Jason Vieaux: Bach BWV 995 Prelude

[staccato012]

@pasigenyo you have to look at the consequences, don't care about technique..excellent version!!

[PmsPeace]

what is his guitar??

[nbisceglia1]

interesting hair style

[firenzeekii]

Its a great performance good work, it'd better without reading but its beatiful

[mdamondt]

where can i get music/tabs for this?!

[SinnerJakob]

@mdamondt search on classtab.com,i found that ;)

[pllphoto]

Ping Pong!

[juancho661]

I would love to obtain the sheet music...

[brtherjohn]

I have his Bach album. I think I may prefer it over Williams, Fernandez and Isbin. Great sounding guitar by the way! (Just needs a haircut! :))

[redhairgirl9]

DIOS MIOOOOOOO!!!!! Es un angel!!!!

[unagondolaunremo]

bravo!

[jamievillasenor]

horrible guitar

good technique dude, get a play a Tacchi or Warmer guitar

[jamievillasenor]

horrible guitar

[oxdrift76]

Just in case anyone is interested that's a spruce/cedar double top (sandwich top) Gernot Wagner guitar worth about 25gs. I can dream can't I?

[magica20]

beautiful guitar!!

[Orange1117]

Tiene muy buen sonido y claridad, la verdad es muy buen guitarrista, aunque debo de decir que su tecnica en la mano derecha es algo pobre, lo cual es algo lamentabla. En los guitarristas jovenes se ha perdido lo que es la estetica en la manera de tocar. Lo esencial y primordial es el sonido, pero tambien es muy importante la manera en que uno se ve al tocar.

[alejoduquero]

@Orange1117 la música es para escuchar no para ver.

[alejoduquero]

@Orange1117 la música es para escuchar no para ver.

[alejoduquero]

@Orange1117

[emendoza16]

@Orange1117 su comentario me recuerda al cine Peruano :-) Saludos

[emendoza16]

@Orange1117 Su comentario me recuerda al cine Peruano. Saludos :-)

[fhaifnv]

Lo importante es hacer música y hacerlo bien. 

[poupee58]

Rushed playing ,and the a notes sound much better played on the 4 th string 7th fret rather than on 3rd string 2nd fret

[mramosribeiro]

Well, Jason is one my favorites guitar players. unfortunately he was "jailed" on readind the score, so his ability as interpreter was diminished and could not be free. It should be a lesson to all great guitarist's: never play reading the sheet. 'cause it will end all like this: no color , no contrats, non "brigth vs smooth" playing . pity!

[archlutesmith]

He's got the best tone in the business, doesn't he? So rich and creamy. A real pleasure to listen to. I almost like him better than Goran sollscher. I don't know. It's a toss up. If I was stranded on a desert island ?......

[teevorian]

it hurts to listen to this version ... please put in a lot more emotions and dynamics.

[GuitarOddysey]

Is this his own arrangement? I wonder if anyone knows of another equally good performance in the original key of G minor.

[guidovg]

@GuitarOddysey I believe he is playing the Frank Koonce arrangements...

[Fagleboo]

This must be an arrangement of the 5th cello suite

[arrantartifact]

@Fagleboo Bach's "arrangement" for lute...

[GoOutStrange]

@Fagleboo Actually this is considered the 3rd Lute suite and it is essentially the same material as the 5th Cello suite, but interestingly enough, the Lute manuscript is in J.S. Bach's handwriting, and the Cello suite is in the handwriting of his wife(A. M. Bach) which likely means he wrote it for Lute first, as she was often his copyist.  A little known fact.

[DJtheband]

thats sounds really cool

[mcj3691]

this is absolutely incredible playing.

[jjgibson31]

great stuff. I saw him perform in Ft.Worth a couple years back.

[svetimarko2]

Flawless.

[Respectthewilderness]

sounds like studio recorded

[OktoberStorm]

When you record with a camera you can put a jack directly into the sound engineers mixer. This is a professional recording, but if you ever record at a concert ask the engineer if you can hook up directly to his mixer.

[JasperPieteraerents]

Great performance!

[davidcotos]

Bravo!!!

[kelborgui]

Sublime!!!

[sgtcrusher66]

simply amazing !

[punchy001]

@CrabtreeGuitar couldnt have said it better myself :)

[alexandre36749]

BRAVO

[Fourguitarra]

I'm crazy in Gernot Wagner guitar and his playing too.

[elizabetaspajic]

bravo:)

[ClassicalGuitarBlog]

I'm working on this suite right now. More inspiration! Great playing!

[Gusakov]

BRAVO !!!

[brahmsfirst]

High point: he is really listening to the counterpoint, the two melodic lines that some times are presented are very clear. Nevertheless its clear that the whole peace and his whole playing its not normal legato: every sound that he makes is followed by a very perceptible silence that comes before the next sound. This indicates a poor right hand technique.

[pasigenyo]

I would love to have his "poor right hand technique".

[proton58]

@pasigenyo

Thank you. I laughed out loud when I read the original comment.

[VTguitar88]

I'm sorry but that statement is obviously uninformed and frankly incorrect. Every guitarist strives for a clear articulation, a definition to each note. It is his amazing ability to vary and control these spaces, large and minute, that gives him such a wide expressive palette, not to mention rhythmic drive. Good name though, btw.

[brahmsfirst]

Well thankyou for the response. Well there is no one truth in guitar playing there are many schools. The predominant one states that guitar cannot be played in a pure legato form, and seeks to produce powerful and good sound by "cutting" every sound (so playing everything in an articulate way). Nonetheless there are other schools of guitar playing (that arent that just extended) that show you that the guitar can be played legato and articulation is a style or a taste choice.

[brahmsfirst]

Continuing I would say that is common that the chuitarist ear is deformed by years of cultural listening of guitarist that technically couldnt played legato. People just doesnt listen what is in there. Also, i think is relatively mediocre choice old school guitarist made when technical improvement accelerated through the years; they werent taught well but they maintained their status by narrowing the possibilities of the guitar and many students were taught not to seek what is "achievable".

[aclouti6]

The space between the notes also shows that he is preparing his right hand fingers, which helps him get that big sound.

[Dallardo]

The guitar is a Gernot Wagner, if i'm not mistaken, and its standard size. Yeah, that thumbnail/pingpong ball is freaky...But you can't argue with the results.

[6cuerdas6]

Great performance.

Bravoo

Cesar Amaro

5 stars

[AuntyHatties]

Don't look, listen.

[bzeliotis]

A very sensitive performance! Really liked the idea of using staccato notes in the faster fugue like section to bring out the subject.

Great guitar too. I don't see why he needs a bigger guitar since this is so playable and with such a great sound. Well done.

[Boldstrummer]

Sure makes it easier with a small scale guitar that has a huge sound. .

who made the guitar Tony Murray?

[RFeynman]

Superb.

[EmilyPlays0]

And he needs a bigger guitar :-)

and his finger nails are huge

[jargenlink]

Great playing I have tons of classical guitar videos on my site if anyone is interested.

[WineisyourFriend]

Brilliant, and from one of the nicest guys you'd ever meet. Bravo Jason. Glad to see you're not still using those bright orange ping pong ball nails on your thumb.

[svetimarko2]

superb sound

[carystrings]

Great interpretation. Before there was rock, there was Bach.

[RickMeister]

Great playing. Ridiculous haircut! Jason needs a new stylist.

[ricointx]

And he needs a bigger guitar :-)

[joshnavon]

Very, very good.

Only objection is that perhaps he uses too much vibrato in the first section.

[scrotobaggins]

....what can you say? I'll be waiting for this cd to hit i tunes eagerly, and hopefully there'll be a tour to support the album so I can hear it live.

[Deerse]

Magnificent , the new standard !