When I need a prime example of how to play/sound, Jason Vieaux is there to inspire. Tone, tempo, musicality all there the way classical guitar should sound.
Far and away the most intelligent and musical performance of this piece. Apart from the breathtaking clarity and beautiful sound, Jason always makes sure Bach's PULSE keeps chugging along. Too many otherwise great guitarists play bach with too much rubato and lacking in basic pulse, which is the foundation of all Bach's output. What fantastic command of phrasing and separate lines Jason has. He is without doubt one of the greatest classical guitarists of the last century and is up there with the best of them.
this is probably one of the most impressive performances i've seen of this particular suite for the following reasons: 1. not too fast, not too slow 2. you can hear every note, except for a few in the beginning 3. he's not slobbering all over the place I can concentrate on the sound of the performance instead of the guitarist's finger movement
I’m lucky to have the cd with the entire suites, I’m listening to it for 15 years and can’t go back to it without a fresh discovering Is just wonderful, and Jason is making it sound absolutely beautiful Congratulations is quite an accomplishment
@Fagleboo Actually this is considered the 3rd Lute suite and it is essentially the same material as the 5th Cello suite, but interestingly enough, the Lute manuscript is in J.S. Bach's handwriting, and the Cello suite is in the handwriting of his wife(A. M. Bach) which likely means he wrote it for Lute first, as she was often his copyist. A little known fact.
Incredible performance! I love the interpretation! so subtle yet deep... please ignore the ignorant comment like "you play like machine" or "it's boring", a lot of people nowadays are unfortunately used to lavish and greasy tastes and fail to comprehend subtlety...
Dí que sí. Yo estoy cansado de artistas circenses que mucho dedo pero que te dejan igual. De esos hay muchos pero la capacidad para sacar ese sonido y llegar al publico de Jason, pocos lo tienen y eso no se consigue así como así.
if you search for "werner icking bwv 995" and click the link from icking-music-archive and wait for the page to load up, you can search for bwv 995 and find this piece arranged for the guitar.
Brilliant, and from one of the nicest guys you'd ever meet. Bravo Jason. Glad to see you're not still using those bright orange ping pong ball nails on your thumb.
When it comes right down to it, Vera, Musicality trumps Technique. I reckon that if it was good enough for the jury that awarded him first prize in the GFA competition however many years back, then it's good enough for me.
i dont understand why this recieved so many negative votes.. This is the most perceptive critique I hate comments that dont help the musican but instead just boost his ego
Jason is great!! would like you guys to hear Jesus Maria Rodriguez version, and tell me what you think. Completely unknown but in my opinion a very good guitarist.
He's got the best tone in the business, doesn't he? So rich and creamy. A real pleasure to listen to. I almost like him better than Goran sollscher. I don't know. It's a toss up. If I was stranded on a desert island ?......
btw, I've never heard of this artist before. I just stumbled on it and was struck by the musicality of the performance. And this bird-brain says his "right-hand technique is a bit off". Who do you think you're kidding?
How to keep two melodic lines interesting, all the possibilities of fingerings that you can come up with. If you analyze it you can learn a lot about harmony.
Anyone know why he tends to play the bach over the sound hole, whereas others, particularly Williams and Sagovia, seem to play them slightly closer to the bridge; just a preference? And I noticed a fair bit of vibrato. Quite unconventional for baroque, no?
Your right. I should never see the thumb. Moving up the neck is harder and the tips of the fingers may not touch the fingerboard. My in guitar teacher would slap my hand to get it right. it did not feel good but i learned quickly.
Not a bad performance His right hand technique is a bit off because he has a wierd habit of switching between free stroke and rest stroke at strange intervals which throws off the pulse and dynamics His left hand fingers have too much motion which means that he never learned Economy of motion
Tiene muy buen sonido y claridad, la verdad es muy buen guitarrista, aunque debo de decir que su tecnica en la mano derecha es algo pobre, lo cual es algo lamentabla. En los guitarristas jovenes se ha perdido lo que es la estetica en la manera de tocar. Lo esencial y primordial es el sonido, pero tambien es muy importante la manera en que uno se ve al tocar.
Well, Jason is one my favorites guitar players. unfortunately he was "jailed" on readind the score, so his ability as interpreter was diminished and could not be free. It should be a lesson to all great guitarist's: never play reading the sheet. 'cause it will end all like this: no color , no contrats, non "brigth vs smooth" playing . pity!
Lol, talk about trolling... Nice little history you made up, but trust me, if you were a classical guitarrist you wouldn´t care about people staring at your thumb nail...
Nope. You are clearly too used to listening to other guitarists who ignore pulse and muck about with too much rubato. Bach faster movements need motion. There IS emotion there, but it is not sentimentalised or overdone. It is just right for Bach.
