Bach's music has the perfection of a crystal. Structured with a mathematical precision but like a crystal its beauty lies in the way it refracts the light.
That's because Bach's music came directly from Heaven. There is no precedent to his or any of the composers who composed during his lifetime. It was simply a gift to humankind from above.
Bach's earliest surviving manuscripts disagree. Bach intended 111 BPM not 60 BPM, and the use of Ritardando and Accelerando are not a characteristic of Baroque Era Music.
Many tempos are possible. As much as I enjoy Lipatti and Hess, it is at this tempo that the music is best illuminated to me: ua-cam.com/video/WUo7tQOvapE/v-deo.html
What a divine vibration of sound, Bach must've loved Jesu so much to turn his inspiration into this masterpiece not to mention how exquisitely played by a master pianist.
Praise be to God for sending Jesus to this world to be our Joy and Peace. I have always have so much admiration for Bach's anointing in Music to Glorify the most high so this exceptional music from Heaven! It is a gift from God so know one can boast! and as Bach said before: Music is honor to God and Joy of man's desire. Amen.
This is beautifully played. Several pianists have played this, however. There is something about Dino Lipatti's version played at his last concert that is unworldly like he knew that he was about to see the face of God.
I so enjoy listening to and watching this young man play this beautiful piece of music. The music is among my favorites of all time and it was what I walked down the aisle to when I married my late husband. It will forever be played in heaven.
+andrew hall Not Brook but Ocean should be his name. - Ludwig Van Beethoven ("Bach" is the German word for "brook") Now there is music from which a man can learn something. - W. A. Mozart (on hearing Bach motets in Leipzig)
I think the melody is simple but it is never boring me. Why? Because I can feel various emotions through his delicate touch. From time to time, I visit here, listen to his play, and question to myself "How can he express such a rich emotion through such a simple melody?" I'm looking at his hands moving smoothly on the piano. Marvelous
His hands and ears respect and give voice each phrase. There's character here, whole personalities that can rise, speak, and return to the heart of the piano, and the heart of the man who plays it, a language its own. And now it's yours, the sweet joy and the small fury with no crash, and the bright return home.
I couldn't play this - not because I can't play the notes but because the phrasing with the thumb and other fingers is so difficult to pronounce - perfectly done!
Greatest piece of music ever composed . Exquisitely performed . The eternal universe can be felt in this piece . And these words are insufficient to describe the beauty !
We got married to this My dear friend headed the Brooklyn Conservatory of Music for many years, I told him our wishes, trusted him to do right by us and with me sobbing like a weirdo on my dad's arm, this was played live while I walked to join the love of my life. I still cry hearing it. So many happy blessed memories and love how skillfully and masterfully this was played. Thank you
This is a beautiful rendition. It is very brave indeed to tackle the piece so slowly - but in doing so, Goldstein gives it an ethereal, other-worldly quality which befits both the composer and, more pertinently, the subject-matter. There are good quicker performances out there - the one by Sandra Wright Shen is worth checking out - but Goldstein's is magical; and my favourite.
My mother played this to me on more occasions than i dare to remember. She tried to teach me how to play but unfortunately I was a lost cause ! Just beautiful !!
yeah, bringing out those accents in the leading melody pulses yet keeping the rest light and floaty there's a way to play this, ignore the hard accents of the melody in the middle, and still be beatuful in its own right but that extra layer of accentuation (and syncopation) elevates it from 2 to 3 voices on what still are only 2 limbs, and it's a make it or break it kind of thing, if you don't get it at least a little bit right, you may aswell not do at at all, and leave it out for the 2-voice version, it sounds very abrasive very quickly when now i'm a sucker for darker sounding pianos like the bösenforfers, they can mask quite a bit in resonance, but on a bright piano with a strong attack that triggers without too much physical effort, this is crazy hard to get right
That's it! Bach, Hess and Norman. You got it - the three of you. I am literally weeping with joy at the beauty you've brought forward. Thank you. Thank you.
Many years ago, I heard Alon Goldstein perform a Rachmaninoff concerto live. Jesu was his encore. Inner voicings wafted up so clearly and beautifully. Incredibly touching and mesmerizing... could have heard a pin drop in the massive hall.
It is inspirational! Phenomenal and the meaning behind this music is incredible. Can you just feel it? it makes me feel closer to God and feel like crying because I have fibers in my soul that music like this touches.
I have always loved this piece ,, I think that Mr Goldstein does a very good job . I happen to also love Dame Myra Hess and Dinu Lipattis version . This is music for the soul .
This is what I will hear when I meet God after I die.
*if
@@LionKing-mv2uk Big IF*
@@LionKing-mv2uk, or reunited with friends on the Heaven
I hope so mate👍
@C No, because we pray for you and you are saved. Nice try!
Bach's music has the perfection of a crystal. Structured with a mathematical precision but like a crystal its beauty lies in the way it refracts the light.
That's because Bach's music came directly from Heaven. There is no precedent to his or any of the composers who composed during his lifetime. It was simply a gift to humankind from above.
This was the signature to declare an instrument ready to be shipped to those who ordered it
Total perfection. Played with reverence and devotion. This is as good as this piece will ever be played on this side of eternity.
I completely agree. I've yet to hear a rendition as beautiful as this one.
Indeed.
Very nice interpretation…second to Daniel Tritonov.
Pretty much; you may be right.
Piece, please, not song.
Finally an interpretation of this master piece at the right tempo! Thank you
Have you heard Lipatti?
ua-cam.com/video/k7PNFDrcqmY/v-deo.html
ua-cam.com/video/k7PNFDrcqmY/v-deo.html
Bach's earliest surviving manuscripts disagree. Bach intended 111 BPM not 60 BPM, and the use of Ritardando and Accelerando are not a characteristic of Baroque Era Music.
@@ClarenceCochran-ne7du Ah? Ok. Can you find your favourite and and put it here so I can hear the difference? Thanks 🙂
I also like this one: ua-cam.com/video/wEJruV9SPao/v-deo.html
Well....isn't that just about the loveliest thing you've ever heard..... (in tears)
Michael Thomas So do I too!!
Agreed!
Incredible, without words. Soft touch on the keys when needed, firm touch on the keys when appropriate.
The notes and melody are actually so simple. But it takes an artist like this to achieve perfect legato and make the piece sing. 👏
And a good piano, too. This Steinway sounds amazing.
Не простые.
Its not simple. Your being simple
Steinway is an instrument!!@@BleedandRise
A Steinway is an instrument, not a piano. Take that from the son of one who built them.
We've just found the perfect entrance music for my Mother - in - Law's funeral this coming Monday.
I like the way he plays it. Effortless and smooth.
One of the most sensitively played versions of this magnificent piece! It brings peace to my soul!
IN FULL AGREEMENT TO THAT!
@@benoitdurand1613 me too.
A man of such accomplishment wrote a devotional piece with enormous humility.
I finally get it. You should play this like a child in awe.
Everyone plays this too fast but this tempo is perfect.
I think the same.. but try the Shiro Sagisu version covered in the anime "Neon Genesis Evangelion". to me it's almost perfect
Influenced by Dinu Lipatti. The guiding light.
Just on point!
Many tempos are possible. As much as I enjoy Lipatti and Hess, it is at this tempo that the music is best illuminated to me: ua-cam.com/video/WUo7tQOvapE/v-deo.html
Nashville Guitarist Yes it really is
Alon vc tocou bach excelente apresentação, jesu joy of mans parabens
There's no rush to the joy of perfect music.
What a divine vibration of sound, Bach must've loved Jesu so much to turn his inspiration into this masterpiece not to mention how exquisitely played by a master pianist.
This can bring tears
This music is heavenly, so moving, the most beautiful version I've heard.
Alon is such a great pianist, driven performer, family man, and great person. He is unbelievable!
My wife and I had this piece playing in the church just before our wedding. Listening to it brings back a lot of beautiful memories.
yes, it is a very common at weddings
my wife's boyfriend likes this one very much also, he told me.
JE N'ARRÊTE PAS DE LUI FAIRE RÉPÉTER ET ENCORE RÉPÉTER CETTE MERVEILLEUSE INTERPRÉTATION. BRAVO!
Praise be to God for sending Jesus to this world to be our Joy and Peace. I have always have so much admiration for Bach's anointing in Music to Glorify the most high so this exceptional music from Heaven! It is a gift from God so know one can boast! and as Bach said before: Music is honor to God and Joy of man's desire. Amen.
Totally agree. Amen.
Bach Will be smiling About this magnificent interpretation .
This is the best interpretation I ever heard. Beautifully played. Bach would played the same way ...
This is beautifully played. Several pianists have played this, however. There is something about Dino Lipatti's version played at his last concert that is unworldly like he knew that he was about to see the face of God.
@@tomkelly4336 do you have a link to that video? I can't seem to find it
@@thecoasterman100 I am sorry I am computer illiterate, I know that it is here because I have listened to it. I am so sorry, Namaste Tom
@@thecoasterman100 Should be this one ua-cam.com/video/R0085wPebZc/v-deo.html
I love this tune, One of my favourite classical pieces 😊
I like it to:-)
Such a beautiful singing tone he brings out of the piano. God's people are truly blessed. Thank you
Superior Level of Playing; Interpreting the wonderful style of J.S. Bach. . . . .
humanity's twine with the universe expressed in a few short minutes. Just wow.
I so enjoy listening to and watching this young man play this beautiful piece of music. The music is among my favorites of all time and it was what I walked down the aisle to when I married my late husband. It will forever be played in heaven.
A fantastic rendition, the best I have heard.
His distinction between the choral lines and the string lines is the best I have ever heard.
Gentle and graceful joy in Jesus
His voicing is so...amazing. Encore!!!
It all begins and ends with Bach.
-Ludwig Van Beethoven
+andrew hall he never said that?
+andrew hall
It was Brahms who said, "Study Bach. There you will find everything."
+andrew hall
Not Brook but Ocean should be his name.
- Ludwig Van Beethoven ("Bach" is the German word for "brook")
Now there is music from which a man can learn something.
- W. A. Mozart (on hearing Bach motets in Leipzig)
Beethoven was a dark wizard compromised shill. Ode to Joy is a hypnotic spell. Bach is the man who did more to heal humanity than most.
@@CaptainRetsuUnohana Bach The White, God´s Right Hand
Bravo. Alon does play this brilliantly and as NashvilleGuitarist said at the right tempo.
Quiet, Serene, Simply Masterful! Bravo, Bravo!
I think the melody is simple but it is never boring me.
Why?
Because I can feel various emotions through his delicate touch.
From time to time, I visit here, listen to his play, and question to myself
"How can he express such a rich emotion through such a simple melody?"
I'm looking at his hands moving smoothly on the piano.
Marvelous
This is balm to the soul! I had this played at my mothers funeral! She and dad would have loved it!!
he brings out the melody line. pure genius and talent and soul.
how can anybody dislike this music, this rendition, these Goldfingers..soooo beautiful
Makes you think about God, Heaven and perfection. Played with love and care.
He does great justice to Dame Myra's transcription I feel sure she would like it...his touch is much like her own..his tone beautiful....BRAVO
His hands and ears respect and give voice each phrase. There's character here, whole personalities that can rise, speak, and return to the heart of the piano, and the heart of the man who plays it, a language its own. And now it's yours, the sweet joy and the small fury with no crash, and the bright return home.
I had heard many, for me, this is the best performance of J, J of Man's Desiring
No one can play it better than him!!
Awesome!!
Beautiful. The Myra Hess arrangement is my darling Ma's favourite.
Such beautiful hands, touch, played with so much sensitivity. Myra Hess did an incredible job on this transcription, as well.
He never loses the melody! Beautiful
Alan brings out the secret voices in the piece. Bravo!
This was played during my wedding mass. 33 years ago. It fills one's heart with boundless joy.
The pianist played beautifully. The music warmed our hearts and made us love Jesu Christ even more.
Wonderful voicing, tone and phrasing, very difficult to do in this piece. Deserved another encore
The piano also has a great timbre.
@@MDkid1 What kind of timber is it?
Cannot agree more, I love this piece, but I really hate to learn this piece. It is actually very difficult to play!
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I listen to this every day
Masterful! Every note is precise in time and resonance. The rits are perfection. Don’t miss a chance to hear him in person!
I couldn't play this - not because I can't play the notes but because the phrasing with the thumb and other fingers is so difficult to pronounce - perfectly done!
This was my Grandma's favorite piece to play--we used it our wedding and without knowing that it was also used at my son's wedding. This is wonderful.
The respect shown by his fellow musician watching… Very moving 🙏🏼
It is one thing to play the notes but another to be a musician. Wonderful.
Teary every time listening to how well he plays this masterpiece.
Greatest piece of music ever composed . Exquisitely performed . The eternal universe can be felt in this piece . And these words are insufficient to describe the beauty !
OMG... I truly believe, that Bach had a direct line with God through his music, like his telephone number to speak with him...
I love to see and hear a master at work.
Muito lindo! Amo esta música e, tocada por suas mãos, ficou celestial. ❤
This was very fine and sensitively played.
Beautiful tempo, beautiful performance
The greatness of this masterpiece he plays with wonderful skill is unfathomable, immeasurable and beyond description.
We got married to this My dear friend headed the Brooklyn Conservatory of Music for many years, I told him our wishes, trusted him to do right by us and with me sobbing like a weirdo on my dad's arm, this was played live while I walked to join the love of my life. I still cry hearing it. So many happy blessed memories and love how skillfully and masterfully this was played. Thank you
My favorite piano version of this classic,nice and slow almost perfectly played.
JSB would have certainly approved.
Pure perfection! Only Alon!
One of the best interpretation I’ve heard !!!
Divine!
This man just shared his soul and the audience looks bored. Well, I got it, and I enjoyed it; it made sense to me. Thanks for posting!
Incredible voice clarity.
gorgeous playing there. I felt like applauding from my computer after hearing that performance.
Waht a beautiful song,can't stop rewindin' it
So very beautiful .. and so humble 🕊️
Wonderful arrangement and beautifully played. Nice Steinway too. Great job!
You are giving us the voice of heaven, unbelievably beautiful, this is the sound of Jesus, God bless you!!!
Simply beautiful to hear that melody stand out, like an orchestra in his hands.
This is a beautiful rendition. It is very brave indeed to tackle the piece so slowly - but in doing so, Goldstein gives it an ethereal, other-worldly quality which befits both the composer and, more pertinently, the subject-matter. There are good quicker performances out there - the one by Sandra Wright Shen is worth checking out - but Goldstein's is magical; and my favourite.
That is really nicely put. I couldn't agree more.
His tempo and intonation are perfect
Great performance, beautiful layering of the melody, inner voices and bass.
davidofpiano423 very true
Superb! And sound-quality too!
Потрясающе, мурашки по коже...
My mother played this to me on more occasions than i dare to remember. She tried to teach me how to play but unfortunately I was a lost cause !
Just beautiful !!
What would Glen Gould think of this interpretation? he would have loved it. Thank you for this beautiful piece!
The hardest thing about this piece is bringing the tune out especially in the middle minor section.
James Rose yes
James Rose I’m working on this, and I agree. I like how it’s slower here. Nice peaceful rendition
yeah, bringing out those accents in the leading melody pulses yet keeping the rest light and floaty
there's a way to play this, ignore the hard accents of the melody in the middle, and still be beatuful in its own right
but that extra layer of accentuation (and syncopation) elevates it from 2 to 3 voices on what still are only 2 limbs,
and it's a make it or break it kind of thing, if you don't get it at least a little bit right, you may aswell not do at at all, and leave it out for the 2-voice version, it sounds very abrasive very quickly when
now i'm a sucker for darker sounding pianos like the bösenforfers, they can mask quite a bit in resonance, but on a bright piano with a strong attack that triggers without too much physical effort, this is crazy hard to get right
That's it! Bach, Hess and Norman. You got it - the three of you. I am literally weeping with joy at the beauty you've brought forward. Thank you. Thank you.
Many years ago, I heard Alon Goldstein perform a Rachmaninoff concerto live. Jesu was his encore. Inner voicings wafted up so clearly and beautifully. Incredibly touching and mesmerizing... could have heard a pin drop in the massive hall.
it is the best version that i've ever experienced...he plays as if he were talking to angels right up there...speechless in messages...
it is awesome. That sound reminded me of someone.
ha hoang homesick for a place you've never been
Close my eyes listen and I am transported off to another place magnificent!
A piece I've loved to play and sing for 58 years; it never fails to soothe and uplift. Thanks to the pianist for his sensitive performance.
Simply divine. Direct from the hands of God.
It is inspirational! Phenomenal and the meaning behind this music is incredible. Can you just feel it?
it makes me feel closer to God and feel like crying because I have fibers in my soul that music like this touches.
Thank you to bring the joyful, peaceful, and loveful music to the world.
It is still amazing to me that after almost 400 years this composition still affects us. Bach is still the greatest composer who ever lived!
Почти 300. Откуда 400?!
I have always loved this piece ,, I think that Mr Goldstein does a very good job . I happen to also love Dame Myra Hess and Dinu Lipattis version . This is music for the soul .
So true
Tom Kelly yes
I just absolutely adore this piece of music..it "hits the spot" every time I hear or play it.
Sublime piece of music, sublimely played.
Gorgeous!
It brings into a dimension of peace.
This actually brough me to tears
truly an amazing performer and the song will always be timeless, I cant imagine playing this from memory this is astounding. So glad youtube has this
Always thought provoking for me. Takes me away from the madness of society. Wonderful!