Gil Shaham, Bach - Gavotte en rondeau

[vance7274]

Bach... genius... Shaham... master.

[TheComedydude1]

IT'S A BATTLE OF THE VERSIONS!!!!!!

If you prefer this guy's version to Hilary's, thumbs up.

PLEASE VOTE!!!!!

[TheComedydude1]

IT'S A BATTLE OF THE VERSIONS!!!!!!

If you prefer Hilary's version, thumbs up.

PLEASE VOTE!!!!!

[TooThumbsUpp]

awww yeeeah :) 

[machines0fdog]

ah

yeah

[fishtankstudios661]

Fantastic rendition...bravo!

[TheComedydude1]

He is fantastic. If you're playing this for your diploma exam, thumb this up. One more thing: is this him playing on the same day as he's playing the barber concerto?

[rodiscool99]

@TheComedydude1 im playing this for grade 8, its sooo hard though :(

[TheComedydude1]

@rodiscool99 Cool! I didn't know this was grade 8 as well as diploma. When you do diploma you have to play the loure as well.....AAAAARGH.......the loure is so hard............and this too!!

[Hugemack15]

This sounds way too angry...



[skelvator]

the whole orchestra is pwned to the mind of his awesomeness

[renumeratedfrog]

It sounds almost Irish....

[NmAlRs]

bravooooooo gil saludos

[meinmusik58]

woahhh amazing!! his sweat is even dripping down his violin!!!

[FYSY123321]

BRAVO!!!!

oh people can't you simply shut up??

don't you know this is not an easy piece to play??!

[pearlington26]

why is every single guy out there bald?? o_O

[memoweb01]

@pearlington26

hahaha

[KillPr0wl]

I love his facial expressions when he plays :P

[BeautifulThrix56]

1:38 his violin is all wet

[Pianopianoplay]

People - enjoy the music! Why can't you appreciate what the musician has accomplised without being so critical? For any musician to play a piece of music in front of a crowd and under pressure is an amazing task all by itself. Please do not critized the man unless you have a video tape that proves that you performed the same concert equally as well or better.

[1978ajax]

Damn good IMO, but please compare to Jaap Scroeder's performance on CD.

[laurence911911]

Pretty good!!!! or should a say awesome

[cosmos680]

Wow

[elmetrosexual72]

2:57 WRONG NOTE HAHAHAHA!

[Jazzanswer]

@elmetrosexual72

The piece ends at 2:45.

Where did he play the wrong note?

On the way to the dressing room?

[elmetrosexual72]

@Jazzanswer  hahaha i know! i was joking haha

[RighteousLoaf]

that is not sweat on the violin, but the tears of a man who has cracked the theory of music to the finest.

[klezmerish]

that is true, he is one of the best. amazing talent and i just love his expression and the way he enjoys playing. started studying this today...

[HIMADESU223]

Now, back to I was saying....This is Brilliant!!!

[HIMADESU223]

@FuwkBorrks So Why are you watching this if you think its "PHILTHIER THAN MY DICK?"

[TheMrdonmessi]

@FuwkBorrks are you stupid

[OLIVCHEN77]

@Kurasso who cares?

[OLIVCHEN77]

He is a genius.....

[NelluNellu]

12 people are just jelous

[OnTheOtherSide83]

The cricket in James and the Giant Peach. :D

[hakucyo1]

Bravo!!!!!!!!!!

[prathijamusic]

That just put a smile on my face and really made me appreciate beautiful music :)

[ChucklezTM]

Being a girl, I've never understood how guys can perform with all of that clothing. Padded shoulders, two longsleeved shirts, long pants, and then everything is black... Us girls, we get to wear dresses that are single- layer and sometimes have short sleeves. Yeah, it's kind of hard to get a dress with a skirt big enough for a cellist, but watevs. :D

Great performance!!!

[Flexkill]

Sweat on his violin x.x but woow hes amazingggggggggggggggg

[ViBach9]

so so beautiful!

[TheSquelzy]

i have to do this for my grade 8!!!

[MoesTube1]

Amazing how one little fiddle can fill an entire concert hall (played by the right person of course) and he's giving new meaning to Sweatin to the Oldies! Shaham always makes it look so easy it's a little surprising to see so much sweat on his fiddle. He's great.

[oo00Violin00oo]

omggggg look at his violin !!!

[supertrululu1]

@oo00Violin00oo O.O he's sweating?!?!

[oo00Violin00oo]

@supertrululu1 yeah too must !

[heifetz87]

too fast for me !!!

[crackerpm]

beautiful!

[beforedawn57]

This piece truly deserves its place on the Voyager Golden Record. Just hope someone out there will be able to listen to it once. It´s too beautiful to fly through time and space in silence.

[CcCharlesW]

is that sweat on his violin @ 1:35?

[bulbasaurrrrrr]

@CcCharlesW Probably lol

[Enix5548]

Where is the pulse? The tempo is also too fast... the listener actually has to work their minds to comprehend the piece. Great intonation and passion but structure must come first before musicality.

[cdiviolon]

@Enix5548 - i totally agree!

[umpittar]

penis

[TwelfthRoot2]

From 1:10 to 1:13 is the heart and soul of Bach, and I love how Shaham cracked a little smile when playing it. I bet he couldn't have kept a straight face no matter how hard he tried :) and that's the beauty of Bach and classical music in general.

[elosito1999]

pura calidad

[airplanelova93]

Isn't that sweat on the violin bad for the varnish?

[ca1cifer]

@airplanelova93 Hey, a musician's gotta do what a musician's gotta do.

[lilyuki13]

Outstanding! Memorizing the whole music that they have to play is so amazing.

[mspudds22]

this was in james and the giant peach!!!!!!!

[nevernateofkamal]

i love the sweat on the violin. He is truly the greatest. He can sound flawless, while still not sounding effortless. People who play effortlessly do so as they sacrifice the sound of someone in true control, like shaham. effortless of ten can equal mindless.

[wertyu311]

sağlam tonu var beğendim

[fastfuriousfingers]

don't like the string crossings

[heifetz87]

too fast !!!!

[TheUsuarioyo]

Very clean, we can listen al the notes without " notas falsas"

[hnk777]

Too forceful and tempi too eratic for Bach.

[VicariousWieniawski]

i love this interpretation!

[amabilis77]

@ all those ppl who are hating on this guy cause of his "weird" facial emotions:

FUCK YOU. The day you can play like that - with impeccable execution - please come back and comment again. Otherwise, go to hell, honestly, you ppl always feel you need to criticize something...

[TokyoMewMew96]

This is awesome.How long does it take to learn how to play this song?Cause i want to learn how to play it.And where can i get the music notes/sheet?Please reply thank you.

[fayewolfie]

@TokyoMewMew96 ummm... years.

[lekmioas]

I know Bach turns in his grave when he hears his great work abused like this. I find nothing beautiful in a tasteless performance like this. C'mon give me hell for this comment.

[meino11]

a true musician doesnt worry about things like the face when they play music

[Bluemango123]

I recall hearing this song in the movie James and the Giant Peach. Played by the Old Green Grasshopper.~ I had always wondered what song it was!

[23anastacia23]

really really nice..but his face.. :( it's not good.. I play the violin too, this is important what you do with face..

[StradAmatiViolin]

I love the trills. I think that's just talent not the violin though the violin is great I think it's a stradivarius.

[Mr150897]

i love this piece is fantstic ¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡ is very beautiful.

[ViolaObsessionable]

I'm sorry, beautiful, incredible, amazing, all of the above, but seriously...his face. I will be a professional musician later in my lifetime, but never will I make faces like that...or move my eyebrows in that fashion

[BozVar26]

0:48 !!!

[19daydreamer93]

wow. this was my favorite recording of this song so far. that was beautiful! so beautiful.

[anAminorviolinst]

Does anybody know where i can find this piece, possibly a Schirmers collection or something?! its beautiful.

[dillmon1]

i also like the guitar version on sims 3

[MrTheviolindude]

mediocre

[Uniqiuen]

Do pro violinists have shoulder rests?

[kimisizer]

@Uniqiuen It's just a matter of preference; many professionals do not use them because they do not want to damage their precious Stradivarius and some believe it alters the sound.

[Uniqiuen]

@kimisizer Then how do they do vibrato?

[kimisizer]

@Uniqiuen What do you mean? You can do vibrato on a shoulder rest; in fact, it's one of the first things you learn how to do. A shoulder rest doesn't change the difficulty of vibrato.

[DD7n]

@kimisizer What's a Stradivarius?

[kimisizer]

@DD7n A Stradivarius is a violin made by the renowned Stradivari family during the 17th and 18th centuries. They are the most expensive violins in the world and are mainly used by professionals. Since they are old and fragile, people prefer to use a cloth rather than a shoulder rest.

[19daydreamer93]

@Uniqiuen he did.

[voxhunden]

This piece is like a little girl who knows everything better. Beautiful, but a bit annoying sometimes.

[CYKTbaby]

It was soooo difficult 2 play this song!

[sosome57]

I tried to learn the violin once. How people get that incredible sound out of the instrument still baffles me. My cats are damn glad I gave it up!! Superb performance. Thanks for sharing.

[marsim92]

that's a really nice performance.... I like very much Gil Shaham

[CHOCOMINTx3]

niceee . Oya , this guy reminds me of mr bean . haha

[duhhh86]

bravo!

[DemoneSparda]

Bravissimo

[DefinitelyDisney]

AMAZING! I do believe there is a tear in my eye!

[Maro0117]

WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAT?

That was incredible

[jtbovis]

If some form of extraterrestrial life exists and happens to intercept the Voyager space probe, this is one of the pieces of Earth music they will be lucky enough to hear :)

[maydarkruleoverlight]

Im amazed about that he learned the whole song.

[felixmendelssohn]

This is one hell of a performance of a deceptively difficult piece.

[annemike1945]

Another very great Bach-player: Arthur Grumiaux. (Too ol dfor Youtube?)

Anna

[GRENYER25]

OMG

[jamescelloboy3333444]

his playing is really good! he articulates all his notes and is very clean. tis piece is really difficult to play though.

[poupoule22]

The sounds is so.... PERFECT!!!

[goethethegreat]

A touch romantic for my taste, yet wonderfull none the less.

[violatione]

Yeah I'm with you. You should listen to Emmanuele Baldini play it. I think it will be more to your liking.

[goethethegreat]

Thanks for the recommendation. I liked the Baldini interpretation, however, I think that Shahams clarity, technical ability, note individuation, and form, are considerably superior to Badini's. Stylistically speaking, I think that Baldinis perfomance (particularly the first minute and a half) is too 'italian', this is after all is Bach. As I said previously, Gill's performance is a touch romantic for my taste, but it is superb overall.

[violatione]

Yes Gil is the better fiddle player. Bach's dance music is supposed to be played in the italian style after all these pieces are Italian dance music. If find that if the interpretation of Bach is too austere, It can create an overabundance of gravitas and cause stodginess.

[goethethegreat]

One of the primary ideas to keep in mind when it comes to Johan's music, is balance. A phenominal balance in between the intellect, and the emotions, texture, and substance, 'light', and 'dark', softness, and hardness, vulnerability, and trengnth (obviously, there are exeptions). I think that Baldini's perfomance is too (<key word) 'italian', in that it (the piece) loses some of it's Bachian character. In some of Johan's music austerity is a quality (again, not too austere). (cont...)

[goethethegreat]

I think that the violinist that best epitimizes johan's sentiment, is the preeminant Nathan Milstien. (in the above post, I meant that [too] is the key word.)

[violatione]

Milstein was definitely one of the greatest violinists of the 20th century. My favorite Bach performers are Hahn (for the violin concertos) Mullova (all around) and Gringolts (for Sonatas and Partitas).

[goethethegreat]

I think that milstein is the grates Bach player, (that I have ever heard) for concertos, sonatas and partitas, and of course overall.

[tirmaa]

Great ! :)

[l0oNINAo0l]

beautiful.

[a0938696789]

The sounds are clear,

and his violin is wonderful.

[violinmusicfan]

beautifully subtle and conservative.

[emran90]

i just love this piece plus gil shaham in my opinion is one of the best vioiln players our planet has

[LuisXVILostSoul]

@emran90 no exageres

[Andreioto]

com´s tod quere prestiss esm and low level . heym.

[triBond151]

it's just the lights that make it shiney-so amazing!!!

[Sicamor1]

Well his violin is nevertheless than an Stradivarius!!!!. He get a perfect sound and he transmit the pleasure of the interpretation. In my opinion Szeryng and Shaham are for my taste the best!!

[JDBMW1]

Out of curiosity does anyone know if Gil ever dropped his violin? The reason why I'm asking is that I was wondering, are the parts that look watery on the front of his violin sweat, or are they re-patches of varnish due to severe cracking?

[genmaximus110]

It's hard to tell.  It almost looks like sweat that came from his face and dripped onto it, not that Gil himself looks sweaty.

[winstonjb121]

sweat

[triBond151]

sorry, i am wrong. it is just sweat-thats bad for the violin!

[Stringy007]

Sweat won't hurt even a strad if it isn't on the violin too long.

[triBond151]

its sweat

[sijas]

my violin sounds just like his!

[farisindonesia]

how much does it cost?

[ericgable]

why are you telling us the price of your instrument?

[MoesTube1]

AAAAAH Bravo!!!!!

[Jedum]

I love this guy!!!

[Kyoko328]

absolutely beautiful!!!

^.^

[freeyourcrt]

@2:10. whoa!

[evelynliu202]

what's wrong?

it's sounds pretty baroque :P

[freeyourcrt]

Wrong?! Who said "wrong."

Very difficult passage and a real finger mangler imho and he cruises right through it/ Brilliant.

[evelynliu202]

@freeyourcrt i was prob refferring to a deleted comment

[tomasfd]

bellisimo (italian accent)

[MGDILANDAO]

el violin  que toca es el Comtesse de Polignac de 1699 ?

[gvn933]

This is the best interpretation of this piece i have ever herd.

[jadireco]

I´d like to play like that but i am just a human being . Amazing

[pinkpiggy2009]

What a beautiful sound he makes.....

[nycfemale2008]

true talent.

[xteffx]

that sounds soooo pretty. He makes it sound and look so easy but its not lol

[Anitanotes]

Perfect

[jadireco]

I´m speechless , That partita is absolutely wonderful , i use to play violin since my childhood and i love Johann Sebastian Bach´s partitas

[guitarheadforlife]

Beautiful. I'm playing this for my Allstate solo and it's amazing to see the double stops that have been giving me so much trouble being played so easily.

[xdeath2comex]

Oh i love this song. His vibrato is so beautiful, and he plays those double stops with such ease. This was just beautiful.

[gvn933]

i really like the violin he's playing.

[zhoudaniell]

is that sweat on his violin?

[sea9023]

This piece was sent aboard the Voyager space craft as a sample of music from earth. Right now, it's traversing the vast interstellar space en route to the nearest star.

[LegionMCR]

en rondeau is en route

[despina41]

Ok, I buy this tempo. I'm used to hearing it a little slower, but it still makes fine musical sense. I'd also like to hear how he structures tempos in an entire Bach partita.

[cngsimpson]

thanks, this is perfect compared to some others that I've listened to.

[samirberardo]

His vibrato is wonderful. When I read the comments I thought it'd be really fast, but I think it's absolutely fit to the song. The interpretation to me is all sweet. I've heard Hillary Hahn's version and I remember it being even faster. But to me it doesn't matter at all. It's great.

[cguitargoogle]

Why some part sounds like two violin play ?

[goorioles747]

he plays on 2 strings at once (called a double stop)

[dosergiobr]

it is not 2 violins, just 2 strings at the same time with harmonized notes

[goorioles747]

AHHH its sooooo fast!!

I have to admit, I like Hilary Hahn's interpretation much more :(

[tonyshu9]

wow!

[itosikyle]

Can't anyone just listen to the music for once without critisizing their music for once.

[Robin3794]

it's a bit fast...but impecable technique

[see1069s]

he Technique is so good.I can't believe.

[sexyleeches]

Oh my god!!!!

I can see some water on his violin.

Is that gonna be fine?!?

[NewYorkHarpTrio]

Great Technique, as the whole Shaham family has...

[Sularaie]

anyone know what kind of violin he plays? i'm guessing a Stradivarius

[LiamMallon]

Shaham plays a Stradivarius violin from the "long pattern" period, the "Comtesse de Polignac" of 1699. It was offered to Shaham on loan, in 1989, by the Stradivarius Society of Chicago (it belongs to a private collector).

Source: Wikipedia

[issavestheworld]

Actually, Shaham now owns the 1699. He brought it from the Stradivari Society years ago.