Gerhard Oppitz: Franz Liszt - Variations on Bach's Cantata No. 12 (Weinen, Klagen, Sorgen, Zagen)

Recorded live at the Herkulessaal in Munich, pianist Gerhard Oppitz plays Bach's Chromatic Fantasia and Fugue in D minor BWV903 and Liszt's Variations on Bach's Cantata No. 12.
Franz Liszt - Variations on Bach's Cantata No. 12
(Weinen, Klagen, Sorgen, Zagen)
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Gerhard Oppitz (born 5 February 1953) is a German classical pianist. He studied with Paul Buck, Hugo Steurer and Wilhelm Kempff. In 1981 he was appointed professor at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater München - the youngest in the history of the institute - where he still teaches. As a soloist he has appeared with many famous conductors and orchestras of the world. In the summer 1977, at the age of 24, Oppitz was the first German to win the Arthur Rubinstein piano competition in Tel Aviv, Israel.
Performance of cycles of complete piano works feature strongly in his concert repertoire, including Schubert's and Grieg's solo piano works and the sonatas by Beethoven and Mozart's sonatas, Bach's Well-Tempered Clavier, and, especially, the complete works of Johannes Brahms. He has recorded the challenging Max Reger Piano Concerto Op. 114 with the Bamberg Symphony Orchestra and conductor Horst Stein. In 2009 he received the Brahmspreis from the Brahms Society of Schleswig-Holstein. Among his students is Valentina Babor.
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[@h-mh93]

Gerhard Oppitz is more than a pianist - he is a musician - the music flows out of him in a stunning creative act! Fascinating and moving at the same time - it is a pleasure to watch - and a delight to listen!

[@robbydyer4500]

This is musicianship of the highest possible caliber.

[@kclim1004]

wow... I heard him play this song last week.
Even 42 years later, his playing is still amazing.

[@benjaminsawyer1292]

This is so much more than music here - he's piano playing transcends the notes on the page and brings our hearts in unison with the pain stabbed heart of Bach that melted at the glories of the joy of hope that he had in Christ Jesus his Lord and Savior. What a privilege to hear this moment in time.

[@ralphferretti449]

A more profound musical expression of a father's grief and resignation in faith has not been written.

[@laughinloveforever6707]

Magic! Tanks a lot!

[@kpop-pianist]

Very intense performance!

[@fabriziocarpine-studiochio5526]

Sublime

[@geroelze1700]

Sehr gut sind seine Ritardandi, als ob die Musik tastend zu sich selbst findet! Liszt hat oft einen leichten Stegreifcharakter. Das stellte auch Arrau glänzend dar. Er kannte noch den Lisztschüler Martin Krause. letzten

[@compaydagnover8926]

musica celestial