@@waynehowells6301 It feels nice to be united with so many people about how great the Goldberg Variations are =)
@waynehowells63013 жыл бұрын
@@OpenGoldberg I'm in love with it. My chefs in kitchen find it amazing I love to listen to classical while I prep, sadly not on while cooking lol. I'm trying to get myself more involved with symphony just so busy with kid and work. I tell myself if I came into alot if cash I will retire and tour Europe alone for 6 months just seeing symphony. Be so nice. Anyways cheers and take care and bon appetit.
@OpenGoldberg3 жыл бұрын
@@waynehowells6301 where is your kitchen?
@jamesa9012 жыл бұрын
Kimiko Ishizaka is an interesting person. Not only a professional concert pianist, she's an Olympic weightlifter & powerlifter. So she's the only pianist in the world who can perform the Goldberg Variations at a concert-level caliber, then carry her piano to the next performance.
@shannonparatene82622 жыл бұрын
What a champion WOW
@ranger812702 жыл бұрын
😂😂😂😂😂
@Cantbuyathrill2 жыл бұрын
Yes,yes! She can carry a tune, the piano, and demolish half the hall on her way out.
@Cantbuyathrill Жыл бұрын
Yes! They call her The Keyboard She-Hulk
@poontang8895 Жыл бұрын
Excellently put 🤣
@johns.82203 жыл бұрын
How the actual F*CK did Bach do this. Almost 90 whole minutes of variations in the same key, same harmonic progressions, by all accounts it should bore us all to tears. Instead, you don't want it to end. It's absolutely mind blowing to me, the work of a true genius. Bach was a miracle.
@OpenGoldberg3 жыл бұрын
It's simply incredible. And then you have to consider all of the other works that he created that are equally incredible.
@joha45743 жыл бұрын
They are not all in the same key. What are you talking about? Neither are they the same harmonic progressions.
@martinried54503 жыл бұрын
We all ask in awe. Maybe Quantum Computers will find out. If they are able to compose in such quality we make the next step beyond. Finish.
@catalina5253 жыл бұрын
yes he really was a genius writing sublime exquisite music for us all even today........I am a classical musician and I never tire of playing the wonderful music which is comforting, beautiful and speaks to the soul all at once. I am so grateful he wrote so much wonderful music
@johnsmithe46563 жыл бұрын
@@joha4574 Thanks for that. Though the key seems to be either G or G minor. In fact, isn't it safe to say that 'harmonic progressions' were not so prevalent in music like this, but rather that counterpoint approaches harmony in a completely different way? Other than the typical I-IV-V ending to most pieces Bach didn't really write in a way that you can analyze his music in that way, especially not where counterpoint is most prevalent, as in fugues. I tried one time writing out the chord relationships in some of his music. It's pretty much impossible with all the constant key changes, modes, and modulations. It very quickly makes no sense doing it that way.
@malcolmabram29572 жыл бұрын
Judging by the comments it cheers me greatly that Bach is so much appreciated, even to this day.
@UncensoredScion2 жыл бұрын
I think regardless of age or era if a person truly enjoys good music they'll love it when they hear it. Masterpieces like this are simply sublime to listen to and relax with.
@FrancescaPepoon2 жыл бұрын
Always.
@Cantbuyathrill2 жыл бұрын
"Even to this day" ?????? What the hell does that mean!!!!!!!
@malicant123 Жыл бұрын
Bach will be listened to with interest and appreciation for a long as there are people to listen.
@birjanka Жыл бұрын
Он не ручей, он - океан! (Mozart о Бахе).
@15125920114 жыл бұрын
I understand why Hannibal listens to to this when he's preparing the feast. I listen to the same music....but excuse me now. I have some friends for dinner.
@taufiqkhan57934 жыл бұрын
Okay, first you explain why Hannibal listens to it before killing those cops. In the book it's written he loves the structure of the music as Starling observes or hears him say...
@tuttt993 жыл бұрын
15:30 Ready when you are, Sgt. Pembry...
@charlesopels96763 жыл бұрын
I like your good sense of humor!
@a4501393653 жыл бұрын
You have friends for dinner? or you have friends for dinner??
@dominiquelarueenchantez-vous3 жыл бұрын
@@charlesopels9676 I like this sense of humour too;)
A time ago, I went to a psychiatrist. He was recommended by a friend. I thought that I do not need any psychiatric help, but it turned out that it was great to talk to a person, who was intelligent and understood my feelings. I told him everything. Then we had dinner for two. The fava beans were very delicious. Especially the liver of a pig, that was exquisite. We talked about music. He also enjoyed classical music and recommended me to listen to Goldberg Variations. The doctor brought me here, but I stay for the musical masterpiece.
@thenomad46064 жыл бұрын
The reference passed over my head.
@elias694204 жыл бұрын
@@thenomad4606 What reference?
@thenomad46064 жыл бұрын
@@elias69420 I'm guessing a Hannibal one?
@marcossidoruk80334 жыл бұрын
That was not pig.
@sonicmaths82854 жыл бұрын
@@thenomad4606 Hello, Clarice.
@bsm87873 жыл бұрын
My 18yr old dog left this world and sent this music to comfort me. As I was listening this in the car crying, it was as if she was speaking to me how she felt about each season of her life, ultimately telling me things were good so I must let it go and accept the absolute and embrace the unkown as she’ll always be around.
@OpenGoldberg3 жыл бұрын
Sorry for your loss, and happy that the music could be of comfort to you. ❤️
@Mtz2604 Жыл бұрын
I'm deeply sorry for your loss.
@markthacher4085 Жыл бұрын
Your words make your loss so real😢 I hope you’ve found another love bug but she’s telling you that now you’re doing all right again🥰
@carolynwaiterscarter4507Ай бұрын
Thank you for this beautiful generous comforting share. It too has a special place in my heart. ♥️
@rebelvgan45793 жыл бұрын
This has the power to remove stress and depression. Music is a form of therapy.
@matthew2h2o403 жыл бұрын
Well it ain’t that powerful then
@rebelvgan45793 жыл бұрын
@@matthew2h2o40 ???
@CanadianDivergent6 ай бұрын
@@matthew2h2o40 music such as this, absolutely is the highest form of art. Sound being the perfect medium to create healing through vibration and composers of this era understood this, by incorporating 3:6:9 ratio's in sound and music.
@matdyke5046Ай бұрын
I absolutely love baroque period music. I listen to it when im working on a difficult project and going to bed. It helps soothe my ptsd and depression from military service and clear the bad thoughts from my head.
@Melchiorblade79 жыл бұрын
Next to impossible to find music more pure than this
@brianbernstein38267 жыл бұрын
Darude Sandstorm is another good one, I think Bach wrote that as well actually
@jasonemery36186 жыл бұрын
W h o l e s o m e
@zacharybond236 жыл бұрын
Seriously!? That garbage of a piece of "music"!? You might as well eat an entire record while you're at it, Brian!
@TripolarStudio6 жыл бұрын
Well put, Herald!
@sirwan94306 жыл бұрын
Brian Bernstein Knowing the context and seeing your comments on other vids with the same genr-- NICE ONE BRIAN!
@bloodjunkie19197 жыл бұрын
Funny how 351 people were so blinded by tears over how beautiful this is that they managed to miss the like button and accidentally click the dislike button instead!
@user-kr4hw5ik8x3 жыл бұрын
I played this to my friend.....now Im having him for dinner
@Michaelneiss3 жыл бұрын
заслуженно!
@telllmeewhyy3 жыл бұрын
Hannibal
@simonsmith-jg6wl3 жыл бұрын
With a nice chianti tataa
@AlpayAyhan3 жыл бұрын
u will have liver with farma beans?
@katsuya5793 жыл бұрын
I just came here from the audiobook ☠️
@shin-i-chikozima2 жыл бұрын
The diversity of Bach music is infinite Goldberg is full of joys and sorrows of the human world
@odilereneleau34647 жыл бұрын
Every morning when I'm waking up , I listen these splendid Goldberg Variations played by Kimiko Ishizaka and it's a such wonderful moment to be happy all day long ...
@gustavosilvacm89326 жыл бұрын
You are a woman of very exquisite taste!
@carloscosta35146 жыл бұрын
You are a wonderfull woman with a very good taste!
@Vichaangamikraho6 жыл бұрын
you might be a woman
@MOVIE1MAN15 жыл бұрын
Do you consume liver for breakfast?
@Alfred_On_Youtube5 жыл бұрын
Voudriez vous bien m'accorder cette danse 💃?
@michaelkottler11 ай бұрын
This version, performed by Kikiko Ishizaka on piano, is the one I think of when The Goldberg Variations comes to mind. Engaging, high-energy, faultless and at times electrifying interpretation of this epic piece. My favorite rendition. Thanks, Ishikazaka-chan and props also to OpenGoldberg for making this track (w/scoring!) so available.
@MGMonasterio7 жыл бұрын
Gould's rendition is more idyosincratic, as everything he did. Ishizakas's is the most near to perfection.One hears,and hears and it is almost unbelievable! What a Joy!
@michaelkottler11 ай бұрын
Agreed. And yes, one hears and hears again.
@waterbuffalo42254 жыл бұрын
This is the most pure recording I've heard of this piece. It's nice to hear the variations without lots of ornamentation for once
@OpenGoldberg3 жыл бұрын
Glad you like it!
@JanPBtest2 жыл бұрын
Ditto. Although I prefer it on the harpsichord (or better yet Lautenwerk).
Un délice cette musique. Tout le génie de Bach s'exprime dans ces variations ,qui nous transportent dans dans le rêve, et la joie.
@macarenagutierrez53103 жыл бұрын
Todo lo que componía este hombre es arte puro, sublime...adoro a Bach
@juanmarioosella2402 Жыл бұрын
coincidimos macarena
@carminemurray6624 Жыл бұрын
Prefiero macaroni a la macarena que es puro desastre.
@michaelkottler11 ай бұрын
So say we all!
@Cantbuyathrill10 ай бұрын
Cuando escucho a Bach es el unico momento en que creo en extraterrestres.
@kiwichrix5 жыл бұрын
3:12 to 3:34 for me is an example of human perfection both Bach's composition and Kimiko's performance. It is just heaven, sheer perfection, so utterly beautiful that words arguably fail at this point and one just has to stop and marvel at how this was humanly possible.
@Kimiko-piano5 жыл бұрын
Thank you for the kind words and appreciation. Bach is truly a marvel!
@souverain1er4 жыл бұрын
Indeed. A great composer would have ended that part in one measure. Bach used 6!
@sararomiti9017 Жыл бұрын
Wow!!!! Allora il PARADISO ESISTE ED ANCHE LA PERFEZIONE!!! DIO SI MANIFESTA
@michaelkottler11 ай бұрын
@@Kimiko-piano Thank YOU for this superlative performance of an iconic Bach composition!
@plumjam5 ай бұрын
Have heard many interpretations of the Goldberg Variations, but I always come back to Kimiko's as my favourite. Beautifully played, and no ego. 😍
@Jantsenpr7778 жыл бұрын
Hi, there! Ever since I first studied J. S. Bach as a teenager, I fell absolutely in love with his music. To this day, after having heard and played many other composers ans styles of music, the Old Bach is still my favorite composer, hands down. His music is absolutely intoxicating and intense, and vibrant, and expressive, and... well, you get my point. Mrs. Ishizaka, an absolutely master pianist as she is, has produced a masterwork performance. Ever since I heard her play, I just loved her expressiveness and lush tone. Also, she has a beautiful imagination that reinvigorates this age-old music, and even pleasantly surprises you here and there. This is no typewriter-style performance, by no means! Let's face it: Bach's music is the most immediate artistic production ever created: it immediately mesmerizes your mind and impacts your soul in ways no other artist can. And the Goldbergs... well, the Golbergs are the Golbergs, man! Mrs. Ishizaka has let this music sing by itself, without any sentimentality whatsoever, with great clarity in the contrapuntal texture, bravura in the fast movements, and deep, soulful expression throughout, but especially in the minor movements. Thank you, Mrs. Ishizaka! This recording is a gift to humanity!
@OpenGoldberg7 жыл бұрын
Thank you, for your kind words! Keep enjoying the music.
@Aluisioadrianosatan7 жыл бұрын
Joel Seda congratulations sir
@Gallifreyman17 жыл бұрын
I agree with you: it is very difficult to play Bach without making it become a display of fireworks... the temptation is always there, specially in the aria, which is the most demanding part artistically, though I would say not technically, in my most humble and unaothorized opinion. Ishizaka achieves it, and brilliantly: Not a single stroke of the fingers on the keyboard is superfluous.
@MichaelCWBell7 жыл бұрын
Seriously Bach makes most composers, even celebrated ones look and sound so shallow it's ridiculous. I was saying to my wife today that it seems Bach in Music is not really paralleled in any other art - in literature one might say Shakespeare, but then, there is not really enough of it; in painting - Rembrandt? He doesn't have the same stature. Maybe Michelangelo in sculpture? Anyway, you get where I'm going... what are other thoughts on this?
@ullrichherz70535 жыл бұрын
@Deborah To learn from a great mind does not make one inferior to one's example. Beethoven learned from Haydn and Albrechtsberger a.o. but exeeded them all by far. Admitted, JSB is to be singled out among all composers.
@arishokqunari12903 жыл бұрын
What humans can accomplish if they really stick to something like Bach did and do it with devotion and concentration like him...beautiful
@kayausiu8090 Жыл бұрын
She is a lot better than many well known professional players on this piece.
@zoiacalifornia4 жыл бұрын
The first 5 minutes: quiet and philosophical. After 5 minutes - awakening, energy. The fine language of music!
@tortoisecanswim5 жыл бұрын
I can't get enough of this beautiful sound Btw I was brought here neither by Bach nor a movie/book, but by music history classes WE NEED MORE MUSICOLOGY CLASSES IN SCHOOLS
@austinzheng45202 жыл бұрын
I know, right?
@MrTarlecon2 жыл бұрын
I once read about an experiment: a school class was divided into two parts. In the first part they didn't change anything (a reference group), in the second one they studied less maths, chemistry, physics (all the "serious" and "necessary" subjects) and more music, art, physical education etc. (all this "soft" and "unnecessary" stuff). The scientists wanted to see how much would the second part of students stay behind the first part in maths, science etc. The result shocked them: the second part became BETTER in "serious" subjects. They had less classes of maths, chemistry, physics etc., but they succeeded in these subjects better, because they had more classes of music, art and PE. We DREADFULLY need to study more "soft" subjects - more music, music history, art, sports - to be better in "hard" subjects. And, probably, in life in general.
@Nonconform1410 ай бұрын
@@MrTarlecon, yes ,you are right, 100%, i totally agree !!
@gauriblomeyer18359 ай бұрын
All interpretations have got their value. I listen almost every day to them in order to enjoy this wonderful piece of music. The versions of Glenn Gould, Lang Lang and Andras Schiff give me best impressions.
@odettefrancois65664 жыл бұрын
Bach es el padre de la música, sus obras sublimes llegan al alma,saludos desde Chile🎼🎶
@sebastianciarfella30614 жыл бұрын
No es el padre, es el abuelo, el dios de la musica, dueño de toda la alegría jamás expresa en la música
@danshorb77192 жыл бұрын
Absolutely impossible for anyone other than Bach to write this, and anyone other than Kimiko Ishizaka to play this. I am crying, gasping, and screaming all simultaneously.
@johnwbyrd8 ай бұрын
How wonderfully clean this recording is -- none of the vocal tics or misbehavior of Gould, no overblown reinterpretations of Bach -- just the original melodies, rendered on high quality gear with a high quality piano by a high quality performer. There is a reassuring mathematical purity to the recording. It is good to have.
@michaelanthony97483 ай бұрын
Watching the sheet dance to THE GREATEST PIECE OF MUSIC ever conceived by a human mind is by far one of my greatest joys. It is the complexity of life personified.
@DavideAcerbi4 жыл бұрын
Many friends suggested me some recordings from other famous piano players like Glenn Gould, but I never found a version played with the grace and profound sensibility and respect for this work of Bach than Kimiko Goldberg Variations. Thank you Mrs Ishizaka.
@Kimiko-piano4 жыл бұрын
Thank you, Davide. Such a thoughtful and encouraging comment - I really appreciate it!
@user-uc3pv4sh2x4 жыл бұрын
@M S yea.... nobody asked.... but ok
@waynehowells63014 жыл бұрын
Well said, and I agree.
@goldenrules37632 жыл бұрын
Agreed, 100%!!
@fernaj53 Жыл бұрын
Hi
@angelob.10894 жыл бұрын
This is a fantastic recording. The tempi are extremely well-chosen, her tone has a very whole/pure - Schiff-like quality (V.11 is, to me, particularly mesmerizing), and the voicing is exquisite (the voicing in V.5 & V.9 for example!). It's a shame the pianist isn't more popular, but to those of you who are interested, you should look her up. She has recorded the WTC and The Art of Fugue too.
@Kimiko-piano4 жыл бұрын
Thank you, @Angelo B. I'm glad you mention the voicing - it's a big part of what makes each repeat in the variations special. This, and the other recordings you mentioned, can be downloaded freely from my music website: music.kimiko-piano.com And if you subscribe to my channel, (click on my user avatar), you'll get updates of my own compositions. The next release I will be making (soon!) is one of a set of songs I have written.
@angelob.10894 жыл бұрын
@@Kimiko-piano -- Thanks for sharing this info here. Your playing is truly remarkable and I'd love to hear more from you.
@Kimiko-piano4 жыл бұрын
@@angelob.1089 I'll be recording and releasing a new album of songs I've written. If you want updates, join my mailing list: eepurl.com/-9uzf I only send mail when there's real news.
@diegomaranan53914 жыл бұрын
I agree. This is a wonderful interpretation.
@jamesa9012 жыл бұрын
Yeah I agree. While Glenn Gould will probably always be the gold standard for me - both his early and later versions just hold so much - I do think she is really under-appreciated. She is a wholly remarkable performer.
@kevinhutcheson18543 жыл бұрын
Peaceful and sublime at first, then full of energy and vibrant at the end. Wonderful!
@superduck8357 жыл бұрын
He wrote all his music to glorify the Lord and bring others to know and love Him. He didn't wish to become famous for himself, rather for the work and the way it praised the Lord.
@Nebuchadnezzar318 жыл бұрын
Came for the Silence, stayed for the music.
@condor07uk7 жыл бұрын
came for silence, stayed for the lambs
@OpenGoldberg7 жыл бұрын
lol =)
@andreasschwarzenbach71817 жыл бұрын
Edgar Allan Poe schweizjugendchor
@ludlowryder88035 жыл бұрын
Found and bought a book in a second hand book shop with what looks like an autograph by Allan Poe: how do I discover if it is genuine?
@SolariaMaterian5 жыл бұрын
er... research might help
@1whoDoesSimply5 жыл бұрын
9:11 . Now that's what I call a sexy bassline. Left hand for daaaaaaays! I aint kidding when I say Bach loved to tug with our emotions all the time. Each and every one of these pieces are genius in indescribable ways. Can you imagine spending your life on your own original masterpieces, dying, and seeing people hundreds of years later celebrating and praising you for it? Bach earned it. Let's listen again.
@kskyro56545 жыл бұрын
hmm 9.11 what do i think about...
@lkbwheewhee534 жыл бұрын
So funny, I am listening to this now and just thought the same thing at the same variation! "Got-dayum what a great left hand!"
@shin-i-chikozima2 жыл бұрын
No performance is as interesting and intriguing and captivating and inspirational as her magnificent performance
@kazuya0903534 жыл бұрын
Kimiko Ishizakaさま、素晴らしい動画を感謝いたします。楽譜も読めない楽器も弾けない私は、雲上人であったバッハが、目の前の、手で触れることのできる存在のように肉薄できました。有り難うございました。私の好みとしては、「頁めくり」より、「譜面を追」って下さる方が、とても有り難いです。感謝
@iamstillthinking Жыл бұрын
This is the best interpretation I've heard, by a long shot at that.
@michaelkottler11 ай бұрын
Damn straight
@LucasKingPiano9 жыл бұрын
Beautiful.
@bobelaviador3 жыл бұрын
out of this world, allmost fiction too beautifull to be real
@leonardoesparza26053 жыл бұрын
Hey, I know you
@carlosenriquediazbertozzi44472 жыл бұрын
@@leonardoesparza2605 maybe Leonardo... I Know a ex Gobernor Esparza. Is a great man and good man... Thank you Leo. One embrace and good year for you and all yours.
@fabianom73 жыл бұрын
Aria is one of the most beautiful things I ever encountered during my life time.
@lars-olofbrandt586 Жыл бұрын
Att som icke musikutbildad försöka följa med i denna fantastiska ljudexplosion blev en upplevelse som aldrig försvinner. Att läsa noter skall hädanefter bliva min musik.Bach äger.
@goscott4444 жыл бұрын
_GOD bless Kimiko! Very beautiful performance of this masterpiece!_ 🥰
@Kimiko-piano4 жыл бұрын
Thank you, @Scott Payne.
@delanagracejohnson62823 жыл бұрын
Touching the divine through music. Breathtaking. One of my favorite pieces of his works .
@jeffreywattles35954 жыл бұрын
In one sense, a human being can attain perfection: the beautiful wholeness of righteousness. In music, I believe I have just heard something comparable. "My whole life," I have been hearing of the Goldberg Variations, and I was tremendously pleased to have my introduction today from Kimiko Ishizaka. How can such technique and such musicality exist so united in one personality! There is not a trace of self-assertion in her performance. She "simply" gives us Bach, every tempo, every nuance of mood, every key and key signature. Having the score available is so instructive. The breathtaking delicacy of her handling of the virtuouso passages, her strength and authority when the music is that . . . it all made more sense when I went to kimiko-piano.com. She crowd-funded the Goldberg project so as to be able to make available to the public, free of charge, this Himalayan achievement of Bach. We truly find here what Plato portrayed in the Ion, there is that connection of inspiration from the "muse" to the composer to the artist, to the listener. Thank you One and all!
@Kimiko-piano4 жыл бұрын
Hi Jeffrey, it means so much to me that you hear this recording as you do. Thank you for the very kind comments. You may have found my other videos already, but in case not, you might be interested in: Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1: - with score: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/pLZ4fL2onK6-oWg.html - as an animated video (very interesting!): kzfaq.info/get/bejne/nJegmpeY39StdoE.html Art of the Fugue (with completion by myself): - kzfaq.info/get/bejne/it-SppSFnrWwcps.html I've written ten classical pieces, informed by jazz harmonies. The Blues Variations (#6), for example, is a theme-and-variations form like the Goldberg Variations, ending in a 4-voice fugue, but all on a 12 bar blues. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/ps5jaMt93MnHm40.html All of these tracks are available for download at music.kimiko-piano.com Cheers, Kimiko
@EkErilaz4 жыл бұрын
The absence of self-assertion is true, which can be both positive and negative. As much as I absolutely love Gould's late interpretation for its contemplativeness and character, Ishizaka's is much more true to the score that Bach wrote. I started studying and playing the Aria (and later the 15th Variation, those being my two favourite parts) with the 1st edition score, and in the beginning used Gould's recording as a reference, which gave me lots of inspiration and depth, but now I'm keen on actually playing what Bach intended, I've started using Ishizaka's. Thank you very much for giving us this splendid recording and presentation!
@Kimiko-piano4 жыл бұрын
EkErilaz I studied the score for this piece quite intensely, for a very long time (years), with the hope that someday, someone would write a comment like this one :-) If you’re curious about the new music I’m composing, make sure to subscribe to my new channel (my account).
@CrazyArtLady4 жыл бұрын
@@Kimiko-piano Pure headspace in 1 word... Singularity. Bravo & Thank you 4 this gift... I very much needed to hear this as I reflect upon a conversation that was life changing with my Dr. Processing the things I can not change but only simply accept with child like HOPE.
@jiancai_nocturne4 жыл бұрын
Are you kidding me?
@Firnila4 жыл бұрын
I have zero idea how these performances work, but whatever Kimiko Ishizaka does with the Goldberg Variations is magic.
@Kimiko-piano4 жыл бұрын
Thank you!
@EttorealbertoGelli-vr6sz7 ай бұрын
Fimila. THIS pianist Is on Everest summit
@mikematthews58723 жыл бұрын
Beautiful sheer genius By Bach and the pianist What a great way to start the day
@OpenGoldberg3 жыл бұрын
Hope you had a great day, and many more!
@gymfnzakl4 жыл бұрын
My favorite version! This is a real singing of music, sound of bach, dancing of heart!
@Kimiko-piano4 жыл бұрын
Thank you!
@waynehowells63014 жыл бұрын
So lovely, melts my heart hearing this piece. Bravo Sir Bach.
3 жыл бұрын
How wonderful it is to hear these splendid variations of Goldberg😍
2 жыл бұрын
😍🎼
@gabeu20246 жыл бұрын
OK, this is like the best thing I've ever heard. I've listened to this like 8 times in three days. This is really, really good. Bach, Kimiko Ishizako, this is pure. Thank you. Awesome upload too, love the marker.
@Kimiko-piano3 жыл бұрын
Glad you took the time to really get to know it!
@MrTarlecon2 жыл бұрын
@@Kimiko-piano your performance is really wonderful, thank you very much!
@sijag688 жыл бұрын
What a beautiful piece of music, and beautifully played. Thank you for posting.
@michaelkottler11 ай бұрын
Iconic 100% dope AF Bach sure to satisfy even the most discriminating audiophile. The description notes Silence of the Lambs and it's worth noting that Thomas Harris' fictional Dr. Hannibal Lecter is portrayed in Hannibal as playing The Goldberg Variations on a theremin.
@pacifist28299 ай бұрын
I can play only Aria, Variation 1 and Variation 19 and Variation 22. From which only 19 and 22 comes even somewhat close to the quality of Kimiko. Thank you, this helps to practice.
@ivanhendr8 жыл бұрын
This interpretation is so enjoyable; pure with minimal embellishments.
@nocoat2948 жыл бұрын
+vanno Yes. I find embelishments get in the way sometimes, especially when playing
@diegomaranan53914 жыл бұрын
Agreed; that said, I love the embellishments that were added... I'm thinking especially of Variation 22!
@bsm87873 жыл бұрын
Embellishments and classic music just don’t go together, it’slike putting rhinestones on diamonds…
@DagothUr36723 жыл бұрын
@@bsm8787 This is just utterly false -- embellishment and improvisation was a mainstay of classical music until notation and musical instruments (particularly the piano) could be mass produced in the early to mid 19th century which resulted in a dispersion of interest for classical music among the middle classes. It was from the middle classes that scores began to be read 'as is' which led to the general decline of improvisation and free-form embellishment -- as well as the emergence of more rigid modes of performance like ballet and symphony orchestra. In and before the Common Practice Period it was common and even expected of musicians to be able to effectively embellish the music they were playing. Lutenists and other plucked instrumentalists e.g. Visee, Dowland, Purcell, Weiss etc. heavily ornamented their pieces, and gave a great deal of liberty as to how embellishment should be done; organists and other figured bass instrumentalists were expected to improvise chord voicings; any soloist would have been expected to embellish and play variations on a central theme, or play completely extemporaneously, in a variety of musical forms but especially the cadenza; and the greats -- Bach, Beethoven, Mozart whoever -- were well known for their extemporaneous playing and embellishment. The preference, and accompanying assertion, that classical music and embellishments are mutually exclusive is a purely modern sensibility.
@Fireball17878 жыл бұрын
I quite like having the on-screen synchronisation. It helps me to recall my sight-reading, which has become very rusty over the many years since I was able to do so! Thank you for adding this facility.
@tonyn15107 жыл бұрын
I can never think of a list of the top ten geniuses in human history in all fields that excludes and still consider it a fair list.
@MGMonasterio7 жыл бұрын
Regarding our beloved Patron and Saint J.S.B, this Wonderful Artist, Kimiko Ishizaka, is the most refreshing apperance on earth since Glenn Gould! And being myself a great fan of the Canadian Master, I can say that Ishizaka rendition, both of the Golberg variations and of the Well Tempered Clavier, are even more enjoyable for me than anyone's else! Thank you!!!! Thank you!!!! THANK YOU! You are bringing Heaven to Earth!
@OpenGoldberg7 жыл бұрын
And thank you, Manuel, for your kind words =)
@MGMonasterio7 жыл бұрын
She deserves so much more than my poor comments! Thank you for bringing her to all of us!
@johndobson18996 жыл бұрын
Koroliov does a good job too. However I have to agree with you , this is wonderful and to my ears light
@Kimiko-piano3 жыл бұрын
Have you had a chance to listen to my own compositions on my channel? Check out the Blues Variations, for example.
@Musicienne-DAB19953 жыл бұрын
Kimiko Ishizaka's performance is stellar. I always use this recording to help me sleep, but for once, it is marvellous to hear everything while awake. Bach's genius in the Goldberg Variations never fails to amaze me. How one man could hear these marvellous sounds-- and apparently did not compose using a harpsichord-- beggars belief!
@robertdouglass72213 жыл бұрын
Agree! So wonderful that history has given us this gem.
@Carfree-Cities5 жыл бұрын
This is a brilliant addition to the Goldbergs, which have been my favorite music for more than 60 years now. Thank you!
@Kimiko-piano5 жыл бұрын
And thank you! It's definitely a piece for a lifetime. You might be interested to know that I've begun composing my own music. This video is the first piece I've published on KZfaq. Hope you like it! kzfaq.info/get/bejne/Y7F3m9ydysm4Zas.html
I love this interpretation. Simple, elegant. She delivers the intent of the music, rather than drawing attention to herself
@carminemurphy48362 жыл бұрын
With her talent she can draw as much attention to herself as possible. Yet her humility does not allow it.
@michaelkottler11 ай бұрын
Ya sure done said a lot wid only a few of them fancy words like those kids at the university n i reckon my boss at da' castle. Whenever he gets to obsessin' over reanimating the dead like dat crazy Dr. fellow in ReAnimater, listenin' to Ishikaza always calms him down even better than that ol' chloroform rag he takes a big whiff on every now and then.
@blaht152 жыл бұрын
It's beyond comprehension of a normal human being what Bach's genius was. Really
@manfredlipp64103 жыл бұрын
Ein Trost, zu sehen wieviele kultivierte Menschen dass es gibt. Komponisten und Interpreten auf diesem Niveau genießen zu dürfen ist ein Segen und führt uns auf den richtigen Weg - danke für dieses Angebot!
@Kimiko-piano3 жыл бұрын
Und ebenfalls ein Trost, von so netten Fans gehört und wahrgenommen zu werden! Ein frohes neues Jahr, @Manfred Lipp
@manfredlipp64103 жыл бұрын
Herzliche Grüße...!
@brentmeistergeneral28132 жыл бұрын
Bach is the greatest composer of all time. Not that he composed the most tuneful and memorable works but more the absolute technical brilliance. He mastered everything he touched.
@Cantbuyathrill10 ай бұрын
"not the most tuneful or memorable"?????????? You must be hard of hearing or understanding.
@brentmeistergeneral281310 ай бұрын
Oh dont get me wrong. Bach is more techinal but Mozart is my number 1.@@Cantbuyathrill
@brentmeistergeneral281310 ай бұрын
Nothing wrong with my hearing but Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was the greatest in my opinion. He absolutely dominated every musical genre and was dead at 35. Noone has ever surpasssed that. @@Cantbuyathrill
@rainyvanrideswithluna96105 жыл бұрын
So simple so complex. Timeless songs.
@user-zd1pt8gy9l2 жыл бұрын
Absolutely mind blowing the work of a true genius - Johann Sebastian Bach !!!🙏🙏🙏
@steffen51216 жыл бұрын
Bach aced every style of music he composed in. I've listened to Beethoven and Brahms Variations and a lot more but no one comes near to the ingenuity of these. They are simple yet have such complex and creative ideas behind them (the canons in increasing intervalls). Also when I first heard this work, I didn't even realized that I was listening to Variations. This is the best indicator that the Variations are indeed good.
@Musicienne-DAB19956 жыл бұрын
I didn't realize that either, despite knowing the title of the work, LOL. Indeed, no one has come near to Bach's absolute mastery of form and style.
@fredvacher39982 жыл бұрын
You do point out the great genius of J. S. Bach, his melodic genius allied to such harmonic confidence! Of course the rhythm is very good too, bouncing and yet smooth, so inventive. It seems like a rocket to me, going higher and higher!
@kelsey1227Ай бұрын
You all are spreading so much joy. Thank you for being so wonderful!
@juanramonmedinaortega65053 жыл бұрын
Desde mi infinita ignorancia musical creo apreciar en la Variaciones Goldberg la más sublime transición posible del barroco al clásico. Aún siendo un apasionado de Bach nunca las había escuchado, ni en parte, con la atención y tranquilidad de hoy. ¡ Y pensar que podría haberme muerto antes de haberlas disfrutado! Una maravilla la presentación del video: no solo se oyen, sino que también se pueden "ver". Gracias.
@OpenGoldberg3 жыл бұрын
I'm glad you found the Goldberg Variations and enjoyed them!
@carlosenriquediazbertozzi44473 жыл бұрын
Juan Ramón, si hubieras fallecido sin oírlas, las habrías escuchado en el Cielo, pues allí todo calla cuando las manos y el alma de la intérprete hablan !... Es la Música que suena mientras Gabriel crea Universos nuevos...
@brian-vz5hz4 жыл бұрын
Greatest composer in history.
@vittoriomarano82303 жыл бұрын
...after Wolfgang bro...!
@mirko90723 жыл бұрын
With G. F. Hændel!
@brian-vz5hz2 жыл бұрын
Disagree
@b1j3 жыл бұрын
This is a real gift to the world. I have her CD, and I like to follow along in the score. But to watch a dynamic score in real time is a boon for those, like me, have only just enough skill in reading music to enjoy, but not perform at this level.
@pleasecontactme42743 жыл бұрын
reverse for me lol im horible at sight reading
@ipacyz8369 Жыл бұрын
Such a person will never walk the earth again... BACH!
@AndreyBogoslowskyNewYorkCity11 ай бұрын
I am done with KZfaq. I refuse to watch videos getting interrupted by commercials from now on I just want and I don’t care if I’m not learning 20 hours a day I will listen only two lectures that have no commercials #Bogoslowsky .🦁🤴
@mestwategelagle2017 жыл бұрын
i find bachs music elegant and relaxing it has that shakespearen touch and some type of royailty feeling
@angelocompagnin63177 жыл бұрын
Meraviglioso, queste variazioni sono di una freschezza ed unica di chi l 'ascolta ! Bach grazie di essere esistito!
@TaiganTundra5 жыл бұрын
Bach is the pinnacle of musical expression, a perfect mathematical harmony.
@fredvacher39982 жыл бұрын
What is mathematical?
@shin-i-chikozima2 жыл бұрын
This splendor of words can not arrive The comfort of this performance is irreplaceable , and beyond compare
@safla20107 жыл бұрын
Bach brought me here
@musik3506 жыл бұрын
#MeToo
@lukevin64864 жыл бұрын
same
@pseunition60384 жыл бұрын
@@musik350 ;)
@briarjensen21234 жыл бұрын
And I'm sure you'll be Bach
@dominiquelarueenchantez-vous3 жыл бұрын
same too
@frankbrinkmann25104 жыл бұрын
Bach was not of this earth. No human could ever create such a beautyful sound.
@carminemurray6624 Жыл бұрын
Perhaps he was inspired from The Great Beyond The Elysium.
@adamh51533 ай бұрын
It was Christ he prayed to before composing.
@Maslacak19856 жыл бұрын
i love the fact that this sound comes not just from pianist hands but also weightlifter, strength and elegance together
@jojobee31666 жыл бұрын
no matter what brought you here im happy that all of us were able to discover bach and this wonderful music!
@Kimiko-piano5 жыл бұрын
Agree!
@OpenGoldberg9 жыл бұрын
Tavan Shah, it's several softwares in the end. First, the score was made with MuseScore. Then it was prepared as an iPad App by the MuseScore team who custom made the synchronization between the score and the music. I then recorded the iPad app as a video using the "Reflector" program for Mac OS X.
@OlmoHerediaBlanco9 жыл бұрын
OpenGoldberg LOL!
@donnaleecorboy9 жыл бұрын
+OpenGoldberg thankyou for this!
@maria526ify8 жыл бұрын
xz
@celiaeisenbaum6648 жыл бұрын
lindo
@celiaeisenbaum6648 жыл бұрын
Muito bonito.
@genekim14263 жыл бұрын
Much thanks to Ms. Ishizaka and to her OpenGoldberg Project! All the best!
@Mimi1235028 күн бұрын
J’admire toutes les œuvres de BACH jouées par Glenn GOULD, mais j’avoue que j’adore aussi cette interprétation de Kimiko ISHIZAKA 🥹🤍🥰🤍
@rosevines9 жыл бұрын
So delicate - both the writing and the performance. Love it.
@viniciusdiasguimaraes29123 жыл бұрын
The most loved music to Dr. Hannibal Lecter.
@autiemuse Жыл бұрын
Having mastered.and performed this collection and listening to several virtuosic recordings for almost 50 years (including historic LP's byJorg Demus, Glenn Gould): this pianist's discipline and interpretations are very fine, her balance of tempi and dynamics are very nice. One technical improvement would elevate her performance - there is a tendency to use too much forearm weight without the fulcrum/shock absorption of the wrist, causing unintended accented harshness of tone in numerous instances. The strike-release impact needs to be reviewed throughout the variations to eliminate these accidental jarring interruptions to an otherwise often transcendent performance of this masterwork. I think breath technique work to integrate the upper body flow and emotive expression is the next level past the technicalities that I have mentioned. Lengthen the lines, pull, reach, each phrase is breathed out with the weight on the keys more rounded and more 'resonant' This is the singular miracle of pianism- turning hammers and gears into a sonorous, round and singing tone. I plan to enjoy this recording as a part of my 'collected' performances to influence and inform my own. Congratulations!
@jparkhku7 жыл бұрын
OpenGoldberg: thank you very much for your monumental work of inserting the moving bar. my respects!
@blogleftbanker3 жыл бұрын
I've listened to these countless times and I can play a few of them, but this was the first time I listened while looking at the entire score. It's quite an experience. Thanks.
@taekoasano87354 жыл бұрын
Sophisicated, and passionated interpretation This is Truly good news from God that Bach with his imagination wings and Mis,Ishizuka, her hands brought to me. Thanks God who created a person like Bach in human.
@Kimiko-piano4 жыл бұрын
Thank you for your kind comments, Taeko Asano. I am also thankful that Bach exists.
@linkinthegame25743 жыл бұрын
The variations on 2 claviers played on a simple clavier of piano are always blowing my mind ! Well done Kimiko Ishizaka sensei and thank you OpenGoldberg to share sheets of this masterpiece
@coyote23576 жыл бұрын
I was brought here by the book "Call me by your name". Elio plays goldberg variations at a bar in Rome. I'm totally glad that i searched this and getting into the atmosphere of the book.
@familyman50135 жыл бұрын
Who is Elio? I was brought here by my music teacher. She shakes her head while listening to this song
@marcus94415 жыл бұрын
Saw that movie in an outdoors theater in Berlin. Consider watching it when you're done.
@nay2855k4 жыл бұрын
I am reading this passage right now. Glad that I am not the only one who had searched this beautiful music
@notWaldont4 жыл бұрын
I picked up piano again because of that book.
@LUCIORUFFAtropeaperamore8 жыл бұрын
Eccellente! interpretazione ed esecuzione di rara ed assoluta finezza! Brava, brava, brava e bravissima!
@carlosenriquediazbertozzi44472 жыл бұрын
Bravo per lei, Lucio... Bravo, molto bravo... finezza di cuore tua... Tante grazzie ...
@mohawkc918 жыл бұрын
This is brilliant! I love the synchronized sheet music. Thank you to whoever did this.
@michaelkottler11 ай бұрын
ikr?
@takudzwamuhenyeri3199 Жыл бұрын
Im absolutely uncultured when it comes to this type of music, but it sounds fantastic and helps me focus when I'm studying.
@ulrikeflick52684 жыл бұрын
I was brought here by "Recommended for you". Glad my computer or KZfaq knows me so well.
@Kimiko-piano4 жыл бұрын
Props to YT for good taste :D
@user-nc6dz1vm6e8 жыл бұрын
Beautiful!! I love Bach's music!! Thanks for sharing this charming music!!