Wilhelm Kempff performing various Bach's transcriptions (1975)

[@pameladieterle8667]

I love Kempf playing Bach! A beautiful playing technique combined with heart and soul. His playing touches my innermost. I ususally miss these things in today‘s world-class pianists.

[@raymondgood6555]

I’ve played many of kempff’s transcriptions over the years. They have brought me many hours of joy. Kempff plays these pieces better than anyone!

[@wolfram9669]

Wir danken dir, Gott, wir danken dir, FANTASTIC!

[@borahkang7679]

Lob sei Gott!

[@i.ehrenfest349]

@@borahkang7679fuck no

[@h-mh93]

One of the finest of his craft - and in his tender reading very humane - and not full of glittering bravado as so many young "virtousi" today. Less glamour - and more substance would do the music world good today.

[@jeffs7841]

I completely agree with the praise for Kempf, but I doubt that there was really more "substance and less glamour" in the world of yesterday than in the modern one, although we certainly have our unique set of problems. There was plenty of shallow nonsense back then, but most of it has been filtered through the sieve of time, which is probably why, for example, a good deal of Liszt's compositions are not performed frequently anymore.

[@raymondgood2359]

you are too kind to liszt the king of shallowness

[@Ennah08]

A couple of new names from today could be Alexander Melnikov and Alasdair Beatson in my opinion

[@TiticatFollies]

@@raymondgood2359 - Nonsense. You need to learn to listen deeply. He has a large body of wonderful piano work. You probably don't know them because you've dismissed Liszt as "shallow".

[@extanegautham8950]

@@Ennah08 Alexandra Dovgan

[@ericbauwens8171]

Bach est éternel, Kempff l'est aussi. Leur rencontre ne pouvait donc qu'être sublime

[@ОльгаДержавина-е4н]

Какое вдохновенное и проникновенное исполнение! С первых звуков - весь мир - МУЗЫКА Баха. Даже дышать перестала, боясь пропустить мелодию. Поклон низкий и БЛАГОДАРНОСТЬ безмерная за размещение роика в сети!! Мир мелодий Баха - это мир нашего ВЕЧНОГО БЫТИЯ!!!

[@barbaraguerreiro7041]

Qual o nome da musica

[@CantGetEnoughBach]

Maybe Mr Kempff’s style differs from today’s standards, but Bach spoke to him and he responded accordingly within his own frame of reference, just as everyone must. In today’s times we also appreciate the viewpoints of artists whose interpretations are quite different, but Bach was so gifted that his music transcends such differences. Some have said that not only was Bach the greatest composer who ever lived, but is the greatest composer who ever will live. Thank you for providing this reminder!

[@olenadenysenko9105]

Совершенство, граничащее с гениальностью !!!

[@saxophoneplay1]

Wilhelm Kempff was 80 years old in 1975. He had lived through two world wars. He shared personal wisdom and vulnerability with us in these brilliant mature performances.

[@barney6888]

In the "Composer's Room" in Our Father's Kingdom of Heaven, all the composers sit around, chat, give subtle hints to today's young composers and enjoy each other's company. When Bach enters, they all go silent, rise and not sit again until J.S. has picked his spot and taken his own seat.

[@qnoquai]

Es gibt wenig, was mir in freudiger Demut wunderbare Tränen in die Augen treiben kann. Kempff‘s Spiel kann esY Danke für den Upload!!

[@daniloberaldo570]

This is a historic interpretation from one of the greatest all-time pianists!

[@lawrencetaylor4101]

The Old Testament. Masterfully played. Merci.

[@enriquesanchez2001]

Heaven MUST be like this ♥♥♥♥♥

[@Marinavalerevna]

Это наша планета из космоса...только из космоса.

[@orlandodilasso2319]

Hervorragend interpretiert von einem Meisterpianisten.

[@miguelmunoz383]

The most beautiful music of history..., Eternal Bach

[@truBador2]

Kempff. Bach. Instant like. Listening now.

[@lBJamiel]

I noticed the EXQUISITE Gluck - one of the loveliest melodies ever written- and wondered whether Kempff was most beautifully teasing us. His rendition is unsurpassable. 90 year old from Australia.

[@FlexingClassicalMusic]

Classical music is not just about the notes; it's about the stories and emotions woven into each piece. The way a simple melody can convey a range of feelings is truly remarkable. It's a form of art that speaks directly to the heart.

[@i.ehrenfest349]

Same with any music, of course

[@tencipierluigi]

How Wilhelm interprets those Bach transcriptions, I love it!

[@adrianwright8685]

Well he should be good at them - they are his own transcriptions!

[@giorgioscriabin8725]

Bach is the music god.. i like kempff as his plaiyng is so simple but deep...

[@pencilself]

Гениальный исполнитель всех времён и народов! Никто кроме него не может так глубоко проникнуть в музыку, пропитаться ею, дышать и жить произведением, которое исполняешь. Поразительный человек. Громадное ему спасибо за такое представление и прочтение, и преподнесение музыки величайших композиторов! До конца своей долгой жизни он делился с нами своим видением мира звуков. Спасибо автору, что поделился с нами записями исполнения музыкальных произведений этим добрым и мудрым человеком.

[@dimitriadishappydog]

Today i was listening to some old vinyl of his complete Schumann piano works. This man was a marvel...

[@vonMohl]

What words cannot express music can.

[@Adagio2009]

The Sicilienne is sublime. Kempff's arrangement and rendition is exquisite.

[@robertobeltrami6466]

Kempff l'antidivo, una personalità amediatica. Non dimentichiamolo, è stato un gigante.

[@marksmale827]

This great master has been overshadowed in recent years by more showy younger pianists. But his interpretations are always absolutely authentic and within the style of whatever composer he is playing. I have recently rediscovered his complete Schubert sonata cycle and cannot imagine how it could ever be bettered.

[@Ольга-ч8э7э]

Вильгельм Кампф гений, его не возможно затмить.

[@TheSoteriologist]

.. except Brendel.

[@francoislaissy7165]

Très heureux de retrouver cette belle musique que j'écoutais en boucle sur la K7 de mon autoradio pendant mes trajets en voiture Verdun Paris , quelle belle interprétation que je retrouvais nulle part ailleurs : la K7 a fini par s'user et les larmes me montent aux yeux d'avoir retrouvé cette musique apaisante et qui me rappelle de merveilleux souvenirs! Merci à On The Top of Damavand for ever d'avoir mis en ligne ces extraordinaires moments musicaux!

[@Vaisusegugio]

Grazie per la tua testimonianza, mi hai fatto viaggiare con la mente e col cuore ❤

[@lynnmariaminervini8281]

Thank you so much. I listen to this over and over.

[@paulregeer8743]

I admire his rendering of "Ich ruf zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ" so much!

[@Bailey2006a]

His playing warms my soul...truly beautiful interpretations of these Bach works. The lyricism is perfection.

[@김경희-n7j]

잠못이루는 요즘ᆢ이 아침을 바로크시대로 보내주셨네요ㅜㅜ 제 마음의평화 ᆢ 너므 감사드립니다~^^

[@paulfaigl8329]

Great. ❤️ True master of interpreting the Master 🙏❤️🙏

[@jorgeaguirre7260]

There is no Chorale more beautiful than this...31:42 : Choral-Prelude ''Ich ruf zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ'' (BWV 639)

[@herbertmasing]

Maybe only Nun komm der heiden heiland.. but You are right, this is more beautiful..

[@CantGetEnoughBach]

If only Bach could have had a modern piano at his disposal, this might be a sample of something he might have done with it. Compare this to various organists’ interpretations. My favorite is Ton Koopman’s interpretation, but several others’ might be rated just as highly by other listeners. It’s a real tribute to Bach that this and many other of his works can be so inspiring in so many different ways. Even Bach’s title of this piece is a fitting description of what he meant this to say to the listener.

[@CantGetEnoughBach]

@@herbertmasing Thank you!

[@1859958]

It's my all time favorite!

[@neucilenechoti5577]

Emocionante !!! Quando vi estava ouvindo e chorando ❤

[@demogadget]

Thanks again.

[@nadastojanovic9585]

The beauty of clarity and simplicity, I love it. When you fathom the essence everything becomes accessible, open. A great rendition!

[@thedoubtfuls]

simple clarity is just perfection revealing itself

[@davidschestenger3366]

William Kempff is in touch with the angels and of corse Bach this is pure poetry

[@Anna-bh5wl]

Очень теплое и тонкое с массой нюансов исполнение! Наслаждение слушать это!!!

[@aoristt]

Просто удивительные записи! Драгоценные! Бесконечной красоты мощи и великолепия произведения и транскрипции !!! Слава Богу за такую музыку! Хочется петь хвалящие Творца слова кантат пока их так блестяще играет Вилиам Кемпф! Браво!

[@MrYuryZ]

Спасибо! Красиво сказано! 👍

[@eriksatieofficiel]

This is divine.

[@elmiramuradova561]

Спасибо большое! Потрясающе! Здесь есть все для Души, успокоения, умиротворения, любви! Божественная музыка!

[@richardstark5569]

Sto.

[@ИльяСычев-ю9б]

Dwesti.

[@dejanstevanic5408]

I just adore this. Thank you so much.

[@saphiehashtiany7735]

Ahh control, calm, contemplative, a slight reticence perfect tone. I needed this. Thank you!

[@paulchristensen7276]

Thank you as always.

[@jejmr06]

shiny and gorgeous 🍁🍂

[@heekyungkim8147]

Music is healing ❤️‍🩹 my soul…

[@andrewmcfarland57]

I've never heard "In dulci jubilo" like this; magical.

[@ozielich]

This is glorious!

[@demogadget]

thanks for this upload.

[@НадеждаБогданова-р7э]

Я слушала,но меня не было: Я растворилась в звуках музыки. Благодарю!!!

[@kits4281]

감사히 잘 듣습니다

[@catherinejones9396]

Really beautiful interpretations, performances and piano.

[@alainraymond3651]

MERCI quelle grace MERCI J,adore !!!!

[@aston0708]

captivating,,,,and haunting,,,,,stirs the soul

[@jorgeisaacgonzalezprieto6590]

Que bárbaro que bien toca este wey!!!

[@MalisandreFeline]

Mais comment peut on passer à côté de cette merveille ! !Merci KZbin.

[@irenenaselli2429]

Pura belleza. Gracias.

[@TheSoteriologist]

Stunning !

[@philipsgrammophone3461]

26:52〜 I love this music!How beautiful!

[@millicentbystander5206]

Kempff! 🤗

[@classicaloracle]

Thank you for this wonderful playlist. Such a refreshing change in an age of 'typewriter' Bach. Such tone and wonderful phrasing with tempi that allow the music to breath. I can't agree with other comments here re Liszt's music. Kempff himself played Liszt and the view of Liszt as some kind of charlatan has long been put aside. Liszt himself knew his direction had to change from the one of travelling virtuoso in the 1830s. He responded with compositions that are as honest about the nature of art in music as anything from other sources.

[@raymondgood2359]

dear walter, you of course know what brahms thought of liszt's music- it was only good for putting one to sleep!!

[@keybawd4023]

Benjamin Briten thought Brahms a 'terrible composer" -- what one composer thinks of another is interesting but has little objective value. A great composer has a very defined view of what is good or beautiful and other composers who don't fit their mould get slandered by them.

[@keithhulks7049]

Kempff made some wonderful recordings of Liszt's music. Two Legends and Annees de Pelerinage in particular. I believe on set dates from the 1950s and the second t the 1970s when Kempff had turned 80.

[@VexaS1n]

I doubt that Brahms was aware of the entirety of Liszt's output... Liszt is sadly known today for 2 or 3 showoff piano pieces but you shall be impressed he also composed Masses, Choral Music, symphonic music, chamber music, Opera, organ music, piano and violin music, lieder, and in his late years Liszt practically became somewhat of an avant-garde artist playing with exotic harmony, parallel fifth based compositions and even atonality. He was incredibly prolific. Liszt is one of my all time favorite composers.

[@monsieurgrigny]

I like those remarks about Liszt. He would have loved this performance.

[@bienvenidosaldebateconmont285]

MARAVILLOSA¡¡¡ KEMPFF ESPIRITUAL¡¡¡¡

[@RobertDeMiedo]

Recuerdo la presentación de Whilhelm Kempff en México en el muy lejano año ya de 1981 en Bellas Artes. Yo tenía 13 años. Maravilloso ejecutante de Bach.

[@rosichmusic]

que bello poder verlo.en vivo a los 13 años!!

[@ozielich]

Qué afortunado fuiste! Siempre quise escucharlo en vivo.

[@rosinabragi1150]

Исполняет без всякой чувствености,наверное как и задумал Бах-просто и возвышенно.У Глена Гольда есть какая-то чувственность в исполнении и это на мой взгляд искажает суть этого произведения.

[@antonellamajorano5348]

Grazie per aver condiviso questo magnifico concerto. Raro trovare questi magnifici pezzi riuniti tutti assieme.

[@moniclare4214]

I love the tone of the piano as well as the interpretation. . Heaven.. can this play for 24/7

[@silviosaditesche1556]

Brilhante! Infelizmente, como muitas vezes acontece, nem todos têm o tempo que merecerism. O gentil Kempf teve de ver quantos amigos e grandes intelectuais, seus ouvintes, sumiram ou deixaram a amada Alemanha.

[@hermanrombouts276]

Superb played Bach.HR

[@rosinabragi1150]

Мой любимый пианист

[@andrewjames6676]

Wilhelm Kempff in a state of grace

[@associazionemusadistefanog2058]

Wunderbar

[@MusicMike512]

I never knew Emperor Palpatine was such a brilliant pianist. All jokes aside, this is some really beautiful playing. I need to listen to more of Kempff's performances/recordings.

[@Highlander1432]

His Beethoven sonatas recordings are what he's probably best known for.

[@hugoclarke3284]

Let the music flow through you... Gooood

[@frenchimp]

The piano transcription of Bach's works is a pathway to many abilities some consider to be unnatural...

[@Fabrizio999able]

Divine!

[@radiotelegram]

I'm fortunate to have stumbled on these masterpieces. Thank you for posting.

[@林光輝-r3h]

深思熟慮，游刃有餘，實乃名演，非常感謝。

[@a_ghoul]

true!

[@OM-jo8dv]

Bach is truth

[@gerry30]

Funny that with all of that beautiful music and the fact that Bach is pretty much the top of the mountain of great composers, the most replayed part of this video is the Gluck transcription (which is also beautiful).

[@jean-paulbenoist4807]

O, Jésus, que ma Joie demeure!

[@pierre-xavierchassot3183]

le titre original de bach et : que jesus demeure ma joie , le sens en et totalement diferent !pierre xavier de chassot .

[@jihesong4283]

Crisp and tidy playing, a great way to wind down on a grey Xmas Day 2022

[@おと-u3e]

10:56 31:41 生きることが苦しかった高校生の頃、毎晩これらの演奏を聴いて泣いていました。今でもこの演奏は私の人生とともにあります。

[@helmutmetzger2071]

Ato San kokoro❤o tsuyoku shite kudsail. Kamisama ga tomo ni imasu 😊

[@おと-u3e]

@@helmutmetzger2071 とても嬉しいです🌸🌸 ありがとう🌙✧︎*

[@SandroIvoBartoliofficial]

It beggars belief! Thank you so much for posting it!!!

[@АндрейШульгин-у6ь]

Beautiful

[@ceciliatorresthibes842]

Belíssima interpretação!!

[@andrewsnow1933]

Obnoxious commercials in the middle of this heavenly music is a CRIME

[@alindmay]

Thats why I bought Premium... now I enjoy 24x7 uninterrupted

[@pierreandrieux8707]

You have a way to avoid it it is to subscribe and it's wort it believe me

[@pierreandrieux8707]

sorry worth it

[@joelkatz8729]

Heavenly

[@pauloludwig7672]

Kempff: Genial é ofensa!

[@franzitaduz]

Der Klang des Instruments verleiht Gravitas zur hervorragenden musikalischem Ausdruck. Danke für’s Upload.

[@marinasorbelli3681]

Thank you

[@hshshs2007]

cheer magic ..speechless and tearful

[@kyvcbs]

のっけから、音楽の立体感が凄い。 一人で「コンチェルト」をやってる。 コラール・プレリュードも、ちゃんとしゃべっている。 シチリエンヌに、救われる。 ガキの頃から、ケンプは好きだ。

I adore! Thanks

[@sj-ob6pj]

💗💗💕

[@blindlemon1563]

wow!

[@eytonshalomsandiego]

how he brings out the voices, and his phrasing...

[@shin-gg2rk3mt3d]

老ケンプのピアノは素人耳にも危なっかしいものを感じさせるが、なぜか繰り返し聴いても飽きるという事がない。魂とか精神とか、安易にそういう言葉を使うのは抵抗を覚えるが、他に表現のしようがない以上仕方がない。偉大なりヴィルヘルム・ケンプ。

[@daniloogrisek8246]

Divino!

[@jacquesrevel7884]

When music sounds so simple

[@jonathanhertsch9291]

Simplicity is the ultimate goal.

[@eugeniar7101]

if you try to play it... it's not so easy

[@saltburner2]

I am fortunate to have the double CD which contains all these pieces, excerpts from the WTC and various other Bach pieces by this most unshowy pianist.

[@evamartinezvillarroya6515]

Yo lo comparo como los maestros de la musica clasica excepcional!

[@jacpan]

Cały piękny świat! Jaka szkoda, że już odszedł!

[@stephanyoon9450]

와...........대박!!!!!!!

[@mikestewart6517]

Many thanks for so many new and wonderful experiences.