to play these suites is to celebrate Bach's genius. the magic is taking the notes off the page and placing them on the keyboard. as listeners we enjoy genius and magic working together in real time. bravo Bach and Schiff.
¿Cómo es posible que este excelso pianista ejecuta tanto las suites francesas como las suites inglesas con una extraordinaria y majestuosa MEMORIA casi con los ojos cerrados...cada poro de su cuerpo despide esta celestial música del genio de BACH. Cualidad muy poco común en otros legendarios pianistas que dominan el teclado. Se puede considerar a Andras Schiff como un extraterrestre o por Reencarnación del genio de BACH...
And not only the French and English suites but also the Partitas for Keyboard as well. And the partitas are even more amazing than the French and English suites.
I may just be a simple deluded human being, but I really believe we will hear a lot of Bach's music in heaven. These melodies and harmonies Bach created must have been inspired by God himself, they are so beautiful.
There is no separation beetween the Artist and his piano, the composer and his music. There is no concert, no scene, no public listening a great virtuosis in demonstration of his talent. There is only one sphere, the Bach spirit through a magic sharing and incredible humility and compassion for human kind. The way I feel Andras Schiff: an apostle.
Fantastic, to dream of, to enjoy the sugar of life, pure energy, by heart ! , No mistakes ! This man is no man. He should have the power to do something in this world, instead other fools doing selfish things. I say all this because there is no words to express.
I used to be of the opinion that only God, God's works, and the abstract ideas of circles and spheres etc. are perfect. The tree is perfect, the mountain is perfect, the river is perfect but not the works of man. They are close, but not quite. I was wrong. The music of JS Bach is perfect in the same way that the tree the mountain and the river are perfect. And András Schiff can express this perfection, perfectly.
Bach is like some sort of godlike being. Utterly brilliant. He really can make one feel there's a loving Creative force underlying all reality, a force that actually cares about us, and about everything. And one could say much the same of Schiff. He truly does Bach justice.
The music inspires and uplifts. If you really want there to be "a loving Creative force underlying all reality, a force that actually cares about us", then it will feel like it. I couldn't see in a million years how you get this kind of assumption from music, great as it may be, unless it's what you've been _taught_ to associate with it. And that's not tangible at all. I think the idea diminishes Bach's achievements.
mckavitt13 somebody asked me what I think about Andras Schiff playing and this what I responded with, it basically explains everything Terrible. Like mostly every other modern pianist (Pollini, Perahia, and others). He does nothing interesting to music and just plays exactly what the score says and not only that he also plays everything the same, he can’t switch from one emotion to another, he can’t change his playing depending on the composer, he can’t add anything interesting to the music. Is this really what classical music is about? I just listened to Tatina Nikolayeva play this and THAT is music, great interpretation by a great pianist!
My absolute favorite Bach interpreter. His playing is so clear and precise. He NEVER uses the sostenuto pedal to create legato phrasing. This is so tempting because their are so many complex contrapuntal lines occurring simultaneously. And many lesser performers fall victim to this trap. But Schiff understands that pedaling will only blur and muddy the lines. So he uses his fingering to do all of this. And it is extraordinarily difficult. But he always makes it look so effortless. I have mad respect for this man and his consummate artistry. 🙏
I allow myself to respond since your comment is focused on it but he does use the pedal to create legato while playing bach, like at 13:30 or in his live performances of the whole WTC, Goldbergs, Italian concerto..., like everyone who's playing Bach on a piano (Gould, Richter, Pogorelich, Ashkenazy,...), you can see/hear it for Gould playing the Emajor fugue book 2 or the AoF on youtube you'll see his right foot working. Maybe what you meant was pressing the pedal and hold it for a few seconds which can indeed hurt the clarity in Bach but I never heard such pedaling except for HJ Lim live performance of WTC1 or Feinberg recordings and I wouldn't call them lesser pianists. Cheers
Schiff è semplicemente perfetto e delicato e Bach assolutamente geniale nell'aver composto un brano così complesso, Mi chiedo come abbia fatto! Mi chiedo anche come Schiff possa essere cosi' bravo a non sbagliare neppure una nota. Persone di livello superiore. Meraviglia assoluta e inarrivabile!
Bach's English suites speak to me more than any other keyboard works he wrote. This is without doubt the best live performance of any musician I've ever seen in my life ..words fail me
I don't know how the audience can sit still? Around 20min at the end Mr. Schiff moves his middle finger back and forth on the key in string vibrato style! 😁
To me both books of The Well-Tempered Clavier Book 1 - ua-cam.com/video/6ZjN0e4QL6U/v-deo.html& by Dror Biran (very contemplative performance. He also is going to performe a second book in future) Book 2 - ua-cam.com/video/ju6xpqqVZU4/v-deo.html&t by Evelyne Crochet and Goldberg Varitions ua-cam.com/video/BLElZaqQxE4/v-deo.html (MinSoo Sohn) spoke the most until I've dove into The Art of Fugue BWV 1080 ua-cam.com/video/p1Sq1HOYglU/v-deo.html - by Marta Czech ua-cam.com/video/MYlPSQNTbiI/v-deo.html - by Filippo Gorini two piano live performance. I don't know which one I like more And here are instrumental arrangements: Arranged for instruments with a Vocal in a several compostitons - ua-cam.com/video/N6sUlZa-IrU/v-deo.html Arranged for 16 strings, 4 winds, harpsichord and organ - ua-cam.com/video/ABUBXhIzpb8/v-deo.html Give it a try. HIgly recommend. It's the whole otherworldy realm of music by its own.
Je n'avais jamais entendu avec une telle clarté TOUTES les notes de ces Suites Anglaises comme dans cette interprétation absolument magistrale d' András Schiff. Il m'est apparu come un prêtre qui de ses doigts évoque et fait revivre miraculeusement parmi nous l'être même, la présence et le sourire entendu de Johann Sebastian Bach !
I love the way Mr. Schiff "explains" Bach musical intentions to listeners. It's so much easier to understand the musical message, just like reading a well punctuated text.
@@mckavitt13 Thanks! I always avoid listening English Suites, but when I've heard Schiff's interpretation, it's like "Oh, now I understand the movement of the music". His playing is so didactic! Some others good pianists play them too "plain", mixing the musical ideas, and I can't get the idea. Schiff plays separating the melodies: this is this, that is that, this is coming to that, etc. Cheers
It’s very interesting how you brought up punctuation because musical notations were used a lot less in the baroqueperiod, and a good pianist needs to decipher the unpunctuated notes to reveal Bach’s true intentions. Well said
Phenomenal memory, playing with eyes closed and a great love for the music which he plays flawlessly. How privileged we are, being able to listen to this without having to travel to Hungary!
@@spicy7302 : You’re quite right in some respects. This was a concert given in Budapest, Hungary, in Feb. 2011. Not in Wigmore Hall. Confirm this by watching from the very beginning, where it says so. It was after that 2011 concert that the ruckus erupted. Schiff experienced, as everyone visiting Hungary nowadays does, the regenerated anti-Semitism and anti-Roma attitudes and behaviour. Hungary was about to become something special in the EU, and Schiff wrote to the authorities wondering whether Hungary was ready for this, given its extreme right-wing policies. CRASH. Hungary and Hungarians have not ever forgiven him for this, and nationalists threatened to cut off his hands if he should ever again set foot in that country. So he didn’t, and probably will not ever do so. And that is it. (You will recall, if you have been at the Wigmore, that it doesn’t look anything like this concert hall! Nor does it have this capacity.) Hope you don’t mind my being such a know-it-all. :)
@@sheilanovitz8578 Oh, thank you for correcting me! I really thought this was Wigmore, just a 2011 "version" of it, and as for the entire ruckus, thank you for explaining it to me in detail, now I know more about the backstory of his self "exile" :D. And I've never been there sadly as I'm not english or from the west :( but unless he retires in the next few years, maybe I'll get to hear him play there in person one day. His playing is just so different from anyone else's, it's incredible, I have no clue how to even reproduce one note like he does, let alone an entire piece.
@@spicy7302 : Thank you for replying. I hope you do get to hear András Schiff playing one day. Well worth it. If you’re in Japan, South Korea or Israel, he plays quite frequently in those countries, especially in Japan. I notice you have used this. “ :D. “ Please, can you tell me what this means? I have no idea, have asked many people, but have received no answers! I’d be very grateful for a reply. (Good information exchange!)
I wonder if most people know how much effort it takes to learn Bach's keyboard music, let alone play it with this level of mastery. The dedication behind the scenes by Schiff is the real triumph.
I still haven't found any other pianist but Schiff that plays with such elegance, good taste, flow and artistry. Of all pianistic interpretations of Bach's keyboard music, I stay with Schiff.
@@reginacoelimanilla9084 i know them all, and stick to Schiffs interpretation. Some of the artists you name shine with either neurosis or narcissism, in their oral expression as well in interviews. Schiff's work expresses sincere humility, and its therefore more beautiful.
@@blindiris22 one just can't love Gould. He is beyond genius in many respects. I still enjoy Schiff better than Gould. I think that Schiff captures the humble, religious and deep spirit of Bach's music. Gould's Bach is almost a mystical approach, he seemed to be captured in an intellectual trance and his unique interpretation of what Bach had to sound like. I like Tatiana Nikolayeva's Bach too.
@@chorizoalegre7387 not even close. As much as I appreciate their playing, they are/were always over the top. You can hear their personality in their playing. Andras, on the contrary, is in an eternal quest for balance, elegance and reverence, which I think expreses the will and spirit of Bach more accurately.
Listening to classical music can be a form of meditation. It's a way to escape the chaos of the modern world and find a sense of serenity and balance in the intricate melodies and harmonies.
When we listen to a high-quality instrumentalist like Andras, there is nothing left but to be ecstatic at such accuracy and skill for those of us who love classical music.
@Don P Indeed. And the French Suites, and the Partitas, and the Golberg Variations as well. it's all a bit depressing for the rest of us mortals, really!
Richard James most classical pianist I saw on a Bach documentary said they practice book 1 and 2 for a few hours each day . Since they are scales and harmonies
Sir Andras Schiff's performance of Bach's English Suites is at an apex where technical prowess, incredible control and serenity intersect to create a revelation. I've just discovered these pieces and know that I will be listening to them many times hence, they're just so ultimately enjoyable and immensely calming to me. Thank God for Sir Andras Schiff and Johann Sebastian Bach!
I feel this is one of the best BACH interpretation, from Maestro Andrass Schiff. I couldnt hold my tears fell in several moment. And BACH will always be my favourite composer - his composition is timeless. always 'life', always new
@@4493-sungjy I did, as young man, I was 23, feeling in heaven with Bach's music. Afer the concert, I took the night postal train from Budapest back to my city. It was freezing cold. I remember everything so vividly, which is no wonder after this miracle. And as far as I know, this was the last time Schiff had played in Budapest. He has not returned to his home country ever since. :(
@@zsoltszomora78 It was after 2011 that he refused to put his feet in Hungary. As @Sheila Novitz summarized here: ua-cam.com/video/WfdjHyciN3E/v-deo.html&lc=UgyWj7VWAJRBxdYLbLF4AaABAg.9_27dIq54VW9_qNQPXE0_R
Wow, thank you! This throws me right back about 15 years ago when I was there attending. One of my most memorable concert experiences ever. His absence is so depressing for the hungarian cultural world.
I usually prefer listening to Bach on harpsichord but this is so beautiful and precise it's an honor to listen to. He not only understands what he plays but makes us understand exactly what is going on at each second. He'll be a go-to for referencing Bach for the piano from now on.
This concert , The Music delivered by Sir Andras Schiff absolutely brings me to a state of AWE ! Can't stop listening to his performance. What a Master of Classical Piano and, Bach.
we are truly blessed to live in an age when so many great musicians/artists/etc. are available to us so easily. i also love murray perahia’s english suites.
His memory and concentration abilities are amazing. Quite a challenge to play all these suites in one concert by memory. And his understanding and interpretation of Bach music is, without a doubt, among the best ones. It would be great to see and listen to him perform them at Proms. Bravo Maestro Schiff!!!
The best balanced performance out there, both in expression and technique! I was fortunate enough to play no2 and no4. Currently learning nos. 3 and 5. András Schiff makes J.S.Bach sound so simple!
I often come to listen to these English Suites and it's alwayls the same pleasure to hear and see playing Sir Andras Schiff. Thanks for sharing. Cheers from France.
Quite so! Schiff provides excellent talents skills with passion that can be seen from his literally pouring himself into the music so it’s not merely mechanical.
¡Felicitaciones! Por compartir este magnífico y extraordinario recital de un célebre y legendario pianista. Son excelentes sus interpretaciones del genio de BACH con una sensible, sublime y depurada técnica. ¡Saludos! Desde México.
1:36:05, note how he frees the lower D from the damper (mute D) so that it will resonate once played the D one octave above, without using the pedal. Very clever
My God!!! What can I say?! Other than being so grateful for the unique gift given to humanity! Andras Schiff,you are a flowing inspiration to all generations. Bach is really felt alive under your hands,Thank you for all the shared journey can wait to keep walking alongside you.
What a fantastic pianist! What sweet comfort to hear his playing! It is an objective fact that there are few human beings in our history who play so well. Not sure about the circles he moves in, but what a fantastic and accomplished individual!
@@johnclendaniel4762 An intriguing idea. Whence comes it, may I ask? As a young man, he always seemed so pure to me & sometimes when I need calm, I play his Bach Preludes & Fugues. It is hard for me to imagine that he lacks integrity, but perhaps you know more about him than I do?
@@mckavitt13 As I said in my previous comment, it's those truly base and depraved conservative Christian Democratic circles he moves and shakes in in Germany and Elsewhere. How does a man stay clean and principled with such trash for Company? Perhaps it's a stoic meditative focus on the truly magnificent composer of Western Music, J. S. Bach, which he plays so beautifully, however, Schiff seems so relaxed and unstressed when so many principled people are facing such unacceptable and harsh persecution precisely for actually maintaining their integrity. I must say I'm skeptical, but would truly be delighted to find that he is as Clear as Crystal...as I said I'm skeptical. Of course I may know more than you, but that's my response.
Never seen him get quite as riled up as he was during that last Gigue. Only with his rock solid integrity does that kind of passion really work with this music.
Recently at his performance at Carnegie he called Bach the best composer ever in the world. Comments here are impressed by Andras’ memory, his ability to play 2 hours with eyes closed.. Bach is his daily prayer! ❤️
It is amazing how Andras Schiff performs Bach’s music. The technique, the style, the phrasing and rhythm. It is just impeccable and flawless. Schiff has taken Bach’s works for the keyboard to a much higher level than anyone else.
I get flustered with a couple onlookers of my playing.. I can play 6 P&Fs somewhat convincing now but would do anything to pull off a schiff flawless performance even if just 1 night...
Como é que este consegue tocar, de memória, esta obra que dura quase duas horas. Ainda por cima, numa interpretação correcta, sóbria, exacta. Fico parvo...
to play these suites is to celebrate Bach's genius. the magic is taking the notes off the page and placing them on the keyboard. as listeners we enjoy genius and magic working together in real time. bravo Bach and Schiff.
Imagine playing all these in succession and from memory. What a feat of mind, heart and soul.
Simultaneously the clarity of glass and the technique of a god
¿Cómo es posible que este excelso pianista ejecuta tanto las suites francesas como las suites inglesas con una extraordinaria y majestuosa MEMORIA casi con los ojos cerrados...cada poro de su cuerpo despide esta celestial música del genio de BACH. Cualidad muy poco común en otros legendarios pianistas que dominan el teclado. Se puede considerar a Andras Schiff como un extraterrestre o por Reencarnación del genio de BACH...
And not only the French and English suites but also the Partitas for Keyboard as well. And the partitas are even more amazing than the French and English suites.
ci entra talmente dentro, ad ogni passaggio che non può dimenticare. Ho visto una sua lezione su un pezzo di Schumann, discute nota per nota... :0)
Maestro Schiff is making his time on earth wortwhile, by playing, and, making our time on earth wortwhile, by listening. Gratitude.
Such a touching observation Sebastien. It's all so simple when out like that.
His sweetness and humility come through in the music. He and Bach must have had that in common.
Thank God on this planet there is also tremendous beauty!
This music, this wonderful artist is not less than a devine gift..🙏
I may just be a simple deluded human being, but I really believe we will hear a lot of Bach's music in heaven. These melodies and harmonies Bach created must have been inspired by God himself, they are so beautiful.
There is a deep spirituality that transcends religion.
This atheist finds hearing some works by Bach almost a religious experience. Can't explain it, his music is just like that.
@@rickmarti77私も そのように思います
I agree. All good comes from (exitus) and returns (reditus) to its source.
Yes, you are deluded, but that's okay.
There is no separation beetween the Artist and his piano, the composer and his music. There is no concert, no scene, no public listening a great virtuosis in demonstration of his talent. There is only one sphere, the Bach spirit through a magic sharing and incredible humility and compassion for human kind. The way I feel Andras Schiff: an apostle.
@Stas Voihanski
Thank you for uploading this beautiful performance of Bach's magnificent music.
Fantastic, to dream of, to enjoy the sugar of life, pure energy, by heart ! , No mistakes ! This man is no man. He should have the power to do something in this world, instead other fools doing selfish things. I say all this because there is no words to express.
Andras Schiff is the light and discreet breeze of silver that caresses Bach's sound waves.
People don't realize just how difficult and kickass this music is.
So true!
It's so kickass, english suites have the intensity of a beethoven sonata amazing stuff.. Music for the soul
Yes! You nailed it. I'm so happy and feel so privledged to live in the same world as JSBach.
Believe me, some of us do. Oh, yes we do!
@@kevinmaestroful
They really do have the intensity of a Beethoven Sonata, and honestly Bach’s Partitas for Keyboard are even better.
I used to be of the opinion that only God, God's works, and the abstract ideas of circles and spheres etc. are perfect. The tree is perfect, the mountain is perfect, the river is perfect but not the works of man. They are close, but not quite. I was wrong. The music of JS Bach is perfect in the same way that the tree the mountain and the river are perfect. And András Schiff can express this perfection, perfectly.
Gifts to our planet: Bach and Schiff. I shiver.
I too shiver.
I free shiver.
And Mozart!
I schiffer.
And glenn gould
A pretty astonishing memory to remember such a long solo program.
and .. a Bach program!
Somehow, the world seems a nicer place, when listening to Andras playing Bach....
rodovre Seems?!
Andras seems like a douche to me
So go somewhere else and leave us alone to listen. You are an ignorant fool. Maybe read about his life and feel ashamed of yourself, as you should.
Who's your headshot?
Bucky Love Shut up you JC BACH lover
His live performances always captures the best sound, the recording, the reverb, everything was so beautiful!
Much more than the studio album.
Bach is like some sort of godlike being. Utterly brilliant. He really can make one feel there's a loving Creative force underlying all reality, a force that actually cares about us, and about everything. And one could say much the same of Schiff. He truly does Bach justice.
Well said.
The music inspires and uplifts. If you really want there to be "a loving Creative force underlying all reality, a force that actually cares about us", then it will feel like it. I couldn't see in a million years how you get this kind of assumption from music, great as it may be, unless it's what you've been _taught_ to associate with it. And that's not tangible at all. I think the idea diminishes Bach's achievements.
Schiff does anything but bring justice to Bach
@@teddythemlgcorgi7309 May I ask what you dislike in his playing of Bach? Interested. Thx.
mckavitt13 somebody asked me what I think about Andras Schiff playing and this what I responded with, it basically explains everything
Terrible. Like mostly every other modern pianist (Pollini, Perahia, and others). He does nothing interesting to music and just plays exactly what the score says and not only that he also plays everything the same, he can’t switch from one emotion to another, he can’t change his playing depending on the composer, he can’t add anything interesting to the music. Is this really what classical music is about? I just listened to Tatina Nikolayeva play this and THAT is music, great interpretation by a great pianist!
My absolute favorite Bach interpreter. His playing is so clear and precise. He NEVER uses the sostenuto pedal to create legato phrasing. This is so tempting because their are so many complex contrapuntal lines occurring simultaneously. And many lesser performers fall victim to this trap. But Schiff understands that pedaling will only blur and muddy the lines. So he uses his fingering to do all of this. And it is extraordinarily difficult. But he always makes it look so effortless. I have mad respect for this man and his consummate artistry. 🙏
I allow myself to respond since your comment is focused on it but he does use the pedal to create legato while playing bach, like at 13:30 or in his live performances of the whole WTC, Goldbergs, Italian concerto..., like everyone who's playing Bach on a piano (Gould, Richter, Pogorelich, Ashkenazy,...), you can see/hear it for Gould playing the Emajor fugue book 2 or the AoF on youtube you'll see his right foot working.
Maybe what you meant was pressing the pedal and hold it for a few seconds which can indeed hurt the clarity in Bach but I never heard such pedaling except for HJ Lim live performance of WTC1 or Feinberg recordings and I wouldn't call them lesser pianists.
Cheers
Schiff è semplicemente perfetto e delicato e Bach assolutamente geniale nell'aver composto un brano così complesso, Mi chiedo come abbia fatto! Mi chiedo anche come Schiff possa essere cosi' bravo a non sbagliare neppure una nota. Persone di livello superiore. Meraviglia assoluta e inarrivabile!
Compositor e intérprete llegan a la perfección. A disfrutarlo!!!
This man gives me LIFE, thank you sir Andràs Schiff.
Bach's English suites speak to me more than any other keyboard works he wrote. This is without doubt the best live performance of any musician I've ever seen in my life ..words fail me
I don't know how the audience can sit still? Around 20min at the end Mr. Schiff moves his middle finger back and forth on the key in string vibrato style! 😁
To me both books of
The Well-Tempered Clavier
Book 1 - ua-cam.com/video/6ZjN0e4QL6U/v-deo.html& by Dror Biran (very contemplative performance. He also is going to performe a second book in future)
Book 2 - ua-cam.com/video/ju6xpqqVZU4/v-deo.html&t by Evelyne Crochet
and
Goldberg Varitions ua-cam.com/video/BLElZaqQxE4/v-deo.html (MinSoo Sohn)
spoke the most until I've dove into
The Art of Fugue BWV 1080
ua-cam.com/video/p1Sq1HOYglU/v-deo.html - by Marta Czech
ua-cam.com/video/MYlPSQNTbiI/v-deo.html - by Filippo Gorini
two piano live performance. I don't know which one I like more
And here are instrumental arrangements:
Arranged for instruments with a Vocal in a several compostitons - ua-cam.com/video/N6sUlZa-IrU/v-deo.html
Arranged for 16 strings, 4 winds, harpsichord and organ - ua-cam.com/video/ABUBXhIzpb8/v-deo.html
Give it a try. HIgly recommend. It's the whole otherworldy realm of music by its own.
haendel was only one week in London. Bach Liked the sound of local i central euorope and the Prostentante.
I aalso have the frenshs on my piano. But I like the English better. The comp is better! There you got the to think. Ok. Thats cool.
Whenever I want to listen to this, to feel this, I may try some other but somehow, unconsciously, I end up converging to this performance.
Suite 1 A major:
Prelude: 1:13
Allemande: 3:17
Courante I: 7:26
Courante II: 8:50
Sarabande: 11:26
Bourrée: 15:00
Gigue: 18:56
Suite 2 A minor:
Prelude: 21:40
Allemande: 26:02
Courante: 29:08
Sarabande: 30:42
Bourrée: 33:43
Gigue: 37:31
Suite 3 G minor:
Prelude: 40:49
Allemande: 43:59
Courante: 47:05
Sarabande: 49:02
Gavotte: 52:09
Gigue: 55:23
Suite 4 F major:
Prelude: 58:05
Allemande: 1:02:16
Courante: 1:05:21
Sarabande: 1:06:45
Menuet: 1:09:54
Gigue: 1:12:48
Suite 5 E minor:
Prelude: 1:15:58
Allemande: 1:21:15
Courante: 1:24:31
Sarabande: 1:26:27
Passepied: 1:29:35
Gigue: 1:32:47
Suite 6 D minor:
Prelude: 1:36:07
Allemande: 1:43:24
Courante: 1:46:53
Sarabande: 1:48:58
Gavotte: 1:51:54
Gigue: 1:55:44
Sorry, I had to move my channel to a brand account to change the name and it deleted the original comment in the process...
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Thank u very much！Very helpful！👍💖☀🌹🌟
Thank you for performing this valuable public service.
A masterful performance. He has globalized the music. His phrasing is impeccable. What a pleasure to listen to him.
Je n'avais jamais entendu avec une telle clarté TOUTES les notes de ces Suites Anglaises comme dans cette interprétation absolument magistrale d' András Schiff. Il m'est apparu come un prêtre qui de ses doigts évoque et fait revivre miraculeusement parmi nous l'être même, la présence et le sourire entendu de Johann Sebastian Bach !
Ja, J.S. Bach war ein Wissender, ein wahrer Eingeweihter und wir, die wir ihm zuhören, erfahren eine Weihe, ob wir es merken oder nicht...
Absolument
His face while playing brings to mind Blake's,"The Moon like flower in Heaven's high bower,with silent delight,sits and smiles on the Night."
Wonderful
I love the way Mr. Schiff "explains" Bach musical intentions to listeners. It's so much easier to understand the musical message, just like reading a well punctuated text.
Well said. Cathy.
Bach's musical intentions. 🎓👓✒🙆 Nice idea.
@@mckavitt13 Thanks! I always avoid listening English Suites, but when I've heard Schiff's interpretation, it's like "Oh, now I understand the movement of the music". His playing is so didactic! Some others good pianists play them too "plain", mixing the musical ideas, and I can't get the idea. Schiff plays separating the melodies: this is this, that is that, this is coming to that, etc. Cheers
It’s very interesting how you brought up punctuation because musical notations were used a lot less in the baroqueperiod, and a good pianist needs to decipher the unpunctuated notes to reveal Bach’s true intentions. Well said
Compleatly agree! :)
Phenomenal memory, playing with eyes closed and a great love for the music which he plays flawlessly. How privileged we are, being able to listen to this without having to travel to Hungary!
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This was performed in Wigmore Hall, UK. I'm pretty sure Andras Schiff vowed to never go to Hungary again because of political reasons?
@@spicy7302 : You’re quite right in some respects. This was a concert given in Budapest, Hungary, in Feb. 2011. Not in Wigmore Hall. Confirm this by watching from the very beginning, where it says so. It was after that 2011 concert that the ruckus erupted. Schiff experienced, as everyone visiting Hungary nowadays does, the regenerated anti-Semitism and anti-Roma attitudes and behaviour. Hungary was about to become something special in the EU, and Schiff wrote to the authorities wondering whether Hungary was ready for this, given its extreme right-wing policies. CRASH. Hungary and Hungarians have not ever forgiven him for this, and nationalists threatened to cut off his hands if he should ever again set foot in that country. So he didn’t, and probably will not ever do so. And that is it. (You will recall, if you have been at the Wigmore, that it doesn’t look anything like this concert hall! Nor does it have this capacity.) Hope you don’t mind my being such a know-it-all. :)
@@sheilanovitz8578 Oh, thank you for correcting me! I really thought this was Wigmore, just a 2011 "version" of it, and as for the entire ruckus, thank you for explaining it to me in detail, now I know more about the backstory of his self "exile" :D. And I've never been there sadly as I'm not english or from the west :( but unless he retires in the next few years, maybe I'll get to hear him play there in person one day. His playing is just so different from anyone else's, it's incredible, I have no clue how to even reproduce one note like he does, let alone an entire piece.
@@spicy7302 : Thank you for replying. I hope you do get to hear András Schiff playing one day. Well worth it. If you’re in Japan, South Korea or Israel, he plays quite frequently in those countries, especially in Japan. I notice you have used this. “ :D. “ Please, can you tell me what this means? I have no idea, have asked many people, but have received no answers! I’d be very grateful for a reply. (Good information exchange!)
Mười ngón tay, hai bán cầu đại não,hai giai điệu khác nhau .Đièu đó nghệ sĩ đã thể hiện rất tuyệt vời !!!
Köszönet Bachnak meg neked is Andrâs nagyon szèp😊
How does Maestro Schiff make everything seem so effortless? What an incredible performance - inspirational and humbling all at once!! BRAVO!!!!
perfect technic makes it look effortless.
I wonder if most people know how much effort it takes to learn Bach's keyboard music, let alone play it with this level of mastery. The dedication behind the scenes by Schiff is the real triumph.
The sweat visible at 34:28 and 34:49 indicates it may not be entirely effortless
No.6 Gigue at 1:55:44
Phenomenal
Какую же прекрасную память надо иметь, чтоб так прекрасно сыграть это сложнейшее сочинение, слушать это исполнение - высшее наслаждение для души.💐💐💐
I still haven't found any other pianist but Schiff that plays with such elegance, good taste, flow and artistry. Of all pianistic interpretations of Bach's keyboard music, I stay with Schiff.
@@reginacoelimanilla9084 i know them all, and stick to Schiffs interpretation. Some of the artists you name shine with either neurosis or narcissism, in their oral expression as well in interviews. Schiff's work expresses sincere humility, and its therefore more beautiful.
@@GabrielLeni I like Schiff the best out of that lineup, as well. How do you feel about Gould, though?
@@blindiris22 one just can't love Gould. He is beyond genius in many respects. I still enjoy Schiff better than Gould. I think that Schiff captures the humble, religious and deep spirit of Bach's music. Gould's Bach is almost a mystical approach, he seemed to be captured in an intellectual trance and his unique interpretation of what Bach had to sound like. I like Tatiana Nikolayeva's Bach too.
Martha Argerich, Glenn Gould... better than this.
@@chorizoalegre7387 not even close. As much as I appreciate their playing, they are/were always over the top. You can hear their personality in their playing. Andras, on the contrary, is in an eternal quest for balance, elegance and reverence, which I think expreses the will and spirit of Bach more accurately.
Listening to classical music can be a form of meditation. It's a way to escape the chaos of the modern world and find a sense of serenity and balance in the intricate melodies and harmonies.
Сарабанды Баховских сюит цепляют какие-то струны души, о которых как будто до этого ничего не знал... Невероятная, мистериальная музыка 🙏🏼
Schiff's endurance is insane
Don't forget the audience's as well, but seriously I love Bach.
When we listen to a high-quality instrumentalist like Andras, there is nothing left but to be ecstatic at such accuracy and skill for those of us who love classical music.
It always gets me how great their memories must be to play for 2 straight hours without sheet music.
@Don P Indeed. And the French Suites, and the Partitas, and the Golberg Variations as well.
it's all a bit depressing for the rest of us mortals, really!
Richard James most classical pianist I saw on a Bach documentary said they practice book 1 and 2 for a few hours each day . Since they are scales and harmonies
Training and muscle memory.
Trust me, his memory is one of the less remarkable things about his piano playing.
I was going to comment, but I've already forgotten what I was about to say!
Einfach wundervoll!
I absolutely love how Anras Schiff plays Bach. I could listen to him all day long, every day of the year!
You just could? I do! :)
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And I do!
@@sashka6666 how are you doing today
Schiff is my favourite interpreter of Bach. He seems to go into a trance, and the magic just flows
I am lost in a trance listening to this masterpiece! Well done.
Sir Andras Schiff's performance of Bach's English Suites is at an apex where technical prowess, incredible control and serenity intersect to create a revelation. I've just discovered these pieces and know that I will be listening to them many times hence, they're just so ultimately enjoyable and immensely calming to me. Thank God for Sir Andras Schiff and Johann Sebastian Bach!
A true musician/pianist in all respects and pleasure to hear!
I feel this is one of the best BACH interpretation, from Maestro Andrass Schiff. I couldnt hold my tears fell in several moment. And BACH will always be my favourite composer - his composition is timeless. always 'life', always new
Gardika Gigih Music Absolutely right! Especially Nō 6 is incredible. All best wishes, a Bach - loving lute player
The world's finest pianist, consistently superb playing . His Bach is untouchable and he gets better with age.
and saw him in chicago conducting and playing bach keyboard concerto #5 AND Beethovenn cto #1...stunning performance!!
Wow, thanks for posting this video! I attended this concert at the Music Academy of Budapest, February 2003. Remembering it so vividly ever since.
You listened directly this concert? Wa....... I really envy you.😲
@@4493-sungjy I did, as young man, I was 23, feeling in heaven with Bach's music. Afer the concert, I took the night postal train from Budapest back to my city. It was freezing cold. I remember everything so vividly, which is no wonder after this miracle. And as far as I know, this was the last time Schiff had played in Budapest. He has not returned to his home country ever since. :(
@@zsoltszomora78 It was after 2011 that he refused to put his feet in Hungary. As @Sheila Novitz summarized here: ua-cam.com/video/WfdjHyciN3E/v-deo.html&lc=UgyWj7VWAJRBxdYLbLF4AaABAg.9_27dIq54VW9_qNQPXE0_R
Wow, thank you! This throws me right back about 15 years ago when I was there attending. One of my most memorable concert experiences ever. His absence is so depressing for the hungarian cultural world.
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Wow, how I wish I were there too. What was it like live? Did you overhear what others in attendance thought of the concert ?
A man at the top of his game !
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I usually prefer listening to Bach on harpsichord but this is so beautiful and precise it's an honor to listen to. He not only understands what he plays but makes us understand exactly what is going on at each second. He'll be a go-to for referencing Bach for the piano from now on.
Yes I agree, can only be surpassed... by Andras himself playing it on the harpsichord !!
Agreed 😊
Andras Schiff is a master as regards Bach performance on piano. This pianist has an astounding memory to remember all the English Suites !!!!!!
This concert , The Music delivered by Sir Andras Schiff absolutely brings me to a state of AWE ! Can't stop listening to his performance. What a Master of Classical Piano and, Bach.
Thank you for posting these beautiful suites from Bach.
Great quality of sound
Extraordinaire interprétation ! Sobriété et lyrisme. Magnifique Bach. Merci Abras Schiff
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we are truly blessed to live in an age when so many great musicians/artists/etc. are available to us so easily. i also love murray perahia’s english suites.
Exquisite. Perfect. And such a happy musician! Thank you, J S Bach, Andràs Schiff and UA-cam.
! a m a z i n g l y b e a u t i f u l , merci Bach! Merci Andras Schiff!
My goodness, what humans can do. Thank you for sharing this.
His memory and concentration abilities are amazing. Quite a challenge to play all these suites in one concert by memory. And his understanding and interpretation of Bach music is, without a doubt, among the best ones. It would be great to see and listen to him perform them at Proms. Bravo Maestro Schiff!!!
His memory & concentration are indeed extraordinary.
Suite 1: 1:13
Suite 2: 21:40
Suite 3: 40:49
Suite 4: 58:05
Suite 5: 1:15:58
Suite 6: 1:36:07
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Thanks, great support
This is simply a rendition of great elegance and authority. And J. S. Bach lives on because of it.
more Bach, more Schiff for 2023!
The best balanced performance out there, both in expression and technique! I was fortunate enough to play no2 and no4. Currently learning nos. 3 and 5. András Schiff makes J.S.Bach sound so simple!
I often come to listen to these English Suites and it's alwayls the same pleasure to hear and see playing Sir Andras Schiff. Thanks for sharing. Cheers from France.
I have come back to this performance so many times. Wonderful for studying physics and mathematics to.
The best Bach performer...ever
Thanks for sharing. It's a pure pleasure to listen to Andreas Schiff playing the piano.
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This is very beautiful. sweet ornamentation. Bach's music is supreme.
absolutely inspiring how maestro Schiff brings Bach's to life. Outstanding and sublime at the same time
Quite so! Schiff provides excellent talents skills with passion that can be seen from his literally pouring himself into the music so it’s not merely mechanical.
¡Felicitaciones! Por compartir este magnífico y extraordinario recital de un célebre y legendario pianista. Son excelentes sus interpretaciones del genio de BACH con una sensible, sublime y depurada técnica. ¡Saludos! Desde México.
This is just a brilliant performance. Andras Schiff is next to perfect on this occasion and his reading of the English Suites is second to none.
Outstanding! Andras Schiff is a genius!👏👏👏
Virtuosity of the highest order -- technical brilliance meets sublime passion!
babayaga66 and the highest intellect
Well said.
Simply marvellous. Schiff is electrifying!
Thank you Sir Andras, for all your recordings. Best. I can listen to them all day long. You are the greatest. God bless you.
Ouff..., ce prélude en Ré Mineur!! J'ai eu l'impression d'avoir retenue mon souffle jusqu'à la toute fin.
An extraordinary talent playing a group of extraordinary works. A privilege and honor to hear
"This is what I have to say about Bach's life and work: listen, play, love, revere, and keep your mouth shut!".
Albert Einstein
ファンセバスチャンバッハのレパートリーは驚くほど広い。まるで象みたいに広い、ミサやカンタ━タも１部に過ぎない。改めて深さを知りました。ありがとうございました。
so calm, so perfectly played, just as Bach would have hoped
本当に素晴らしい❗️何年も聴いています💖
1:36:05, note how he frees the lower D from the damper (mute D) so that it will resonate once played the D one octave above, without using the pedal. Very clever
Monumental. Inmenso. Muchas gracias por compartir. Saludos desde Buenos Aires.
Outstanding, celestial music. Many thanks for uploading this present for the hart and also for Maestros Bach and Schiff.
Celestial would do. Who needs 'outstanding'?
My God!!! What can I say?! Other than being so grateful for the unique gift given to humanity! Andras Schiff,you are a flowing inspiration to all generations. Bach is really felt alive under your hands,Thank you for all the shared journey can wait to keep walking alongside you.
Gift given?
Andras plays Bach with high perfection !
What a fantastic pianist! What sweet comfort to hear his playing! It is an objective fact that there are few human beings in our history who play so well. Not sure about the circles he moves in, but what a fantastic and accomplished individual!
I think he is too busy constantly moving in circles around the world performing and sharing his gift, what an amazing human being he is
Are you saying he goes in circles? His playing goes in circles? 🙆
@@mckavitt13 He's an excellent pianist, but sometimes I wonder if he doesn't have a poor moral character, or bad politics...
@@johnclendaniel4762 An intriguing idea. Whence comes it, may I ask? As a young man, he always seemed so pure to me & sometimes when I need calm, I play his Bach Preludes & Fugues. It is hard for me to imagine that he lacks integrity, but perhaps you know more about him than I do?
@@mckavitt13 As I said in my previous comment, it's those truly base and depraved conservative Christian Democratic circles he moves and shakes in in Germany and Elsewhere. How does a man stay clean and principled with such trash for Company? Perhaps it's a stoic meditative focus on the truly magnificent composer of Western Music, J. S. Bach, which he plays so beautifully, however, Schiff seems so relaxed and unstressed when so many principled people are facing such unacceptable and harsh persecution precisely for actually maintaining their integrity. I must say I'm skeptical, but would truly be delighted to find that he is as Clear as Crystal...as I said I'm skeptical. Of course I may know more than you, but that's my response.
Never seen him get quite as riled up as he was during that last Gigue. Only with his rock solid integrity does that kind of passion really work with this music.
Может, не разозлился, а разгорячился, воодушевился.
Recently at his performance at Carnegie he called Bach the best composer ever in the world. Comments here are impressed by Andras’ memory, his ability to play 2 hours with eyes closed.. Bach is his daily prayer! ❤️
I listen this pieces everyday :) such a great performance.
Gracias Maestro desde el fin del mundo , Chile.
It is amazing how Andras Schiff performs Bach’s music. The technique, the style, the phrasing and rhythm. It is just impeccable and flawless. Schiff has taken Bach’s works for the keyboard to a much higher level than anyone else.
Press like of you can play Bach for hours on piano mistake free with your eyes closed in front of thousands and make it look effortless...
I get flustered with a couple onlookers of my playing.. I can play 6 P&Fs somewhat convincing now but would do anything to pull off a schiff flawless performance even if just 1 night...
The 20 ppl that pressed like are lying 🤥 . This guy is gifted and must have spent his entire lifetime practicing
It's inspiring to see how comfortable he is with the keyboard, with complete control over it. Outstanding playing!
Well of course he is, it is his whole life.
No me cansó de mirarlo sin partituras es mágico gracias por compartir
Perfection. Listen to other performances.....and you will be back!
Como é que este consegue tocar, de memória, esta obra que dura quase duas horas. Ainda por cima, numa interpretação correcta, sóbria, exacta. Fico parvo...