András Schiff - Bach Partita No.6 in E Minor 

I listen to Bach a good part of my time. (at 97 there isn't much else for me to do) The partitas are an eternal delight. I love Mr. Schiff's "touch." My father was a pianist, I once asked him to referee a high school dispute between my band and orchestra buddies. They disputed the primacy of Beethoven or Tchaikovsky. He said: "You kids can argue all you want; but BACH IS THE DADDY OF ALL MUSICIANS." In later years I met one of his pupils in a restaurant and it seems he was more formal with him than with me. "I remember professor Valderrama telling me Bach was the "Holy Spirit of Music." (might sound even a bit bombastic, but that was my intro to Spirituality even though I turned out an atheist like him) One certainly doesn't need a church or a dogma to feel "Spirituality" (or transcendence) when we have Bach. Real tears course down my cheeks whenever I hear Bach mourning the loss of His Savior. Makes me feel "Christianer" than my religious relatives.

I think that the greatest thing that a pianist can do is to convey the impression that a piece is being shaped and created at the moment of performance. You do that Mr. Schiff!

I love his interpretation. Clear , well structured, balanced but warm and sensitive, at the same time. absorbs my attention throughout the play. I feel as if I were hearing a good old story.

My God!! Bach comes through this man like air through my lungs!

I have attended two of Schiff's concerts in Leipzig a few years ago. Best decision of my life. Absolute genuis at the piano. I will forever remember those concerts.

Profound Partita, played with sensitively and dignity. Wonderful .

My favorite partita. I really enjoyed this performance, certainly one of the best renditions of this sublime and wonderful composition. The Sarabande is where we can appreciate Maestro Schiff's abilities of great performer, the most: the different layers of sound, such accurate, deep and passionate nuances, all in perfect baroque- Bach style... Bravo!!!

The toccata is absolutely breathtaking.

Just before the COVID disaster. How lucky we are to have this document.

The greatness of this music and the greatness of András Schiff are indescribable. Thank you so much for uploading this!

Your Bach is impeccable! So beautifully shaped and expressed!

Le grand art , c est de jouer avec simplicité ce qui est le plus compliqué. Schiste réussi parfaitement cette performance. Chapeau bas

Sie spielen Klavier immer auf natürliche Weise, und es heilt mich immer. Und die Weiße und Art wie Sie spielen, gefällt mir gut. Dankeschön ‼️ Viele Grüße aus Tokyo 🇯🇵

Many, many thanks. At your suggestion, went to Pierre Boulez Saal and watched entire lecture & performance of Schiff/Goldberg Variations. Bliss. His musicianship is phenomenal, indescribable. Thank you again. (And now I’ll listen to the Partitas!)

Андраш Шифф и Бах - наиболее близкое сосуществование двух творцов.

Mon interprète préféré du Cantor ❤

Maestro Schiff has reached that kind of level of perfection with Bach that it does not even make sense to comment. It is a perfectly matched spiritual alignment with the composer which is then projected in the way he reads and plays the music. Everything is simply perfect. You listen to it and immediately realize after 2 bars "oh, so this is how Bach is supposed to sound on a piano". P.s. time flies, we are all still awaiting Schiff's art of fugue....why is he still not recording it or playing it live???

Superb. The spirit of Bach. Thank you, András Schiff, SW and RU-vid.

Tout simplement miraculeux,et j aime beaucoup l interprétation de le gigue(final no6)

My favorite composer played by my favorite pianist, phenomenal. Thank you for uploading this.

Thank you you so much. Could you upload his Lectures (English) on these Partitas ...it will be of immense help. Thanks in advance.

"Le vieux Bach, qui contient toute la musique...": on comprend parfaitement cette remarque de Debussy en écoutant ce morceau d'une beauté incomparable! Merci pour le partage!

Gracias que bellísima interpretación me fascinó 👏👏👍❤️

Such utter clarity in your performance! So beautiful!

Also: Such beautiful shaping of phrases!

This I crazy! The Gigue is a jazz piece in Maestro Schiff's hands, also reminiscent of the last movement of the Hammerklavier, which is in effect free jazz at times (con qualche Vicenza)

Remember, except for the prelude and fugue, this is a suite of stylized dances. Often, performances of the partitas are more style than dance. However, in Shiff's hands we can hear the dancing. I noticed the dance in the courant. The gigue is strongly played as such. The 6/8 rhythm is so clear. Think "Irish Jig" when you listen to it and I think you'll hear it.

I just loved this.

Merci, merveilleux clip!!:)

Bravo!! Wonderful!!

Bravissimo!

Das ausgeichnete Spiel . Danke !

magnificent reading

Diese Leichtigkeit, fast überirdisch!

Magnifico .

好似呼吸一樣咁自然，游刃有餘⋯⋯ 感受到佢一路彈嘅時候，係聽緊每個音符，用耳仔彈琴。play by ear 每一句都呼吸得很自然～

Humble satisfaction right there 😌

Apart from the simple perfect musicality, is it just me that finds the sound quality of this upload way from perfect?

HALLO?!!! Supreme Schiff...Thanks

Bravoooooooooooo!!!!!!!!

Andras Schiff's rendering is perfect - I am sucked into it more and more and the tunes speak more emphatically as if to remind me of what I'm neglecting to do right now. Surely there is no one tempo - not just one parole - but a widespread and complicated system which the Partita eventually becomes. - not a unified one - but a polyphonic web of gossamer-like wires I can only hear with an agitated tranquility.

Great focus. I envy your presence.

MARVILLOO OOOSO GR ACIAS

Why does he play the gigue so different? Can someone explain

A ‘Gold Standard’ rendition that all others will be judged by, but why wasn’t the Air movement included.

F***ing amazing!!!!!!!!!!

Bach would’ve used damper too if aware it was available

Interpretación profunda y transparente de esta música sublime que deja entrever, a través del caleidoscopio de sus cristales, algunos intersticios de Eternidad.

La sarabanda sola ya paga el concierto completo...el resto es un plus de la vida

I correct myself, it is ''con qualche licenza''

Once you listen to Gould, its game over. I cant comprehend other interpretations

How is a portion of this copyright? I don't get it

where it is?

Where is part IV: Air? Missing?

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I prefer Gould's tempo.

It must be just as exciting when Mr. Schiff starts playing Chopin and Debussy on musical instruments for which the compositions were never intended: on the harpsichord, for example. And therefore, as in this case too, will sound just as bizarre.

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