Sokolov - Bach: well-tempered clavier, book 2 (BWV 878 - 893) 

I love Sokolov, but for raw technique Marc-Andre Hamelin gets my vote every time. Such a badass.

"a genuine romantic soul which works even in Bach" I lime that!

Marc Andre is the Cyborg human machine with a colorless piano sound! Sokolov is the Giant of Piano! The Titan of Piano!!

It's called "Recovering," and it can only be done successfully by a musician who is a gifted Craftsman in addition to being an exceptional Artist.

local pianist forgot some notes: audience salivating for more

I heard Perrahia getting in closed loop in Bach, having to stop and start again... it was all very natural, everyone in the audience understood and appreciated

@@excelsior999 No need to make excuses for errors or misunderstand comments as criticism.

@@francoiskaplan2736 Wow.

I'm saying tho - the Bärenreiter score be off the chain, yo

Yo dis is him well-tempered? I would hate to catch him on an ill-tempered day. My guy would pop off yo

​@@smurf902frfr, i feel ya

... sans the Iceberg, preaumably.

also in the fugue of BWV 886

I’m listening to that one as well and AMAZED

Sokolov has not made any studio recordings.

ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-7KysVbnVtxA.html

But actually Mugellini is probably the best on this one lol.

Josh Infiesto you are right

c a ught a wrongnote

What is really good about Mugellini's edition of the "48" is that the notes are distributed on the staves strictly according to whether the left or right hand would play them, which makes reading far easier. I find that other editions of fugues almost always don't do this, but instead let the continuity of voices dictate which staff the notes are placed on - so that means that some notes on the upper staff have to be taken by the left hand, or some on the lower staff taken by the right - much more difficult. In some ways Mugellini's approach does make the notation more complicated with more voices on a staff at times and much cross-staff beaming; but this is far outweighed by the ease of knowing at a glance which notes have to be played by which hand. (I don't know which way Bach himself wrote his original manuscripts.)

@Elda MaranЭльдушка, не обращай внимания на лохушку-Ирку!

@Elda Maran А почему ты позволяешь себе разговаривать на "ты" с 75-летней женщиной, Эльдочка?

@Elda Maran Ладно, детуля, но только в последний раз, Эльдочка!!!!!!!! Моё отчество, кстати, Владимировна!

Да, Эльда Маран. Я знаю. Я тебя узнала, дорогая моя.

А вот так, узнала!

Frank Columbo Huh. Too hard is it?

It's Sokolov. He can do whatever he wants.

Can someone please give him like 200 million dollars to record both WTC 1 and 2 in a studio? lol

Le Rippletoe it's Sokolov. He doesn't care about money. He famously rejected a number of concerts in the US and UK because he refused to attend an embassy in person and provide his fingerprints to get a visa.

Yeah but I think giving him a shitload and on his terms so that he could provide the public with masterful recordings would be noble enough for him to accept? Does he make any recordings?

I learned it for my undergrad auditions, and it was the scariest thing to play, plus I went slightly slower than him.

amazing recovery. hilarious mistake in the theme after restarting

Yeah, it's too bad. I really love Sokolov and I was eager to see what he'd do with this fugue, which is one of my personal faves.

And from 22:17

who cares about mistakes! What a great pianist ! What great ideas and imagination!

I actually asked Solokov about this last week and he said he was trolling listeners out of boredom because the piece felt too easy for him

@Asriel Meemurr Welp, you missed the real troll :)

brave

A bit, yes.

Соколов - гениален!

What do you mean? SO much thought goes into the articulation, phrasing and structure in everything he plays. There are many pieces where he actually plays much slower than the "standard" interpretation in order to focus more on detail. For example, compare ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-EkW73XFv1HM.html to ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-vX7SOmS6G1I.html.

Bach was a great virtuoso.And he had a great fun in life and music.

8-)

I helped him and wrote the 3rd book.

X-D Maybe it's because he was writing a cantata every week, or teaching any one of his 20 kids. I hear he liked beer and watching football, too.

@@paulmayerpiano he got hooked on Red Bull like everyone in Leipzig

@@paulmayerpiano from there, the bachanal.