Paganini Caprice 24 The Commander-In-Chief & Craig Ogden (2014)
ฝัง
- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 28 ก.ย. 2014
- "3 Neo-Classical Guitar Secrets, No One Will Tell You:" www.virtuosomusicgroup.com/3n...
Watch the FREE Guitar Masterclass while it's still available: www.virtuosomusicgroup.com/3n...
On "Top 10 most watched videos of 2014" in Guitar World Magazine and "top 10 metal meets classical" in leading newspaper The Guardian. The album with The Commander-In-Chief and Craig Ogden is now available on iTunes itunes.apple.com/us/album/2-g... & Amazon www.amazon.com/Guitars-The-Cla.... Order physical CDs and digital downloads + get the FREE mobile APP for Android and Apple from the official Commander Music website! commandermusic.com
This version of Paganini´s Caprice 24 is the one played by legendary violin virtuoso Jascha Heifetz.
The video was filmed at Kjeller Airfield in Norway in August 2014. The album was recorded at Velvet Recording, Norway, in July 2014.
The Commander-In-Chief wants to thank this fantastic team;
World leading classical guitarist Craig Ogden, for accepting this challenge, and for recording a truly unique album!
OMNI Production´s camera man Oscar Birk and FlixFilm´s camera man Derek Bateman!
Goodrich Bespoke for some fantastic tailor made uniforms!
Makeup artist Chiara Guizzetti!
Hair stylist Iris Jamne!
Thore Thoresen and the rest of the people at Kjeller Airfield for their help!
Special thanks to A.E. Hagen, who produced, directed and edited the video!
Special thanks to violinist David Juritz for the private masterclasses during the preparations for the recording!
Many thanks to these find brands, who The Commander-In-Chief proudly endorses;
Ibanez Guitars, Laney Amplification, DR Strings, EMG Pickups, Audix Microphones, XVive Pedals, Jim Dunlop guitar picks, Stonecastle Pedalboards and Kinsman guitar cables.
Craig Ogden uses D´Addario Classical strings.
The album was produced, engineered and mixed by James Mottershead.
Musical Director: Elisabeth Hagen.
Mastering by Stephen Marsh.
Recorded at Velvet Recording, Spydeberg, Norway in July 2014.
Craig Ogden had his 3rd number 1 album on the classical charts in the UK during the summer/fall of 2014. He has been nominated for Brit Awards several times and his debut album was Grammy nominated. He was recently featured as one of top 20 classical guitarists of all time by the prestigious ClassicFM radio and news site.
He is chief lecturer on Guitar at Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester, UK.
The CIC has been featured as "1 of 10 modern guitar Gods", by Metal Hammer UK. Total Guitar Magazine said "she is changing the face of the shred stereotype!" Her historic guitar duel version of P. Sarasate´s Zigeunerweisen Op.20, was on "top 10 viral videos of 2013" in Guitar World Magazine. She has been a guest on major TV Talk shows and has been featured in magazines and on radios all over the world.
#virtuoso #classicalmusic #classicalguitar - เพลง
Norwegian guitarist Berit Hagen is truly my Commander-in-Chief! She is an incredible virtuosa electric metal-classical guitarist! I am so amazed and humbled by her incredible playing ability.
I like the atmosphere of the 50s / 60s movies in this video. Something between Hitchcock and the first James Bond films. Craig could be a James Bond on a guitar and Berit looks great in his dress. She plays better than many "untouchable" players out there. Many people would not understand how difficult it is to play such an advanced tune on a clean style guitar sound. I can watch this video many times without getting bored. Congratulations for the fine good job.
This is amazing, they look so relaxed and matter of fact-ish while playing one of the hardest pieces out there. Love Paganini.
I just don't understand why people dislike this piece of gold
I'm just amazed at how perfectly in synch they are, something very difficult for just 2 solo performers playing together.
Thank you for noticing! We recorded this piece LIVE in the studio, sitting in the same room, facing each other. You pretty much breathe synchronised when you do something like that :) I think we had only 3 rehearsals before we recorded this.
@@thecommanderinchief1wow that's awesome, well done! Enjoyed it a lot, keep up the good work!
@@thecommanderinchief1 You guys did amazing! Don't listen to the naysayers!
As the manager for "The Commander In Chief" I have quietly observed the lovers and haters comment on this video for 5 years, despite the fact that I am the one making her videos. I will now set the record straight about certain "issues" that I am tired of seeing popping up, in comments by self proclaimed "experts" and others. Btw, my musical background is from classical music and I have been her manager from day 1. I was there for every minute of the recording sessions, the rehearsals and the long hours studying the classical pieces. I have documented pretty much everything she has ever done, musically.
I will address these issues here:
1) if she knows the piece, or as some people have claimed "she didn't properly learn it" OR - an even better claim from some - "she is a sloppy guitar player"
2) the sound of the electric guitar on the recording
3) why the uniform and airplane
1) Does she know the piece? We decided to record a full classical crossover album after her tremendous success with the 1st in the world guitar recording of Sarasate's masterpiece for violin; "Zigeunerweisen Op.20," in 2013. The viral video is here on her channel. When deciding the pieces for the album, we knew we had to include Paganini, since so many people seem to think nothing can be more difficult to play. She deliberately chose the most challenging of his Caprices, seeing right away it was difficult, but nowhere near as difficult as "Zigeunerweisen" had been.
Keep in mind that she DID NOT know how to read sheet music, while learning these classical pieces, so she memorised each note. I will repeat that; she memorised each and every note. A fact that stunned classical guitarist Craig Ogden, who has praised her prolific and prodigious memory, repeatedly. It was a huge job to map out and memorise each of these massive pieces, that took months and she did not only memorise them, she studied each note carefully, to decide how it would be best to play them. It was a massive job to find out where (and how) everything could be ideally played on the electric guitar - and HOW it should or could be done, properly. Together we studied a lot of violin versions of all the pieces we had chosen, and she quickly decided that her favourite version of this piece was the Heifetz version, which some of you so correctly have commented on. She even named her electric guitar "Heifetz" after studying these pieces.
She wanted to be as true as possible to the violin sound and she experimented with a lot of different ways to play each and every note, in each and every part of the piece, to reach that goal, knowing full well that it would never sound like a violin, because of how it HAD to be played, to get the best result. Playing it with anything but a clean sound would be a travesty, since distortion while playing such pieces of music only serves one purpose: covering up string noise and imperfections in technique. Keep in mind also that on classical guitar you use all fingers and nails to pick with, but on electric you only have one guitar pick, which makes it much more difficult to play. By the time we went to record the music, after 6 months of intense preparations - each note, and how to perform it, was so well trained and programmed into her fingers and brain that she could play it in her sleep. That is why she could play it in the music video and walk around, having fun, while Craig, who relies on reading sheet music, did not have the same artistic freedom during the video shoots, since he was reading the music all the time. In the end, I think we manage to capture some great footage, that shows the great musical chemistry between these two world class players. It was fascinating to observe both artists in the recording studio, coming from such different musical backgrounds, having such different approaches and preparations, speaking two completely different musical languages; Craig being the classical scholar, reading music, knowing all the correct names for everything, while "The Chief" knew none of the correct classical terms and expressions, having memorised every note on the album, and figured out her way of playing each piece, based on what she heard coming out of the guitar. It was truly one for the history books. Many of the pieces of the album were recorded live, with both of them playing together. It was a truly magical experience to witness it all and we all had lots of fun.
Although this piece is very challenging to play, it is "nothing" compared to the really big one: their 1st ever guitar recording of "Introduction & Rondo Capriccioso" which is also on the same album, and the video is here on her channel. The 10 minutes pieces has everything, when it comes to challenges and if you have not seen it, I strongly recommend doing it. It is lovely and impressive! I am posting a link with 1 minute from the OUTRO here in this comment, since that is the part that was so challenging that she did not even know if she would be able to do it properly, to her extremely high standards, and with the speed she wanted to do it, just a week before we traveled to the studio. However, she managed to do that as well. I never doubted she would.
Based solely on her international success in Heavy Metal, when she was praised as "1 of 10 guitar gods" by leading magazine, Metal Hammer, UK, and the legendary Pantera producer Sterling Winfield, (Pantera, BBKing) who worked with Pantera for 10 years, said: "In my 20+ years as a producer and engineer I can honestly say that I have never seen anything like she has to offer," I find it abhorrent that anyone would even suggest that she is a "sloppy guitarist," or that she does not know this, or any other song she has recorded. Anyone saying such things after listening to her classical recordings clearly is delusional. May I suggest that those stating such things posts videos of themselves playing this the way THEY think it should be played? It is only fair that the world gets to see these geniuses perform this "as it should be done," so feel free to post videos of yourself right here, in the comment section.
2) The sound of the electric guitar. We had some pretty intense discussions in the studio about this. On "Zigeunerweisen" and "Introduction & Rondo" the sound is soft and beautiful - it rings out - and I was concerned about how dry the sound was on this particular piece, since it was possible some people would be distracted by that. The Chief explained very clearly to me how she muted the strings on purpose, since she felt very strongly it was the only good way to play those parts in a clean way. I let her have the final saying on that one. If you listen to the two other big pieces on the album you will hear the difference in tone, since they were not muted to the same extent. So the sound is the result of a deliberate way to play it by the person who knows this pieces the best, when it comes to playing it on electric guitar.
3) The uniform and the plane. There has been a few comments about this, so I will briefly comment on it. The Chief grew up with a pilot dad, who had been a fighter pilot before she was born. During her childhood she was surrounded by ex-military pilots, so it was not strange that she was drawn to a military look, when she started designing her own stage uniforms. Having a dad whose hobby is flying aerobatics, spending lots of times at small airfields, in hangars, etc throughout here life, it was something very familiar for her about shooting this video where we did. It is not her dad in the video, it is a friend of the family.
Here is a short video from the OUTRO of "Introduction & Rondo." I have just started my own TH-cam channel, where I will post videos of "The Chief" and I talking about various aspects of what we do, how we work, etc. I will post behind the scenes footage from our musical journey and I will post videos that has nothing to do with music, relating to my own colourful life. This short video clip, 1 minute, is the most hellishly difficult thing "The Chief" has ever played. She tasked me with finding pieces for the album. Her brother and I felt it was almost too brutal to suggest "Introduction," after listing to several pieces that had never been done by guitarists before. We debated for some days, while she was consumed with memorising the Paganini piece. In the end we agreed to present the piece to her, and she took the challenge and delivered superbly. Enjoy! Please watch the full video here on her channel. It deserves way more attention. th-cam.com/video/fgcA2lW1WQE/w-d-xo.html
I completely agree... The outro of the "Introduction & Rondo" had already impressed me... And you proudly highlight her skills when playing that section. Even Craig Ogden seems amazed in the video... :-)
Are you in love with her? 😁😁😁
@@danieleacquavera4107 Yes, I have been madly in love with her ever since I felt her first kick in my pregnant belly, many moons ago... Regards from the MOMager :)
It's sad that you've had to make a comment like this. I think the classical team are seeing an electric guitar and going "nonono" whilst the non-classical are getting whiny cause it's not like their usual stuff.
It was a joy to listen to. I'm glad she didn't use reverb or distortion, as that wouldn't do the piece justice - it's all very clever and precise string work that adding extra noise would just kill it.
But I like the flying..,both on the fret board and the airplane
I love how they look at each other and play of one another.
Back again and again so lovely.
Thanks a million! 💞 Maybe my VIP Club would be if interest to you? The doors close soon: virtuosomusicgroup.com/commanderinchiefguitar/
For those who criticize the woman's skills .. not only that she's playing arpeggios of a hard piece with a pick but she's also spicing it up with palm mutes
I bought a c.d from her it's awesome it came with a personal autograph and thank you letter.
And in high heels
that's what makes it sound cool
I find it amazing how a clash of the two most differentiated guitars can lead to the creation of something so unbelievable! Great job guys!
This is one of the best version i ever heard. I absolutely love how you alternate, and compliment each other with bass, high notes, shell chords or artificial harmonics. Very original interpretation of the finale. The artistic direction of this video is flawless. Video quality and shots angles are on point. Even how you look at each others, which match the musical passion.
Glad you like it!
Doing that on a classic guitar is one thing (a very very difficult thing). Doing it on an ELECTRIC guitar is nothing short of insane. I wouldn't have believed this if I hadn't seen it. WOW!!!
Thank you!
Absolutely flawless!
Thanks a lot!
just how?? HOW COULD TH-cam SUDDENLY BROUGHT ME THIS AWESOMEE!!!!!!
Absolutely kicking guts! And what sweep-picking! Damn.
I'm back again; can't stop listening to this. So epic; grand quality!
Anyone who loves guitar should like this ! That's what it's about , having FUN isn't that why we started ? Good job Y'all !
Absolute awesomeness and guitar control.
SImply wonderful! They whole range of dynamics, fine technical foundation, and interaction all work together perfectly! I'm buying the album! Look forward to more!
Amazing performance!! Great job. Thank you guys!!
I never thought I would love some Katy Perry's Performance 'till now.
And I didn't know Ryan Seacrest could shred.
Even the blind hen finds grain.
You still not!
Hahahha
MUP
Most Underrated Post
I imagine all the working Hours behind this, congratulations it is stunning !! Beautiful !
of course she is !
Paganini has always been a favorite of mine, and this is beautiful!
Never heard it like that before.
Delightful!
As a guitarist of 38 years, it is extremely difficult to play electric without effects as she does and do it with such perfection! No area for mistakes, and I won't bother acknowledging how damn hot this girl is!!!!!!! WOW! Both are incredible!
fantastici!!!! complimenti
One of the best videos I've ever seen in TH-cam and in any other platform! Bravo and thank to the brilliant artists for this masterpiece!!!
Unique... Beautiful...Incredible interpretation!!! Absolutely loved this talented duo!!! Thank you!!!🌸☺️✌️I’ll definetly be watching the other videos too!!!
I can't count how many times I've re-watched this video in the past week, but yes, in all regards, the playfulness, cleverness, and heart is outstanding, to say the least.
Thank you!
What a wonderfully played piece! Paganini is alive and well I see, just playing guitar now!
I'm learning this on electric guitar right now, so I searched the name and found this video. Best choice I've ever made. You two are amazing.
Absolutely fantastic 👏
You are osom! beautiful music, thanks for your art
I think I like the sound of it on guitar, because with every muted note, it's so percussive.
i havent ever seen such beautiful combination by guitars
Absolutely beautiful.
This was Not a trivial task by any means. What this was was an amazing meeting of two different schools of thought, instruments and disciplines. Fantastic performance!!
very clean and very clear notes!! Fantastics!!
Love you guys I am a guitar player can’t get enough of you
so stunning work and cover
I reckon this video might inspire a lot of young guitarists to investigate some good music!
Two great performers deliver an excellent arrangement of Paganini's Caprice 24. This kind of guitar video makes me very optimistic about the future of guitar playing.
It was Ywngie Malmsteem's Paganini inspired guitar work back in the 1980's that made me realise there were huge gaps in my guitar skills, and led to me taking up the classical guitar. It's fantastic to see this kind of collaboration going on.
Bravo! Really good idea and very virtuoso performance
Two Great Guitarists, fantastic
Unbelievable!!!!!, super brilliant performance. Unique in this world. Congratulations.👏👏👏👏👏👏
So nice to hear it being played with straight guitars (no effects.....like some do)
That is awesome, one of my favorite arrangements of this, awesome
Thanks a lot!
AWESOME arrangement!
Amazing! Both amazing guitar players!!
So many great things about this video. Here's the list:
The companionship
The musicality
The Laney Ironheart
Those harp harmonics from Craig
The consistent technique
The music
That smile Commander-In-Chief had when you guys starting playing harmonies together
Thanks for the video guys, I enjoyed it a lot. :D
Matthew Harnage ...and the girl...
“musicality”
and the war bird
Matthew Harnage AAAA
And the novel idea!
Totally Amazing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Love it! Classical meets rock. It's a beautiful fusion of two styles of music that I enjoy playing and listening to. Thanks! Look forward to the release. Keep rockin. Salute!
Simply extraordinary.
Long time I haven't seen such quality performance ! Great artists !
+cokksy thanks! :)
The electric and classic guitar styles are very different approaches. With metal you can shred and play really fast, but classical style has the advantage with chords and polyphony because it's like 4 picks (with no up stroke) in the right hand. This is a great arrangement and excellent performance putting the different styles side to side!!!
Fantastic
Awesome music, always one of my faves. This version is so... just WOW! Loved it. It looks like you guys had some real fun, on top of making great music!
Lovely combination of two guitar mediums. Bravo.
I've got blisters on my fingers by watching this!
Excellent! Buy quickly folks.
This is just terrific. I salute the commander in chief and Craig.
Outstanding performance!
Well, no clue how I landed here but, AWESOME!!
Buenissimooo. Viva Paganini!!!
Creo que según como se le enseño al Maestro Paganini este les daria unos buenos reglazos en la cabeza... les falta mucho... aun para que realmente suene bueno.
very well done - impressive. Thank you for sharing
Beautiful. Bravo!
I LOVE YOUR MUSIC, and this video.. you are genius! Best regards from Hungary :)
Well, well, well, what a flight of fantasy.
Subscribed - and the Bell rung of course.
OMG !! ...those fingers are dancin' upon the electric guitar strings ........ both ...acoustic too.... awesome ...
awesomely well done hope to see even more.
classic guitar have won by far
+AmazinChannel Im sorry but your ears and eyes misinterpretation you. This was a communion, not a competition.
AmazinChannel music is not a fucking competition.
Ryan Quick classic guitar and electric guitar are aways a competition
AmazinChannel lol ok good luck
+AmazinChannel Music is usually based on contrast, well almost all the time so...
This deserves billions of views MY GOD
Thank you!
Lovely performance!
Love the contrast between the CIC and Craig's playing and instrument sound, it's refreshing to see musicians adapting and blending different musical genres.
Both outstanding musicians, it's a joy to watch and listen to, thanks 🎸🎶🎵
bravo!
Wow!!! It is superb ! 🤩🤩🤩 The arrangement is very cohesive, it's awesome and funny too ☺ - The staging is very original, and you are two great guitarists - Well done and thank you 👏👏👏
❤️
@@thecommanderinchief1 🙂
a beautiful peice of artwork
odd combo, great playing, works brill together . . . nice to see that 7 string Ib at large . . . thnx for posting!!
Excelentes y genios
It's perfect! \m/
Back again loveing it
Thank you!
Amazing collaboration.
Both are so very good and professional Well so done ,
I really enjoyed the music and production of this plus a woman in uniform can do no wrong for me...
Flawless! Awesome! Thanks!!
I'm in love with this... it gave me alot of motivation to continue practicing & make my dreams come true !
That's awesome! 🙂
This is weirdest video i ever watched.
😂😂😂
Leonard Fox no shit. I was thinking the same thing then your post....far out
check the void memes ma boah
Indeed
Lol
Шикарное исполнение! Браво!
th-cam.com/video/9109gfaTFJM/w-d-xo.html тут тоже)
Excellent, thanks!
Excellent work guys!
Keep it up!
I LOVE YOUR MUSIC GRATULATION
Damn good...
Beautiful and unique version👍🤗
It's just amazing
EXELENTE Y GRANDES GUITARRISTAS!!!!!!
This is so much fun. The level of musicianship and talent and humor reminds me of Les Paul and Mary Ford (except in this case the commander is not secondary). There are so many examples of the Caprice 24 on the internet from purely straight versions by just about every notable violinist to Twoset and Hilary Hahn trading licks while hula hooping and Charles Berthoud's pretty impressive performance on electric bass to Marcin's kind of shocking knock-your-socks-off Paganini meets Tarrega version. While Heifetz or Hahn playing the original is literally breathtaking, I love and deeply admire all the amazing musicians who can take this wonderful virtuoso piece and play with it to show their magnificent, supernatural skills. Bravo and I truly believe that Paganini would have loved it as well.
Thank you! That's an amazing comment! :)
Simply awesome!
Great performance I love it
Bravoo👏👏👏❤❤❤
THEY PLAYED THE AUER VERSION!!! I HAVE ONLY EVER HEARD HEIFETZ PLAY THAT VERSION!
k
Great job! Commander.
Love it. Brilliant.