Richter plays Bach: WTC1 No. 10 in e minor BWV 855

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List of The Welltempered Clavier videos I have uploaded (I will continue to add videos until the list is full!):

1. in C major http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dkt75juxvxw
2. in c minor http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1GXHjxvSi24
3. in C# major http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z-c8WG2GTaI
4. in c# minor
5. in D major http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K_85VWhfSRA
6. in d minor http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QNMYHy8B7KU
7. in Eb major
8. in eb minor
9. in E major http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EMEITKQI7ao
10. in e minor http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wp5mPL7IPMc
11. in F major http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=njXeHu5znZ0 (new!)
12. in f minor http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X9Z_FVjMSWc (new!)
13. in F# major http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lJCpUW1Q1yc
14. in f# minor http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RjAQLU23keI
15. in G major http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gNlXYLsC_Vs
16. in g minor http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AZKif28jMUg
17. in Ab major http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gCL5Zvnt0TU
18. in g# minor http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gfrI046SU3E
19. in A major http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TRZfA5gv-dE
20. in a minor http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qj4lPhfG98o
21. in Bb major http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FzwlNtcWV34 (new!)
22. in bb minor http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CL00B8TQMBQ (new!)
23. in B major
24. in b minor

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[werq34ac]

The fugue almost sounds like it's two pianos playing.. but of course, it's just Bach's genius...

[RedWasabii]

Bach, the greatest genius in music.

[onlymusiciansallowed]

@Pianoplayer002 intellect has nothing to do with the heard mr spock. Cortot is indeed a very good interpret, but horowitz, fiorentino, pogorolich, katchen, keene, volondat, cziffra, francois and so many others also, and they did not came from that "strict school". Just one way to play music: with your heart. all the other ways are a lie. Richter and pollini are lies. they never produced a honest note of music. only mathematics

[Pianoplayer002]

@onlymusiciansallowed If I truly in my heart wanted to play Bach holding down the pedal from beginning to end and using enormous amounts of rubato, it would sound ugly and extemely tasteless. The mind is necessary to funnel heart in the right direction. Cortot is a perfect example of this, which is why I love him so much. He has made some of the most passionate and heartfelt recordings I know, but his interpretations still rest on a rock solid foundation of the intellect.

[onlymusiciansallowed]

@vahagnvardanyan there is just one way to play music: with the heart, all other methods are a lie. Strict traditions... the word "tradition" explains itself: no creativity, only reproducing what others already did. Richter and pollini are perfect examples of non-creative pianists (and I do not use the word "musician"). They have no clue that music must come from the heart and not the mind.

[vahagnvardanyan]

@onlymusiciansallowed Bach must be played exact tempo, Richter does it, that is why he is so popular. The musical schools on the other side of Atlantic haven't kept the strict traditions of Viennese Classical School, so grow to his level, and then criticize him.

BTW Richter and Gilels have the same teacher.

[onlymusiciansallowed]

a perfect example of the way you don"t play note's, richter NEVER understoode the meaning of music, for him only the "form" was interesting, never emotion or creativity. he is togheter with pollini the greatest mistake in music history. Every one who likes this kind of piano playing does not know what real music making is. very very sad.

[RolfParkerHoughton]

To my ear, Richter genius is that he infuses the music with more emotion, even when playing faster than others. For example, Gould usually sounds precise and dry, in comparison. 

[yronwyatt49b]

This vid is popular on Sarajevo

[indseytate718l]

This video went viral on Macedonia

[StreetPerforming]

everytime i hear someone play the piano on the radio and think that the pianist is playing the piece fast, it´s always richter ^^