A&A cembalo duo: J.S. Bach - PASSACAGLIA IN C MINOR BWV 582. Anna Kiskachi - Anastasia Antonova harpsichord by Bruce Kennedy (Mietke, 1997) June, 2018 www.aandaduo.com
Unspeakably beautiful- music, setting- mystery , pathos, hope in the final triumph of life over death, perfomance, instrument, recording engineering, video/ simply exquisite!🥰🙏Thank you all for producing and sharing this beautiful work!
It would be difficult to imagine a better performance of this wonderful work equaled only by some of the finest organists. Ladies, your playing is of the highest order, the instrument is superb and the sound engineer got everything just right. Bravo!
Wow....The most dramatic performance of this piece ever....it is grooving in amazing synchronization to the level that I didn't think it was possible.....Very exiting performance indeed...I wish Bach could hear this. I imagine full smile on his face listening to this.
It's originally an organ piece. I thought this quite daring really. I think one of the ladies doubled up the (organ) pedal part to thicken the texture. Works rather well, don't you think?
Btw, that was definitely the most "in tune" harpsichord I ever heard...you might think it would lose some of it's tuning during this marathon, but it doesn't!
Девушки , слов нет, как вы прекрасны и какие великолепные музыканты...Спасибо еще вашему оператору и режиссеру: и выдумку с костюмами и обувью и находки оператора с видами, деталями.Свет тоже отличный... Спасибо!Мой учитель органа в Голландии , который сам играет на клависине , и супер музыкант в этом, сказал , что вы СУПЕР!!! Умницы просто, жаль, что раньше вас не знала
Beautiful, dramatic interpretation. The silence before the resolution was a cliffhanger. I love how you expressed each voice in all the registers. The sound engineering is absolutely superb.
This performance creates an ambitious and innovative world. It goes beyond Bach's new interpretation and shows their sense of world. Very beautiful and impressive !
MAGNIFICENTLY performed, recorded, filmed, staged, and graphically inspired. Superb, SUPERB!!!!!!!!! The staging and conception are really inspired!!! Bravissimo and Triple Bravissimo!!!!!! XXXX y
After the din of centuries, after the dust of history, after the banality of us all there will remain the genius of Bach. Would that anyone of us could have achieved in a lifetime what Bach achieved in a day.
Maybe a bathroom? That's what I would do. Go to an atmospheric old place with a lot of history and the first thing I'd probably think is "where is the BATHROOM in this place?" But seriously, yes, beautifully played and a lovely video actually.
une idée magnifique, jouer cette pièce, si souvent entendue, à deux claviers à cordes pincées une vision lumineuse, cohérente, précise, un jeu subtil des articulations, qui donne de la force au maintien d’une tension sans faiblesse, un discours de toute beauté, l’âme de la musique Jean Sébastien aurait aimé … merci
Звучит эпично! Клавесин буквально говорит! Очень хороший звукорежиссер. Исполнительницы пошли на определенный риск в подвижках темпа, хотя и это, в конечном итоге, принять можно.
This particular harpsichord transport clear and outstanding sound. Considering the natural medium of an abandoned house, the performers give a regal, stately performance of J.S. Bach - PASSACAGLIA! The video recording, the acoustics and the landscape are unique and accentuate the beauty of the PASSACAGLIA! Extraordinary editing and choreography! KUDOS to the artist and the camera team.
Passe a calla... As Life goes by - Wonderful and utterly imaginative rendition of JSB's wonder-work!! How liberating to do this like that!! Musically on top - admirable and lovingly realized - We get you!! Thank you so much, dear, dear AnnaStasia...!!
Uns ejecucion magnifica, magistral y hermosa. A&A abren el perfume de las emociones mas profundas a una de las obras mas geniales de todos los tiempos. Bravo por las Damas que nos obsequiaron esta espectacular vision.
Thank you! This performance is really outstanding and compelling. Compared to the wonderful imagery and locality, you've moved me to tears. Beautiful and impressive.
Wow, I am speechless... just listened to this & "Danse Macabre." Sheer brilliance. Immediately checked and this is not available on iTunes... I would buy both tracks in a heartbeat, and probably anything else you play.
Exquisite! One is able to clearly hear every Voice entrance and line. Sorry tell my my organist friends that this complex masterpiece can be more clearly grasped and understood in this adaptation than in most turgid organ recordings. Biggs, Karosi, Alain, Fox and a few others have given us suitably registrated organ recordings.
I mostly know this work of Bach's from Stokowski's transcription for orchestra and recordings of Biggs' organ recitals. Hearing it on this magnificent instrument, performed consummately by these lovely musicians, is to experience the work fully. The clarity of timbre and resonance of this Kennedy harpsichord is astounding. Having only ever heard harpsichords on recordings, I nevertheless feel that I have now experienced the instrument, with its inimitable and nimble voicing, for the very first time.
