Traditional Bach ...( 4 months ago by bachmadness)
Traditional Bach doesn't have that much rubato, that's true, but Hewitt in her current interpretations (as opposed to her CD) uses a lot of it, even in the fugues. Bach didn't really say much about it and honestly, it's nice to hear something different!
When you practice it's probably good to play it perfectly without rubato first and then start adding it wherever you see fit. Obviously there are limits though. But just go with what your soul feels "works".
A recently ...( 3 months ago by palcsi)
A recently unearthed, hitherto unknown, live Leipzig Radio broadcast recording from 1724 of Bach actually at the keyboard, reveals once and for all that Bach indeed used a heavy, ravishing rubato, that had almost a swagger to it.
Array( 3 months ago by leocoral)
Que maravilla.
Un Bach magn ífico.
What's with all the ...( 3 months ago by toneeeeeee)
What's with all the gould worship on here? Gould is amazing but plays this prelude a tad too fast. Besides have you heard his Beethoven? Yeeeuck.... I love this performance. Broavo!!!
Array( 3 months ago by johnnylifelive)
hardy har..
rubato's not something that is categorically wrong or right.. Bach talks about cantabile, and one can check out his kid's treatise. With the emphasis on improvisation during the baroque, it's not likely that noone did rubato, as they had all sorts of topoi and classes of composition: antico, etc.
I don't think Gould ...( 2 months ago by wilsparky)
I don't think Gould can play European music quite as well as a true European can. It's in the blood you know. Rather like a none Spaniard trying to play the flamenco....some even say if not Andalusian then forget it.
Could an Israeli really understand, for example, Wagner? I don't think so, do you?
Quite different cultures. One bold, overt yet precise. The other secretive and unforthcoming.
I am a fan of Gould ...( 2 months ago by mikezzzaaa3)
I am a fan of Gould. However i think that her prelude has depth,resonance and feeling similar to that way Richter plays the F# major prelude of book one.(who says that we should play Bach in an autonomous mechanical fashion). It is better than Gould. However I nener liked this convention of playing the fugues in a staccato patchy style-so I prefer Goulds fugue. I think that is fair.
What is "Bach style ...( 2 months ago by Mortimer123)
What is "Bach style"? Check out the snippet of cellist pablo Casals's masterclass where he defends his approach against criticism by "purists" who say it's too romantic. Sometimes one hears that Bach shouldn't be played "romantic." But what does that mean? Bach's music is incredibly emotional and often downright flamboyant. Take the obvious example: the early organ toccata & fugue in d minor. Or the Chaconne for solo violin. Or the end of the contrapunctus 5 from the Art of the Fugue.
(continued) The ...( 2 months ago by Mortimer123)
(continued) The modern piano has a far bigger sound than any "clavier" or harpsichord of Bach's time. The same goes for the modern violin. But does that invalidate a big-toned, full-blooded approach to Bach that includes flexible tempo and overt emotion? I think not. Apart from the (to me) obvious evidence in the music itself, there is the fact that Bach was an organist - and there is no instrument with more grandeur, more visceral emotional appeal.
'I don't think ...( 2 months ago by pagreen1966)
'I don't think Gould can play European music quite as well as a true European can'.
wilsparky.
How deeply ironic given that Gould's not too distant ancestor's came from Europe and indeed his mother's grandfather was a cousin of the Norwegian composer Edvard Grieg.
That's not 'ironic' ...( 2 months ago by wilsparky)
That's not 'ironic' none Europeans have lived in Europe for a long time....next question.
Nonsense.( 2 months ago by faraz1729)
Nonsense.
Very true...( 2 months ago by Cardien18)
Very true...
Array( 2 months ago by leocoral)
A great artist.
She played J.S. Bach Well Tempered-Clavier Books I and II in Mexico at our best concert hall (Sala Nezahualc óyotl) It was extraordinary.
Bach espero muchos ...( 1 month ago by AGLMIL)
Bach espero muchos anos por alguien que interpretara su musica con alma. Ahora esta muy contento. Gracias Juan Sebastian y Angela.
As Gould was, and ...( 1 month ago by MadMadMadTom)
As Gould was, and Hewitt is, CANADIAN, I don't see what point you are making - unless it is that neither of them is up to the standard of the best Europeans?
Hey YouTube ... why ...( 1 month ago by MadMadMadTom)
Hey YouTube ... why has my post appeared out of context, instead of alongside the earlier post (from Wilsparky) that it is commenting on?
I was just having a ...( 1 month ago by wilsparky)
I was just having a drunken rant at the time...I didn't mean a word of it.
If apologies are required then I apologise.
wilsparky said:"I ...( 1 month ago by GV32)
wilsparky said:"I don't think Gould can play European music quite as well as a true European can. It's in the blood you know. Rather like a none Spaniard trying to play the flamenco..some even say if not Andalusian then forget it.
Could an Israeli really understand,for example,Wagner? I don't think so, do you? Quite different cultures.One bold, overt yet precise.The other secretive and unforthcoming."
GV32 says:I have heard alot of dumb things said in my life, but that has got to take the cake
Well I certainly ...( 1 month ago by wilsparky)
Well I certainly got your attention. I'm surprised that more people didn't comment I was simply being mischieveous...I thought I would flush out a few Mary Whitehouses...and up popped you, Voila! Apparently the only one 'dumb' enough to miss the fucking joke.
Nevermind, I just ...( 1 month ago by GV32)
Nevermind, I just looked at your page, you are not just a moron when you are drunk, you are in perme-flaming moron phase constantly. Natalie Merchant??! You can never ever talk about music for the rest of your life. You are excused for your arrogance Silly Willy, intoxicated or not, forever and always... How could you have known what good is poor boy when your idea of "playing well" is Natalie Merchants "Wonder"??? ...I am sorry I feel like I hijacked the short bus from the retards.
Let me guess...you ...( 3 weeks ago by wilsparky)
Let me guess...you are a Woody Allen characature?
Array( 2 weeks ago by canman5060)
wilsparky,
It you do some research you may be "surprise" to see many of the world most outstanding Wagner Interpreters are Jews and majority of the Wagnerites are Jews. Even Richard Wagner cannot deny it but try kind of hard to counter attack in his essays Jews and Music.
So you are good at ...( 2 weeks ago by wilsparky)
So you are good at recognising talent and copying it...the point is?
Un Bach magn
ífico.
rubato's not something that is categorically wrong or right.. Bach talks about cantabile, and one can check out his kid's treatise. With the emphasis on improvisation during the baroque, it's not likely that noone did rubato, as they had all sorts of topoi and classes of composition: antico, etc.
Could an Israeli really understand, for example, Wagner? I don't think so, do you?
Quite different cultures. One bold, overt yet precise. The other secretive and unforthcoming.
wilsparky.
How deeply ironic given that Gould's not too distant ancestor's came from Europe and indeed his mother's grandfather was a cousin of the Norwegian composer Edvard Grieg.
She played J.S. Bach Well Tempered-Clavier Books I and II in Mexico at our best concert hall (Sala Nezahualc
óyotl) It was extraordinary.
If apologies are required then I apologise.
It you do some research you may be "surprise" to see many of the world most outstanding Wagner Interpreters are Jews and majority of the Wagnerites are Jews. Even Richard Wagner cannot deny it but try kind of hard to counter attack in his essays Jews and Music.