Bach - Partita No.6 BWV 830 - 1/7-Toccata - Kuschnerova

From Elena Kuschnerova's all-Bach recital in Baden-Baden on 22 March 2000, released on Elena's Bach CD http://www.radio-elena.com/kuschnerova-cd.php#bach-cd

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Music

Tags:

• russian
• piano
• school

[mrtslam]

Many Russian pianists have been influenced by Glenn Gould because he went to Russia during the cold war.

[dgaranin]

This particular performance differs a lot from Gould's two performances that are also on youtube

[iedsri]

No one really knows how fast Bach intended it to be played, although each piece seems to allow for a limited range of plausible tempi. I've been listening to new piano recordings recently: Hewitt plays the opening at about this tempo, Schiff in stricter and faster tempo, but Perahia's new version is considerably freer and slower, particularly with the answering runs (prior to the fugue). All three of these, by the way, are miraculously beautiful recordings -- and thanks for La Kushnerova!

[dgaranin]

iedsri: Thank you for a great comment! I was about to remove this video because I have posted the same with the full audio quality but, OK, with so many great comment I cannot remove it. But please, check another one!

[Schuhann]

just wondering...isnt this way too fast?

[dgaranin]

Are you comparing with Gould? Gould on youtube plays another edition, using extreme rubatos, whereas Elena plays more rhythmically. The feeling of tempo is subjective, and there is no exact tempo indication in the score. Karl Richter on youtube plays somewhat faster than Elena.

[davidhertzberg]

I have listened to this piece thousands of times and can say without hesitation that this interpretation feels very right for me -- not too mathematical but not too sentimental. Very nice momentum. Correct dynamics, tempo, and lyricism, at least to my ear and mind.

[Icarodefrancisco]

BRAVO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

NOTE 10

This is really beautiful and awesome.

Hope I can see her performance next time.

So lovely!!!!

[PianoTHIS]

she's great. and that's coming from a hard critic.

[prodad5]

This is great. I'm not much of a pianist, but the opening is just like I hear it in my head. Most of the pianists posted don't seem to hold the first note long enough relative to the other notes.

[ponte34]

@mrtslam great analysis my friend ,,, this is true but also Russia has a great background in terms of rasing many great pianist like Rachmaninioff ,,

[PsanterShelZahav]

Is she using pedal? oO

[aomf58]

Beautiful!

[gianpaga11]

So fantastisch gespielt! Eine schöne weisse Rose für Frau Elena Kushnerova!

Vielen Dank!

[pianolover1004]

This is really beautiful and awesome.

Hope I can see her performance next time.

So lovely!!!!

[CoolPolar]

Capturing emotions!! Great!