J.S. Bach: Complete Partitas

This album contains the complete Partitas by Bach, presented by Piano Classics, a label of Brilliant Classics.
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Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach
Artist: Yuan Sheng (piano)
This recording of the complete 6 Partitas is a marvel of elegance, wit, rhetoric and brilliance, played on a modern Steinway.
“China’s premier interpreter of Bach”, is what International Piano Magazine called Yuan Sheng. A pupil of Solomon Mikowsky (Manhattan School of Music) and notably Rosalyn Tureck Yuan Sheng extensively studied the performance practice of Baroque music. Equally at home at the harpsichord he has an instinctive feeling for the possibilities, sonorities and touch of the instrument at hand, so that “the listener might easily have imagined the composer at the keyboard” (Boston Intelligencer). Besides pursuing an international career Yuan Sheng is Professor of Piano at the Bejing Central Conservatory of Music.
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Tracklist:
Partita No. 1 in B-Flat Major, BWV 825:
0:00:00 I. Praeludium
0:01:43 II. Allemande
0:05:37 III. Corrente
0:08:35 IV. Sarabande
0:14:10 V. Menuet I&II
0:17:20 VI. Giga
Partita No. 2 in C Minor, BWV 826:
0:19:22 I. Sinfonia
0:23:43 II. Allemande
0:28:20 III. Courante
0:30:42 IV. Sarabande
0:34:41 V. Rondeaux
0:36:07 VI. Capriccio
Partita No. 4 in D Major, BWV 828:
0:39:41 I. Ouverture
0:46:02 II. Allemande
0:55:09 III. Courante
0:58:49 IV. Sarabande
1:04:58 V. Aria
1:07:12 VI. Menuet
1:08:38 VII. Gigue
Partita No. 3 in A Minor, BWV 827:
1:12:13 I. Fantasia
1:14:22 II. Allemande
1:17:09 III. Corrente
1:20:34 IV. Sarabande
1:25:03 V. Burlesca
1:27:30 VI. Scherzo
1:28:40 VII. Gigue
Partita No. 5 in G Major, BWV 829:
1:31:56 I. Praeambulum
1:34:38 II. Allemande
1:38:56 III. Corrente
1:40:48 IV. Sarabande
1:45:57 V. Tempo di menuetta
1:47:52 VI. Passepied
1:49:37 VII. Gigue
Partita No. 6 in E Minor, BWV 830:
1:53:26 I. Toccata
2:00:26 II. Allemanda
2:03:32 III. Corrente
2:08:22 IV. Sarabande
2:15:16 V. Air
2:16:46 VI. Tempo di gavotte
2:18:57 VII. Gigue
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[@hsfpiano1989]

Had an opportunity to play some Bach for Mr. Shen years ago when we met in NY. It was inspirational, and the conversation we had that afternoon was delightful. I was on a stage applying for music schools in the US. Mr. Shen was kind enough to call his former teacher Solomon Mikowsky and make an appointment to meet Mr. Mikowsky on my behalf. Wonderful memory.

[@aulychlod274]

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[@HighVibeCat]

The only thing possibly more wonderful than your excellent exchange is your sharing of this memory with us, so that we could multiply the feeling of it’s happiness. Thank you! Wishing you well, always 🩷💛💚

[@pinguim-tl6ud]

1:34:21

[@josephososkie3029]

Did you get in?

[@jcfl52345]

Is he not named "Sheng"? Or is the album jacket wrong?

[@syk1676]

Today I became a fan of Bach. I had a headache because of anxiety, but I don't feel it anymore after listening to his music.

[@aashhofficial]

❤❤❤

[@winterdesert1]

It works! I play piano, and when I'm learning a Bach piece it goes over and over in my head. My day is much calmer and anxiety free.

[@rsjmd]

@@winterdesert1 Just curious for all us sufferers of ear worms (stuck song syndrome): when you hear the tune, is it yourself playing or Glen Gould? or Yuan Sheng?

[@winterdesert1]

@@rsjmd Both. When I'm trying to learn a piece it's generally me, and it goes over and over in my head where I left off, and then goes forward where I have yet to go. Giving me the inspiration to go further with the piece. But I get pieces stuck in my head all the time that isn't my playing, and that inspires me to try it, or to make it sound like what I just heard.

[@VINCENZOINGARAO]

Nothing but Bach can bring peace, serenity and gratitude to my heart

[@jvdb0001]

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[@chrystelanderson8854]

Bach my favorite music forever, light, delicate, so spiritual. I will never get tired of listening to it, it's a bit like a little window opening up to the sky, flooding our souls with light, enthusiasm, joy. 🕊🌈

[@46metube]

timeless. in a million years this will still be now.

[@novozar2817]

No, but until the end of all times. No one will ever come close to this genius. Never ever!!!

[@radiotelegram]

As pure as it gets. Sheng's character shines through, and it's a great credit to him.

[@ytzhou7376]

I got an autograph copy of this album after Sheng's concert in Shenzhen! He wrote my name and "I love Bach" on my disc! That's really stimulating for me a Bach's fan! He is also good at playing the Harpsichord.

[@azrielsmith3167]

I can't find a disc for purchase anywhere 😕

[@heekyunglim1807]

This helps me feel better when I'm heartbroken over devastating math exams and lonely allnighters.

[@saladsalad9991]

Yuan Sheng's Bach sounds delightful

[@josephososkie3029]

exactly.

[@kegelchen32]

Agree... But I'm old fashioned,prefer Cembalo resp. Harpsichord...

[@wasilijpetrow6699]

One feels that he is in love with this music, and his love is transmitted to the listener.

[@josephososkie3029]

He had 22 kids. He BETTER be a good lover.

[@advocate1563]

Yuan Sheng gives us the space to understand the composer's intent without imposing his own. This is not dispassion but the removal of the ego in service to the music. Quite a remarkable feat of technique and humility. Thank you Professor Sheng.

[@johnsonnascimento1624]

Bach, the mathematician of music. thank you very much.

[@MrPhil480]

il est plus encore que ça. sa musique est d une beauté incomparable.

[@jansnauwaert1785]

@@MrPhil480 Indeed.

[@winterdesert1]

He definitely was! He wrote music backwards, upside down, and took motifs and wrote them parallel to each other at different speeds. Sometimes three different speeds at once! A pretty miraculous feat.

[@user-io2bw2yf4b]

NO ! Divine music.

[@ronjoullian4487]

That's what I say, I kinda say he's the Newton of music, as if discovering gravity and imparting it to music. I sometimes feel as if his music is perpetual motion heading like a brook following its one and only course to the sea!

[@nasrati200]

100-500 раз слушаю и не устаю.Бах видел все,и имел талант показать это другим.Нас не будет,а это останется

[@Roop1962]

Have always been a fan of Glenn Gould but this recording simply took my breath away.

[@randallrogers6350]

I have Glenn Gould's blue boxed Complete Bach Collection. Superb! Have you heard Murray Parahia perform Bach?

[@Roop1962]

Only some pieces

[@blipblip88]

I could listen to this forever..

[@mellyndachevalier7177]

Absolutely adorable🎵

[@luisj2596]

I do!

[@jvdb0001]

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[@karengardner8854]

So could I. It's keeping me going through this Pandemic. Xxx

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[@harap24]

Bach was a genius also the performer of this

[@anitramklar5722]

Bei derzeit 545 Kommentaren insgesamt nur 13 deutsche! Das sagt schon alles darüber aus, wie es um die Kultur in unserem Land bestellt ist! Wenigstens weiß der Rest der Welt es zu schätzen!

[@andreasheise894]

a life without Bach - can you imagine?

[@judyneville8800]

When i listen to beauty such as this it all somehow feels worthwhile

[@nicholasburch2122]

well put

[@jagonalpa]

No sé por qué Bach me hace sentir puro, tierno, casi eterno.

[@shin-i-chikozima]

Bach's music is the cradle of my soul

[@milesfarrimond2445]

Mine also...🙂

[@shin-i-chikozima]

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[@Mr.CelloPaul]

Yuan Sheng's interpretations of Bach place him squarely in a class with Glenn Gould, Andras Schiff, and others who are world renknowned for their mastery, virtuosity, musicality, and deeply thoughtful renditions. "Stunning" and "transfixing" are just two of many adjectives that come to mind in considering how best to characterize the corpus of his Bach performances. Such recordings as this are "gifts" that Bach has handed down to us through artists like Yuan Sheng across hundreds of years. We are blessed to receive these gifts, and blessed that they will never stop receiving them!

[@fabiotieri3155]

I feel blessed for they're free to enjoy too!

[@timm6892]

This is the absolute best recording of the Partitas that I have ever heard. This one sets the standard for the Partitas as far as I’m concerned.

[@jamesbondaygee]

Is this one whole piece?? Bach has totally blown me away. So sad I took up violin at age 49 and not age 7. But to be one with Bach has shown me such beautiful things I would have never known otherwise.

[@howardwayne3974]

Better late than never ! I played French horn until I was out of high school . I was pretty good at it too . wish I'd kept it up , but the marines had enough French horn players.

[@jamesbondaygee]

@@howardwayne3974 Indeed I would have never known how beautiful it was till putting myself into the musical roller coaster ride it is like. Even the simple Minuet in G, I had no idea how delicious that climax was. He is just so amazing. Or about the Tocatta and Fugue? Or Air? What beautiful notes!!!

[@jamesbondaygee]

@Back Bay Man52 True...and many instruments too. Focusing on the Bach is such a great meditation. What a gift!

[@fransmeersman2334]

Never, never, never heard these partitas more beautiful ! Yuan Sheng is a grand master.

[@lf5656]

Yes I agree. My soul is stirred

[@paulbrower4265]

Indeed with Yuan Sheng one can forget that these Partitas were written for harpsichord. Not even Glenn Gould succeeded at that. I am usually wary of any Bach performance on a piano (except for the Chaconne for violin, which was never made for the harpsichord). Bravo!

[@gregoryeze7111]

What about Andras Schiff? He is a top Bach interpreter.

[@fransmeersman2334]

@@gregoryeze7111 You're absolutely right of course about Andreas Schiff. And in connection with Yuan Sheng It is a question of personal taste and I'm the last to say my opinion is the norm. Kind regards.

[@waynesmith3767]

Of the many interpretations of these magnificent suites- and there are many I admire- Yuan Sheng’s are my favorite.How s dynamics, his ornamentation, his tempi are marvels and always at the service of the music.

[@mirokratky5493]

finally the real Bach! Delicate tone, and the absence of sporty performance and dryness.

[@violachoi9868]

Thank you bach , yuan sheng , and brilliant classics for delivering pure joy of piano to us 😃

[@user-gu8eq7vu6g]

Разрушение разорения смерть ужас контроль измена изменения константа вилы хлопки взрывы газа остановок нет все есть любовь есть химия.бидэ.болезни горла ,сердца мышцы спины живота все болит или работай церковь мечеть коловрат позитив сладкий снов всем желаю доброй ночи позитива и обучения всему прекрасному.развитие диалектика диалоги не нужны комментарии излишни страха не существует колебания курса доллара и евро ставки на спорт картежники табакокурение избавиться от плохих людей от токсинов от токсиков

Bach's music fills my heart with peace.

[@pianotimes6476]

Je suis touché, c'est un pianiste qui joue comme personne d'autre, particulièrement quand il s'agit la musique de Bach. Pour cette musique, personne ne peut jouer comme cet homme. Ses interprétations sont incroyables, et d'un autre monde. Vous pouvez voir son intelligence et sa créativité.

[@sunshinenblues]

Mais oui!

[@easyas314e]

I've heard these partitas for my whole life and love them. But in my memory (which is probably terribly faulty!) they always sounded a bit colder, more methodical and less "emotional". This is the first I've heard of Yuan Sheng, and I am entranced. What a lovely touch!

[@JXS63J]

Here is a guess as to your predicament: Too much Glenn Gould!

[@magellanican]

@@JXS63J I don't know what you mean. Glenn Gould is also a great master of Bach on the piano.

[@empireentertainmentevents1353]

BACH - The Father of early Jazz. This dude is an Improvising Master! He is able to explore on a theme he composed...and make the theme branch out into 3 parts simultaneously with each part having its own journey but still compliments the other 2 parts like a glove on a hand that does not sound intrusive. The result is the sound we hear; so incredibly rich and deep yet always make sense.

[@jamesa901]

Probably the easiest Bach piece of all is the Prelude in C major, BWV 846. Essentially a bunch of open chords. But here's a fun exercise - write out exactly WHICH chords are open, and the progression of those chords through the piece. It's amazing - no one else was doing anything close in the Baroque period. Composers wouldn't start working with these chords/arrangements until the jazz age. Seriously, it's about as simple as Bach gets, but the structure was 200 years ahead its time. Bach absolutely deserves to be titled the Greatest Musician of All Time. If in fact he was actually human. I'm thinking either advanced alien or God or something....

[@robertm2000]

@@jamesa901 The fact that we have so many idiots in public life these days, sinking to some really abysmal lows, would indicate to me that there is a possibility of other non-idiots actually scaling the heights of human intelligence, going the other way, and creating some deep and truly meaningful events and experiences.

[@ptombelli]

No, not at all, he was not the father of early jazz at all. He mastered music and that's it (with the help of his genius). There is no comparison to be made with jazz. Jazz is a pile of twisted and warped pots and pans. Anybody can play a jazz jingle. Over and over and over and over and over again... and again. There may be a form of especially impressive improv influenced jazz but that only stems from true music. The music that Bach and many others dedicated their life to. And not only that. There life was usually difficult and tragic. Not with a side a shrimp and a margarita in a low lit bar in New York City.

[@ronjoullian4487]

As a classically trained musician now playing in New Orleans second lines, I totally agree. I've wanted to point that out to my more jazzy friends.

[@lessnow9216]

@@ptombelli ...You clearly don't know jazz well. Jazz improvisations are extremely complicated. And judging a musician's work by his lifestyle is just plain stupid.

[@TheRobertEllismusic]

How many notes did Bach write down by hand in his lifetime....? It must be a staggering number.....all perfectly placed and sounding to this day and beyond today..... more and more perfect......

[@claudiogoldman]

The great mathematician of music... What a musician !

[@alexandrusimo899]

Yeah he got like, 100 cantatas and partitas to make every week

[@dadaketgasparge]

@@alexandrusimo899 no

[@armanshafieloo]

After years and years of listening to Bach, I am more and more convince that he was a thief. He must have been stealing from heaven. His music is not worldly. Without his music something could be seriously lacking in my life.

[@aryangupta8093]

@@armanshafieloo but he was not a thief. It was given to him as a mission to fulfill in this world

[@walterbrepohl288]

I'm not shure who can it do better then Yuan Sheng and Angella Hewitt playing Bach. Both of them brings me near to heaven. Both, with J. S. Bach, no music reaches higher then this.

[@angelob.1089]

Yuan Sheng! Easily one of the finest interpreters of Bach in the 21st century. His Goldberg Variations are a landmark recording. Thanks Brilliant Classics and Piano Classics for producing such high quality recordings and releasing it publicly here.

[@davidfloren5339]

I remember one of the first times I truly started to pay attention to and to confidently bring my own nascent musical understandings and judgment to bear in the task of discerning and opining on all those various differences you can hear in the often widely different performances of the same piece by different artists with their own unique aims and modes of artistry. It was with a Melodya recording of Maria Yudina's Goldberg Variations. This after having only ever heard those 2 famous Gould recordings separated by a great span of his mortal life, and me thinking the whole time in my sheltered ignorance that Gould was THE go(u)ld standard. No no! So much more to expose to the light of day with just a little targeted digging. And lord knows there are so many gems to unearth, admire, and cherish, but only after exerting just a little effort and time, oh precious time, to do the work of brushing away the clumps of "not knowing" and "not experiencing", and thereby freely succumb to the ensuing bedazzlement.

[@Marcus_Sylvester]

@@davidfloren5339 Thanks a lot for this really beautiful little sermon rooted in the very nourishing soil of the sacred Truth! ☀️ 🌼 🚿 😊 p.s. I will check Maria Yudina's Golberg Variations. ✌

[@gonzalo4658]

if you can play keyboard pieces by bach then you can do anything bach is the ultimate study material for a musician to be a musician

[@erichodge567]

One of the greatest interpretations of these pieces I have ever heard.

[@davidhernanfarias5977]

hablando con un hombre mayor de 88 años me conto sobre j.s.bach, yo no sabia de quien me hablaba. escribi su nombre un papel, llege a mi casa y empese a embestigar sobre bach. quede muy asombrado por su historia y su musica. la verdad muy esquisita escucharla.

[@mohammedsaleh2535]

00:00:00​ I. Praeludium 00:01:43​ II. Allemande 00:05:37​ III. Corrente 00:08:35​ IV. Sarabande 00:14:10​ V. Menuet I&II 00:17:20​ VI. Giga Partita No. 2 in C Minor, BWV 826: 00:19:22​ I. Sinfonia 00:23:43​ II. Allemande 00:28:20​ III. Courante 00:30:42​ IV. Sarabande 00:34:41​ V. Rondeaux 00:36:07​ VI. Capriccio Partita No. 4 in D Major, BWV 828: 00:39:41​ I. Ouverture 00:46:02​ II. Allemande 00:55:09​ III. Courante 00:58:49​ IV. Sarabande 01:04:58​ V. Aria 01:07:12​ VI. Menuet 01:08:38​ VII. Gigue Partita No. 3 in A Minor, BWV 827: 01:12:13​ I. Fantasia 01:14:22​ II. Allemande 01:17:09​ III. Corrente 01:20:34​ IV. Sarabande 01:25:03​ V. Burlesca 01:27:30​ VI. Scherzo 01:28:40​ VII. Gigue Partita No. 5 in G Major, BWV 829: 01:31:56​ I. Praeambulum 01:34:38​ II. Allemande 01:38:56​ III. Corrente 01:40:48​ IV. Sarabande 01:45:57​ V. Tempo di menuetta 01:47:52​ VI. Passepied 01:49:37​ VII. Gigue Partita No. 6 in E Minor, BWV 830: 01:53:26​ I. Toccata 02:00:26​ II. Allemanda 02:03:32​ III. Corrente 02:08:22​ IV. Sarabande 02:15:16​ V. Air 02:16:46​ VI. Tempo di gavotte 02:18:57​ VII. Gigue

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[@gerrycoogan6544]

Thank you.

[@davidbarton4584]

Thanks you for putting this in.

[@blogleftbanker]

Is it just me or is Yuan Sheng amazing? I can’t get past the B-Flat prelude. At this rate of hitting repeat, it will take me about 50 years to listen to all of this sublime recording.

[@sorim1967]

Well when you get passed that got he minuet and you will see he is just a self obsessed narcissist with zero respect for Bach. Disgusting.

[@sundayoliver3147]

I heard about two bars when I first put this on and I thought, "Wow. Great. More, please."

[@fredsharp7419]

A revelation! I know these pieces inside-out - at least, I thought I did. Totally lacking in pretentiousness; totally committed to the music. I loved every minute.

[@BobACNJ]

There is Bach...and then there is everybody else. Very well played Yuan Sheng!

[@cyllansse]

the greatest artist and composer of the universe.

[@steveturpin4242]

Wow! Bach like I've never heard...brilliant! Thank you.

[@rishi_mahendran]

Not used to hearing such good Bach on Piano, but this Pianist (along with Glenn Gould of course) does a fantastic job!! Takes advantage of the soft, raindrop quality of the Piano to express the light side of Baroque music. Lovely dynamics. This has definitely inspired me to play more Bach pieces on Piano!

[@vernonsmart]

I was actually thinking that he reminded my of Gould!

[@terrybequette1174]

I was going to mention Rosalyn Tureck as well, and then I read the details of this post above and say that he studied with her. Her complete partitas used to be available on KZbin but were removed. Here is her Partita No 6: kzbin.info/www/bejne/boOQZZ2Ml7KYma8 I am really enjoying this!

[@musicbymartinalkhalili2664]

Totally agree with you!

[@WeThePpleForThePple]

@@vernonsmart very much so.

[@beniakrick]

DINU lIPATTI ,,,,,,,,,

[@remuspierre8038]

Beautiful Songs sounds good on the piano

[@eliotroyano9876]

Thank you Professor Yuan, best Bach piano player I've ever heard !

[@scottdaris]

What a warm touch and style this pianist has.

[@katarinavegetarian8741]

To this beauty of Bach we can relax and enjoy the completation of it.

[@alpuqet7935]

Yups.

[@gennadiyshenfeld3499]

Bravo, what I can say more, with love from New Jersey, USA.

[@philiprutter1]

I don't think I have ever heard the humor and playfulness in Bach before. Quite a revelation. Spectacular artistry.

[@boglarkaandras6565]

Minden képzeletet felülmúloan gyönyörű előadás!! Köszönöm szépen Yuan Sheng!!

[@joelmab221]

Amazing! I am just peace and love when I listen to J.S. Bach. Thank you!

[@buenaventurabelfortgonzale9673]

Bach es cada vez mas universal tanto como se interpreta por pianistas que no conocemos aqui se trata de un asiatico con lectura agil, clara y bien proporcionada-

[@natakopa3149]

Вечная музыка. Исполнение блестящее.

[@user-vy4kr1wl8p]

Cuando escuchamos lo que se compone hoy en dia es desesperante, cuanto se ha secado el cerebro de los musicos y los poetas, que hundidos estan en las tinieblas.

[@tomjohn8733]

Always beautiful to listen to, anytime...

[@FlexingClassicalMusic]

The depth and complexity of classical music are unparalleled. From the intricate harmonies to the sweeping orchestral movements, it's a genre that demands not just listening but experiencing.

[@DianAmini]

Especially bach. Corrente from partita 6 is just insane

[@milanja-sneg]

Благодарствую! Прекрасное звучание, сердце замирает....😍

[@doraaltmann9757]

Beautiful músic. It makes you feel full of life.

[@elisabethvanmoorsel9072]

Thank you Mr. Yuan Sheng for this wonderful interpretations of Bach's partita's.

[@paulofaria8333]

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[@ErikLundholm1]

Wonderful partitas.

[@DD-vx7vp]

Una obra de arte del genino aleman.

[@classicalconcerto6742]

1:38:58, 2:15:15 !!!! Pure joy that is only possible in the music of my most beloved Johann Sebastian Bach!!!

[@wolkowy1]

Bravissimo! - there is a kind of natural, human, objective flow (natural tempo, not influenced by personal whims of the performer) in this performance of all the Partitas. This concept allows us, the listeners, to feel at ease while hearing. It unites all the Partitas in a philosophical attitude which gives respect to Bach the composer and shows the modesty of Prof. Yuan Sheng, the performer. Wonderful playing and realization of the trills, clarity of the melodic lines etc., and above all - the way he plays on the piano makes the controversy about authentic historical instruments versus the modern piano just unnecessary: Prof. Yuan Sheng found the right balance-point between the keyboard-instruments in general and the specificity of each of them. Thanks for this fine upload.

[@zzzzoijzzzzz]

I agree these are great recordings, really fantastic. But surely would sound very different on old fashioned keyboard instruments, particularly regarding dynamic range. Anyway best wishes everyone.

[@johnervin8033]

I like that, "natural flow...not influenced by personal whims..a philosophical attitude" and I try to invest my Bach piano with that (I've soloed at Severance in the chamber hall, in a small way) and the orchestra there collaborated often with G. Gould, who, for all his gifts and virtuosity, strays to often into the idiosyncratic and personal, which is more interesting than relevant. Still great, but as the adage goes,"Let God be God" I find those depths I seek when the performers "let Bach be Bach." I still look for those who don't overthink the trills: even the incendiary George Malcolm, my iconic idol, except when recording with the celestial Klemperer, sometimes does that. "Less is more"! (When it comes to Bach grace notes, "let grace be grace". Hard to do, often for even the very best. A fascinating thing. in and of itself.)

[@clintjones9848]

Performers lousing up solo piano pieces with their melodrama and jerky time makes me literally enraged lol. The music is naturally beautiful. Just keep time and play it correctly. Some slight personal interpretation will naturally show and that is all that is needed. Glad to have found this.

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[@Thijs-Kuiken]

maybe what you perceive as "objective flow" .. isn't so objective.. but the result of subjective interpretation.. and mistaken by you for something other than the pianist intended. In fact, perhaps you're insulting him.. because he doesn't think of himself as modest and dislikes being labelled as such.. why would modesty be seen as a virtue anyway and don't you think there's something immodest and judgemental in suggesting so? You sound pretty arrogant coming to think of it; you're implying that a tempo influenced by personal whims of the performer doesn't have a natural human objective flow... why?? I mean.. did you - with your .. cough.. philosophical attitude cough.. ever care to read back what you wrote and think about how judgemental and dismissive you sound?... and for all the wrong reasons I might add. I appreciate you appreciating this performance.. but - contrary to others - I do NOT mistake your rather personal subjective take on this performance for an accurate objective assessment of this performance; simply because it can never be objective.. The beauty of arts in general .. but certainly (listening to) music... lies in the subjectivity... how your perception is coloured by your own experiences... your own attitudes.. something resonates with you or it doesn't.. and others might agree with you or think differently.. for various reasons and they are all valid since there is NO standard of how or when.. - when it comes to art/music - under what conditions .. something must be felt or experienced a certain way or ought to be appreciated... it just does not work that way. But you suggest otherwise and I take serious offense at that. I particularly dislike the audacity you have to speak on behalf of everyone else ("This concept allows us, the listeners, to feel at ease while hearing"..) that has probably gotten some thumbs up by people who are taken in with what you wrote because you interspersed your personal take with interesting sounding words that are in fact pedantic vague and meaningless phrases... words and phrases like "philosophical attitude" "human objective flow". " It unites all the Partitas in a philosophical attitude which gives respect to Bach the composer..." ahhh.. so.. not to be confused with Bach the human then.. pshh.. that would be silly of course..: who ever gave respect to Bach the human being by uniting all the partitas in a philosophical attitude?!?. I could list more things.. but .. wow.. it's just mind boggling to me that people could be nodding to the drivel you wrote and think it's worth a thumb up. one more thing though: "controversy about authentic historical instruments versus the modern piano"... where have you been ?!? maybe 25 years ago... or with people - like you?- who are hell-bent on ruining a possible beautiful musical experience by describing their own in the most annoying way possible. Thanks for almost ruining Bach for me.

[@annjeanmillikan]

Absolutely gorgeous tone and a delicacy so "in tune" with Bach. Beautiful interpretations, and so soothing to listen to.

[@stutheman9104]

Such smooth interpretation, unhurried and a constant minding of tempo, amazing! Bravo!

[@lauracostantini4822]

Unhurried is the word we need

[@nielsnyegaard7985]

This, the composition and the interpretation, goes beyound everything I’ve ever heard in music. Congratulations to Bach and Yuan Sheng!

[@osiggaard-andersen1843]

My compliments to Yuan Sheng for his interpretation of Bach, - and I am sure Bach is listening somewhere up there and nodding his appreciation.

[@walterbrepohl288]

I agree

[@markohakkola5180]

Bach is no doubt in the presence of His Lord and Saviour, and the holy angels and saints who continue to worship God in beauty that we can't begin to imagine. Earth was just a warm-up for Bach. I hope you can find the same faith in Jesus Christ that Bach did, and join the blessed in heaven. God bless you.

[@freespirit995]

There is a huge amount to like in this very personal interpretation of the Partitas. The articulation and sensitive playing are really impressive!

[@Jalapablo]

"(Bach is)..the most stupendous miracle in all of music" Richard Wagner

[@131313407]

This is my go to music when feeling joy and melancholy..These partitas are magnificently interpreted as if they were personally requested by Bach himself.

[@rogernichols1124]

I so echo these sentiments.

[@isabelvegadeseoaneetayo3445]

Bach nos lleva siempre a una altura espiritual muy dificil de alcanzar.

[@AloneJazzSoul]

I listen to these everyday

[@gnanathasanebenezer2915]

Brilliant Classics, you have done a great public service, thanks again#

[@melissaschroeter161]

that thrill notes can b e... your fingers play... that up and down we are... on a run fingers are to find us... hitting every note... perfectly ... making ours hearts feel alive.... that light dance we take with .... you...

[@militaryandemergencyservic3286]

I so sorry - my Engliszh not so good but this is amazing and bring the teers straight to my heart.

[@canman5060]

Bach is German !

[@rosemariemann1719]

@@canman5060 , "B H " means that his "B H "'s English is not good, he did not mean that Bach was English. "B.H.", your English is quite good enough to understand . Thank you. I love Bach too...Life-enhancing. Do you like the Goldberg Variations, they are amazing.

[@LarisaShik180165Fox]

Love!!! Peace!!! Happiness!

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[@TheJudgeandtheJury]

Perfect for reading.

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[@darkone9572]

I find it hard to read and not just listen !

[@svetsarkirurgen2]

How can you do anything else while listening to this?

[@TheJudgeandtheJury]

@@svetsarkirurgen2 I have hard time sitting down without moving.

[@claudiozanca4813]

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[@stevejohnson2761]

bach is to music what rumi is to poetry. 😭🥺

[@billfarnsworth7536]

Absolutely magnificent.

[@danielelias4773]

Definitivamente nada mejor y más relajante para comer, para leer y para escribir, para hablar o para dormir que las bellísimas partitas de Bach, really the very Best

[@user-xj4vk9tf5g]

Шедеврально!

[@eadghe]

If you want to believe, just listen to Bach. He was a faithful Christian musician, who put something in his compositions that can't be explained with words, but simply be felt inside of you. Maybe it touches you like it touched me and you know what I mean.

[@williamportillo382]

I enjoyed it and God is glorified!

[@frankhuang01]

Never heard so amazing partita like this after Claudio Arrau. 自阿勞以後, 難得有如此美妙的巴赫組曲演奏版本!

[@jimwilliams3517]

It was very kind of Mr. Bach to record these pieces for us before he died. Somehow he knew we would love them even back then.

[@alindmay]

Haha, good joke! Anyway, Bach would have loved playing on such an awesome well sounding modern piano. Who knows what he could have composed for this instrument.

[@jeancharbonneau4303]

J'écoute cette merveilleuse interprétation encore et encore. Magique.

[@danielelias4773]

Extraordinarias!! No existen palabras para describirlas. Gracias Johan Sebastián!!

[@MegaCirse]

Cette musique se déplie comme un livre d'images plein d'étoiles, où viennent filer les oiseaux, tourner les farandoles, claquer les crécelles et danser les sorciers. De rondes en comptines, les arrangements étalent leur mystère, les chants se remplissent de ferveur et le piano a la rondeur et le brillant des carillons

[@michgingras]

Faut pas abuser les substances mec ! 😵‍💫 je vois des farandoles !!

[@RelaxationSoothingVideos]

The best thing I've ever listened to!. Just wonderful! Very soothing.

[@sergiom3097]

Brilliant Classics is the set of Bach music that I bought many years ago. Eventually I found the whole set and I still have it. Long Live JS Bach! ❤️

[@franciscowalker5104]

A dozen of great pianists that I have heard play Bach masterfully (Martha Argerich, Evgeny Kissin, Daniil Trifonov, etc. etc. etc. BUT...Yuan Sheng seems to play Bach in a unique way, in my humble opinion.

[@egoernesto]

Brilliant and exquisite art. Excelsior, Maestro.

[@jonghakun]

Yes, Bach in the morning is always right.

[@WarinPartita6]

Beautiful! Thanks!

[@baghdadsinbad6190]

I don't have words to describe the beauty here

[@enriquesanchez2001]

HEAVEN must have this music! ♥♥♥♥

[@imhappyinthesun]

I love partitas. Serene and peaceful. I find it soothing my heart and soul.

[@user-ey9dw4mn4e]

Beautiful music, thank you!

[@atlanticarms7666]

Fills the soul.

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[@suegha]

This is beautiful, there is a certain clarity of sound which is beyond description, I love it!

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[@alindmay]

Yes, the microphone works very well.

[@gnanathasanebenezer2915]

Thank you, Brilliant Classics!