Bach - Chaconne from Violin partita no. 2 in D minor BWV 1004

Bach - Chaconne from Violin partita no. 2 in D minor BWV 1004 | Netherlands Bach Society

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For the complete Violin Partita no. 2 in D minor BWV 1004 go to: • Bach - Violin Partita ...
A chaconne is a series of variations on a continually repeated short bass line, which in this Ciaccona is a four-bar motif. First, we hear the theme twice as the foundation for broad chords, and then the journey begins, travelling along a passage of arpeggios and rapid notes back to the opening chords. Then there is a sudden fascinating transition to major, like a heavenly light. Afterwards, we return to earth, like a different person, to finally arrive at the beginning - which does indeed sound very different. In the final note, we hear the same note played twice, on two strings at the same time. Two notes that have eventually become one again: after all that has preceded, there is something comforting about it.
Recorded for the project All of Bach 24th June 2019 at the Lichtfabriek, Haarlem. If you want to help us complete All of Bach, please subscribe to our channel bit.ly/2vhCeFB and consider donating bit.ly/2uZuMj5.
For the complete set of Sonatas and partitas for solo violin go to: • Six sonatas and partit...
For the short documentary on the Baroque violin and bow go to • The Baroque violin and...
For more information on BWV 1004 and this production go to allofbach.com/en/bwv/bwv-1004/
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Shunske Sato, violinist
Violin: Cornelius Kleynman ca. 1684

Пікірлер: 281

@jaikee9477 3 жыл бұрын

When Johannes Brahms stumbled upon Bach’s “Chaconne” in 1877, he simply couldn’t believe his eyes: “On one stave, for a small instrument, Bach writes a whole world of the deepest thoughts and most powerful feelings. If I imagined that I could have created, even conceived the piece, I am quite certain that the excess of excitement and earth-shattering experience would have driven me out of my mind.”

@johannesbrahms3322 3 жыл бұрын

Couldn't have said it better myself!

@DaviSilva-oc7iv 3 жыл бұрын

If so, even a great composer such as Brahms didn't know chaconne until his 43-44 years, but now people from all around the world can listen this masterpiece for free with the Internet.

@eunprecedented1979 2 жыл бұрын

I think I know what bach was thinking...!

@fatdoi003 2 жыл бұрын

@@DaviSilva-oc7iv back then there's no record, tape, cd, mp3, flac..... if you wanted to listen to Bach, you either played for yourself or someone played for you.... also Brahms mainly played piano so Chaconne would not be on his list of studies

@DaviSilva-oc7iv 2 жыл бұрын

@@fatdoi003 I don't get it, are you trying to say that he didn't write the quote or how amazing it is that he discovered the Chaconne with all limitations of his time?

@jewelryboxballerina 2 жыл бұрын

As a violinist, let me just mention that the amount of stamina it takes to play this piece is great. It takes a lot out of the violinist, physically, mentally, and (depending on how empathic you are) emotionally when playing this piece.

@Roypb01 10 ай бұрын

Something for you: The Chaconne played on the oboe. Count your blessings: respiration is not part of violin technique.. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/ip9oa7OGqbqVfYE.html

@sina8883 9 ай бұрын

Also, as another violinist, let me add that this is a tough piece to memorize! I am someone who has often been complimented on my ability to memorize long concertos quickly. But I have to admit that this piece is so complex, and has so many unusual chords and intricate passages that it is not easy to memorize at all. I have tried to gnaw on it and broken some teeth, to be sure.

@superblondeDotOrg 9 ай бұрын

then don't do it from memory, do it by sight-reading.

@walterbushell7029 2 ай бұрын

I find this work also hard to listen to as it confrunts with the pathos of life.

@dpet7756 Ай бұрын

Pretty sure Shunske Sato plays the whole partita at once. Now that is really impressive!

@javierdiazsantana 3 жыл бұрын

3:58 That is the musical phrase by Johann Sebastian that reflects at most the human feelings, of all his works. I would describe it as "silent suffering".

@pascalpoussin1209 2 жыл бұрын

Human searching?

@javierdiazsantana 2 жыл бұрын

@@pascalpoussin1209 Yes, all the pain of the history of mankind, before and after the making of the piece, reflected into this composition

@ceadachrua Жыл бұрын

@@javierdiazsantana Hermosamente dicho. Rarely do I become philosophical in describing music, but there are moments in great music that truly touch on a profound quality of the human condition. Yet there are few moments in music as profound as what we encounter in this piece. Here, Bach accomplished a miracle, something that seems to transcend mere notes, where the universe itself seems to speak to us through his music. Must also commend the fantastic job maestro Sato does with this piece and the entire Partita. Of the many great renditions of this work, this one is unrivaled in its clarity, internal logic and nearly magic freedom of expression.

@aryannagpaul4548 3 жыл бұрын

Of all the times this piece has been performed and recorded. Never have I heard a more colourful rendition than this. A very emotional and apt rendition of a timeless and sophisticated classics. Wonderful!

@kevinveigas103 3 жыл бұрын

Heifetz says hi

@albarainbow 3 жыл бұрын

@@kevinveigas103 and bye again😂

@pascalpoussin1209 2 жыл бұрын

Aryan Nagpaul, the composer was Japanese and liked a sake.

@kevinveigas103 2 жыл бұрын

@@pascalpoussin1209 Japanese?? , eh , Bach was german

@dora9103 9 ай бұрын

@@kevinveigas103 r/woosh

@drshoe9754 9 ай бұрын

I wish i could make my left hand never vibrate like him, while still having enough flexibility to make the notes really sing/speak. What he's doing here is significantly harder than a modern violin, no shoulder rest, no vibrato to help hide intonation mistakes, no modern bow to help with projection... I've stopped comparing musicians as best but Sato is amazing for sure

@jphanson Жыл бұрын

The All Bach project is a generous gift to humankind for all time. Thank you!

@timrizzo3941 Жыл бұрын

So dynamic- it prays, sings, raves, rambles, weeps, raves again. It's rare to hear any piece delivered like this, where everything: pulse, timbre, pitch etc is dynamic - all of human emotion and experience contained within. Simply breathtaking

@wolkowy1 3 жыл бұрын

Shunske Sato - many voices, many dialogues, many ideas, many experiences, many emotions - all of them are heard from your sole violin. Perfect performance. Bravo. Thanks NBS for uploading.

@SilvioNobre 3 жыл бұрын

Bach is everything I needed right now.

@iagonizante 3 жыл бұрын

hands down best chaconne i've ever heard, it's almost like i'm listening to a whole different piece, just fantastic! amazing! speechless

@delrenatoaltoe 3 жыл бұрын

This video is a trinity of perfections. Music, musician and scenery.

@TheVoitel 3 жыл бұрын

Scenery? I mean, surely, the room is nice, but this lighting... It must be so distracting to play in that situation ...

@corc1130 2 жыл бұрын

@@TheVoitel he's not facing the lights

@pascalpoussin1209 2 жыл бұрын

I have listened to many ciacconas, and really for me this is my favourite of all. Comparing between versions with immaculate intonation and sound quality (and there are many), I most appreciate here the incredible rithmic presence ever crisp and flowing as well the harmonic clarity and simplicity. This unpretentious rendition is a very rare jewel, a precious present to music lovers, Bach lovers - Bravo Sato!

@wingkaewong208 2 жыл бұрын

Only in Sato's Chaconne can I hear the joyous angel's trumpet, loud and clear.

@dimitrispapalexis6949 3 жыл бұрын

Mr Sato is a great musician!

@cityglam2008 3 жыл бұрын

Sato the best baroque violinist . .Bach is all . Thanks for sharing .

@wamix58 2 ай бұрын

For me #2, after Carmignola.

@cityglam2008 2 ай бұрын

@@wamix58 Thanks for your contribution. But Bach first of all 😁

@rykehuss3435 Ай бұрын

@@wamix58 what about Podger?

@Ernesto7608 3 күн бұрын

Like him, did the baroque violinist mixed their playing with aerobic contortions? And their lower pitch make the accords easier to play?

@jjlwaardenburg 2 жыл бұрын

To me this is one of the most complete solo violin pieces ever composed. So much musical debt and emotion. In this very original and personal interpretation, Sato makes his violin sound like a complete and well oiled string quartet..

@clonebin0 3 жыл бұрын

Love the interpretation, so different from the usual modern interpretations of this piece

@rykehuss3435 Ай бұрын

This is a historically informed performance (HIP). Notice his use of baroque bow and baroque tuning, and no shoulder rest. Probably gut strings as well. And the lack of vibrato outside of small ornamentations.

@kylehart6893 Жыл бұрын

best version of this piece I’ve heard

@juanferreira5931 3 жыл бұрын

Bach never ceases to surprise me.

@marcalvilaipla3047 2 жыл бұрын

It's known that Bach is one of the best organists in the history (probably the best), but he was also violinist. If he'd writen such a difficult piece like that, probably is one of the best vionlinists in the history like Sato. Fascinating😍😍

@figarogiulini50 5 ай бұрын

Never mind quite a few breathtaking renditions of the d minor Chaconne on a large variety of instruments, like lute, guitar, harpsichord, piano, organ, Master J. S. Bach most certainly knew why he composed this marvel of music for violin. This becomes evident in Shunske Sato's awesome rendition of the Chaconne. Bach's deep feelings of loss, sadness and desperation, learning of the death of his first wife which occurred a few weeks prior to his arrival from a lengthy cross border European lecturing and promotion journey, which he only learnt of on returning home to Leipzig, by which time she was long buried, is really best expressed on a violin. Remember, travelling in those times happened by means of ox or horse driven coaches. Maximum distance covered on a day would be about 60 - 80 km in very favorable conditions, across difficult terrain [Alps mountains] or difficult weather conditions much less. So, for example, travelling from Firenze / Italy to Leipzig / Germany will take at the very least 2 weeks, easily double of that in winter. A journey like the one J. S. Bach undertook across many European countries including England is very likely to have lasted well above a year.

@scottwexlin6456 6 ай бұрын

A masterful performance, by a master of the instrument. Bach himself would be proud. As an organist, I've heard the transcription of this (but not played myself) on my instrument as well. It just works played on anything. Period.

@tonnymelendez7451 Жыл бұрын

As a cellist this is the singular piece I am jealous of the violinist

@TheVoitel 3 жыл бұрын

Sato is just so amazingly good with Bach! He really makes the music work!

@willianwallacepereiradiogo4354 3 жыл бұрын

Bach is amazing, His musics simply amazing. Bach forever🔥🎻

@joerodrigues5196 3 жыл бұрын

All so true!!!!!!!

@jaikee9477 3 жыл бұрын

True! It's annoying when post modern people call him "one of the greatest" despite the fact that Mozart, Beethoven, Chopin, Brahms, Wagner, Liszt, Verdi, Schumann, Debussy, Mendelssohn, Mahler, etc made very clear in their own words that he was THE greatest.😍👌

@kevinveigas103 3 жыл бұрын

@@jaikee9477 what is postmodern

@chris8300 3 жыл бұрын

And from 11.15 , it is simply brilliant... BRAVO..how beautiful is that? wow

@xiaotaozhou8662 Жыл бұрын

I am left rather speechless, such clarity and such precision while maintaining all the deepest emotions. Truly one of the best recordings ever.

@shy8371 9 ай бұрын

I love love and love this piece from this violinist the most...I've been listening to it over 10 times

@notaire2 3 жыл бұрын

Lyrische und wunderschöne Aufführung dieses perfekt komponierten Meisterstücks im gut phrasierten Tempo mit seidigem doch ein bisschen neue-sachlichem Ton der Solovioline und mit perfekt kontrollierter Dynamik. Die Virtuosität der Doppelgriffe ist echt ergreifend. Bestimmt die beste Kombination der höchsten Technik und der angeborenen Lyrik. Wahrlich unvergleichlicher Violinist!

@erhann9385 2 жыл бұрын

Every part of this rendition is coherent with one another yet each remaining unique at the same time. This really is the best rendition of Bach’s Chaconne among the many I’ve heard. Wish there’s an official recording album.

@guillermohugocardenas3639 3 жыл бұрын

This is an epochal encounter between giants: Bach, Sato, Kleynman, the concert hall and the best of technology that will keep this jewel for the ages.

@HumbleNewMusic 3 жыл бұрын

The magnitude of this movement is kinda & literally incomprehensible!! Sigh... Love how every violinist who plays this brings something personal & different... but really the Ciaccona could survive anything! :-)

@lenanielsen5903 3 жыл бұрын

Bach's music is so beautiful🍃

@sholahuddinalayyubi583 2 жыл бұрын

this is my favorite chaconne video on this platform

@Jalcolm1 2 жыл бұрын

Often it’s played a lot of violin and some Bach… Sato plays it some violin and a lot of Bach. It’s always a revelation.

@cyuxi Жыл бұрын

First time hearing the baroque style performance for this piece. This is definitely the best ever heard. Bravo!

@lightgamer8253 Жыл бұрын

9:58 really sends chills down my spine, it almost sounds as if bach was able to capture a man crying and play it on the violin. Plus, from what I have read, this is around the time his wife had died, so ot really shines a light about what he is trying to portray in this moment

@franciscoe.novalessalinas4981 3 жыл бұрын

SENSUAL, VIBRANTE, BELLÍSIMO, MAGNIFICO. MAESTRO SHUNSKE SATO GENIAL. GRACIAS DESDE MÉXICO

@TurkuEarlyMusic Жыл бұрын

I have no need to compare this performance with others. Let's just say that I thought that the piece was too big a challenge and could not be performed adequately on the violin, but now I've been convinced by this overwhelming evidence at hand: it can be done, with elegance and poise.

@vesselaevrova-wassenaar9007 2 жыл бұрын

OMG - phenomenal, captivating and humbling performance! Imbued with the freedom of virtuosity and a pure unadulterated interpretation of some of the greatest music ever written. Chapeau 👏

@milkyblue2133 5 ай бұрын

素晴らしいバロックバイオリン🎻の音色と演奏✨佐藤さんの日本公演希望します🙏

@voraciousreader3341 3 жыл бұрын

Gorgeous violin sound, transformative interpretation....wonderful! EDIT: I’ve heard this piece so many times that I was going to click on “not interested,”....I couldn’t imagine anything new. But, I used a bit too much pressure and opened the piece. I thought, all right then, let’s see. Thank God! This man is a true Bach genius, an incredible talent and voice.

@matthewgroters6270 3 жыл бұрын

For the speed, remarkable clarity and precision. Thank you for an inspired performance.

@alvarogarciabarbosa3199 2 жыл бұрын

Es inimaginable el genio de Bach en toda su música, pero esta Chacona es de una creatividad, imaginación, inspiración más allá de muchísimas grandiosas composiciones. Uno quisiera que no se detuviera, que siguiera fluyendo y fluyendo....es mágica, aterradora, que nunca termine... jamás!!!

@Abaddontepes666 Жыл бұрын

Just knowing the heartbreaking story behind this piece is enough to break into a fit of sadness, but listening to this piece hurts more than simply reading it, I feel the happy times they shared but also the immense pain and suffering he went through

@benjaminniemczyk 2 жыл бұрын

Bach/Sato. Genius/Genius. A towering achievement of both composer and performer. A piece and performance of profound depth.

@terriertops4353 Жыл бұрын

As others have already said, you could dance to this. Like Vengerov, Sato does not play a single phrase without turning it into music. I would love to be able to play the Chaconne like this. Those of us who play on both modern and baroque set up know just how much harder it is to work with gut strings. They are far less forgiving of pressure and contact point.

@bartpickford1836 3 жыл бұрын

Love the variety in his bow speed, bow division and bow pressure. All of this adds to a brilliant development of the chaconne. Thank you

@user-ec4io5gb8g 7 ай бұрын

I revived felt refreshed after a the his music performance. i understanded Bach's work is evolving by a performer, Shunsuke Sato,

@HeliosRietberg 3 жыл бұрын

This is by far my favourite Bach and an astounding rendition! Thank you! 😍

@alvarbanuelos9626 3 жыл бұрын

Another wonderful gift, thank you so much. 😭❤️

@vedantthanki745 2 жыл бұрын

Exactly what my soul needed..... Bach's Chaccone And yes, that baroque violin too...; )

@Chrismacleod777 3 жыл бұрын

Absolutely beautifully played!One of my favourite pieces of music! Thank you Mr Sato! 🌺🌸🦋🥰🌹🎶🎻🌻🍁💐🍀👍😀

@Soordhin 3 жыл бұрын

Sublime rendition of a great piece of music. It really conveys to me the emotional pain in which it was most likely written.

@willinwoods 3 жыл бұрын

Such an amalgamation of great souls.

@emirbakr1232 3 жыл бұрын

Incredible! my favourite piece.

@matyasskultety8613 3 жыл бұрын

more, more, MORE! What a wonderful feeling listen to this music. AVE BACH, AVE THIS YOU TUBE CHANNEL

@user-ij2xi7zc8k Жыл бұрын

this is THE interpretation of this piece

@grafvonsylt 3 жыл бұрын

Beautiful!

@johannesbrahms3322 3 жыл бұрын

Superb sound! Both the instrument and the recording technique are amazing!

@mariedu1791 3 жыл бұрын

😍 its just beautiful !

@jessicawong3081 10 ай бұрын

Hilary is my go to for chaconne, and wow let's just say they are very different, really proves that the violinist can make the same score sound 2 different pieces. But I gotta give the "baroque" factor of the music to you!

@misterphilgood1451 3 жыл бұрын

Magnifique, sublime !!!

@fitahr4525 3 жыл бұрын

Wonderful interpretation 🌠

@suezuccati304 2 жыл бұрын

Best rendition of the Chaconne I have heard so far.

@giuseppedonnici1481 3 жыл бұрын

Sei BRAVISSIMOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

@bachoid3634 Жыл бұрын

Well, Chaconne, what to say, it is pure challenge. Can a human-being perform it perfectly? No way. This one is seriously one of the best performances if not the best. My best regards to Sato and Netherlands Bach Society.

@davidecristanelli 3 жыл бұрын

Perfect. No other words

@musicalmate500 2 жыл бұрын

Wow! This recording is amazing!

@gunnarbjorck929 3 жыл бұрын

Oh my god!!! I love it!!! Thank you! ❤

@chris8300 3 жыл бұрын

A complex interpretation of this timeless masterpiece He captures the energy and the intensity of it, the movement it inspires. My 2c opinion : played that fast, it loses the emotion this music contains, especially this deep form of sadness or melancholy. But everyone is allowed to see/perceive it differently. Great video , in any case... I adore the NBS....best thing, by far, on youtube

@TheVoitel 3 жыл бұрын

I do not nescessarily agree. In my opinion this tempo is very good to have the music really work. While going slower *does* change the pathos that is still not a very good reason, because the sole reason you are even looking for that kind of pathos is because you are accustomed to slower, romanticised renditions. Quite similar to how Beethoven’s 14th Sonata quasi una fantasia in C# minor is generally played far too slowly, because only so it has the "emotion" it need. An emotion Beethoven probably never had in mind when he wrote the piece. So when associating certain emotions with music one has to be aware of how much of that interpretation is actually a direct product of ones own experiences in renditions one has heard.

@victoriaballard7354 3 жыл бұрын

Deeply moving. Perfection!

@KackyMuse 3 ай бұрын

Astoundingly beautiful. Such sensitive expression, such powerful technique.

@DanielOliveira-yy8oj 2 жыл бұрын

It´s a pleasure for me listen some perfect and deep and hardest interpretation of that Chaconne. Love tha music of my Master Bach!

@vacuumtube1954 3 жыл бұрын

Wonderful !

@alphart3581 3 жыл бұрын

Très belle interprétation !

@proflight1538 2 жыл бұрын

Wow. Shunske, would love to meet u one day. I’m currently learning this Partita and I’ve finished the allemande. Can’t wait to get to this piece, it was effortless beauty with a vibrant sound and I hope to be able to play it as good as you, you inspire me a lot

@g.k.failla9389 2 жыл бұрын

Wow! I'm bookmarking and alternating this with my favorite organ version. (The Netherlands Bach Society tops itself again). From Chicago, USA.

@Constitution1789 2 жыл бұрын

Interesting tuning. Kudos on his creative interpretation. 👍

@urshandschin5108 2 жыл бұрын

Bisher für mich die einzige Wiedergabe der Chaconne durch einen Violinisten, in der das (Meines Erachtens) einzig richtige Tempo gewählt ist. Darüber freue ich mich sehr!

@bapao1000 3 жыл бұрын

Bravo...!

@Tylervrooman 3 жыл бұрын

I love this tempo too...

@bikedawg 2 ай бұрын

Power performance with excellent acoustics

@grazianolauzana2236 3 жыл бұрын

Bravissimo!

@carlosilvestri7252 3 жыл бұрын

è molto bella! Bravo, signor!

@bananaGeorges22 3 жыл бұрын

Superb!

@mrhavc Жыл бұрын

Holly shit... this is beautiful...

@yimuxiao8941 2 жыл бұрын

As complicated and profound as it can get, Chaconne is still a form of dance, and this is the only interpretation I can imagine people dance to

@marieb4702 3 жыл бұрын

Hermoso 💗

@aniccadance13 Жыл бұрын

Omg how beautiful❤️

@Wahatoyas 2 жыл бұрын

7:25 best part

@olgayaleo729 2 жыл бұрын

sublime.

@themoonfleesthroughclouds 3 жыл бұрын

amazing!

@GiorgioHarrisonSoundCloud 2 жыл бұрын

If my song captures just two notes in it as well as you did your notes in Bach music - I would be very satisfied!!! BRAVO!!!

@annetteorzechowski 17 күн бұрын

Sublime!

@annefrancoisepolonini6982 3 жыл бұрын

Je pense à mon violon adoré qui date de 1800 Et a fait des voyages avec Pablo Sarrasate...... Il est très léger... J'aime toujours autant cette sonate de Bach..... Que Menuhin aimait souvent jouer... J'ai eu la chance de le rencontrer ici en Belgique au concours de violon

@aniccadance13 Жыл бұрын

Divine❤️

@PP-le7un 2 жыл бұрын

Bravo!

@stever3788 3 жыл бұрын

I've always wondered if it would sound better in C#m/Db (A=415 instead of 440) and it really does! Db is my favorite key and the favorite of so many composers from Chopin to Rachmaninoff so it's fitting that Bach would favor D for this masterpiece. Also - beautiful performance!

@berkshireee 3 жыл бұрын

you seem to know what you're talking about lol, do you know why this is played in a different key from the usual performances?

@emiliolaravargas3433 3 жыл бұрын

It's not C# minor, it's D minor in 415. Saying it's C# minor is approaching to it applying a modern standard to 18th century music, which of course makes no sense

@berkshireee 3 жыл бұрын

@@emiliolaravargas3433 do you know why it's tuned to 415 instead of 440?

@emiliolaravargas3433 3 жыл бұрын

@@berkshireee In that period there was no standard tuning (it was not even possible to measure pitch objectively), so musicians had to stick to any possible reference, like the organ of the church they were playing at, which would vary a lot from place to place. Nowadays, eventhough we know there was no standard pitch when Bach composed this music (ca. 1720), historically informed musicians use the 415 tuning as a way to take some distance from what TODAY is the standard tuning, but still, playing at 440 wouldn't be historically "incorrect", as the reference those days could be at 410, 450, or whatever (in case the reference pitch was too high or too low for the strings, they would tune at a convenient pitch and transpose).

@berkshireee 3 жыл бұрын

@@emiliolaravargas3433 that makes a lot of sense, thank you for this information! Now I'm wondering why other violinists don't try other tunings (I'm not aware of any big name violinists doing this when playing chaconne). It seems to make the piece quite interest! Maybe too interesting for some?