András Schiff - Bach. French Suite No.5 in G Major BWV816
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- Bachfest Leipzig 11.06.2010. • András Schiff - Bachfe...
00:05 - Allemande
03:00 - Courante
04:33 - Sarabande
08:49 - Gavotte
09:58 - Bourree
11:05 - Loure
12:52 - Gigue
There is just one Smiley available for this vibe: 😌
He really do be like “😌” tho
AHAHAH IT'S HIM 😂💕
ngl I was having a pretty bad day, then I put this on and my mood has lifted, my spirit soaring into the sky. all is ok.
I hear You!
Glorious
@@davidmaslow399 1
Marvellous !!
Magnificent
0:02 Allemande
3:00 Courante
4:32 Sarabande
8:48 Gavotte
9:58 Bourree
11:04 Loure
12:51 Gigue
달래라면 감사합니다 ㅠㅠ
hey!!
Uh
God bless you!
Thank you :)
This is my favorite french suite by Bach - who agrees?
Mohamed Alnajjar me (first reply)
Me! (Second reply)
Mine too
nobody
I agree. My favorite English Suite is 2, my favorite Partita is 2
i'm crying
i spent three years at the HMT in Leipzig studying classical Voice
This performance brings it all back
Never heard such a thoughtful sensitive and virtuosic performance.
Scintillating characterization and shifts of mood and dynamic
I could listen to Schiff playing Bach forever. It never gets tiring, worn out or cheap. It’s just.. what’s the word…scintillating
I thought I had discovered Bach when I heard Gould, but this man could have been the one to whisper in Gould's ear and be mistaken for the divine.
schiff-intillating :)
Schintillating
@ 6:48 when András claims a man's life with his mad keyboard skillz
10:57 in the RH, surely?
Lol there's an old man sleeping.
Trinidad Agosto I don’t see any nonsense
Playing this for my piano competition this afternoon.
Wish me luck…
how did it go?
@@vii2674 quite ok 👌🏻
I'm playing it too for a piano competition!
@@francescoleccese7298 oh when?
@@wangterry475 today help pleaseee
I'm actually in awe/love with his ornaments on the repeats.
I've never heard the Gavotte played this beautifully before!
To me the Gigue is the best. It’s so light, quick, and breezy. The way Mr. Schiff articulates and keeps the correct tempo is perfect. It is absolutely beautiful!
I think the gigue is the peak of the piece, which is probably why Bach put it as the last part.
@@mr6462 i certainly dont look to the #V for the gigue, more interested in courante allemande and of course gavotte
The sarabande loure bouree and gigue are their own kinds of songs apart from those 3 simpler more melodic ones
Anyway my point is gigue isnt supposed to be everyones favorite of the suite
For me the Sarabande, just so elegant and dark, with light coming through, very sophisticated. Exquisite work.
One of my favorite pieces by bach. I always think of a horse. Trying to learn this one! Egads.
Don’t you think Andras Schiff has the bench very low? Reminds me when Glenn Gould would play from a very low, small chair.
The look on Andras' face spells transcendence to me. Are we looking into the face of God? Yes Bach wrote it and he played it first but here we see the beauty of his legacy. How wondrous it would have been for Bach to channel his thoughts about relationships so unimpeded through to the score so that mere mortals like you and me could touch the divine if we played well enough. Cheers!
Woah
Gigue!! What a piece... It leaves me speechless, love it !
I like Bach's music! It is so beautiful! My favorite one from this French Suite No.5 in G Major is the Gavotte because it is tranquil and it was included in the artist Los Norte Americanos!
God he separates the voices so lightly NICELY all thw way in Gigue!
I cannot rest from travel: i will drink
Life to the lees: all times I enjoyed
Greatly, have suffered greatly, both with those
That loved me, and alone; on shore, and when
Through scudding drifts the rainy Hyades
Vexed the dim see. (Tennyson - Ulysses)
That saraband - you're floating in space traveling faster than light in slo-mo.
love the way he does all those ornaments.
I wonder what Bach would have thought/felt when he had put the final touches on such a miraculous composition.
This is the best interpretation I've heard of so far. It might be hard to hear, but Professor Schiff uses a very light pedal at some points. He did a great performance during the Gavotte with his Leggiero fingers :). He should be described as 'an immortal of music', if it makes sense. He played this piece as if it was nothing and showed how a hard piece could sound easy in the hands of a genius.
minidragon L didn't he say he doesn't use pedal though?
Aeio Music sometimes pedal is used when you feel it needs to, just like when I have to play legato in jumps. Professor Schiff uses a tiny bit of pedal which makes the sound a bit more sustained and transferred to the end to the end of the hall.
It's not true as far as i know, he said that he never uses pedals on Bach. I don't know how does work a string piano, but maybe it's the vibrato of the harpsichord.
@@aeiomusic He definitely uses some, just differently than in something like a Beethoven sonata
Don’t call him a music god
You revive Bach. Thank you
don't understand dislikers
Not my favorite performances of some of the individual dances, but nothing but awe and respect for a guy who can play the entirety of the French Suites 1-6 from memory and not make a single mistake, not that I could tell. Just. Incredible.
Forgive me for saying but your obviously aren’t familiar with this great maestro. He just doesn’t play the French Suites by memory, but all of the Bach repertoire plus an infinity of other repertoire. Get yourself educated before you make glib comments. Schiff is one of THE masters of JS Bach.
@@kangchenjunga591 Will all due respect they aren’t saying anything bad. They just said it wasn’t their favourite performance. They commented that he was “incredible”. Maybe you should learn how to read before talking about someone else’s education? You also mentioned he knew “all his repertoires” Bach has written over 1,000 pieces of music (not all for keyboards). Which includes 2 books of prelude and fugues (24 in each book), fantasies, and toccatas. As amazing this guy is its not very likely for him to remember all.
@@kangchenjunga591 this was such an unnecessary comment.
He also played the French overture partita plus the Italian concerto as encore pieces also from memory.
True, he played 1-6 ALL AT ONE GO
He is one of my favorite pianists of all time!
András Schiff is possibly one of the best Bach interpreters of modern times. His leggiero fingers in the Gavotte and the Gigue make him an immortal Bach player. András has made the Gigue, a very difficult Bach piece, sound easy. And the Gavotte, a piece that is hard to satisfy one person with, is done really well in the hands of this genius.
The best pianist Bach interpreters*
And murray perahia...
Schiff, Angela Hewitt and Murray Perahia are level pegging for me for Bach on the piano. You can really feel the dance here: awesome. The bringing out of the different voices of the counterpoint is perfect too.
And Perahia brings the “blessedness”
And gould
When I closed my eyes I saw I'm in Baroque period at J.S.Bach's home and Bach was playing this
Yeah, if only Bach had access to a piano :/
Josh L. ABC He did, just not a piano the way we know it and not at the time he wrote this.
@@makytondr8607 no, he used a harpsichord or organ, but not a piano
What I know is that during Bach’s life first pianos were horrible. Most composers rejected them. Even Haydn’s and Mozart’s early keyboard compositions were for harpsichord or clavichord not for piano.
@@makytondr8607 Bach was totally against the piano
The Courante is sublime
Bravo. I am studying the guige now and found this. What an interpretation.
*gigue
@@icegalaxy3533 wow, you corrected someone's spelling on UA-cam. You're officially the most important admirable, clever, enviable genius.
@@danielkearney8799 WOW thanks 😐. It was just annoying me.
Watching the masters play bach is just so mesmerizing.
Hmm, we have the same profile pic lol
@@chopinliszt2988 Not anymore.
とても軽やかに滑らかに弾いているのに力強くそれでいて繊細な音色が大好きです🎶
Pure magic
I'm llistening to this again and again in these years
I was trying to play this song and finally got it yay!
清塚さんに紹介されて聴きにきました🎵
ピアノって、こんなに簡単に鳴るものなの！？
美しくて軽くて気持ち良い音楽、すごいです！
The best music in the World thanks to Der Thomaskantor Bach and Andras who performed it divine. Its really an antidepressiva in these coronavirus times.
The bass tones on that piano are beautiful. It's also nice to hear this played in a slightly more relaxed way. The tendency is to push this piece quite fast.
Ah! Air! The man is air. I can see this! He is full air. Begin Begin! His fingers and hands are also Air. His hair is air! Believe! Cannot believe, the air is amazing. I can see him breathing while he plays - air... this! air! I cannot imagine, the breeze of the trees, and all this air! The fragrance his playing, delightful!
You're high.
I agree
One year later
I remember what a great night it was watching this video two years ago.
You’re definitely high
12:51 gigue
Perfect tempo. Not too fast, I love it.
What fun.
Oh yes! Pure joy.
Kirsten See
Thank you sir
the gigue is up
wonderfully played. Many thanks for posting! Truly beautiful.
The contrast between Loure and Gigue is one of strongest moments in this beautiful piece.
Wonderful! I also play this work it and no 6 in E major are Gems !!!
I'm so ashamed of this comment section here. I bet mr. Schiff is comfortably in top 3 of the best Bach piano performers, since I don't know anyone who played Bach better - but as I didn't know many Bach players, I wouldn't argue. Mr. Schiff does, what's one of the most important things when playing Bach, piano/harpsichord/organ, doesn't matter, you should articulate. You might call it non-legato, but that's just halfway correct, articulation goes much deeper. Many players just ignore it or play full legato, which tears my ears. What is worse, I thought at least organists should know what to do, when playing Bach, because Bach to organ is like Beethoven/Chopin/Rachmaninov to piano. Well no, organists are either lazy or stupid, I don't know, 90% of them also play Bach in legato, which makes almost every piece he composed boring. From enjoyable to dull in matters of seconds.
Mr. Schiff is different - in my opinion, I would crown him without hesitation as current top Bach/Haydn performer in the world. So please shut up all haters - either you grew up listening Bach played legato, or you just have no taste in Bach music - I'm not saying I have, but this is rational, objective, articulation is correct, he does it, he does it great, he's great, end of story. Rather think if there is any other pianist in the world capable of playing it in such a delightful way.
So true
he is the best living bachist i think.............and only 2nd to richter (the best) and gould imho
I love his playing in Bach, he is like Bach in 21th century
@adeline middleton thank you :-) 3 years since and I still think the same.
A heart-warming performance. I love his playing of Bach!
This is beyond surreal.🌅🌅
It’s a gift from the universe to enlighten all humanity.
Thank you for giving us this beautiful gift 🙏🙏🙏 and thank you Mr. Schiff!! You give us lights and hope 💗💗💗
Amazing musician!
Best Bach performance ever. I have so much respect for this awesome genius!
I fully agree. Who is able to compete with him ? I don't know !
@@felixsinniger280 me noob it’s so ez I am the best
No one else can play Bach as clear as Andras Schiff can.
Ágnes Albert gould
But without Gould's foreign eccentricities, thus much closer to Bach's essence.
Schiff revered Gould: "he was one of my childhood idols ...a revelation to me ...for me nobody could play polyphony like Gould, he could control five voices more intelligently than most others can control two". Gould's work was revolutionary, everyone else who followed worked in his footsteps, something which Schiff well knew and would hardly have contested.This is an outstanding interpretation of the work, but you can be an exceptional Beethoven player without being Artur Schnabel, an inspired Chopin interpreter without being Dinu Lipatti. But legends are legends, the energy and clarity Gould brought to Bach are incomparable..
We all know that. Gould is a genius but his Bach has as much Gould (if not more) in it as it does Bach. Schiff's interpretations are not only immaculately clear but also sensible to the pieces' essence, humor and context.
I would say that both Gould and Schiff are great masters. They both have different ways of interpreting a piece and have different technique. But they can both play Bach clearly and show the emotion of the piece. How I wish that I can play like them....
0:02 Allemande
3:00 Courante
4:32 Sarabande
8:48 Gavotte
9:58 Bourree
11:04 Loure
12:51 Gigue
thank!
Allemande: 0:00
Courante: 3:00
Sarabande: 4:33
Gavotte: 8:48
Bourrée: 9:59
Loure: 11:05
Gigue: 12:53
my favourite pianist still.
He is almost closing his eyes in the whole video and his face shows he is enjoying the dances.
I am Erick Anthony Rodriguez (June 20, 1997) or also go by "EAR20" the present incarnate of Bach. God told me that in one of my past lives about 50million years ago i was also incarneted as an advanced spiritual and intelligent, rechnologically advanced alien, extraterrestrial in another part of our universe.🙏🧘♂️🧘♀️🤍👽 🌌
Beyond words !! what a craftsmanship...
OMG the best Bach I’ve heard O_o For ABRSM G8 students: go to 12:52, Gigue.
I have been a "fan" of Mr Schiff since he first appeared on the London stage over 40 years ago, and own several of his recordings. I can a recall a QEH recital of his around 1980 that was barely a quarter full and, incredible as it may seem now, interspersed with hecklers, a very rare sight at a South Bank concert. It is reassuring that Mr Schiffs' own unique style of phrasing and embellishment has since caught on; his technical mastery has seldom been cast into doubt. This recording vividly demonstrates the liberties he is inclined to take with the printed score to great effect; the music is, I believe, served by his approach and listeners familiar with many versions of this suite may rest assured that, on this particular day in Leipzig, Mr Schiff played delightfully well. Long may he continue.
I am playing this suite and my piano teacher told me to copy the Sarabande EXACTLY. Now my head hurts from all the ornamentation.
lol I'm playing this for my exam next week my head hurts too -_- plz wish me luck :) and good luck with copying it down :D
I guess he didn't want me getting too many wacky ideas. Anyway, I won third in the Utah Music Teachers National Association, so all is well. I'm so unlucky because I was 11 when I won and I couldn't go on to nationals because of a bunch of 14 year olds.
Lol I know, and I wish I could have my own way of playing the Sarabande. Unfortunately, he says that I always mess it up when I do it because I can never remember the places where I add ornamentation.
Elizabeth Zhang No need to copy
I know it has been past a while from your comment but teachers who tell their students to copy others playing are not a good teachers. I would recommend you to move to another teacher.
I cannot imagine it any better! Bravo!
+Liliya Ugay agree
@Thomas O'Neal lol
@Thomas O'Neal bad
He plays it wonderfully !
stop gigue-ling this is a bourree serious piece
Some of you might know but Schiff plays Bach without using any pedals.
fantastic :) is this playing with gravity not pressure perfected? Shiff plays so effortless, do most of these guys train by experts in youth?,further, ~Juliard? Can I trade you my left foot or heart for 1/10 this talent?
What a privilege to have hear that kind of music, although it is a joyful one ,I found I was close to cry with gratefulness.
The emotion in your music is palpable. Each note seems to carry a story, creating a deep and meaningful listening experience.
Beautiful , Mr.Schiff !!!
The master of Bach.
That gigue played with so much delightful joy!!
Such incredible music. Thank you!
What a fantastic great performance 👏🏻👏🏻
why is the comment section always full of snobs who have lost the ability to appreciate things?
They probably went to music school
+James McCoy so true, one of the reasons I was hesitant about becoming a music minor in the first place. Most teachers try to either control their students sense of creativity or try to make their student recreate what they think is best.
Not always
@Asriel Meemurr @NightHawk, I agree. Some people just are not that bright and/or expect too much.
Amazing!!!
Bach is a miracle.
7:13 I've never heard this before...
Bach wrote two endings for the sarabande! Some pianists, such as Schiff and Perahia play them both
Incredible. Such beauty.
It is very rightful to say: this music is the joy of the soul.
Wonderful interpretation.
I have listened many times and always find his style unique
May I pass along an observation? I'm only looking at the Allemande. Both parts are of course in 4/4 time. There are sixteenth notes, eighth notes, and quarter notes, as well as dotted notes. But the basic step between fingers and hands is always a sixteenth note. So if you count as I do with eighth notes (1-and-2-and-3-and-4-and-1 . . .), then you can two notes for every count through the entire piece. I find this simplifies learning this piece. I also find with enough practice I drop counting eighth notes and count quarter notes instead (1-2-3-4).
Wonderful piece....
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If I could do one thing with the rest of my life over the next few years, it would be to magically sit down and play this suite. I just love it so much.
This suite is very simple. Im sure you can play it😻❤️
@@Kaopundankulayo kaopun is that u 😂
@@Kaopundankuli dont think the gigue is tho you need to atleast be both handed to play that abomination /j
Great Andras Schiff
Such a beautiful inspiration! I've been playing the piano as my second instrument after flute for about one and half years now. My teacher gave this to me and I needed some tempo/pedal inspirstion. So smooth!
This after a year and a half seems very impressive! I've been playing for about the same time and I've been learning a bit of the second invention and I find it really challenging. Though I'm self taught and not a very good sight reader. Good luck to you either way!
Dear fellow pianists, please take note, all Bach-lovers and Andras Schiff admirers including myself, that this Bach French Suite No. 5 in G Major, and all other keyboard works of Bach, and every other great composer for the keyboard (whether for the spinet, clavichord, harpsichord, piano, organ, etc.) call this and other works, a "piece" not a "song" unless stipulated as such by a composer like Mendelssohn in which he composed piano pieces which he named "Songs Without Words". Otherwise, a song is a vocal work normally accompanied by a piano or other keyboard instrument, or by guitar, or by an orchestral, band, or other chamber ensemble whether small or large.
note to self: 12:51
There is a sublime recording of this piece by Wilhelm Kempff that I believe outclasses Schiff in the way it brings out the uniquely lyrical character and overall arch of this marvelous piece. That said, there is much to learn here, especially in the emphasis given to the bass line. I find some of the ornamentation distracting, but in general this is pianism of the very highest order. Whether or not it is true to Bach immediately raises the issue of the use of a modern concert grand to play his keyboard pieces. Schiff is admirable in his chisel-like clarity, in his self-restraint (particularly, in regard to the (non) use of the pedal), and in his abjuring of all but the subtlest rubato. Easing up a bit on these strictures gives you a different, perhaps less "authentic" reading, but one that yields up other pleasures. Is Schiff more Bachian than Kempff or, at the other extreme, Gould -- or even Richter? Or of the several great harpsichord performances? I prefer not to hold a position and to listen to the approaches of all these masters for the diverse pleasures they yield.
I listened to it, not really famous, since it only had 228 views, but it was okay. Nevertheless it wasn't as good as this. The fluctation in tempo was just too big for my taste. Really quick at first and becoming kinda slow later on
Tom pls no negative
It's a different generation. And remember, there is no "one way".
presbyterosBassI absolutely there’s no one way
@@presbyterosBassI Specially for Bach when played on a modern grand, capable of much more than the instruments of his time
I adore the Allemande - it's simply a stunning piece, and Andras plays it beautifully.
Amazing!!!
tout simplement magnifique!!!
notice his expression changes. In the Allemande it looked like he was transfixed and at peace, and then his face changed at the Courante.
Great Sound... it's perfect.
This is my absolute favorite of the french suites❤🔥I like the allemande, courante, gavotte, and gigue best
Wow ! That is amazing ! I can never play the piano as good as him !
¡¡¡¡Hermosísimo!!!!
No.5 is my favorite of the entire French Suites. Schiff plays just incredible!! I sometimes play this myself however poor it may sound to many,,,😆 I wish to be able to watch him play in Korea again after the covid disaster is gone~
You know what? I'm going to see his concert in Seoul next week!! Can't wait :)
Would be so cool if you can share your experience! :D
@@normallytangent What a shame! I regret to say that all of Schiff's concerts in Korea have been canceled due to his health problems 😭 Wish him a quick recovery and still look forward to the next opportunity
Graceful, elegant , balance , beautiful ornaments
andito para sa module BWHAHSHHAHAHHSHAOK😍😍😍😍
The sound was very beautiful and put me right into the music
Playing this right now🤗
My favorite. Schiff plays like an angel on this. ❤
- [ ] Allemande 0:00
- [ ] Courante 3:01
- [ ] Sarabande 4:34
- [ ] Gavotte 8:50
- [ ] Bourree 9:58
- [ ] Loure 11:05
- [ ] Gigue 12:52
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I like his inspiration.
I love this Sarabande it is so beautiful.
He goes pretty fast and there aren't many dynamics... Maybe that's just how Bach's music is. I suppose he didn't have the ability to use dynamics (he played a harpsichord), but sometimes I feel like, since we have the gift of dynamics, a painoforte, we should have some... I really love this way of playing it otherwise. The ornaments are admirable.
There aren’t dynamics? His touch is perfect...
@@johannsebastianbach3986 Though that may be that is not quite the same thing as clear dynamics.
there isn't much dynamics in Bach's musics
suites 5 and 6 are my favorite Bach for solo clavichord.