Sviatoslav Richter plays Bach English Suite No. 3 (1/2)

Part 1
Bach - English Suite No. 3 in G Minor, BWV 808
I. Prelude
II. Allemande
III. Courante
Live recording, 1948

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Music

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• sviatoslav
• richter
• bach
• english
• suite
• piano
• classical

[vova47]

Dear truecript, thank you for this wonderful gift!Do you happen to have concerto for 2 pianos w. Vedernikov and Richter(BWV 1061 I think)?If so would love to hear it.Thankfully V.

[truecrypt]

Just posted! Enjoy! ;)

[advisorC101]

This man is brilliant..

[AinslieRiddell]

Sviatoslav is my all time favorite artist in any artform without exception

[vivascargill1]

glenn gould said he was the greatest pianist of the 20th century i saw him twice glenn knew a thing or two

[psnelke1]

@advisorC101 bach or richter ?

[MrUnforgiven066]

Thank you truecrypt

[llM5Xll]

@NimbleTurtle13 sometimes i got the feeling, richter fights against the piano. and he always wins the fight. you might be right, that it's the audio quality in this case. please don't think, that i don't respect richter as one of the greatest pianists of all time. i can hear his greatness in every record, but i just don't like to listen to it, do you understand, what i mean?

[NimbleTurtle13]

@llM5Xll What? He plays more gently than most pianists out there. The prelude is a bit "rough" but that could just be the audio quality.

[llM5Xll]

i don't like it. he has such a hard style, i don't like Bach being played hard.

i think it does neither fit to Bach's music, nor to his person.

[gzaenker]

@nanabush111 Wow! i know from experience that people who judge this or that as 'most excellent' have an inferiority complex. There is nothing to judge here. You will never aspire to a performance like that. Sviatoslav Richter was a Titan, one of the most outstanding pianists ever. So, the thing to do is to listen and appreciate quietly and humbly.

[efitzger76]

@morvensky Post your rendition.

[morvensky]

Sounds like amateur hour...

[nanabush111]

This preambulum is most excellent!