Video of the Day 
Angela Hewitt,
Bach Toccata in G minor BMV 915

7 Comments

1. Ulf Larsen
   Posted June 4, 2012 at 12:54 am | Permalink

   You should run this as a video of the day:
   http://youtu.be/vORdqs-LApU

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2. Seadragonconquerer
   Posted June 4, 2012 at 3:19 am | Permalink

   Had heard of this piano player, but never actually heard her play. A lucid and powerful performance.

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3. rhondda
   Posted June 4, 2012 at 10:49 am | Permalink

   This was lovely. However, no one can play Bach like Glenn Gould. (also a Canadian)

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   • Declan Merriman
     Posted June 4, 2012 at 11:55 am | Permalink

     Or… Hélène Grimaud — Piano Concerto No.1 BWV 1052 -I. Allegro

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   • Greg Johnson
     Posted June 5, 2012 at 2:35 am | Permalink

     I find Gould’s playing too mannered and idiosyncratic. Hewitt really is my favorite Bach pianist, infinitely superior to the colorless, boring Andras Schiff.

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4. MOB
   Posted June 4, 2012 at 6:28 pm | Permalink

   (Helene Grimaud: mother’s side Italian-Sephardi Jews on Corsica; father’s side Algerian Jews )

   Casadesus: (raise volume at 5:02 for II-Largo)

   http://www.youtube.com/watch?gl=UG&feature=related&hl=en-GB&v=xP_GH04o-mM

   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6M1uQZ7lBRk

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   • Greg Johnson
     Posted June 5, 2012 at 2:31 am | Permalink

     Wow, she completely evaded by Jewdar: her looks, her manner, and the fact that she lives with wolves and is passionate about their conservation led me to think she is an exceptionally admirable and attractive European woman.

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