The complete Lute Suite in G Minor, BWV 995 (performed in a minor) 0:00 Introduction 0:09 Prelude 6:36 Allemande 10:42 Courante 12:28 Sarabande 15:23 Gavotte I & II 19:40 Gigue
Besides the excellent interpretation and technical excellence, I really appreciate the very high quality audio recording. This sound great on my headphones! Thank you!
Thanks so much! The trick is to hire a guy who a few years later wins a Grammy: niuarts.com/2022/01/dan-nichols-named-chicagoan-of-the-year-for-classical-music-by-chicago-tribune/
Wow! Great job! Bravo, Adam! Never thought that it's possible to play legato on guitar (luth) and to play with such expressiveness ! Thank you so much for posting this performance here!
omfg soo wonderful, I was looking for an interpretation of that piece for so long, thanks so much. this is by far the best interpretatation I found on youtube.
Баха господь наградил талантом сочинять музыку, понятную людям вне зависимости от того когда, где, и от кого они попали на этот свет... За окном вечер и дождь, а я слушаю музыку, которую сочинили за сотни лет до моего рождения и будут слушать сотни лет после моей смерти.
Thanks for posting this. I'm studying it and it helps a lot to have the whole thing in 1 video rather than multiple videos by different performers. Great performance too! And I like the diffusers on he wall... pretty rustic and nice looking.
Glad I read the description. I'm used to hearing this performed in G flat because of something something equal tempermant, and I was going a little nuts hearing it in a higher key. Great job on this, by the way. Good rhythmic accuracy.
Ha ha. I assume you hear it on the cello in that key? I’m not sure, but I’d guess it has more to do with pitch inflation (Bach’s G was closer to our G-flat) than Equal temperment. Thanks for listening!
@@adamroth75 were you looking for some extra courses? you have great style.. it's a stunning piece of Bach.. and you do a wonderful job! (LOL I will be listening for mistakes... though they are like holes in cheese.. -> my error looking left me smiling.. you are a great guitarist!
I heard a lot of Eugen Dombois's lute rendition in your performance, mostly in your choice of ornaments. You still made it sound idiomatic to the guitar, though. Great work!
Very great playing. I love this suit and I admire what Roth has done with it. For those of you interesed in hearing some really great bach on guitar, check out John Feeley videos of the 1st and 2nd cello suites. They are also magnificent.
Excellent. Yepes is goodtoo & this music works well on 10 string guitar
7 лет назад
Very good playing ! I'm working the prelude and the presto ("très viste"), the second one is difficult to play well and cleanly, and you played it very well, even if i still think it's a bit slow for this movement.
Hi, and thanks! I don't disagree about the tempo. I wish I could have played it faster when I recorded this. Of course, the choice between fast with mistakes or slower but clean is an easy one! :)
Thanks, William! I'd have to agree with you when it comes to his solo instrumental music, but don't dismiss his works for orchestra and voice. Keep your eyes peeled for a performance of his Mass in B minor and treat yourself!
I like your performance and the view from the window, but most of all I like your guitar. I mean shape. It's a really good idea. Of Course, you know what I mean. I wish you new pieces in your repertoire.
I enjoyed the excellent flow and sustain, and the great musicality... what is your guitar, she has a beautiful warm voice? thank you for posting, cheers from Montréal!
Thank you, Monique! The guitar is a custom build from Marshall Bruné. In addition to the quirky "bite-away" cut-away sound hole thingy, it features a unique bracing system he and his father Richard developed. They discuss it a bit on their website here: www.rebrune.com/experimental/
Love your tone and and a this is beautiful rendition of suite BMV 995... you evoke an elegant, pastoral like placidity that is well captured by this recording. It looks like you are using a stereo mic and a clip on as well.... just curious if you know what mics were used to record this video. Also what edition of the transcription are you using??
Audet Bull Thank you so much! I'm very pleased with the sound of my new guitar-it has made getting a full-bodied, blooming tone much easier. I'm not sure what the mics are. You're right about the stereo pair and the clip-on, but I'd have to ask the videographer what he used. For the g minor suite I was primarily working from Jerry Willard's transcription. I also use the Koonce editions. And of course some of the fingerings are my own.
I studied with Jerry Willard and know his transcriptions well. I also vacillate between his and the Koonce editions. Your guitar sounds great. What type is it? We both know its all about who is playing it ;) I have an 1980 humphrey modeled after the hauser made before Tom had his breakthrough design with the millennium.
Audet Bull Marshall Bruné made it for me on commission last year. I discuss it a bit here: www.classicalguitardelcamp.com/viewtopic.php?t=91165 Do you have any videos of your Humphrey? I bet it sounds great.
I just speak the truth ;) but really good job, i love ur tone.. and this suite is not easy to perform im only learning Gavotte 1 and 2, im halfway through nº1, its magnificent how Bach could do that kind of music... he is my favorite composer.
+Adam Roth Couldn't agree more. I have been learning guitar for the last five years and nothing helps me make progress as much as practicing Bach and listening to other players play Bach. Especially listening.
+Daniel Strong Thank you! Most of the fingerings are from Jerry Willard's edition, along with some of Frank Koonce's. Both editions are widely available. Cheers!
Thanks for watching and the kind words! The guitar was made by Marshall Bruné. It's a cedar top with Madagascar rosewood back and sides. It has a special bracing layout developed by him and his father.
It may not be possible to play in Gm. The Lute was not tuned the same as modern standard guitar tuning. If Adam tuned his guitar down a full step, using the same fingering, he would be playing in Gm. It is often necessary to use special tunings to play certain pieces on the guitar. This in inconvenient. Guitar strings have a tendency to creep back to the previous tuning. Or, it may just be easier in Am. It's nice to have open bass strings that are friendly to the key you are playing in. In standard tuning, the three low strings, e, a, and d, are the most important bass notes in Am. In Gm, the corresponding notes would be d, g, and c, these would have to be fretted in standard tuning, making it impossible, or more difficult, or maybe the bass notes would not sound as rich, when playing high on the neck and having these bass notes played at the same time.
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I don't think removing the wood in the upper bout has any effect on losing the trebles "in the first place". That part of the sound board vibrates very little; it's down by the bridge that the top moves air. But I'm not a luthier, so who knows. Thanks for watching!
I can imagine Beethoven with all his pianofortes and symphonies coming to a tavern and listening to this and realizing that realizing it as the acme of musical art, not to be improved upon.
That's a neat comment. Sometimes before a performance I'll ask myself why this music is still relevant. What role does it play in today's world? The answer I come to is that it offers a peace and transcendence that's more necessary than ever. This is music outside of this world, and that's why we need to spend time with it.
@@adamroth75 your playing is absolutely excellent. I have played flamenco for about 20 years on and off. The only classical pieces i have tried to play are Cavatina and that famous Spanish Romance pece (plus I began doing a transcription of one of the easier Albeniz. pieces) What would you recommend as an easy Bach piece for classical guitar for me to learn? I love the Gavotte especially. But may I ask why you changed this piece's key? Thanx
@@adamroth75 Really brilliant! I will attempt this piece, hopefully. By the way, is 6:34 into 6:35 a new video? Or is it all one take? Whatever the case - brilliant performance. What's the most difficult section, would you say?
