The amazing thing about it is that the combination of those exact notes from Bach can be played on any kind of instruments and still sounds hardcore brilliant.. a genius..
I love listening to bach in that aspect, I focus to bass when listening a piece the first time, which is so hard and all the sounds above it are more easily audible (maybe my headphones are shitty). And on the 2nd run I try to hear all of them all together, and it is mostly ultra satsfying, trippy and makes me dizzy.
Bach is just timeless, it works so good with so many arrangements and instrumentations. I looove both openings of St Matthew and St John Passion, they are so epic, dramatic und just fit so good as opening, Im alway so intrigued after listening, you really get drawn into the music. The bass here is so badass hahaha
Wow! For some reason, these 8-bit Music videos make it so you can hear Bach's CHORD CHANGES (his homophonic textures). Bach's sons said he did write some songs, but they were "weird" and not his most popular pieces. However, the St. John is said to have been his return to popularity late in life. I would venture to say that it was popular BECAUSE it has some of the most original ("weird") chord changes.
I personally prefer the recitative "Jesus ging mit seinen Jungern", but - what can I say? The whole Passion is simply too amazing with its awesomeness! Every part is simply perfect! ...And your channel deserves more views! I've seen my share of 8-bit classical videos, but yours is by far the best quality I've encountered.
I don't know why, but I'm enjoying this thoroughly. I wish I can hear an 8-bit version of the complete Passion. (hint, hint) Thanks so much for posting!
No kind of instrument can destroy this grateful music, no composer who has to compete with him will miss him as the end opponent of his boss level of composing. Even bad musicians have a big task to ruin this beautiness of art. Hear this genius tension over minutes beating in your heart, life how it feels really when you're only honest to yourself. Bach had to be so honest with himself. SBG.
Thanks. I'll probably make more from St John at some point. I'll also post a fixed version of this one because, as somebody else pointed out, the repeat didn't work properly.
Bach est le plus grand de tous les compositeurs. Tout est parfait dans sa musique. Quant à la passion selon St. Jean, je la préfère à la St. Mathieu (qui est sublime également) car infiniment plus dramatique. Le chœur d'entrée de la St. Jean est d'un dramatisme prenant. On sent que le crime va avoir lieu et les dissonances des hautbois y sont pour beaucoup. Quelle musique ! La meilleure interprétation pour moi de ce chœur d'ouverture est celle enregistrée par Eugen Jochum (Philips), malgré que mon interprète préféré de la musique sacré du grand Jean-Sébastien est et restera toujours Helmuth Rilling.
I enjoyed it, but after listening for a few times I sense there is something wrong with the rhythm. For example, listen at 0:08. It appears to skip a fraction of a beat. Seems to happen roughly every 8 seconds.
Эти "Страсти" Бах написал по подобию "Страстей по Иоанну" Генделя,когда тому было 19-20 лет. Сравните Генделя и Баха, текст у них один, но насколько различны по музыкальному и смысловому наполнению они. У Баха при прослушивании создается четкая картина происходящего, у Генделя такого не наблюдал...
Sadly I've been extremely busy with my job, my girlfriend and my own compositions. But I should be able to make more in the (not too distant) future. :)
@@theplayliszt-8-bitmusic426 yeah, this sorta thing does take a fair bit of time. I remade some music once and get loads of requests like this XD (new channel, there were many more requests on the older videos) but yeah, own compositions need to come first.
