Sarah Chang, Hilary Hahn, Ray Chen, and finally Janine Jansen. Music is a mystery. The same piece can be played this much differently. So far I like all of them. Talking about who’s best is pointless as long as we have ling ling.
Kevin Vanhove - Agree with you that Vengerov’s rendition is SUPERLATIVE, but I would avoid using the word ‘best’, suggesting that any ranking is possible. At their level, each performer has a unique take on and interpretation of the piece. Technical virtuosity is yet another thing. Jansen is absolutely SUPERB here. And I do like hers next to Vengerov’s...
I actually have no idea why people are comparing Janine to Hilary. Choosing your favourite soloist at that level, is more about personal preferences, how you like a particular soloist's interpretation other than comparing skills over one another.
Because that performance of Hahn is very very much appreciated... and you know, people love to compare performances :) th-cam.com/video/J0w0t4Qn6LY/w-d-xo.html
Her intensity is awesome. Every performance, she brings her all. Her skill and dedication comes through in every note. I love how this woman plays music!
23:50-24:05 gave me chills. Such a nuanced performance. I'm in love. I was so lucky to have seen her live in London playing Brahms (and get a picture with her!)
She emotes and catharsizes in a huge way in this piece! Her intense and BIG vibrato is definitely part of that. Hilary is very mid-classical in her style, where Janine is very late-romantic. Whether you like one of the other better is a matter of preference; they're both amazing performers. Personally, I think Hilary's style suits Mozart better, and Janine does Sibelius better. Of course, they both do it better than I do. :O
Janine Jansen and her magnificent interpretations... I was waiting so long for her Sibelius and as always it is just perfect. Bright, profound, passionate, mystical, philosophical. Her understanding of the form is just unbelievably unique, her style of playing, her personal language. In her music, you can find literally everything. I perceived her as one of the greatest artists of our times. And I thank God every day for her recordings. It is a blessing.
Janine Jansen and Hilary Hahn are two ways to make heaven reachable. If you have any doubt about that, just listen. You can prefer the one or the other, it doesnt matter. They both have that special feeling: "This is it!"
Love the way she communicate with the other players, almost cried as she share her musical words (or world) with the violist at the first movement. she is so passionate, amazingly good at controlling dynamics and expressing emotions. Her interpretation of the form is above whatever I've been known. also could catch that this is one of the most excellent work by how the orchestral players watch and just appreciate her work in the middle or at the end of the play. they are smiling and to me seems like they are supporting her from the real heart. it must be they could feel her energy, passion and love to this masterpiece(with flawless playing). She plays as if she was full of the music or maybe the music herself.
Janine is such a gifted musician, what makes her special to me is her commitment to chamber music. If you watch her play, she's always connected to the other musicians. Watch her working with the smaller groups, or solo winds. It brings the performance, in my opinion, to another level.
16:15 and 16:24 the way she made that octave G# resonate! And that harmonic at 16:41 so bright! Of all the versions I've heard, for these 2 parts Janine's reinterpretation is my fav ♥️
The emotional impact of Janine Jansens second movement in this violin concerto is unbelievable. I have earlier tried to be theoretical about it, but tonight Im just swept away. Listen at 16:58.
@@johnyi367 John, you are right! But why not 21:08, thats also a moment. As I see it, one can chose almost every moment in this movement and see something special in it. Why? Because its an overwhelming piece of art.
Janine, my favorite violinist ever. There are no words that could accurately describe the magnificence that flows amidst the air when she is present, playing. Long live the queen
Yes, I could say so. Nothing in it is wrong. But I feel it is a little diminishing. All that hard hard work, all compassion in music. And here we sit and just let our words go the easiest way. There is something in it I feel a little bit unjust. So easy it is so say or write something that is just stupid, bad, not even relevant, and think it has an impact on the world. And at the same time its so fun to have the opportunity to speak up, yes I can do it too! I think we shall be aware of our words and the way we use them. Most of you are very nice and clever people, with interesting thoughts, but I have met someones that have not been so nice. Guess my age? Im 158!
No Im not as old as Methusalem, that was a joke. But my thoughts today is about the team that is necessary to make us enjoy this fantastic music. The soundengineers, the cameramen. We take that for granted, but it surely is not so. For example, the camera that follows Janines violin in 24:07, back and forth, so nice, but also the work that we never think of. I have read criticism of the cameramens work, but never appreciation. So here comes my homage to all you people that makes it so easy for us to click and then be there, in the middle of the music, and in the middle of the orchestra. Thank you so much!
@@staffanolofsson8201 Your kind words to all the people who worked hard to make this beauty, and also to capture it, shows yourself to be a very compassionate person. If everyone were like you, the world would be a much better place!
Mesmerizing... goosebumps. The passion, delicacy, clarity and endless nuance -from whispering, tender, to razor sharp expressiveness, and all flowing naturely, any technical difficulty is totally forgotten, meaningless almost, it's all about the impulse, emotion and flow of the musical line, thought and conception ... Janine Jansen is a true master
Brilliant, gifted and *in addition* so charming and friendly: 'fairies bent over' Mrs Jansen cradle! Brillante, surdouée et *en plus* tellement charmante et sympathique : des fées se sont penchées sur le berceau de Mme Jansen. 👏☺
And thank you, Christoph Eschenbach! Ive never seen someone conduct with the same precision as you. Only take the beginnig of the 2.mvt, I think it helps the music to come out. Im aware it is not common to thank the conductors, because we know so little about their work, but in this case I do.
We have been given two very fine recordings of Sibelius Violin Concerto recently, Hilary Hahns and Janine Jensens, and perheps our mission in the first place is not to judge whether the first or the second is the best, and than argue about it, as we often do. No, we shall instead think about how we connect to this music, and why we like it so much. That´s my simple advice.
@@BjornWilliams And simply, how do you define "clean" Mr Ramirez? I myself very much like Hilary Hahn, but at the same time I like when it is an amount of dirt in music. Emotional dirt. And I think Janine is to prefer there. So it is of course a choice, but I prefer not to choose! Our own mentality will lead us to the right performer, at this moment it is Janine before Hilary, but I can change. And you will ask me what I mean with "dirt" in music? I dont know, perhaps a more romantic attitude, with more vibrato? And headbangs?
The nearest Janine Jansen comes to headbanging starts at 21:05 and ends at 23:00, and I like it! She has already more vibrato than Hilary, as you have noticed, but is she in this moment "better" than Hilary? The ones amongst you who ask that question are already lost in "the Sea of Comparison" , as I call it. Instead, enjoy the music.
@@BjornWilliams Lots of great musicians have missed one or two notes, and still they are world famous. Its not the missed notes that counts, it is the rest of the notes and how they are played. And notice, I respect your opinion that Hilary is better than Janine! As I earlier said, I will not judge.
This instrument seems much better suited to her than some performances I heard after she lost use of the Barrere. For me the bond she had with that instrument was unmatchable with how well she made it play, and it shows in earlier records. She remains masterful and emotional as always.
Staffan Olofsson A lot of these instruments are owned by societies that offer them on loan to musicians in exchange for annual performances. The loans expire and they are passed to others. I do not know exactly what happened, but after her it was loaned to Rosanne Philippens and Janine started using other violins. It could’ve been her choice to stop using it or the terms could’ve provided a limited period of use.
@@pr27038 Thank you P RIA! Very quick answer, I think. And yes, a know a little bit about these "robberies" when societys in the name of culture can give and take violins, and then be able to catch a name as the ones that care about culture and music. But it is all about money, I think. Poor Janine who lost her beloved violin!
PS I myself heard a bankman from a Big Bank here in Umeå, Sweden, talk about how important it was with culture. And deliver a fine violin to a coming star. SIC, SIC, SIC! Thats all I have to say.
One thing I noticed after watching Janine Jansen, Hilary Hahn and Maxim Vengerov's rendition of Sibelius violin concerto is every violinist really gives out different feelings. It makes me appreciate each of them even more as this is my most favourite classical piece. If I were to put one word for each of their performance, Maxim Vengerov's was passionate and Hilary Hahn's 2019 performance was melancholic. Janine Jansen's performance was a sense of stubbornness, in the first movement u can hear anger and frustration, which I never thought would make sense and sound so good. I usually prefer it being melancholic with a sense of longing, because that was what the melody of the first movement sounded for me. Fuck I love Sibelius Violin Concerto so much I can probably write a whole ass academic thesis on it.
OK, so I have been here, listening to the first movement over and over again for two days now. This is not how I normally listen to music... Usually, I want to hear the whole. The thing is, there is so much happening in this piece that I cannot let it go before I have tried to hear everything - every phrase, every unexpected harmony, every little whine of the violin. So, I suppose I will talk to you in another month, when I maybe get to the second movement...
I like both Hilary’s and Janine’s renditions. Hilary has this robust, untouchable tone when it comes to this piece whereas Janine has this vulnerable, yet beautiful tone. If I HAD to choose I would go for Hilary solely because that robust yet emotional performance is so so hard to achieve when it comes to a piece like this. But PLEASE remember both these renditions are both stunning and beautiful and it’s so so hard to draw these distinctions. It’s such a hard concerto to play and the fact that they can even tonalise them in a way which characterises them is simply stunning. Honestly I think that my favourite rendition is that of Vengerov’s solely because of the power and emotional intuition poured into it
I love how conflicted this comment is when trying to choose a favourite! I feel the same way! You really cannot choose because all three renditions is so well performed!
Hahn and Jansen are totally different animals. Hahn is majestic and accurate, great for German music, her Bach and Mendelssohn is beyond comparison. While Jansen is emotional and passionate, her Tchaikovsky and Sibelius are extremely touching.
I hope that I, living next to Finland (in Sweden), can mail you this perhaps odd comment about the northern woods. I mailed the same comment when I heard Hilary Hahns fantastic interpretation. Of course Sibelius music is music in itself, but it helps a lot if you associate it with nature, so I think, and especially if you can see the neverending forests and the seas that are uncountable for your inner sight: "I have been out in Finlands forests, and I come home with a feeling of longing, abandonment, agony, but also hope, strength and confidence. It is mixed, like in Lemminkäinens Return, he who has recently met the Swan of Tuonela but now happily returns to life. And if you listen you can hear all that in Sibelius works. Also in the violin concerto. The songs of the woods, miles and miles away, the longing, the yearning.Thats what fascinates me when I listen to this music." (Kalevala is Finlands own special ancient story). Janine Jansen can express that feeling very well in her music and Im grateful for her playing. So simple and so overwhelming is it.
Try to listen to the 2nd movement while reading this extract from a book wrote by my writer friend: "Crystalline tears fell from her eyes and ran down her face. She wiped her tears by caressing her face with her white hands and, always with these, she tried to cover her tears to hide it."
OMG! I finally found the performance that might surpass Cho Liang Lin's version of this concerto which has received Penguin Guide's rossette. Come on guys! Everyone should stand up! She deserves a 10-minute standing ovation!
I think Janine Jansen has very good ear, may be different than all violinist. her playing like she can hear the notes in his ear before playing the notes. and its interpretation is also very unusual. also her technic is very natural. anyway totally great performance very satisfying like old times.
I must say that this interpretation is by far the best for me! Janine has a brilliant way of drawing out the darkness to this piece and it captures the essence of it!
Concerto meraviglioso , ma l'universalita' di janine s' ormai acclarata le emozioni sono sempre diverse ,la sua personalità prorompente fa sognare lo spettatore.
It is a wonderful performance - thank you for posting. Interestingly, at 33:26 I incorrectly thought she played a wrong note - then I checked other recordings and they all play the same high note on the second run. Everyone, that is, except Heifetz, whose recording I was used to hearing. Does that mean Heifetz changed the music at that point, or does Sibelius actually give the soloist some sort of choice?
It is not a competition, mark that well, both Janine and Hilary are extremely good, and they hopefully have their own backyards where they can be free, but if you compare Hilarys second movement with Janines, you can see a different approch. I like them both, but if I have to chose I like Janines emotional approach more than Hilarys more classical and untouchable version. Even if she is a Goddess! And I suggest you all to listen to Janine in the second movement. It starts at 16:58
No, I have changed opinion. Again! Hilary has all that compassion too in the second movement, it is just that she doesn´t move around so much as Janine. And technically she is more brillant than Janine. So dont listen to me, listen yourself.
Janine is "hot" in her playing and Hillary is "cold". The image and feel of a "Goddess" does not appeal to me in music. I enjoy performances by emotional, warm people.
@@staffanolofsson8201 Janine is absolutely brilliant technically, there is no comparison with Hilary. Both are good in that sense. Janine is much warmer in her expressivity. Hilary is ice-cold.
I don't want to have prejudices but women give to this dazzling concerto a very special touch that makes me prefer with the girls its performance than with men. Sarah, Hillary (with Miko Franck), Janine, Sayaka... they make me tremble.
well done to the sound engineer(s) - Jansen's interpretation relies a lot on keeping all the little spaces between the notes intact (e.g. the beginning of the 3rd mvmt) - and it's too easy for the sound engineers to just pave right over them.
Many people don’t understand the point of listening to classical music. But in my opinion, Janine is the prime example of playing out her soul- she really becomes a part of that violin especially during the second movement. Her vibrato and her tone is just impeccable and beautiful. She is a seriously underrated artist.
So proud of my fellow dutch 😜. Such skill and passion. Im not a musician at all, dont know the piece and i dont want to be picking but what is happening at 15:40, seems orchestra and solo are not in sync?
I've loved this concerto since I was a teenager. I'm 73 now and I still love it.
I hear you!
I am 54..
I’m a teenager and love it too!
@@rachmusic9873 same
@@Jabafish Yes! This music is way too underrated with people our age
@@rachmusic9873 exactly no one our age gets the value which is really sad to say
II. Mvt: 16:58
III. Mvt: 26:07
You're welcome!
ll. Mvt. 17:03
Sarah Chang, Hilary Hahn, Ray Chen, and finally Janine Jansen. Music is a mystery. The same piece can be played this much differently. So far I like all of them. Talking about who’s best is pointless as long as we have ling ling.
I spent the last 9 years worshiping the sarah chang version. I just heard this one tonight.
@@conorhughes6018 How could you worship Sarah Chang's when Maxim Vengerov's version is out there? He for me has undoubtedly the best interpretation.
Kevin Vanhove - Agree with you that Vengerov’s rendition is SUPERLATIVE, but I would avoid using the word ‘best’, suggesting that any ranking is possible. At their level, each performer has a unique take on and interpretation of the piece. Technical virtuosity is yet another thing. Jansen is absolutely SUPERB here. And I do like hers next to Vengerov’s...
don't forget Maxim Vengerov
Have a listen to Ida Haendel’s early recordings (Sibelius himself congratulated her) and Ginette Neveu.
I actually have no idea why people are comparing Janine to Hilary. Choosing your favourite soloist at that level, is more about personal preferences, how you like a particular soloist's interpretation other than comparing skills over one another.
Because that performance of Hahn is very very much appreciated... and you know, people love to compare performances :)
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@@jgbusquets Either way, you are watching a genius in your house.
Hahn plays like a robot. I have heard every one of her recordings. I can recognize her playing a mile away. Computers play with more emotion.
theyre both amazing performances and thats a fact
@@endlessadventure541 What utter nonsense!
Everything she touches turns to solid gold. Definitely my fav violonist.
Finally her Sibelius. Hoped to hear it one day.
Yes. Finally.
Me too!!! 😱😱
My thoughts exactly!! Never disappoints, despite my highest expectations
Wish some distributor would get wise and put this out on blu-ray. Still I keep looking.
You are number one with 52 likes. How do you like the music?
Her intensity is awesome. Every performance, she brings her all. Her skill and dedication comes through in every note. I love how this woman plays music!
23:50-24:05 gave me chills. Such a nuanced performance. I'm in love. I was so lucky to have seen her live in London playing Brahms (and get a picture with her!)
Wow ! Those vibratos make her violin cry ! Brava !
You are right, Janine has a bigger vibrato than Hilary. If its right or wrong we dont know, its just Janines way of playing, I think.
She emotes and catharsizes in a huge way in this piece! Her intense and BIG vibrato is definitely part of that. Hilary is very mid-classical in her style, where Janine is very late-romantic. Whether you like one of the other better is a matter of preference; they're both amazing performers. Personally, I think Hilary's style suits Mozart better, and Janine does Sibelius better. Of course, they both do it better than I do. :O
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I'm a pretty good page turner! 😁
@@goscott444 That's a valuable skill, as anyone who has had to tolerate a bad page turner will attest. :)
Janine Jansen and her magnificent interpretations... I was waiting so long for her Sibelius and as always it is just perfect. Bright, profound, passionate, mystical, philosophical. Her understanding of the form is just unbelievably unique, her style of playing, her personal language. In her music, you can find literally everything. I perceived her as one of the greatest artists of our times. And I thank God every day for her recordings. It is a blessing.
Janine Jansen and Hilary Hahn are two ways to make heaven reachable. If you have any doubt about that, just listen. You can prefer the one or the other, it doesnt matter. They both have that special feeling: "This is it!"
Love the way she communicate with the other players, almost cried as she share her musical words (or world) with the violist at the first movement. she is so passionate, amazingly good at controlling dynamics and expressing emotions. Her interpretation of the form is above whatever I've been known. also could catch that this is one of the most excellent work by how the orchestral players watch and just appreciate her work in the middle or at the end of the play. they are smiling and to me seems like they are supporting her from the real heart. it must be they could feel her energy, passion and love to this masterpiece(with flawless playing). She plays as if she was full of the music or maybe the music herself.
Janine is such a gifted musician, what makes her special to me is her commitment to chamber music. If you watch her play, she's always connected to the other musicians. Watch her working with the smaller groups, or solo winds. It brings the performance, in my opinion, to another level.
16:15 and 16:24 the way she made that octave G# resonate! And that harmonic at 16:41 so bright! Of all the versions I've heard, for these 2 parts Janine's reinterpretation is my fav ♥️
Outstanding!
The emotional impact of Janine Jansens second movement in this violin concerto is unbelievable. I have earlier tried to be theoretical about it, but tonight Im just swept away. Listen at 16:58.
truly astonishing. the passage starting at 22:13 is BEYOND
@@johnyi367 John, you are right! But why not 21:08, thats also a moment. As I see it, one can chose almost every moment in this movement and see something special in it. Why? Because its an overwhelming piece of art.
I absolutely love her, but the Vengerov rendition is still my favourite.
@@staffanolofsson8201 This is my favorite 23:48
Janine, my favorite violinist ever. There are no words that could accurately describe the magnificence that flows amidst the air when she is present, playing. Long live the queen
Maxim Vengerov will always be my favorite, but I love listening to all the other greats as well, and Jansen is most certainly one of the greats.
the slow zoom that starts at 29:10 adds so much to the incredible building tension and crescendo. i cant stop watch that specific moment alone!!
Thank you Janine. I never have a dull moment when you are playing. And I am completely melting when I hear your playing in the second movement...
Yes, I could say so. Nothing in it is wrong. But I feel it is a little diminishing. All that hard hard work, all compassion in music. And here we sit and just let our words go the easiest way. There is something in it I feel a little bit unjust. So easy it is so say or write something that is just stupid, bad, not even relevant, and think it has an impact on the world. And at the same time its so fun to have the opportunity to speak up, yes I can do it too! I think we shall be aware of our words and the way we use them. Most of you are very nice and clever people, with interesting thoughts, but I have met someones that have not been so nice. Guess my age? Im 158!
No Im not as old as Methusalem, that was a joke. But my thoughts today is about the team that is necessary to make us enjoy this fantastic music. The soundengineers, the cameramen. We take that for granted, but it surely is not so. For example, the camera that follows Janines violin in 24:07, back and forth, so nice, but also the work that we never think of. I have read criticism of the cameramens work, but never appreciation. So here comes my homage to all you people that makes it so easy for us to click and then be there, in the middle of the music, and in the middle of the orchestra. Thank you so much!
@@staffanolofsson8201 Your kind words to all the people who worked hard to make this beauty, and also to capture it, shows yourself to be a very compassionate person. If everyone were like you, the world would be a much better place!
Mesmerizing... goosebumps. The passion, delicacy, clarity and endless nuance -from whispering, tender, to razor sharp expressiveness, and all flowing naturely, any technical difficulty is totally forgotten, meaningless almost, it's all about the impulse, emotion and flow of the musical line, thought and conception ... Janine Jansen is a true master
Brilliant, gifted and *in addition* so charming and friendly: 'fairies bent over' Mrs Jansen cradle!
Brillante, surdouée et *en plus* tellement charmante et sympathique : des fées se sont penchées sur le berceau de Mme Jansen. 👏☺
she is amazing - some of my favorite violin playing. The orchestra sounds incredible too - love the interpretation.
And thank you, Christoph Eschenbach! Ive never seen someone conduct with the same precision as you. Only take the beginnig of the 2.mvt, I think it helps the music to come out. Im aware it is not common to thank the conductors, because we know so little about their work, but in this case I do.
amazing orchestration. most beautiful and most kind teamwork amongst the orchestra, conductor, and soloist i've ever seen
Verbluffend!!! Wat een fantastische spanningsboog!!! Een geschenk om Sibelius zo te mogen horen spelen, dank je wel Janine!
The Bach at the end was an unexpected treat! Excellent playing overall - terrific technique, phrasing, and expression
Thanks for uploading this magnificent rendition of her version of Sibelius. Stunning!!
My goodness !!! What control … the impeccable intonation, control, power in her sound…. Wonderful interpretation!! ❤
This is superb, the main theme so light and accented, most people play loud and heavy.
Technical and interpretive excellence from the dutch master. So enjoyable. Every note delicious!
Her intensity is highly attractive. I love her playing, you can tell she gives all she has
Best of all Interpretations of this concerto ever .she is amazing
We have been given two very fine recordings of Sibelius Violin Concerto recently, Hilary Hahns and Janine Jensens, and perheps our mission in the first place is not to judge whether the first or the second is the best, and than argue about it, as we often do. No, we shall instead think about how we connect to this music, and why we like it so much. That´s my simple advice.
or we can just simply notice that Hahn is cleaner than anyone on this planet.
@@BjornWilliams And simply, how do you define "clean" Mr Ramirez? I myself very much like Hilary Hahn, but at the same time I like when it is an amount of dirt in music. Emotional dirt. And I think Janine is to prefer there. So it is of course a choice, but I prefer not to choose! Our own mentality will lead us to the right performer, at this moment it is Janine before Hilary, but I can change. And you will ask me what I mean with "dirt" in music? I dont know, perhaps a more romantic attitude, with more vibrato? And headbangs?
The nearest Janine Jansen comes to headbanging starts at 21:05 and ends at 23:00, and I like it! She has already more vibrato than Hilary, as you have noticed, but is she in this moment "better" than Hilary? The ones amongst you who ask that question are already lost in "the Sea of Comparison" , as I call it. Instead, enjoy the music.
Staffan Olofsson yeah I am sure no where in the music does it say miss a note to sound dirty.. lol janine for sure does that more.
@@BjornWilliams Lots of great musicians have missed one or two notes, and still they are world famous. Its not the missed notes that counts, it is the rest of the notes and how they are played. And notice, I respect your
opinion that Hilary is better than Janine! As I earlier said, I will not judge.
So mesmerizing! The world is movingly beautiful thanks to the incomparable Janine Jansen and the work of Sibelius and all these incredible musicians!
I believe everything you say, Janine Jansen! You speak the music so it comes alive! You make it live and dance around everyone who succumbs!
Amazing!👍👍👍
Thank you Ms. Jansen!! Hope you’re keeping well during these uncertain times!! Spectacular performance!!!❤️🙏❤️🎶🎶😢
Great performance, fast, smooth and mellow by Janine Jansen's unique style of Strad violin playing .
Thank you so much . Her violin voice is so beautiful, I really like it.❤❤❤
This instrument seems much better suited to her than some performances I heard after she lost use of the Barrere. For me the bond she had with that instrument was unmatchable with how well she made it play, and it shows in earlier records. She remains masterful and emotional as always.
Why did she lose her Barrere? For me, just an amateur (which means lover), without knowing so much, it is interesting to know a little bit more.
Staffan Olofsson A lot of these instruments are owned by societies that offer them on loan to musicians in exchange for annual performances. The loans expire and they are passed to others. I do not know exactly what happened, but after her it was loaned to Rosanne Philippens and Janine started using other violins. It could’ve been her choice to stop using it or the terms could’ve provided a limited period of use.
@@pr27038 Thank you P RIA! Very quick answer, I think. And yes, a know a little bit about these "robberies" when societys in the name of culture can give and take violins, and then be able to catch a name as the ones that care about culture and music. But it is all about money, I think. Poor Janine who lost her beloved violin!
PS I myself heard a bankman from a Big Bank here in Umeå, Sweden, talk about how important it was with culture. And deliver a fine violin to a coming star. SIC, SIC, SIC! Thats all I have to say.
I was waiting for a Long Time to hear her Rendition!!! I LOVE JANINE!!!
How long? And I also love J.
Thank you! Soooo much Mme Jansen. You bring to this piece every ounce of passion it merits. Oh my goodness.
FINALLY SIBELIUS FROM THE GREAT JANINE JANSEN
One thing I noticed after watching Janine Jansen, Hilary Hahn and Maxim Vengerov's rendition of Sibelius violin concerto is every violinist really gives out different feelings. It makes me appreciate each of them even more as this is my most favourite classical piece. If I were to put one word for each of their performance, Maxim Vengerov's was passionate and Hilary Hahn's 2019 performance was melancholic. Janine Jansen's performance was a sense of stubbornness, in the first movement u can hear anger and frustration, which I never thought would make sense and sound so good. I usually prefer it being melancholic with a sense of longing, because that was what the melody of the first movement sounded for me.
Fuck I love Sibelius Violin Concerto so much I can probably write a whole ass academic thesis on it.
I've waited for so long for this!!!!!!!
How long?
Absolument admirable avec ce rappel choisi de cette transcendante Sarabande de Bach
I like how Janine expression when play this peace. I can feel the emotion on her face.
STUNNING!
OK, so I have been here, listening to the first movement over and over again for two days now. This is not how I normally listen to music... Usually, I want to hear the whole. The thing is, there is so much happening in this piece that I cannot let it go before I have tried to hear everything - every phrase, every unexpected harmony, every little whine of the violin.
So, I suppose I will talk to you in another month, when I maybe get to the second movement...
The first movement is, for me, one of the most soul wrenching movements in classical music.
I LOVE HER INTERPRETATION HERE: 31:42 to 31:56 ( especially at 31:54)
Une interprétation remarquable, très bien accompagnée par Eschenbach !
Astonishingly powerful. And what a presence!
살아있는 대가... 라이브로 또 보고싶다 ㅠㅠ. Best Sibelius i ever heard.
I can't believe it!!! Finally!!
I like both Hilary’s and Janine’s renditions. Hilary has this robust, untouchable tone when it comes to this piece whereas Janine has this vulnerable, yet beautiful tone. If I HAD to choose I would go for Hilary solely because that robust yet emotional performance is so so hard to achieve when it comes to a piece like this. But PLEASE remember both these renditions are both stunning and beautiful and it’s so so hard to draw these distinctions. It’s such a hard concerto to play and the fact that they can even tonalise them in a way which characterises them is simply stunning. Honestly I think that my favourite rendition is that of Vengerov’s solely because of the power and emotional intuition poured into it
I love how conflicted this comment is when trying to choose a favourite! I feel the same way! You really cannot choose because all three renditions is so well performed!
Hahn and Jansen are totally different animals. Hahn is majestic and accurate, great for German music, her Bach and Mendelssohn is beyond comparison. While Jansen is emotional and passionate, her Tchaikovsky and Sibelius are extremely touching.
El final es espectacular, una nueva interpretación y arco!!!!
SO BEAUTIFUL 😊❤💜
I hope that I, living next to Finland (in Sweden), can mail you this perhaps odd comment about the northern woods. I mailed the same comment when I heard Hilary Hahns fantastic interpretation. Of course Sibelius music is music in itself, but it helps a lot if you associate it with nature, so I think, and especially if you can see the neverending forests and the seas that are uncountable for your inner sight:
"I have been out in Finlands forests, and I come home with a feeling of longing, abandonment, agony, but also hope, strength and confidence. It is mixed, like in Lemminkäinens Return, he who has recently met the Swan of Tuonela but now happily returns to life. And if you listen you can hear all that in Sibelius works. Also in the violin concerto. The songs of the woods, miles and miles away, the longing, the yearning.Thats what fascinates me when I listen to this music." (Kalevala is Finlands own special ancient story).
Janine Jansen can express that feeling very well in her music and Im grateful for her playing. So simple and so overwhelming is it.
Brilliant...
Omg her sound is amazing and she’s so pretty she’s definitely my “musical crush” 😍
i love her
Very nice!
Perfect 👌🏼
Her great sensitivity of playing and Maxim Vengerov's fire are the best versions in the world🤩🤩
Try to listen to the 2nd movement while reading this extract from a book wrote by my writer friend:
"Crystalline tears fell from her eyes and ran down her face. She wiped her tears by caressing her face with her white hands and, always with these, she tried to cover her tears to hide it."
OMG! I finally found the performance that might surpass Cho Liang Lin's version of this concerto which has received Penguin Guide's rossette. Come on guys! Everyone should stand up! She deserves a 10-minute standing ovation!
16:41 - the face of oh yeah that was good, oh yeah I just totally nailed that harmonic
and she totally did, janine jansen = legend
This performance is just amazing!
I think Janine Jansen has very good ear, may be different than all violinist. her playing like she can hear the notes in his ear before playing the notes. and its interpretation is also very unusual. also her technic is very natural. anyway totally great performance very satisfying like old times.
I must say that this interpretation is by far the best for me! Janine has a brilliant way of drawing out the darkness to this piece and it captures the essence of it!
Concerto meraviglioso , ma l'universalita' di janine s' ormai acclarata le emozioni sono sempre diverse ,la sua personalità prorompente fa sognare lo spettatore.
Very well🎉!
appreciation of female or male renditions of any piece is wiser than setting them apart
Bravo Diva!
That down bow retake at the tip of the bow at 4:35 is probably the smoothest control I’ve ever seen
The way she uses her bow... pretty interesting I must say. I love her alot~~
Janine! What more to say...
It is a wonderful performance - thank you for posting.
Interestingly, at 33:26 I incorrectly thought she played a wrong note - then I checked other recordings and they all play the same high note on the second run. Everyone, that is, except Heifetz, whose recording I was used to hearing. Does that mean Heifetz changed the music at that point, or does Sibelius actually give the soloist some sort of choice?
It is not a competition, mark that well, both Janine and Hilary are extremely good, and they hopefully have their own backyards where they can be free, but if you compare Hilarys second movement with Janines, you can see a different approch. I like them both, but if I have to chose I like Janines emotional approach more than Hilarys more classical and untouchable version. Even if she is a Goddess! And I suggest you all to listen to Janine in the second movement.
It starts at 16:58
No, I have changed opinion. Again! Hilary has all that compassion too in the second movement, it is just that she doesn´t move around so much as Janine. And technically she is more brillant than Janine. So dont listen to me, listen yourself.
Again, I´ve changed back to Janine. So dont follow me, follow the music. And yes: this was a joke.
Janine is "hot" in her playing and Hillary is "cold". The image and feel of a "Goddess" does not appeal to me in music. I enjoy performances by emotional, warm people.
Hilary is technically brilliant, but machine-like.
@@staffanolofsson8201 Janine is absolutely brilliant technically, there is no comparison with Hilary. Both are good in that sense. Janine is much warmer in her expressivity. Hilary is ice-cold.
I don't want to have prejudices but women give to this dazzling concerto a very special touch that makes me prefer with the girls its performance than with men. Sarah, Hillary (with Miko Franck), Janine, Sayaka... they make me tremble.
Janine is a magnificent Alchemist of the musical aesthetics of Sibelius
well done to the sound engineer(s) - Jansen's interpretation relies a lot on keeping all the little spaces between the notes intact (e.g. the beginning of the 3rd mvmt) - and it's too easy for the sound engineers to just pave right over them.
La Reina por siempre!!!
SIEMPRE!!!
Hard Rock version of this concerto, well done, really
2nd mov.. im crying
Bravissima Bravissima
¿Qué demonios hacen poniendo anuncios a media obra? Me da mucho coraje, porque no permite disfrutar la obra en su totalidad.
Many people don’t understand the point of listening to classical music. But in my opinion, Janine is the prime example of playing out her soul- she really becomes a part of that violin especially during the second movement. Her vibrato and her tone is just impeccable and beautiful. She is a seriously underrated artist.
GRANDE !!!!!!!!!
Janine Jansen своим талантом , своей бесподобной игрой заставляет меня полюбить её . И я покоряюсь её игре .
Crazy Dear Janine ❤ Verbazingwekkend!
Wow this was posted on my bday :3
Perfecto
28:03 savage
Complete savagery
♥️wunderschön ♥️
26:08 Terrific
When are you going to record this on cd? I’m anxiously waiting, but I know that the pandemic has delayed things. ❤️👏❤️
So proud of my fellow dutch 😜. Such skill and passion. Im not a musician at all, dont know the piece and i dont want to be picking but what is happening at 15:40, seems orchestra and solo are not in sync?
actually they are
The rhythms are different between the solo and orchestral parts, which creates rhythmic tension. They're not supposed to match perfectly.
BRAWO
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BEST INTERPRETATION OF THIS PIECE
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