Rosalyn Tureck plays Bach (vaimusic.com)

[urherman1]

definitive Bach interpretation by the greatTureck

[Geopholus]

Rosalyn Tureck is an eternal master of the keyboard, and Bach,... and really understands the the underlying principles of music,.. for those who think her technique flawed,... time to reconsider your benchmarks!!! Great music!! can come from those who physically "emote", like Tureck, and those who don't,.. like (Chelsea Dock),. the future will find her among the great performers, (and composers).

[sandritaombu]

Achingly beautiful.

[tritonusgesang]

Sehr gefühlvoll und dynamisch interpretiert! - Ein Genuss!

[bonsema1]

bonnoful you´re right , wrong use of words, i´m using ESL. Let me put it this way

I once saw a tape of 2 musicians playing mozart , in Sofia, Bulgaria , in 1960.

No swaying or outward emotion allowed . And.. the performance was the better for it,

it was superb. I can´t bear to watch Glenn Gould play and don´t feel it as a loss.

Today I listened to Rosalyn Tutrec again ( I´d never even heard of her ) : a superb interpretation by a masterful artist

[bonsema1]

she is one of those artists who believe they can add something to the original composition....very risky to second guess the greats.

but you gotta love that woman´s artistry !

[zyf2010yt]

羅老師把Tureck彈Bach的作品拿到課堂上。fantas­tische Interpretation! Bravo!

[ursulafriedman]

She wasn't called "high priestess of Bach" for nothing! No one else plays the second half of this movement forte (that I have heard anyway), what spirit and style! Captivating!

[dogsbody49]

My cousin Pam Ziething was secretary to miss Tureck when she lived in London & would go to Steinway hall & help her choose a piano for her concerts. Both dead now but lovely memories!

[stefanorso]

I had the privilege to admire Rosalyn Tureck in Florence in August 1995.

She was immensely intelligent and a divine pianist. She was also unmeasureably fortunate: she loved playing and she had a keyboard below her finger for her entire life. That was all of what she wanted.

[Ivanbelastegui]

I think she is unbelievable, and I like the way she moves while she plays. It reminds me of Jacqueline du Pré when playing the cello. Thanks for posting!

[happygolucky2000]

whats with all that bodily movement? So unnecessary.

[KABRIS1]

@happygolucky2000 To comment on it, rather than focusing on the music being produced, is also unnecessary.

[KABRIS1]

Glenn Gould's greatest influence.

[lovesGenet]

This is the most dramatic , romantic ,stylized ,and delineated Bach i know of. She couldn't have thought it ever sounded like this. Like Gould& Gulda she is interpreting- making Bach a vehicle for notions alien to his age! But this is true musical playing. Bach had a piano and i doubt it was able to do what she can. so again what we have is very 20th century and I adore it. Why do we need continual dry Bach ? that too is easily accessed. Glorious Tureck !Original instruments are everywhere .

[mabovary]

amazing but great ....thank you for posting this legende !

[jeanhenley]

I think when we have this little screen in front of us and we don't have the distance we would in a concert hall, watching this much movement (from any pianist) is disconcerting. It's very distracting. Better to listen with eyes closed, a true lesson of how to mine Bach for every bit of emotion. Also, truly a magnificent piece of music.

[jeanhenley]

I think when we have this little screen in front of us and we don't have the distance we would in a concert hall, watching this much movement (from any pianist) is disconcerting. It's very distracting. Better to listen with eyes closed, a true lesson of how to mine Bach for every bit of emotion. Also, truly a magnificent piece of music.

[LolloBlackGlamour]

This is the best Italan Concerto in the world! Her technic is perfect, exalting, exciting! Try to play Bach's suites with this technic and you'll enjoy for results. She was the teacher of MY piano teacher.

[sheccidRoss2010]

musika para mis oidos!!!

[sheccidRoss2010]

!!!!!!!!!

[sheccidRoss2010]

musika para mis oídos!!! :)

[DarkwingScooter]

All the people complaining about her technique: You try making that noise with an "academic technique" or any other technique for that matter, then come back and complain. I personally feel this is one of the better piano interpretations of Bach I have hear... ever.

[berlinzerberus]

...i like her showy dress and her haircut of course, hehe.....more than the playing,also her face seems quite amazing! ;)))

[clsclgtrst]

berlinzerberus, what can I say... you embarass yourself with your typing. Tureck is such a great player - I am deeply moved by her genius interpretation and skilled use of articulation. She elucidates even the most complex voice lines with incredible dynamic control. Bravo Tureck :)

[berlinzerberus]

what? - i cannot understand that u dont like her outfit too... hehe!!

[berlinzerberus]

..i like wanda landowska more i must say! :))

[SirWWW]

So beautiful and perfect

[paulostroff99]

Dame Myra Hess,Wanda Landowska,Rosalyn Tureck-they are all three great performers. Now we can even add Martha Argerich to the mix! Great ladies of their,or any other day.

[MrSciurus]

What about Maria Yudina?

[paulostroff99]

MrSciurus-Maria Yudina was one of the greatest pianists ever.

[indigoblue555]

to Mr.Sciurius - well put ..an unusual Bach

by her indeed.

[tucano50]

brava pianista ma..........non condivido l'interpretazione . non c'è "intelligenza musicale".bach non era dell'800 .

[leomulder]

Don't be anacronic with her time (even by claiming what could be anacronic considering Bach).

[sonotantobello]

she's playing Bach exactly that's writed man, go to the music and read! She's not wrong! it's not Bach in a 1800's style interpretation! it's the prophet Bach in his own time and glory!

I'm shure this is the first time you hear this piece.Well, welcome to the 1800 of Bach.

[freeqwerqwer]

This layd has a feel for tempo like no other pianists, even Gould.

She plays Bach so gloriously, splendidly, and gracefully that one can feel divinity in her playing..

[Babejuda]

Very emotional and individual - no doubt. I don't enter the arguing between authentic and non-authentic. It is carefully and beautifully done.

[Shmecklecka]

Her personal beauty and sensitivity, and the fullness of her romance and love for the connected lyrycism and emotion shines in this music. She uses this music to touch and connect herself and her composer and her audience. Its just heartrendingly beautiful. I hear her humanity in this.

[maddpianist]

I love her sense of balance. What lyricism can be achieved just by a simple contrasting layering of voices--and yet so difficult!

[dave777blaster]

I know the masters of Classical are held in high regard but it does not mean that we close off our minds and become forced into a narrow interpretation.

Music is not about following it's more about putting your feelings into what you play.

you can have all the form you want but you will never be better than the master as your form derives from his feelings not yours.

it's better to let it flow from your feelings and use technique as a learning tool nothing more.

[AnonymousWhitePerson]

Rosalyn is my favourite drag-queen pianist.

[morinoroba]

全く独自な音楽を奏でていますね、彼女だけの。魂から出てくる歌­ですね。

[morinoroba]

なんと音楽が生きていることでしょう！素晴らしい。ありがとうご­ざいます。

[vincik80]

tureck.....tra i più grandi interpreti di Bach... sfrutta tutte le potenzialità timbriche, dinamiche e polifoniche del pianoforte conservando rigore di stile e allo stesso tempo immediata comunicativa...... grande

[vincecharus]

In her days, everyone has his/her own way of playing. Nowadays techniques and interpretations are a lot more standardized. Here is a possible explanation for movements and sliding fingers:

1. She's maintaining the legato lines by holding down certain keys.

2. She's maintaining flexibility in her wrists, elbows, and shoulders to create the best intonation.

Rigorous observance of 1 and 2 would probably mean that that she has to move her body and slide her fingers on the keyboard more than usual.

[sydneisme]

To create the best intonation? Do you know what that word means? Pianos don't go in and out of tune depending on how you touch the keys...

[vincecharus]

By intonation, I didn't mean the production of the right pitch, but the production of a desirable tone quality. The term can mean both, although the second is less common. The concept of a desirable tone quality is less prevalent in Western music then in some other forms of music, such as Chinese music: for instruments such as the Erwu or Guqin, tone quality is the most important attribute.

I don't want to get into a semantic dispute on definitions. I think you are very narrow minded.

[SidedPanic]

I'm very sure that body movements are just a matter of habit and that they in no way improve either your 1 or 2. The great teacher tobias matthay always spoke of the dangers of diagnosing the strengths and weaknesses of a persons technique visually. I think that's very much the case here.

[cwslai]

wonderfully played, but notice her style is very uncommon that lots of pulling in/out on the keys, and much more body movements in her younger days if compare to her later videos, and the playing is getting more mellow too.

[AnonymousWhitePerson]

Rosalyn Tureck is a great virtuoso.

What  a guy.

He's the greatest!

[aewanko300]

He?

[IpsaPaphum]

I can hear the piano moaning in delight: "I've always liked Bach but this playing is sooo 'invasive'...!

[alexilmagnifico]

she moves a lot but since she doesn't atrackt your attention from the piece.. and she plays it so good.. you can't say much...

[billyguns2]

You are not responding to the issue I raised; I said nothing about her music making, which is glorious beyond compare. She has and always has been my favorite performer of J.S. Bach.

[efarstan]

I prefer Landowska...but she is good

[8scatterbrain8]

really, gould used to play with crossed legs, if I do, my teacher would cut my legs. but just 'cause I'm not gould.

same is for horowitz's peculiar non-academic technique

[lokopiano]

Well . she had not academic techique, but mongoloid technique.

Horrible.

It happenswhen teachers have not enough personality to stop some pupil no sense. What a woman with no self control.

lokopiano

[8scatterbrain8]

who cares how she/her fingers looks when she can play so beautifully?

[lokopiano]

I care, because that lady with a cerebral technique, can achieve superlative results.

¿Beautifully?.....sometimes yes, but sometimes not.

Her technique is a kind of mixture of rational principles with an extreme no rational principles. Is a Hybrid one.

Lokopiano

[lokopiano]

Gould is Gould, but he doesn´t play with his legs first of all, and his technique ( despite some crazy things property of Gould) is by far superior than the nonsense Tureck technique. I would like to watch Tureck performimg something like the Liszt B minor Sonata...as an example...... with all those movs.

Concerning Horowitz technique "Non academic" ........¿?¿ what do you call "Academic technique"?

BTW, Horowitz had a perfect technique, extremely cerebral, Super-economy of movements, etc.

[dave777blaster]

without movement you are a robot

you must feel the music and express it

She is very good

[lokopiano]

False........did you ever watc Michelangelli palying? or Pollini playing? or Goulda ( not Gould) playing? or Berman playing?

The fellings are inside. If a pianist want to describe an autobiograpy of himself ( herdelf) it is a different history.

Lokopiano.

[dave777blaster]

I think its beautiful, I do not care for the academic technique .

everyone has that technique this is unique and is

very beautiful.

[lokopiano]

Well, if you are happy with it, it is up to you.

lokopiano

[billyguns2]

My teacher would have thrown me out if I had moved around this much!

[MgcMrMistoffelees]

Hey, I checked your website but this DVD is not in stock! Where can I buy it??

[chad410]

I love the method of freeing the finger after it s played.

[Invisionary]

Excellent interpretation. Best I've heard for this movement.

[praicethelord]

nice play but to moch moving!

[praicethelord]

nice play but to moch moving!

[givemetime123]

Très belle interprétation, originale et romantique avec du rubato. Pathétique... 5*

[hache332]

johann sebastian jazz ;-)

[ProfessorSuckMah]

what is she playing?

[LVB1770]

ProfessorSuckMah, This is the 2nd movement of Bach's Italian concerto.

[ProfessorSuckMah]

Thanks!

[smithsherman]

All the physical kitsch in the world can't compensate for deadeningly unvaried beat placement.All the loving tones in the world can't replace the lost polyphony by never contrasting the hands.All the rallentando

in the world can't make up for a total dearth of Accelerando. Yes,this is the modern gohead of Bach...& it doesn't resemble the composer at all.

[lovesGenet]

Oh , God .she has something to say in this music. Odd manual technique- to me. I don't like the recording of the piano sounds too close and harsh . Wonderful slower trills make sense. the ideas have something to teach us though. Always wanted to know who this woman was. Thanks Youtube!

[herm0n]

how can she remain so cool... i just want to cry from the perfection

[fmk3141]

The wonderful Tureck! A genius

[ivesklein]

is nothing to do with the piano.The sound is like that because she had a big spirituality and soul...brava maestra!thanks for all!!!

[NordicHealer]

Absolutely beautiful Tone production. This piano sounds like a Great piano should with its rich, clean, clear, full-wide-spectrum resonance and projection to each tone. No thin, pingy, sharp, shrill treble like on so many pianos being touted as great today. And guess what folks its a "NEW YORK" Steinway... NOT a Hamburg!! Thank God. Even in this OLD recording with Ancient technology the great sound comes forth.

[FlorestanEusebius]

The truth is, some Steinways are delightful and some can be disappointing, no matter which factory they come from.

[NordicHealer]

that is True...

[npierluissi]

wrong again NordicHealer. The white suppresion of the black race goes way beyond music. Just look in your own backyard. Then speak to me about suppresion.

[sagalat]

Superb performance. Very rare, I think. Many thanks.