Mitsuko Uchida - Bach French Suite - Sarabande

[@stellad.4676]

It is like a poem heard faintly from the heavens. How beautiful is the whispering weakness.

[@narekavakianmusique]

More Bach with Mitsuko Uchida, please! This is so touching and beautiful.

[@krystalchen4671]

I have to say this is the most beautiful, calm sarabande l have ever heard from someone!!!!!!! Well played!!!!😀😀

[@rdkinley]

Yes… very thoughtful

[@markgreen2146]

私が知る限りこの曲の最高の演奏です。いつまでも聴いていたい、そんな心地よさと音楽性が満ち溢れています。

[@rpvelasco29]

I would like to think that in that brief moment of her playing this piece, that piano was the most fragile thing on this earth.

[@takahashidai6951]

Her sound is incredibly beautiful!! Especially the pianissimo is as beautiful as distant shining stars!!

[@CHAN-wt2yi]

Wow x2! This is special. Did she just bring Mozart-lightness to Bach. To me she opened up a completely new and refined dimension to this piece. Dame, please do more Bach.

[@affenschwanz64]

What a spot-on, perfect description.

[@rpvelasco29]

Such a sublime piece, and the smile and the bow she took afterward, equally sublime.

[@orlandopezoascharpe3479]

I do not exaggerate when i say THIS IS the most pristine performance of this precious dance i have ever heard. It lacks the dense and complex structure found in most typical performances. She elicits the intimate almost kittenish character of the upperr voice with delicacy. GREAT ¡¡¡

[@160441tony]

You have found the perfect word - "kittenish".

[@sibionic]

@@160441tony 'kittenish' was also the word used by a senior civil servant in a 1980 Panorama documentary to describe Margaret Thatcher when she was relaxing in her Downing Street flat. So it's ruined for me.

[@chestermusician]

@@sibionic 🤣

[@空ちゃん-t5s]

気品と慈愛にみちながら理知的な素晴らしいバッハ！

[@もりまさゆき-b6v]

なんだろう？突然KZbinに流れてきた内田光子さんのフランス組曲、すっごく得した気分です。

[@ronagreenfield9545]

Such a light, sensitive touch. Absolutely beautiful.

[@petroukiostz.1889]

What an amazing artist and human being! With her talent and integrity, she brings to life every piece of music she performs!! She plays with honesty, humility and great sense of respect, and that's what makes her every performance truly unique!!

[@JoePalau]

So fresh and alive. I breathe along with her phrasing. Heavenly ....

[@Mr.Monta77]

I could not agree more. She is extraordinary as a performer. Interesting to compare Gould's cold, male performance to the feminine beauty and precision of Dame Mitsuko.

[@rolfschulte4747]

@@Mr.Monta77I know what you mean - not that I entirely agree with you - about Gould in this French Suite : it was too "easy" for his brilliance, so he had to get through it too quickly !.. On most other Bach works - some of the Well-tempered excluded - he's still No.1 for me ! And yes, this is a beautiful performance by Ms.Ushida !

[@timbruer7318]

A wonderful player and a stunning composer - heavenly.

[@emmanuelgrenier8123]

extraordinary touch

[@icylucy5605]

my god how can this sarabande be played any better?

[@charlesdavis7087]

Hi Icy, have you ever heard it played on a harpsichord or a clavier or even a guitar? Pianos, Bach didn't write for pianos.

[@55linguist]

I don't know. I don't think it can be. i know it's a rhetorical question but still....

[@JumpDiffusion]

Bach knew and approved piano as an instrument. It's a documented fact. Bach's music is universal in that it sounds good on any instrument. Moreover, many of his pieces were written just for "keyboard" (clavier) without a specification of the kind of keyboard. Furthermore, he most often composed while at this desk (i.e. without using an instrument).

[@ruperttmls7985]

Bach did not approve nothing. This is false. He knew Silbermann-fortepianos and he did not like them.

[@SteliosKerasidispiano]

Icy Lucy so true ❤️🎹there is NO way to play it better

[@askpollus1093]

splendid touch! I wish I could play bach like her.

[@jimeguchi3164]

This is .... one of most amazing things I have ever heard. My God.

[@-musicharmony7086]

So beautiful... thank you for performing fantastically, maestro Ushida.

[@robicedilnik]

Chills and goose bumps listening to this. It's been a long time it didn't happen to me.

[@paolatroili4335]

I think I will hear playing so wonderful only in Heaven...

[@paulhilfiger9454]

Un bonheur d'écouter cette grande interprète

[@minr6851]

I just can’t help but crying…

[@billinrio]

She played this encore in 2014 in a concert with the Bavarian Radio Orchestra conducted by Mariss Jansons during which they performed the Beethoven Piano Concerto No.4.

[@scr3channel39]

Oh my Godness !!! What an amazing music combine spirit and soul ............no more word.

[@billyu9080]

This is beyond the comprehension of the mortal, she communicates with the divine via her playing.

[@chrisraffen5980]

Mitsuko has a touch like no other.Thankyou so much

[@mjjiang01]

Beautiful piece, love it!

[@sevanbasmajian6854]

As if she brings to earth a piece of heaven, or she makes us realize on earth the good part from it, thus makes our hearts rejoice and glorify God for his love to us.

[@peteraccettola1974]

What an artist ! She plays this with such delicacy and grace. I could not find a recording by her of The French Suites, but did find a fine and expressive version by a pianist named Yuan Sheng.

[@clivepai4582]

Agree! When is she turning 70 so that we can have more of her Bach?

[@엠버엄마]

Really beautiful and peaceful

[@SanderLewis]

Hands down - best performance of the sarabande in modern times.

[@MontoyaMatrix]

The subtly she had. She makes Glen Gould like a garish monster.

[@VTownGregory]

She uses the same sublime touch in her Mozart sonatas. I must confess I wasn't a Mozart sonata fan until hearing her play them.

[@sibionic]

same

[@hashamkhalid4747]

In my opinion Glenn Gould plays good Mozart too. I know might be tough to agree with, but that’s what I think. :)

[@hgproject7455]

Oh! It almost makes me cry.

[@markpeterson3220]

Along with the Allemande of French Suite no 2, this is amongst the most exquisite creations of Bach.

[@JulienJulien-sn9sq]

just after wathching "Paris, Texas" by Win Wenders ! It is just bliss....

[@edwardoliver3473]

"Rejoice in thy youth young man" - ecclesiastes

[@CraigLemming37]

Sublime.

[@ajeansmith5478]

Beautiful

[@Eric-jo8uh]

A breath of fresh air👍👍👏👏👏👏

[@myekqls21]

omfg.. I was shocked by how she played 'supposed-to-be-triplet' not triplet.. her improvisation is godly amazing...

[@peadarrafferty9469]

Just sublime ! Bach playing of the first order !

[@jihanjoo]

Wow. That was extraordinary.

[@duvidl58]

Wonderful, special moment. Thank you.

[@nikolaacimovic8854]

I simply say:when she would play well tempered clavier it woud be certain recording of the century...I personaly belive she understands very good how difficult it is to play propper Bach on an instrument to whom is this music not written.To play Bach with this intonation on piano is very very difficult and I can only say I am so sorry that Mitsuko have not recorded capital works or even complete Bach on piano...It would place her rendition on Bach at the same level with Richter.I am pritty sure about that...

[@francoispallud1215]

c'est splendide

[@kelvinluk27]

She promised Goldberg variations once. still waiting...

[@elgham5080]

hhaayyddnn, Muchas gracias de compartir este buen video de musica maravillosa. Ha disfrutado de la sensibilidad. un saludo

[@katdubinski5832]

So beautiful and moving..She actually inspired me to work on this.I would be happy to play it half as well.Bravo

[@DARUMA-02]

A wonderful interpretation that sounds like you are continuing to play in the same tone as much as possible considering the characteristics of instruments in the Bach era.

[@lloydlim]

Uchida plays this great: voicing and dynamic changes are first rate, and elegant trills.

[@kennyhollidayjr5206]

What a magnificent touch!!

[@thomasyang8983]

最高ですね

[@JulienJulien-sn9sq]

merci aux algorithmes de la toile de me reproposer ce bijou.

[@johntungyep]

Nailed it. Delicious.

[@b_nadams]

Why doesn't she play more bach...

[@dennisdeemii]

I couldn't agree more. What a rare treat this was.

[@tinymanz443]

@@dennisdeemii She said once in an interview that she plays Bach for herself, which I think is totally understandable. You're exactly right, this was a rare treat.

[@simondurrant1]

Good question. I found this by searching for her and Bach after listening again to some of her Mozart recordings and thinking how well that pristine technique would be suited to Bach and this demonstrates it perfectly. I do wish she'd record more Bach.

[@johnstaf]

She did say at one stage that she'd start playing more Bach when she hit her 70s.

[@jose4877]

More Beethoven too. Ugh. I wish I could hear her play Beethoven most famous sonatas. :(

[@pdavies65]

If you can captivate a bunch of cynical old orchestral musicians like that, you've got something special.

[@rlush99]

More Bach please it’s wonderful

[@gabrielcayul1929]

A touch of God!

[@MontoyaMatrix]

The subtly she had. She makes Glen Gould like a garish monster.

[@mannibimmel09]

=)

[@mxg32]

Well, staccatosis is a serious disease 😉

[@paulchristensen7276]

Glen Gould has the subtlety of a cow in a sink hole. This is wonderful.

[@JL-fh4qw]

@@paulchristensen7276 Just pure ignorance which only confirms that Glenn Gould is a misunderstood genius

[@mackiceicukice]

@@paulchristensen7276 And you lack it totally !

[@markpeterson3220]

A famous performance

[@TheBACHHCAB]

天女のように軽やかな、だが鋼のように鍛え上げられた音。そしてバッハのサラバンドってなんでこうも現代的なのか・・・

[@TheBalterok]

WOW! I DIDANT KNOW THAT SHE PLAYS BACH! So good, as if back to old times with those heavy clothes, shoes with buckles and people that don't speak profundities.

[@kelvinluk27]

I'm sure ppl did speak profundities. And I'm 110% sure the Baroque period was far, far nastier times - though thus making music then a meaningful escape. For one I'm very sure your employer will not jail you for trying to get another job.

[@TerryJDC]

transcendent... and I mean that stuff way beyond human experience!!!!

[@julioeduardogonzalezmendoza]

que mujer tan hermosa!

[@irenenaselli2429]

Una versión exquisita.

[@irenenaselli2429]

Exquisita versión de una pianista admirable

[@fumiofujimoto4528]

What a performance. Nobody else can play like she does. I do love this as a music. But, this is a sarabande. In that sence, the performance of Gould might be suitable. However, I still love so much of the world which she created.

[@isabeldelamisericordia3893]

Sublime ,Sra Uchida

[@Johannes_Brahms65]

This is just a simple sarabande but an overwhelming performance. I suppose the dress is ment to protect her from the audience falling in love with her (it won't be enough i'm afraid).

[@JoeSzilagy]

Was this the beautiful, haunting piece heard in the movie 'Slaughterhouse Five'?

[@aiqunwang6949]

bravo!!!

[@Rodrigodbf]

"What did you like the most in this Bach? Her dragon-fly suit!"

[@torculusflexus2685]

¡¡¡¡¡ LA MEJORRRRR !!!!!

[@bellefox-martin1700]

Sublime

[@earscapesmusic6091]

Sublime!

[@robertadeangelis7023]

Bravissima..

[@jordhanribeiro1744]

Ouvir piano é o mesmo que conseguir voar...

[@markgreen2146]

内田さんのバッハ、初めて聴いた。 モーツァルトやベートーヴェンより、バッハの方が良い！

[@thomasyang8983]

気持ちがわかるけど、このバッハは史上素晴らしいですが、内田さんのモーツァルトは世界中一番はまだまだ常識なんで、勝手に油断しないほうが

[@rigaudjean8699]

SUBLIME

[@ulahoppop330]

Effecttivily...Mitsuko...

[@Siuyendiana]

😊🎹🎼🎶🎵

[@haanashim]

Hmm, I may yet get to like this lady.

[@gtubetaiwan]

You can try to listen to her K466 Mozart concerto or Schubert's work, e.g. Impromptu Op. 90 series.

[@muscledcowboy]

göttlich!

[@zoesunnysandell8346]

WOW

[@markpeterson3220]

Better than Gilels or Schiff

[@igrz2852]

#uchidapleaseplaybach

[@jiyujizai]

🥀🎶😀

[@trueself1752]

For this only, at least, I like her more than Schiff or Parreiah

[@pilarruizrojas7904]

Ella flota ....está en éxtasis. Sobrecogedora. Me quedé sin aliento.

[@wladimirserranocanal1268]

Uff.

[@charlesdavis7087]

Too bad Bach didn't write any music for the piano. But I think he might have enjoyed your sensitive interpretation. Keep up the work. Blessings, CVD

[@reinulf656]

Charles Davis do you have to write your knowledge that Bach didn't write any piece for the "piano" under every video of a Bach performance on a modern piano?

[@160441tony]

I like to think that old "JS" didn't write for instruments: he wrote for the soul!

[@dylanbean6728]

Bach provided the blueprint.

[@功夫淳]

…

[@thesceptic1018]

Yikes, viola wasn’t too impressed

[@richardcooper5198]

A little too gentle for me. Of course it's always interesting to hear a new perspective, and, who knows. maybe this is more 'natural' but I have become more accustomed to a more vigorous tone. Bach e Mozart sono differente . .

[@JulienJulien-sn9sq]

you're right. But MItchuko Uchida is such a great musician. She as her own langage, we apriciate it, or we don't, but it's always delicate and "musicfull" (will you excuse me for my english, i'm french :p)

[@ralphhage8953]

Beautiful