dynamic markings.

@veravieira5755 3 жыл бұрын

@@dada78641 It's more the question of how...

@KremIsis 9 жыл бұрын

A sincere thank you for uploading this extraordinary performance. He's my beloved, my absolute favorite Bach's player.

@federicozukanovic3358 9 жыл бұрын

Excellent! Bravo!

@wolfgangkrayer7795 6 жыл бұрын

Federico Zukanovic

@Neotonalguy 13 жыл бұрын

He also plays Jazz....amazing artist

@TheCitybike 13 жыл бұрын

Great interpretation!!

@matteomanzoni764 9 жыл бұрын

E' il più grande!

@kleinigotti 10 жыл бұрын

best version ever

@ruperttmls7985 6 жыл бұрын

También la de Christianne Jacottet al clavecin es muy buena.

@wallacechoi7610 6 жыл бұрын

beautiful piano sound

@user-xe4xv5oj4l 3 ай бұрын

親友のチック・コリアが不世出の音楽家グルダに贈った言葉が有ります。「グルダの精神は音楽の創造性と冒険の精神です。彼はア−ティストとして如何なるカテゴリーにも限定されないだろう。彼は観客や友人を多くの異例の場所に連れて行きましたが、いつも人生と新しいアプローチの為のマジックタッチとフレア(自己表現)を持っていました。彼のインスピレーションは今、私たちと一緒に有り、永遠に残っています」すばらしい的を得た言葉ですね😊

@renzomosetti7532 8 жыл бұрын

Just one thing for the ones who denigrate this performance. Gulda was one of the top pianists of that period . The counterpoint in the fugue, despite the fastness, is perfect. As a Bach performer, his recording of the Well Tempered Clavier is one of the best ever recorded ( second only to Richter). If you listen to the "original" version on the harpsichord, you will understand that the metronome is not exaggerated.

@nihilistlemon1995 6 жыл бұрын

Renzo Mosetti except that metronome never existed at the time of Bach and people can play on whatever Tempo they like in my view . 😝

@TheHanslick 6 жыл бұрын

I hope you have Karl Richter on your mind

@michelbignault7221 4 жыл бұрын

EdHanslick nn

@marksmith3947 4 ай бұрын

Second only to Richter is a low blow. Richter played beautifully but his Bach rarely seemed on point musically---not to be imitated

@circycle 2 жыл бұрын

Amazing! Amazing!!!

@Aapton 13 жыл бұрын

this is incredible

@denisjtassart2174 6 жыл бұрын

thank you friedrich !

@bernardtheillaucher9478 4 жыл бұрын

Viva Gulda ! Thanks Gabor !

@rolandonavarro 14 жыл бұрын

there is not word. this man isn´t from this planet

@PointyTailofSatan 9 күн бұрын

So many pianists use a ton of rubato in the fugue, and romanticize it. But this as Gulda plays it is perfect. Fugues are musical structures, like an Eiffel Tower, or some great machine. They need symmetry, precision, and rock solid timing.

@kevnote 10 жыл бұрын

interesting & thought-provoking comments from almost all on this piece. That's a first for me w' KZfaq. Read/scrolled down about 6 pages. Bravo for the input/output!

@helerota 14 жыл бұрын

es absolutamente extraordinario,genial!!

@caldermf 10 жыл бұрын

Fantasy - 0:00 Fugue - 5:34

@ericrouach 7 жыл бұрын

magnificent rendition he plays a bosendorfer!

@madaboutvoice Жыл бұрын

I''m still sad that gelnn gould refused to record this fugue though he did the fantasie.

@JC-zf6sx 6 жыл бұрын

hearing this makes me appreciate jaco pastorius' version even more.

@mariaboutzouka4209 9 жыл бұрын

Beautiful 🎶🎶🎶💕🎹🎹🎹👍💞 I want to play it in diploma!🎵🎵🎵

@b00i00d 13 жыл бұрын

There's too much noise in the comments, when all there should be is: Beautiful!

@shilloshillos 12 жыл бұрын

Gulda is the king!

@aaabbbccc5 14 жыл бұрын

Bach/Busoni good work indeed! Gulda is my friend!

@lacotroppavieratroppova8147 8 жыл бұрын

EXCELLENT....

@manfredschulz5642 9 жыл бұрын

Es gibt nur ganz wenige,die Bach glaubhaft spielen können,dieser etwas schräge Herr Gulda gehört dazu!

@Ici-st4hg 8 жыл бұрын

PRIMA! This young (and bald) pianist is undoubtedly something else!

@MrJames1201 8 жыл бұрын

such clarity

@metteholm4833 6 жыл бұрын

Monumental!

@ChenWhiteHorse 12 жыл бұрын

it is such a hard scale! no one uses it. brilliant

@injacowetrust 14 жыл бұрын

awesome!

@gwedielwch 11 жыл бұрын

A great jazz performance !

@Felix_Li_En 14 жыл бұрын

Thank you for this !

@hhm28061953 8 жыл бұрын

At this time he was very young and pianists have a different understanding of playing Bach when they are older - more slower. What makes us sure that playing it faster is wrong? What makes us sure that playing it slower is correct. Music which is more than 250 years old undergoes several interpretations of younger and older pianists and can only reflect the masterpiece. Bach was young and Bach was old when he played the piece during his life. Here stands the question - what was the valid one? No one can answer it correctly today.

@mathiasjustesen4910 8 жыл бұрын

+Hans-Horst Mueller there is no correct answer.

@JuanPabloGuirigay 7 жыл бұрын

Music Rhetoric would help you find an answer (depending on how you assume the standing question, of course).

@michaldevetsedm1882 7 жыл бұрын

Oh no, usually there is just one correct tempo for each piece. (or rarely 2, far from one another). That some epoch liked it slower and the other faster only means that one saw through it better than the other. What makes some people sure is that they understand the piece deeply. Take Andras Schiff as an example of deep understanding of Bach.

@JuanPabloGuirigay 7 жыл бұрын

from 11'34" recommended!

@acontekkst5127 7 жыл бұрын

lol. Schiff. Thank you for qualifying your perspective.

@cualquie 12 жыл бұрын

so good

@mynameismred 13 жыл бұрын

i really like this

@atafuri 5 жыл бұрын

Bravo!

@vova47 13 жыл бұрын

@TJFNYC212 Yes,indeed, she was his only pupil. And she called him "the most gifted person I know"

@FrancescoDeBiasi 13 жыл бұрын

@ycooreman Interpretation is a matter of taste. A good interpretation needs especially coherence; then, we can like more or less some interpretations, but you can't say "this one is the best", you should say instead "I feel better with this", because Gulda, Gould, Tureck, Bernstein, Stravinskij and so on are all musicians of an extremely high level. They don't actually make mistakes, they make choices. Unless a lack of coherence in their Interpretations, they are all wonderful.

@AaronPetitPiano 11 жыл бұрын

thank you. good point

@runofear 8 жыл бұрын

El gran Gulda...

@jbooks888 10 жыл бұрын

dreamy... i'm drooling

@KABRIS1 13 жыл бұрын

@sirdelrio Thank you for articulating this point in a brilliant manner.

@berlinzerberus 15 жыл бұрын

g u l d a... yes,he was great indeed!!

@farnazboustani1405 11 жыл бұрын

wow!

@PointyTailofSatan 12 жыл бұрын

This is so unlike most Bach music. One can only wonder what inspired him to write it. A visiting Italian musician?

@rodrigogalliano4609 2 жыл бұрын

Wow!!!!

@1954surya 2 жыл бұрын

So muss das sein!

@snaaptaker 14 жыл бұрын

@aaabbbccc5 Absolutely, doc. Bach is the Universe!!! :-))

@metteholm75 14 жыл бұрын

great

@JohannesKuenel 13 жыл бұрын

@bushinarin Your're right, I just have to add: In 1964, it's neither really baroque nor romantic. When interpreting old music, we can try our best in making it sound authentic, but we will never be able to do it like the then interpreters, since our lifestyle is so different, and so are e.g. our musical impressions. Gulda, Gould, etc. have heard e.g. romantic music and can't erase this memory. Or, maybe even Bach would have wanted us to play romantically, if he had known what it meant ;-) ?

@bluedragon7925 3 жыл бұрын

...and they would have said we played out of tune and vice-versa. And now all keys sound the same even to us.

@grantMH1 2 жыл бұрын

Johannesburg - This is among the most intelligent and insightful comments I have read in any KZfaq piece.Bravo!

@RichWrightFloyd19 12 жыл бұрын

This Piece was originally wrote for Harpsichord, which meant that this piece had no dynamics too it cause the harpsichord could be played in only one volume. Playing this piece on piano would seem hard cause you have to play with no dynamics.

@dmazrianah 9 жыл бұрын

Finally found this video! This was my 8th grade exam piece in 2006. Same speed tempo but the starting part I think I went a bit too fast.

@PointyTailofSatan 3 жыл бұрын

This would be a perfect piece to demonstrate the flexibility of equal temperament. Add to that the very unlike Bach development of the fantasy, and I would guess this was written to "prove" equal temperament to his students and/or fellow musicians.

@Hubert99999 3 жыл бұрын

Fugue too!

@classicalalways 13 жыл бұрын

A very interesting performance, and what a treasure to have on KZfaq for everyone to enjoy. For anyone who followed Gulda from his days wearing headpieces, we should all remember that he was very focused on so much of the great traditional German repertoire. In all fairness, the performance is a bit hurried at times and abrupt, but one could argue that he also created a harpsichord effect with the abrupt chords et al. But the performance has such vibrance - a treasure.

@aaabbbccc5 14 жыл бұрын

@snaaptaker You´re right doc! Bach is world!