Biber - Passacaglia in G minor (Reinhard Goebel)

[PStewification]

Does anyone know why there are renditions of this in both G minor and C minor? Andrew Manze has a recording in C minor. Are they two different portions of the Rosary Sonatas?

[lonely270]

@PStewification I think Manze's rendition is in G minor and the rendition in C minor is for violists, not vioinists.

[kelvinmusic]

I LOVE basso lamento

[bigfoot97]

attention everybody... i accidently pressed dislike when i was turning up the volume. i know this song is amazing!

[Hailstormand]

I think this music and the picture both encapsulates what it means to be human: a sense of curiosity and a sense of wonder. And, since Biber was a contemporary of Bach, it could be Bach heard this and fired his imagination to pen the immortal 2nd Partita's Chaconne.

[vandewap0]

Doesn't it reminds you somewhat the great chaconne of Bach's 2nd partita for violin solo?

An hidden tribute from Bach to Biber?

[OldFashionedMama23]

*g harmonic minor, not natural minor. Sleep deprivation is rotting my brain....

[OldFashionedMama23]

Harmonic minor...sorry!

[OldFashionedMama23]

@Alec: It is in g minor. The e flat is written in the music, and the f sharp (leading tone) is also indicated in some editions, specifically indicating g natural minor. Hope this helps!

[heymul25]

Somebody's got a pipeline to the muses.

[guarneri20]

This is the most extraordinary interpretation of the passacaglia. A real piece of art.

R. Goebel either on the podium or with violin makes real music.

[CaptainUnpredictable]

...and i'm feeling good.

[Cormcolash]

I had no idea Justin Bieber was this incredible!!!

[alecegonce]

Is it on g minor or d because I have the music to this and it has only one flat.

[JacobsteinIX]

@alecegonce could i have the music ?? plz

[mariuszpianoman]

Mathematical...

[KaptainSparta]

@mariuszpianoman ?

[zengi7]

I can't believe that Biber is not more popular.

[MyZenzero]

E' musica di una purezza adamantina e, al tempo stesso, di una sensualità sconvolgente.

[Zintzieh]

I'm sorry, please don't kill me, but the composer's name is just way too close to Bieber... still, it's a beautiful piece, and I can only think of one other song that is remotely comparable.

[Viahandel06]

I first heard this on Oedipus Coloneus's account, and when it was taken down, I thought I wouldn't hear Goebel's redition of this piece again.

Whiteocean78, I salute thee :')

And then as now, this piece has a melancholy feel that is borderline sensual and full of spiritual ecstacy. (sighs) this brings me to tears.

[yourforte]

Beautiful music. Why does it somehow seem appropriate to have a picture of a nebula accompanying it?

[whiteocean78]

@yourforte I loved listening to Gregorian Chant, or solo string music by Bach looking up the night skies when I was in highschool. I would imagine myself floating around in the space passing by the stars and nebulas when I listened to them. I felt the same way when I listened to Baroque music or early music, and when I see the beautiful, primeval pictures of the universe. Maybe because there are same purity in their artistic beauty?

[yourforte]

@whiteocean78 I think there's something of the sense that this is timeless music.

[in0a0landscape]

@whiteocean78 This is indeed something so poignant to listen to this touching passacaglia against the vast realms of the universe. Are there hidden something unseen in our existence, which this music seems to relate to? I have always wondered that all the best music comes from somewhere "out-of-this-world". It doesn't exist anywhere I can imagine (I mean not the actual sounds, but the aesthetical essense of it), and yet I hear it...