Ivo Pogorelich Bach's English Suite II, Prelude BWV807

[marianomanto]

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[KUNGFUTOMATO]

it would be better if video was synchronised

[qqjefferson77]

I love the tremendous energy coming from this flood of sound.  Brilliant!

[ivanoschen]

The hands and manner are the most well-practiced and well-controlled I've ever seen.

[ReturnOfTheStienway]

So he can keep a tempo... one of the few Pogorelich recordings I can listen to without getting annoyed. It was enjoyable, but not a revelation.

[MadameAmelieSon]

Wonderful performance!

[IWMYB]

I think Pogorelich is not of this earth

[xBlackDoll1]

prekrasno...

nemam potrebu za hranom...

[iluvmarriageoffigaro]

Ivo, you inspire me. You get me high on music.

[KarloFeder]

radical, the best.

[fredericfranc]

...after all the Pogorelich-Scarlatti around here, one wonders what he can do with the OTHER Baroque guy?...with Bach he is not quite as effective...one needs a slightly different kind of "tone-attack" setup for Bach than what Pogorelich is used to doing...still, this is Ivo, I am not going to bitch, particularly...

[rigel48]

Maybe a bit fast, but what a lively music ! It's positively enthusiastic and irresistible.

[veganman22]

Incredible! It is beyond me that anyone would "Dislike" this. 

[greppi93]

Pogorelich: one of the few pianists capable of giving justice to this masterpiece.

[enecee13]

please check out my interpretation! i think it is very similar, although mr pogorelich is still unreachable ;-)

just insert this in the url as video code: watch?v=jbSgxAwu6CQ

[GeorgeM1949]

So often at this speed a performer loses the soul of the piece and it become machine gun like. Not so here. Not at all. This is the most musical, most lyrical, and expressive performance of this I have ever heard, and I bought my first recording of it 50 years ago. Compare his use of speed to build structure with his performance of the Mozart Piano Sonata (Turkish) that is breathtakingly slow. He uses tempo to build structure and lyricism. Both are magnificent. Bravo

[model23girl23]

EXQUISITE

[Ianthe22]

One have to remember that during Bach's time they couldn't perform this piece in this fast tempo, because of the instruments. By going quicker the piece adapts itself to a modern piano and the music becomes more current. As long as the figures and details in the piece doesn't get lost it's fine in my oppinion.

[pila406]

A true genius. One of the greatest interpreters of Bach, sitting with Argerich, Perahia and Richter [Still do think that Gould is the best....]

[Blackadder512]

played a little too quick, if you ask me

[Ianthe22]

@Blackadder512 Quick? You think it would sound better slower?

[ytfarmer90]

@Ianthe22 Yes, perhaps not better, but certainly not worse.

[Ianthe22]

@ytfarmer90 A very balanced and polite way to say it:D. I agree. " i go a step back, so do you"(for now). You can be a negotiater with those skillz:D.

[newFranzFerencLiszt]

what the hell! beautiful accents! I never heard those ones! very... uniques! :D

[crapscular]

mindblowing. I usually enjoy this prelude a little slower, but I take my hats off...

[chrish12345]

This has to be the best I've heard by quite a long way

[ahamayoisac]

a bit too fast for my liking but brilliant in executions nevertheless

[Sorcerer88]

i just transcribed another performance of his on my channel. really exciting, and musically valid in my opinion.

[rabbintigger]

wow, amazing hand movements, dexterity, beautiful...

[morgulddt]

Que magnífica interpretación, fluida y furiosa. Esta pieza me recuerda al desalojo del gueto de Cracovia que aparece en la película "La lista de Schindler" en donde un soldado alemán se sienta al piano e interpreta esta pieza en medio del horror y las ráfagas de las ametralladoras nazis...!!!

[Sanjaviolina]

POGORELICH IVO,YOU ARE THE BEST !

[universmusica]

perfect

[rokizifredi]

As for me, Gould is sterile and dull, he never impressed me, sorry

Pogorelich is - on the other hand - an unique piano genius, and I don't even want to think to argue that fact

I own a CD of Bach's English Suite played by him, and "it smells...like victory"

Ivo Pogorelich is Salvador Dali of classical music

BRAVISSIMO!

[Tomislav4499]

I was merely expressing MY opinion of his playing, and if you think I'm not entitled to have an opinion then you shouldn't even have bothered to read my comment. I stand by what I said, this performance is pure over-exertion and empty exhibitionism.

[gassyjeff]

fuck yeah Christopher Walken!

[jennieforte]

Just AMAZING

[mynabi01]

@jennieforte I totally agree with you

[planetmusica]

tomislav, you are so small,to talk to him,POGORELICH IS THE BEST,  no one not play like him......... BRAVO POGORELICH

[freddymerckx1]

Not too fast I suppose, no faster than Glenn Gould anyway

[xmiroslav]

Tomislav you are so boring.......

[Tomislav4499]

Too fast, not enough expression, over-dramatic accents, etc. Yeah, I don't like him very much, even though I'm Croatian too :P Just listen to the Gould version for comparison...

[pianofan2010]

The first time I heard this I thought he played it too fast also, but the more I listen, the more I love it. This music makes me feel so lifted and clear in thought.

[harpsinth]

You are right ! today´s pianists and many conductors have an obssession for fast "tempi". They both neglect that music is a language... a sick and primary error. People around the world are living life "in a hurry" and all they can hear is the another "virtuoso" hammering... Welcome to the world of deaf !

[billyguns2]

Sheer genius.