This is a revelation for me. I’ve heard this piece many times played by other great pianist. This is a very passionate rendition with a sense of journey the listener goes through. I’ll be return to this many times. Thanks !
Weissenberg's Bach piano transcriptions is one of my favorite discs of all time. His interpretations and execution are unmatched. Bach is serious music - no romance here - it doesn't belong. Yet his playing is absolutely beautiful to listen to. For Bach on the piano, there is only him, and Glen Gould.
This is by far the most outstanding of the fantasy and fugue.No other is so powerful and dynamic and yet so transparent. It´s the counterpart to Pogorelich´s English Suites wich is also unique. Thank´s a lot for sharing.
Бедный Иоганн Себастьян!!! Так переврать текст фантазии в свербящем фантазийном раже. Оставим в стороне генетическую неспособность фортепиано хоть частично конкурировать с тем же клавесином - имею в виду версию Ландовской - хотя ее инструмент не совсем клавесин, даже совсем не. Тем не менее ее запись плюс исполнение Эдвина Фишера до сих пор на практически олимпийской высоте. Что до вайсенберга, Бах никогда не был его коньком. В чем снова убедился
Alexis Weissengerg and Grigory Sokolov are arguably the greatest pianists ever. Truly unique amongst the many gifted pianists, past and present, both of them.
Très belle interprétation, sans chichis, techniquement impeccable, et qui rend parfaitement justice a l'emportement et la folie absolus de cette oeuvre gigantesque l
I can never appreciate Cziffra's pyrotechnic and acrobatic virtuoso displays. But in all fairness, his Chopin is always a model of good taste and even restraint. I would not say his Barcarolle is the best ever, but it is certainly very good.
The cziffra is such a perfect pianist. Everyone knows his formidable technique without me mentioning it, and the lyrical melody he creates is so beautiful. It was such a perfect performance.
Fabulous composition---should be in every great pianists repertoire for sure. Cziffra is inimitable & most assuredly 1 of a kind. His book "Cannons & Flowers" remind me of the duality Glenn Gould had ,whose book is aptly titled " The Agony & the Ecstasy " Such is the plight of all we pianists!
He is the only pianist who knows how to play Bach's harpsichord works on the piano. Everything, everything he interprets, he does like nobody else. He said that Bach was his favorite composer and the most difficult to interpret. He was right. But he understood perfectly.
I don't know if anyone mentioned yet or not: But have you noticed that Weissenberg's interpretation of Bach has its own specific signature? It is so unique. It's sounds in a romantic way, the way that Horowitz would perform it, but yet it's not Horowitz; it's Weissenberg.
Read: "Haunting Paris", by Mamta Chaudhry. Her first Novel. Chopin's Barcarolle is "sink" with the story. A Novel but also a study of Paris and France. Both with so much heart!
wow.... sooo true... and genuine... Chopin would have LOVED this!!!! No wonder he's on sooo many GREAT pianist top 10 greatest pianist of all time LISZT...! old world beauty we never hear any more...
