Bach - Sarabande in D minor - Anne-Sophie Mutter

[musicalix]

I think the crystalline beauty of the last note got even her by surprise.

[MegaLajeunesse]

Magnifique un Bach de rêve. Ne pas avoir peur d' utiliser le violon moderne jusqu' au bout de ses possibilités sans jamais perdre la grande ligne.Sublime

[swamiaseem]

-vor-allem Bach haben wir soviel zu verdanken, that`s to say: indeed - it is to Johann Sebastian Bach, we do owe so much:Bach: forever!

[PerlaJF]

wow!



[1monayoussef]

Beautifuly played and I love Voline, best wishes

[Bunnybumbui]

ça me fait dresser les poils... MAGNIFIQUE !!!

[Aurobindesbois]

@Bunnybumbui de bachbe ? désolé!!!:)

[intormentis]

What a terrific artist and what incomparable stage presence

[swamiaseem]

Reine Schönheit,pure beauty, "Innehaltung" as well as brilliance indeed!

[swamiaseem]

Reine Schönheit- pure beauty and reflection, "Innehaltung" as well as brilliance indeed!

[criszimba]

excelent , magic GOOd bless

[FerranGirart]

Música en estado puro. Interpretación excelente.

[Tenorlyrico89]

zu viele köche verderben den brei....(too many cooks addle the food)

[robchuckrob]

I would think resting the violin on her bare shoulder would maybe have a muting effect. Or is it insignificant?

[sprygeoffreya17]

@robchuckrob What would not be insignificent, to me, would be if I were resting on her bare shoulder.

[guitardude1243]

Definitely impressive to play, but it's so difficult to grasp how a person is able to compose this in their head.

[matitreum]

Danke für die Zugabe! Sehr schön eigentlich! 

[alanpriceisgool]

Damn, girl..........

[eder1959]

Parabéns pelo vídeo. É isso que está faltando para o ser humano. O homen moderno infelizmente deixou de apreciar as coisas belas da vida...

[NimbleTurtle13]

Nice open sound and vibrato in the appropriate pieces.

[elvin211]

bravissima.

[TheJohn1568]

Great detail,great detailed playing... wonderful... she always has her own unique phrasing...

[musiclas1]

@isaax141 Ca serait vraiment débile qu'une musicienne allemande jouant un morceau allemand devant un public et un orchestre allemand parle anglais !

[isaax141]

@musiclas1 oops, I made a mistake, I didn't realize, my mind made me a prank jijijjii, thank you :-)

[CodyCEngdahl]

I would totally do her...for the record....

[dropsoffaith]

@unnoticedpasserby

Right on!

[musicalix]

No shoulder rest, no shirt, no coat, no handkerchief.... just naked flesh in contact with the violin. Maybe, just maybe, is that intimate touch that allows her to project such sounds and the result is so beautiful that she is touched to tears at the end... Just an idea.

[deepestrick]

btw it doesnt make any sense if you dont see it in an bad and an good way which can mean anything you make of it yourself. words are drugs im propaganding now

though it is the truth :O pP ? i dunno what im doing here now anyway bzzzzzzzzzzzzzy

[deepestrick]

music is only what you want it to be and what you make of it. it can be a deafening sound of war to if you want it or it can stroke your gentals and leave you like it was never there with the difference that the one is a throw against and the other is a stroke within both have each good and bad and could not excist without each other. Thats why music is only a verse of someones feelings feelings are allways the truth the truth is allways in motion which makes that it can only be seen by sofferi?

[snippydude]

Let me quote Roger Waters :)

"In the finished article, the only thing that's important is whether it moves you or not. There's nothing else that's important at all".

The same applies here. And I don't think that anyone can seriously say that this was not a moving performance! Who cares about a non-baroque vibrato??

[mikakrstic]

She had tears in her eyes at the end...

[mikakrstic]

Oh and I almost forgot, she plays GERMAN, precise like a brand new BMW

[mikakrstic]

Finally someone that plays Bach with RESPECT, DIGNITY and TASTE of UNDERSTANDING its UNIVERSAL POWER. She gave her best and she doesn't sound like many violinists-musical industry pornographers.

God bless her.

[igorSABOTAGE]

adoro musica clasica e particula mente adoro violino e violão celo

[Jacqueline3298]

YES!

[888Frosch]

Ich hasse diese Frau. Mein Hirn spielt genau das.

[jameslhenry100]

Great song. That kind of sounded likme a song for violin from Vivaldi.

I liked the music a lot. Thanks.

[vigodel]

simplemente bellisimo

[camrl]

@The19950404 ことは、あまりにも、私の友人私の考えです。ブラジルからさよな­ら。（とGoogleの翻訳のおかげで）。

[Xargxes]

Awesome video, thanks for the upload :)

[jserranoes]

Maravilloso. Tuve el placer de oir esta pieza ayer tocada por Anne Sophie en el Auditorio Nacional de Madrid. Inefable. Bellisimo. Un autentico lujo con el que nos obsequio despues de interpretar a Dvorack.

[82224561]

When took place this concert?is not recent is'n it

[Judexy22]

That's so beautiful !

[frankcisyarmi]

Anne Sophie Mutter!!!!! que bellisima version ese sonido te arranca el alma

[pietalpha2]

played on her "Emiliani" Strad.

Wonderful!

[TheHackfy]

Yes,,this is the music. I'm very happy to hear Bach played in any way and by anybody instead that "boom-boom" -junks that are played around....

[ilovezuerich]

she is crying!

[jkgou1]

a great solo

it pleases everybody.

[tattaglia]

@dropsoffaith I've always said the same that you. how can a musical critic o whatever know how Bach or whoever played their compositions. They should stop being that elitist and snobish. Enjoy music. And give positive critics to performers. Anyway, let's enjoy Bach - Vivaldi or Ravel without preudices.!

[juuja1]

who Don't like it at the play itself

[dropsoffaith]

No one really knows how music was really played in baroque times. . . there are only theories that have been carried through time as fact. No one has the right to be elitist about music being played a certain way. if you want to hear Bach without vibrato then don't listen to contemporary artists. Listen to artists who only play on original instruments. Then you won't have to urge to spew elitist and pretentious speech. There are no set rules to music. No matter what anyone may think.

[dolofonos]

@dropsoffaith The Great Composers would disagree with you, as even the lightest investigation into their written opinions and even music itself blatantly shows; think as you wish.

[dropsoffaith]

@dolofonos

Even so, it would still be an argument of opinion. And that to me is politics. If music were to be played in just one style or fashion there would be no room for artists to leave their mark. Which you know is just absurd especially due to the fact that there are so many soloists who all play the same music. You may think as you wish, but there are no set rules to music. Theory is exactly that, theory. Think outside of the box.

[dolofonos]

@dropsoffaith You have the convenience of saying these things of music after it has been created through the strictest attention to order. If the men who created this music thought as you do, this conversation should not exist anymore than the music itself.

Say: 'I am able to enjoy the inferior because it is still good and pleasant to me'. Do not say: 'All music is equally good'. And especially not of music founded upon the very opposite of such a concept!

[dolofonos]

@dropsoffaith Also, you are using the term 'opinion' as a synonym for 'preference'. This is a great error; 'opinions' have sentenced men to death and began wars on nations--an opinion is no mere thing! Secondly, you use the term 'theory' as a synonym for 'hypothesis'. This is also a great error; 'theory' is not formulated lightly, and is integral to the creation of music, especially as heard here. Much of importance may not be fact, yet upon fact opinions and theories are made!

[dropsoffaith]

@dolofonos

Haha, you're silly. I am not going to argue with you. Music is all about taste and how it hits your ear. Just because it doesn't follow "strict order" doesn't mean that it isn't valid. And if I did enjoy "inferior" music I wouldn't call it inferior. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. And you are a bully for trying to make people feel inferior because they like music that you deem inadequate.

Good day to you Madame. Good day.

[dolofonos]

@dropsoffaith I cannot say I am disappointed, for you have not presented one argument yet.

[dropsoffaith]

@dolofonos

It must be nice living in a world that is so black and white. . .

[jehovahuponyou]

@dropsoffaith - I AGREE, BUT THERE A FEW MEXICANS IN MY HOOD, OH WELL!

[dropsoffaith]

@dolofonos

Also, I believe that there is a reason that these pieces have thrived and endured the test of time. It is their ability to adapt to modernity. If the works of great composers were confined to the time and style that they were written, then clearly they wouldn't still be played hundreds of years later. They have been able to reinvent themselves and survive with essence intact. Music is a right not a privilege. We cannot be elitist. Music's first purpose is to entertain.

[ryan82scott]

@dropsoffaith Consider reading "Analysis and Value Judgment" by Dahlhaus. A thick text on musical criticism, but well worth the time.

[gillan5]

A lot of specialists here you can lecture even a Anne Sophie Mutter on the her playing. Classic fans can be a real pain in the ass.

[TheTigarsBOY]

カラヤン没後20周年記念コンサートですね。

[egonsky]

Who says jou cant use vibrato in baroque? secondly she has a romantic violin and bow, Can you imagine a bach aria by a soprano who doesnt vibrate?? The same on the violin

[daniluzzu]

@egonsky Actually vibrato is not a problem here, she is in fact using it much less than when performing non baroque repertoire. In baroque performance vibrato is simply used as an embellishment on some notes rather than being a standard component of the sound of each note; this is what's she does here. It's a beautiful performance for modern violin standards although the sense of sarabanda dance is not there and the musical approach is romantic and little has to do with the affect of the piece.

[piiliite1]

@egonsky well,ofcourse You can use vibrato in baroque music,but that vibrato should be smaller,becouse in that century,hey had big and awkward bows and they havent violin bridge,so the playing wasnt comfortable and they could use a vibrato and show dinamic differences so much.

[RediForKing]

@egonsky actually I can imagine a bach aria sung without vibrato. It:' called historical performance

[NimbleTurtle13]

@egonsky The vibrato from the baroque period does not sound like the vibrato we use today. The main reason Baroque players avoided vibrato was because it drastically changed the pitch of the note (back then) on fretted instruments. To me, vibrato has the potential to reveal colors evident in Bach's music; however, the vibrato should blend together with the piece, instead of revealing its presence. I think the way Mutter plays here is very good and her vibrato is acceptable (most of the times).

[YNGVIRTUOSOVIOLIST]

@egonsky Why are you being a hater? Sophie is playing this very well.

[elisabeth717]

@egonsky The Bach aria without vibrato would be beautiful...I think...at least as I imagine it.

[newyorkmusic72]

Too much vibrato! It's baroque, and I know it's 'in' right now, but I despise baroque played romanticly.

[aljazeerkazan]

@newyorkmusic72 Well, there are two schools of thought on baroque. One is that there was little to no vibrato at all, including vocal music. The second school of thought is that there was vibrato after all. Most instruments were created to imitate the human voice, and the violin is no different. The soprano voice (in which the violin was created to imitate) uses vibrato naturally. So why shouldn't those instruments? Just a little something for you to consider.