" On one stage, for a small instrument, the man writes a whole world of the deepest thoughts and most powerful feelings..." Brahms Written after Bach returned home to learn that his wife had died, the Chaconne is most certainly a very emotional piece of music. Congratulations and thank you for this humanly authentic performance
Ray Chen is undoubtedly one of the greatest soloists of the 21st century. What I will say here is just a personal opinion, I prefer to see him playing the romantic and modern repertoire.
I like the violinist Ray Chen, because it is evident that he loves what he does, and he transmits that feeling to all of us who listen to his wonderful interpretation...Thank you for sharing this musical gem.Congratulations
Possibly the most powerful and moving performance of this great piece, at least that I ever heard, played in the impassioned spirit of Bach's grief for his beloved young wife, Maria Barbara, whom he had discovered, after returning from a long trip with his employer prince, had died and was already buried. Bach is crying out to God.
I think the critics would kill him if they heard him play this piece because they would say its to emotional wich actual bull in my opinion i feel all music should be played with full amount of emotion but thats just my opinion:p
I actually believe he played this in honor of his violin teacher, Aaron Rosand, who had passed away just before this performance. The Chaconne was Rosand's favorite piece. This isn't based on anything other than I am just connecting dots from a post he had posted somewhere else announcing the sad news of Mr. Rosand's passing.
Doctor Teemo if I can rmb correctly, Bach composed the chaconne after his wife died, the double stops serves as a second person playing with the first. So in my opinion Bach chaconne should definitely be played emotionally whether it’s by the interpretation of Bach or yourself, you have to have that kind of integrity and pureness while playing
The ending is surprisingly difficult and ray nailed it with perfection, the emotion is incredible. His strad at the ending when he keeps smashing out bottom notes at 15:09 makes such an exceptional sound. The way the sound reverberates really shows his skill and emotion in this piece. Plus the facial expressions... You can count of ray to do those. Also #twoset violin?
JSB is my „best of the best“ for this single UNBELIEVABLE piece of music. But this performance lacks width and depth and - silence. Listen to Augustin Hadelich‘ Sonatas and Partitas, esp. the divine Chaconne.
Nice performance! However, maybe little too much dramatic changes in tone and tempo. Would have been so wonderful if he considered a little bit more of Basso continuo aspect of Bach's work.
Music is subjective ESPECIALLY with classical. I always hated the teachers that say “ yOU hAve TO pLaY iT ThIS wAy” I wish more teachers would allow you to expressive your interpretation without being a creative nazi.
Dear mister ray! It's Aaron, your number 1 fan! Technique suffocates your voice. Modern violinists are choking on technique. You know what technique is? "Not caring about technique, is technique."
Listening to Ray, I try to compare his performance technique with Menuhin's technique. In my personal opinion, these are two people approaching ideal performance, but from different sides. I consider this piece to be an example of how following rhythm and speed can disrupt the listener's depth of perception. Also, I noticed a disturbance in perception in those performers who emphasized double notes, while the main tones that require highlighting are sometimes hidden in double notes, sometimes in single ones. Ray is great technically, but lacks the sense of breathing in the melody. Sharp sounds are appropriate here, but they should not disturb this breathing. This melody is all breathing, and it needs both inhalation and exhalation. And these inhalations and exhalations require different rhythms and tempos. But Ray does a good job of reflecting the mood swings of the melody on the opening notes, maintaining coherence and storytelling. What does maximum perception of this melody do for me? Changes in rhythm, sharpness and ease of sound production, the difference between quiet and loud sounds, dosed vibrato at the right moment, richness in the middle tones, viscosity in the lower and upper tones, transmission of the main line of the melody only through certain notes. Much depends on the acoustics of the instrument’s room, the bow, the age of the performer and the technique of performance. A slight delay in the echo in a room with appropriate acoustics, I think, is more conducive to revealing the melody for perception.
@@ecstasy-8957 Hilary's interpretation lacks viscosity, viscous accent, and lacks deep immersion into individual notes, not so variable vibrato control. This makes the music smoother. And then again, she clearly observes the rhythm. And here we need barely noticeable deviations from the rhythm. A person never breathes rhythmically according to a schedule. However, her melody is better. Perhaps there is someone else I have not heard. For me personally, Menuhin remains the best. But Ray and Hilary are young. They have everything ahead, I hope.
@@victorzagrebin5765 I’m not a very knowledgeable listener but from what I genuinely felt, it felt like Hilary was the one to play every notes with deeper emotion and thoughtfulness. It’s like everything’s there. I can definitely say that Ray’s arpeggios and style is more into an outer, or virtuosic sense, and it’s really satisfying whereas others don’t seem to REALLY render Bach perfectly. I think Hilary is more matured.
Heavy bowing is always disturbing.His detache is not fluid: it destroys the architecture of the entire piece. And it gets worse at the major key section. Detache must be a continuous line. Not a broken one. Ray is immensely talented with great potential. Unfortunately, he is not a great thinker. He goes always for the easiest superficial effects in his performances. He focuses always on being very projective, loud, heavy. The very last bars are a mess, musically speaking. He does not reach the pinacle. He cannot.
@@ecstasy-8957 persons who use the word " shit" have no education. Sorry, but do not tell me what I should say or not, I am free to express myself and always choose an appropriate language. Understood? Many thanks.
@@marcvilleneuve1889 Ray’s interpretation is always the most beautiful thing and you are stupid to criticize his interpretation by figuring out something like HeAvY BoWInG and stuff. I don’t see any flaws in his playing at all. And perhaps, I don’t think I’ve ever heard any other interpretations more perfect than this. All he is trying to do is intensify the emotions to be conveyed , and the surprising part is, it’s actually working. So get the hell outta here.
