Bach on the piano

[Dry Brett Kavanaugh]

Currently enjoying Goldberg Variations by Demus (1970). Baroque, Germanic playing rather than Romantic, or Frenchfied, style, I think.

[JBS]

Is that the recording in this set?

[Dry Brett Kavanaugh]

Is that the recording in this set?

No, the set includes two other recordings (1953 and 1963) of GV. The one I mentioned was recorded in 1970.

[JBS]

No, the set includes two other recordings (1953 and 1963) of GV. The one I mentioned was recorded in 1970.

Thanks. (It's more a matter of when rather than if I get that set.)

[milk]

Thanks. (It's more a matter of when rather than if I get that set.)

Someone here was so kind as to make a more recent live recording of WTC available to me. I'm sure there's a way others can acquire it. It's so marvelous.

[Verena]

Thomas Schwan, a new name for me. I love his playing.
Peter Watchorn, no less, comments on his performance that he ,, play this music as well as I've heard it played".

[Mandryka]

Thomas Schwan, a new name for me. I love his playing.
Peter Watchorn, no less, comments on his performance that he ,, play this music as well as I've heard it played".

Very attractive modern piano playing here, thanks.

Wolfgang Rubsam once said to me that he won't do concerts any more because nobody comes. And looking at the audience here, I can see what he meant.

 

[Verena]

Very attractive modern piano playing here, thanks.

Wolfgang Rubsam once said to me that he won't do concerts any more because nobody comes. And looking at the audience here, I can see what he meant.

 

Only few people were allowed in the concert hall, because this concert took place in the midst of the Covid crisis. (Thomas Schwan explains this in response to a comment)

[Dry Brett Kavanaugh]

Dark and melancholic French Suites by Reine Gianoli. Interesting rendition.

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_khotdrNl6m1oq_yctiVDiYqGUw6Y4N2m0

[prémont]

Thomas Schwan, a new name for me. I love his playing.
Peter Watchorn, no less, comments on his performance that he ,, play this music as well as I've heard it played".

His detailled caressing of the music reminds me of Peter Hill. Rather impressive. Thanks for sharing.

[prémont]

Dark and melancholic French Suites by Reine Gianoli. Interesting rendition.

I'm afraid I find this recording somewhat lackluster in the long run.

[Dry Brett Kavanaugh]

I'm afraid I find this recording somewhat lackluster in the long run.

What do you mean by "the long run"?

[prémont]

What do you mean by "the long run"?

If I am going to listen to all of it, and even more if I were to listen to it more times.

[Dry Brett Kavanaugh]

If I am going to listen to all of it, and even more if I were to listen to it more times.

 The fact that this recording has not been reissued may support your assessment. Still I like the darkness in the music.

[prémont]

The fact that this recording has not been reissued may support your assessment. Still I like the darkness in the music.

To me the French suites are too life affirming in their conception for this kind of interpretation.

[Dry Brett Kavanaugh]

To me the French suites are too life affirming in their conception for this kind of interpretation.

Yes, but I'm an ardent devotee of Schopenhauer.

[Verena]

Yes, but I'm an ardent devotee of Schopenhauer.

Me too! Great philosopher (as far as I can tell, he was the first philosopher I read), great human being. As it happens, I also enjoyed Gianoli's French Suites when I last listened to them - so time to reacquaint myself with them. Actually there is a huge number of recordings of the French Suites which I like, for some reason. It's more difficult for me to find a set of the English Suites which I find completely compelling.

[Dry Brett Kavanaugh]

Me too! Great philosopher (as far as I can tell, he was the first philosopher I read), great human being. As it happens, I also enjoyed Gianoli's French Suites when I last listened to them - so time to reacquaint myself with them. Actually there is a huge number of recordings of the French Suites which I like, for some reason. It's more difficult for me to find a set of the English Suites which I find completely compelling.

It appears that Gianoli also recorded English Suites, but I don't have the recording.

Schopenhauer influenced Friedrich Nietzsche, Ludwig Wittgenstein, Erwin Schrödinger, Albert Einstein, Sigmund Freud, Carl Jung, Leo Tolstoy, Thomas Mann, Hermann Hesse, Marcel Proust, Richard Wagner, Johannes Brahms, Gustav Mahler, etc. After reading S for the first time, Wagner had to abandon the work he was working on, and his subsequent works were greatly influenced by Schopenhauer.  When old Schopenhauer was examining a plant in a park, a guard became curious about the impeccably dressed elegant man, and politely asked him who the distinguished man was. S said that "If you can tell me who I am, I am greatly in your debt."

Schopenhauer loved music and played flute. Though Wagner admired Schopenhauer's philosophy, S liked Italian opera and disliked Wagner's music.

[Verena]

It appears that Gianoli also recorded English Suites, but I don't have the recording.

Schopenhauer influenced Friedrich Nietzsche, Ludwig Wittgenstein, Erwin Schrödinger, Albert Einstein, Sigmund Freud, Carl Jung, Leo Tolstoy, Thomas Mann, Hermann Hesse, Marcel Proust, Richard Wagner, Johannes Brahms, Gustav Mahler, etc. After reading S for the first time, Wagner had to abandon the work he was working on, and his subsequent works were greatly influenced by Schopenhauer.  When old Schopenhauer was examining a plant in a park, a guard became curious about the impeccably dressed elegant man, and politely asked him who the distinguished man was. S said that "If you can tell me who I am, I am greatly in your debt."

Schopenhauer loved music and played flute. Though Wagner admired Schopenhauer's philosophy, S liked Italian opera and disliked Wagner's music.

Lovely episode. Didn't know that Schopenhauer's influence was that far-reaching. Very impressive.
I don't have Gianoli's English Suites either, unfortunately. I hope I'll find them somewhere.

[Florestan]

Schopenhauer loved music and played flute. Though Wagner admired Schopenhauer's philosophy, S liked Italian opera and disliked Wagner's music.

Dislike is an understatement. His critique of the Ring libretti is devastating. 

https://harvardmagazine.com/sites/default/files/html/1996/09/schopenhauer.html