I remember the first time I heard ABM playing something it was this Chaconne recording. And after 15 mins of listening I suddenly released that this work by Bach should probably be the greatest music piece ever written in history. Thanks for Michelangeli for interpreting it so profoundly and flawlessly. The gravity and grandeur of his structural design made Chaconne almost an epic saga!

E' una esecuzione più clavicembalistica che pianistica, quindi più vicina a Bach che a Busoni.... la qualita è incommentabile, solo Michelangeli poteva concepirla, geniale ed integrale. Grazie Arturo

Sono d'accordissimo!!! Non ho sentito nulla di simile. Michelangeli ci ha permesso di scoprire l'eterna bellezza della musica classica. Un vero maestro!

My friends, I think it's impossible putting much more passion than this one. Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli is an italian glory!!!!!!

The Chaconne is remarkable because of the history surrounding it. Bach went on a European tour, which was to last about 2 years in the end. He left his wife and large family behind in a palace where he worked. During his tour, his beloved wife fell in and died. They tried to get a message to Bach, but it never arrived. So when he returned, it was to hear the terrible news that not only had she died, but they had, of course, had to hold a funeral service and bury her, without him. He was devastated and sat down not long after this to compose this piece. I love the youtube video of Maxim V playing this in Auschwitz, but I also adore this piano version. This piece is outstanding, multi-layered, and keeps building and building until you can't believe the complexity of what you are hearing. The first time I heard this I sat, open-mouthed. The piece is full of Bach's Trauer motif. The composition speaks of a man at the height of his powers, nursing a terrible interior grieving, but expressing it with so much restraint and elegance, it is quite staggering. It is worth attending a concert where this piece is played on a piano, and try to get front row seats if you can. I started learning this a little while ago and it is an utter joy to play because of the patterns the music makes. I adore the section starting at 4:50. OMG.

Questa incisione è a dir poco stupenda, non c'è nulla da fare, questi sono i grandi pianisti..

"[To play the piano]...one has to work to feel your arms and back ache all over. Music is a right for those who deserve it." - Michelangeli

even though i prefer the 1950's recording this is still the best performance on youtube. no other pianist in history could do this in a live performance. the concentration on every note is just peerless. i would give 10 years of my life to see this man practice.he truly knew the secrets of the piano. does anyone know how he practiced? i would love to know

That sound, that sound .

dopo Michelangeli... impossibile apprezzare qualsiasi altro pianista,,,,

Favourite version!!!!

I don't understand so much about music, but this has something magic. Something I've never heard before from anyone playing Bach. Sounds like a whole dimension further.

@ciararespect4296

Жыл бұрын

It's not really bach

Hai ragione!!!! Miglior commento non poteva essere! Un capolavoro suonato da uno dei più grandi pianisti di tutti i tempi. Gli ingredienti rendonoo il risultato immenso!!!!

@ciararespect4296

Жыл бұрын

Hamelin is better

@EttorealbertoGelli-vr6sz

6 ай бұрын

​@@ciararespect4296 no

Unsurpassable.

Michelangeli - simply the best

@tangistanguy

4 жыл бұрын

there is no "BEST" among the great artist .. Its not a tennis tournament ... Argerich, michelangeli, Richter, Gulda, Gould, come on !!!!!

@laurent7549

4 жыл бұрын

Un très grand pianiste, un son vraiment beau , comme du cristal. j'adore.

@RaineriHakkarainen

4 жыл бұрын

@@tangistanguy You forgot the great ones A.Rubinstein E.Gilels W.Kempff R.Lupu G.Sokolov D.Lipatti V.Horowitz M.Pletnev and so on

@tangistanguy

4 жыл бұрын

d2d4e6 you are absolutely right :)

rispondo solo che il Maestro ABM si è superato (è stato l'erede naturale di Ferruccio Busoni)e ci rende orgogliosi di essere suoi ammiratori nel degrado immondo che incede nella società moderna. Ascoltatelo in particolare dal minuto 6:04 - la musica è di bellezza incredibile!!! Questa composizone sebbene sia datata è tuttavia "moderna ed attuale" così come la 111 di Beethoven. Questi sono davvero dei geni assoluti! W la musica classica. W Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli.

@Paolo00ism

2 жыл бұрын

Bravissimo bel commento

@claudpiro6469

9 ай бұрын

Abbasso la musica elettronica. Abbasso la merda!

Si con le sue suonate ABM sa far vibrare l ' anima di uno strumento ,il pianoforte, facendolo colloquiare con ogni anima sensibile, recettiva

My friends I wonder how it is possible to play by this perfect and clear sound. Every time I listen to AMB I wonder and wonder again!!!!

Amazing!! Unique artist a legend !!!

wow....this is hands down the best performance. Grimaud, Kissin, Say are nowhere near this. I'm blown away!

Immenso !

In my opinion this is the best classical music piano recording ever by the best pianist of all times, Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli. I have played these two videos dozens of times. As somebody noted below, almost supernatural execution around 5:00. Amazing. Perfection. I was very lucky to be able to attend four of his concerts in the 1970s (Paris, Zurich, Lugano twice - no cancellations!). Never a wrong note. Complete control over every aspect of the pieces he played. Over the last 50 years I have enjoyed the live performances and the recordings of many great pianists (Rubinstein, Entremont, Magaloff, Argerich, Barenboim, Arrau, Horowitzk, Yuja Wang, Kissin, Richter, Grimaux, Kempff, Szidon, Luca Buratto, to name a few). Nobody else comes close, other than Horowitz (in his top years), Lipatti (only through recordings - the amazing interpretation of Bach' Partita No.1!) and now Yuja Wang. Luca Buratto will get there soon...

@RaineriHakkarainen

4 жыл бұрын

You have not heard the best ones.M.Pollini(The Genius) E.Gilels(The Golden sound player) Grigory Sokolov(The Giant of the Piano) Radu Lupu(the beautiful sound)

@marksmith3947

Жыл бұрын

​@@RaineriHakkarainenSokolov does not belong in that company. He is vastly overrated

Bach saves our lives, Michelangeli then makes it better.

Master, you had been one of the best pianist ever. This performance is wonderful!!!! Thanks a lot for posting!!

brianCIM-Well said my friend. Michelangeli was as good as any other pianist in history,and better than most of the other greats. His flawless technique was never at the expense of a lack of warmth or emotion. He was up there with Hofmann,Lhevinne,and the other gods of the piano. Thank you,and best wishes.

my favorite version of this monumental work

Amazing recording.. absolutely BEST!

INCREDIBLE BEAUTY!!!!!!!

Unico e inimitabile

Best!!!

Heavenly! Revelatory! Incomparable!

There is a fascinating back-story to why this recording is so different than his early one, which i much prefer. ABM had an engagment to play at royal festival hall around(1975 i think). his own two pianos suffered the trip, but he deemed them to be unplayable(thats ABM). they threatened to sue him if he didn't play. he gave the concert under 2 conditions. a) he would use one of steinways already at the hall and b) all the proceeds would be given to a local children's hospital.

Master we miss you so much!!!!

he has so much power, this is very difficult piano playing.. also a perfect one.

Yeah, the 49 recording is probably technically more perfect and impressing, but musically, I also prefer this one, both are phenomenal.

The whole courage of the life is in this work!

Michelangeli è il + grande dei grandi pianisti

Me gusta mucho el tempo escogido por Michelangeli.

attorno al minuto 5'... è un Angelo che suona, mai sentita una musica così in Nessun Repertorio

@vincenzoattingenti Vero! Un genio allo stato puro!

This is a wonderful rendition of this piece.

What a fantastic performance. For some reason I've always preferred the live 1973 Lugano over his other recordings/performances.

an amazing and brilliant performance of a great and difficult piece!

sicureamente uno dei più grando n assoluto

Superb! Bravo! TY for this gem.

Michelangeli respect the sheet, Grimaud respect his heart, both are amazing :D

Superb, thanks for sharing this jewel!😉

wow. you are a true friend. i have been raving about the michelangeli recording for a year. i think once people hear it the will see how super-human it is. i love rubinsteins as well.

wow wow wow amazing

"Ascolto la Ciaccona di Bach-Busoni. Al pianoforte, Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli. Ora capisco l'odio invincibile che lo circonda". Cristina Campo. Credo basti.

@nadiadesimone9853

7 жыл бұрын

io ne so qualcosa 😐😐😐

@Patafisique

7 жыл бұрын

donatello bellomo bella citazione, grazie

@Paolo00ism

2 жыл бұрын

Personalmente penso che erano più quelli che lo amavano, che quelli che lo odiavano. Perché i coloro che lo contestava o li possiamo contare...10...100?....ma coloro che lo amavano e lo amano sono centinaia....migliaia...no li possiamo contare perché sono tantissimiiiiiii🎶🎶🎶

Absolutely great. Merciless execution of a man’s musical expression of almost going mad in grief over the loss of his wife. The best version I know. Where can I find the second part?

absolutely superb

何て神々しいお姿、昔のピアニストって何て皆凛々しいのかな。 今日亡くなられた日野原重明先生に捧げたい、この曲。

There will not be another in my life time like ABM. The structure, the technique, the phrasing, all subordinate to the music. There will not be another in my life time, and I am OK with that. Like Bjorling, Callas, Clemente, Borg, Streep, etc. We have lived in an extraordinary time when mere mortals can sit and marvel and bask electronically in the glory of the Gods. A golden age soon to be gone, submerged and forgotten in the filth, greed, and avarice of the millennials.

@cornelmicut1093

7 жыл бұрын

Michelangeli said : " Lipatti was the Maestro ! "

@ianm8137

5 жыл бұрын

GeorgeM 1949 , I can only agree with you......he knocks virtually every other pianist into a cocked hat ! Stunning...no words really suffice ! So many questions about this genius modest Maestro .

@ianm8137

5 жыл бұрын

@@cornelmicut1093 He was being modest !

@cornelmicut1093

5 жыл бұрын

@@ianm8137 He was realystic . Lipatti is the best .

@ianm8137

5 жыл бұрын

@@cornelmicut1093 ​Hi Cornel, I went back to KZread and listened to several recordings of Lipatti ​ and the recordings are of a low standard because they are mostly pre- HFSS recordings etc. so it's difficult to compare like with like, however many years ago I did hear a very good recording of Lipatti on BBC Radio and was amazed by his beautiful playing but that is the one time I was impressed by Lipatti but because of the reason above it is diffficult to hear clear recordings of his playing. I am still certain in my own mind that ABM's lyrical ability + something else just puts him out of reach compared to all the others. With ABM from the piano comes music not musical notes from a percussive instrument. How he did it we will never know but ABM was the best . Best wishes from, Ian M.

Безупречная техника! Спасибо.

yes!!

J. S. Bach to Maria Barbara. 1720. A requested dance music, a job to finish and, suddenly, the death of his beloved wife... A sad, stellar, desperate, universal dance. A question to God : Why ?

HUGE piece, HUGE pianist.

I know he often he performed all the Hanon exercises in all the tonalities. I know of somebody who lived in his building saying that he would spend an entire day playing the first 2 measures of a piece, in all possible ways, with minimal differences, searching for the perfect execution.He would repeat those 2 measures for 10min, then stop,walk around the room and repeat them for another 10min, and so forth all day long!

バッハ+ブソーニ+ミケランジェリ最高！

I wish there was a video for this…

Yes--and compare as such to the "final" recital by Milstein--also sublime.

great player

@MrCent111 Sono perfettamente d'accordo con Te! Chi non l'apprezza non apprezza la musica in se'..

come fa ad eseere cosi' chiaro in ogni sua interpretazione??? semplice ...perche' lui e' il pianista '''''

mind-boggling and electric as can be!

that's why he had the greatest technique. it was never an empty display, it was always at the service of the piece and composer. his devotion to the score is an inspiration to all pianists.

i have been waiting for a year for someone to post michelangeli's chaconne. while this is amazing i think his recording from the 1950's is far superior. in fact his earlier recording might be my favorite piano recording ever. fillippeo could you post that earlier recording also. sorry about the whining. this is great. i can't believe i stumbled upon this. ty so much!

my favorite is the studio recording from i think somewhere in the early fifties. the recording on EMI called "great recordings of the century". it has the chaconne, brahms-paganini variations and schuman's carnaval. the playing is absolutetly is insane. seriously a life-changing event. it made me rethink my own playing. i listen to it constantly with sheer astonishment. the playing is super-human. if you get a hold of this disk please post it. it's so good i would buy it for you,lol.

I was blown away from the very first chord

È sempre LUI!! E non c'è partita per NESSUNO!!!

THis is a magnificent performance. Maria Tipo performed the same chaconne and other Bach-Busoni compositions. Absolute perfection ove 1 hour of recording, unfortunately is no longer availabe on youtube. Have to Find out how to get it back. Also Agnelle

@nikolaacimovic8854

8 жыл бұрын

+Lena McGinnis yessss, that is what I am trying too, to find again the Performance of Maria Tipo :)

@lenamcginnis5168

8 жыл бұрын

+Nikola Acimovic , Maria Tipo youtube video is no longer available, too bad. I will try calling Maria in Italy, lets see what happens. All the best, Lena

@nikolaacimovic8854

8 жыл бұрын

It is very very great from you Lena. Many thanks and greetings from Germany...I know as I learned Bachs Partita in c-Moll that I listened recording of Maria Tipo on you.tube and it did help me alot...Tonal beauty of Marias Bach is simply amazing...

La Chaconne. en particular ,de lo mas difícil , se escucha poco en los conciertos. ( es fácil equivocarse ) 🎶🎶🖐️ 💕🙏🇮🇷.

Interpretazione strepitosa

Безупречно!

@iguarni -He was up there with Hofmann Lipatti. and the best EVER.

@iguarni the magic of CD recordings.

@MrCent111 Commento perfetto! Niente da aggiungere.

"Being a pianist and musician is not a profession. It's a philosophy, a conception of life that cannot be based on good intentions or natural talent. First and foremost there must be an immense spirit of self-sacrifice." Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli

@geertdehoux NO. It was for my college professor. She won a grammy about 3 years ago.

This is the face of God.

@raymondgood2359

6 жыл бұрын

this is the voice of god

Dear audience, I would like to suggest the performance of Chaconne, which has always been and remains my favorite. I will say that the Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli version is in second place) @

1975 live in London. And that is NOT ABM's personal Steinway. there is an interesting backstory to this recording.

I have to play this in a masterclass this weekend and I am already soiling myself.

Does someone have the sheet music for this?I love it, god he was a genius

the greatest piece of music becomes a sort of magical elixir capable of making any material desire useless. It simply enhances the spiritual side of the human being, particularly when played by people like ABM or A. Segovia.

there is an excellent transcription for the left hand alone by brahms. kind of a finger twister but a great warm-up piece. i think there may be a performance here on youtube. as far as i know liszt never transcribed the chaconne.

you are welcome. enjoy and listen to the other michelangeli/chaconne performance on my channel. you will be amazed.

@vincenzoattingenti Alfred Brendel from Austria (Beethoven) and Maurizio Pollini from Italy (Schumann) are big names after Michelangeli, there is life after Arturo!

Super human ABM was a miracle.

@Snezhinka9 have you listened to the 1949 recording? it's the most jaw-dropping playing i have ever heard. it tops this IMHO.

nella label di ricerca di youtube mettete questo: A.B.Michelangeli Préférences Bach-Busoni Chaconne.wmv (non parlo di differenze tra le esecuzioni.. ma tra i pianisti)

@thejugglenaut91 its on Gys6 channel.

This are his recordings - London 27 October 1948 Warsaw 13 March 1955 Lugano 21 May 1973 Bregenz 15 January 1988 this recording I think is London. I made only I copy of the CDs and forget to right down the year.But the CDs were EMI Italiana,and that's London recording.I have one more,but I need to look for it.Pleas ask about the date,its the only way how I will wright ;)

@stefool

5 жыл бұрын

This is the 1973 recording in Lugano

@Somnusrei LOOOL his fingers are like...to die for

En ce qui concerne une quelconque compétition avec Glenn Gould, personnellement, je n'ai jamais entendu Gould interpréter Chaconne de Bach-Busoni, s'il en existe une version j'aimerais la connaître.

@geertdehoux it's to early in the morning to confuse me like this. Please wait till after lunch. Cheers.

Anyone have a clue which CD this recording came from? (or the date of recording?)

That's not the recording I used to know. Thanks! Oh... this piece interpreted by ABM is almost scaring me.

@poulha i put all thoughts of ABM out of my head as much as possible about 2 weeks before a performance. You have to come to the realization that you(I) can never do this. It inspires me to work hard and reach this level, but i know i can't. SO, i do my best. I got a perfect A on my jury when i played this, but ABM i am not. I am talented-he was a genius. Big difference. i actually prefer the '49 recording to this, but this is still unsurpassable.