NBS, how are you all so very excellent at everything you record?? It seems like every single time I listen to a new video by you all, I gain a profound appreciation for another sublime piece of music.
Bach's genius is that the construction and intellectual nature of his works never come in the way of the music going straight to the heart. The first movement is absolutely breathtaking.
I understand : since I have heard this interpretations, I am a bit frustrated if he’s not the first violin. I always wonder what he had made instead…. His work is such an epiphany every time!
This was a deliberate choice. We love to bring some variety in our recordings and give other good baroque violinists a stage. We hope you like Čičić's interpretation of the piece.
@@bach I like it but no-one does Bach on the violin like Sato. All the violin concertos and sonatas/partitas thus far have been played by him. Just saying.
@@bach of course we like the interpretation of Mr. Civic. Nevertheless, we noticed that he plays on a modern violine (longer fretboard, no gut strings, etc.). This makes the sound of this sonata quite different from that of the other ones.
1969: as a young student busking in Burton's arcade in Regent Street one cold winter's night I did not have the usual appreciative crowd. A lovely young American girl hid behind the corner, listened to me playing the last movement of this sonata, and fell in love with me. Thank you Bach!
Огромное спасибо за Ваше выступление. Восхитительная музыка среди войны, страха и ненависти пробуждает самые лучшие человеческие эмоции.Какое облегчение знать, что такое живое, сердечное искусство ещё есть в нашем мире. А также есть люди, готовые делиться своей радостью и дарить ее слушателям вопреки всем невзгодам. Удачи, здоровья, процветания и благополучия Вам.
Upon extensive listening of Bach’s works, alongside a gathered knowledge of classical music as a whole, one sees that Monsieur Bach is undoubtedly the most important and emotionally inspired composer to have lived on this earth.
The violin and harpsichord sonatas entered my soul as a young man, thanks to Yehudi Menuhin and George Malcolm. 60 years later I still find them as beautiful and emotioally satisfyng as I did then.
Outstanding. I have such gratitude for your efforts to record Bach's entire repetoire. A very moving piece that I seldom encounter. Today I had instructed my students on counterpoint in Bach's work, from the viewpoint of the keyboard, so was glad to see this suggestion pop up.
Sublime playing and very well mixed. Bad audio engineering can easily ruin a recording of pieces like this, where all lines should be equal in presence.
A hundred bravos to the violinist for making such a super-human effort to sink his sound into that of the harpsichord, only allowing it to sing through when it needs to.
Geniale und sehr schöne Arrangierung; unübertrefflich hinsichtlich der seelischen Erhebung, die hier hervorgerufen wird. Die Instrumente sind perfekt im Klang für die Darbietung und die beiden Musiker bestechen durch Einfühlsamkeit und Präzision; sehr selten gehörte Kombination der Superlative! JS Bach muss diese Melodien und Akkordfolgen direkt aus der spirituellen Welt Gottes empfangen haben!!!
The Void in me is so enormous that only the music of Johann Sebastian Bach has enough volume to fill me up and leaves me such unspeakable Wonder and Joy!!!
Such a beautiful composition. I really like the contrast of the harpsichord and violin. The detached and legato of the violin is excellent and having the themes bounce back and forth between these contrasting instruments is really cool. Very well played as well!
At last another violinist! And a very good one! Sato is very good as well, but one could easily get the idea that he had exclusive rights for Bach's violin works
I mean, he is the most technically skilled Baroque violinist in the world. He went to Juilliard and Curtis. You can hear that Čičić is a tiny bit out of tune on some of the double stops--nothing out of the ordinary that kills the performance or anything; it's still exceptional. But, the near-perfect intonation of someone who attended the most elite music schools in the world really shows in Sato's performances. Just look at any solo violin piece that requires significant technical ability, like Bach's 3-part fugue in G minor, compare it to any other Baroque violinist (even the likes of Rachel Podger), and you'll find that nobody comes close to Sato's mixing of exceptional technique with Baroque interpretation: *Baroque Violinists* (the time at the end of the links is intentional) Shunske Sato: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-MRKy3kX8XUM.html Rachel Podger: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-wTVJ0BtIoMA.html Patrick Bismuth: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-JU6a-4gqOmM.html *Modern Violinists* James Ehnes: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-WIAHt8qT4iU.html Hilary Hahn: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-R8xTneajT8Q.html Arthur Grumiaux (old-school): ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-FTUWCr3IXxw.html
@@randomoneforstuff3696 Discussions about who is the best (especially in the world) are quite useless as far as i'm concerned. Music, and art in general, are not the Olympic Games. Furtheron i didn't indicate i underrate Sato's qualities. He is a wonderful and great musician in his own right as are the others you mentioned.
@@bertuspieters4154 Of course. I just wanted to clarify that Sato is in many recordings because he has the best technique of everyone in NBS. But, other performers are always welcome. I personally want to see Rachel Podger do a performance with them, since she's one of the most well known Baroque violinists and has never been a guest concertmaster with NBS before.
Wunderschöne und detaillierte Aufführung dieser kompakten doch perfekt komponierten Sonate in verschiedenen Tempi mit seidigem doch gut phrasiertem Ton der genialen Violine und zurückgehaltenem doch schimmerndem Klang des ebenso genialen Cembalos. Der dritte Satz klingt besonders schön und echt melodisch. Im Kontrast klingt der letzte Satz echt lebhaft und auch inspirierend. Der intime und perfekt entsprechende Dialog zwischen den beiden Virtuosen ist wahrhaft ergreifend. Alles ist wunderbar!
AMAZING. Maybe my favorite interpretation? Hot take: sometimes lack of vibrato in baroque interpretations seems almost unnatural. like they're almost trying NOT to vibrate. a stiffness. but here... i didnt feel that stiffness at all. an interpretation isn't interesting because it's "accurate". it matters so much more that they are real, alive, honest. and this performance feels that way
6th. November 1982 I had the unbelievable courage to open my Purcell Room debut with this work, beginning as it does on a 16-second-long F- sharp taken in a single bow!
It's not like Bach... A lot of scores, all of them according to copiryght law..... All of then possesed by Barenreiter (not even by Bach!!!). And the musicians being like slaves of those sccores....
I would love to know who is the maker of your violin? The tone is very rich and bright on this recording. I am assuming that you are playing an authentic early violin?
No, I don’t agree. The harpsichordist might as well be playing a dumb harpsichord. Especially in the second movement, he can barely be heard. The balance is all wrong here. Compare the Gould Laredo recordings in which every voice can be heard with crystal clarity.
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Stop the metathesiophobia. Čičić is perfectly fine. His double stops are a bit out of tune at times, and his vibrato quality is inconsistent, but he doesn't take as much tempo liberty as Sato.
