ROSALYN TURECK J.S. BACH GOLDBERG VARIATIONS-ARIA

[musicandi88]

its so marvellous, so plenty of joy! she is really great!!! and never a so little mistake was so insignificent to me!

[lostpebble]

Such a poignant & reflective interpretation. Great !!!

[SuperOutloud]

Not 'Like' LOVE! From the creation of her first note, Ms Tureck got me there. Brilliant and to the point, exactly what 'music' is supposed to do.

[ponte34]

R.I.P Rosalyn, you are a great Bach interpreter and pianist ,,

[HighROCOCOlings]

Good elegant like right high value juely sound is a text book of artist .

Very very  beautiful pure highly elegant playing by her is wonderful .

[rosariocuma]

Demasiados adornos en mi opinión.

Gould la supera con creces, sobre todo en su versión de 1955

[atrebil71]

In un'intervista Glenn Gould, riconobbe che in qualche modo fu influenzato da questa pianista, che evidentemente gli è sopravissuta.

[SeanPerrin]

1:44 ... wow, incredible ornamentation.

[ifitaintbaroque]

Gould Rules!

[drwaynejohnson]

Really nice clip of Turek. I loved it. It's amazing how anyone could play with such concentration and musicality with a video camera focused on each hand at such close range. One slight slip and the critics would have pounced on her like a tiger. But then some performers seem impervious to human error...

[yjhall]

@drwaynejohnson well, she did make a mistake. Still, her performance is remarkable given her age.

[klausknulp]

What a nice sound! A historical moment in music!

[KABRIS1]

Breathtaking!

[tachuman]

Wonderful!

[happygolucky2000]

what makes her so special? I listen to all the greats but I don't place her at the top.

[DirkJefferson]

@happygolucky - I took note of Rosalyn thirty years ago when in response to a leading question, Glenn Gould admitted that she'd had a big influence on him when young. Glenn was usually reticent about this, implying he'd synthesized his clear, elucidative approach by himself.

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Shortly after that, I found Rosalyn's "Italian Concerto". It was beautiful, sounding like Glenn’s secret twin sister. The styles are related, except that Rosalyn came first. Listen to Rosalyn in terms of Glenn.

[lumeemi2001]

If ANYONE knew for sure how to play Bach, it was her: his High Priestess, Rosalyn Tureck

[gtimny]

@lumeemi2001 The "High Priestess" title came from Harold C. Schonberg of The New York Times whom I got to know in his later years. I once asked him, on the way back to his apartment from a jolly dinner full of reminiscences, if he'd published anything he really regretted. "Yes," he said, "I wish I'd never written that 'High Priestess of Bach' business about Tureck. It was meant to be ironic!" Alas, he died just a few days after she did.

[AchillesValda]

Really EXCELENT Rosalyn!!! BRAVO...

[fcodony]

4:10 s a little problem..really not is the best interpretation of tureck.

I think that the tempo is better than GG, but the best play is from Shiff.

[KennYWooD2]

Who really cares about your little problem? It's Rosalyn Tureck.

[pennydata]

Le telecamere ai lati sono un po' 'inquitanti' ... :-) che appoggi meravigliosi comunque

[Topodiluna]

una meraviglia assoluta! intensa poesia senza alcuna vena di sentimentalismo, trasparenza cristallina della linea e profonda intensità espressiva. Grazie

[ramonetes]

Para mí la mejor interpretación sería la de Nikolayeva, después María Yudina y en tercer lugar ésta. For me, best record on Golberdg Aria should be Nikolayeva, second: Maria Yudina and third: this one.

[aelfricbetera]

the electronic age:...extending the life of gifted musicians, and enlarging the audience for their art.....

[giorgiotognini]

Non so se riesco a postare un commento, ma volevo solo dire che questa è musica meravigliosa.

Grazie Rosalyn

[lovesGenet]

I am beginning to see her special affinity n this music. Schiff I just can't get.Gouldwe love but too fanciful i don't know wht his learning inBach stems from. Tatieva and Yudina I have stayed away from but I better find out wht i can gleem .Pires has a wonderful Bach.I always thought Arrau would be da one to hear but I never hear any of his Bach.He finds essences so well and his commitment !

[MarcusHK1]

There's a good live performance of the work by Schiff on youtube in my opinion. On CD, I particularly like Gulda in the WTC, Koroliov in the Art of the fugue and the French suites, and Schiff in the English suites.

[alexilmagnifico]

plus her tempo is excelent... meaning the speed she plays it... ! :D

[alexilmagnifico]

she's fantastic!

[triterotops]

This is really special. Thank you for putting this up.

[goldberg72]

nn ci sono parole...silenzio

[philmusica]

Exquisite.

[yourforte]

So beautiful.

[pianoik]

i think this is the best Aria i have ever heard. So Innocent!

[freeqwerqwer]

She grew up in Chicago and then went on to New York City for her career. As a Chicagoan myself, I am so proud to know that..

[paulostroff99]

Even Gould was said to have adored her playing! High priest and high priestess of Bach I'd say.!

[polymath7]

Why are ratings disabled? It's not as though it's likely they'd prove unfavorable.

[lokopiano]

COME ON.....................

Lokopiano.

[cz0801]

She is and always will be High Priestess of Bach

[cwslai]

This is my favourite part of the Goldberg, the interpretation is REALLY good that the tone colour and the left hand is so beautiful, thanks for posting this great clip

[bcbdaggtrf75]

hei guys, sorry to break the news to you, but the great Tureck has actually died. Just in case you didn't know.

[hypsophilus]

l'artefice è, secondo l'etimilogia, colui che "fa l'ARTE", un'arte che a parer mio non deve essere artificiosa netantomeno artificiale. il "bello" è endogeno, non una mera sovra-struttura. Arduo per l'ARTISTA iscovare non sanza naturalezza il retto compromesso fra l'aridità di ciò ch'è dis-adorno e la arci-tronfiezza di ciò che è baroccamente e manieratamente im-bottito

[brian1685]

Nice interpretation, Yudina's is similar

[leopianotuner]

This is amazing. An 88 yrs old lady whose playing is undiminished with age. I don't know if in real life she's arrogant or not but her musical ideas are so sublime and poise, like a true 17th century heavenly sent angel.

Personally, I'd always conceived Bach's music to be in the way that Tureck plays it. No other pianists have approached her level. Thanks for the video postings. Truely.

[JoFrSc]

leopianotuner - that is is exactly how I always felt about her, but Gould fans always shouted me down!

[dantsos]

Interesting that Gould converged to a very similar view of the Aria near the end of HIS life...

[MilitantScience]

I've always preferred Gould's 81 variations to his earlier 55 recording.

Although Tureck's VAI release has to be the greatest recording I've ever heard: not the remastered one, which oddly lost sound quality.

I've been searching for 'the best' Goldberg Variations all my life; Rosalyn Tureck's is it.

R.I.P. Rosalyn. You may have passed, but what you have left still lives on.

[dantsos]

Interesting that Gould converged to a very similar view of the Aria near the end of his life...

[PhillipLWilcher]

She and the Aria are one.

I love her!

[fmk3141]

she plays from a wonderful place

[WiseMonki]

Right up till this venerable age this grand lady of music has the gift... its wonderful and saddening. I thank you so much for this post... kindest regards,

[fabgourmet]

Please, we beg you, post the rest of the lecture!!!

[wironalga]

A real benchmark for any ambitious Bach player. Listen and sing along....

[ChrissAnderssenSzec]

She is an Angel...beutiful Angel sent by God...

[Klemperer]

Well.....no. She is a wonderful piano player, and had her faults. Like angels don't, but humans do. For example she could be really arrogant at times. Nonetheless, how beautiful she plays...being human seems to be enough for playing Bach so wonderful... Cheers!

[SiouxPianist]

nobody compares

[mimfri]

The juxtaposition of an aging body with such gorgeous music-making is breathtaking. It makes me think of cycles of life, death, and transcending them both.

[beckerpwnsyou]

great! she still played wonderfully in her old age. she has an unusual way of stroking the keys to get the right sound...pretty cool.

[chlrldud74]

Simply magnificent! Bach the way it should really be played!

[eligarf]

i can hardly believe that i can watch this sitting here in my apartment in japan. thank you very much MPF :) wOw and Love is all i can say.

[quarterfoil1]

brilliant! awesome! I would like to play on the piano like you...

[Pianoloverok]

This is great!!!!!!!!!!! Thanks for posting!

[ellandelachapelle]

Maestra! (beats them all.) When was this concert?

[miamipianofestival]

2003-part of a lecture on Bach's ornamentation-we feel this clip alone serves as a whole course on the subject!

[rodovre]

Wow. Glenn Gould's teacher still performing like an angel. Wonderful!