Finding this video made my day. I suppose I've been listening to this music for about 50 years. It's as astonishing today as it was then. And now we hear it completely differently, thanks to the curiosity of several generations of performers. Bows, strings, setup have changed in the process but for me the biggest change is understanding of rhetoric in this music. It literally speaks more clearly. It's hard to praise this enough so instead a very big thank you to all involved.
tbh i was never into music like this, bach. and for school in music we were learning about bach. everyone wasent taking the music teacher seriously and was making fun of them. so i decided to check his music out, bach. and i was speechless. people my age,13. and our generation doesnt really acknowledge this type of music and its sad. Bach and many other composers are way to underated in our society.
Bach music is also not popular in my country at all, people say it's boring and repetitive. When I was younger, at around your age, I used to wonder why he was so famous although nobody I knew listened to his music, Beethoven and Mozart's music is much more popular here. Then I listened to the cello suites, then the violin and keyboard works, I can't say enough how much I love Bach's music. It's got so much diversity, depth and structure yet very enjoyable.
@@datdang9113 It is quite ironic that people say that Bach is repetitive when compared to Mozart and Beethoven. Just listen to the returning motif in nearly all of Mozart's works, as many of them are in ternary form (A B A). Also listen to all of the Sonatas that Beethoven wrote, and you can hear the returning motif in the recapitulation, just altered. Also, just so you know - Bach is mostly famous for writing the most pieces out of any composer ever. Bach's most famous works have structure. The not-so-famous ones that don't have structure just don't get played. Another amazing thing about J.S. Bach's works (and many other Baroque composers) is that the melodies are contrasted by counterpoint melodies. An amazing example of this is in Bach's 15 Inventions for the Harpsichord. Also, in general, Baroque music is touted as boring by many people. That is why most modern Piano players tend to play less Bach and more Romantic Period junk like Chopin and Liszt. The seasickness of those Romantic composers will destroy my happiness. That is why I listen to Bach. (Baroque music is also harder to play on the violin and piano because on the violin you can't hide your bad intonation with vibrato, and on the piano you can't hide your missed notes and bad tone with the damper pedal.
I am 17 and I totally agree with you. The young generation is not mature enough to understand the beauty of classical music. Pop music suits young people better, because it is built upon simplicity and impulsiveness, not on deep thought. These works are true masterpieces. A classical music lover is ridiculed, not honored. What a shame!
I love works by Netherland Bach Society because the artists use their technical skills too well. I was presently listening to some other recordings of the Allemande, and I noticed how some of the other artists were so concerned with showing off technical prowess as if it were a Paganini Caprice. Sato, on the other hand, plays the Allemande so naturally that the music rings through and appears as effortless. The emotionality of the music is of supreme importance - everything else is secondary. And, that is why almost all works of Bach recorded by Netherland Bach Society are so impactful. Thank You!
That is so true. It creates a natural air where you can focus on listening and enjoying the whole instead of being derailed by "Omg, that was really hard to play!" which instancely also creates a feeling of dissonant unbelief. I compare that to looking at a painting of, say, Turner, and instead of taking a few steps back to experience the whole, You pick up a magnifying glass to admire the brush. This is, as you say, effortless skill, where he makes all the technically really demanding passages ring easy instead of hard, where we would otherwise be derailed by the the suspense in "will he make it?, How will this passage sound?" They just simply flow and he presents this very exciting piece like if it has always been there for us to enjoy on a plate.
@@isabs8616 une source de beauté terrifiante et pourtant si fluide, quelle leçon :💜 humilité, perfection, vibrations célestes, et Bach complice de toutes ces âmes limpides!🌺💜🙏 on touche la plus haute des alliances Humain/ Divin💙🌸
100 percent agree. Quite breathtaking to listen to all Netherland Bach Society renditions. Sato is beautiful. I have never heard anything like this before. As Bach would conclude. To God be glory alone.
I remember seeing little Shun playing at violin masterclasses led by his pre-Juilliard teacher, Lee Snyder. Even as a child, he was brilliantly talented as well as modest, respectful, and eager to learn. He had the whole package: he was simply unforgettable. This year, I discovered the incredible NBS channel and began watching/listening to its videos every day, and I was so surprised and happy to see his name and to further learn that he's become the artistic director of the ensemble. Sometimes prodigies burn out early, unfortunately, so I'm delighted to see that he's grown up into such an outstanding musician with such a vibrant career. Bravo, and thank you for this incredible performance!
In my very humble opinion, Master Sato is the most outstanding violinist interpreter of baroque music since recording exist. Check his direction of Vivaldi’s 4 seasons on YT… and rediscover the piece! The winter gave me frostbite…. And it was midsummer when I first heard it.
Never before have I heard the multiple stopping and broken chords sound so natural. By some distance the most involving and beautiful performance I've heard.
The baroque bow helps, it has the reverse curve of the modern violin bow making double and triple stops easier. Still requires a master’s touch to sound this good, but it plays a part.
As I was listening, I almost cried. I was very happy because I wanted to listen to the performer Chaconne once. When I was listening, my back was throbbing and I groaned unintentionally. Thank you very much for your wonderful and beautiful performance.
From this glorious Partita one can see: Sato is absolutely one with Bach, and has given up his 'musician's ego' in order to embody the essence of his work. He, like most of the musicians of the Bach Society, obviously loves what this master of music has created. In fact, he loves it so much that his soul becomes transparent, where nothing exists but the melodies of his master (Bach). Even to hear how Sato understands and talks Bach in the interviews is a special experience. One of the most well-rounded, inwardly-driven musicians, interpreters, and co-creators that I have come across. Honestly, he is the one that has made me love Baroque music even more than I already did. Now, I cannot last a day without listening to one of his interpretations! This is just my humble experience. Anyone here, if the world has been blessed with other classical musicians like him in this generation or in the past, please, enlighten me! My ears would definitely love to listen to them!
I agree! Sato's interpretation of one of the most monumental violin works is astonishing, for a lack of a better word. You should check out Rachel Podger's recordings of the partitas. She's an excellent baroque violinist as well!
Bach's majestic works will sustain always sublime wonder of a creative genius. Violinist Shunske Sato performs the chaconne with symmetry, vigour, expression and virtuosity. There are depth and richness in sonority, it is uplifting. Sato shows simplicity and purity of emotions at work. A TRIUMPHANT & MAJESTIC CHACONNE work, exactly as Bach intended to be played.
È la seconda volta che ascolto questo strabiliante violinista. Impressionante, soprattutto l'uso dell'arco! Mai visto un gesto così sicuro e sciolto! Una padronanza davvero unica e mai vista prima. Complimenti vivissimi!
I truly believe this to be the best interpretation and performance of the chaconne and every other movement in the recording. How fortunate for the people who witnessed it.
Instrumentalists remember things very diffrently. I think there might be freaks that remember notes, but mostly is just practising pieces of somewhat equal difficulty, remember them somewhat like what i could call a sequence, but it is not the order of things you remember, it like the whole is there as a whole. You hear it in your head all at once. Hard to explain... then putting the pieces in some order.
after you learn the notes the next step is to forget them. and that’s how when we play we know what to play even we don’t even think about what we are playing but just listening, like an audience. the thing just happens by itself
This is truly wonderful. Violin has never been my favorite instrument to listen to. But with Sato's bowing, the violin became transparent, the media that transcends itself. I didn't feel like I was listening to the violin. I was listening MUSIC that talked to me. So beautiful.
Not gonna lie. My mother and grandmother saturated me with classical music even from the womb and although I enjoy most forms of art and I will not always listen to classic. When I do come back to it, I am NEVER disappointed, always peaceful and brought back to my senses. This is beautiful in a way that you can not enjoy it like mainstream stream music but like a rare gem for a special occasion. It always has its own magic. Justin beiber and kanye west won't last over the next 400 years but this will be enjoyed until the end of time
Absolutely remarkable performance!. Full of emotion, enthusiasm, risk taking..... almost like you're composing it as you play. Fresh and challenging to the listener. Nice contrast to some moldy, mechanical, and pedantic versions, that some may actually prefer. Thank you for posting.
One thing this performance demonstrates is that Bach had a dramatic landscape, upon which each location is in relation to every other. The range of that landscape is here taken to new depths and heights.
Simply sublime. All your performances are so passionate and their depiction captures that. Bravo Netherlands 🇳🇱 for this exquisite gift to humanity. What can be better than having your mind and soul stimulated by these timeless performances of Bach. If only more people could discover this incomparable project. Play on!
What an expansive soul. When I contemplate the vastness of Bach’s music it reflects the infinity of the universe. Your incredible musicians help us extrapolate this mystery of the meeting of man and God. How else can one explain this revelation of musicianship?
I came here for a more "authentic" interpretation of the Chaconne and I was not disappointed. I appreciate modern interpretations but for me the joy of Baroque music emanates from the ever-impending rhythmic pulse imbued by the counterpoint. There is a reason that these suites, sonatas, and partitas contain so many dance movements. The Chaconne is ALREADY laden with every emotion the human experience is capable of yielding. All the power is contained within the score. The performer only needs to wind up the crank and let the music churn forth
Mr Sato: that is exactly the way in which "UNSER VATER" Bach would like his partitas ti be played. As usual I had to cry in the Ciacona and weep strongly in the Arpeggiato. Congratulations Mr Sato you are very worthy to be a predilect son of OUR FATHER Bach. You are at the same level than Haifetz, Oistrak and my beloved Hilary Hann. Thanks a million to Nederland Bach Society.
SATO DEMONSTRATES THAT UNIQUE TRAIT FOR JAPANESE PERFECTION AND THE OBSESSION WITH EXACTITUDE WITHIN A SPIRITUAL ATMOSPHERE. THE BEST VIOLIN SOLO PERFORMANCE I HAVE EVER HEARD.
Sato demonstrates that unique trait for litteraly every violin player who had to tackle Bach's obsession with exactitude within a spiritual atmosphere.
Absolutely glorious. As a pianist, it’s always nice to listen to other instrumentalists to get an even appreciation for music. What an extraordinary interpretation by Sato!
A questo violinista bisogna baciare le mani. Credo che finora sia il migliore in assoluto. Soprattutto ha il grande dono di riportarci la presenza viva di Johann Sebastian Bach. Quale grande amore avrà nel suo cuore per questo compositore unico in tutta la storia... Lo mostra mettendoci tutto se stesso, e credo grazie a un dono soprannaturale. Certe espressioni così sublimi possono venire soltanto dall'Altissimo!
Bravo 👏🏽 absolutely amazing from start to finish. I truly believe most of the viewers here would never even hear masterpieces like this if it wasn’t for this channel, and the incredible work by NBS. Bravo 👏🏽
So who has the better listening advantage the live audience or us? I’ve never attended a live event like this. How wonderful you are young man thank you!🙏🏻
i have like 8 recordings of the violin sonatas & partitas, listening to them on hifi is a great pleasure, awesome renditions like this is pure bliss thank you mr sato !
I've played this piece many times. This boy has thrown off the ropes of confinement that holds most players down to even tempo, even note lengths and has conquered the fear of being called too loose with tempo. He proves how tempo is supposed to be handled.
@@randomoneforstuff3696 - check again friend, this "looseness" you mentoined. every moment of such looseness still exists within the pulse of the original theme.
Bach not dramatic? NONSENSE! Any reading of his life obviously shows that he was VERY expressive and dramatic. After all, he had to put up with and contend with so many less fortunate creatures who processed lives of flat lined endurance and existance. Mr. Sato, as a professional violist, violinist, composer, teacher, choirmaster, poet and organist that I am, your playing is absolutely wonderful in countless ways. I am certain Bach would love your playing, as I do!
Bach would’ve said that you’re wiggling too much on the violin. Be more steady & expressive, it’s not about technique but it’s about your heart! He would’ve asked you first, what era are you from? It doesn’t sound like you’re familiar with Baroque music. It sounds corrupt in my opinion & needs a lot of manipulation in respect to familiarizing yourself to this era of music & it definitely needs manifestation of the soul, it is indeed the hardest part of being a good interpreter of my music, Bach! Even the best violinist of my time cannot play my music the way I intended for it to be played as. He would’ve said, you’re far from ready my friend, but nothing is possible in the hands of Bach. I can teach you to be the greatest violinist of all time. But however, sorry because I’m no longer living amongst you people anymore. So, therefore it is impossible that you can play in favor of J. S. Bach. Not just you, but everybody. Bach’s morality of his music is insane, he is very strict, impossibly strict. Because there exists non other like him, let alone interpret his music just like the way he intended. One must understand the way he did in order to also play like the way he did. This I’m afraid is impossible! Bach is the only instructor who can teach this, not to anyone but only to the people very close to his heart.. We are long from that, the only evidence we have is the manuscript. We can try all that we can, but it can never be perfect anymore. That time is finished & remains as history, nobody can bring it back, only if God points a finger on another Bach in this world only then would this music brought back to life..
@@ProdigyImprovisation this seems to be a weird elitist approach...nobody knows what bach himself would`ve said about those interpretations. so these thoughts are just assumptions. legit, but unnecessary. if bach didn`t want to make people play his music after his death, he probably would`ve annihilate his complete work. a quite absurd imagination and he obviously didn`t so. it`s an ideological intent to think, it would be impossible to play bach music in his favor. the logical result would be - nobody would play his music. that`s kinda grotesque. a morbid opinion. i`m sorry for u, that u apparently cannot enjoy at least some of all those different existing interpretations. everybody has his own favs and imo it is natural in this case. but maybe i misunderstood your comment at all...english is not my mothertongue. but in the way i understood, i disagree.
markus e. lipka You misunderstood my statement, I didn’t say if Bach didn’t want people to play his music after death, so that he would’ve annihilate his works. To be more clear, of course Bach would want people to play his music after death. This is his reputation as a composer after all his years of hard work he spent in the world, i agree it is totally absurd to say he wouldn’t want anyone to play his works after he died. The point I’m making is as he was living during his time, whoever played his music without his own guidance didn’t interpret it the exact way Bach sees it in his head. Even till this day, nobody can see Bach’s own imagination in their heads, I agree everyone has different approaches to play the music but what I’m saying is nobody can play the music just how Bach intended to be played as in his head. Like I said, only unless there is another genius like Bach in the world who is at another level to understand Bach’s music just like the way he did. Only then can the music be played with Bach’s own imagination of how precisely each & every single note shall be played as. This is very very very detailed playing, that’s why I say it is impossible to play it in his favor, that’s what I meant to say. Not Bach didn’t want anyone to play his music after he died, that’s totally absurd I completely agree.
This is just exquisite. I blame the Netherlands Bach Society and Mr Sato for encouraging me to buy a better a violin and a baroque bow, and also for evangelising to anyone with a musical ear about this channel. Hope the pandemic ends soon and you are able to play in public again. I’d love to see a performance.
I love love LOVE his interpretation.. most of the other interpretations I find on here are very robotic in the first movement as if playing w a metronome. I feel like the music is breathing..
I wish videos like this had as many views as those popular songs, many artists today will be forgotten in ten years but the music of Bach is still modern after 300 years.
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Yes, it's kind of a mystery. Same is true of other great works of art even thousands of years later. It seems these artists were tapping into a timeless dimension, therefore their works don't "age" in the way more superficial works do. In the word of Zen master Dogen: “Nevertheless this great ocean is neither a circle nor has directions. The wondrous features of this ocean that remain beyond our vision are inexhaustible…. It is just that as far as my vision reaches for the time being, it appears to be a circle.” 🙂
Such an intimate setting, almost as if both musician and audicence were exposed to the core. I cannot imagine what it would be like to stand there, I don't even want to see myself in the audience, thinking if I express emotions it would directly reflect on the musician. It's both intimate and frightening. Excellent performance and film.
I remember in my second month of learning the violinI threw away the shoulder support and tuned it down. Never went back. It freed up the instrument, it made her really sing, and when you feel the violin vibrate against your shoulder, that is just the best feeling. The next step was the baroque bow and the bloody expensive gut strings that keep on breaking, but that first time there alone at the music school, warming up before the lesson began, just enjoying that warm mellow sound and being one with the violin: it was a revelation.
Extremely nice, solid and clear Allemande! Theres always a topic about personal taste, but i think thats irrelevant... I really enjoyed how much feeling he played with in the Allemande. And i think the solid character fits for specifically this movement
Wow. That audience experienced something very special. Bach doesn't make a gesture as bold as the Chaconne in any other suite, for any instrument, or really in any other work. The keyboard Partitas, for example, are a maximum-effort masterpiece he saw fit to publish, but nothing in them comes close to the ambition of the Chaconne. He was a man possessed when he conceived it. And for this out-of-nowhere masterpiece to be a theme and variations of the most rigid, limited sort, a style already dated by his time...it's just bafflingly good.
@@leroicanard3520 With respect to their other performances, they are both bad on bach's chaconne. The magnificence of double stops at the beginning are completely faded in their version. They rush and it will disrupt the whole feel.
I was unaware of Shunsuke Sato, now I know better. Such ease and warmth with such virtuosity makes for a rare and wonderful combination. I am not even thinking of the performer, he puts you so at ease, because he is so comfortable and sure. It's as if the violin is playing itself, and I hear only the wonderful music. Can't listen to the Chaconne very often because it tears me to shreds. But have to listen to it every so often to remind myself that once upon a time someone created such a thing, it was possible.
I particularly like the chaconne. I am struck by the power of the violin to command my awareness, nothing else matters. I appreciate your performance, it is the best I have heard so far.
The tone in this performance is very unique. Probably the gut strings and baroque bow adding the warmth and depth that is often lacking when this piece is played on modern instruments.
@@jiminbang5822 You should try them! They give a very warm, complex tone. If you only get one gut string, it should be the e string. Then, your e string won’t sound so tinny.
For the 192 who gave a thumbs down for this absolutely magnificent performance from a true artist, I would share that first......you try playing this. Likely an absolute impossibility. Next, my recommendation, given that you are unable to appreciate this amazing music, would be to relocate to Antarctica, so that the rest of us that are human don't have to be subjected to your idiocy
1. Allemande 0:00
2. Courante 5:00
3. Sarabande 7:42
4. Gigue 11:39
5. Chaconne 16:01
Pls do the third partita
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Finding this video made my day.
I suppose I've been listening to this music for about 50 years. It's as astonishing today as it was then. And now we hear it completely differently, thanks to the curiosity of several generations of performers. Bows, strings, setup have changed in the process but for me the biggest change is understanding of rhetoric in this music. It literally speaks more clearly.
It's hard to praise this enough so instead a very big thank you to all involved.
Aside from his masterful playing, we can enjoy this video fully without any ads. Thank you.
Agreed very much
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tbh i was never into music like this, bach. and for school in music we were learning about bach. everyone wasent taking the music teacher seriously and was making fun of them. so i decided to check his music out, bach. and i was speechless. people my age,13. and our generation doesnt really acknowledge this type of music and its sad. Bach and many other composers are way to underated in our society.
In what class do you learn about Bach?
@@randomoneforstuff3696 we learned abt bach in music and we had to do a biography on him
Bach music is also not popular in my country at all, people say it's boring and repetitive. When I was younger, at around your age, I used to wonder why he was so famous although nobody I knew listened to his music, Beethoven and Mozart's music is much more popular here.
Then I listened to the cello suites, then the violin and keyboard works, I can't say enough how much I love Bach's music. It's got so much diversity, depth and structure yet very enjoyable.
@@datdang9113 It is quite ironic that people say that Bach is repetitive when compared to Mozart and Beethoven. Just listen to the returning motif in nearly all of Mozart's works, as many of them are in ternary form (A B A). Also listen to all of the Sonatas that Beethoven wrote, and you can hear the returning motif in the recapitulation, just altered.
Also, just so you know - Bach is mostly famous for writing the most pieces out of any composer ever.
Bach's most famous works have structure. The not-so-famous ones that don't have structure just don't get played. Another amazing thing about J.S. Bach's works (and many other Baroque composers) is that the melodies are contrasted by counterpoint melodies. An amazing example of this is in Bach's 15 Inventions for the Harpsichord. Also, in general, Baroque music is touted as boring by many people. That is why most modern Piano players tend to play less Bach and more Romantic Period junk like Chopin and Liszt. The seasickness of those Romantic composers will destroy my happiness. That is why I listen to Bach. (Baroque music is also harder to play on the violin and piano because on the violin you can't hide your bad intonation with vibrato, and on the piano you can't hide your missed notes and bad tone with the damper pedal.
I am 17 and I totally agree with you. The young generation is not mature enough to understand the beauty of classical music. Pop music suits young people better, because it is built upon simplicity and impulsiveness, not on deep thought. These works are true masterpieces. A classical music lover is ridiculed, not honored. What a shame!
I love works by Netherland Bach Society because the artists use their technical skills too well. I was presently listening to some other recordings of the Allemande, and I noticed how some of the other artists were so concerned with showing off technical prowess as if it were a Paganini Caprice. Sato, on the other hand, plays the Allemande so naturally that the music rings through and appears as effortless. The emotionality of the music is of supreme importance - everything else is secondary. And, that is why almost all works of Bach recorded by Netherland Bach Society are so impactful. Thank You!
That is so true. It creates a natural air where you can focus on listening and enjoying the whole instead of being derailed by "Omg, that was really hard to play!" which instancely also creates a feeling of dissonant unbelief. I compare that to looking at a painting of, say, Turner, and instead of taking a few steps back to experience the whole, You pick up a magnifying glass to admire the brush.
This is, as you say, effortless skill, where he makes all the technically really demanding passages ring easy instead of hard, where we would otherwise be derailed by the the suspense in "will he make it?, How will this passage sound?" They just simply flow and he presents this very exciting piece like if it has always been there for us to enjoy on a plate.
@@randomoneforstuff3696 Sato surely has great breadth as well as depth.
I am in love with Bach and with Netherlands Bach Society I know I will never be disappointed .
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une source de beauté terrifiante et pourtant si fluide, quelle leçon :💜 humilité, perfection, vibrations célestes, et Bach complice de toutes ces âmes limpides!🌺💜🙏
on touche la plus haute des alliances Humain/ Divin💙🌸
100 percent agree. Quite breathtaking to listen to all Netherland Bach Society renditions. Sato is beautiful. I have never heard anything like this before.
As Bach would conclude. To God be glory alone.
I remember seeing little Shun playing at violin masterclasses led by his pre-Juilliard teacher, Lee Snyder. Even as a child, he was brilliantly talented as well as modest, respectful, and eager to learn. He had the whole package: he was simply unforgettable. This year, I discovered the incredible NBS channel and began watching/listening to its videos every day, and I was so surprised and happy to see his name and to further learn that he's become the artistic director of the ensemble. Sometimes prodigies burn out early, unfortunately, so I'm delighted to see that he's grown up into such an outstanding musician with such a vibrant career. Bravo, and thank you for this incredible performance!
In my very humble opinion, Master Sato is the most outstanding violinist interpreter of baroque music since recording exist.
Check his direction of Vivaldi’s 4 seasons on YT… and rediscover the piece! The winter gave me frostbite…. And it was midsummer when I first heard it.
Never before have I heard the multiple stopping and broken chords sound so natural. By some distance the most involving and beautiful performance I've heard.
Yeah it's honestly great
Itzhak Perlman also up there
The baroque bow helps, it has the reverse curve of the modern violin bow making double and triple stops easier. Still requires a master’s touch to sound this good, but it plays a part.
この演奏を何回聴いただろうか。
１度手にしたら止めることが出来ない長編小説のように、最後まで身を委ねてしまう魅力にあふれている。
色々な方が演奏されているが私は彼の演奏が一番好きだ。
The bow, the music, the violin, Shunske. All perfection. Wow
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As I was listening, I almost cried. I was very happy because I wanted to listen to the performer Chaconne once. When I was listening, my back was throbbing and I groaned unintentionally. Thank you very much for your wonderful and beautiful performance.
I had the same experience ❣️
From this glorious Partita one can see: Sato is absolutely one with Bach, and has given up his 'musician's ego' in order to embody the essence of his work. He, like most of the musicians of the Bach Society, obviously loves what this master of music has created. In fact, he loves it so much that his soul becomes transparent, where nothing exists but the melodies of his master (Bach). Even to hear how Sato understands and talks Bach in the interviews is a special experience. One of the most well-rounded, inwardly-driven musicians, interpreters, and co-creators that I have come across. Honestly, he is the one that has made me love Baroque music even more than I already did. Now, I cannot last a day without listening to one of his interpretations! This is just my humble experience. Anyone here, if the world has been blessed with other classical musicians like him in this generation or in the past, please, enlighten me! My ears would definitely love to listen to them!
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I agree! Sato's interpretation of one of the most monumental violin works is astonishing, for a lack of a better word. You should check out Rachel Podger's recordings of the partitas. She's an excellent baroque violinist as well!
@@fernandodiazriverojimenez5475 Unlike Sato, Podger doesn't have horribly placed rubatos
Bach's majestic works will sustain always sublime wonder of a creative genius.
Violinist Shunske Sato performs the chaconne with symmetry, vigour, expression and virtuosity. There are depth and richness in sonority, it is uplifting. Sato shows simplicity and purity of emotions at work.
A TRIUMPHANT & MAJESTIC CHACONNE work, exactly as Bach intended to be played.
È la seconda volta che ascolto questo strabiliante violinista. Impressionante, soprattutto l'uso dell'arco! Mai visto un gesto così sicuro e sciolto! Una padronanza davvero unica e mai vista prima. Complimenti vivissimi!
I truly believe this to be the best interpretation and performance of the chaconne and every other movement in the recording. How fortunate for the people who witnessed it.
Big agree. Maybe the best living Baroque violin interpreter.
You need to listen to itzhak perlman version
@@Calinoma indeed
@@elguerrero363 I think both sato and perlman are equally good, but I've always liked the original baroque interpretation of this piece.
Guys a beast for sure 💪💯
All that from memory. The music is in his soul.
Agreed
True, most of the skill to play comes from practice, with practice you can memorize even the third symphony of Mahler.
Instrumentalists remember things very diffrently. I think there might be freaks that remember notes, but mostly is just practising pieces of somewhat equal difficulty, remember them somewhat like what i could call a sequence, but it is not the order of things you remember, it like the whole is there as a whole. You hear it in your head all at once. Hard to explain... then putting the pieces in some order.
after you learn the notes the next step is to forget them. and that’s how when we play we know what to play even we don’t even think about what we are playing but just listening, like an audience. the thing just happens by itself
@@dominoplay3712....then magic happens.
This is truly wonderful. Violin has never been my favorite instrument to listen to. But with Sato's bowing, the violin became transparent, the media that transcends itself. I didn't feel like I was listening to the violin. I was listening MUSIC that talked to me. So beautiful.
behind the artist, outside, the wind is playing in the tree, in harmony with the music
Mr. SATO you are a ... WONDER! I knew it already ... BUT now I am sure!!! Danke wel voor dit plezier!!!
Absolutely gorgeous.
Wow! Every note, every measure, every phrase played as it it was the most important!
Not important, alive
@@dominoplay3712 Yes, I like that! Alive it is.
Not gonna lie. My mother and grandmother saturated me with classical music even from the womb and although I enjoy most forms of art and I will not always listen to classic. When I do come back to it, I am NEVER disappointed, always peaceful and brought back to my senses. This is beautiful in a way that you can not enjoy it like mainstream stream music but like a rare gem for a special occasion. It always has its own magic. Justin beiber and kanye west won't last over the next 400 years but this will be enjoyed until the end of time
It’s the old lutheran art. Glory to the eternal God in the highest.
Very well said; I salute you!
Imagine a day, Justin Bieber, BTS, EXO, Selena Gomez, Taylor Swift,... are listed into classical music :)
Gosh, just don't think about it...
@@severussnape6886 professor no😵 don't sully my mind😵 10 points from slytherin😂
Alternative to "crucio"
Absolutely remarkable performance!. Full of emotion, enthusiasm, risk taking..... almost like you're composing it as you play. Fresh and challenging to the listener.
Nice contrast to some moldy, mechanical, and pedantic versions, that some may actually prefer.
Thank you for posting.
One thing this performance demonstrates is that Bach had a dramatic landscape, upon which each location is in relation to every other. The range of that landscape is here taken to new depths and heights.
I admire mr Satos playing in this Bach masterpiece so much, especially his "dancing" way of playing the Chaconne. A wonderful uptaking!
Simply sublime. All your performances are so passionate and their depiction captures that. Bravo Netherlands 🇳🇱 for this exquisite gift to humanity. What can be better than having your mind and soul stimulated by these timeless performances of Bach. If only more people could discover this incomparable project. Play on!
Absolutely the best interpretation/performance EVER. Long life to this remarkable musician !
I mean... I can't handle this. This is absolutely incredible.
IF YOU CANT HANDLE IT TRY TO COME BACH TO IT.
@@ronwalker4849 😂
@@ronwalker4849 *Handel*
Love the way he playing. Trying hard to figures out and separates both bass part and melody part is always been a great way to play Bach’s solo works.
天上の音楽。心が癒される感じです。50年間聞いていても飽きない。応援してます。KTM ネパールより
I am speechless ... Bach meant it to sound this way. It's simply unbelievable. Thank you, maestro!
His transition between keys in the Chaconne is breathtaking
What an expansive soul. When I contemplate the vastness of Bach’s music it reflects the infinity of the universe. Your incredible musicians help us extrapolate this mystery of the meeting of man and God. How else can one explain this revelation of musicianship?
Als dit Bach is, ben ik verkocht. Heel fijn dat een vereniging de moeite neemt om de liefde voor muziek voor een breed publiek toegankelijk te maken.
I am not sure, I've ever heard something so pleasing to the ear. Other than my mother's voice after being born.
I came here for a more "authentic" interpretation of the Chaconne and I was not disappointed. I appreciate modern interpretations but for me the joy of Baroque music emanates from the ever-impending rhythmic pulse imbued by the counterpoint. There is a reason that these suites, sonatas, and partitas contain so many dance movements. The Chaconne is ALREADY laden with every emotion the human experience is capable of yielding. All the power is contained within the score. The performer only needs to wind up the crank and let the music churn forth
Mr Sato: that is exactly the way in which "UNSER VATER" Bach would like his partitas ti be played. As usual I had to cry in the Ciacona and weep strongly in the Arpeggiato. Congratulations Mr Sato you are very worthy to be a predilect son of OUR FATHER Bach. You are at the same level than Haifetz, Oistrak and my beloved Hilary Hann.
Thanks a million to Nederland Bach Society.
Beautifully played Mr.Sato
This gorgeous Bach lift up my soul..
大変素晴らしい演奏ありがとうございます。何度も聞いています
SATO DEMONSTRATES THAT UNIQUE TRAIT FOR JAPANESE PERFECTION AND THE OBSESSION WITH EXACTITUDE WITHIN A SPIRITUAL ATMOSPHERE. THE BEST VIOLIN SOLO PERFORMANCE I HAVE EVER HEARD.
Finally a musical comment...thanks Ron Walker
mildly racist but I get your point
Sato demonstrates that unique trait for litteraly every violin player who had to tackle Bach's obsession with exactitude within a spiritual atmosphere.
_Ron, buddy......You are on notice! I'm reporting you to Hilary Hahn!_ 😁
my heart could not have withstood the intensity and utter perfection of this performance were i one of those lucky people listening
Magnificent! I saw Mr Sato play Bach with il Pomo D'Oro on Saturday and he was amazing playing with grace, vigour and appropriate ornamentation.
Absolutely glorious. As a pianist, it’s always nice to listen to other instrumentalists to get an even appreciation for music. What an extraordinary interpretation by Sato!
A questo violinista bisogna baciare le mani. Credo che finora sia il migliore in assoluto. Soprattutto ha il grande dono di riportarci la presenza viva di Johann Sebastian Bach. Quale grande amore avrà nel suo cuore per questo compositore unico in tutta la storia... Lo mostra mettendoci tutto se stesso, e credo grazie a un dono soprannaturale. Certe espressioni così sublimi possono venire soltanto dall'Altissimo!
Excelente !!!Totalmente de acuerdo...menos mal haber nacido después de J.S.BACH figlio di DIO!
Absolutely divine! I love how organic his timing is and the liberties he takes are truly meaningful. Thank you sooooo much!
Bravo 👏🏽 absolutely amazing from start to finish. I truly believe most of the viewers here would never even hear masterpieces like this if it wasn’t for this channel, and the incredible work by NBS. Bravo 👏🏽
So who has the better listening advantage the live audience or us? I’ve never attended a live event like this. How wonderful you are young man thank you!🙏🏻
What a performance and interpretation... And the Chaconne... wow!
i have like 8 recordings of the violin sonatas & partitas, listening to them on hifi is a great pleasure, awesome renditions like this is pure bliss
thank you mr sato !
I've played this piece many times. This boy has thrown off the ropes of confinement that holds most players down to even tempo, even note lengths and has conquered the fear of being called too loose with tempo. He proves how tempo is supposed to be handled.
@@randomoneforstuff3696 - check again friend, this "looseness" you mentoined. every moment of such looseness still exists within the pulse of the original theme.
@@randomoneforstuff3696 Freedom appears to be a state that arises with absolute mastery.
I am speechless. What a wonderful performance of one of the greatest treasures known to mankind. Thank you NBS.
Sato: really impressive technique and fantastic interpretation. Bach: GOD.
Bach not dramatic? NONSENSE! Any reading of his life obviously shows that he was VERY expressive and dramatic. After all, he had to put up with and contend with so many less fortunate creatures who processed lives of flat lined endurance and existance. Mr. Sato, as a professional violist, violinist, composer, teacher, choirmaster, poet and organist that I am, your playing is absolutely wonderful in countless ways. I am certain Bach would love your playing, as I do!
Bach would’ve said that you’re wiggling too much on the violin. Be more steady & expressive, it’s not about technique but it’s about your heart! He would’ve asked you first, what era are you from? It doesn’t sound like you’re familiar with Baroque music. It sounds corrupt in my opinion & needs a lot of manipulation in respect to familiarizing yourself to this era of music & it definitely needs manifestation of the soul, it is indeed the hardest part of being a good interpreter of my music, Bach! Even the best violinist of my time cannot play my music the way I intended for it to be played as. He would’ve said, you’re far from ready my friend, but nothing is possible in the hands of Bach. I can teach you to be the greatest violinist of all time. But however, sorry because I’m no longer living amongst you people anymore. So, therefore it is impossible that you can play in favor of J. S. Bach. Not just you, but everybody. Bach’s morality of his music is insane, he is very strict, impossibly strict. Because there exists non other like him, let alone interpret his music just like the way he intended. One must understand the way he did in order to also play like the way he did. This I’m afraid is impossible! Bach is the only instructor who can teach this, not to anyone but only to the people very close to his heart.. We are long from that, the only evidence we have is the manuscript. We can try all that we can, but it can never be perfect anymore. That time is finished & remains as history, nobody can bring it back, only if God points a finger on another Bach in this world only then would this music brought back to life..
@@ProdigyImprovisation this seems to be a weird elitist approach...nobody knows what bach himself would`ve said about those interpretations. so these thoughts are just assumptions. legit, but unnecessary. if bach didn`t want to make people play his music after his death, he probably would`ve annihilate his complete work. a quite absurd imagination and he obviously didn`t so. it`s an ideological intent to think, it would be impossible to play bach music in his favor. the logical result would be - nobody would play his music. that`s kinda grotesque. a morbid opinion. i`m sorry for u, that u apparently cannot enjoy at least some of all those different existing interpretations. everybody has his own favs and imo it is natural in this case. but maybe i misunderstood your comment at all...english is not my mothertongue. but in the way i understood, i disagree.
markus e. lipka You misunderstood my statement, I didn’t say if Bach didn’t want people to play his music after death, so that he would’ve annihilate his works. To be more clear, of course Bach would want people to play his music after death. This is his reputation as a composer after all his years of hard work he spent in the world, i agree it is totally absurd to say he wouldn’t want anyone to play his works after he died. The point I’m making is as he was living during his time, whoever played his music without his own guidance didn’t interpret it the exact way Bach sees it in his head. Even till this day, nobody can see Bach’s own imagination in their heads, I agree everyone has different approaches to play the music but what I’m saying is nobody can play the music just how Bach intended to be played as in his head. Like I said, only unless there is another genius like Bach in the world who is at another level to understand Bach’s music just like the way he did. Only then can the music be played with Bach’s own imagination of how precisely each & every single note shall be played as. This is very very very detailed playing, that’s why I say it is impossible to play it in his favor, that’s what I meant to say. Not Bach didn’t want anyone to play his music after he died, that’s totally absurd I completely agree.
This is just exquisite. I blame the Netherlands Bach Society and Mr Sato for encouraging me to buy a better a violin and a baroque bow, and also for evangelising to anyone with a musical ear about this channel. Hope the pandemic ends soon and you are able to play in public again. I’d love to see a performance.
curious,where did you find your bow? I'm considering trying a baroque bow out, but don't know where to start.
@@buzzzzzd on eBay of all places... the seller was a luthier so it was a calculated risk!
This is absolutely marvelous. especially that Chaconne, no words.
I loved the sarabande...delightful, expressive and retains the melancholy tone so typical of Bach
I love love LOVE his interpretation.. most of the other interpretations I find on here are very robotic in the first movement as if playing w a metronome. I feel like the music is breathing..
best rendition i've heard.
it's hard to find one with no vibrato nonsense all on top of this masterpiece
The fact that it is unaccompanied by any other instruments makes it all the more amazing...
Wow Tatoo is the best i have heard. He dominate Bach so easly and in perfect style sound and intonation. He it is love by Bach.Absolutely
I wish videos like this had as many views as those popular songs, many artists today will be forgotten in ten years but the music of Bach is still modern after 300 years.
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Yes, it's kind of a mystery. Same is true of other great works of art even thousands of years later. It seems these artists were tapping into a timeless dimension, therefore their works don't "age" in the way more superficial works do.
In the word of Zen master Dogen: “Nevertheless this great ocean is neither a circle nor has directions. The wondrous features of this ocean that remain beyond our vision are inexhaustible…. It is just that as far as my vision reaches for the time being, it appears to be a circle.” 🙂
Such an intimate setting, almost as if both musician and audicence were exposed to the core. I cannot imagine what it would be like to stand there, I don't even want to see myself in the audience, thinking if I express emotions it would directly reflect on the musician. It's both intimate and frightening.
Excellent performance and film.
It's just like That Cat. Schrödinger's 🐱😱
This is science fiction.
Bach actually talks to you.
He talks bach to you
@@Vintendo101 you are so right, he is a fantastic player who really communicates.
@@jsb7975 I think it was meant to be a pun
he talks _back_ to you
Absolutely wonderful, beautiful interpretation. Human language is not good enough to describe this performance actually
It's a shame that I only see this miracle after 4 years, it's perfection itself, it's wonderful
Bach makes my heart sing like no one else. Genius,
This is almost unreal playing ..... WOW !!!!!!!! So beautiful and genuine! I'm lacking words.
Agreed
An incredible experience!! Bravo Mr. Sato!!
I remember in my second month of learning the violinI threw away the shoulder support and tuned it down.
Never went back. It freed up the instrument, it made her really sing, and when you feel the violin vibrate against your shoulder, that is just the best feeling.
The next step was the baroque bow and the bloody expensive gut strings that keep on breaking, but that first time there alone at the music school, warming up before the lesson began, just enjoying that warm mellow sound and being one with the violin: it was a revelation.
You can only be a violinist like Mr. Sato if your God given skills are honed to perfection with oceans of hard hard work. Take a bow!
Just about love
What a masterful, most incredible, deep, virtuous yet humble interpretation. Outstanding, what a spirituallity.
Of all the solo violin pieces this one has the most devastating emotional impact.
これは素晴らしい。音楽の美しさだけでなく、日本人として欧州で成功する意味などが思いやられて、深い感銘を覚えました。
佐藤さんは幼少期にアメリカに移っています。 それがどうこうは分かりませんが、、、
Incredible! I have quite a few wonderful recordings, starting from Milstein , but to this one coming back again and again as a necessity!
This piece is lacerating. "No one gets out of here alive."
Éblouissant Bach dans les mains de Maître Sato; quel bonheur, quelle fête , quelle vitalité ! Merci aux deux et Netherlands Bach Society !
Extremely nice, solid and clear Allemande! Theres always a topic about personal taste, but i think thats irrelevant... I really enjoyed how much feeling he played with in the Allemande. And i think the solid character fits for specifically this movement
Wow. That audience experienced something very special. Bach doesn't make a gesture as bold as the Chaconne in any other suite, for any instrument, or really in any other work. The keyboard Partitas, for example, are a maximum-effort masterpiece he saw fit to publish, but nothing in them comes close to the ambition of the Chaconne. He was a man possessed when he conceived it. And for this out-of-nowhere masterpiece to be a theme and variations of the most rigid, limited sort, a style already dated by his time...it's just bafflingly good.
Awesome! Thank You Mr Sato! Your tone is very powerful and sometimes a little rough. I like that a lot.
Any player who can even play all the notes gets my admiration - but this is sheer perfection!
¡Qué placer! No me canso de escucharlo. Me encanta el sonido, la interpretación. Es como un sueño. Felicitaciones!!!!!
It is one of the most beautiful interpretations I have heard until today. Bravo Mr. Sato. 👏👏👏
I like your Chaconne with the freedom and one perfect sprit of both your soul and music. The best one.
The best recording of Chaconne I've ever heard.
Such beautiful playing…. Thank you, Sato.
Maybe one of the most beautiful pieces of music ever created. My god, it brings tears to my eyes.
The best vertion of chaccone that i ever listen.
I don't have words to discribe this.
Did u listen to hilary hahn's version?
@@rmanayaz3894 Onofri, Midori ?
@@leroicanard3520 With respect to their other performances, they are both bad on bach's chaconne.
The magnificence of double stops at the beginning are completely faded in their version.
They rush and it will disrupt the whole feel.
I was unaware of Shunsuke Sato, now I know better. Such ease and warmth with such virtuosity makes for a rare and wonderful combination. I am not even thinking of the performer, he puts you so at ease, because he is so comfortable and sure. It's as if the violin is playing itself, and I hear only the wonderful music. Can't listen to the Chaconne very often because it tears me to shreds. But have to listen to it every so often to remind myself that once upon a time someone created such a thing, it was possible.
This is very impressive! Without a shoulder rest?
My jaw would die.
Thank you for this organization.
I particularly like the chaconne. I am struck by the power of the violin to command my awareness, nothing else matters. I appreciate your performance, it is the best I have heard so far.
The tone in this performance is very unique. Probably the gut strings and baroque bow adding the warmth and depth that is often lacking when this piece is played on modern instruments.
gut strings????
@@jiminbang5822 Yes, baroque strings were tightly-winded sheep guts!
@@pocoloco1200 O.o
*not using that for my violin*
@@jiminbang5822 You should try them! They give a very warm, complex tone. If you only get one gut string, it should be the e string. Then, your e string won’t sound so tinny.
While other performers quickly seem to be on the limit with this famous opus, Sato can fully concentrate on the wonderful content. Incredible.
Absolutely amazing skills and performance and tones and actually an excellent space for sound recording! Thanks!
What a lovely interpretation. Classical in the deepest sense of the word.
Magnifique vous êtes un virtuose de ce si bel instrument ! bravissimo forte.
For the 192 who gave a thumbs down for this absolutely magnificent performance from a true artist, I would share that first......you try playing this. Likely an absolute impossibility. Next, my recommendation, given that you are unable to appreciate this amazing music, would be to relocate to Antarctica, so that the rest of us that are human don't have to be subjected to your idiocy
Gracias señor Sato por tan hermosa interpretación,Bach en los cielos
Sato, heavenly music maker in Bach..
Sato one of the best Violinists I've ever listened to in my entire life. And I've listened to many.
My other favourite is Leonidas Kavakos.
Bach was/is/and will always be... he is the truth
It must have been wonderful to be in this small audience and listening to such a performance.
Incredible! Imaginative! Great work.