Some of you have asked about recordings. I'm happy to announce the release (Sono Luminus March 25, 2014) of a landmark recording of all 12 Sonatas for Two Violins by Jean-Marie Leclair, available for the first time as a complete set and in high-definition on PureAudio Blu-ray. Greg Ewer and Adam LaMotte (violins) www.naxos.com/catalogue/item.asp?item_code=DSL-92176
It's a baroque violin tuned to A=415 Hz and he is using a baroque bow which is typically a few inches shorter (depending on when in the Baroque period) than a modern bow.
Here's a video preview of the recording of the 12 Sonatas for Two Violins by Jean-Marie Leclair: Greg Ewer & Adam LaMotte Jean-Marie Leclair : The Complete Sonatas for Two Violins
absolutely glorious, and not in need of vibrato at all, even to my modern ear. unlike with the cello suites, a baroque performance of the violin sonatas and partitas is hard to find on CD. can anyone recommend one?
I've been enjoying Amandine Beyer's sonatas and partitas since I came across it on here. The recording quality is remarkable, even played through youtube. th-cam.com/video/aZEBGRh59H0/w-d-xo.html So I'll definitely be picking up a CD of it... enjoy
@@ronkalinovsky6898 Thanks. I since discovered James Ehnes, who as I recall doesn't plays on a Baroque violin but performs in a modified Baroque style. I'm very happy with his CDs.
You and Rachel Podger have inspired me early on to pursue true baroque violin. It's so beautiful and simplistic. I recently switched back from my gut strings tuned at 415 to some 440 tuned Evah Pirazzis for solo work, and I miss them incredibly. The response is better, but they aren't as full and deep. How did you get used to playing without a rest? It's almost painful for me. Thanks for a wonderful performance!
Duncan - when I learned how to support the violin with my left hand (even while shifting) rather than squeeze the violin with my chin, it became much easier to play without a chinrest. When a lot of shifting is required I do still find myself stabilizing the violin with my chin, but I try to limit it to a momentary action. Try practicing for a week without using your chin at all...if you can stand it ;-) And thanks...btw.
Although this is not the best version I've ever heard, I do apreciate that he plays on a baroque violin. I would say: either a bit more baroque or more emotion, you shoult not forget that Bach wrote this piece after his first wife died, so try to keep that in your mind while you're playing.
originally for baroque, the notes that is played with 3 stops or 4 on the sheet should be played all connected, not simultaneously played double stops and then another double stop to have 4 stops...it's only played like that when using a modern setup, the 3 or 4 strings should be played all at one time...that's why baroque bows are like that, and baroque bridges should be flatter, yer bridge is not of a baroque, that's why you can't play 3 or 4 strings at a time.
This bowing and tone production style is quite different from your modern style (which I have heard). Are there treatises on the style that one could refer to? It is clear to me that it is not an inevitable function of the instrument, strings or bow. It is clearly an aesthetic choice. I am interested in how it has been established that this is the authentic sound of the baroque.
I liked it. Nice location too. Have you noticed much difference in playing this "baroque" style vs. more modern? I'm assuming you trained on classical/modern and developed this skill. I'm asking because I noticed some fingering choices that support needing to use the left in a different way (for me, I'm reduced to concentrating on the challenge of what I'm doing with my bow more than anything else).
not a complete baroque violin, the tailpiece and the bridge is for modern, the attachment of the neck to the body is not of baroque, and the neck and fingerboard is longer and thinner than a baroque...but as it is played with a baroque bow, without a chinrest(he should had also removed the shoulderrest), and the catgut(i dunno if that was a catgut), it still can function like a baroque :)
0:00 - Gigue
3:53 - Chaconne
True baroque interpretation of the piece! A very baroque setting too, in a church like this.
What makes this recording more of a baroque interpretation compared to other pieces?
I am so used to hearing this with vibrato. Thank you very much. You brought tears to my eyes without even vibrating.
Thanks for the high praise.
historically correct and marvelous approach. bravo!
Thank you!
This is my favorite recording of this great piece! It's the only one I can listen to.
Thanks so much Matthew!
I come back to this video ever so often and it's still awesome!
Thank you , Mr.E. Your performance is a revelation.
Thank you for the kind words!
This is definitely one of the best renditions available on TH-cam. Greg, please make a recording of this! It's beautiful.
by far, the most baroque sound e puer performance i ´ve ever heard. thank you
Thanks for your kind words!
This is beautiful!!
Beautiful. I prefer the typical style as opposed to Baroque, but this is actually one of my favorite recordings of the Chaconne.
Beautiful performance!
Yay Greg! I'm using this to show my students what Baroque playing can be like. Fun to see you play again!
Finally an interpretation on the Baroque violin!
I learned these pieces for a classical guitar exam, but loved the complex and creative arrangement presented here. Sounds amazing!
This is a beautiful performance, Greg. Thanks!
I know...I was feelin' kinda' tired before I started, so I only bothered tuning to a G#. And goshdarn it, I couldn't find a chin rest anywhere.
But you could find a shoulder rest? ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
Very good performance, a pleasure for my hears thanks you
And thanks to your interpretation, Mr. Ewer, the Chaconne has revealed to me one or two secrets more of the infinity it contains.
Amazingly beautiful. It just baffles me 1. how someone can play something like this and 2. read the music to do it so flawlessly.
Interpretazione davvero molto bella e ottima intonazione (e che bel timbro lo strumento!). Mi sarebbe piaciuto un sacco assistere al concerto.
This is perfect! Thank you for such a lovely video and inspiration as well.
I'm honored. Thanks Deb!
Beautiful. Excellent.
Thanks Bill!
Some of you have asked about recordings. I'm happy to announce the release (Sono Luminus March 25, 2014) of a landmark recording of all 12 Sonatas for Two Violins by Jean-Marie Leclair, available for the first time as a complete set and in high-definition on PureAudio Blu-ray. Greg Ewer and Adam LaMotte (violins) www.naxos.com/catalogue/item.asp?item_code=DSL-92176
Just found this video today. Wow, I really like your interpretation. Very nicely done!
It's a baroque violin tuned to A=415 Hz and he is using a baroque bow which is typically a few inches shorter (depending on when in the Baroque period) than a modern bow.
It's nice to hear this perfect piece of Chaconne played by you, Sir. :)
Very kind of you to say.
Here's a video preview of the recording of the 12 Sonatas for Two Violins by Jean-Marie Leclair: Greg Ewer & Adam LaMotte Jean-Marie Leclair : The Complete Sonatas for Two Violins
Nice reading. I love hearing Baroque readings of Bach.
What makes this rendition a “baroque reading” compared to other recordings? Genuine question.
Thanks for your kind words. What a project that would be!
Bravo Greg!!!!!
Damn, nigga. I love the baroque approach over the modern one, you even tuned the violin at 415 Hz. Good job, sir.
It sounds as great as pipe organ 😊
absolutely glorious, and not in need of vibrato at all, even to my modern ear. unlike with the cello suites, a baroque performance of the violin sonatas and partitas is hard to find on CD. can anyone recommend one?
I've been enjoying Amandine Beyer's sonatas and partitas since I came across it on here. The recording quality is remarkable, even played through youtube. th-cam.com/video/aZEBGRh59H0/w-d-xo.html So I'll definitely be picking up a CD of it...
enjoy
If you’re still looking eleven years later, Stanley Ritchie and Sergey Malov are both great!
@@ronkalinovsky6898 Thanks. I since discovered James Ehnes, who as I recall doesn't plays on a Baroque violin but performs in a modified Baroque style. I'm very happy with his CDs.
this is a Baroque violin and Bow .. this how the instrument looked and sounded in baroque era
It actually sounds about right for the type of music he's playing.
👏👏👏👏🎻🙏
You and Rachel Podger have inspired me early on to pursue true baroque violin. It's so beautiful and simplistic. I recently switched back from my gut strings tuned at 415 to some 440 tuned Evah Pirazzis for solo work, and I miss them incredibly. The response is better, but they aren't as full and deep. How did you get used to playing without a rest? It's almost painful for me. Thanks for a wonderful performance!
Duncan - when I learned how to support the violin with my left hand (even while shifting) rather than squeeze the violin with my chin, it became much easier to play without a chinrest. When a lot of shifting is required I do still find myself stabilizing the violin with my chin, but I try to limit it to a momentary action. Try practicing for a week without using your chin at all...if you can stand it ;-) And thanks...btw.
Although this is not the best version I've ever heard, I do apreciate that he plays on a baroque violin. I would say: either a bit more baroque or more emotion, you shoult not forget that Bach wrote this piece after his first wife died, so try to keep that in your mind while you're playing.
originally for baroque, the notes that is played with 3 stops or 4 on the sheet should be played all connected, not simultaneously played double stops and then another double stop to have 4 stops...it's only played like that when using a modern setup, the 3 or 4 strings should be played all at one time...that's why baroque bows are like that, and baroque bridges should be flatter, yer bridge is not of a baroque, that's why you can't play 3 or 4 strings at a time.
is it possible to combine the baroque approach (and instrument setup too) with Szeryng's revision?
This bowing and tone production style is quite different from your modern style (which I have heard). Are there treatises on the style that one could refer to? It is clear to me that it is not an inevitable function of the instrument, strings or bow. It is clearly an aesthetic choice. I am interested in how it has been established that this is the authentic sound of the baroque.
I liked it.
Nice location too.
Have you noticed much difference in playing this "baroque" style vs. more modern? I'm assuming you trained on classical/modern and developed this skill. I'm asking because I noticed some fingering choices that support needing to use the left in a different way (for me, I'm reduced to concentrating on the challenge of what I'm doing with my bow more than anything else).
Very well played- I like the sound of this violin over the modern one- sometimes modern ones can be shrill- this is not.
That's partially due to the fact that the E string on the baroque instrument is gut, while that on the "modern" (circa 1870 or so) is steel wire.
baroque violins don't use chinrests
not a complete baroque violin, the tailpiece and the bridge is for modern, the attachment of the neck to the body is not of baroque, and the neck and fingerboard is longer and thinner than a baroque...but as it is played with a baroque bow, without a chinrest(he should had also removed the shoulderrest), and the catgut(i dunno if that was a catgut), it still can function like a baroque :)
Ouch, no chin rest? But I'm pretty sure I see one there...
Good, but it's a dance. I miss that spirit...
The chaconne is beautifull, I know how hard it is to play, but I would like to hear something the spirit of a dance in especially the gigue.
Completely agree about the gigue
This isn't a baroque violin. He's using a modern bow
I'm surprised ! the bow I can see in the video IS a baroque bow ! ... ? ... circa 1740 apparently ...
Wow, you play really flat. Maybe it's that short bow you are using? You know, they make adult sized bows, right? :-)
Adam DeGraff Actually it is the baroque tune (415Hz)
Adam DeGraff Its a baroque bow
interesting, he sounded ok to me, but just ran it thru my tuner to make sure. Yep, he's right at 415.3
Is the Baroque Tune. 415 hz.