Gulda plays Bach Prelude &fugue

[Ratzfourtyfour]

Man kann Fugen also auch aus dem Eimer kippen. Zweifellos Platz eins bei einer Virtuosenrallye.

[Musicsson]

Mikeslash hat recht - Bachs Musik wird von vielen Musikern gespielt wie auf einer Schreibmaschine. Sie ist jedoch ist viel lyrischer, organischer und lebendiger als oft interpretiert. Simone Dinnerstein - Goldbergvariationen!!! Sie zeigt die wahre Natur dieser Musik - sie ist wie ein Abbild des Universums. Und das besteht nicht aus Würfeln - wie hier in Guldas Interpretation...

[B337h0v3n]

Kinda Gould...Gulda!

[Mrababab121212]

Du wie so spiels du es so unertraeglich schnell - leider das ist nich meine Music - exremely badly performed - please stop no matter if you live or not - johan seb bach vom graben ruft

[Gusakov]

Great Creation !

[54321thebeatles]

MUD FOR EVERYONE WHEN WE TALK ABOUT DISTRACTIONS OF THE FLOWING OF WISDOM THAT COMES FROM GOD AND ARRIVE IN THE PEOPLE LIKE LIGHTS TO OUR SOULS THROUGH MUSIC OF THIS REALLY GENIOUS BACH!!

[lsbrother]

@54321thebeatles yes, mud, glorious mud - nothing quite like it

[mikeslash]

sorry, aber das ist ein einziger soundbrei. gulda war so von mozart besessen, dass es ihm (im alter) nicht mehr möglich war in polyphonen stimmen zu denken und zu spielen.

[aboikov]

@plato: o ok. Listen to Gould and you'll understand what I'm talking about. Just remember to take the mud out of your ears first ;)

[PlatoJaspers]

GREAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[BankFace]

He is simply amazing! How can you not love him? Seven deaf people hit dislike.

[lsbrother]

@BankFace even deaf people could admire his hat

[Adorado31]

What a master! (and I think he was Martha Argerich's teacher) <33333333

[30inventionman]

the musicality of this man is insanely genius, it is right up there with guild, i will have to say too close to call

[aboikov]

A bit muddy though, isn't it?

[intelplatoon]

@aboikov not if you were standing next to him.....recordings suck, especially back then

[30inventionman]

@aboikov no sorry, it is right on, you are highly mistaken, listen again. thank you

[PlatoJaspers]

@aboikov I think you will find the mud is in your ears.

[GuidoKaiserBariton1]

Der konnte alles, ja, und was er machte war vielleicht manchmal nichts für Puristen.....aber es war so unglaublich ! Wahnsinn, dieser Mann !

[blizzard2k10]

A master of the piano - i just adore his baroque and classic recordings, and of course Bach's genius !

[nivique]

I know that Gulda is a great pianist. But I still prefer that of the other world over of this world.

[epinedas]

After watch him play with his watch, I always play with my watch.

Gulda is incredible

[kelseylee94]

I would not be able to play piano in those glasses. hahaha

what a nice interpretation though!

[marcxopoco]

Nice wristwatch.

What's with the night cap?

[viktorlalo]

Nothing on earth was like him

God bless him!!!!!!!!!!!

[pettymolly]

a better conductor than pianist

[Neidhardt84]

@pettymolly You're such an expert.

[pettymolly]

@Neidhardt84 just perticular :P

[nowhere8]

It would have been perfect on a harpsichord.

[Ultraswantonbomb619]

why dont u guys stop comparing pianists and just enjoy the piece

[caronte21071974]

Gulda Über Alles!!

[kharlitoz]

Doesn't sound like Bach. But Gulda is good :)

[TheSingingCello]

Bah, his voices suffer in the face of two or more, Gould's are only intensifies with more life.

[rvsteiger]

well said sertuerner - I can hear what you mean, yet I myself like it more from the other world.

[eden20]

A mi personalmente no me gusta como interpreta este preludio y fuga en concreto. Se ve todo como muy embarullado. Le falta claridad y el final tampoco es de mi agrado. Saludos

[jacarandaxia]

Can anyone tell me the name of the first peice he played? Thank you.

[Byron10301]

awesome playing - what's what the hat by the way? is he from Pakistan?

[MarcusHK1]

@Byron10301 He changed his name from Gupta, but his hat gave him away!

[vkoracx]

@MarcusHK1

LOL

he may be Buhari

[MrStrav81]

@Byron10301

He's Austrian. He is a jazz pianist as well, so I think that's kind of his crossover stage presence.

[soulechene]

Splendide!!!

[minasgekos]

excellent!

[btyremanable]

when bach was alive it wouldn't have sounded like this at all, so in a way I can't relate to it, not saying it's bad, why can't bach come BACH? to earth...

[mikeslash]

different players - different styles. gulda´s bach sounds like mozart and gould´s mozart sound like bach.

[AllegroDemolish]

i can see why martha is so gd.

[giuseppedolce]

Possiede l'anima che manca a Pollini!

[emy1968]

@giuseppedolce verissimo!!!

[peixotoraul]

what a fantastic energy! LOVE IT!!

[ryevic]

I love everything this guy plays, he adds vitality and I just think he is GREAT!!!!

[mauriciostarosta]

What a crazy performance! hehe. Gulda was amazing.

[yajuwenn]

Gulda's always energetic and so is his music

[camposi]

Bach is god - and Gulda is near by him!!

[camposi]

the well tempered Klavier. In the movie I´ve seen his son Friedemann asked: "Are there ppianos that are too hot or too cold? At the end of the Movie he and his whole family is working to make copper-prints of "the art of fuge (inspired by König of Preußen)" and could´t finish................

[camposi]

I don´t know on what trip Bach was his whole life to write such pieces!?1

[brodsky96]

this is BACH playing BACH....

[RutgerHuiz]

damn and what not,.. what a genius

[camposi]

Hammer hammer hammer! Gulda and ..... J..S. Bach!!!

[mrjlowitz]

Wow! If there is any question about the connection between Bach and some Jazz this illustrates it to me.

J.L.

[dasgroovey]

i could see the pain in his hands

[camposi]

@dasgroovey

I saw it too. After every piece he played he walked around and shaked out his right hand. Seems to me: he had a carpaltunnel syndrome.

[Terrdemarzielle]

@mrjlowitz Jazz (in most cases) and Bach are based on harmony. That's the connection.

[AEFic]

@Terrdemarzielle That and there was a lot of improvisation in the Baroque era concertos.

[sertuerner]

Gould´s Bach is not from this world, Gulda´s is. I like it more from this world.

[xiangyik]

One of the most precise and mordant summaries of my opinion I've ever heard! I LOL-ed.

[tonywsmith2]

@sertuerner

I'll embrace both, thanks.

[ELobodeStepario]

@sertuerner

You are definitely right.

[ELobodeStepario]

@sertuerner

You are definitely right.

[ELobodeStepario]

@sertuerner

You are definitely right.

[fizH2O]

@sertuerner: stop talking...

[rvn10rvn17]

i now prefer gulda for bach over gould..

[JoFrSc]

Agreed!

[maeseAsgard]

Me encanta Gulda y me encanta Bach: me encanta este video: genial.

[indigoblue555]

Listening to him is like as making music together!

Great skill and appeal ....Thx for sharing !

[sugah72404]

Friedrich Gulda my all time favorite pianist.  A true master. Stunning on every level.

[gbmillion]

@sugah72404 I couldn't put it better.

[671681691701]

XP!!!!!!!

[unalegeli]

harika

[didirama28]

It's a very difficult fugue

[GBV1961]

bravo.....

[iguarni]

live Gulda plays Bach in a woderful way, beautiful sound and ability to separate voices of this wonderful fuge. 5 stars

[drjekyll66]

I had never listen to his interpretation of this.

Thanks for posting it´s incredibel.

[pinkfuzz0609]

Absolutely incredible...

[gopogogo]

his Bach is the best, it folows the time,little jazz on piano.

[gonzal0999]

gulda...era genial... ylo segurira siendo siempre..nadie tocaba beethoven y mozart como el..descanse enpaz maestro friedrich gulda!!..1930-2000 u_u..

[guldalex]

very very true!!!

[MyLordLoke]

Thank you!

[hornuser]

Fugue starts at 0:48

[Iloerk]

Usually I hate when Bach is played on piano (I prefer cembalo or clavecin), but this is good

[MANTLEBERG]

Does anyone know if he wrote a biography or any books? love to know...

[guldalex]

yes he wrote "words about music" but only in german:I'd like to read it but I don't speak german!

[deadlift65]

Amazing! I have his Well-Tempered Clavier and he never plays the same way. He gives every piece its "personality".

[indigoblue555]

to deadlift65 - HI!

can you tell me for which label did he record

the WTC and approx. when did he ?

I couldn't find it up to now.

Thx.a lot -

[deadlift65]

He recorded it for Philips in 1973. It shouldn't be hard to find. Good luck and Happy New Year!

[indigoblue555]

to deadlift65 - thx for info -

and a Happy New Year to you too!

indigoblue555

[chrish12345]

The fugue is badly over-pedalled and messy

[thajonester]

badly over-pedalled and messy...for you. I thought it was terrific. He is playing it on a piano and it is his choice to use the piano's capabilities to color the piece.

[anisometropie]

I agree,It is messy

[mltube]

He is on the clock.:-)

[vova47]

Great!!Gulda could do everything!