Many reading this might not believe this, but within the first month of my live Ivry gitlis who was in a ten year relationship with my mother’s best friend Ana Maria Vera played this and Vivaldi for me, and I can never minimize the level of impact that has had on my soul, falling deeply deeply in love with the string melody and using this in virtually all of my music production, but even more so the soul of the music impacted me and must have deeply impacted the way I love laugh and live, thank you ivry for giving me something that nobody else could have given me, on my earliest arrival in life, and thank you for the way you impacted my mother and Maria and the world.
I was so sad to hear this morning that Ivry had passed. He may not have been the most popular violinist, but for me he has my favourite interpretations for many, many pieces. This I think is my favourite, even if it does make sombre listening for christmas eve. Rest peacefully Ivry 🙏
I'm in tears because after all my years of studying at the conservatory (more than 10 years), I've been trying to understand what honesty and purity would mean. This guy... This guy came along and brought the wisdom I yearned to understand. I've been dressing up all the pieces I've learned, I've polished them, made them pretty, nice, always having the objective for refinement that perhaps might be satisfying intellectually. But, the way he played, he scrap all that and made it so human and deeply meaningful. Thank you for your gift.
The realization is priceless.IG is the best in the world,mainly because of his honesty and courage.All else is secondary.Maybe you too will find what you are looking for.
Darren Matias I will never a can't agree with you more..plus have u listened to to tedi pavarami? ?? the greatest contemporary master of the 21st century! !
Yes, (I didn't know Gitlis) first when he started to tune his violine on stage I thought, how arrogant this old man is - but then I apologized, he is a genius.
He breaks all the rules...but beautifully. I wouldn't play it this way, but I really enjoyed this. It may not be honest to the composer, but it is honest to his roots. It's an interpretation. I loved it.
Insanely articulated, at the edge of distorted, like he want to put expression, an explanation, into every note, truly making him the owner of the moment. A purist's nightmare is the lovers' dream. Outstanding, in every sense of the word.
this is the most human interpreter, he is not only playing the note, he is living it. How sad it is to see all those modern technician who play all the note right but have lost the soul of music. leave me profoundly transform everytime. Thank You Gitlis
Anthony TAGHAKIAN What i am impliying is not that there is no great interpreter alive today, and that will be very insulting to the majority of the classical musician of today, rather that there is a break (huge one) in the tradition between the golden age and the modern age, they have lost most of the tradition and as a result the art suffer. the worst form of this can been seen in Opera singer. They lack total proper training to even be close from those of the golden age. This break can also be seen in the modern composer realm. Then again, some of those traditions were brilliantly violated by great artist like Glenn Gould but this is a whole other level of genius and I am sure Bach will have agree with most of the thing he did.
Shawn Uplaznik I don't even go at the Philharmony anymore, I can't stand these so called modern classical musicians, they lost the tradion as you say! They play Bach like they play Sibelius or Chopin! Sorry for my bad English I hope you get my point!
I know, it's a petty, i have a bad english also :P. the singers are the worst thought, they can still play Richard Strauss and Mahler. it's always better to listen to the old recording nevertheless.
I had the chance to meet Ivry in October in Paris at Vengerov's concert, and thanked him for his Chaconne, it totally changed my way of playing music! I was so crazy, and hope I didn't freak him out too much...
Listen to other version, please. I am a violin teacher. I love Ciaccone. Even though I am not a concert violinist, I decided to learn Ciaccone in order to perform with her on stage. In addition, I noticed that everyone, including maestro Gitlis, was playing bars 245, 246, 247 with nightmarish fingers. In my video in the DESCRIPTION underneath I give the correct fingering. I will be grateful for the devastating criticism of my video: th-cam.com/video/XMCK690Dy-c/w-d-xo.html .
What a human being and musician the world has lost. So tragically unappreciated, too, by musicians who, blinded by merely ‘technical’ concerns, could not appreciate in this old man’s brave and sincere playing the vulnerable sound of an entire human life lived for beauty. RIP Ivry.
I'm 27 years old male never listened to Violin until today. It does sound like some of the notes aren't perfect but at the same time if you close your eyes and try to feel the music and not only listen to it. It will bring out so much emotions in you so many questions thoughts and memories. Thank you @TwoSetViolin for introducing me to this wonderful talent Gitlis. This 15 minute video managed to bring me joy make me cry and most of all reveal that I have a passion for this music.
Écoutez les mouvements lents de chacun des concertos de Tchaikowsky1965, et Beethoven par ivry gitlis...deux merveilles et le bonheur absolu...je l'écoute chaque jour
Oh, the notes ARE perfect, and their nuances are the carriers of emotion - every emotion of Humanity in all of history is condensed into this one work of sublime perfection.
Perfect Heifetz thinks chaconne is only a dance, Tremendous Menuhin (1972) is one of the best, but strange and integre Gitlis is the only one who makes us feel that Bach's wife just died before he composed this cornerstone in music history.
Got to say, this is the most human-sounding violinist that I've encountered in my brief time spent learning this instrument. He is so connected to every note, but he doesn't forget about the listener. I adore Menuhin. Adore! But if I could play like any that I've heard, Ivry Gitlis would be the sound I seek to acquire. He's wonderful. Thanks for posting.
Rest in peace to a wonderful inspirational violinist. Ivry Gitlis was a musician is the most sincere way possible. We are lucky to have these recordings to listen at all times.
A musician is not intended to create anything only to express the composer intentions, classical musicians are not artists they are only performers. the composer are the true artists and is the same with every type of music.
Some bass guy ??? Go back and play your fortnite. Every musicians has the same canvas, and they will always be able to make something better out of that canvas. Yes, the composers are geniuses for being able to compose such masterpieces, but the genius in the performer is portrayed differently. Any violinist can play a piece a composer wrote, but to play with emotion takes a true artist. Musicians are not robots that follow instructions that were given by the composer, but people who take those instructions, and find a way to make beauty of it.
Some bass guy ??? They are already beautiful, but an artist can portray the beauty differently, and sometimes make them more beautiful than they were. I think there is a quote by glenn gould that says that the purpose of being a musician is not to play an interpretation like other people, but to make an interpretation that is different from the others and stands out. I don’t know the exact words but I know it surrounded around that idea.
The whole day, I could not take my mind off the thought of this piece, and specifically Ivry Gitlis' interpretation of it. It is only now that I realized the significance of the date. RIP Gitlis, thanks for the many decades of beautiful music.
I am a violin teacher. I love Ciaccone. Even though I am not a concert violinist, I decided to learn Ciaccone in order to perform with her on stage. In addition, I noticed that everyone, including maestro Gitlis, was playing bars 245, 246, 247 with nightmarish fingers. In my video in the DESCRIPTION underneath I give the correct fingering. I will be grateful for the devastating criticism of my video: th-cam.com/video/XMCK690Dy-c/w-d-xo.html .
Reviewing the comments, it is clear that we all have our preferences. And these change, too, as time goes by. I love this performance because it shows a person that has abandoned pretense and submitted to his own way with the written note. There is so much honesty here that the perceived imperfections fade away into the greater sonic experience of a person's breath. This performance is a great exhalation of a life devoted to the study of humanity. His ability to play comes in a close second to his ability to connect with people. I'm fuller each time I listen and encouraged to press forward as a grown man trying to learn this impossible instrument. Thankfully for most of us, people such as Gitlis don't mind being under-appreciated. Their joy comes from being experienced by others. This piece goes in the "win" column for humanity.
Più l'ascolto più mi convinco che sia la migliore interpretazione di questo brano che si possa trovare. Gitlis riesce a smuovere qualcosa in me che nessun altro riesce... Fantastico!
One of the few renditions that made me feel as if i was almost experiencing what Bach truly felt and wanted to convey. I always thought as if he was channeling Bach’s grief, pain and loss in the most beutiful, raw and real way through this performance. Unfortunately this feeling of loss rings more and more true as the time passes and we get to see all the good souls pass right in front of our presence as there is nothing we can do about it. Rest easy.
I am a violin teacher. I love Ciaccone. Even though I am not a concert violinist, I decided to learn Ciaccone in order to perform with her on stage. In addition, I noticed that everyone, including maestro Gitlis, was playing bars 245, 246, 247 with nightmarish fingers. In my video in the DESCRIPTION underneath I give the correct fingering. I will be grateful for the devastating criticism of my video: th-cam.com/video/XMCK690Dy-c/w-d-xo.html .
Gitlis is 96 so today he is a bit too old to play the violin. When he was younger, he was one of the greatest violinists. Chaconne is one of the greatest compositions based on variations and hearing it played by Gitlis is a present.
@@partituravid Nerve conduction slows down with age even for highly talented violinists like Ivry Gitlis. It is a biological fact that nobody can fight. Also the brain shrinks with age because proteins can bind less water. There is no way to escape aging!!!
I've come back to this legendary performance once again. Throughout the performance I kept feeling like the piece was the embodiment of grief itself. The sharp, unbearable pain at the beginning (0:50 - 4:00), the denial and multiple frantic attempts to escape or reject reality (4:00 - 8:00). It literally sounds like the violin is sobbing at 7:50, Then the acceptance and gentle mourning that begins at 8:00, then the glimmer of happiness and return to normalcy that happens around 9:05 - 12:10. But the grief is ultimately still there and will always be there. You just learn to live with it and incorporate it (12:10 - end) Seriously a whole story within this performance.
@@myrnaligan9201 Have you ever played Brahm's arrangement for left hand only? By far my favorite piano arrangement of this piece and as Brahm's himself described it - "all this makes me feel like a violinist!"
Just learned of his passing. This interpretation is still my favorite of Chaconne, you can hear his distinct style from his playing, yet now it has a sorrowful quality to it. RIP
On the day with a huge loss to human being, listening to this eternal work from Ivry brings to me warm hopes about life in abundance. RIP, Ivry. May you continue to play in heaven.
Repose en Paix M. Gitlis vous avez apporté votre sensibilité et vos émotions ancestrales aux oeuvres que vous avez interprétées .Merci d'avoir accompagné mes jours.
His playing is exquisite, his charm is emotional and deep. It is a great pleasure to live in the same generation as him.Every bit of his notes has a significant grasp to the touch of reality. His great rasp and playing is truly it’s own.
Vielen Dank! Das ist die Tiefe und die Spiritualität dieses Werks enthüllt - die Essenz menschlichen Lebens. Gitlis Spiel und Interpretation sind genauso einzigartig wie das Stück selbst. Das ist ein Meilenstein der Musikgeschichte.
Shivers through my spine every time I listen to it. It conveys to me the absolute melancholy (or loneliness) of someone´s desire to reunite with God... or perhaps God´s infinite melancholy of its absolute loneliness.
You've said it all and maybe more than what you think... Thank you Ricardo for putting words on what I've been feeling for a long time with the Chaconne and Bach. Classical music is not so common to me but still, I sometimes feel like Bach is one of the only composers (regardless of the music type) who was ever able to touch my soul in a moment of time.
Fabulous. Raw & intense. Very different from Grumiaux who is my default. Softer and more delicate touch. They're both fabulous. Get a glass of Chardonne', a set of studio headphones - and a joint. Turn off the lights, crank up the volume, and make sure you're not interrupted. The single most beautiful piece of music. In the universe. Do this at least once a week.
I don't know about performances at all, but I have to say that this one is unique, IDK why. He gives himself into his playing the violin, I feel his self-confidence, and he takes his piece of peace. And guess what, I've never taken chills listening classical performances till now)))
Jascha Heifetz and Ivry Gitlis are the only two violinists in the entire world whom I can recognize (100% of the time) by just listening. They are unique personalities - like Glenn Gould, Carlos Kleiber, and Vladimir Horowitz.
Totally with you on that but I think there is a simple explanation about it. Heifetz is absolutely perfect to the scratch in every piece he plays, like no other human can play, and Gitlis sound and interpretation are totally unique and unconventional.
this makes me feel grief, anger, despair, sadness, then a happy nostalgia, before coming back to a cruel reality. it’s so raw. like it makes me feel so much and even imagine scenes in my head. i definitely love “technically perfect” renditions with nice phrasing and i am wowed by those tbh, but this…this!!! whew
This is something about this performance that grabs me from the first note and doesn't let me go. I don't even know what it is - I just can't stop watching. Beautiful. Thank you
I’m just starting to appreciate and discover classical music more intimately recently and performances like this almost cause pain it’s so beautiful if that makes any sense. I’m so awestruck.
An exceptional artist helps me understand the patterns between the different elements and phrases of the music. Gitlis does this beautifully and effectively. Listening to his performance helped me see patterns across the different phrases of Chaccone and understand the soulful essence of this piece of music.
I am a violin teacher. I love Ciaccone. Even though I am not a concert violinist, I decided to learn Ciaccone in order to perform with her on stage. In addition, I noticed that everyone, including maestro Gitlis, was playing bars 245, 246, 247 with nightmarish fingers. In my video in the DESCRIPTION underneath I give the correct fingering. I will be grateful for the devastating criticism of my video: th-cam.com/video/XMCK690Dy-c/w-d-xo.html .
Honestly, that's what i would imagine it would've sounded like in bach's head. coming back from a long trip to find his wife dead, just think of the emotions.
Thank you for posting this performance of Gitlis. Playing like this at this age, Wow. His playing is really honest, It speaks very clearly, and for sure understandable and listenable virtuosity. Great how He separates the frazes and still keeps perfect harmony. That's artistic beauty, and intelectual. I'm not such a musician like some "experts" are, that "rate" these talents, but that kind of phrazing is the real challenge and yet the real harmony of Bach's music.
I've heard a lot of famous interpretations of this movement, and quite a few of the obscure ones, including its arrangements for a few other instruments - and though there have been a lot of great interpretations through the years, and many others that are unique and interesting, this is the one I keep coming back to almost every single day. Almost as a means to purge my mind. As I said, there are a lot of other great interpretations as well, and it is futile to even think of calling any one the greatest or the most accurate or anything of the sort, because they all have a lot to offer, yet according to me, this is one of the most honest interpretations that exist - and by an "honest" interpretation I do not mean the academically or theoretically inclined arguments of what Bach's music, or indeed even the music of that time is "supposed" to be or sound like - or the fact that "Chaccone" was supposed to be a type of a dance, something that Heifetz laid so much stress over that a lot of other people conveniently use his point of view as their own to intellectually argue and compare with - but much rather in the sense of Gitlis being completely honest about how and what he sees this piece to be and what it does to him, and being able to share that so honestly and effectively, rather than trying as an artist to do something to it for the sake of either uniqueness or conformity or theoretical perfection. It's almost as if he has very little to do with, but allows his very life force to let it unfold through him, without a care or bother about the drops of sweat and tears that fall on that historical instrument that he beholds. This movement, and (for me) this interpretation of it, just completely sums life up in about fifteen minutes.
You are absolutely right. Something about Ivry's playing is just magnetizing and makes me come back to listening to his interpretations. His transparancy through his playing is unmatched. I also truly enjoy Milstein's interpretation but Gitlis is of another world.
Gitlis' interpretation just blew me away. When you set aside all other superfluous arguments of technicality or how Bach should be interpreted you have only the emotions that it evokes and this is pure emotion. This is what you listen to music for.
Sumedh Prasad the life is like this piece, is constantly changing of notes, harmonies, maybe one day youre at a very happy moment and instantly recieve bad news, i think that he experiencing all of this gives him extra points to his interpretation of the piece
To me, this performance is on entirely different plane from all the rest I have heard, which all sound shallow and vanilla-like in comparison. Gitlis's rendition is deeply tragic and emotional -- the others are just pretty, but empty on the inside.
@@nicholaschung8207 I understand this might not be your taste, no one here is saying his performance is perfect in terms of technique taught to every violinist. It's about the emotions he conveys and the way he makes you feel. I'm a big fan of Hilary Hahn when it comes to Bach and think she tends to have the best interpretations of him but this performance here is mesmerising. I can't think of another time I was so moved by this piece.
Alex Whelan so you do, it’s you’re*. Also, people can have opinions, I think it sounds good, but he plays Bach like he plays Tchaikovsky, it’s not how Bach envisioned it.
Though it was likely sweat, I want to believe so badly that this 12:18 was a tear falling from such a personal interpretation of an otherwise otherworldly piece.
Jhamaal Sykes he might as well be crying with the amount of emotion he’s putting into the piece, he’s basically pouring his heart out. If he’s pouring is heart out, he’s gonna cry.
@@annewick3287 I am a violin teacher. I love Ciaccone. Even though I am not a concert violinist, I decided to learn Ciaccone in order to perform with her on stage. In addition, I noticed that everyone, including maestro Gitlis, was playing bars 245, 246, 247 with nightmarish fingers. In my video in the DESCRIPTION underneath I give the correct fingering. I will be grateful for the devastating criticism of my video: th-cam.com/video/XMCK690Dy-c/w-d-xo.html .
Después de amar a Bach toda la vida, después de amar al violín toda una existencia, después de conocer el mundo y las músicas del mundo, infinitos autores y orquestas, el maestro Gitlis nos regala una cumbre increíble de su Arte. Amor, pasión, devoción, entrega, compromiso, admiración por cada nota, cada frase y una reflexión en cada fraseo. Homenaje absoluto a todo. Genialidad y humildad absolutas para el gran Bach!!!! Gracias Ivry!!!!! Divino!!!!!
In my opinion, he definitely has some parts that he plays better than I've ever heard. I wonder if his hack-saw technique with the bow is on purpose or if it's the style of song. I'm not knocking his ability, though. I can only dream to play this well!
Oh no it’s not the style at all. It’s his own interpretation which I call an honest and human interpretation because you truly feel the emotion being poured into this piece.
The imagery i was getting at the beginning was of getting stabbed by knives. Ive looked at several other renditions of this piece by the masters but no one elses performance evoked such violent, sharp, piercing anguish as did this one. Painfully beautiful performance.
bk63083 he's not respecting the score,rythme,tempo and time the people who downvoted look only at those aspects to jimudge this piece but gitlis has always had unique and exquisite performances not unlike this one.Truly a human performance !
He meant: - If the Chaconne would sound like this, Glenn Gould played the violin. Or maybe: - If this played the violin, Glenn Gould would sound like the Chaconne. - If the Chaconne played this, the violin would sound like Glenn Gould. - If Glenn Gould would sound like this, the violin played the Chaconne.
came to pay respects - RIP to this monumental artist
Amen
Same here, rip Master Ivry
Rip 🙏🏼🙏🏼
Rest in peace, gitlis...
Many reading this might not believe this, but within the first month of my live Ivry gitlis who was in a ten year relationship with my mother’s best friend Ana Maria Vera played this and Vivaldi for me, and I can never minimize the level of impact that has had on my soul, falling deeply deeply in love with the string melody and using this in virtually all of my music production, but even more so the soul of the music impacted me and must have deeply impacted the way I love laugh and live, thank you ivry for giving me something that nobody else could have given me, on my earliest arrival in life, and thank you for the way you impacted my mother and Maria and the world.
"... don't be so polite with the music, it's like being in love!" I.Gitlis
❤️
i love ivry. he is indescribable.
1000000000%
Well said!!!!!
awesome *_claps intensely_*
I was so sad to hear this morning that Ivry had passed. He may not have been the most popular violinist, but for me he has my favourite interpretations for many, many pieces. This I think is my favourite, even if it does make sombre listening for christmas eve. Rest peacefully Ivry 🙏
😭😭
I liked him in art of the violin.
Ivry gitlis is one of the legend and most known
Nope, sadly. Even myself i did not know who He was for Long time.
I'm in tears because after all my years of studying at the conservatory (more than 10 years), I've been trying to understand what honesty and purity would mean. This guy... This guy came along and brought the wisdom I yearned to understand. I've been dressing up all the pieces I've learned, I've polished them, made them pretty, nice, always having the objective for refinement that perhaps might be satisfying intellectually. But, the way he played, he scrap all that and made it so human and deeply meaningful. Thank you for your gift.
+Darren Matias great Gitlis, great great, for ever!
The realization is priceless.IG is the best in the world,mainly because of his honesty and courage.All else is secondary.Maybe you too will find what you are looking for.
Darren Matias
I will never a can't agree with you more..plus have u listened to to tedi pavarami? ?? the greatest contemporary master of the 21st century! !
I felt the same way while listening to Nathan Milstein's last Bach recital played in his 80's.
moldyoreo thank you
You know you're a legend when you tune to A=450hz and nobody says a word in the performance...
Absolute power move
perfect pitch gang.
Thought the same 😂
oh wow I was like thats bright E
Yes, (I didn't know Gitlis) first when he started to tune his violine on stage I thought, how arrogant this old man is - but then I apologized, he is a genius.
He breaks all the rules...but beautifully. I wouldn't play it this way, but I really enjoyed this. It may not be honest to the composer, but it is honest to his roots. It's an interpretation. I loved it.
this is how it should be played. its not a recital, its the shape and form of bach himself.
“It’s an interpretation” well said..
I think this is honest to the composer, it sounds like the way bach intended his music to sound like, passionate.
There is no such thing as "honest to the composer".
This sounds like a chaconne.
Insanely articulated, at the edge of distorted, like he want to put expression, an explanation, into every note, truly making him the owner of the moment. A purist's nightmare is the lovers' dream. Outstanding, in every sense of the word.
Magnifico
Bach for the pedestrian zone of Bucarest.
@@leonardoiglesias2394 I hope you don't mean that derogatorily - I love that!
@@bcarp oh yes, very derogatorily. He plays a gipsy bach. I love flamenco. But flamenco cantaores sing their own music, not Bach or Brahms, you see.
In that case that’s disappointing, and rather short-sighted… Glenn Gould on one end, Gitlis on the other, there’s value in the whole spectrum.
this is the most human interpreter, he is not only playing the note, he is living it. How sad it is to see all those modern technician who play all the note right but have lost the soul of music. leave me profoundly transform everytime. Thank You Gitlis
Shawn Uplaznik Anne Sophie Mutter plays it with her soul :) I love all her interpretations of Bach
Anthony TAGHAKIAN What i am impliying is not that there is no great interpreter alive today, and that will be very insulting to the majority of the classical musician of today, rather that there is a break (huge one) in the tradition between the golden age and the modern age, they have lost most of the tradition and as a result the art suffer. the worst form of this can been seen in Opera singer. They lack total proper training to even be close from those of the golden age. This break can also be seen in the modern composer realm. Then again, some of those traditions were brilliantly violated by great artist like Glenn Gould but this is a whole other level of genius and I am sure Bach will have agree with most of the thing he did.
Shawn Uplaznik I deeply understand you sir!
Shawn Uplaznik I don't even go at the Philharmony anymore, I can't stand these so called modern classical musicians, they lost the tradion as you say! They play Bach like they play Sibelius or Chopin! Sorry for my bad English I hope you get my point!
I know, it's a petty, i have a bad english also :P. the singers are the worst thought, they can still play Richard Strauss and Mahler. it's always better to listen to the old recording nevertheless.
I had the chance to meet Ivry in October in Paris at Vengerov's concert, and thanked him for his Chaconne, it totally changed my way of playing music! I was so crazy, and hope I didn't freak him out too much...
Nicolas Artamonov cool, what did he say?
I AM SO JEALOUS
What'd he say??!!
Lucky one. He died today
Ivry was indeed a great personality. So generous and humble. And a little crazy as well.
You could believe that the entire piece was his own improvisation, every note straight from the soul. Genius.
No it came from sheet music that's 400 years old actually
If you had no idea what you're listening to, sure
After this, i can't listen to other versions. İt has the emotions, things that i want. My favourite chaconne interpretation ever
Listen to other version, please.
I am a violin teacher. I love Ciaccone. Even though I am not a concert violinist, I decided to learn Ciaccone in order to perform with her on stage. In addition, I noticed that everyone, including maestro Gitlis, was playing bars 245, 246, 247 with nightmarish fingers. In my video in the DESCRIPTION underneath I give the correct fingering. I will be grateful for the devastating criticism of my video:
th-cam.com/video/XMCK690Dy-c/w-d-xo.html
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exactly. others are weak, too slow, too bare. but this one... its something else really
While the Brahms PFP hurts, I agree. Absolutely perfect.
I can't agree with you more
After its performance, I also can’t listen to anyone. For example, Sens Sans Rondo Capriccioso only performed by him!!
What a human being and musician the world has lost. So tragically unappreciated, too, by musicians who, blinded by merely ‘technical’ concerns, could not appreciate in this old man’s brave and sincere playing the vulnerable sound of an entire human life lived for beauty. RIP Ivry.
Very true! RIP Gitlis!
How beautiful way of saying it Carlos! "Una vida entera vivida para la belleza" me quedo con esa frase...
R.I.P. Ivry Gitlis 1922-2020. Great master and musician.
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I'm 27 years old male never listened to Violin until today.
It does sound like some of the notes aren't perfect but at the same time if you close your eyes and try to feel the music and not only listen to it. It will bring out so much emotions in you so many questions thoughts and memories. Thank you @TwoSetViolin for introducing me to this wonderful talent Gitlis. This 15 minute video managed to bring me joy make me cry and most of all reveal that I have a passion for this music.
Same
the wonders of Bach and Gitlis 😭
Écoutez les mouvements lents de chacun des concertos de Tchaikowsky1965, et Beethoven par ivry gitlis...deux merveilles et le bonheur absolu...je l'écoute chaque jour
Oh, the notes ARE perfect, and their nuances are the carriers of emotion - every emotion of Humanity in all of history is condensed into this one work of sublime perfection.
@@limitstoprogress you are SO right! Thank you for articulating it so clearly.
Perfect Heifetz thinks chaconne is only a dance, Tremendous Menuhin (1972) is one of the best, but strange and integre Gitlis is the only one who makes us feel that Bach's wife just died before he composed this cornerstone in music history.
Got to say, this is the most human-sounding violinist that I've encountered in my brief time spent learning this instrument. He is so connected to every note, but he doesn't forget about the listener. I adore Menuhin. Adore! But if I could play like any that I've heard, Ivry Gitlis would be the sound I seek to acquire. He's wonderful. Thanks for posting.
Rest in peace to a wonderful inspirational violinist. Ivry Gitlis was a musician is the most sincere way possible. We are lucky to have these recordings to listen at all times.
This is SOMETHING ELSE!!! Not one empty note! All is there. Nothing to add!
exactly!
The greatest masterpiece that was ever written
Rest in peace Mr.Gitlis. Gone but never forgotten.
As he himself sais: there are 2 kind of performer, the professional one and the other who makes music. Here is the last: the Musician!!!
Erzsébet Kerek says
A musician is not intended to create anything only to express the composer intentions, classical musicians are not artists they are only performers. the composer are the true artists and is the same with every type of music.
Some bass guy ??? Go back and play your fortnite. Every musicians has the same canvas, and they will always be able to make something better out of that canvas. Yes, the composers are geniuses for being able to compose such masterpieces, but the genius in the performer is portrayed differently. Any violinist can play a piece a composer wrote, but to play with emotion takes a true artist. Musicians are not robots that follow instructions that were given by the composer, but people who take those instructions, and find a way to make beauty of it.
@@octave11thpianist58 but aren’t those instructions already full of beautiful emotions ?? Please answer dude this could be a good talk.
Some bass guy ??? They are already beautiful, but an artist can portray the beauty differently, and sometimes make them more beautiful than they were. I think there is a quote by glenn gould that says that the purpose of being a musician is not to play an interpretation like other people, but to make an interpretation that is different from the others and stands out. I don’t know the exact words but I know it surrounded around that idea.
The whole day, I could not take my mind off the thought of this piece, and specifically Ivry Gitlis' interpretation of it. It is only now that I realized the significance of the date.
RIP Gitlis, thanks for the many decades of beautiful music.
I am a violin teacher. I love Ciaccone. Even though I am not a concert violinist, I decided to learn Ciaccone in order to perform with her on stage. In addition, I noticed that everyone, including maestro Gitlis, was playing bars 245, 246, 247 with nightmarish fingers. In my video in the DESCRIPTION underneath I give the correct fingering. I will be grateful for the devastating criticism of my video:
th-cam.com/video/XMCK690Dy-c/w-d-xo.html
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Reviewing the comments, it is clear that we all have our preferences. And these change, too, as time goes by. I love this performance because it shows a person that has abandoned pretense and submitted to his own way with the written note. There is so much honesty here that the perceived imperfections fade away into the greater sonic experience of a person's breath. This performance is a great exhalation of a life devoted to the study of humanity. His ability to play comes in a close second to his ability to connect with people. I'm fuller each time I listen and encouraged to press forward as a grown man trying to learn this impossible instrument. Thankfully for most of us, people such as Gitlis don't mind being under-appreciated. Their joy comes from being experienced by others. This piece goes in the "win" column for humanity.
Never thought I'd cry listening to Chaconne. RIP Maestro.
I cry almost every time, lol
I cry almost every time too… but this interpretation is a stiletto in my soul.
Why would you NOT cry at the Chaconne?
Più l'ascolto più mi convinco che sia la migliore interpretazione di questo brano che si possa trovare. Gitlis riesce a smuovere qualcosa in me che nessun altro riesce... Fantastico!
One of the few renditions that made me feel as if i was almost experiencing what Bach truly felt and wanted to convey. I always thought as if he was channeling Bach’s grief, pain and loss in the most beutiful, raw and real way through this performance. Unfortunately this feeling of loss rings more and more true as the time passes and we get to see all the good souls pass right in front of our presence as there is nothing we can do about it.
Rest easy.
I am a violin teacher. I love Ciaccone. Even though I am not a concert violinist, I decided to learn Ciaccone in order to perform with her on stage. In addition, I noticed that everyone, including maestro Gitlis, was playing bars 245, 246, 247 with nightmarish fingers. In my video in the DESCRIPTION underneath I give the correct fingering. I will be grateful for the devastating criticism of my video:
th-cam.com/video/XMCK690Dy-c/w-d-xo.html
.
Gitlis is 96 so today he is a bit too old to play the violin. When he was younger, he was one of the greatest violinists. Chaconne is one of the greatest compositions based on variations and hearing it played by Gitlis is a present.
Eytan Suchard
The dude still plays, just not as well.
He is still better than me tho :(
Is never too late to play the violin, especially for Maestro Gitlis. The music accompained him for all his life.
too old? sounds better than almost anyone alive.
@@partituravid Nerve conduction slows down with age even for highly talented violinists like Ivry Gitlis. It is a biological fact that nobody can fight. Also the brain shrinks with age because proteins can bind less water. There is no way to escape aging!!!
He is tuning the instrument accordingly with the acoustics of the enclosure.
That's what I noticed too, tuning just over a quarter higher
Gerardo Rangel unluckily its A#. Or just some horrible things.
he is one amazing person.
bout to say an incredible musician like him should probably know how to tune his violin lmao
FALSE! - 442.5HZ
I've come back to this legendary performance once again. Throughout the performance I kept feeling like the piece was the embodiment of grief itself. The sharp, unbearable pain at the beginning (0:50 - 4:00), the denial and multiple frantic attempts to escape or reject reality (4:00 - 8:00). It literally sounds like the violin is sobbing at 7:50, Then the acceptance and gentle mourning that begins at 8:00, then the glimmer of happiness and return to normalcy that happens around 9:05 - 12:10. But the grief is ultimately still there and will always be there. You just learn to live with it and incorporate it (12:10 - end)
Seriously a whole story within this performance.
thank you
So beautiful. Very intricate in the Violin. I play this Chaconne on the Piano. The Violin seems to be very difficult. He is such a great Violinist!
@@myrnaligan9201 Have you ever played Brahm's arrangement for left hand only? By far my favorite piano arrangement of this piece and as Brahm's himself described it - "all this makes me feel like a violinist!"
Beautiful interpretation. I couldn't help but think it was grief too.
Just learned of his passing. This interpretation is still my favorite of Chaconne, you can hear his distinct style from his playing, yet now it has a sorrowful quality to it. RIP
On the day with a huge loss to human being, listening to this eternal work from Ivry brings to me warm hopes about life in abundance. RIP, Ivry. May you continue to play in heaven.
Repose en Paix M. Gitlis vous avez apporté votre sensibilité et vos émotions ancestrales aux oeuvres que vous avez interprétées .Merci d'avoir accompagné mes jours.
Who else came here to honor his legendary presence on this planet?
All these empty seats. I should have sit there...
This is a part of a most beloved Bach's sonata for me, but this man has something very unique. Pure Soul.
His playing is exquisite, his charm is emotional and deep. It is a great pleasure to live in the same generation as him.Every bit of his notes has a significant grasp to the touch of reality. His great rasp and playing is truly it’s own.
96 years of age and Gitlis is still playing the violin! Incredible!
practice and time didn't betray him
From the very first chord, the unmistakable playing of a great master.
Cette interprétation est absolument magistrale !!! Bravo l'artiste, repose en paix.
Always felt this performance of Chaconne was a goodbye from Gitlis. I hate that today we had to say that to him. RIP Maestro.
Vielen Dank! Das ist die Tiefe und die Spiritualität dieses Werks enthüllt - die Essenz menschlichen Lebens. Gitlis Spiel und Interpretation sind genauso einzigartig wie das Stück selbst. Das ist ein Meilenstein der Musikgeschichte.
11:23 …. My heavens that vibrato! My soul can’t take it ❤
Shivers through my spine every time I listen to it. It conveys to me the absolute melancholy (or loneliness) of someone´s desire to reunite with God... or perhaps God´s infinite melancholy of its absolute loneliness.
You've said it all and maybe more than what you think... Thank you Ricardo for putting words on what I've been feeling for a long time with the Chaconne and Bach. Classical music is not so common to me but still, I sometimes feel like Bach is one of the only composers (regardless of the music type) who was ever able to touch my soul in a moment of time.
Fabulous. Raw & intense. Very different from Grumiaux who is my default. Softer and more delicate touch. They're both fabulous. Get a glass of Chardonne', a set of studio headphones - and a joint. Turn off the lights, crank up the volume, and make sure you're not interrupted. The single most beautiful piece of music. In the universe. Do this at least once a week.
This is the most genuine Bach Chaconne playing I have ever heard.Rest in peace Ivry Gitlis
I don't know how old Gitlis was when this was recorded but I notice he is wearing a sleeve on his right hand - to keep it warm? Phenomenal playing.
70 years old
This special performance, with its zound, tune and entonation really shows the drama of the piece, a piece who speaks about death. Thank you Ivri
I don't know about performances at all, but I have to say that this one is unique, IDK why. He gives himself into his playing the violin, I feel his self-confidence, and he takes his piece of peace. And guess what, I've never taken chills listening classical performances till now)))
Jascha Heifetz and Ivry Gitlis are the only two violinists in the entire world whom I can recognize (100% of the time) by just listening. They are unique personalities - like Glenn Gould, Carlos Kleiber, and Vladimir Horowitz.
violinhunter2 You must be able to recognize Joshua Bell, he has a really unique sound too. Maxim Vengerov also has a very different style
Reade Snair That is absolutely correct; however, I cannot be certain 100% of the time with Bell and Vengerov. Sometimes I misidentify them.
+violinhunter2 I recognise this way also Milstein and Stern
Totally with you on that but I think there is a simple explanation about it. Heifetz is absolutely perfect to the scratch in every piece he plays, like no other human can play, and Gitlis sound and interpretation are totally unique and unconventional.
I always recognize Perlman for his powerfull and romantic playing + his way to never shift lol
I'm even a violinist, but this is so beautiful, intense, emotional. This is what (classical) music is all about.
Absolument exceptionnel. la rencontre de 2 génies BACH - GITLIS. :)
this makes me feel grief, anger, despair, sadness, then a happy nostalgia, before coming back to a cruel reality. it’s so raw. like it makes me feel so much and even imagine scenes in my head. i definitely love “technically perfect” renditions with nice phrasing and i am wowed by those tbh, but this…this!!! whew
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This is something about this performance that grabs me from the first note and doesn't let me go. I don't even know what it is - I just can't stop watching. Beautiful. Thank you
Thank you for providing this glorious performance! May Maestro Gitlis rest in everlasting Peace!
I’m just starting to appreciate and discover classical music more intimately recently and performances like this almost cause pain it’s so beautiful if that makes any sense. I’m so awestruck.
An exceptional artist helps me understand the patterns between the different elements and phrases of the music. Gitlis does this beautifully and effectively. Listening to his performance helped me see patterns across the different phrases of Chaccone and understand the soulful essence of this piece of music.
I am a violin teacher. I love Ciaccone. Even though I am not a concert violinist, I decided to learn Ciaccone in order to perform with her on stage. In addition, I noticed that everyone, including maestro Gitlis, was playing bars 245, 246, 247 with nightmarish fingers. In my video in the DESCRIPTION underneath I give the correct fingering. I will be grateful for the devastating criticism of my video:
th-cam.com/video/XMCK690Dy-c/w-d-xo.html
.
Gospodin Ivry je sa takvom lakocom svirao violinu.Zadivljujuce.
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A few minutes ago, you heard Eddy say "You know, the guy who plays Chaconne like *that.*" and Brett say "Oh yeah, Gitlis."
What video is that?
@@simonhreus8374 it's 6 More Insane Piano Performances You Can't Miss (ft. Sophie Oui Oui)
th-cam.com/video/Q6p0rrgZ4gM/w-d-xo.html
Yes 😂
Nah, learned of Gitlis in a much earlier video where they collabed with Ray Chen for violin charades.
The only Chaconne interpretation that made me cry. I don't know but this sounds so sincere. It sounds like Bach mourning due to his tragedies.
Honestly, that's what i would imagine it would've sounded like in bach's head. coming back from a long trip to find his wife dead, just think of the emotions.
Thank you for posting this performance of Gitlis. Playing like this at this age, Wow. His playing is really honest, It speaks very clearly, and for sure understandable and listenable virtuosity. Great how He separates the frazes and still keeps perfect harmony. That's artistic beauty, and intelectual. I'm not such a musician like some "experts" are, that "rate" these talents, but that kind of phrazing is the real challenge and yet the real harmony of Bach's music.
And it gets better and better, he just keeps my tears flowing!
I've heard a lot of famous interpretations of this movement, and quite a few of the obscure ones, including its arrangements for a few other instruments - and though there have been a lot of great interpretations through the years, and many others that are unique and interesting, this is the one I keep coming back to almost every single day. Almost as a means to purge my mind.
As I said, there are a lot of other great interpretations as well, and it is futile to even think of calling any one the greatest or the most accurate or anything of the sort, because they all have a lot to offer, yet according to me, this is one of the most honest interpretations that exist - and by an "honest" interpretation I do not mean the academically or theoretically inclined arguments of what Bach's music, or indeed even the music of that time is "supposed" to be or sound like - or the fact that "Chaccone" was supposed to be a type of a dance, something that Heifetz laid so much stress over that a lot of other people conveniently use his point of view as their own to intellectually argue and compare with - but much rather in the sense of Gitlis being completely honest about how and what he sees this piece to be and what it does to him, and being able to share that so honestly and effectively, rather than trying as an artist to do something to it for the sake of either uniqueness or conformity or theoretical perfection.
It's almost as if he has very little to do with, but allows his very life force to let it unfold through him, without a care or bother about the drops of sweat and tears that fall on that historical instrument that he beholds.
This movement, and (for me) this interpretation of it, just completely sums life up in about fifteen minutes.
Is this available on CD somewhere? It's magnificent.
You are absolutely right. Something about Ivry's playing is just magnetizing and makes me come back to listening to his interpretations. His transparancy through his playing is unmatched. I also truly enjoy Milstein's interpretation but Gitlis is of another world.
Honestly, no calculation, with love and respect to this JSB masterpiece. At 3:30 Oh, God, why you let me alone...Rare gift indeed!! Thanks!
Gitlis' interpretation just blew me away. When you set aside all other superfluous arguments of technicality or how Bach should be interpreted you have only the emotions that it evokes and this is pure emotion. This is what you listen to music for.
Sumedh Prasad the life is like this piece, is constantly changing of notes, harmonies, maybe one day youre at a very happy moment and instantly recieve bad news, i think that he experiencing all of this gives him extra points to his interpretation of the piece
Best Chaconne ever... Rest in peace...
After my loss of my beloved aunt this sounds like true salvation.
RIP GRAND MASTER! Soulfull performance!!!
This performance heals a soul suffering. It helps to reborn. No other can do that.
Ivry Gitlis rozkłada mnie na atomy swoim wykonaniem. Doceniam i słucham innych, ale ON jest najlepszy!
Gitlis' interpretation is one of the most iconic ones out there.
Applause is a sacrilege. Earth - shattering performance.
No applause is a sacrilege too.
To me, this performance is on entirely different plane from all the rest I have heard, which all sound shallow and vanilla-like in comparison. Gitlis's rendition is deeply tragic and emotional -- the others are just pretty, but empty on the inside.
Sergey Zhupanov . You are damn right. Lot of players just show technicality and miss the soul. Violin speaks.
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u must be jokiung this sounds absolutely awful
@@nicholaschung8207 I understand this might not be your taste, no one here is saying his performance is perfect in terms of technique taught to every violinist. It's about the emotions he conveys and the way he makes you feel. I'm a big fan of Hilary Hahn when it comes to Bach and think she tends to have the best interpretations of him but this performance here is mesmerising. I can't think of another time I was so moved by this piece.
Alex Whelan so you do, it’s you’re*. Also, people can have opinions, I think it sounds good, but he plays Bach like he plays Tchaikovsky, it’s not how Bach envisioned it.
What a wonderful violinist and man. R.I.P
Maestro is still playing in heaven
intro gets me every time
Una preghiera e un grazie a questo grande.
Un suono come il suo ti resta nel cuore
I love his sound forever.
rip sir. your playing was among the greats.
Hahn, Perlman, Heifetz, Milstein... I am so very sorry, but I think I have found my favorite.
Do you listen to grumiaux version?
I too love Gitlis's Chaconne! Also check out Janine Jansen.
Hahn and Gitlis for me. Heifetz was a bit too fast for the piece
Though it was likely sweat, I want to believe so badly that this 12:18 was a tear falling from such a personal interpretation of an otherwise otherworldly piece.
Jhamaal Sykes he might as well be crying with the amount of emotion he’s putting into the piece, he’s basically pouring his heart out. If he’s pouring is heart out, he’s gonna cry.
Thank you so much for this upload. Really.
I heard it at least 30 times, and I keep coming back daily to hear it.
Ivry has a so natural artistic quality. It is a true lost. RIP Ivry.
素晴らしい！他の誰よりも、この奏者のシャコンヌが好きかも知れない。テンポ、ニュアンス、味付け、間合い...どれを取っても、自分好みの演奏。イスラエルのヴァイオリニスト、不覚にも今まで全然知らなかった。本当に素晴らしい！
A great master, wild and beautiful approach to Bach, very interesting. Energy and life in a sense.
This instrument is weeping and that is why this raw sound is so captivating.
This interpretation is simply overturning of humility. Tanks so much.
This is what simply called : God-given TALENT!
Purest interpretation, can't believe I am saying this, but this is more beautiful than Ms Hilary Hahn's bach
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This one just doesn't let you go until the end and leaves you totally empty and absolutely full
Covers check out Maxim vengerovs interpretation when he films it at the Auschwitz location. It's so amazing, intense and artistic
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I am a violin teacher. I love Ciaccone. Even though I am not a concert violinist, I decided to learn Ciaccone in order to perform with her on stage. In addition, I noticed that everyone, including maestro Gitlis, was playing bars 245, 246, 247 with nightmarish fingers. In my video in the DESCRIPTION underneath I give the correct fingering. I will be grateful for the devastating criticism of my video:
th-cam.com/video/XMCK690Dy-c/w-d-xo.html
.
and he left the scene...hand in the pocket..like nothing.... the best
Absolutely magnificent.
Después de amar a Bach toda la vida, después de amar al violín toda una existencia, después de conocer el mundo y las músicas del mundo, infinitos autores y orquestas, el maestro Gitlis nos regala una cumbre increíble de su Arte. Amor, pasión, devoción, entrega, compromiso, admiración por cada nota, cada frase y una reflexión en cada fraseo. Homenaje absoluto a todo. Genialidad y humildad absolutas para el gran Bach!!!! Gracias Ivry!!!!! Divino!!!!!
In my opinion, he definitely has some parts that he plays better than I've ever heard. I wonder if his hack-saw technique with the bow is on purpose or if it's the style of song. I'm not knocking his ability, though. I can only dream to play this well!
Oh no it’s not the style at all. It’s his own interpretation which I call an honest and human interpretation because you truly feel the emotion being poured into this piece.
The imagery i was getting at the beginning was of getting stabbed by knives. Ive looked at several other renditions of this piece by the masters but no one elses performance evoked such violent, sharp, piercing anguish as did this one. Painfully beautiful performance.
I don't exactly understand the 43 down votes. I wished I would have found this version sooner. The notes are clear as day, including the chords. Wow.
bk63083 he's not respecting the score,rythme,tempo and time the people who downvoted look only at those aspects to jimudge this piece but gitlis has always had unique and exquisite performances not unlike this one.Truly a human performance !
Mon interprétation favorite de cette pièce musicale. ❤
I always LOVE the way this guy leaves the stage. Every.Singe.Time. as though he performed for himself... the way it should be.
Magnifique !
Merci beaucoup d’avoir partagé.
Very beautiful! Thanks a lot! Magic!
Rest In Peace you absolute legend.
心の奥底まで沁み渡る~
忘れ得ぬ音色が~いつまでも〜🎶🎶🎶🎵
If Glenn Gould played the violin, the Chaconne would sound like this.
PointyTailofSatan Yes, and perhaps the other way around too?
You mean, if the violin played Glenn Gould?...lol
He meant:
- If the Chaconne would sound like this, Glenn Gould played the violin.
Or maybe:
- If this played the violin, Glenn Gould would sound like the Chaconne.
- If the Chaconne played this, the violin would sound like Glenn Gould.
- If Glenn Gould would sound like this, the violin played the Chaconne.
exactly true. I love the way Gould plays Bach !
You would also hear some humming
I can't help but cry.