Philip Glass. The Complete Etudes, Book 1. Anton Batagov, piano 

It's time for me to admit, I listen to this performance of Etude 2 many times a week as a form of stress relief and escape from the insane time we live in. Wonderful interpretation by Batagov.

I can't imagine these etudes being played any better than this. The crispness and rhythmical lilt and accuracy are out-of-this-world.

Your playing is just beautiful, Anton. I discovered this piece on youtube, performed by Yuja Wang. I listened to several other very good pianists perform this,but none of them did anything for me. I read that your recording is the best, so I looked and found you here. This is my first time listening. Your interpretation and speed are different, and it makes no difference to me. I love Yuja Wang's interpretation and now I love yours, too. There's someone's soul in this---yours. Thank you for posting this.

No. 6 was amazing.

It's amazing how Glass' music has perhaps the widest door opening for interpretation than any composer I know.

One thing (out of many) I love about these etudes is how much of Glass's prior works they include, making it available in piano form for us amateurs to play and study. And yes, we can only dream of even approaching Batagov's virtuosity and interpretive skills.

Glass has become a classic, because beauty creates classics

Anton Batagov is one of the most talented, beautiful musical souls I've encountered in my life. This is one good thing about recording devices and the internet. (But can you imagine how great it would be to see him in live performance!)

I just listen to this on repeat.

It’s hard to trust a person, while the music gives you a moment to relieve and secure yourself, it’s fine

I have loved Philip Glass and his hypnotic and beautiful works for years. I just got some of these etudes played by the NYU Steel Drum group and it is a very lively and interesting version. His music is so open to so many variations, from piano and guitar, to steel drums, harps, and vibraphones!

The first etude, so little played, is a true masterpiece wonderfully executed here

So simple and yet inexplicably beautiful and moving.

Anton Batagov- le meilleur interpret de la musique de Philip Glass- prendre des leçons de musique Avec en humain aussi grand- le rêve de ma vie- une encroiable verite de la structure musical. vôtre manière de interpréte Bach- est extraordinaire. je vous remercie de tout mon coeur de votre existence. vous avez tout compris. avec tout mon respect pour vous. merci beaucoup Thomas Fischer.

Антон, Вы так слиты с исполняемой Музыкой, что остается только жить в этом потоке с Вами и автором. Каждая нота - продумана и прочувствована. Просто нет слов. Низкий поклон.

The Music of Philip Glass is amazing. Tank you for share it with us.

Suddenly so romantic (Nr. 8) 🙂! I like this interpretation. Through intelligent use of pedal, articulation and dynamics the performer adds variety and emotion to Glass' repetitive and kind of mechanical style.

Will it be heretical if I say that Mr Philip Glass is interpreting the spirit of J S Bach for us in the late 20th /early 21st century? Mr Glass has his own inimitable way of presenting musical ideas which may not appeal to all but here Mr Anton Batagov's sensitive , technically brilliant interpretation surely will beguile all lovers of beauty. Many thanks for sharing this performance.

only one word for this GORGEOUS!

I really enjoyed the etude 6 interpretation, very different but makes a lot of sense

i love Philip Glass's music. thanks for playing it :)

yeah this hit me hard, to the point of crying

Very intellectual performer. He has conversations with all his works.

Just fantastic performance! Thanks for sharing!!

Etude N°5. Quel beauté. Quelle tristesse.

With out words. Thank you.

Outwardly beautiful ... Thanks for uploading!

Fabuleuse interprétation, complètement assumée, solide. Merci! :)

Coeur sur vous! Heart on you!

Really beautiful!

Love the Etudes!!

Wonderful!!

musique et interpétation: un délice!

my goodness you really get it! love this! the flow and power and emotion is all there. just, so well played! please try to transpose Glass Violin 2nd

Wonderful performance.

Excellent playing and sound quality !!! Superb, really .

Oh wow! This is unexpected - thank you for posting this!

I would love to see you play here in NYC!!! You are one of my favorite contemporary composers. Saw you play two studios at the BAM (with Philip Glass), and nothing more!! Come to NYC!

amazing ^.^ thank you from Brasil ^.^

Incredible number of ads. As best I can tell, a fabulous bit of music.

Anton B great! =-

Incredible.

I'm currently learning the first piece in this video. It's a really beautiful piece and hope to improve my playing

Great

que lindo

El Etude 2 suena similar a Amazon River que grabara la agrupación Uakti con el disco Aguas da Amazonia, con la música de Philip Glass. Tiene la misma cadencia.

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Je me suis amusée à liker et à reliker pour voir si par hasard... je ne pourrais pas surliker ;p Un "j'aime" est si faible pour Philip Glass. Alors je vous laisse faire le reste !

6-й этюд абсолютно фантастический

¿Alguien sabe dónde puedo conseguir Distant Figure interpretada por Batagov?

nice background music

Have only listened to Etude no.6 so far, the treble end sounds so muffled, there was a brief part around 2/3 of the way in where he plays it almost pizzicato, this felt strange but now I think it should have been employed more often because the piece demands clarity and precision which was lacking in this case.

Interesting. He manages to make #3 sound almost more Reich-like than Glass-like ☺️

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Sehr sensible Interpretation. Das kommt der Musik entgegen.

Do you know where he got the sheet music?

It struck me that Pink Floyd uses a lot of this type of schema.

Spoiler alert. Google shows its lack of class by inserting ads in the middle of the piece.

as Mozart said to Salieri, "...and the rest is just the same right?"

too fast

a big bore.

Can you upload playing this in 2023? Youre already the best version of Etude 6 you will ever find on youtubes :D I wanna see how youve improved it!