Dinu Lipatti plays J.S. Bach - Cantata BWV 147 (1950)

excellent played - the cantus firmus is so clear, all his play is very structured but also sensitive....wonderful

So...
Close your eyes

i have to play this song for my school band its a very beutiful song...

No analysis needed here. Just sublime! Thanks for posting.

Is this from Lupatti's final performance in '50?

I*m also interested in this question - but I think, it's not the last concert - compare the data with Wikipedia.


I feel a big sensation listening to this - the compositor and the player were kongenial.
The fact that Lipatti was in his last days/months, knowing about his death still makes the piece very special - for Lipatti and for the listener

Unfortinatly no my dear. Fot the good reason that when he plaid it at the end of the performance , the man who was in charged off the recording had forgoten to record it. So that's why the last piece of Dinu's last show is lost for ever..

you are missing my point and i wish you better aim from now on.

I am talking about how confidently lipatti handles the melody. when you hear a grown up sing they will start to add vibrato, shape the phrase, with a more or less pleasing result, but either way to show their awareness of the technical qualities of the music. again, it can be good or bad. it's the same....

...with pianists and the use of rubato or affected dynamics. the point is to develop the phrase but needless complication can be the result. pretty much all pianists are occasionally guilty of this  as you need a god-like personality to do it all right.