21 09 20 Claire Huangci - Bach - Toccatas

Bach : Toccatas - Claire Huangci - Nuits du Piano Paris
Bach : Toccatas BWV 914 - 912 - 911 - 565
Salle Cortot 20 10 21 - 1ère partie

[@danielparker7544]

As a pianist, I love and admire Huangci's interpretation of the Toccatas! These pieces are not often-enough played! Some musicians and musicologists see them as "less-than," as compared to the more highly structured works like the Suites and Partitas. But they are so fun to play and to listen to! Huangci's full, Romantic sound is a choice that might alienate listeners who like Bach dry. But I love her playing of the Toccatas. I find it just beautiful and captivating to listen to. She captures the drama and improvisatory, capricious, in-the-moment nature of both the recitatives and fugues in these pieces. This is real pianism and musicianship.

[@Philobach]

Ces toccatas ne sont aucunement inférieures , et peut être supérieurs justement..... Ceux qui les jugeraient mal ne voit pas leur créativité de tout instant ,leur beauté incroyable, et leur écriture... A les écouter par Glenn Gould....kzbin.info/www/bejne/bKDcd6ibpauLlZI

[@marchanjd]

Un grand moment de bonheur et d'émotion pour ce que nous entendons mais aussi pour ce que nous voyons, cette élégance du geste, ces doigts qui voltigent sur le clavier pour traduire une passion inhérente, ce raffinement, cette implication de tout l'être pour faire naître et accompagner une telle beauté sonore.... Merci pour cette ouverture sur un autre monde de joie et d'émotion partagées....

[@JeanBaptisteMundler]

Désolé, mais je ne suis pas du tout d'accord, élégance du geste ? on dirait un charcutier hachant de la viande au plus vite, les notes ne sont pas touchées, elles sont heurtées, aucune liaison dans les phrasés qui se suivent, pas de legato, pas de cantabile, rien qu'une suite de séquences sans liaisons, mais bon ça ne peut pas être pire que Glen Gould ou Andras Schiff le robot qui n'a rien compris à Bach et devrait se contenter du clavecin ; heureusement, il nous reste les interprétations d'Alexis Weissemberg.

[@nickcastle9201]

Je trouve cette pianiste américaine remarquable tant par le respect qu'elle consacre à l'oeuvre que par l'originalité qu'elle lui apporte !

[@tnsnamesoralong]

Tracklisting: Toccata in E minor BWV 914 00:43 01 Introduction - Un poco allegro 02:40 02 Adagio 04:39 03 Fuga. Allegro Toccata in D major BWV 912 07:15 04 Introduction 07:41 05 Allegro 09:53 06 Adagio 14:28 07 Presto - Fuga Toccata in C minor BWV 911 17:06 08 Introduction - Adagio 20:04 09a Fuga I. Allegro 22:17 09b Fuga II. Allegro Toccata and Fugue in d Minor BWV 565, arr. Ferruccio Busoni 26:26 10 Toccata 28:48 11 Fugue

[@caesare1968]

Much obliged for your kindness at listing content

[@loving-everyone-equally]

Wo do I like better Bach or ms Huangci. As I listen and watch, both are equal. Forget about any other pleasures in the world, this is tops.

[@Janaceks_Dad]

Brilliant...just discovered her...she deserves to be far better known...

[@steps222]

Huangci's playing grabs me, pulls me in, and won't let go. Musical performance should always do that; it doesn't. So I treasure playing--and music--like this.

[@gerardleroy3146]

The Bach of Claire is marvellous ! Thank you ❤ !

[@paulackerley1652]

Some seriously fine playing here. So invigorating and powerful a performance. Also, hats off, for the gutsy decision to use the score. The great Richter Himself was all in favour!!

[@MarcelMombeek]

great richter??????? one of the most non-creative pianists ever.... yes, hats off for claire huangci, but please, keep them on your head for empty-headed richter

[@jockmoron]

@@MarcelMombeek Uh?

[@mackiceicukice]

⁠@@MarcelMombeek Non-craetive pianist according to……you and …some of your friends ?

[@brianboyd7893]

Could you imagine if JS Bach would had access to the modern piano? OMG who knows what he would have been able to accomplish. Friggin amazing what we are hearing. This lady can play.

[@gonzalovaldivia3835]

Simplemente excelente performance. Gracias.

[@jimsanford9215]

Beautiful Claire!

[@classicfan4683]

Die ersten drei Toccaten sind ein Parade-Beispiel für eine gelungene Transformation der für Cembalo gedachten Werke auf den modernen Konzert-Flügel - brava! BWV 565 ist eine Toccata für Orgel, die hier in einer Klavier-Bearbeitung gespielt wird (von Busoni?). Der Aufwand, der auf dem Klavier getrieben werden muss, um einen Eindruck von der stürmischen Gewalt dieser Komposition zu vermitteln, ist ungeheuer. Miss Huangci meistert diese technischen Herausforderung souverän.

[@jackbaker9023]

What beautiful playing by Claire Huangci! Just a super performance, and such a high level of musicianship.

[@gabormezofi6667]

More than fantastic ❤❤❤❤❤

[@inraid]

superb!

[@jockmoron]

I don't know this pianist, there seems to be an inexhaustible supply of wonderful pianists nowadays. This lady is just so good. The criticism of one of the contributors here seems a bit unfair, and actually just wrong. First, this music wasn't composed for the piano, so a pianist does have the luxury of playing in a more 'informed' baroque style or deciding to play with all the considerable resources of the modern grand piano. She chose the latter. I would have thought the toccata and fugue particularly, played originally on the mightiest instrument of the time, the organ, lent itself to the most dramatic interpretation. Her more exaggerated movements of her hands and arms are a bit theatrical, but goodness, close your eyes if you don't like them. It'll be her way of incorporating the artistry of the music into the artistry of the performance.

[@edithvonrotz5821]

Just beautiful 😊

[@milazivkovic866]

Bahova muzika je neko polje uzvišene , produhovljene konteplacije. Pa sam tim i tehnička sredstva su u skladu sa tim zahtevima samog teksta. Znači minimalizam u pokretu , a koji mnogo govori i može se ispod prstiju odvijati sama drama glasova i polifonih linija, ipak mir i neka uzvišenost ostaju dominantni . To je dobro i za izvođača i za onog koji sluša . Meni je to povremeno zvučalo u vašem izvođenju i tada ste bili najbolji, najbliđži istini . Zaista Vaša fantastična tehnika i osobena tehnička sloboda Vam dozvoljavaju da malo akrobatskog unesete i ovde , ali meni su to neprepoznatljivi barokni delovi. Mađutim ja sam Vas slušala u jednom kvartetu savremenog Nemačkog kompozitora , to je zaista bilo fantastično. Vaša tehnička sloboda i sugestivnost su u tom delu delovale zaista predobro. Znači tehnika je orepoznala izraz. I još jedno pitanje , u poslednje vreme pijanisti sve više , čak i koncerate sa orkestrim, izvode iz nota ?Zašto ?Šta se dogodilo sa našom memorijom ?Makar su pijanisti tu suvereno bladali , dok su se ostali dtalno žalili da im je to problem pozdrav❤

[@milazivkovic866]

Hans Sommer je Nemački kompozitor koje ste svirali u kvartetu . Uzgred fantastična muzika

[@flhrcl4120]

うまい

[@vladislavsheer1977]

!!!

[@Philobach]

Je ne pense pas qu'on puisse comparer avec les interprétations de Glenn Gould, dans sa clarté et sensibilité . exemple BWV 912 : .kzbin.info/www/bejne/n4TLcp-wgrhsmqs

[@ericwinkelman3063]

How are the pages turning on that iPad?

[@trivuhoang6148]

left foot to kick pedal connected with the ipad

[@clydeblair9622]

Brilliant playing, but is it Bach?

[@williamjackson1819]

I suppose you could ask that question for any music played on an instrument that didn't exist in Bach's day, however I think Bach would have approved of her performance. I loved it.

[@clydeblair9622]

@@williamjackson1819 Fair enough.

[@clydeblair9622]

@@williamjackson1819 Not the instrument so much as the 'flamboyance'.

[@clydeblair9622]

I'll shut up. Just enjoy.

[@veljabgd2032]

One aggressive, theatrical version...🤮

[@NabDel]

20:40-45 ??? 🤔

[@ttrons2]

Fine playing but too much theatrics on display. I would be fine with her recordings but not live performances. Too distracting. Maybe the same teacher as Lang Lang.

[@Janaceks_Dad]

She is on a completely different and higher level than Lang Lang. I don't find anything over- theatrical about her performing style...

[@Mnimosa]

​@@Janaceks_Dad Completely agree. She is creating a new universe out of one we thought we knew, and bringing us in. There is nothing superfluous, a performance at once supremely controlled and flowing naturally. I am out of words. Superb.

[@michelponcet5810]

Don't look, just listen. And then have an opinion...

[@deechumlew]

I'm not sure if this is Bach with such harsh and brutal sound. Painful to watch her exaggerated, awkward hand and body movements. A terrifying performance.

[@michelponcet5810]

Just listen...

[@veljabgd2032]

Yes, terribly annoying.

[@veljabgd2032]

Theater.

[@veljabgd2032]

Drama theater.