More so than the first, the present program tracks a composer stepping out from beethovens shadow and into a light very much his own. This edition was published separately and not officially part of the neue bachausgabe. Recorded live at elisabethenkirche, basel, switzerland. With decent notes on the music and the artist to go along with piano sound of vibrant and colourful high quality, this is the kind of refreshingly honest bach which can refresh the. Andras schiff the welltempered clavier bach cd1 mp3. I played these suites in the late 1970s from scores that have since been either lost or misplaced.
Aug 22, 2015 sir andras schiff brings bachs monumental work for solo keyboard to the royal albert hall. This is strange, since their inherent expressiveness means they transfer very successfully to the piano, and they may well have been designed for the clavichord an instrument which, like the piano but unlike the harpsichord, allows for dynamic shading. The clavichord, the harpsichord, the organ, the pedalharpsichord. This is andras schiff bach long version by ecm records on vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them. Mp3 is a digital audio format without digital rights management drm technology. Schiff studied at the franz liszt academy of music in budapest, and later in london with george malcolm. He was born in budapest and began piano lessons at the age of 5 with elisabeth vadasz. The 250th anniversary of bachs death, in 2000, saw schiff delivering a powerful homage a monumental series of concerts, said the new york times with the english and french suites. The french suites are combined here with two more suites by bach, bwv 818 and 819. Glenn gould apart, one would be hard pushed to find a complete set of the french suites played on the piano, rather than the harpsichord. Excellent performances with a fine ear for bachs music. Andras schiff piano bwv 812 8 814 815 816 817 the french suites, bwv 812817, are six suites which johann sebastian bach wrote for.
The lectures focus on three works by haydn, and are available to download as separate mp3s listen download to download these podcas. Bach french suites, all sheet music for piano solo or. Bachs keyboard music on the modern piano, pianists are confronted with various fundamental questions. Because our mp3s have no drm, you can play it on any device that supports mp3, even on your ipod. He hears different nuances and colors than he did as a young man. Andras schiff has, for the entirety of his career, performed bachs music. Sir andras schiff performs bachs the welltempered clavier 21. Aug 23, 2019 pianist andras schiff, best known for his surveys of bach and beethoven, combines the formers austerity and the latters dynamism in this, his second ecm reckoning with robert schumann. However, i ordered on amazon marketplace and found that the track descriptions on the case and the booklet within it were in an oriental language probably japanese, chinese, or korean, im not an expert which rather spoiled the enjoyment. With more than two hours of immaculate music making, each. His respect for bach s music is evident his choice of texts is explained in the booklet and his love for its true face is beginning to show. The piano has a hard, bright sound and the recording is vivid.
Andreas shiff is one of great interpreters of bach s music. I think i prefer the ways andras schiff plays these pieces. Jan 16, 20 andras schiffs welltempered guide to bach. Johann sebastian bach, suite inglesi andras schiff. October 7, 2008 andras schiff has played beethovens colossal piano sonata, the hammerklavier, for years. Andras schiff explains bach andras schiff, piano rec. Andras schiff beethoven lecturerecitals podcasts watch. Andras schiff explores haydns solo piano works in an exclusive series of lecturerecitals at londons wigmore hall.
Andrea bacchettis bach recordings are almost invariably something rather special, and this set of the french suites is a recording to keep alongside the best. The french suites, bwv 812817, are six suites which johann sebastian bach wrote for the clavier harpsichord or clavichord between the years of 1722 and 1725. Verbier festival 2017 again this year, broacasts over 25 concerts live from verbier festival, including concertos and recitals featuring sir. Schiff, no less than gould, makes one aware of every strand in the textures, but resorts to no eccentricity in doing so. See edition number ba 5053 when it gets posted on this page in the future is the official edition number of the nba. Hungarianborn british classical pianist and conductor andras schiff plays johann sebastian bachs french suites, bwv 812817, a set of six keyboard suites which the german composer wrote for the clavier harpsichord or clavichord between the years of 1722 and 1725. Masterclass with andras schiff at wigmore hall schumann fantasie in c major. Andras schiff and the bach project the washington post. Andras schiff bachs instrumental works discography. Schiffs pleasure in the music is evident throughout. Join the great pianist on a voyage through this masterpiece. Andras schiff, bach french suites bwv 812 817 internet archive.
Andras schiff plays mozart piano concerto duration. Bachs welltempered clavier for london in the mid1980s, but the passage of time, personal reflection, and improvements in digital recording have contributed to making his second recording of the 48 a necessity, this time on ecm new series. Andras schiff beethoven lecturerecitals andras schiff last performed the complete beethoven piano sonatas at wigmore hall from 20046 to overwhelming critical acclaim, with the editor of the guardian, alan rusbridger, describing one particular performance as a riveting mixture of erudition, analysis, passion, wit and memory. From wikipedia andras schiff born december 21, 1953 is a hungarianborn classical pianist. French suites bwv 812817, italian concerto andras schiff. Johann sebastian bach french suites, bwv 812 817 italian concerto, bwv 971 french overture, bwv 831 andras schiff. Andras schiff gives us his usual flawless and inspired interpration of bach and reminds us how pleased the old master would have been to hear his works played on a modern piano. Order from your preferred classical music cd store arkivmusic. Twentyfive years ago, pianist andras schiff recorded the complete preludes and fugues of the welltempered clavier by j. Deceptive cadence the pianist has such an intimate relationship with the welltempered clavier, hearing him play its kaleidoscopic preludes and. Bach are nowhere on better display than his french suites, and this recording does not dissapoint. Dec 02, 20 andras schiffs recital of bachs french keyboard works the french suites and the french overture was certainly unimpeachable. Bach french suites to be clean and uncluttered, leaving ornamentation to the discretion of the performer a feature i like about music of the baroque period.
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