Richter plays Bach

[doddsalfa]

please don't mention Paul Gilbert here.This is Sviatoslav Richter,one of the greatest musician ever lived

[fenderbender92]

@doddsalfa I have to squint to look up at you. Paul Gilbert was just opening his audience to the greatness of Richter. If you're going to be such a snob, work on your grammar. We might take you a little more seriously then. Yes, I'm slightly pissed, and tired of comments like this.

[doddsalfa]

@fenderbender92 i agree, when you listen to PGilbert you understand better the greatness of

Richter´s playing. I think canadians shouldn't brag about english grammar.This has nothing to do with being a snob,only common sense and musical IQ.Maybe you should retire from making comment on YouTube if your pissed and tired.

[fenderbender92]

@doddsalfa I never said listening to PGilbert helps me "understand the greatness of Richter's playing."

[p4rd1x]

PAUL GILBERT IS AWESOME!!!!!!!

[pat40d]

richter forever!

[schnittke79]

is this April 20th, 1969?

[SICKxCHARISMAxTURTLE]

The ending made me laugh. That was epic.

[w00tn0w]

I love the look he gives the camera at the end.

[xanglat]

Epoustouflant et ineffable !!!

Mille mercis !!!

[aikae20]

Richt and Glenn Gould are the Kings of playing Bach's music. Oh and Paul Gilbert(guitarist).

[karlsarch]

@aikae20 So true, on all three counts!

[Terrdemarzielle]

@aikae20 You should listen to more Organists/Harpsichordists :)

[disgoremain]

@aikae20 and Pablo Marquez and Eduardo Fernandez :)

[FlamingJimmy]

Hey SF, how's it going?

[acdcislaw]

Paul Gilbert!!!!!!!!!!!! lol he put it on his site and i followed it here

[ty5020]

me too

[AstriBlair]

Eudaimonia Overture!!

Paul Rocks and so does Richter!!

[rafaplaysguitar]

Fuck yeah PG!

[cq9702]

yeh paul gilbert! lol this piece is awesome to though lol mabye not as gd as gibo... lol

[wrigleyx]

every Paul Gilbert fan are here!! lol!!!

Paul is our God!!

[eleph4nt]

@wrigleyx

PG represent hehe :)

[cq9702]

lol hellz yeh!

[uhartchristian]

hear the quality of sound, compare with gulda and you understand who was a great pianist and who wasn t.....

I guess I don t have to tell you which one I mean.....

[gunnerboy773]

Paul gilbert rocks.. So does this guy! haha

[lapsa1987]

This is sviatoslav richter

[codeman2008]

I know this is Sviatoslav Richter. One person here said "Is he Karl's dad?", and I was just saying that Karl Richter was a German organist and conductor, where Sviatoslav was a Russian Pianist, and that Karl Richter and Sviatoslav Richter they were not related.

[wrigleyx]

Faster than Paul Gilbert!!! lol!

[Kekeoki]

Almost! Haha.

[dablueiguana]

Almost...Faster than PG :P

[acoustix64]

he missed a note in the 12th measure

[wrigleyx]

ha ha ha!!!

[PGspeed88]

Can you blame him?

[rok420]

Which one is that?

[gr0mithtimon]

yeah, for a starter, he had to compose 48 preludes and 48 fugues for the WTC, thats 96 short pieces.. 96!

[codeman2008]

So true! They're so great and beautiful... when I hear just one I can't help but wish it could go on longer! Bach is #1. Now that I think of it the Eight Short Preludes and Fugues are longer for the most part than the WTC Ps and Fs, still not nearly as long as his monstrous masterpieces like BWV 532, BWV 548, BWV 543, BWV 540, and BWV 564.

[dablueiguana]

Paul Gilbert plays piano? ahahah

[singbetter]

Paul Gilbert rules!

[wrigleyx]

paul gilbert' father!!!

[SamiJam]

The ending is a bit freaky! :P

[rostamenami]

Pretty Cool. Is he Karl's Dad? He looks like Chuck Noris without a wig.

[codeman2008]

Karl Richter as in the organist and conductor? Wasn't he German? He was at Saint Thomas in Leipzig so he must have been...

[Babejuda]

Not according to Baroque standarts - but wonderful. Bravo&Bravu!

[sowhat123]

The look on his face at 0:31 is uber chuck norris'esque

[NowaqP]

Paul actually linked this video on his website!

[NamretliF]

yes is true, he got me here XD!!!!!!!!

[koppergtr]

me too

[BurningOrgan]

Rock guitarist Paul Gilbert plays an awesome heavy metal version of this. Check out "Eudaimonia Overture" from his Silence...Roar album. Bach would have head-banged his wig off! Brilliant original version here though too.

[capncrunch537]

It's kickass, simply astounding.

[SviatoslavRichterSpa]

Richter the Great!!!

[Kurtyoungblood]

Do you own a Richter themed spa? Haha that would be awesome.

[smithsherman]

But even forgetting the fact that Bach & his fellow 18th century musicians wouldn't be caught dead playing like this...It's our right to reinvent it.

What is reinvented here is a triumph of digital

pianism over humanity & expression in music.

Power to the mechanics over artists!

[tranquilasadove]

I get the feeling that people have gotten themselves mixed up with Bach...

[pluppish]

Bach certainly wouldn't play it that way, but it's still great.

[isdochkomisch]

how do you think Bach would play?

[Scrumtrillescent1]

Just listen to Glenn Gould play Bach...anyone else playing Bach is just a second best.

[edziomy]

y, bach would play it more cantabile, less energetic, and he would vary this piece dynamically

[pkex007]

he would play it with terraced dynamics on a harpsichord

[Merryjest]

Do you have any testimonials from Bach's hand as to how HE would play it?

We have testimonials from Beethoven, some from Mozart, etcetera.. but Bach?

Sorry, kid, I'm a Bach nut, and Harnoncourt's theories aside, there is very little indication as to how he would have played these pieces or wanted them to be played.

[smithsherman]

You are wrong.We have many indications on how Bach would play.Let's start with his own words...

DO NOT PLAY SLAVISHLY OR MECHANICALLY LIKE A TRAINED BIRD"...Sadly this is precisely what Richter does here and it stinks.

[Merryjest]

Ah, e vero? Maestro, please play us an example and post it here for our edification, s'il vous plait?