Mikhail Pletnev plays Bach Partita 6 Sarabande live

Mikhail Pletnev playing the Sarabande from Bach's Partita 6 as an encore in Amsterdam, 2004. The more I listen to this performance, the more incredible I find it.

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[gabledvoid]

Yep, Pletnev is among the greatest left. There are not so many. Maybe a half dozen?

[AntonioDGO]

Among living pianists? Few that I know. Sokolov for sure, and I would urge you to listen to Kemal Gekic (I have uploaded two recordings). Other pianists who recently passed away include Natan Brand and Joseph Villa and they both would be included with Pletnev et al.

[HolyMotherofGrid]

Quite extraordinary!! He goes beyond mere "interpretation" of the work: like the greatest of performing artists, he uses the notes on the page as a beginning, not an end in and of themselves. He takes the composition and transforms it into his own creation - fusing his artistry with that of the composer and producing something new and beautiful. More beautiful than the composition played "the way the composer intended"? I for one do not care: art is both eternal, and ever-changing.

[afertyus1000]

@HolyMotherofGrid I think that is a gross overstatement and insult to all the composers alive or dead, the pianists are mere technicians and morror the composers intentions never overtake them

[alexvivacqua]

Este Pletnev, este Pletnev admirável. Desfilando na galeria dos grandes intérpretes da atualidade. Cada apresentaçao, uma obra prima. Abs, Alexandre Vivacqua

[sexypianista]

@AntonioDGO I'm sorry to say this but Nobody compares with pletnev.

[NOSEhow2LIV]

Absolutely mesmerizing. One of Bach's thorniest pieces taking on unimagined dimensions. The Universe is certainly greater than we can ever know, and here we learn that there is always so much more to learn....Bach by Pletnev; almost no need for the Hadron Collider. Extraordinary!

[12345qazx1]

information learned he played Bluethner grand!!beautifull for this piece of Bach and him

[MrTIRILLY]

C'est superbe, vision très méditative, on dirait qu'il découvre l'oeuvre.

[12345qazx1]

it was not a steinway he played then ?

[sam0xin]

VERY ROMANTIC & Brilliant ...as usual... version ! Mr. Pletnev 's 2CD set Scarlatti Sonatas by Virgin Classics is an Event of the century..I  can not stop listening ..so Revolutionary, Dimensional & Colorful !!! GENIUS !

[japanesesweet]

I like this-Pletnev is the most sensual performance I`ve heard of this movement- -picking away at phrases in a way i've never heard before,he also never loses sight of the bigger picture.

Thanks!