menuhin plays bach

[AmadeuSitoW]

EPIC 1:48

[paulostroff99]

@Nattenatt -No longer an atheist after hearing this performance.Now I know that there is a god in heaven-AE said.

[the4smiths]

This is absolutely Heaven...no other way to describe it...I love this performance and wish I could find the entire video???

[the4smiths]

Absolutely love this!!!

[betoms01]

12 persons would not recognize Pele playing in a chinese football team

[matthiashaenni]

That is great!

[goodheartlove]

מדהים

[kammermusiken]

I believe he had probably the finest instrument of all Strads plus a very genuine approach to the violin which makes this violin really sound like a singer, so close to the human voice, it's hardly believable that this is the sound of an instrument and not of a soprano.

[giuseppeguarneri]

There is a GOD in Heaven.

[pitelduboski]

no ha habido violinista en mi opinion con mas sentimiento tocando!! Menuhin gran genio!!!!

[alrax93]

Listen to Menuhin everyday and I want to believe that the world will change. Great musician, great man and amazing performance.

[usertyfoon]

очень проникновенно!!!!

[operalament]

i saw vladimir spivakov and ruggiero ricci both from the front row seat 107 at carnegie hall, both were extraordinary performances, but in passion, the pale beside this man.

[donnyab]

is that Staad or G-Staad

[harryvasco]

QUIEN FUE EL HIJO DE PUTA Que NO LE GUSTO ESTA CAN CIÓ?? ES LO MAS

SI ABRE LLORADO CUANDO MURIÓ

[worldviolist]

right around 2:56 must be one of the most powerful moments in all of music... and Menuhin realized this better than anyone who ever recorded it. wonderful.

[kwastormayt]

DongHyek Lim played a very good piano version, but they deleted all his vids, dont know why? Menuhin is one of the best feeling violin

[StellaBCM]

THANKS BACH!!!!

[Jughand]

@StellaBCM LOL hear hear

[ViolinistTB]

The Best

[shiveringflower]

Heartachingly beatful playing by a truly beautiful human being.Sadly,sadly missed.

[ShinAkiraX]

From 1:48, is the only time when the sound of a violin, its dense richness and power sounding from this tiny body, becomes more powerful than the organ. This why I love the Baroque and Bach, for the greatest piece of music has been written, and never will it be written again

[JoaquinSabines]

I would like to would like to own a copy of this entire performance, does anyone know where can I get it?

[yundzhel]

look the coment of Jacob8212 and fougas0,then you should searsh sommethink about this in google.This is realy a treasure

[yundzhel]

unreplicable

[chechoneopunk]

lloro su muerte maestro

[DIBLUE85]

the best comes on 1'48

exceptionnel!!

[ayloid]

TOTALLY AGREE!!!

[Jacob8212]

Anyone know if this concert is avaliable on CD or DVD?

[fougas0]

This clip is from the DVD The Art of Violin from director Bruno Monsaingeon

[Jacob8212]

Yeah, thanks, I know. But from what I remember (saw the programme a few years ago), this clip is all we get to see. I'm wondering if you can get the whole concert somewhere, or another one with Menhuin playing this piece, from roughly the same timeperiod.

[gaugin1903]

One has to hear also to Enescu playing this.

[paulostroff99]

Brilliant playing by one of the all time best!

[Juv555]

is it just me or does his bow look really really long?Could anyone who plays or knows a lot about the violin tell me if all bows are the same length or does it depend on one's arm length or sthg ?.....

[sijas]

lol all bows are the same.

[Bush76]

its just because he's able to use the whole length of the bow all the time. a mere amateur wouldn't have the skill.

[jacquelinescellist]

Well Im a cellist, and you can have bows made custom for you. My bow is made a couple inches longer than standard , and heavier. This allows me to get a richer fuller deeper,articulate sound. Menuhin of course had his bow made for him as many pros do!

[Juv555]

really? very interesting to know:) thx for the info, cuz I once heard from my violinist friend that she had to get a new bow because it was getting to small for her, but at the time she was switching for a full size violin so...didn't know if it applied for professional violinists!thx again;)

[TomaVan]

could sby upload the whole chaconne here please ? quench my thirst please

[leonengard]

Oh - my - GOD!!!!

Unique, Sir Menuhin!!!

[tubbie0075]

I have a CD of Menuhin playing the complete Sonata & Partita at the age of 10! Incredible! A lot of warmth in his playing.

[yundzhel]

A master piece,played by a maestro,wunderful music,great hit forever

[frenchgrrrl]

One of my absolute favorites!

[ThePastorale]

Menuhin is the maestro

[blichilde]

Heart and soul. Absolute genius and great human being.

[revelations21v6]

It's the playing of a man possessed by the music. Listening to it makes one recognise the hunger in one's soul. Menuhin's playing is like the sound of that hunger calling out...

[PlatypusofCalifornia]

Menuhin was not only an amazing violinist but also an excellent teacher. I have learned extraordinary things from his books, I recommend them to all violinists.

In menuhin you don't see the shiny glossy noble virtuosity of heifetz or milstein, rather a profound humility before the music. Menuhin thought virtuosity was the end to a mean not a mean in itself, the goal was not virtuosity to him but the music. Really heartfelt inspired playing...

[violaBob90]

Играет как ангел

[dewinmoonl]

i get chills

[giuseppeguarneri]

Without a doubt the greatest rendition of Bach's Chaconne ever. Nathan Milstein is my favorite technical violinist but, when it comes to pure passion Menuhin can't be beat.

[bastianloewe]

listen to szering I like menuhin but when it comes t bach Szering is the best one no doubt abut it

[suzanneramdane]

quel vibrato !!!!

[stemark1957]

The best violinist of all time.

[slimbullet96]

Menuhin's chaconne is played very uniquely than others'

[elikherzak]

Величайший скрипач!

[audreyadrianne]

Bien plus qu'un musicien... Menuhin fut un géni, un philosophe,un humaniste. Un espoir pour l'Humanité. Le 12 mars dernier, c'était les 10 ans de sa dispariton sur terre, mais il restera éternel.

[Agassu1]

C'est trop triste!!!

Tu as raison. Il était un géni. Je l'adore!!!!!!

[farzadvengerov]

I want the rest,pleeeeeeeease!

[linalein248]

Menuhin was such a brilliant, virtuoso violinist. Without any doubt one of the greatest violinsts of the 20th century..

he totally fulfilled Bach's beautiful piece of music!

[ludachris475]

This is beautiful.

[andipipo]

Jealous? Relax and enjoy!

[suppleline]

BRAVO!

[Ernesto7608]

I had the impression that you are a school boy. But now it turns out that you are so old that you were familiar with the homo rites from Imperial Rome. At your age it may not work in you anymore, but otherwise you can find today plenty of meat that would let you continue your rites from 2000 years ago. There is nothing new under the sun.

[festershred]

best fucking paragraph ive read in my life

for some reason im not digging the menuhin i normally do but his bach isnt so great, probly cuz of his age though cuz hes a god

[ludachris475]

I could compose better exquisite Boroque masterpieces in my sleep.

[festershred]

oh you can?!?!?! im a violinist.. go download noteworthy composer and send me the midi when your done with you "MASTERPIECE" and i will do my best to do justice to it ... so just stick with writing funny shit unless ur gunna prove me that you actually can compose..... that roman shit was still funny as fuck though

[ludachris475]

I have been breastfed on this music.

[ludachris475]

But it was not until the 17th century that homos were used purely as ballasts to be shot from British cannons to sink Spanish galleons in Antigua. Such a practice was common among Her Majesty's admiralty to inhibit mercantile sodomy and nautical indulgences of the butt. This became the standard of all vessels in Her Majesty's merchant fleet in the Lesser Antilles, and eleswhere among regular vessels and persons of inferior rank, to regiment men from perpetual sodomy and mutiny of the groin.

[Ernesto7608]

Never heard of homos tough enough to be used for cannon ballasts. And it seems that those British you describe had nuclear power plants and GPS navigation systems if they had so few problems in high seas that they could afford worrying about how much sodomy their homos indulged in. Sounds like a bunch of nonsense.

[ludachris475]

His violin sounds the way it would if somone gave a screeching chalkboard the ability to talk.

[Ernesto7608]

Doesn't sound like talk to me, not even a talking chalkboard. It was time that you learned how a violin sounds, since you seem to only know about the sound of chalkboards. Are you in elementary school? You kids there "talk" like this?

[ludachris475]

Chamber music makes my prostate brittle.

[Ernesto7608]

From other posts I assumed that you are an elementary school child. Aren't you a little young to have prostate problems already?

[ludachris475]

What? I could compose better Boroque masterpiece in my sleep.

[Ernesto7608]

If you indeed can compose better masterpieces in your sleep, you should stay there and never wake up. For your benefit and that of everybody else.

[Ernesto7608]

JS Bach is a relic. A musical genius. His work is recognized ever more as time passes.

But what about you? You sound like a decrepit butt of today. Are you such an asshole, or you only want to appear as one?

[ludachris475]

Make me, you effete drunkard.

Really, it pains me to see good Cognac squandered on such a fustian dreg. Spare me the pleasantries of gutter-life.

[Ernesto7608]

Spare you the pleasantries of gutter life? What makes you think that I am responsible for you being in the gutter?

I'm afraid that it will have to be your own initiative to get out of there. Starting with some learning about music in general, listening to classical music and if possible learning to play an instrument. Then you can slowly get acquainted with the easy works of Bach, and finally you'll be able to start to appreciate his master pieces.

[debartzen]

INcreíble chacona interpretada por Menuhin.

[rokorokotalk08]

What a sound!!Never heard like this sound...feel like eating each sound when you hear them...rich and full...

[creoli1745]

all this piece is absouloutly amazing but in 0:10 its like heaven like paradasise i wish our world to be like this music the classic musik is a tresure thtat can make us petter and to aprisiate more all kinds of life

[PatriccioBadoHudin]

this man!was genius!!!verry verry

excellent violin sound!

[PatriccioBadoHudin]

this man!was genius!!!verry verry

excellent violin sound!

[Gilaziel]

This video showcases just about everything awesome about the violin-imo, anyone who plays should see it.

[cheetos4me]

Recorded in Gstaad. I think its from "The Art of Violin."

[gonzalojosevb]

Bach & Menuhin the combination perfect!!!!

[4maelstrom]

Thanks for sharing this.

[BVB09Fanatic]

I still wish I could find this DVD. :(

[OorvakanSar]

I love the effect of the sound of two violins are playing.

[PlatypusofCalifornia]

The amazing part about playing this piece is that you get that sound with one violin, because you play most of the time two strings at once, and at times you roll the bow around all four and it sounds like four voices, you have to have amazing control to accent the different voices.

Hear the other video of menuhin playing this when he was young you will hear what I am talking about.

[devil9021000]

GREAT PLAY , this is wat's missing in our young prodigy . "EMOTION" , u gotta feel and enjoy the music u played not just perform to show how great of a virtuoso u r n that is y classic r the best , let's just let it stay the way it is .

[Silverfind]

I thought A.Vivaldi was the best violinplayer ever. But I change my mind.

[LumberjackHands]

Would be hard to even have an opinion on this lol

[Vexaveth]

lol, you're right. We've got only written references of Vivaldi's talent. In my opinion, Nigel Kennedy's the best!

[Rapidguitar]

I've read alot about menuhin and he was very humble and played anything from Celtic,to Gypsy,India and anything he could, and respected every musician he heard.

This is the most heartfelt song on Violin Iv'e ever heard. The Video has a much better sound quality.

[mviolin09]

guys.. my name is michael.. im the soloist in our orchestra.. the name of the orchestra is raphsody string orchestra.we played the 4 seasons of Antonio Vivaldi.

i want to play Bach conciertos but i dont know wer to find the pieces. can u pls help me?

[Cameron08812]

you're a soloist, of some orchestra, and you don't know where to find BACH (of all composers) concertos.... for some reason i think your some kid who wants music that is too hard for you...

[Gilaziel]

Cameron08812, so what if he is a kid?

Bravo to him for wanting to find difficult and beautiful music.

[Cameron08812]

because i don't like people who come here, act like they know what they are talking about, telling some lie, that they are some pro, and then make themselves look dumb and blow their lie by asking where to buy music when they are "pro".... if he was a kid, and just came out and asked for the music, I'd be the first to scan my chaconne and send it to him. but no. he didn't.

[Gilaziel]

But he never said he was a pro-he said he was a soloist in his orchestra. And judging be the way he typed, and the fact that he played 4 seasons, a classic youth orchestra piece, I'd say he's just a kid in a youth orchestra.

[Cameron08812]

even then. don't YOU know where to get Bach music? i mean i have Bach's HAND manuscripts mean... not that hard to find. i don't believe the kid. if he's in some youth orchestra, he can go to his conductor, and i guarantee they'd have it. my teacher's have them. partitas, suites, concertos. i just don't believe him. now if he was asking for someone not as big, let's say rachmaninov, then that's different. but it's Bach. of all composers.

[Gilaziel]

The fact that he has to ask where to find BACH on a youtube message board is pretty pathetic, yes. I'm just saying he shouldn't be scorned for WANTING to find it.

[Cameron08812]

you're right. he shouldn't. but he could be honest about it :\

[BenChanViolin]

Don't worry about it, fastfuriousfingers... anyone who stands to criticize the masters in a public forum obviously has no idea what it takes to play Bach.

I stuck my neck out by posting myself playing Bach's g minor Fugue on my YouTube profile. Would you mind taking a quick look and giving suggestions on how I can improve my playing? Unlike 3NUNS, my goal is to become as good as the great violinists, so any help would be appreciated!

[3NUNS]

Hi Ben, Yeah send me your performance. Look I know waht I am talking about. Respects and regards. Send me a copy of yo vid.

[3NUNS]

Menuhin still the boy at the end of his performing life : enfant terrible

[fastfuriousfingers]

hmmph. let me see you play.

if you're not better...think of how stupid you'll look. in fact, you look pretty stupid right now, pretending you know what ur talking about

[3NUNS]

Yeah. By the look of your collected videos, you seem to be a very nice person.

[3NUNS]

This is terrible 'enfant terrible' performance. Cats could do better.

[BorgodOssi]

3 nuns, you snob!

[3NUNS]

Some of us are both masters of musical performance as well as musicology. Menuhin much over-rated.

[fastfuriousfingers]

who are you to criticize someone who is undoubtedly BETTER THAN YOU??!!!

[3NUNS]

I stand by my comment 'enfant terrible'.

The YouTube videos of other violin masters are testimony enough.

[crschang1985]

can you back up your comment by some factual statement, such as "his note was off at 3:14" or something like that?

not just a random opinion like "he sucks and you kno shit"

cuz even a 3rd grade kid can easily say random opinions

[3NUNS]

Menuhin much over-rated.

[crschang1985]

why?

how is he overrated?

what?

he plays outta tune?

he doesnt' play beautifully?

what's the problem?

[3NUNS]

The problem is your lack of discernment.

Regards, THREE NUNS.

[killerxzero]

yo this nikka is nice, heck this guy can inspire plp to play violins but not me! im sticking with my guitar XD

[bluedoughnuts]

Yehudi...Beloved of the Violin.

[AbsoluteZ3R0]

This is the most I've ever seen Menuhin move around before. Get the dvd this is from - the quality is much nicer. I think Bruno made a very wise decision in using this to conclude the film

[kotomalamitsosos]

you know Menuhin played Beethoven for his first time at his 9-BY THE WAY this performance (his 9 beethoven)is considered as one of the best!

[chiefthegreat]

He said:

"One should use the violin for playing music - and not abuse the music for playing violin"

[fizzycake]

does anyone know anything about the violin he is playing?

[PlatypusofCalifornia]

He played the soil strad but here I think he is using the lord wilton guarnerius.

He used a lot of great violins.

[werthersamsa]

Magic!

[waxenwings89]

gave me goosebumps.

[BVB09Fanatic]

I would really like a copy of this CD/DVD or whatever this is from.

[waxenwings89]

It's from the DVD The Art of Violin, you can order it online from amazon.

[Bush76]

its from a film called the art of violin. i think i saw it on bbc 4.

[amalesc]

wow i'm not that in to classical music but his amazing

[daciarulz]

He played like an angel.

[200Maedchen]

Is it important to find "the best"? This is not American football or boxing. A lot of musicians play brilliant, each of them has his time, his special composers and compositions. I never have heard the chaconne beeing played so wonderful whether there is a best somewhere in the world or not...

[Pianist1991]

"The BEST Violin Player Ever"

[Jekatherina]

Yes, with his playing he would not probably won the first places at our day's competitions, but surely he wins our heart... and that's really music is all about! Do not forget it!

[starry2006]

Very intense, more feeling than Heifetz and maybe more assured than Milstein. Just about perfect.

[mision08]

Very nicely done. The video ends a little soon but, I will take what I can get and like it.

[commonman]

Does anyone have any details about when/where this was recorded?

[spinningwheel]

the clip reads Gstaad, 1972. If you dig around I am sure you can even figure out where and when exactly.

[etawakimasi]

no offense but i think heifetz made a better performance of this video

but none of us here can critque him here unless any of us are better than him

[etawakimasi]

no offense but i think heifetz made a better performance of this piece

[mtava002]

not to sound rude but, how do you even criticise his elbow? did you know he messed up his arm, and that, he relearned the violin from scratch at one point? plus, thats just how he plays in every video. there's no "problem" here.

[sweetluvergrl955]

thats a beautiful song, but there is one problem. its his elbow, hes not supposed to be moving his elbow alot but its still perfect!

[Laprevotte]

His hands were shorter than usual, that's why his arm looks awkward. We all finds the best way that works for us. Also, sorry but it's a bit rude to call a composition a"song"

[waistoi]

listening bach's chaconne brings me to tears every time. now I know there's God

[missdollhk]

really wonderful play..

[mtava002]

very nice man...nice stuff. I still prefer Milstein IMO...but this was great....if only it wasthe full video... thank you for uploading this.

[spinningwheel]

I have always admired Menuhin's humanity that shows in his playing. Thank you for uploading this video, I enjoyed it just like I did before when I saw the "Art of the violin".

As for the discussion on whose chaconne is best, there is no one ideal chaconne. However if you love this work then you should defintely listen to Milstein, Szeryng and Grumiaux as the pinnacle violinist in this work.

[commonman]

let me slip in a plug for the Mullova version (it's on youtube and googlevideo).

[mandrileante]

great, great, great!!

[auadude]

yehudi sound is perfect and he always play with such sentiment....  *tears*

[lauralovesbach]

I loved how his body moved in the last fast passage of broken chords. Lean with it, rock with it. lol, but of course, he's great.

[giorgiopicker]

great... miss half of it..alas

[lalo2626]

thank you yehudi, real music is so rare... you are coming so close to it.

[trevorpinnocky]

such a fearless player. nothing stands between his heart and the music. not even the slightest bit of ego. pure music.

[Astardis]

At age 13 he played a concert in Berlin. Following several minutes of silence he got standing ovations. And non less than Albert Einstein said after hearing Menuhin "now I know there is a god".

[adamantiaf1]

nobody really cares about what einstein said.

[Astardis]

fuck off, asshole

[azngel]

Einstein was nothing great, but of course your teachers probably told you something different.

[Zikiru]

I care. I found that interesting. In reality, no one cares for your pointless comments.

[Freshmanwave]

Ah, but you see, Einstein was terrible at violin.

[Zhou9]

Really? That's interesting. How do you know?

[Chaindog]

Amazing! Yehudi Menuhin was my violin's master teacher =D

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Increible! Yehudi Menuhin fue el maestro de mi profesor de violin =D

[dewinmoonl]

O my god!!! This is devinely music *tears of joy*

[violinRL]

that was amazing. i was looking all over the internet for a bach chaccone video, this satified my search. thanks.

[h4xXx0r]

In my opinion Nathan Milstein has the best ever solo Bach interpreter. Still, Menuhin is amazing. In fact I have a recording of him playing it at seventeen, quite different from this in fact. He takes bit such as the arpeggios coming from the major -> minor much more slowly. Amazing echo from that church.

[rocknature]

Ah, yep yep! Chaconne indeed! Thanks!

[leomulder]

He's playing the Chaconne from Partita No.2 in D minor.

[rocknature]

*Menuhin. Sorry about the typo.