Lang Lang presents Bach’s Goldberg Variations - A Personal Introduction from Beijing
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- Lang Lang presents: Bach’s Goldberg Variations - A Personal Introduction from Beijing
Listen to Goldberg Variations here: DG.lnk.to/Gold...
Lang Lang will mark the global release of his new album today with a special introduction to Bach’s Goldberg Variations from the historic Temple (东景缘, Dongjingyuan) in Beijing - site of the old imperial printing house and a former Buddhist shrine, meticulously renovated in recent years to preserve its multi-layered history. The pianist will perform extracts from the Goldberg Variations and talk about the intense personal connection he feels to Bach’s music, as well as answering questions from fans.
“This is a very important dream-come-true moment”, says Lang Lang. The superstar pianist, who waited 20 years before playing Johann Sebastian Bach’s monumental composition in public, has finally achieved his goal of recording the Goldberg Variations. The result of two decades of deep study and personal reflection, his vision of Bach’s Aria and 30 Variations is out now on Deutsche Grammophon.
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Listen to Goldberg Variations here: DG.lnk.to/Goldberg
看两个中国人用英文对话有点尴尬，是否可以母语对话，加英文字幕。
尤其背景环境还是北京传统建筑。
Bach always touching my heart, and now my heart is in Lang Lang hands, amazing feeling. Thanks Maestro🎶🎹🍀😍
@@taochen4953 兩個大陸人講洋話，奏洋曲彈洋琴，真是令人尷尬发毛
@@taochen4953 这是面对全世界观众的 有什么可以惊讶的
Dear Lang Lang, I have listened to your Goldberg Variations album. It is a masterpiece. Congratulations and Bravo!
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Very interesting. I am a very diehard Gould fan. There are not many other pianists I can even tolerate playing Bach. Lang is extremely musical, he feels every note and I can feel his emotion in almost every passage. I cannot believe I like this because it is so different from what I am used to. The key is that he really feels this music and it comes across. He is very tender in the slow ones and very clear in the fast ones. I am so glad the fast passages were not covered up by pedal. Yes, Bach was a virtuoso and sometimes his music has to be played that way. He did say he heard Gould's 2nd recording and it inspired him to want to play this. I also like the way he adds ornaments to the repeats, although some I disagree with. In any case, no one has a lock on what tempo Bach should be played at and I am glad there are musicians like Lang who express themselves and don't worry about what critics will say. Bravo maestro!
How long have you been playing piano sir?
besides Gould for Bach, my #1 of course, i also love Perahia's Goldberg, French, and English Suites, and, when in the mood for a slightly phlegmatic reading, Schiff. also Richter's 48....
Me too!!!!
Ivo pogorelich is fantastic too. His english suites.. the slow movements.. my god no one does it so beautifully..
Now I'm adding lang langs goldberg to my sacred Bach playlist . Thank you Lang Lang
If you like Gould's, it means you haven't heard Bach yet, or maybe you don't like Bach
After Gould's recording of Goldberg Variations in 1981, every time a new recording by another pianist came out I could hardly continue listening after the second variation! With regards to Lang Lang, prior to his Goldberg Variations release in 2020, I was unable to connect to his musicality. Therefore, with a pre-conceived and probably subjective view of Lang's style, I started listening to this release; and the rest is history! This was not the Lang Lang I knew, he feels the repertoire very deeply, with a lot more rhythmic and ornamental freedom than those of Gould's, much wider dynamic range and super clear articulation creating a whole new world. I guess Lang Lang knew he was up against Gould's 1981 interpretation, so he had to come up with something different yet emotionally powerful, and he delivered. Just as I listened to Gould's 1981 recording for probably hundreds of times, this recording will be part of my regular listening diary for the years to come.
Did you ever listen to Joanna MacGregor's variations? They were absolutely stunning.
I find it hard to like Glenn Gould because of the way he disrespected Mozart
Wonderful LangLang it was very beautiful, so warm and plaisant. Thank you for the nice moment with you. 🎹🎼🎶
Legend! This is my Covid-19 Vaccine. Thank you, Lang Lang!
This ancient Chinese Hall is older than Bach itself. Sound coming from woods made of Hard Rock Maple and British Columbian Spruce integrates gracefully with the ancient woods and texture of this hall. No matter how large or small the grand piano is, it must carry its' tones throughout the air molecules and acoustically project throughout the entire premises of its enclosure. That's the way to gently and consciously hear the instruments, whether its the piano or other stringed instruments. Played passionately are the Goldberg Variations from Master Lang Lang.
Who cannot be moved by this? The critics (NYT) are harsh, but I don't agree: Lang shows us how timely Bach is, so "now" - and so much a human heritage, particularly when played many hundreds of years later in an ancient temple in China. Lang Lang has really thought about this. I think the new album is a truly masterful recording.
Given he is a well established pianist who doesn't need critics now, Lang had two options and he was well equipped to execute either of the options in recording this: 1. To please critics OR 2. To please music lovers, and I believe Lang chose the latter.
Talking of critics; when we are kids we dream of becoming something extraordinary, one dreams to become a Doctor to save lives, another dreams to become a Scientist to make vaccine and save lives, another dreams to become a Pianist to spread love and humanity, and another dreams to become a President etc! NO ONE dreams to become a Critic!!!!!
Mother to son: Sweet heart, what would you like to be in the future?
Son: A Piano performance Critic, mummy!
.... The conversation above would NEVER happen!
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He has the capability, technic and confidence to interpret any piece of music in his way.
谢谢！太好了！2003年你第一次来瑞典哥德堡，我忘不了 I do hope you will have an opportunity to come to Sweden in the future! My best wishes and take good care of you health! 倪尔思 Nils Olof
Wonderful Langlang it was warm and a melancholy. Thank you with all my 💜
Thank you for the beautiful Bach, Lang Lang! I also enjoyed the interview very much, and the lovely and fascinating setting.
These variations definitely have a place in heaven ,wonderfully played by Lang Lang! Liquid gold!
What a privilage to listen to Lang Lang in person! Ms Tian Wei is very lucky!
드디어!ㅜㅜ The stage in this video is really beautiful. Isn't Bach and Lang Lang a perfect combination? I'll listen and listen every day😍
Langlang is a real gentlemen,but also as pure as child. Unlike many artists, he is so adaptive to the society , which often makes me forget how amazing and talented he is.This album remind of me he is a real genius.As Chinese, I am so proud of Langlang.
Nous avions deux enregistrements magiques de Glen Gould. Nous vivons un troisième voyage fantastique. C’est beau. Merci Lang Lang. Nous rêvons d’un monde aussi émouvant 💝
Lang Lang first movement very affectionate and emotional! Nicely played.
One of my favourite piano pieces by my favourite pianist! Thank you Lang Lang.
Beijing is just an amazing place, full of history and substance. When I watch Lang Lang, he brings a sense of joy to everyone in the world and his energy and talent just flows out of him. I hope one day I can hear him play in real life and meet him to shake his hand. He has contributed so much for classical music and humanitarian contributions in the Charities he supports.
I am happy that the sound effect and musical feeling conveyed can still be well preserved/maintained by the space inside the temple where we rarely see people would have played.
I have been watching the LL's vídeos on CZcams performing the Goldberg's Variations!! Completely amazing!!👏👏👏👏👏🎶🎶🎶🎶🎹🎹🎹♥️♥️♥️♥️
Bach takes the stress away at the end of a covid day.
Yeah!
Wonderful of him to give props to Glen Gould. Lang Lang's ornamentation is ingenious! Truly worth a study.
This is so pure, so delicate. I will literally cry forever listening this exceptional artist. Lang Lang, you understand perfectly the movements of the soul and of the feelings.
I think there's something about the grammar of Bach that suits Lang Lang exceptionally well. He's a very intuitive musician-sometimes too much so-and the rigor of these pieces seem to have solidified his musical poise and bearing.
How many times I've heard listeners faulting him for his "unemotional playing" or "mechanical virtuosity," but that's hogwash: more racism and confirmation bias, than reality. In fact, to my ears his early playing is _too_ indulgent, too emotional, too sentimental, too exuberant. Maturity, along with the weight, responsibility, and pressure of these variations seem to have honed his spirit and "existential" confidence. He's doing less, compensating less, discovering more. Infectious stuff.
Espero não ser o único brasileiro a admirar essa belíssima apresentação.
Congratulations Lang Lang!
Lang Lang you're Magnific and Fantastic pianist ! Loved! Thank's very much 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏 Peace and Love for you
Variation 13 is my favourite! Thank you Lang Lang!
Absolutely wonderful album.Brilliant interpretations. Congratulations. Love your music Mr.Lang.
Bach will be so proud, Lang Lang, this is how he meant it to be. You're an amazing pianist! But we already knew that.
It's clearly not how its meant to be because Goldberg variations are supposed to be played on a 2 manual keyboard instrument otherwise you lose some of the overlapping notes. Piano is not the correct instrument for this although that doesn't mean it can't sound good
No ....Glenn Gould is bachs perfectionist
This is not how it was meant to be played. Lang Lang plays it very well, but he uses the sustain/damper pedal which during bachs time didn't exist. Glen Gould plays Bach how Bach intended best. In most of Glen performances his feet are folded under his chair obviously not using the sustain/damper pedal.
@@frodoraskolnikov196 The sustain/damper pedal did not exist in his time, but Bach might have appreciated it regardless, it's hard to say. I did note Glenn Gould uses the sustain pedal as well, see this performance: czcams.com/video/ySq76KD1gZA/video.html
@@sofarsogouldgg7294 couldn't agree more
Amazing interview, so insightful & the host did a great job. Loved Lang Lang's playing too!
What a beautiful architecture, how lovely interview in mood, what a sophisticated playing.....Thank you for sharing this^^
Maravilloso!!! Congratulations Lang Lang !.
It will come home very soon and I will be able to enjoy it.
Uh, come home?
@@IEEMAZ_Convoluted_14.2.8.5 next week will arrive my CD
@@mariaantoniabeltranmari you are lucky
Thank you all ❤️
@@langlang6080, is that you???
thankyou Lang Lang for the music.. (and Bach).. and for the interview in English! x
Wonderful. I am very much looking forward to seeing Lang Lang perform the Goldberg Variations live in London next month. We were lucky to get tickets as they sold out fast. Can't wait!
BACH is to MUSIC what ACTG is to LIFE
A consummate musician 'fleshing out' a timeless composition by the world's greatest composer & 'contrapuntalist'. Inspired playing!
Bach certainly wrote the most perfect counterpoint. Beethoven wrote the greatest music. That doesn't lessen Bach's music at all. To each, his own.
Although I’m a big fan of Gould’s Bach, i really enjoy Lang Lang’s version of Goldberg. Some complain this is not Bach. Well, nothing played on a modern piano is the original Bach anyway, but hope he is proud of our interpretations.
Don't forget the great Chopin said 'my pieces can be played in different ways'.
I completely agree with you. Lang-lang shows us Bach as a man with his own weaknesses, passions, internal contradictions, and not as an Apostle who did nothing in life, only glorified God in sounds. This is generally lang lang's signature style, performing any composer, it tells the story of the composer's life and his music, shows for whom and for what the work was written. Lang lang is a very intelligent pianist who knows well the history of the music he performs, and this is always heard in his performance, while other pianists present outdated stereotypes when it was believed that Bach should be performed in such a way that the listener immediately had the desire to fall on his knees and start praying.
@@user-yb7ie9nv6l Yeah Bach performed by Lang-lang feels like an old man talking to you - sometimes he laughs and sometimes he cries.
But I also want to point out that how Bach's keyboard works should be performed have been long discussed. Many other pianists have also explored expressive ways to play these pieces and some of them are renowned for their styles (such as Tatiana's 'The Art of Fugue').
I'm tearing up.
It's even more unusual to hear the touching melody in a special place.
Thank you very much for the touching performance.
Lang lang: closes his eyes and plays every note beautifully.
me: trying to count the groups of black keys to find middle C
How are you doing now 😁
What a great music. The "Goldberg Variations" of 𝔅𝔞𝔠𝔥 you playing. 😍😍😍
𝐋𝐀𝐍𝐆 𝐋𝐀𝐍𝐆 I' m so grateful to hear this and to release how it sounds....
I praise the 𝕷𝖔𝖗𝖉☺🙏🙏🙏
How did you do that uh what do you call it... a italics for his name?
@@IEEMAZ_Convoluted_14.2.8.5 Use the Fontify App. It's great 😉👌
@@timokritschun I honk you mean Spotify. I use it
@@IEEMAZ_Convoluted_14.2.8.5 Fontify is the app which he uses to do these font styles, not Spotify haha
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Very great & beautiful performance.. always love your playing My Maestro LangLang 😍😍🎶🎹🎶😍😍
最近喜欢听朗朗弹奏的乐曲，觉得朗朗越来越体会到情感的灵感，也让我投入了他的音乐世界。👏👍❤️
I bought this CD and Listen to it‼️Very Creative❗Thank you very much because of giving wonderful music ‼️Mr.Mag
What Can I Sat?
Amazing, congratulations again Lang Lang
A beautiful interpretation. 2020 is redeemed by Bach and Lang Lang
Well done Lang Lang, you have most certainly matured musically, it seems you finally found your own musical voice rather than that of your teachers and the popular sound you had before.
Glen Gould' s interpretation is still the best
I love Gould myself but I will say listening to Lang I did not feel like I wanted to listen to Gould at the moment. A lot of other pianists I have to turn off and listen to Gould to cleanse my palette, not in this case.
The GOULDbergvariations are written for GOULD, of course he s the best :D
His singing not so much.
Eila' Edgar :) .... Of course G.G. is from another planet .... For me here we always discuss only for who come "second place", G.G. always remains in front of everyone. But here Lang Lang is listened to with pleasure
Melhor gravação dos últimos anos!!! Obrigado pelo presente!!! BRAVO!! 👏👏👏👏
I've never heard anyone pull that much out of Bach. I'm speechless.
Here we go!
A great presentation with expert questions with Lang Lang about Bach. Thank you. Felt close to God!
Imagine if the Great Glenn Gould was alive today. How would he react to Lang Lang’s brilliant interpretations of the Goldbergs? I can compare such a meeting as equivalent to , say, Picasso meeting with Leanardo Da Vinci to discuss their various works.
He'll tell Lang to get a better chair.
Gracias.❤
Sounds great, Lang Lang! Love your music. What a great place to play!
Happy Birthday! 😃🎼🎹🙌👏👏👏
Maravilhoso...!!!💓💓
Amazing ... masterful ... an incredible performance.
Great "maestro".
From Spain, regards and a lot of sales.
Bach with Lang Lang in perfection. Heart and soul are in harmony💓🎶
Thanks ♥️
Eduardo Poblete de Chile, maravilloso, mágico...una obra ejecutada por un maestro eximio, que grande que eres Lang Lang...te recordamos en Chile.... felicitaciones y un abrazo fraterno....
Beautiful Greetings from 2022
Maravilloso!!!!!
Thanks Lang Lang for wonderful video.
I love this piece! Great to see my favorite pianist play this!
Thanks ♥️
Very...........nice performance
I love it very..........much
SOOOO BEAUTIFUL !!!
Спасибо. Фантастическое отношение музыканта к звукоизвлечению и его обостренное чувство к звучанию Музыки.
Glenn 81 will stay on the top forever.
yes
I love Glenn a lot. But I also appreciate Lang lang playing non-commercial pieces. So there's no need to compare.
What’s the point of this comment other than to bring down Lang Lang?
Do you tell painters that they will never be as good as Da Vinci?
Glenn sucked at the goldberg, he admitted that himself in an interview once, he played too fast.
Our pacific symphony just canceled their entire 2020=2021 season. It was a little emotional, so we must wait for our reunion as well.
Wish you and your symphony and all of your families good health, may you perform in the near future again!
There is so much emotion.He is the best in my opinion.
Wow variation 20! Amazing playing
He makes me cry....
You are amazing! ♥️🎼🎹🎶🎶🌹🎶🎶🌹
I'm so anxious to get mine.!!🎶🎶♥️♥️
¡Simplemente gracias Lang Lang!
Sweet as the Great Glenn Gould and not to compare but more sensual playing perhaps in the opening Aria. I do not hesitate but continue to listen!
I like the first movement Aria I can feel in my heart and soul, beautifully played! Lang Lang! Passionate! Thanks for playing.!
Peace and serenity
1:43 Aria
10:45 Variatio 13 a 2 Clav
19:05 Variatio 20 a 2 Clav
24:04 Variatio 26 a 2 Clav
31:33 Variatio 30 Quodlibet. a 1 Clav
You’re amazing❤️
powerful, very impressive..
出国研究辛苦了！能弹出如此震撼心灵的曲子，朗朗的精神太值得学习了！
East meet West. Another interesting interpretation of the Goldberg Variations. Let’s wait another 30 years!
😊
what a fine integration of western and eastern culture.
Truly a very fine fusion. Your comment is best!
What would the eastern part be?
@@Pogouldangeliwitz It takes an open mind and heart to notice that. May you find peace!
@@rcc3574 Still no answer to my question what would be specifically eastern about that rendition. I suspect that is just blahblah. If not, please be specific...
@JACOB H Thanks Einstein! So what would be "Asian" in Bang Bangs execution of the "Goldberg variations"?
The new album SLAPS
Bravo👏👏👏❤️
First and last variations you played, I enjoyed listening!
So nice to see you maestro🎹😍
Thank you ♥️
Gracias Lang Lang por tu música favorita es el piano
Lang Lang~!!!👍👍👍💘
Lang Lang, as the spokesperson for VIP Peilian, You can't do anything for profit. Take the VIP's advertising endorsement fee, and work with the VIP sparring business organization to defraud the parents of their money. Defrauded millions of parents and ran away with billions of dollars. However, Lang Lang deleted everyone's messages with no conscience, and did not stand up to speak for everyone.please STAND OUT for teachers and kids! So many people buy this program because of you!!
So beautiful 💕 You interpret the definition of pure soul 😌
Thanks ♥️
Lang Lang I thank God that you are living in my era ☺️
@@sanchiahk ☺️☺️☺️ I appreciate you where are you watching from?
Lang Lang From Australia 😉
很令人享受的一个视频，谢谢你们
Great interpretation. Bravo !!!
谢谢朗朗！我女儿也弹琴，我希望她第一个曲子就弹这个变奏曲，无论好坏，都应该以它开始。听过很多版本，觉得这个变奏曲很不适合你的演奏风格，你无拘无束，天马行空的浪漫风格和这个循规蹈矩的曲子完全不同。所以演奏起来总觉得无的放矢，乐句之间缺乏有机的联系。即便这样，也不愧为一个与众不同优秀的版本。
Wonderful ! BRAVOOO ! 🚀🌍👍🏼
Magnificent！
Se nota su respeto y admiración por el gran Bach. Debió ser muy emocionante la interpretación de las célebres variaciones Goldberg delante de su lápida. Un gran homenaje al Padre de la música.
Bravo Maestro!
So so beautiful!