Víkingur Ólafsson – Bach: Organ Sonata No. 4, BWV 528: II. Andante [Adagio] (Transcr. Stradal)

Watch pianist Víkingur Ólafsson (“Artist of the Year” at the Gramophone Awards 2019) perform the Andante from Bach's Organ Sonata No. 4, as transcribed for the piano by August Stradal, from his album 'J. S. Bach - Works & Reworks'. The video was directed by Magnús Leifsson.

Víkingur Ólafsson – Bach: Organ Sonata No. 4, BWV 528: II. Andante [Adagio] (Transcr. Stradal)

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Thank you, everyone! Very much appreciated!

[MauPP]

A world without Bach would not be worth it

[charlotterose]

This is like a prayer that I need to hear daily.

[JooDenk]

Johann Sebastian Bach ist Anfang und Ende aller Musik. Ich war 10 Jahre, mein Lehrer sagte, wenn du Bach spielen kannst, dann kann dich nichts überraschen. Jetzt spiele ich Bachs Musik weil es eine ganze Welt ist.

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Unglaublich schöne Musik, gespielt von einem grandiosen und einfühlsamen Künstler. Man nur staunend hören und sich still verneigen.

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Christ, what a world Bach is. There is nothing else like him.

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Bach - totally timeless. It will forever remain a mystery how he got there 300 years ago.

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I will never understand those who dislike the music of JS Bach.

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Gebannt und ergriffen lausche ich der x-ten Wiederholung und werde innerlich ganz still. Dankedankedanke. ♥️

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Bach shows us that there is another world somewhere.

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I don't think one can live a truly full life without hearing and enjoying Bach's music. Bravo Olafsson

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JS Bach wrote the most beautiful music in the history of humanity.

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There are many composers but Bach is out of reach, it´s like he´s been on earth since the very beginning and captured the essence of life and transcibed it into music.

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Oh God! I listen to Bach all my life but with this one I came to tears. Beautiful!

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Bach's music is about continuation. There are no ends but new beginnings. Beautiful!

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I could watch this a million times and it would still make me cry like a baby every time. Bach's incomparable genius matched with Vikingur's amazing skill and intelligence. That there is such beauty in the world....

[fabian]

Inarguably one of the greatest pieces of music ever written.

[gregoryhaines]

The piano transcription causes this piece to blossom into a fresh burst of unutterable beauty. Vikingur makes himself humbly transparent in his interpretation. I can’t stop listening to this.

[christian-andreaspistor]

I was listening to Olaffsons "Bach Variationen" last night 10/17/2023 live at the Berlin Philharmonie. Amazing.
I feel blessed. It was a magical joyful athmoshere. Addicted to Bach 🎼 🫠🎹 ♥️