I listened to the marvelous play of Chaconne by Alan Mearns keeping my breathing as low as possible while my soul wondered all over the world. Thank you so much, master Alan.
Astonishing- in interpretation and deliverance. Alan giving us a detailed explanation of his approach to trying understand and convey Bach’s intent is both revealing and incredibly inspirational.
a great idea to use Capo at 2nd fret to achieve lute sounding for JS Bach's Chaconne BWV 1004 and interesting and refreshing sounding lute music. Congratulation to Alan Mearn for this beautiful JS Bach music performance.
Incredible ❤❤❤ If Nigel North once dreamt that Bach handed him a lute, then Bach surely has brought Alan Mearns a guitar 😀🥳 Best version and performance I've ever seen or heard 👍🏽🎶🎵🎶
Such a beautiful arrangement of this piece. Thank you so much for your deep explanation at the end. You brought up so many good observations. I always enjoy your arrangements, especially the Serenata Andaluza by Falla
Beautiful! Probably the greatest piece of music ever written for a solo instrument (albeit not the guitar) in a version so different from every other one us guitarists were used to, and very appealing indeed! A triumph of spirit over matter as a musicologist once called this chaconne, in a new version (Alan already had uploaded it some time ago), played on a Hermann Hauser I that belonged to the great Julian Bream! 👏👏👏
Magistral, une partition lumineuse, une interprétation très claire dans un son près du chevalet très « clavecin » avec une expressivité intense en prime.
Baroque art in general is meant to be flashy. While I love conservative 'by the book' interpretations, this is refreshing to hear. Seems like I am hearing a 'newly released' Bach piece. A living proof that classical music and innovation can co-exist.
Really good performance and arrangement! The harp - like scales and 2 string trills give a more harpsichord sound to this originally written for violin piece ✌
Es la obra por excelencia. La interpretación es sublime. Me recuerda a la versión de Robert Hill al clavicémbalo y a toda la escuela de teclado de Buxtehude (BuxWV 160). Enhorabuena!
Chaconne on guitar was a transcription from violin to begin with. Baroque music was supposed to be full of improvisation and ornamentation. In some way, one could argue this version may be closer to what Bach intended if he were to write Chaconne for guitar himself.
La práctica musical durante el periodo barroco admitía una gran profusión en la ornamentación e improvisación. Está es solo una versión relacionada con esto. Me parece diferente, pero buena y válida. Como muchas otras que he oído en otros. instrumentos.
Just a thought: Bach wrote this as part of a suite for solo violin. Therefore the tension of the single note melodic line is the supreme achievement that he aimed for. Chords are used sparingly and obviously not more than four notes per chord. There is beauty and balance in that. In my opinion an enlargement of the poliphony misses the whole point of what Bach was trying to do. Nevertheless I enjoyed Jean Rondeau's harpsichord version tremendously. This version is a revelation of the possibilities of the modern classical guitar. But still... for every gain there is a loss unfortunately I think.
A lot to like and praise here for a piece I first played (quite imperfectly) 60 years ago and lived in my musical memory ever since. All the extra ornamentation was at first just unusual, but at the same time, reminiscent of the opening Aria in the Goldberg Variations. So, so far, so good. After a while, it became, to my ears, a bit annoying (not to mention, intimidating to play). I heard some wonderful dissonances brought out quite well in the arrangement. There is a bit of a issue with so much played on the upper frets, compared to the Segovia edition; not even this guitar can hide the intonation problems. Also, in the Major key section much was played near the bridge; didn't sound good to me.
Natural reverb is gorgeous and we have a beautiful sounding room with great natural ambience. We pride ourselves on no added (digital/artificial) reverb. You're welcome to visit and see for yourself!
No me resulta agradable este arreglo taque toco esta obra , tengo el arreglo de Segovia y la escrita para violin por Bach, entre tanto ornamento se pierde el sentimiento de la obra prima la soberbia y no la humildad de un hombre profundamente religioso, le sobran casi 7 minutos que solo agregan distracción y no aportan,nada solo vanidad para mostrar sus conocimientos
No se trata de tocar la Chacona original, sino una variación basada en ella. Una búsqueda de armonías y contrapuntos fantasiosos, con remembranzas de ornamentos barrocos pero pensados en el instrumento. A la manera de las composiciones basadas en piezas de diversos autores clásicos que hace el virtuoso del piano Marc André Hamelin. No hay que compararla con la de Bach, sino gozarla como divertimento virtuosista.
@javiersanchezdelabarquera4879 cuando tocas en público te sometes a su juicio la Chacona de Bach no es un divertimento, si a ti te gusta y además te parece bien, opinamos claramente en forma diferente
@@javiersanchezdelabarquera4879 Amigo. Hay que sentirse muy "valiente" para hacerle "arreglos" a una de las grandes obras maestras de Bach y dejarla sonando como música de circo. Estoy de acuerdo con el comentario principal: hay mucha música que pueden manipular a su antojo, pero NO A BACH. Saludos
*Con todo mi respeto,* pero creo que el experimento terminó en desastre. Las grandes obras maestras de la historia de la música no merecen ser manipuladas a placer de cada quien. Si no les agradan las obras como son, pueden elegir otras piezas del muy extenso repertorio para la guitarra, y no hacer esto que escuchamos.
no lo veo como un desastre pero definitivamente es un experimento, o como me gusta llamarlo: una curiosidad musical. La verdad también cansa ver cientos y cientos de guitarristas tocando (y mal) la misma versión de segovia, en mi opinión nada supera la versión original para violín pero estos experimentos tienen derecho a existir así ya no suene como Bach sobre todo por las voces agregadas y la armonía que no está en el estilo de Bach. Sin embargo muchos compositores han tomado de bach para escribir y existen muchos arreglos de la chaconne hechos a lo largo de la historia por grandes compositores.
great playing, wonderful arangement, fun to listen to, but my personal opinion is it's just too much ornamentation. Petra Polackova's version is the gold standard for Chaconne on guitar.
@@TheDouglasSeth Well, I've heard dozens of versions played by real artists on guitar, piano and other instruments. First of all, I know what I am talking about when I say it's the worst version ever - secondly, I dislike because I believe the opposite of what you said is true...
We miss Segovia performance. This performance is too boring and no dynamic at all, sound like harp, He didn't use the marvelous dynamic effects, vibrato and colorful that guitars already have. Also, the pitch one tone transported up with the guitar transporter made the sound too bright and lack of low notes. On the other hand, he exaggerated the use of ornamentation. 😖😖😖😖😖
OK fair enough that's your opinion but I'm happy to enjoy this version which takes a well trodden piece and injects an individual take on it - which I enjoy immensely.
I listened to the marvelous play of Chaconne by Alan Mearns keeping my breathing as low as possible while my soul wondered all over the world. Thank you so much, master Alan.
This is one of the most astonishing and refreshing takes on Chaconne in guitar history.
Completely agree..l most creative I’ve heard since Angel Romero’s version
And without the stupid barbaric accents at the beginning that everyone does without any musical sense.
Excellent ornamentation; fine transcription; fine accuracy; thin sound production.
Speachless and in awe! Such fluidity! You made us travel to another era! Thank you! Εύγε!!!
Astonishing- in interpretation and deliverance. Alan giving us a detailed explanation of his approach to trying understand and convey Bach’s intent is both revealing and incredibly inspirational.
Magnificent rendition! Thank you
Bach would be proud 🙏
a great idea to use Capo at 2nd fret to achieve lute sounding for JS Bach's Chaconne BWV 1004 and interesting and refreshing sounding lute music. Congratulation to Alan Mearn for this beautiful JS Bach music performance.
best version of Chaccone I've heard ever!
Bach+Mearns+Hauser=💕💕💕
Incredible ❤❤❤ If Nigel North once dreamt that Bach handed him a lute, then Bach surely has brought Alan Mearns a guitar 😀🥳 Best version and performance I've ever seen or heard 👍🏽🎶🎵🎶
근래 몇 년 동안 들어왔던, 그 많은 연주와 곡들 가운데, 단연 최고의 연주와 편곡이었습니다!
What a fresh view! 😳👏
多么完美的演绎！重新诠释了Bach的经典作品！
Esto sonó absolutamente barroco! Hermoso! Bellísimo arreglo!
"oh great, *another* chaconne!" I thought, but that was very foolish: this was incredible…
A masterpiece played on a masterpiece from the hands of a master. That was a remarkable musical journey.
Such a beautiful arrangement of this piece. Thank you so much for your deep explanation at the end. You brought up so many good observations. I always enjoy your arrangements, especially the Serenata Andaluza by Falla
Beautiful! Probably the greatest piece of music ever written for a solo instrument (albeit not the guitar) in a version so different from every other one us guitarists were used to, and very appealing indeed! A triumph of spirit over matter as a musicologist once called this chaconne, in a new version (Alan already had uploaded it some time ago), played on a Hermann Hauser I that belonged to the great Julian Bream! 👏👏👏
Magistral, une partition lumineuse, une interprétation très claire dans un son près du chevalet très « clavecin » avec une expressivité intense en prime.
Baroque art in general is meant to be flashy. While I love conservative 'by the book' interpretations, this is refreshing to hear. Seems like I am hearing a 'newly released' Bach piece. A living proof that classical music and innovation can co-exist.
Maestro Mearns. So singularly gorgeous. 🙌🏻
Magnificent! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
A thousand thanks!
Fantastic!!!
thanks for the short talk at the end, which was very instructive 👋 🙏
what an incredible version of the chaconne one of the best ive heard , brilliant
Beautiful performance as always from Alan. Those harpsichord like trills just floor me!
Beautiful. ❤
brother you have inspired
Alan Mearns is a genius
Beautiful!!! 🥰❤️
Wonderful !!!
This guitar has a really amazing sound
guy is a monster I always see him making variations just for fun sometimes he says he writes them in his dreams
Bravissimo!!
Really good performance and arrangement! The harp - like scales and 2 string trills give a more harpsichord sound to this originally written for violin piece ✌
BRAVO 👋
Es la obra por excelencia. La interpretación es sublime. Me recuerda a la versión de Robert Hill al clavicémbalo y a toda la escuela de teclado de Buxtehude (BuxWV 160). Enhorabuena!
Robert Hill is one of my heroes! ❤🙏
❤❤❤ Amazing.
This was absolutely stunning, truly beautiful
Phenomenal ❤❤❤
a beautiful guitar
The most significant reimagining of the Chaconne since Busoni! Mesmerizing
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A complete virtuosic performance
Astonishing...
I had the privilege to listen to this piece live. Thank you maestro!
Wow!
.....wow.
Alan Mearns’ arrangements are always so beautiful.
Bream would have said, "Hats off gentlemen, this guitar belongs to him now."
And then some...
Bream would have said ¨ where is the Chaconne¨ buried under a thousand unnecessary ornaments and extra harmonies .
@@lawrencetendler7747 Maybe autotune would better serve thy senses
Master guitarist
With so many ornamentations it ends up being a different work based on the Chaconne... technically incredible and with an amazing guitar.
Chaconne on guitar was a transcription from violin to begin with. Baroque music was supposed to be full of improvisation and ornamentation. In some way, one could argue this version may be closer to what Bach intended if he were to write Chaconne for guitar himself.
@@nasigil5928 The closest thing was what he wrote for violin...
La práctica musical durante el periodo barroco admitía una gran profusión en la ornamentación e improvisación. Está es solo una versión relacionada con esto. Me parece diferente, pero buena y válida. Como muchas otras que he oído en otros. instrumentos.
@@pascualodoghertycarame40 Sin dudas que es buenísima! Solo digo que me termina resultando otra obra, otra composición "inspirada" en la Chacona.
Creo que está en Mi menor (E minor) con el capo en II y afinada +/- 1/4 de tono hacia abajo (427, 430, ¡432!) aprox.
AMAZING
magic !!! thank you very very much 💖
Great!!!! 🎉🎉You have put a new life in this piece ❤enjoyed that a lot
Wait so Julian Bream had his initials inscribed on his guitar?
Welcome ornamentation appropriate to the period
Sounds bright in e minor. I'm thinking this would be even better on a spruce doubletop
God like cross string trills
Simply stunning!
Just a thought: Bach wrote this as part of a suite for solo violin. Therefore the tension of the single note melodic line is the supreme achievement that he aimed for. Chords are used sparingly and obviously not more than four notes per chord. There is beauty and balance in that. In my opinion an enlargement of the poliphony misses the whole point of what Bach was trying to do. Nevertheless I enjoyed Jean Rondeau's harpsichord version tremendously. This version is a revelation of the possibilities of the modern classical guitar. But still... for every gain there is a loss unfortunately I think.
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He has a Scottish/Irish/Sourthern US accent.
original !! et très intéressant bien joué, seule version de ce type ! belle maitrise et compréhension de l'oeuvre, très beau travail !! bravo !!
Charming! Thank you so much both for that breathtaking performance and for illustrating that masterpiece of luthiery so convincingly!
Reminds me of the inimitable version of Joquin Clerch the greate Cuban guitarist!!!
A lot to like and praise here for a piece I first played (quite imperfectly) 60 years ago and lived in my musical memory ever since. All the extra ornamentation was at first just unusual, but at the same time, reminiscent of the opening Aria in the Goldberg Variations. So, so far, so good. After a while, it became, to my ears, a bit annoying (not to mention, intimidating to play). I heard some wonderful dissonances brought out quite well in the arrangement. There is a bit of a issue with so much played on the upper frets, compared to the Segovia edition; not even this guitar can hide the intonation problems. Also, in the Major key section much was played near the bridge; didn't sound good to me.
magic
👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
Rafael Aguirre is the current best Chaccone player, in my opinion.
Very similar to Marco Meloni version
Having a room with tons of reverb and then priding yourself on no reverb seems a bit odd.
Natural reverb is gorgeous and we have a beautiful sounding room with great natural ambience. We pride ourselves on no added (digital/artificial) reverb. You're welcome to visit and see for yourself!
No me resulta agradable este arreglo taque toco esta obra , tengo el arreglo de Segovia y la escrita para violin por Bach, entre tanto ornamento se pierde el sentimiento de la obra prima la soberbia y no la humildad de un hombre profundamente religioso, le sobran casi 7 minutos que solo agregan distracción y no aportan,nada solo vanidad para mostrar sus conocimientos
No se trata de tocar la Chacona original, sino una variación basada en ella. Una búsqueda de armonías y contrapuntos fantasiosos, con remembranzas de ornamentos barrocos pero pensados en el instrumento.
A la manera de las composiciones basadas en piezas de diversos autores clásicos que hace el virtuoso del piano Marc André Hamelin.
No hay que compararla con la de Bach, sino gozarla como divertimento virtuosista.
@@javiersanchezdelabarquera4879 I agree wholeheartedly.
@javiersanchezdelabarquera4879 cuando tocas en público te sometes a su juicio la Chacona de Bach no es un divertimento, si a ti te gusta y además te parece bien, opinamos claramente en forma diferente
@@javiersanchezdelabarquera4879
Amigo. Hay que sentirse muy "valiente" para hacerle "arreglos" a una de las grandes obras maestras de Bach y dejarla sonando como música de circo.
Estoy de acuerdo con el comentario principal: hay mucha música que pueden manipular a su antojo, pero NO A BACH.
Saludos
@@CarlosAlvarez-v2tTotalmente de acuerdo contigo, Carlos.
Remarkable virtuosity but not that soulful to me. I’m not sure why. Maybe a few too many ornamentations.
*Con todo mi respeto,* pero creo que el experimento terminó en desastre.
Las grandes obras maestras de la historia de la música no merecen ser manipuladas a placer de cada quien.
Si no les agradan las obras como son, pueden elegir otras piezas del muy extenso repertorio para la guitarra, y no hacer esto que escuchamos.
no lo veo como un desastre pero definitivamente es un experimento, o como me gusta llamarlo: una curiosidad musical. La verdad también cansa ver cientos y cientos de guitarristas tocando (y mal) la misma versión de segovia, en mi opinión nada supera la versión original para violín pero estos experimentos tienen derecho a existir así ya no suene como Bach sobre todo por las voces agregadas y la armonía que no está en el estilo de Bach. Sin embargo muchos compositores han tomado de bach para escribir y existen muchos arreglos de la chaconne hechos a lo largo de la historia por grandes compositores.
great playing, wonderful arangement, fun to listen to, but my personal opinion is it's just too much ornamentation. Petra Polackova's version is the gold standard for Chaconne on guitar.
Superficial
Какая-то самодеятельность, а не Бах.
The WORST version ever!!!
Absolutely terrible!
C'mon man! You may not like it, but it is masterful, creative, and brilliant. Even if it is Bachian enough for you.
@@TheDouglasSeth Well, I've heard dozens of versions played by real artists on guitar, piano and other instruments. First of all, I know what I am talking about when I say it's the worst version ever - secondly, I dislike because I believe the opposite of what you said is true...
@@jackthegamer1828 Can we hear your version please?
What a terrible performance!
We miss Segovia performance. This performance is too boring and no dynamic at all, sound like harp, He didn't use the marvelous dynamic effects, vibrato and colorful that guitars already have. Also, the pitch one tone transported up with the guitar transporter made the sound too bright and lack of low notes. On the other hand, he exaggerated the use of ornamentation. 😖😖😖😖😖
OK fair enough that's your opinion but I'm happy to enjoy this version which takes a well trodden piece and injects an individual take on it - which I enjoy immensely.
Se escucha horrible destruyó a BACH es un farsante con pésimo gusto.
Rubbish
Ensèñense a escuchar música clásica:bola de aduladores.
disparates!