Kazuhito Yamashita -Unaccompanied Cello Suite No. 6 BWV 1012 I. Prélude

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Kazuhito Yamashita -Unaccompanied Cello Suite No. 6 BWV 1012 I. Prélude

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Күн бұрын

Spent half the night trying to find this on KZfaq but no sign. Then I found it saved on another hard drive. Sharing my luck!

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@wstr9963 7 жыл бұрын

According to a lot of people, Yamashita plays this all wrong. This is not how Bach should be played they say, this is not how the guitar should be played... They might be right, but when I listen to this it always moves me. Yamashita always moves me! I think he's fantastic. But I also love the way Glenn Gould and Segovia play Bach, so maybe I don't care for the things the critics care for. I think Yamashita, Gould and Segovia are fantastic artists, because when they play they touch my soul more than other musicians do.. And I love that. They might not play their music in a historically correct fashion, or in good taste or whatever, but there's fire in their performance! They play with passion. There are a lot of musicians who play the way the critics want it, so I don't see why it's a problem people like Yamashita play the way they want...

@carlosreismusic9813 6 жыл бұрын

I can asure u that the smashing majority of these dumbasses can't play 1% of what Yamashita is capable, its just about jealousy. And before anyone think's this is not real, just pay attention at the Academic's teachers behave, they suck on this subject. Historical performance is something very new with historical instruments and still is something "dark" and distant to most of non historical instruments, classical guitar for instance. If u say to cellist that these BWVs was written for a spalla not a gamba instrument they will scold u. Most of classical guitarists don't have a enought knowledge of Baroque, they start to study this period by the "last" composer, I can say Bach is the guy u ll study after u really know what Baroque is. So, who "justifies" any critic to Yamashita playing Bach by historical blablabla mostly don't have any idea of what is talking about.

@TheSingingPine 5 жыл бұрын

Yes Ive been searching this video too.. i think the first time it was there on youtube in 2006 .. This is stunning, perhaps one of the most favorite music of Bach on youtube, Yamashita played beautifully.. Regardless what the schollars said, he has proven that music should be like life, an explossion of freedom.. This BWV was written for spalla but he played as if Bach wrote it for guitar.. the whole piece and every passage subject and everything is just beautiful !.. all about bach, the energy surrounds everyone listening to Yamashita plays on the stage, i think many people feel the goosebumbs.. he is playing and breathing just like transfering the fresh air of meditation to you to go up high fly through time back to the 16-17th centuries.. the majestic and the atmosphere is phenomenal.. Thank you for sharing the video !

@eduardobotta5375 5 жыл бұрын

Yamashita is a genious and geniouses are not always understood. I agree with you, if his interpretation touches your heart, that´s all!

@MysterioFan02 3 жыл бұрын

and yet im yet to find a performance half as good as yamashita's.. lol

@themax2848 3 жыл бұрын

I bet Bach wouldn’t really want other artists trying to play exactly the way he composed, because as an artist you have to be able to appreciate individuality

@Elflamencojuan 11 жыл бұрын

This is how Bach should be played - with phrasing, passion and excitement. This performance is engrossing and utterly stunning.

@gerald9820 3 жыл бұрын

Yes. The Chaconne played by him is amazing!!!!

@maker910 2 жыл бұрын

@sophie4636 4 ай бұрын

I love watching him adjust the tuning WHILE playing, without missing a beat! Extraordinary ❤

@lucdemeneges 8 жыл бұрын

This man is an exceptional guitarist melting body, guitar, spirit and soul into complete ART ..................

@emersonlake192 10 жыл бұрын

He is the guitar.

@renefinch 3 жыл бұрын

Kazuhito,the worlds best Guitarist ever!

@JM-lo2fg 7 жыл бұрын

One of the greatest classical guitarists of all time.

@kylokian 7 жыл бұрын

Kazuhito is a monster!! A true "guitar hero" GENIUS level

@jaconova 7 жыл бұрын

Totally!

@benkim2016 6 ай бұрын

Imagine he felt in love with a sword instead!!

@charlesdarwin2994 3 ай бұрын

@@benkim2016likely in a past life

@EarlLedden 11 жыл бұрын

The audience waited until he finished, rather than after the last note, before clapping. A greater tribute than the applause.

@lemokolyon Жыл бұрын

The cougher that follows every classical concert even forgot to cough !

@CanadianDivergent 4 ай бұрын

@@lemokolyon The now infamous Horowitz "cough" during his concert. 🤣🤣

@MikeNeer 10 жыл бұрын

Yamashita makes a piece sound like it was written for guitar. A rare gift.

@adam2eve 10 жыл бұрын

yes.

@mansoornazeer9554 5 жыл бұрын

Among the many renditions of this prelude on the guitar that I have seen here, Yamashita's is the only one that makes the music seem as if it were written for the guitar. Yamashita understands the uniqueness of and has exploited the musical potential of individual strings. The last things on his mind are ease of playing, open strings and initial positions. His playing covers practically all frets across the fingerboard and in many instances he keeps a musical line on the same string, moving along it up and down. (Segovia does exactly this in the 1007 Prelude) Yamashita's playing simply takes one's breath away. Utterly, utterly beautiful!

@gerasimosmakris8664 4 ай бұрын

Don’t know what to say. He is simply magnificent. I just discovered him. Shame he is not more centrally advertised.

@darrelldartez1899 4 жыл бұрын

This is my first time listening to this player. He has such a big, full, and powerful tone. I love it! Great, great player!

@jaconova 2 жыл бұрын

Bro, he is one of the best guitarrists of all time. Glad you discovered him.

@AlexBackingTracks 9 жыл бұрын

best guitarist of classical guitarists.

@vinnothelizard 4 жыл бұрын

aniello desiderio is better

@GuyPutois 11 жыл бұрын

j'adore sa manière de jouer, il vit sa musique avec une intensité peu commune, presque au bord de la transe, et je l'admire pour cela ! Il ne joue pas, il transmet sa passion pour ce morceau de BACH, et ça c'est incommensurable ! Merci monsieur Kazuhito Yamashita.

@neilhaverstick1446 8 жыл бұрын

The greatest interpreter of Bach I've ever heard...the old man would have been enthralled...deep passion and stunning technique...

@BlueBeeMCMLXI 2 ай бұрын

Bach wasn't old. Not then. And you were not even sperm.

@adam2eve 10 жыл бұрын

Amazing...one of the best and most inspiring performances of Bach on guitar I've ever heard!

@rish1459 3 жыл бұрын

I love BWV 1012 on Cello -- this is now my favourite version! The guitar shouldn't be able to sound like this, it is amazing. This version gives me the same goosebumps that the Cello rendition does!

@lindbobi1968 Жыл бұрын

He played from the bottom of his heart....Excellent!

@ariehandoko6806 8 жыл бұрын

It's the best ever!! Yamashita rocks!!!!

@11pocchin26 2 жыл бұрын

30年前に松本市音文ホールでのコンサートを思い出します。穴の開きかけたギター、ボディーに頬を付けて弾くスタイル、暇さえあればチューニングを調整しながらの演奏。すべてが衝撃的でした。

@eildertvinkenborg4761 3 ай бұрын

He frightens me so good! I feel completely destroyed and humiliated. This is the next level of playing!

@nielsen6725 3 ай бұрын

Don't Feel enlighted, inspired and motivated ! 😊

@gendoukajiya 8 жыл бұрын

Great combination of intelligence and passion !I can feel his love and respect for Bach, and this must be the best play of BWV1012.

@wr7804 27 күн бұрын

I've been playing classical guitar for half a century. I believe this is a great performance. So well-done.

@antimisti3567 Ай бұрын

He has impeccable technique and interpretation, I never get tired of hearing the preludes for cello, and it is also proof that Bach's music is universal (that is, it can be played by different instruments).

@1234kingconan 11 жыл бұрын

The thing I love most about Yamashita is that his music is just that: music. You could compare this to performances by any of the great players from more "traditional" instruments (even though guitar is pre-historic) and he is right up there. This simply transcends guitar. I think Bach would have proudly written for Yamashita had they been alive at the same time.

@johntupa4729 8 жыл бұрын

Beautiful...Touches the heart....Thank you

@CoscarelliFan 3 жыл бұрын

Dare I say it, the best there ever was or will be.

@user-mk6ro6dw3l 2 ай бұрын

いろんな素晴らしい素晴らしい動画や他の楽器の演奏、、、。鑑賞する機会に恵まれても、、、なぜだかわかりませんけれど先生の動画やCDに、引き寄せられます！先生！いつも素晴らしい演奏をありがとうございます！

@ziogregory4799 4 жыл бұрын

The best rendition so far on guitar! Kudos to his masterful performance.

@Camilo870913 13 жыл бұрын

Fenomenal, este maestro es una fuera de serie!!

@jonathanjo7106 10 жыл бұрын

I am lost for words. Immense talent.

@wjh5846 7 жыл бұрын

NO MORE LEGEND AFTER THIS CLASSICAL GUITAR WORLD!

@mamuchomusic6662 Жыл бұрын

Music performed by a musician 👏

@viarnay 7 ай бұрын

Abosulety..!

@MrMichaelEdie 13 жыл бұрын

I love Yamashita! He has the biggest balls of any guitarist in the world!

@kylespengler1740 6 жыл бұрын

Genius. This is playing with character, not mere 'style'. It puts in relief how unimaginatively dull the modernist readings are that we usually hear of this music on the Classickle Gitahr.

@vivo75 7 жыл бұрын

This is remarkable in so many ways. Yamashita sets very high standards on this piece for any one daring to face the work after him. Well played and articulated, bringing a number of voices out of that Ramirez. Don´t look for simple clean aesthetics here, this is a very intense performance revealing many sides of the composition. Great work indeed!

@adam2eve 10 жыл бұрын

He's not even looking for most of it, just memory and feeling, that's how badass he is!

@Michajeru 10 жыл бұрын

It doesn't get better than this!

@renefinch 7 жыл бұрын

+Michajero-I'll say!

@michaeldurso9 4 жыл бұрын

Absolutely fantastic. The phrasing, the tempo, the dynamics...this rivals the best interpretations and performances of this prelude I’ve heard.

@nicovlahavas4982 3 жыл бұрын

bloody fantastic.....both he and bach....god is love

@virtualpilgrim8645 2 жыл бұрын

Forget all the other comments here and just listen to me: if you can sum up what we just heard, then what we must conclude is, "this is pretty good."

@user-vxymoqm Жыл бұрын

この曲でこれ以上ノ過激で素晴らしいギター音楽を聴いた事がありませんありがとうございます。

@jesuisravi 8 жыл бұрын

I love this guy!

@Respectthewilderness 12 жыл бұрын

yamashita should have been a rock star..deep inside he has a TRUE METAL heart

@tomekateven7987 4 жыл бұрын

Best interpretation in history of playing instruments.

@ivan_fedoryshyn 7 жыл бұрын

BRavo,bravo and one more Bravo!He is unique!!!

@candyshop1398 2 ай бұрын

If you ever hear of another guitarist that plays and creates music better than this then you'd be living on another more advanced planet than ours.

@LadyAneh 11 жыл бұрын

Yamashita is definitely one of the greats. Beautiful.

@simonsimorangkir2440 Ай бұрын

Fantastic performance : physical, emosional, spiritual. Congratulation.❤

@jnsurg947 10 жыл бұрын

Yamashita released long before CD of Bach, unaccompanied violin sonatas and partitas ,and cello suite. I heard them so many times.

@shigekiono8360 12 жыл бұрын

彼の演奏は展覧会の絵第二演を始め多くのリサイタルに行き直接彼の演奏に触れてきました。実は私もクラシックギターを弾きます。でも、なぜに彼は圧倒的な評価をいまだ受けていないのでしょうか。これが本当に不思議でなりません。展覧会の絵以降ドボルザークやベートーベンの協奏曲に加えて、難曲シエラザードまでもギター曲にしてしまいました。これは前人未到以上の何者でもありません。また、私はバイオリンも弾くので、彼の演奏はギターをまるでバイオリンと同じように弾いているのがわかります。ピアノを弾く人が彼の演奏を聴いたらピアノと同じように弾くのを目撃することでしょう。私はまた、オーケストラの一員として演奏したことがありますので、彼の演奏がまたオーケストラと同じように弾いているのがわかります。このように、山下和仁氏の演奏は他の楽器やオーケストラと比べて同レベルで評価出来ると思います。それなのに、彼が音楽界に登場して４０年経過してもなお、彼を正当に評価するメディアや民衆が非常に少ないのは不条理に感じます。ギターでバイオリンやピアノと同じように弾くのは元々無理なのに彼はそれを３０年以上も前から実現しているのにです。

@beeps123 6 жыл бұрын

Whoa. Wow. The notes are being pumped out beautifully. With full control and color. And phrasing is spot on. So easy to feel the piece.

@gustavivanov376 6 ай бұрын

это настолько круто,что смелость некоторых не может принять это

@stevenmilstein3430 6 жыл бұрын

Genius. Spirited. Character. Personality. Romantic.

@fattybergeson 12 жыл бұрын

YES THEY PUT THIS BACK UP! I was so mad when they took it down because Kazuhito's version of this piece is Amazing!

@WulfinLieske 7 жыл бұрын

Great to read all this...I was always thrilled by Yamashita's live performances decades ago and got all his vinyls. Fantastic Nocturnal by Britten etc. Still after years it's nice to enjoy Bach's affects without this overwhelming egos. So I can understand both his fans and his critics. I like Hopkinson Smith's renderings of Bach. He opened me the door to the chaconne...fantasy and respect or better "Demut" as we say in german.

@Metantropo1 8 жыл бұрын

me encanta como toca esta pieza musical...interpreta con solides

@RenardeauGuy 3 жыл бұрын

He has a powerful right-hand. Some people have that. I remember having to fill in for a theatre production in which I played the electric guitar. My amp was on pretty loud, and a friend of me get it over with his Ramirez classical guitar. How is that possible? People are born with such a right hand and even play the piano from underneath.

@renefinch 7 жыл бұрын

This piece and the way its played "gets' me every time!

@enriqueguerrero8670 7 жыл бұрын

still one of the best posts ever!

@PhilipGarciaReacts Жыл бұрын

I actually loved Kazuhito’s passionate connection. He plays with lots of pain as he keeps the instrument so close to his heart

@josephcambron7060 10 ай бұрын

Stupid comment!!!!!

@tejabell6830 9 жыл бұрын

Brilliance and Beauty!

@MarkInLA 8 жыл бұрын

All you nit pickers ...!! Such hutzpa you have !! Not only can you not play at this level, but you're not even a world renowned critic, exonerating yourselves at this maestro's expense.....AND you get the performance free of charge, to boot !! ......

@HalJikaKick 8 жыл бұрын

STFU

@steeping 8 жыл бұрын

everyone has the right to express their opinion about art of all forms.

@nikosblaxabas5338 7 жыл бұрын

lovely....bach always a joy to play.

@GeorgeSpan 12 жыл бұрын

What a great talent!

@JohnTravena 4 ай бұрын

It sings like the whole thing was played on open strings.

@sargijapunk 8 жыл бұрын

Excellent indeed

@jeanpierresantini9364 5 ай бұрын

Extraordinaire guitariste passionné ❤❤

@jeremyhickersonsalem 4 ай бұрын

thank you so much for finding and sharing it!

@SamanthaWellsGuitar 12 жыл бұрын

Amazing performance.

@kakaysouza6406 3 жыл бұрын

Yamashita é um Mestre dos Mestres.

@jsbach40 13 жыл бұрын

I love this rendition. He really feels this piece. I'd love to to hear the rest of the suite in his hands- especially the allemande and gigue

@VCguitar1 11 жыл бұрын

Wow, he actually turns his guitar into a cello. Highly remarkable playing.

@aoe5960 2 жыл бұрын

This is soul-reaching.

@2OO335OZ 12 жыл бұрын

when I first saw Kazuhito in 2000 I thought: "what is he doing ?!?" He gave 2 shows: an amazing performance and a light show because you were occasionally blinded by the reflection from the chandeliers ! My former boss told me that he once played for Segovia and was the "smoothest" player that night.

@PastaAndPavarotti 12 жыл бұрын

I have never seen anyone move around when playing the classical guitar. This in itself is a remarkable feat. It leads to a greater expression when you are not chained to the chair. Playing the guitar is very static and unexciting for the audience but he has overcome this.

@Wonkycake 4 жыл бұрын

Every measure is carefully interpreted, brilliant!

@user-mk6ro6dw3l 3 ай бұрын

素晴らしい曲✨✨✨✨挑戦したいきもちはあります！でも、ソルの曲を沢山弾けるようになったら、挑戦します！いつも素晴らしい動画をありがとうございます(*˘︶˘*).｡.:*♡どんなに難しかろうが、まだ、早かろうが、私はバッハ作曲の曲を奏でたいのです。先生！いつも素晴らしい動画をありがとうございます素晴らしい演奏をありがとうございます。心を癒やしてくださる低音と気持ちを明るくさせてくれる高音の音。いつもありがとうございます。

@nikmabc 2 ай бұрын

I believe he recorded the six cello suites in one year. A year before he did the violin suites and also released two other cds.

@jsivanandham 11 жыл бұрын

hi yamashita..u r amazing as always on the guitar with your engrossed moods & expression thru ur fingering with dynamic colours Is so delightful, lovable & at times enthralling..tks so much & God bless u as ever..warm regards..siva..india..(guitsiva)..

@ovehammarstedt2802 2 жыл бұрын

Absolut fantastiskt!!!

@Shaolinjake08 3 жыл бұрын

Absolutely brilliantly insane. Love it!!!

@thuglifekay 4 ай бұрын

after 4:03, King of Slow Right Hand!! Just incredible!

@AGRGTR09 3 жыл бұрын

he does not hold the guitar...seemingly the guitar holds him. no words

@SixStringSteve 12 жыл бұрын

Isn't this the Dude who recorded Mussorgsky's 'Pictures at an Exhibition' years ago? His interpretations are amazing. If you have a recording of him playing 'the Hut of Baby Yaga', please post it!

@egaga- 3 жыл бұрын

Here is the whole concert of Pictures at an Exhibition? kzfaq.info/get/bejne/hd2dn815mZemYYU.html

@SixStringSteve 3 жыл бұрын

@@egaga- many thanks!

@hermx0 11 жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing your luck! This prelude is rarely heared on guitar and this performance is an excellent transcription (imo) - it very much captures the flow of the cello.

@simonsimorangkir2440 29 күн бұрын

Full of Joy, forever Bach contrafunktalsm. ❤❤❤.

@azulyaceroguitar9517 3 жыл бұрын

Bach es Dios! Maestro mistico, profundo y unico!

@MottiShneor 3 жыл бұрын

This is VERY unorthodox playing of the suite, and so much unlike Mr. Yamashita himself... there is that "novice" thing about his sound and mannerism, yet it is obvious that he completely control the instrument (maybe he isn't? maybe the instrument controls him?) but there is no "clear serenity" in this Bach rendition, it is passionate, and energetic, and bursting with liveliness wonderful!

@Yotrollinator 12 жыл бұрын

Kazuhito Yamashita feels this piece more than any other guitarist. He is like Glenn Gould when the latter plays the Inventions- he plays Bach while exploring his soul. Bach couldn't write that down on his sheet music, but I am sure that is how it was intended to be played. Gould, Rostropovich, or Richter- they all play differently but it's played correctly in each unique case, because they go inside the piece and at the same time within themselves.

@TheToocold 6 жыл бұрын

He's NOT reading music! How...how, HOW! THIS IS ALL MEMORY!

@PianoOwl 5 жыл бұрын

Glenn Holloway most serious musicians play without sheet music. Memorization will always come on its own if you practice a piece enough.

@sylwesterkukuka3592 3 жыл бұрын

Hours and hours of everyday practice. In that way you'll memorise any piece.

@Voxguitarsrock 8 жыл бұрын

Fantastic!

@susu9086 3 жыл бұрын

The guitar turns a Queen under your hands, King Yamashita

@sergiojaenlara2091 2 жыл бұрын

Genius at work!

@dcglover4428 5 жыл бұрын

Incredible is the speed, even he raises the fingers from the frets

@francescodefendi3201 6 жыл бұрын

In my opinion it’s very easy to understand... His approach to Bach is not philological. Mr Yamashita knows that. He doesn’t want to play Bach’s music in the way Bach would play. You can love or hate him, but there’s no doubt about the fact that his guitarism is UNIQUE: he’s the real SAMURAI 🇯🇵 of the guitar; so, since he’s a warrior, he pushes damn hard!! 💪🏼...And I like him..😊