J.S.Bach - French Suites

Bach French suite no.1 in D minor BWV 812 Allemande 00:30 Courante 03:44 Sarabande 05:29 Menuet I 07:54 Menuet II 08:54 Gigue 10:42 Bach French suite no.2 in C minor BWV 813 Allemande 12:50 Courante 16:01 Sarabande 17:47 Air 20:42 Menuet 22:08 Gigue 23:48 Bach French suite no.3 in B minor BWV 814 Allemande 25:42 Courante 28:44 Sarabande 30:31 Gavotte 33:12 Menuet 34:34 Trio 35:41 Menuet 36:37 Gigue 37:11 Bach French suite no.4 in E flat major BWV 815 Allemande 39:15 Courante 41:26 Sarabande 43:08 Gavotte 45:27 Air 46:34 Menuet 47:59 Gigue 48:40 Bach French suite no.5 in G major BWV 816 Allemande 50:51 Courante 53:53 Sarabande 55:25 Gavotte 59:39 Bourrée 01:00:50 Loure 01:01:56 Gigue 01:03:42 Bach French suite no.6 in E major BWV 817 Allemande 01:07:07 Courante 01:09:46 Sarabande 01:11:17 Gavotte 01:14:29 Polonaise 01:15:35 Menuet 01:17:00 Polonaise 01:17:58 Bourrée 01:18:39 Gigue 01:20:06

Andreas Schiff once said during an interview that he always starts every day by first playing a piece of Bach’s music regardless of whatever else he’s professionally required to perform. It says a lot about his regard for Bach but also explains why he plays so effortlessly with deep emotion and precision. We the audience are the beneficiaries of his devotion. Thanks Andreas.

The fact this video has nearly 5 million views makes me feel relieved that people can still appreciate real music and a top quality performance when they hear it.

Classical music isn't exclusive to professional musicians or music aficionados; it's for everyone. It can create a state of mind, stimulate creativity, and infuse beauty and art into our daily lives.

Let me just remind us what an enormous musical capacity Andras Schiff really is: He actually plays the French Suites, English Suites, WTC (both book 1 & 2) and the Goldberg Variations + + ....all by memory. Deep Respect

Schiff wanders through the landscape of Bach's music in a state of sheer delight, familiarity and wonderment. His joy transcends all other thoughts as he is engulfed by Bach's magic and he communicates it to us without a trace of self-consciousness. No musician can do more.

1 hr 20m of Bachs music, played by memory without missing a single note. Perfect Performance!

András Schiff. Together with J S Bach, my greatest musical hero. Schiff is testament to what love, extremely hard work, education and dedication can accomplish. Bach would have adored him.

Sir Schiff is really present for all of us, his parents survived during Holocaust , God, thank you for so brilliant present for all of us, with love from New Jersey, USA

J. S. Bach war ein unbegreifliches Genie! Keine Note zuviel oder zuwenig. Die "Architektur" der Bachschem Musik stimmt einfach in jeder Note!

Que dire quand on entend autant de beauté, avec une maîtrise parfaite du toucher , de la musicalité dans le récit que le divin Maître Bach nous fait du monde de l'Esprit . Andras Schiff nous met dans une joie profonde . Merci à ces êtres exceptionnels .

I had never even heard of Andras Schiff before last week. I saw the video of him playing the English Suites, and now, the French Suites. He plays them from memory, in front of live audiences. He is perfect, almost like he is Bach making them up on the spot. - youtube is good for something. Saving these amaaaing performancds almost redeems them in my eyes.

I sometimes listen to Andras Shiff and Bach in my bed at night. Wonderful! Makes me calm and relaxed. Then my little black stray-cat jumps into the bed. And relaxes with me. I think she has a musical ear! :)

Bach’s keyboard music may not be as overtly flashy technically as that of say Rachmaninov or Liszt. But it is SO much more difficult to perform! With Bach, there is no where to hide. You can’t connect the various contrapuntal lines by just blurring it all together with the use of the sostenuto pedal, the way many pianists do with piano music of the Romantic era. With Bach you really can’t use the sostenuto pedal at all, as is the case with Schiff’s brilliant performances here. He’s creating smooth legato lines by using enormously complex fingering. And yet he makes it all sound so effortlessly beautiful! This is but one of the many reasons why Schiff is among the greatest of Bach keyboard performers of all time. I have major respect and admiration for this man. He has always been a source of enormous inspiration for me as a pianist. 🙏

Anyone who has performed Bach to a live audience understands the terror and wonder of this man getting up and, not only nailing them, but doing so without any visible apprehension and with such artistic grace.

Wonderful. I suffer from a stroke , gives me the will to live , to hear such sublimely. Beautiful music by the genius of harmony J, S. Bach I will survive if I can continue to listen Mike

I don't know how to play on any instrument. And even if I did, prodigies like him are very rare. But I thank God that I am able to sit and enjoy so much listening...

As with Schiff's live performance of the English Suites, I am in complete awe of his musicianship. His sense of the inner pulse of the music, his balancing of voices and his ability to make us grasp the structure of these works is without parallel. That he is able to do all this from memory only underscores how utterly Schiff inhabits these magnificent works. Bach's music never fails to exemplify the sense of balance, joy, and nuance to which every life should aspire.

As this man plays for 1hr 22mins in some form of musical trance...….the brilliance of humanity is revealed...….I am in awe.

Schiff is the most generous, magnificent, loving,, interpreter of Bach I've ever come across. Such genius, such gentletness. His interpretations have been part of my life ever since I've listened to them at first. Thank you Schiff, and of course.... thank you Bach.