Bach - Concerto no 1 in re minor - 1st mov

Richter plays Bach's concerto in re minor at the Moscow Conservatory (Oleg Kogan plays 1st violin)

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[palcsi]

Don't always be swayed by popular opinion - think for yourself.

[francescaemc2]

Richter rulz. Shreds Bach like it outghta should.

[vivascargill1]

@PunisaRachich gould himself admitted as  much

[colourfulwithaU]

@francescaemc2

Good question; there is no 'contact' link on his website. Not that I can find, anyways.

[colourfulwithaU]

I'VE BEEN LOOKING FOR THIS FOREVER. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR POSTING.

[paganviodio]

the audio trace does not fit with the film material. it they don´t match. this disturbs me. but richter is richter. he plays great.

[alienalienss]

@taylor10goal You shouldn't ignore the bad sound quality of the recording. This seems like a pretty good performance, to be honest. It's just hard to hear.

[taylor10goal]

I don't know.....I have heard hundreds of interpretations of this concert and although I admire Richter I cannot say that this is the best version I heard. It sounds me like: "OK, let's finish it, I'm already late". And I really don't like how he plays the part between 6:52 and 7:24.

[bersa888]

...correction: I meant Baroque composers were aware of periods, phrases, etc., when writing. BUT, when playing the music, those "affects" determined a more "fragmented" interpretation, directed more towards the small unit than the big picture :-)

[bersa888]

It is when playing and articulating these small units of a musical sentence (from the Baroque) that the approach will necessarily differ from playing a Chopin's nocturne, where the "singing line" is usually of foremost importance. And motivic development is hard sometimes to spot from one section to the other (at least in Bach). But it's there (it depends on forms and genres, of course).

I'll have to look into Tiegerman's recordings (Youtube?)! Thank you!

[bersa888]

Composing "by phrase" was not in the use or even vocabulary of the Baroque composer. Musical periods in the Baroque were much more flexible and free of "classic proportion" (2+2, 4+4, 8+8, etc.). Priority and attention was given to specific small gestures and motifs (as well as counterpoint, harmony, etc.). Each of these dealt with specific intervals, articulations thereof and emotional significance ("affects").

[Arush09]

I agree completely, but appropriate might not be the best word to use.

And as a composer, you would have to agree that we compose by phrase often times. Baroque, Classical, Romantic, Program music all have clear complete sections and phrasing that often times has little to do with the previous section.

If you like Lhevinne, you will enjoy Friedman and Tiegerman(best Chopin in my opinoin), too, if you haven't already heard them. =)