J.S.Bach: Chromatic Fantasy and Fugue

[TheUltimateCynic]

DAmmit..this is the piano...I wanted the harpsichord. 

[siddharthamarr]

I aspire to one day compose and preform like that! Bach was great! But did you know Heinrich Schenker, the brilliant composer/theoretician/author made this piece the subject of an entire book?

[TheGuitarjosh123]

how did the piano not catch fire!?

[TheGuitarjosh123]

im sure i saw sparks coming from his fingertips a good 5 times in that piece. rather impressive. i love an accurately performed piece :)

[JeterCM]

Hideaki Yoshida is on a level with the great performers of BWV 903.

[Georgi200]

The performance of that young artist brings relax and spiritual peace. It's a superb rendition with crystal clear sound and a legato that only the great can produce. Thanks for sharing that masterpiece with us.

[WontPlayWithOthers]

This is a wonderful performance, refined, articulate, beautifully musical. Bravo. Where is this accomplished pianist hiding? We need more performances from him, please.

[mikhail2107]

Hideaki Yoshida

[TheRekisum]

very beautiful sound and great expression

[friendlyman6969]

I am familiar with Gould's, Gulda's, Brendel's, Agi Jambor's, and some other posted versions of this difficult work. The masterful performance here conforms to the highest artistic standards and, therefore, the pianist's name should definitely be posted. Bravo, bravo!

[boranzaza]

Amazing piece and perfomance.. !

[huduk77]

This is very fine performance, nicely thought out, articulations are superb and overall astonishing.

Thank you and hope to hear more of this wonderfull pianist.

[patefon39]

Thank.!

Bravo Pianist. Ich nicht so oft hóre  Bach musik.Dein kanał hat tipiche klasic musik.

Gruss aus Polen

Adam

[patefon39]

Thank.!

Bravo Pianist. Ich nicht so oft hóre Bach musik.Dein kanał hat tipiche  klasic musik.

Gruss aus Polen

Adam

[angietihi]

That is a goddamned good performance. Who is the pianist?

[haavardwa]

Darn, I don't usually like this piece played on the piano, and I don't like the use of the pedal, but this guy makes it work anyway. Clear and precise. Very cool.

[DJIGGZ92]

Is this on one of Bach's CD's?

[froodgoose]

ahh shit... now i wanna play it... i may die... see you in hell

[Shabraxxx]

This was actually in Castlevania Adventure 2.

[EdersonUrias2]

Awesome!

[usrebmot]

I wish i could play like that

[danntjoh]

Why does he wear gloves?

[audioamateur]

@ danntjoh

Doesn't look to me like he is wear gloves

[RaindropCantabile]

is it true that this piece isn't actually written by Bach?

[Terrdemarzielle]

No that's not true. But he wrote it with the harpsichord in mind, rather than the piano.

[rsmullyan]

Really excellent!

[clevercleverchris]

Whoa. Your fugue was AMAZING! All the voicing and levels were done so precisely and were brought out well... :O

[matt01685]

yes i really liked the fugue.

[freshechidna]

For such a beautiful performance that was a rather weak applause at the end.

[DJIGGZ92]

@freshechidna I was just thinking that.. so entrancing and moving. Deserved a classical moshpit of sorts lol.

[88677876tttttt]

LVB and his beautifull hammerklavier are just here

[88677876tttttt]

Y2P you are a very very good bach player

[88677876tttttt]

Bravo Y2P

[88677876tttttt]

semplicemente fantastico, divino......ich ruf zu dir Herr J.S. Bach

[6cuerdas6]

bravooooooooooooo

Cesar Amaro

[bassplayer142]

awesome, anyone ever heard jacos version>?

[LowEndDream]

yeah, i love both.

[polvulter]

this looks photoshopped

[pookiehohn]

This, my good fellow, is a video.

[zugschwangelist]

That was a most wonderful performance... but what a lame audience!

[RaindropCantabile]

Yeah seriously...

[damomo88]

I prefeer the Trevor Pinnok's interpretation for harpsichord. But this one is very good too.

[bilibalala]

Bach is awesome. It's usually not easy for people to appreciate his music. But hes one of my top 3 most favorite composer. Paganini, Beethoven, bach, Chopin.

[Organistcomposer21]

What a genius Bach is. This sounds almost like Beethoven: so ahead of it's time. We can barely here the chromaticism. Not to mention a great player. Thanks!

[09ARMANI]

I prefer Romantic music like Chopin much more, but i have to say this is quite nice...

[susumu07]

This piece sounds SO ahead of its time... It's one of the last complete pieces Bach ever wrote, and there's a lot of innovation in it that was considered "garish" and "mad" in its own time - yet the same people that were dissing Bach's futuristic final pieces were calling him "outdated" five years after his death.

When will they ever learn... you can never restrict such a Genius within the bounds of such mediocre detractions. Bach is more popular today than any of his rivals that outliveb him.

[HARMONICO101]

Actually, the Chromatic Fantasy and Fugue in D minor exists in multiple versions dating from the 1720s and the 1730s.

The truly futuristic elements of this piece stem from Bach's harmonies. However, this pianist's very romantic interpretation certainly gives the illusion of it being more futuristic than it is, which isn't necessarily a bad thing.

[Aljosja90]

Well actually, Bach probably wrote this piece in the late 1710's or early 20's, the first remaining manuscript is from 1730, so not quite 'one of the last complete pieces Bach ever wrote' (sounds dramatic, but doesn't make sense). Also, his keyboard music was rather popular in his own time, especially amongst musicians. This piece has survived in more than 30 manuscripts, so this piece probably was popular even is his own time. I agree to you however that it is an absolute masterpiece!

[hexatonico]

did you hear merulo, frescobaldi, rameau or chambonieres? itºs not so ahead of his time, but its a really good work. In fact, Schoenberg said that his genius its not on his style, its in his idea. It doesnt sound so ahead of his time, but the development of the ideas is really great.

[sinthanius]

Written for the harpischord, perfected on piano. Such a pleasure to watch this piece!

[chopin8199]

Amazing control of the keys.

[lagbaring]

Bach's music is a travel to the heaven! Very good interpretation!

[Serena5000]

Hi, can someone tell me the name of the pianist pls? Thanks :)

[legrandchene]

Hideaki Yoshida

[PianoVlog]

robot

[gurshark]

now what makes you say that? i'm guessing you search for performances by asian musicians and paste that one word on each one. this is a wonderful performance, not robotic at all. you are a fool.

[Funkypotat0]

A robot? Yes, maybe, but a highly emotional robot at that. It takes non-human skill to play Bach like this, but it also takes a good deal of emotion to achieve such a feat.

[edokill]

eee...gspaulsson studiate le scale oh babbaleo..qlla ke tu kiami a-d ed e-g cn 10 note della scala cromatica sono in realta semplicemente tt note appartenenti alla minore melodica di re, ascendente e discendente...fatte le seghe

[RianaHafeez]

Tell ya the truth, i'm quite amaze that i can play this piece really fast then this guy plays or the ones i heard in dvd's. seriously.

[Serg2k9]

But does it sound better?

[Nimrondel]

i can´t find the words for such a beautiful sound! Simply Amazing

[mila5405]

Marvellous Fantastic

[hervich]

Bach!!!

A very very beautiful version.

Il a le Feu Sacré

Bravo

[MIMDX]

An excellent performance, indeed. Bravo!

[xstingrayx]

this is the best sounding piano i-ve ever heard. what the heck is the secret after this sound?

[HARMONICO101]

Your sound is exquisite. So delicate. Phrasing is excellant. Everytime I here you play that first phrase I say, "Ah!". Although I'm very much an auethentic performance kind of person, I still love to hear Bach on the piano.

If this was on a CD I would buy it in a heartbeat.

[GoobieDoober]

Having loved that piece for 30 years now, I can tell that that performance was outstanding. Bravo!

[dodiezresibemol]

where is the harpsichord? :)

[sneeky7]

good sound quality on this vid

[muziqueonmymind]

you should put on the title " IN HD"

[Cleroth]

???

[ZeketheSwede]

Great!

[NaitsabesWinklersson]

This piece is like made for the piano.

It's so awsome how Bach even has anticipated the romantic style. And very "alive" interpretation. Love it.

[AHN5D]

A great performance. Admit it. Even though he is young and not that very famous.

He made this piece very interesting, isn't it?

[EroleAlchemist]

malditos chinos

[smitlag]

Was this piece originally composed for the organ?

[HARMONICO101]

No, it was originally written for harpsichord.

[davidbaker03]

is this from the well tempered clavier?

[jloch84]

the well tempered clavier is a journey through all 12 keys. the chromatic scale isn't technically a key.

[gspaulsson]

This isn't in a chromatic scale, it's in D minor. The fugue starts with two chromatic scales a-d then e-g and ends up containing 10 notes of the chromatic scale, but it's definitely in d minor.

[kingdave84]

Well considering this is baroque music it is pretty amazing how adventurous Bach was. The harmonised Bach uses are well ahead of his time. But if you listen to the a minor prelude no. 20 (and the fugue that follows is brilliant) from the well tempered clavier book 2 you will here all 12 tones in the first 2 measures. Now that's impressive!

[heyguysinternet]

great playing.

[oloindafolo]

hi ur very good.... im playing this piece too

[IgnisDivine]

Clarisimo!!!! 5/5

[koffmaninoff]

truly one of the best interpretations I have heard in fifty years... mesmerizing and bursting with delightful washes of discovery and transparent intentions... thank you!

[airraidsiren82]

i'm a bass player too mlpalazzo!!tough i don't play chromatic fantasy,must study more...anyway me too need to listen a piano version and i m really impressed to this awesome pianist!!!

p.s..i'm italian. you?

[MPalazzo90]

hi there, excellent video

i'm playing chromatic fantasy for bass guitar for a yr 12 music solo and i need to do an analysis of a chosen song, i chose chromatic fantasy.

I am required to attain another version of the song and would like to implore you to (if possible) to send me the video, if not the audio file, so that i may use it for academic purposes. Thanks in advance.

[ZARATUSTRA8511]

IMPOSING.

[Shadowboost]

wonderful rendition, amazing accuracy and clarity

[everyhobby]

aah..chromatic fantasy,by j s bach...SUBLIME! BEAUTIFUL!

[kasyapa]

beautiful, chaste, honest.

[sauterio]

BEAUTIFUL!

[d00mch1ld]

Beginning of the fugue seems a little exaggerated, but it's open for interpretation.

Clear counterpoint, questions are answered very clearly in the fugue. Bonus marks for clarity.

[ilovecomposition]

Que interpretación mas pobre dios mio

[todds7]

Oh, I'll bet you're so much better...

"Those serpents; there's no pleasing them."

Charles Lutwidge Dodgson

[warm3n]

need more passion,,,, check arrau, any of his vids then watch this again,,, its sort of pitty

[octagons]

"need more passion"

vow vague can you get

[RADAMES1983]

very very good! I played it and I can say that the fuga is extremly difficult. He did it realy interesting and at she same time pronouncedly enough.

bravo!

but who is the pianist?!

[P5YC0515]

Wow this is one perfect rendition that would have deserved 100 times more applause!!

[absintio2549]

george malcom, the best version ever¡¡¡¡¡¡

[saikunn]

This is shinagawa yusuke

[TomBandfield]

amazing

[guitarradeviento]

amazing bro!!!!!!!!!! nothing to say

[lucylu1229]

BRAVO!!!! i've heard many versions, you are one of the best.

[sirromtrebor]

This sounds early romantic almost Mendelsohn like in the opening movement. Mendelsohn wrote some preludes and fugues on Bach (his mother drilled him on Bach when it wasn't even en vogue early 19th Century). Check these out. They are good.

[ShawnTMills]

very good, its a fascinating piece.

[Marcomedina]

I'm learning this piece right now, and I wanted to ask you what your doing at around 2:40 onward with the arpeggios. I've never heard it played that way, and it sounds really cool. Its kind of like you play some the notes twice or something. ps: this video inspires me to practice more!

[pianogirl714]

ooh i love this piece!!

[Glidias]

I think the Chromatic Fantasy is great. THe fugue has a bit of stoppages here and there, but I know the Fugue is hard to maintain seamlessness between one dramatic section to the next. Overall, all very emotionally well intepretated. To play for full 11 minutes is a test of endurance.

[OreoAnne]

Gould hated this piece..because this piece was written differently because bach didnt make this piece for the church r anything, it was like his creative little piece, but gould hates it because he says it is a piece for those who dont like bach. whatever..I say thsi rocks

[scarface000000000000]

impressive

[aurelienpk]

audience is not very receptive! I would have yelled! BRAVO! Does anyone know if Gould recorded this ? I know it was his favorit Bach work, but I don't know if he recorded it.

[Y2P1973]

Thank you! Japanese audience may be quiet.

[Marcomedina]

there was a video of Gould playing this piece on youtube a while back, but it's gone now.

[piggysquee]

wow... your playing is so clean and the recital hall looks so professional. i'm jealous. =)

[BatesJr]

I'm relavitely new to this work (who's to blame? Navigating Bach is a lifelong evolution), but yours is one of the best performances I know of.

[kinpopdj]

Check out "Toccata Fugue by Jean Sbastien Bach :))"

[Glidias]

I'm learning how to play the Chromatic Fugue section. I'm 30% through it, when i realised that the transcription i was working on is in E-Minor But now, i've got my hands on the original composition in D-minor. Now, should i continue on with my E-minor version (and interpretation) or stick to the original D-minor? Is E-minor harder for piano?

[AlecsMundt]

I started playing piano about a month ago and decided to start with this piece (I hate playing dumbed-down music)

Judging by this, I have a hell of a long way to go!

This is incredible. So technical yet so musical.

[CIGB]

fastest fastest fastest!!! xD

great bach composition.

[matinelious]

Very musical, a sound that it has been searched.Bravo!

[Y2P1973]

Thank you!!

[jfeucht82]

I loved it. Thank you for sharing this very high-quality recording. I have been a fan of Alfred Brendel's performance myself; haven't heard Schiff's yet.

[Y2P1973]

Your performance is splendid like Schiff.

[Tyketo]

Excellent job! You're a technically solid player, and very musical.

I'm also working on this piece for an upcoming recital, and it's very interesting to listen to a different interpretation. (i.e. I play the end of the Fantasy quite softly.)

[Y2P1973]

Thanks. I hope to listen your performance. I pray for success of your recital.

[givinitsome]

For me Claudio Arrau's performance is the benchmark. But I do like this too ^^

[Y2P1973]

Thanks. I don't know Arrau's performance. My standard is Andras Schiff's performance.

[Hyperbolic777]

One of my favourite pieces ever! Although i prefer this on harpsichord thus guy did about as good a job as possible on a piano... Ive seen so many shit performances this is a delight to see!

[Y2P1973]

Thanks. I like George Malcolm & Karl Richter performances.

[marionetanyc]

Nice perfomance. But there is astoundingly "modern" (i.e. straight) recording of this done in 1928 by Claudio Arrau, that is marvelous. Hard to find-it was on his disc for the Philips "Great Pianist" series; Get it if you can.