Julia Fischer - Bach, Chaconne, BWV 1004 (1/2)

[grrrr17]

Oh, my. So soft, so perfectly even in the 'stops' on multi strings. I don't hear harshness, but control, precision and grace!

But I've just come from Menduin's video recording on another page, and rather dislike his playing.

[nymphetamine50]

Très belle interprétation ! ;)

[MrArdelco1970]

very clear, voice

[ldfd55080ldfd]

¡Qué hermoso!

[NicolXIX]

So is this a real DSD recording, or did Pentatone just upmix it to 4 channels and then slap SACD on the cover?

I like the sound of her violin.

[MrPuerkito79]

me encanta julia fischer me encanta la musica!!

[albert314159265]

I am just amazed, where do you get the time to become so proficient on not one but two instruments to this degree, ... and secondly to have done it by this age ?? Rather remarkable, wouldn't you say. To me, this is akin to the achievements of a Mozart, or Beethoven.

[raoultak]

Serene and letting the pureness of this masterwork speak! Very very beautiful.

[DBRMatrix]

So sad that so many people cannot listen without prejudice.. I hear a musician who allows the "inner" voices of this music to shine through. She draws attention to the fine structures of this piece.. Always the mark of a truly great musician..

[8491angel]

I almost cry at the beginning of this performance. Either I am listening to a highly sensitive musician capable of transmitting the soul of music, or, Bach did it again!

Possibly, both.

[UnholyLoviness]

@unnoticedpasserby : the "polite" way is not always strong enough.

where are all the great violinists gone? this causaes in a system, where only this average-everyday-people will be supported, with nothing to say, only to do the notes proper. other artists have to remain silent (in comparison with the attention that gets julia fischer for ex.) and will be ignored in a "polite" way.

[dimrous1960]

@UnholyLoviness You're so right. Of course Bach is not about about technical perfection only. To do only that is an anathema, its like denying your inner divine self. It's exactly because of his music's tremendous potential that so many expressive possibilities are presented. It's like his music is written by a universal soul that offers to each unique human soul performing it ample space for its own resonance with it without distorting its integral harmony.

[UnholyLoviness]

@unnoticedpasserby : no education ô-0 ?

culture is about participance, not about silence. There is a misunderstanding of being polite.

Maybe this is a reason for small and pour "polite" applause in typical classical audiences, when there is something they don't like. The people who boo the early strawinski-concerts understood more about musical culture than you do with your polite silence attitude.

[UnholyLoviness]

I think it sounds pretty naiv. There is no interpretation, she plays the notes like a well educazed child. I hear nothing special in her playing...well done for mamas little daughter...

[CAJBBGDE]

esta violinista toca demais

[myssissaviolin]

i love here song , whene i stay listnin here interpretation , i think that i forget every things bad in my life ! she is unique for me ! i can't hope to play like here , cause i know it'ss impossible ,but i hope take some plesure , like here , it's enaught for me , just to feel my self goood !

[Dekida]

I love her!!!! ... and I love Bach too, yeah!



[kingofcobwebs]

Heifetz play this more emotively. But then again, Jasha doesn't look like he smells as sweet as the dew dripping from the earthy petals of a flower garden in the early morning. Julia does play this flawlessly to boot.

[bf2019]

All that i said below and also i really like Julia's piece here ....It is really good....very few of the Chaconnes will I listen to again ( and again....hehe like Viktoria's)...and here i have listened to it again...peace, and thanks Julia, and grats for uploading CGthorski...

[bf2019]

There is a lot of influence from Viktoria Mullova's version here.....Viktoria has a very Certain Sombre depth that I think Julia could development more...

She understands the various Sonorous combinations...(wonderful douple notes and string crossings).yet the passion of Milstein should have influenced here more...

She has the reflective pace of Mullova, but she needs some sort of 'Body' from inside....

[ModeModeMode63]

Bravo!!!!!

[MultiHerodoto]

Sin lugar a dudas, existe una identificación plena, perfecta entre el autor y la interprete Julia Fisher la mejor traductora del genio musical del irrepetible J, S. Bach. Sublime

[surfboy]

She plays with a Guadagnini like Vanessa Mae does.

[danijmay]

I like her gradated transitions most, and how she brings to life the often seemingly neglected parts throughout. At the same time, it's like she has heard and studied this piece so much that her performance is numb to some of the most initially arresting emotional parts that are present in Milstein's version. His is just so much more passionate in its brilliance, in its madness. Hers, peaking how/when it does, also sinks into a sober grace and discipline, like she's just playing chamber music...

[pagisubuh]

she is good,but not his bach.....this is such energetic composition



[LordHettrick]

I prefer Hilary Hahn's ongoing tension throughout the Ciaccona. However, Julia Fischer's is much calmer and lyric, in some ways. Both are great!

[jsnauwaert]

A lot better than Hahn's interpretation indeed. Even better than Perlman's. The best interpretation I know. And all this by a 20-yrs old!!!

[Elcarmo]

Ela é realmente maravilhosa.

[loulou0616]

cette version est si merveilleuse.

tellement sensuelle et romantique.

Merci julia pour ton talent et ta sensibilité musicale.

signé jean louis mélomane français

[idoncarlo]

Magnifique !!!

[feydust]

This version is so mellow, romantic and melancholic very beautiful... but I still like Podger's version better

[werthersamsa]

easily comparable to henryz szeryng recording

[yvranx]

Everyone but Hilary Hahn seems to be in a race. I must have heard dozens of artists, Ms. Hahn is not only the best, but the only one worth listening to at all.

Sorry, guys.

[pillowiswako]

@yvranx Then you obviously have not heard Maxim Vengerovs version or Heifetz.

[freezingmoonmist]

@pillowiswako or Hilary Hahns

[remedios89]

@yvranx I think that who likes Mrs Hahn doesn't understand music at all. she is the perfect american product, I mean she is perfect, her tone is wonderful, everything is too perfect. but she is not musician, she doesn't know that she is playing music, she only plays perfectly what's in the score, what is written on the score, but not the meaning of the score. While Julia is not only a perfect violinist, but also a wonderful musician.

[yvranx]

@remedios89 OMFG, could you possibly be more condescending?

[remedios89]

@yvranx excuse me?

[felix1360]

@remedios89 Well, look at the utter arrogance of your own writings, man

[remedios89]

@felix1360 i didn t want to be arrogant, sorry if i was. i mean it's quite difficult (for me, at least) to write in another language, maybe i can not express myself as i want, please just keep the meaning of my words, not the way i wrote, we're here to talk about music, not about arrogance, what can i do with arrogance on youtube??

[felix1360]

@remedios89 I am often astonished by peoples' need to compare, rank and rate versions of pieces of music. To me the ciaccona is the sort of music I can listen to every day. And think of the ways it has inspired Brahms and Busoni; it can be played on the organ or by orchestra. - I see very littl point in speaking of the HH version as machine-like. To me she is quite romantic, this may be some of the technical brilliance that you obviously dont like. Other versions: Mullova or barock Podger, fx

[dgaranin]

@remedios89 For me Hilary Hahn and Julia Fischer are very comparable, in particular, in Chaconne that both play very well on their CDs.

[AbsoluteZ3R0]

@dgaranin To be honest I like Fischer's Bach a lot more than Hahn's, although I can see the similarities between their interpretations

[chensc00]

Not like other performer, she play Bach tender.

[elduendecillo07]

Finally!!! I have found a great violin version of this great piece! Great performance and artistry!

[runefez]

For transparency and a less affected (but certainly no less emotional) interpretation, go to Viktoria Mullovas.

[petruz1993]

This is my favourite interpretation.

Just awesome.

[MrGunterguerrero]

Of course, Julia is a talented young performer...however...please, see Nathan Milstein

playing this marvellous Bach's Ciaconna and let me know.

[SLNTcruise]

@MrGunterguerrero

yep, same here

(read U 2 late)

[StradAmatiViolin]

I would slap those peoples who voted down. >.<

[StradAmatiViolin]

LOL It look's like she is holding a cello I like the pic and the music. :D

[TheKickerboy99]

For her age, and talent level she is an anomaly.

[mikeseesyouaround]

who will you choose? Hilary Hahn or Julia Fischer?

[violatione]

@mikeseesyouaround Julia is better on solo Bach while Hilary excells on the Bach concerti.

[scullysuzanne]

I think Julia Fischer is today's greatest living violinist. This performance is unparalleled in its absolutely fluent rendering of this monumental piece. If you listen closely to any other performance, you will hear the performer struggle to achieve this level of transparency. Here is the highest level of technical perfection (not a single squeak!), yet no egotistical display of virtuosity, no idiosyncrasy of style. Just the clear voice of Bach's mesmerizing take on this baroque form.

[SLNTcruise]

@scullysuzanne i have voted you up... but how ever could you avoid this "idiosyncrasy of style" thing? also: even before the advent of this amazing violin player were there a few other figures who knew their trade... Milstein comes 2 mind (mine! that is)

[lisztrestore]

@scullysuzanne go listen to 'old' Milstein at 83 years old playing live on stage for the last time. He's been dead a while now and is still a better musician than this girl. Is he as perfect as he was 50 years before? No. But he still breaths the phrase like a living breath. This girl needs an oxygen mask to breath at all. If you don’t know what I’m saying you may not be familiar with Real Art. Here’s a hint: This isn’t even close to Real Art.

[sormu16]

@lisztrestore scullysuzanne says that "...listen closely to any other performance, you will hear the performer struggle..." Absurd, but I find your statements reg. this performer equally far out.

It hear a stunning performance leading my thoughts towards the clarity in Hillary Hahn's recording, while this is having more temper.

The powers of this piece lies in the composition, and interpretations should be clear.

Milstein and Heifetz are great, but do they really say it better?

[lisztrestore]

@sormu16 I am no fan of Hillary Hann either. Niether of these kids has much to offer musically. they are mechanical and empty, having nothing remotely original to say. IMHO.

[jayadsilva67]

I like her yoni

[violatione]

@jayadsilva67 Have you had it?

[cellomar87]

I like her Bach !

[aaabbbccc5]

Als würde man zuhören wie sehr geduldig eine Welt entsteht!

[pila406]

You don't realy know anything about Classical/Baroque music, don't you?

[jasonform]

That's my opinion ok?

if you think it s interesting good for you,idiot...

[petruz1993]

If you don't like, you shouldn't have posted.

First we gess you don't understand nothing about this type of music, so you shouldn't critic, you don't even understand why you don't like, secondly when posting any critics you should explain why you don't like, thirdly insulting people with absolutely no reasons at all, makes you a retarded, and people like you shouldn't deserve any attention. Have fun being ignored now.

[jasonform]

Who you think you are so I should give you an explanation why I don t like her Bach you piece of shit?And why shouldn t I post my opinion,is this comments only to say good things?

Idiot know you are beeing ignored ...have a nice day.

[DrLuu1972]

Very lyrical and impressive. I always love this master piece since I was little. I play it on both violin and classical guitar and like both sounds. Bach really sounds good on any instruments.

[meinekinder1]

She is amazing!!!!

[TorinJB1]

i dont know what it is. I have heard so many interpretations of the bach chaconne, and they all come up second to hilary hahn's interpretation. not that they aren't all great interpretations. i love julia fischer!!!!!!! Amazing violinist!!!! I mean this interpretation is amazing!!!! but something about hilary hahns is to die for!!!

[surfboy]

@TorinJB1 I prefer the first five minutes of this version over Hilary's version, but at the 5:15 mark where it gets faster, I prefer Hilary's version.

I'm not saying one performer is better than the other, just saying they play better in different sections of this.

[jsnauwaert]

Two geniuses: Bach's (of course) and Julia's

[PIPE3GUTI]

con esta musica de dios si que me concentro para estudiar,magistral interpretacion y musicalidad

[Dogaradodia]

Certified Intergalactic!

[Agassu1]

Julia Fischer is the best Bach interpret I ever heard. She plays like no one else! It's so amazing!

[violatione]

@Agassu1 She is wonderful but Viktoria Mullova, Gidon Kremer and others are better.

[kaynewest1995]

@Agassu1 than you should Perlman or Mutter

[semisavage]

@Agassu1 you need to get out more. This is.... 'yawn'.....what were we talking about.....oh yes...this is pretty weak and very uninspired. I saw her live a couple of years ago and I wasn't moved then either. She is.....'yawn'...she hasn't got anything beyond technical skill, and music requires a WHOLE LOT MORE than that. She is a technocrat and may become a good teacher of technique but in the end I seriously doubt she will be anything beyond that.

[Raggedy9]

@semisavage There's no arguing taste, so I won't try to convince you to feel otherwise. But I'd like to tell you what I hear in her playing. First, the technical skill: I hear 100% sound and 0% noise (scraping, scratchiness), similar to Yo-Yo Ma. That alone is remarkable. Second, her playing is very intimate, with no showiness. That may be what bores you; it entrances me. She seems to disappear and allow the music to speak for itself. No reflection on you, that's just my reaction.

[oldgoat5]

@Raggedy9 that scraping is what makes you be heard in a hall. and it is there, you dont hear it because of the recording engineers.

[Raggedy9]

@oldgoat5 You are correct. It raises interesting issues. In Bach's time the halls were smaller and more resonant, so the scratching (digging into the strings) wasn't needed. The same with a solo recording. The scratching needed in large halls doesn't project beyond the 10th row; is it possible that violinists are being miked too closely? And Yo-Yo Ma remains an exception in my experience of hearing him in concert and also at very close range: his sound to noise ratio is close to 100%

[oldgoat5]

@Raggedy9 bach's halls were smaller, but at the same time their instruments were nowhere near as powerful as they are now after vuillaume's modifications. But rosin, humidity, temperature, setup, bowhairs, and a bunch of other things contribute to how scratchy the sound is on a particular day, if one scratches. Yo-yo Ma doesn't have as much noise because he's playing on much thicker strings on a different instrument, at lower pitches.

There are also 2 ways to scratch, digging into the strin

[oldgoat5]

@Raggedy9 gs and bowing right close to the bridge with excessively fast bow speed. The first dampens the sound only from a distance. The second projects into the distance. For close settings digging in sounds good to the audience. It works well for recordings also. But the fast light bow, when its very particular and precise will sound particular and precise to a distant audience. Up close it sounds bad. Recording violins as a listener would hear it is complicated and there are no rules

[dolofonos]

@Raggedy9 Utterly silent playing is overrated, I think. The introduction of recording has made obvious and important what was not in live performance. And then there is the quality of recording and editing to be considered; an inferior-sounding performance may well merely be poorly recorded and edited or not edited at all.

[lisztrestore]

@Raggedy9 I have to agree with semisavage. This is pitiful. The lack of Art is glaring. Bach wasn't this dead. He had a heart and was still very much alive when he wrote this. This is dreadful; Flat and lifeless.  The tempo is morbid and lacks any communion with the Spirit of the work. She is 'pedestrian' at best. One note finally coming after another without life. Please, if this is music I'd prefer to hear my old dog howl, at least he still has ears and blood in his veins.

[kjftrio]

@Agassu1

you might want check out Milstein and Grumiauxs chaconne. you will change your mind.