NBS, how are you all so very excellent at everything you record?? It seems like every single time I listen to a new video by you all, I gain a profound appreciation for another sublime piece of music.
A hundred bravos to the violinist for making such a super-human effort to sink his sound into that of the harpsichord, only allowing it to sing through when it needs to.
Upon extensive listening of Bach’s works, alongside a gathered knowledge of classical music as a whole, one sees that Monsieur Bach is undoubtedly the most important and emotionally inspired composer to have lived on this earth.
The Void in me is so enormous that only the music of Johann Sebastian Bach has enough volume to fill me up and leaves me such unspeakable Wonder and Joy!!!
Bach's genius is that the construction and intellectual nature of his works never come in the way of the music going straight to the heart. The first movement is absolutely breathtaking.
1969: as a young student busking in Burton's arcade in Regent Street one cold winter's night I did not have the usual appreciative crowd. A lovely young American girl hid behind the corner, listened to me playing the last movement of this sonata, and fell in love with me. Thank you Bach!
Огромное спасибо за Ваше выступление. Восхитительная музыка среди войны, страха и ненависти пробуждает самые лучшие человеческие эмоции.Какое облегчение знать, что такое живое, сердечное искусство ещё есть в нашем мире. А также есть люди, готовые делиться своей радостью и дарить ее слушателям вопреки всем невзгодам. Удачи, здоровья, процветания и благополучия Вам.
The violin and harpsichord sonatas entered my soul as a young man, thanks to Yehudi Menuhin and George Malcolm. 60 years later I still find them as beautiful and emotioally satisfyng as I did then.
Outstanding. I have such gratitude for your efforts to record Bach's entire repetoire. A very moving piece that I seldom encounter. Today I had instructed my students on counterpoint in Bach's work, from the viewpoint of the keyboard, so was glad to see this suggestion pop up.
Deze sonates van Bach zijn echte parels en deze heren hebben dit perfect weergegeven. Opgenomen in mijn geboorteplaats. Wat een verrassing. Veel dank NBS
Such a beautiful composition. I really like the contrast of the harpsichord and violin. The detached and legato of the violin is excellent and having the themes bounce back and forth between these contrasting instruments is really cool. Very well played as well!
Geniale und sehr schöne Arrangierung; unübertrefflich hinsichtlich der seelischen Erhebung, die hier hervorgerufen wird. Die Instrumente sind perfekt im Klang für die Darbietung und die beiden Musiker bestechen durch Einfühlsamkeit und Präzision; sehr selten gehörte Kombination der Superlative! JS Bach muss diese Melodien und Akkordfolgen direkt aus der spirituellen Welt Gottes empfangen haben!!!
Wunderschöne und detaillierte Aufführung dieser kompakten doch perfekt komponierten Sonate in verschiedenen Tempi mit seidigem doch gut phrasiertem Ton der genialen Violine und zurückgehaltenem doch schimmerndem Klang des ebenso genialen Cembalos. Der dritte Satz klingt besonders schön und echt melodisch. Im Kontrast klingt der letzte Satz echt lebhaft und auch inspirierend. Der intime und perfekt entsprechende Dialog zwischen den beiden Virtuosen ist wahrhaft ergreifend. Alles ist wunderbar!
6th. November 1982 I had the unbelievable courage to open my Purcell Room debut with this work, beginning as it does on a 16-second-long F- sharp taken in a single bow!
At last another violinist! And a very good one! Sato is very good as well, but one could easily get the idea that he had exclusive rights for Bach's violin works
I mean, he is the most technically skilled Baroque violinist in the world. He went to Juilliard and Curtis. You can hear that Čičić is a tiny bit out of tune on some of the double stops--nothing out of the ordinary that kills the performance or anything; it's still exceptional. But, the near-perfect intonation of someone who attended the most elite music schools in the world really shows in Sato's performances. Just look at any solo violin piece that requires significant technical ability, like Bach's 3-part fugue in G minor, compare it to any other Baroque violinist (even the likes of Rachel Podger), and you'll find that nobody comes close to Sato's mixing of exceptional technique with Baroque interpretation: *Baroque Violinists* (the time at the end of the links is intentional) Shunske Sato: th-cam.com/video/MRKy3kX8XUM/w-d-xo.html Rachel Podger: th-cam.com/video/wTVJ0BtIoMA/w-d-xo.html Patrick Bismuth: th-cam.com/video/JU6a-4gqOmM/w-d-xo.html *Modern Violinists* James Ehnes: th-cam.com/video/WIAHt8qT4iU/w-d-xo.html Hilary Hahn: th-cam.com/video/R8xTneajT8Q/w-d-xo.html Arthur Grumiaux (old-school): th-cam.com/video/FTUWCr3IXxw/w-d-xo.html
@@randomoneforstuff3696 Discussions about who is the best (especially in the world) are quite useless as far as i'm concerned. Music, and art in general, are not the Olympic Games. Furtheron i didn't indicate i underrate Sato's qualities. He is a wonderful and great musician in his own right as are the others you mentioned.
@@bertuspieters4154 Of course. I just wanted to clarify that Sato is in many recordings because he has the best technique of everyone in NBS. But, other performers are always welcome. I personally want to see Rachel Podger do a performance with them, since she's one of the most well known Baroque violinists and has never been a guest concertmaster with NBS before.
I understand : since I have heard this interpretations, I am a bit frustrated if he’s not the first violin. I always wonder what he had made instead…. His work is such an epiphany every time!
Sublime playing and very well mixed. Bad audio engineering can easily ruin a recording of pieces like this, where all lines should be equal in presence.
AMAZING. Maybe my favorite interpretation? Hot take: sometimes lack of vibrato in baroque interpretations seems almost unnatural. like they're almost trying NOT to vibrate. a stiffness. but here... i didnt feel that stiffness at all. an interpretation isn't interesting because it's "accurate". it matters so much more that they are real, alive, honest. and this performance feels that way
I would love to know who is the maker of your violin? The tone is very rich and bright on this recording. I am assuming that you are playing an authentic early violin?
This was a deliberate choice. We love to bring some variety in our recordings and give other good baroque violinists a stage. We hope you like Čičić's interpretation of the piece.
@@bach I like it but no-one does Bach on the violin like Sato. All the violin concertos and sonatas/partitas thus far have been played by him. Just saying.
@@bach of course we like the interpretation of Mr. Civic. Nevertheless, we noticed that he plays on a modern violine (longer fretboard, no gut strings, etc.). This makes the sound of this sonata quite different from that of the other ones.
No, I don’t agree. The harpsichordist might as well be playing a dumb harpsichord. Especially in the second movement, he can barely be heard. The balance is all wrong here. Compare the Gould Laredo recordings in which every voice can be heard with crystal clarity.
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Stop the metathesiophobia. Čičić is perfectly fine. His double stops are a bit out of tune at times, and his vibrato quality is inconsistent, but he doesn't take as much tempo liberty as Sato.
It's not like Bach... A lot of scores, all of them according to copiryght law..... All of then possesed by Barenreiter (not even by Bach!!!). And the musicians being like slaves of those sccores....
0:06 Adagio
3:28 Allegro
6:25 Andante
9:21 Allegro
NBS, how are you all so very excellent at everything you record??
It seems like every single time I listen to a new video by you all, I gain a profound appreciation for another sublime piece of music.
The incredible, subliminal way Bach brings in the violin initially always brings tears to these old eyes.
Everything on Bach......led ud to tears joy.....led ud to God!!!!
Rory Coker, I am reading your comment with tears in my eyes also.❤️
Well, perhaps you are a sentimental old fool. But the music is beautiful of course.
A hundred bravos to the violinist for making such a super-human effort to sink his sound into that of the harpsichord, only allowing it to sing through when it needs to.
That's the joy of playing with Bojan - one of the best colleagues a harpsichordists could ever work with with. Thanks for your lovely comment!
Upon extensive listening of Bach’s works, alongside a gathered knowledge of classical music as a whole, one sees that Monsieur Bach is undoubtedly the most important and emotionally inspired composer to have lived on this earth.
Mozart isn't bad,either.
@@patriciayeiser6405 Yes, Mozart is good. Beethoven, too. But Bach is better!
They are all pretty amazing! I find Bach the most consistently healing.
@@herrickinman9303I love them all and it doesn’t bother me if someone thinks one is better than the other. I just enjoy.
The Void in me is so enormous that only the music of Johann Sebastian Bach has enough volume to fill me up and leaves me such unspeakable Wonder and Joy!!!
Bach's genius is that the construction and intellectual nature of his works never come in the way of the music going straight to the heart. The first movement is absolutely breathtaking.
Well said
1969: as a young student busking in Burton's arcade in Regent Street one cold winter's night I did not have the usual appreciative crowd. A lovely young American girl hid behind the corner, listened to me playing the last movement of this sonata, and fell in love with me. Thank you Bach!
Огромное спасибо за Ваше выступление. Восхитительная музыка среди войны, страха и ненависти пробуждает самые лучшие человеческие эмоции.Какое облегчение знать, что такое живое, сердечное искусство ещё есть в нашем мире. А также есть люди, готовые делиться своей радостью и дарить ее слушателям вопреки всем невзгодам. Удачи, здоровья, процветания и благополучия Вам.
The violin and harpsichord sonatas entered my soul as a young man, thanks to Yehudi Menuhin and George Malcolm. 60 years later I still find them as beautiful and emotioally satisfyng as I did then.
Except now the performers (and recording equipment) are much better!
Exquisitely played. I simply want now to hear Steven and Bojan playing the other 5 sonatas.
BWV 1015 th-cam.com/video/7-T9lbly3q0/w-d-xo.html
TEAR MIST IN MY EYES AS THIS MESMERIZING PIECE OF BACH IS PLAYED BRILLIANTLY. BRAVO❤️✨️
Ahhhh, thank you. It is hard to play this piece as beautifully as it deserves!
This channel restores my hope in humanity
Oh wow, I love these two musicians, never expected to see them part of this project. :) lovely performance, very intense.
A MAGNIFICENT PERFORMANCE OF THIE MOST MUSICAL SONATA BY BACH. A PURE JOY TO LISTEN TO THIS DUO.
Outstanding. I have such gratitude for your efforts to record Bach's entire repetoire. A very moving piece that I seldom encounter. Today I had instructed my students on counterpoint in Bach's work, from the viewpoint of the keyboard, so was glad to see this suggestion pop up.
This piece as with all of Bach’s music nourishes my heart and soul.
Un ravissement.,.... beauté inégalable des sujets et contre sujets., Magnifique interprétation par ailleurs.
Deze sonates van Bach zijn echte parels en deze heren hebben dit perfect weergegeven. Opgenomen in mijn geboorteplaats. Wat een verrassing. Veel dank NBS
Such a beautiful composition. I really like the contrast of the harpsichord and violin. The detached and legato of the violin is excellent and having the themes bounce back and forth between these contrasting instruments is really cool. Very well played as well!
Geniale und sehr schöne Arrangierung; unübertrefflich hinsichtlich der seelischen Erhebung, die hier hervorgerufen wird. Die Instrumente sind perfekt im Klang für die Darbietung und die beiden Musiker bestechen durch Einfühlsamkeit und Präzision; sehr selten gehörte Kombination der Superlative! JS Bach muss diese Melodien und Akkordfolgen direkt aus der spirituellen Welt Gottes empfangen haben!!!
Bach's music Is expression of pure beauty
Thank you 🌈
Such a beautiful performance🍃thank's
Bach is life! ❤️❤️
Exceptional. Thank you for performing this for us and sharing it.
Excellent. Thank you for a straight-forward performance, hewing to and finding individual expression in the score. Masterful.
Bis Bis Bis!!! Wow wonderful!
A most sublime AND deep heart moving performance! Thank you very much!
Amazing , great musicianship.
Wunderschöne und detaillierte Aufführung dieser kompakten doch perfekt komponierten Sonate in verschiedenen Tempi mit seidigem doch gut phrasiertem Ton der genialen Violine und zurückgehaltenem doch schimmerndem Klang des ebenso genialen Cembalos. Der dritte Satz klingt besonders schön und echt melodisch. Im Kontrast klingt der letzte Satz echt lebhaft und auch inspirierend. Der intime und perfekt entsprechende Dialog zwischen den beiden Virtuosen ist wahrhaft ergreifend. Alles ist wunderbar!
The Bach music philosophy comes out from this sonata!
Bello, simplemente bello. Bach es Bach.
I wish I could give NBS 100 billion likes.
Absolutely heavenly. Thank you.
Linda música e ótima interpretação. A qualidade do som (gravação) também merece elogios.
Excelente canal para difundir la música del genio de BACH. Gracias❤
Sublime , Magnifique !!!
Just divine. Exquisite. So so beautiful.
6th. November 1982 I had the unbelievable courage to open my Purcell Room debut with this work, beginning as it does on a 16-second-long F- sharp taken in a single bow!
Vielen Dank für die wunderschöne Aufnahme. ❤
Excellent performance :)
Wow! Two wonderful british musicians for this sonata :)
My favorite！💕
Beautiful!
I believe in Bach!
Fantastic.
hermosísimo...bellísimas páginas...
Geweldig. Heel erg bedankt.
Great performance!
Thank you for this! Truly lovely.
Just a bit of vibrato here, to keep the romantics happy!
Seriously, it's a lovely performance.
Acabo de descubrir vuestro canal. Es oro puro. ¡Gracias por la difusión que dais a la excelencia!
Heart-wrenching beautiful! Hartverscheurend mooi!
At last another violinist! And a very good one! Sato is very good as well, but one could easily get the idea that he had exclusive rights for Bach's violin works
I mean, he is the most technically skilled Baroque violinist in the world. He went to Juilliard and Curtis. You can hear that Čičić is a tiny bit out of tune on some of the double stops--nothing out of the ordinary that kills the performance or anything; it's still exceptional. But, the near-perfect intonation of someone who attended the most elite music schools in the world really shows in Sato's performances. Just look at any solo violin piece that requires significant technical ability, like Bach's 3-part fugue in G minor, compare it to any other Baroque violinist (even the likes of Rachel Podger), and you'll find that nobody comes close to Sato's mixing of exceptional technique with Baroque interpretation:
*Baroque Violinists* (the time at the end of the links is intentional)
Shunske Sato: th-cam.com/video/MRKy3kX8XUM/w-d-xo.html
Rachel Podger: th-cam.com/video/wTVJ0BtIoMA/w-d-xo.html
Patrick Bismuth: th-cam.com/video/JU6a-4gqOmM/w-d-xo.html
*Modern Violinists*
James Ehnes: th-cam.com/video/WIAHt8qT4iU/w-d-xo.html
Hilary Hahn: th-cam.com/video/R8xTneajT8Q/w-d-xo.html
Arthur Grumiaux (old-school): th-cam.com/video/FTUWCr3IXxw/w-d-xo.html
@@randomoneforstuff3696 Discussions about who is the best (especially in the world) are quite useless as far as i'm concerned. Music, and art in general, are not the Olympic Games. Furtheron i didn't indicate i underrate Sato's qualities. He is a wonderful and great musician in his own right as are the others you mentioned.
@@bertuspieters4154 Of course. I just wanted to clarify that Sato is in many recordings because he has the best technique of everyone in NBS. But, other performers are always welcome. I personally want to see Rachel Podger do a performance with them, since she's one of the most well known Baroque violinists and has never been a guest concertmaster with NBS before.
@Bertus Pieters I agree. Hard to satisfy all the TH-cam "enthusiasts" (obsessives) who find change difficult to deal with though.
@@randomoneforstuff3696 Simon Standage isn't bad, either..
Merci
This is a beautiful sonata. I do like the structure, which feels very common during the baroque period.
I was surprised to see Mr. Sato isn't playing!
I wasn't; The Netherlands Bach Society have always embraced change and variety.
I understand : since I have heard this interpretations, I am a bit frustrated if he’s not the first violin. I always wonder what he had made instead…. His work is such an epiphany every time!
Wonderful. And you got to travel too!
Sublime playing and very well mixed. Bad audio engineering can easily ruin a recording of pieces like this, where all lines should be equal in presence.
Been waiting for this one
Prachtig!
GOD bless NBS in the name of Jesus! Thank you! Wonderful!😇
❤ ❤ 💕 ❤
Amazing!
Wat een pracht en dat op mijn 81 verjaardag!!!
Eccellente interpretazione.
beauty
All my love.
Really.
Exquisite
AMAZING. Maybe my favorite interpretation?
Hot take: sometimes lack of vibrato in baroque interpretations seems almost unnatural. like they're almost trying NOT to vibrate. a stiffness. but here... i didnt feel that stiffness at all.
an interpretation isn't interesting because it's "accurate". it matters so much more that they are real, alive, honest. and this performance feels that way
GREAT
Ergreifend
.❤👍🌎.
I would love to know who is the maker of your violin? The tone is very rich and bright on this recording. I am assuming that you are playing an authentic early violin?
Violin by G Grancino, Milano, 1703
Bow by Luis-Emilio Rodriguez Den Haag 2011
Danke, Freunde. Ihr setzt dem großen Bach ein Denkmal und schreibt euch selbst ins Buch der Geschichte ein.
This is beautiful interpretation but why isn’t the harpsichord tuned to meantone or some unequal temperament?
Thank you for your kind comment! The wonderful Kalsbeek harpsichord was tuned in Young 2 temperament for this recording.
Since when does anyone other than Shunske Sato play the Bach violin works in Netherlands Bach Society?
This was a deliberate choice. We love to bring some variety in our recordings and give other good baroque violinists a stage. We hope you like Čičić's interpretation of the piece.
@@bachI love it, and it's great to hear a variety of performers, especially performers as good as these. .
@@bach I like it but no-one does Bach on the violin like Sato. All the violin concertos and sonatas/partitas thus far have been played by him. Just saying.
@@bach of course we like the interpretation of Mr. Civic. Nevertheless, we noticed that he plays on a modern violine (longer fretboard, no gut strings, etc.). This makes the sound of this sonata quite different from that of the other ones.
@@davidhancock8861 Fortunately, no one else does it like Sato. Just saying.
No Sato :(
Better…!!
The harpsicord comes across as too loud, compared to the violine ! No ?
I tend to agree. Otherwise wonderful as always.
No, I don’t agree. The harpsichordist might as well be playing a dumb harpsichord. Especially in the second movement, he can barely be heard. The balance is all wrong here. Compare the Gould Laredo recordings in which every voice can be heard with crystal clarity.
No.
He plays a violin, and i hear a trumpet? What‘s wrong?
If you play in authentic way - please act in the authentic way: please copy the score by hand)))
steel strings? a much sharper sound compared to Shunske Sato's gut strings
The only string with metal winding is the G, Bojan uses all gut
Nope these are normal baroque violin gut strings.
Hello, I see that your channel is very valuable. I would love to repost your whole channel, without changing anything, on the nice platform named Ganjing World. If you agree with that, please let me know. Thanks!
Thank you for your e-mail and for asking permission to use our channel, but I’m afraid I have to disappoint you: we are very reluctant to grant permission to use our (music) recordings in other platforms or productions. There are a number of reasons for this.
Most important is that our agreements with the musicians impose restrictions on this. Apart from these legal agreements we also want to keep our recordings ‘intact’, i.e. image and sound are not separated, especially since most of our videos are live recordings (and not studio recordings). Finally, we also want to maintain that our recordings are always viewed via our own channel, and not via other channels.
I hope you can understand our point of view
Didn't know zelensky could olay like this
Sato is better in every way, variety be damned!
Stop the metathesiophobia. Čičić is perfectly fine. His double stops are a bit out of tune at times, and his vibrato quality is inconsistent, but he doesn't take as much tempo liberty as Sato.
I love this recording and I miss Sato.
It's not like Bach... A lot of scores, all of them according to copiryght law..... All of then possesed by Barenreiter (not even by Bach!!!). And the musicians being like slaves of those sccores....
Usually it's much easier to read an urtext edition (Barenreiter, G Henle Verlag, etc.) than the original manuscript.
Troppo ingombrante il clavicembalo
??? In che senso “troppo ingombrante”? In una sonata per violino e cembalo concertante? Non è mica un basso continuo…