Emil GILELS plays BACH Prelude and Fugue (for Organ) 1/2

[hovo160]

Who dislikes this ? Are you a human or what ?

[jrandall6]

His interpretation adds nuance I missed in the organ version. Just beautiful. When I listen to Bach I can't help but feel that mankind's intellectual capacity peaked sometime around 1720.

[caracuru]

I can't find words for this! This is awesome=)

[vonMohl]

it gives me the shivers

[brumap1]

Genius!

[revizorsb]

C'est fort, cela prend aux tripes, Bach parle au ciel et à ceux qui s'y cachent des simples mortels, Guilels est le parfait messager attendu.

[nyankothecat]

great!!

[pengsy1988]

!!!!!!!!

[ocwhanappi]

this Präludium sounds with organ much more dynamic and artistic .

On piano it is like a heavy stone ..

Its not a very good transcripton

[dier190]

@ocwhanappi There is something missing by the organ... Exaggerating a bit: it is like the difference between a midi and an mp3 file. The organ version is stone-cold, it only transmits information to the mind which might be translated to some emotion (rather cold ones) if one have enough fantasy, while the piano version, although very robust is much more coloured with emotion.

[jero13595]

AMAZING pedal work, rich and powerful sound, reminiscent of church bells rather than an organ. A superb interpretation full of grandeur nontheless.

[jijimusic]

i think it sounds gorgeous! i adore Gilels...

[sanjosemike]

This is another of Busoni's transcriptions. Busoni advised the use of ALL three pedals when playing many of these transcriptions. Certainly "generous" use of the sustaining pedals are vital to carry these off.

I think Busoni would have approved of Gilel's interpretation, which is quite "sustained" throughout, as though echoing in a church.

sanjosemike

[chad410]

i think the half pedal and flutter pedal is very effective on a steinwau sometimes for this kind of music.