I imagine how eager Lizst would be to play the songs for Organ that Bach’s composed to make his own arrangement for piano. Thanks for this rendition with scores.
Yes, Liszt was always eager to take credit for other people's compositions. Paganini, Schubert, Mozart, Beethoven, Bach & several opera composers had Liszt riding their coattails until he got to his late 30s.
Bach’s BWV 548 with sheet music for comparison: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Pfnkz1cFp8g.html It’s fascinating to see how far Liszt will push technique compared to Bach, and interesting how Liszt chooses to both capture the spirit of the organ on piano while also carving out a distinctive feel to the piece in its own right.
Utterly matchless!! Comparable to the one Kaikhosru Sorabji featured some days ago. I'm sure Liszt enjoyed performing it for his audiences. Glenn Gould would never have played this arrangement of Bach's P. & F' s. He only liked the one of Beethoven's 5th symphony. Possibly the only thing he did like by Liszt. As a pianist, why on earth wouldn't you want to tackle this great excercise in fingers and technique. You can hear the Organ all over the place here.
B R A V O !!!!!! I had only heard the Alexis Weissenberg recording of this and rarely elsewhere. A magnificent performance, beautiful clarity of every line in spite of its great complexity. A total artistic experience. Thank you
Interesting how the fugue doesn’t have the Picardy third ending on major, but the prelude does. I’m still confused if Liszt or Bach wrote no Picardy third?
Liszt has been reported to have been a supreme interpreter of Beethoven`s and Bach`s piano music. And, not to forget, of Bach`s organ music. He wrote the piano adaptations of the Preludes and Fugues for organ in order BWV 543-548 to be able to play them at his piano recitals.
Compare this to a real version of BWV 543: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-pQiZG9rqS1k.htmlsi=dLLvPG8v3D6eGU40 This piano transcription sounds like Bach, as written by Czerny into his _Pianistengeläufigkeitsschule._ Composers, even Baroque ones, had the timbres of particular instruments in mind when they wrote, and those who have done post-Baroque transcriptions have too often not taken that into account, erroneously declaiming that, "Oh, those Baroque guys would just play on anything they had to hand." Such transcriptions from organ works are frowned upon now. With the richness of its choices of sonority, it makes more musical sense to transcribe _for_ organ rather than doing a piano reduction of its music.
@Alberto Sousa Music is meant to be criticed. Especially when it is not your own. They don't have to post their own interpretation to not agree with this one. That's why music is so personal to people. Please don't go testing people with different ideas. I'm sure a respected tenor would know such a thing.
@@ki11card25 No, do music critiques when you’ve paid for a ticket, or at least when you’ve got something to show for yourself. Or at least a photo of your face. Otherwise, you’re not being a critic, you’re being a troll. That’s what this respected tenor thinks.
@Alberto Sousa When you release music to the world. It's open for critique. It's truly deplorable that you would gatekeep music and personal opinions on performance. If you even look at this piece and it's history you would know how Bach wrote it for organ and is meant to be voiced with certain touch. And before you assume anything about my character. Yes. I am a pianist, I play Bach commonly, in fact I'm currently learning to play Liszts/Bachs Weinen Klagen Sorgen Zagen and it requires so much technique to get both Liszt and Bachs styles in a piece. It's absolutely shameful that people of your caliber would tarnish the beauty of interpretation and music.
