Butterfly Lovers Violin Concerto by Akiko Suwanai (part 1) 梁祝 小提琴协奏曲 诹访内晶子

[MrTiger9833]

This Japanese girl played better than loads of local Chinese!

[gnatural]

@sup20107 That is just not true at all, there are "crazy talented" even better violinist that come out of America.

[winrx]

This is technically polished but lacking in "soul" that makes for a great performance....

[wizzy101fan227]

i can play this song it is grade seven! :D it is so peaceful! :) makes me cry lol

[maywhiteflash]

I was very elegant, and a sound of Violin was fascinated by a performance to be full of dynamism. She is a circle

I boil it a thing of the angel whom I was made to employ from God and do it to flip Violin.

[timothychang2000]

She play' great! :)

[daiyuxiao1]

2:27 small error.

[amourkayanyan]

That 's good.

Though I still love Lu Si-Qing 's more .

[candevhec]

Très beau concerto, subtile, intelligent, enivrant. Love from Canada.

[YooJaeJoon]

in my opinion, butterfly lovers is a wayyyy more heartbreaking than romeo and juliet.

[blk12r2o]

she really gets it!!

[Luciferino]

Vuth95 yes please, I'd like the music sheet for this...

[wksun]

how ironic that a jap is playing this piece

[AUSmusical]

@wksun that's not irony, that's attraction

[888Eldon]

@wksun music is a kind of language of the whole world

[vuth94]

Does anyone Want the sheet music for this?

[liching716]

@vuth94

Yes please! Do you know where to get it? Thanks!!

[pc0832]

很高超的技巧~ 可是梁祝這種淒美婉約的愛情故事~ 還是溫柔一點演奏比較適合... 身子晃得太厲害了...~.~"

[superkiller2009]

WAYYY TOOO FAST! Defeats the whole purpose of the song

[picabb]

可以聽得出她真的很厲害 而且那把琴聲也真的很好聽 就算是youtube仍能感受到其威力 不過似乎表現的方式還是西洋了一點

[bboydinosaur]

@picabb 這把琴真的不愧為名琴 它的聲音會讓我中毒

[001Asoer]

I hear talking in the background.

[ThaiMatador]

"Dolphin" sounds veryyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy clear and nice and bright and etc.....

[imnotactuallythisold]

in my opinion, this isn't as great as Lu Siqing's version. Forgive me, I'm biased, I'm Chinese myself. However, the thing is, Lu captures the niceties and style of the piece better--the small accents and whatnot that constitute the Chinese style.

[TiagoHikaru]

IT'S DIVINE!!!

[dykstraw86]

seems a little rushed.

[CcCharlesW]

@dykstraw86 thats what some said about heifeitz

[jkgou1]

Need Akiko Suwanai dynamic violin to interpret this Chinese version

'Power of Love"

[trwwhnbc]

喜欢！好像比吕思清好！

I like this play which is better than Lv Siqing.

[yellotheemcee]

@trwwhnbc 当然啊！！他赢了tchakovsky 比赛！！

[sophiestupid99]

更喜欢吕思清的和中央乐团的演奏，演译得更含蓄，更细腻，更准确­，节奏也恰到好处。

[calculus90210]

sublime!!! one of the greatest virtuosos. However, not quite authentic or should i say oriental.

[babelulu]

wow that flute guy at the beginning is good with the beginning :D

she sound WONDERFUL!!!

[GeezerDookey]

Awesome

[wingklow]

I attended the lecture given by one of two composers of "Butterfly Lovers", Chen Gang, in the 1970's in San Francisco. He admirably revealed that the theme music of this piece was taken from a regional opera. Nothing wrong with that. Practically all great composers of the past borrowed.

After hearing all the fine violinists perform this piece on YouTube, it's easy for me, another violinist, to say Akiko Suvanai and Takako Nishizaki were superior to all others.

[TheSakeOfGod]

Does anybody know where I can cop a recording of this SPECIFICALLY played by Akiko? I'm hearing a lot of other violinists and they are weak sauce =(.

[SubZX]

is there a higher quality version that was recorded without the audience noise?

[chuisiuman]

梁山泊＋祝英台

[Ed0827]

是否日本人對梁祝有情意結，繼西崎之後，又一日本小提琴家演奏出­精采的梁祝！

[menkun2]

nice but if she got rid of the kun she'd sound better,

more like heifetz

[charlieau]

technique is good. But the interpretation is just not their. Chinese players play it better!

[ProdiG6]

One of the Best performance, super technique & very artistic, great style; very tasteful Chinese Glissando!!! BRAVO!

[Wmwkwan]

With the microphone on the violinist is so bloody loud and the echo so strong, it is like the voilin is singing in a karaoke box.

[jhm559]

Suwanai did an outstanding job, but check out Bin Huang performance. It might change your perception on a female violinist perspective.

[seremerow]

前半段聲音感覺好像沒有完全搭在一起呢!!

[xyxerus]

What bliss! If only I could play like this! In my dreams! You angel! x

[cksutoby]

Suwanai really did an excellent job in this. One of the best I've heard. Good job!

[Archigearour]

I seriously do not care about high art or whatever aesthetic imperfections there are in this performance. True art should be appreciated not just on the physical level, but salso on the abstract and meta-physical level as well.

If you choose to let the aesthetic qualities get in your way of appreciating the true spirit of this wonderful expression, it's your loss.

[lalala200200]

女小提琴家的确拉得比男小提琴家好。不过Akiko Suwanai 比黄滨差，特别是音乐表现(interpretation)方面­。

[sregnathan]

That"s VIOLIN MUSIC

splendid !!! Suwanai !!!!

[penguinpower888]

Maybe I can get Sheet for this.

=3 music

[vioano]

@lostpebble I posted things I heard as a question.If you call them blemishes and if there were 1 then I might be critical, but for 6 ... I respect others' comment and make no comments on them. Asking people to write in a way to your liking seems imposing. There are no-so-favorable comments but you didn't comment on them except 1. What's up? Didn't I say it's my preference? Preference is subjective. Why do I need to repeat others favorable comments? Let's relax & enjoy this concerto :-)

[lostpebble]

Is there such a thing as "perfection" !?

For those who is overly keen in being critical about blemishes of this performance, I ask that they also use their "acute ears" to pick points that she out performed other artists on this number. Well, if they can't, then there are other reasons for them being critical.

C'mon, We are waiting !!!!

[vioano]

@korming did I say "interesting"? (neutral tone), But u interpreted it as "strange". What I said is a fact. If she needs sheet music, it's indicative of something. What do u all think about p1 2:28, p1 5:28, p2 0:24, p2 5:59, p3 3:30, p3 5:17? Am I picky? You bet. Marsplasticwoman has pointed out a couple. It's all about personal preference.

[lostpebble]

I think this interpretation is excellent.

I have heard others who exaggerated the sadness too much to my liking.

Is it the best !? Probably not, but it is up there !!

The intrinsic sound of the violin is exquisite though.

[tigerlily166]

She is an world-class, excellent violinist, but she may not know detail of the story 梁祝, can't interpret the feeling through her violin.

[hannaremnant]

its pretty but the kick I get out of this visual performance is the orchestra but also Suwanai is a beautiful player

[korming]

@vioano

People who think it is strange for a professional to have sheets before her, and that it makes her less of a pro are obviously no professionals themselves.

It simply means that she hasn't played it as often as Lu has. Maybe Lu doesn't have sheets before him because he has played it so often for years that he is just automatically repeating the motions.

[CNFrostXY]

@korming You've made a bold statement.. It is generally a bad practice to have sheets in front of the soloist.

It dosn't take that many playing to be able to recall a piece from the unconsious.

When she have the sheets in front of her it generally means she hasn't touched the piece for at least the past few month or so and she needs the 'safety blanket' but it is extremely bad because it draws you back in focusing on your control of expressions.

[korming]

I think her version is better than Lu's. He very fact that she is female means that she is better equipped to express this piece. I actually got goosebumps listening to her playing.

[PensiveNoodle]

I don't think the orchestra matches up to Ms. Suwanai's interpretation. Why is the "story" being told in such a rushed fashion?

I still prefer Takako Nishizaki's 1978 recording with the Nagoya Philharmonic. Yes, it doesn't have the same speed, but T. Nishizaki's articulation draws out the raw emotion.

But OH the sound of that strad !! =)

[Marsplasticwoman]

I don't think things like "amount of emotion" can be determined. There's only preference. Akiko's version is beautiful, but I prefer Lu Siqing's. I think Akiko plays too fast, and although she moves around a lot and swings her body back and forth, the sound of her violin just doesn't inspire as much emotion in me. The acoustics of this auditorium are also much better than the auditorium in which Lu Siqing played, so she does have an advantage. I also think his bowing is more smooth.

[vioano]

Interesting ... a prof performing with music sheets in front of her. Check out Lu si-qing with Philharmonic Wien at the Golden Hall of Vienna. I found Lu's performance is more expressive.

[variousweetie]

No, Lu did not have the strength as a man should have; as a native chinese on this piece, he does not deserve much compliments.

[joejoevictor]

I agree. Lu did not show the characteristic of the heroine well as Akiko did though Lu might understand the whole story better.

[Studenthead]

@variousweetie I disagree. Listen again, you 'll find Lu is a much more refined artist. His interpretation has no rough edges as some other artist would. Just banging loud sound and showing lots of stength would not necessary make you an artist!

[imnotactuallythisold]

@variousweetie

i think he does. this piece is an auditory translation of the original tale, and the story itself is supposed to be very romantic and sweet. i feel lu did a much better job portraying the nuances of chinese music.

[chinpokomon661]

performing with or without music sheet shouldnt really matter i mean we are all interested in the sound and expressiveness of the music.

[kundalini76]

Really beautiful playing :) Saw her play at BBC Proms last night - Sarasate - Carmen / Ravel -Tzigane!! Really classy, elegant playing, never overdone, wonderful poise and control, absolutely ravishing 'bel canto' sound. Her playing seems to have a 'hidden' beauty - completely unselfconscious - not a trace of artifice anywhere - she's not 'trying' to sound beautiful, so we hear the fire inherent in the music. Absolutely 'herself' when she plays. Oh and that Strad is just incredible heard live 3>

[joejoevictor]

The whole music tells a sad love story,which is the chinese version of "Romeo and Juliet".

If you know more about the story,you will find that Akiko shows the emotion inside the story so well that she was like the "Zhu Yingtai",who is the heroine in the story.

[xyxerus]

@kundalini76 I wish i could have your understanding of music. Please don't take me the wrong way. Do you play/?