I am at a loss that I have discovered this so late in life. Having always had an appreciation of classical music yet I have never been so profoundly affected by a piece of music as I have in discovering this today. Quite honestly I cant breath.This is the third or fourth arrangement of this piece that I have listened to across several instruments today, and I am speechless. Paraphrasing another poster on youtube, if the divine speaks through music, it does so in the key of D minor. So many emotions boil over as I listen to this piece of music. Absolutely beyond words at this moment......
Wow. How on earth did she keep this so convincingly in D minor without an E-string? And so well played! Tanya clearly has mad arranging and performance skillz.
bach's sixth cello suite is written for a 5-string cello with a high E-string. modern cellists play it on 4-string cellos all the time. however that doesn't change the clarity and interpretation of this recording which is extremely hard as a cellist myself
As an amateur cellist, I have long wondered if there could possibly be a cello version of the Chaconne. It is such a special and singular masterpiece for violin, and so difficult. Even more challenging for cello, which is a much larger instrument and harder to move. Now I know that the answer is that this is also a masterpiece for cello. For one cello, not two, or three, or four, but one. At four cellos it is already almost orchestral, which makes it a completely different piece. It is a piece for solo cello. And who IS (That be a reference to an early scene in Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid.) this cellist who has opened this piece to the world?! Bravo!
John Carlton-Foss I agree. It is a special piece, for violin, piano, classical guitar, etc. But it is exquisite on cello. Like you said...ONE cello! Amazing.
Pedantic? A misuse of the term, I think. An enthusiastic and effusive response to the music, a little free association, and that’s ‘pedantic’? Then me too, I guess...
Bathtub Barracuda You should look up "pedantic." The commenter is a bit precious and the prose is rather purple, but not pedantic. Me, on the other hand? A little pedantic.
John Carlton-Foss I too am a amateur cellist and make your words mine. I will just add that for me to play this piece so well, apart from incredible work and dedication, I will need the help of reincarnation...
This is so good, so soulful, so deep, such an amazing performance, I don't have any words sufficient to express my gratitude for seeing and hearing this. So, just, thank you!
I've heard violin performances (on RU-vid of course) by some of the world's greatest violinists. Your interpretation of the piece surpasses theirs. And the cello brings out the pathos and moments of anger of the piece in a way that a violin can't quite do. I think it was Schubert who said something like this: "I'm a pretty good musician. I could have written some of the stuff that Bach wrote. But the Chaconne -- not humanly possible to write such a piece, the depth of emotion needed to do it would kill a mortal. Yet there it is." (Maybe someone here knows the quote and can post it accurately.) [edit] I've heard performance by two cellos, excellent musicians. I agree with others who've commented here, this is a piece for one and only one performer. Thank you.
As a cellist who has played many gigs at a pro level in my Quartet this level of skill and artistry and difficulty is hard to contemplate. I want to learn this but it will take years lol. Well done. I've listened many times it's utterly beautiful and unimaginably difficult really great job
Ms. Anisimova your Chaconne is just thrilling. Never would I have thought to come across a cellist playing this. Congratulations on your marvelous performance and arrangement. And thank you for sharing! Loved it.
A phenomenal performance. Challenging to bring off and here done masterfully. I am imagining many months of intense, single minded study and preparation wherein the many parts, technically worked out, are unified into a musical whole. "Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take but rather by the moments when our breath is taken way." This is surely one of them.
A strong, dramatic, emotional rendering of this piece. Usually I listen to it played by the lauta (luth). This version shows it's possible to approach Bach with real firepower. Thanx!
Extraordinaire interprétation !!!!! Le vio!oncelle apporte un peu plus de chaleur en se rapprochant de la tessiture de la voix humaine...Quelle difficulté technique !!!!Incroyable et majestueux !!!!!!!
I think this the piece of music that James Rhodes wrote about in his book: "I was seven, I was a weird kid, and there were lots of really difficult things happening. I found this old cassette, and on the cassette was this piece. Above all, it made me feel like even if it seemed like the world was a really hostile and appalling place, it couldn’t be that bad because something this beautiful existed in it. There are moments of such joy and such heroism in that piece. That got me through a lot of my childhood... This music kept me company. It was like a skeleton key that helped me unlock things and understand things that children of seven or eight can’t understand."
I am a pianist who has sightread the busoni version of this twice, but i admit this cello version looks simply crazy difficult. Picking up my glasses on the floor.
pensé que el chelo no lograría elevar la tensión como el violín pero Tanya Anisimova superó mis espectativas del instrumento con la pasión de su virtuosismo! Aplausos de pié!!
I'm in total admiration in front of each Chaconne, you and the cello, Segovia and the classical guitar, each time... As an electric guitar player, for me it is an inspiration. Always.
I think there is something deeply spiritual in Bach's Chaconne and it's so beautiful to see the natural concentration that someone can use to tune into this spirituality and provide this beautiful musical experience to all of us. Thank you, Tanya, this performance touched my soul.
@@prometheusrex1 Bach transcribed Vivaldi's works quite a lot, the Harpsichord Concerto in A minor BWV 1065, Organ Concerto in D minor BWV 596, and Organ Concerto in A minor, BWV 593 are several examples
@@prometheusrex1 Yep, BWV 1065 is based on Vivaldi's concerto for four violins in b minor RV 580, BWV 596 is concerto for two violins RV 565, and BWV 593 is based on Concerto for Two Violins in A minor, RV 522
Yours is the most amazing and touching performance I have heard. I used to play this on the guitar and it is infinitely easier than your version. I applaud your ingenuity in arranging this and your extreme talent for executing it.
Bravo Tanya for this incredible performance and thank you so much ! It was impossible then you did it :) Please let's share your score too ;) I hope you'll continue to work hard and play this masterpiece forever, and show us again..
Tanya Anisimova will be playing at the Rockfish Valley Community Center in Afton, Va on Saturday, January 25 at 3:30pm. For more info, visit rockfishvalleycommunitycenter.memberlodge.com/music
Lindo. Quanto sentimento? Grande interpretação. A chacona de Bach é uma das peças mais linda jamais escritas. Admirável como tinham os compositores de antanho tanta inspiração, tanta sensibilidade e tanta técnica em escrever suas obras. O que aconteceu conosco? Ficamos mais embrutecidos com o passar dos anos? Ou é o excesso de lazer improdutivo, como os esportes, o divertimento simplório que nos tornou apáticos, embrutecidos?
i think this piece suits the cello better than the violin personally. dont get me wrong, they are both great, but cello i feel has so much more expressive power in the negative end of emotion. you can feel the grief and the pain of this piece flowing. words cannot properly express it
