many people have no idea how incredible hard it is to make a good transcription of this masterpiece for the piano. I love Siloti's approach but master Gulda's performance is simply superior to anything else. RIP you Austrian genius and thank you very much.
Maestro Gulda, with its distinctive expression and brilliant lightness, transfers very difficult musical masterpieces to us. And there's his magical charm and huge modesty, classy wit and humility! 🌹 Marcela
If you take away one note, the entire composition will fall apart. Ever since my childhood I have had a direct connection with Bach's music; Its purity, its beauty and melancholy. One can summarize his music in one sentence and would be: It is life itself. Listening to Gulda's sensitive touch and Bach's contrapuntal technique makes me view life in another way. A sense of nostalgia washes over me; It takes me back in time when life was so much easier, so much simpler, yet so beautiful. TY Bach.
Gulda era "vivo", un sempreverde! Anche fosse morto a 150 anni sarebbe morto giovane, tanta la vitalità e la gioia di vivere comunicava. Grazie per averlo inserito!
Gulda perfectly well executes, the soul sings, plays from heart, a sound very beautiful, and it live, speaking it is necessary to listen only............ Certainly - it is Bach music! Gulda великолепно исполняет, душа поёт, играет от сердца, звук очень красивый, и он живой, говорящий нужно только прислушаться............конечно- же это музыка Баха!
Gulda великолепно исполняет, душа поёт, играет от сердца, звук очень красивый, и он живой, говорящий нужно только прислушаться............конечно- же это музыка Великого Баха!
The first time I heard Gulda was in sixties in Turin (Italy). He performed the 4th and the 5th piano concertos from Beethoven. He was wonderful and up to date I think he was one of the most important piano soloist of the last century. A big sin he died to early........
Bach played in a romantic way. Great! Gulda plays Jazz. You must see him praising Chick Corea on this same show. Chick is playing so fine that Gulda abandon stage...
Superficial??? Give me a break. This guy had tremendous depth as a musician. He was simply brilliant. This guy could actually improvise--a lot of classical musicians nowadays can't play their way out of a paper bag unless they have a score in front of them or they've memorized a piece. Gulda could do it all.
You are all wrong ... it is in D major and he is playing it in D major, and if there are other versions in C, G, A ... well, that's OK, but there are not in the original key. This piece is part of the suite for orchestra (I believe is #3) in D major, by J.S.Bach. D major, D major, D major, D major, D major, D major, D major, D major, D major, D major ... just as Gulda's version ... in D major
This is one of my favorite clips. So simple and so pure. It's magical.
many people have no idea how incredible hard it is to make a good transcription of this masterpiece for the piano.
I love Siloti's approach but master Gulda's performance is simply superior to anything else.
RIP you Austrian genius and thank you very much.
***** Is Gulda playing his own transcription? If not, do you know whose it is?
I love you gulda !!
Maestro Gulda, with its distinctive expression and brilliant lightness, transfers very difficult musical masterpieces to us.
And there's his magical charm and huge modesty, classy wit and humility! 🌹
Marcela
absolutely agree: amazing control of textures and timbers
This is so moving it reduced me to tears, the best ever I have heard in my 76 years.
Yes, that.
This is the most perfect piece of music played by the most perfect musician
Timeless wonder by Bach, played to perfection from Gulda.
If you take away one note, the entire composition will fall apart. Ever since my childhood I have had a direct connection with Bach's music; Its purity, its beauty and melancholy. One can summarize his music in one sentence and would be: It is life itself. Listening to Gulda's sensitive touch and Bach's contrapuntal technique makes me view life in another way. A sense of nostalgia washes over me; It takes me back in time when life was so much easier, so much simpler, yet so beautiful.
TY Bach.
'If you take away one note, the entire composition will fall apart'. someone's been watching Amadeus!
He will never be forgotten.
Such heartbreaking simplicity and clarity--a perfect delivery of which Bach, I think, might be proud. Thank you for posting this.
Gulda era "vivo", un sempreverde!
Anche fosse morto a 150 anni sarebbe morto giovane, tanta la vitalità e la gioia di vivere comunicava.
Grazie per averlo inserito!
Now that’s an original interpretation!!!!👏👏👏👏
listening this Gulda is like to fly circling in the air...
Gulda the Best Pianist, man kann 100 Mals das anhören, so wunderschön spielt...
The most colourfull and most fantastic pianist of the 20th century.
Best piano Performance of the „Air“ I’ve ever heard . Magic ❤
Gulda perfectly well executes, the soul sings, plays from heart, a sound very beautiful, and it live, speaking it is necessary to listen only............ Certainly - it is Bach music!
Gulda великолепно исполняет, душа поёт, играет от сердца, звук очень красивый, и он живой, говорящий нужно только прислушаться............конечно- же это музыка Баха!
Gulda великолепно исполняет, душа поёт, играет от сердца, звук очень красивый, и он живой, говорящий нужно только прислушаться............конечно- же это музыка Великого Баха!
The first time I heard Gulda was in sixties in Turin (Italy). He performed the 4th and the 5th piano concertos from Beethoven. He was wonderful and up to date I think he was one of the most important piano soloist of the last century. A big sin he died to early........
Gulda en una de sus mas geniales interpretaciones. Un músico sincero y profundo
Not just a man playing the piano, is the beauty, the feeling and the man in a spiritual way.
The genius will be miss forever!!!
Beautiful you caught this amazing artist 🌹
I think this is the one we called "music".
Soooooo beautiful.
Air in "D".
Simply perfect.
GRANDE GRANDE GRANDE GULDA!! COME TE NESSUNO.
The moment at 0:40 is too precious. The way he creates richness and complexity from such few notes is just sublime.
-he was on the top of the mountain- and now his music still is there
He played beutifully, giving to each voice a different sound, really polyphonic.
che magnifica interpretazione...si sente il sentimento..
Bach + Gulda = Bellinte
SUBLIME. SALUDOS DESDE MONTERREY MEXICO, GRACIAS BACH
ty soo much for this video. I listen to it everyday :)
I felt it in my bones...
Wow!! Grandios gespielt!Er war wunderbar!😊
Commovente...immenso Bach....e anche Gulda....
Er hat es auch genossen ❣
absolutely wonderful
Incredible personality.
Dieser Pianist war einfach atemberaubend gut!
Heavenly................. ♥
The pianist with the 'blue shirt' is the Greek Cypriot Nicolas Economou.
+Thelma PHILIPPIDOU- TRYFONIDOU Listen to his Schumann - Kreisleriana, Arabesque - here on youtube. Marvellous!
+Pathy1 I have heard it live in concert, here in his hometown Limassol Cyprus. I have his Cds. Unfortunately he died too young: Car accident.
One of the greatest pianists ever. Mr. Economou.
Man, I'm so jealous...he's one of the real originals.
a beauty i must say
Imprescindible para mi Museo.
Bach played in a romantic way. Great! Gulda plays Jazz. You must see him praising Chick Corea on this same show. Chick is playing so fine that Gulda abandon stage...
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Me Too!!
divine
Superficial??? Give me a break. This guy had tremendous depth as a musician. He was simply brilliant. This guy could actually improvise--a lot of classical musicians nowadays can't play their way out of a paper bag unless they have a score in front of them or they've memorized a piece. Gulda could do it all.
sublime
Maestro ti ho conosciuto grazie a Sebastiano5551, mi hai lasciato a bocca aperta ascoltandoti per la prima volta con quest'aria di Bach.
heavenly
Amazing performance.
Does someone know where I can find the score ?
Claudio Abbado also took lessons from him but I don't know if it were piano or compositions.
You are all wrong ... it is in D major and he is playing it in D major, and if there are other versions in C, G, A ... well, that's OK, but there are not in the original key.
This piece is part of the suite for orchestra (I believe is #3) in D major, by J.S.Bach.
D major, D major, D major, D major, D major, D major, D major, D major, D major, D major ... just as Gulda's version ... in D major
He only had one student in his career...and it was Martha Argerich who considers him her most influential teacher.
Its like being in Glory.
Das ist noch Musik!!
Cool
❣
Sprachlos!
@Ischi71
you're so lucky!
Does anyone have the full concert ?
God..
I have perfect pitch too and he is playing in D Major, trust me on this one.
someone wrote that keith jarret was the best? he is not even in the same league.
Apples and oranges. It's like comparing Horowitz and Art Tatum.
What's the piece they start to play at the end? It sounds lovely.
Your "perfect pitch" is up a 5th. He is very much in D Major (yeah I have perfect pitch too). But you can look at the keys during close-up shot
Is this Gulda’s own transcription? Thanx for some answers.
It is youtuber Simply Leoder's transcription of Gulda's version. Not identical, but very, very close, and in the same key (D).
Does anyone know if this exists in CD (or DVD) format?
Sounds like A. Siloti's transcription?
no it's not siloti's transcription...
This AIR is in D, not in G ... but GREAT anyway!
Milos Forman called, he wants his script back...LOL
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Who is the other guy with the blue shirt?
Chick Corea
Non ha la papalina in testa!!!
because he was a little bit mad
Lol of course he is playing in D