Sviatoslav Richter plays Bach Italian Concerto BWV 971 (2/2)

Part II
Bach - Italian Concerto, BWV 971
II. Andante
III. Presto
Recorded in 1948

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• sviatoslav
• richter
• bach
• italian
• concerto
• classical

[andre2av2]

why does he play so much rubato? the presto is slower the the allegro

[truecrypt]

"so much rubato"? What are you talking about?

[nuaHucTka]

and where is the first movement?

[truecrypt]

Check Part I in "related videos" to the right of video.

[bafr1]

this deserves 5***** , cool

[ohmygoditsjames]

i've learnt this on classical guitar - sounds amazing!

[Groek123]

@ingullar Gould himself said that he learned from Richters interpretation . He was faszcinated from Richter .

[Groek123]

The young Glenn Gould said he learns the Art of playing slowly from Richter .

[Lukecash12]

I want to shoot myself in the foot for saying it, but the tempo goes up noticeably. You'd be hard pressed to hear me say that about Richter.

[Geopholus]

You can count on Richter to give a profound and delicately balanced performance. He really knows Bach.. Gould was an amazing musician. But he often stumbled over his own obsessive thought process. Compare the Bass notes ( D,D ) in the Andante, Richter gently sounds them like a bell, sonorous and sweet,... Gould picks at them like an angry bird,..destroying the flow and feeling of the movement.. If Bach had wanted to make them 1/64th notes surrounded by 7/64th rests, he would have .

[NikkDriver]

needs some serious tunage

[phnaargos]

@ohmygoditsjames

let's hear it :)

[ingullar]

Gould performed this piece more interesting way all the same... But still - it is performed great by Richter too:)

[jimbosingleton]

great performance. for me it is a revelation. it is now my favorite recording of this piece. one trusts him all the way through. no thinking. in the moment.

[FurutayoshimotoAgon]

1948！

[geneyarovo]

@ohmygoditsjames i bet those tabs don't include all the parts though. This piece sounds like it has at least 4 independent melodies. On the guitar, I suppose that would be likely to be reduced to melody+chords.