Angela Hewitt: J.S. Bach Chromatic Fantasia and Fugue in D minor, BWV903

👍🏼🎹❤WOW!!!! Fantastic, exciting and 100% convincing interpretation: Tansparent, profound, lively, emotional, perfectly structured, beautiful sound - Marvellous grand piano of course, too :) Thanks for uploading!

Her finger legato is amazing (among many virtues)

Absolutely marvellous!!!!!

That comment is pretentious and hubristic. Why not accept that all of us are works in progress, and that this is how a great artist felt/heard/saw the piece on that given occasion? The arts are not like sports with one standing atop a heap of also-rans. The festival/competition/# of "likes" phenomena have corrupted music making. I must say that I am exceedingly proud of this Canadian artist resisting the blandishments of various self-appointed "experts" (of unknown provenance), and continuing to find her own, evolving way in this repertoire, which belongs to the world. May she prove even more cussedly Canadian as she continues on her journey!

Love it. Love it. 🎉🎉🎉

A seriously great and masterful performance, with so much life in it. The composition itself is testament to Bach's amazing creativity.

ordinary God

Fugue begins at 7'28"

Ich hasse es, wenn sie husten oder Geräusche mit der Nase machen...wie ängstlich sie sind....

What a horrible performance!

Hewitt is well known for her excellent Bach, but for whatever reason, she seems clueless here. The fugue is terrible, awash in rubato and meaningless emotion. Bach fugues are amazing structures, like musical Eiffel Towers, and need symmetry, precision, and rock solid timing. They should not be played like quivering pillars of Jello. If you want to hear this piece played in a proper Baroque form, listen to Gulda play it. https://youtu.be/mJ5IkHlKQrw?si=wFKEO_1G8DiNV3x9

Too much rubato for my taste. Bach didn't write it like that. Compare this with a superb performance by Andras Schiff.