Naw, he's just playing Bach, who's s zesty" composer. (He did have 17 kids, you know!). He holds the violin so oddly forward - that is what intrigues me. Bach is very "zesty" for pianists and harpsichordists as well. Fun to play!
@daniel0731ex i know this piece. i've played violin for 14 years. in actual sheet music which bach wrote, there should be slow downs on those passages which vanessa does. even though she is far lower skill player than this guy, she plays exactly as it should be played with pauses. If i were you, i'd learn first and then talk. just saying.
He looks much younger than when he made the renown recordings (CD only ) of all three sonatas and partitas. For which he won many awards, I think among them classical recording of the year. Does anyone know when this recording was originally made? The credits only give 1993 as the year it was "remastered." Thank you "sissy" for this glorious video.
Brilliant, nothing less. i also find this to be the best actual video of someone playing this piece. There's an amazing atmosphere as you just slowly zoom in on this proper but humble, suited up musician just standing there on the stage. Genuine in every respect!
@BigMasterTeek, Is that true? Now that you mention it, I did notice Bach played throughout the Cosmos series.. That's awesome. Carl Sagan and Bach are like peanut butter and jelly.
@stvexplos Yer you can check it out on the BBC site. Search for the radio 4 program "desert island disks" and you can search for him in their archives.
Vanessa Mae looks like a fucking Chinese dog. Her rendition was just awful. I want to shove her violin up her ass along with her fucking electric violin. She sucks at playing classical music
Twenty three human beings on earth could give a negative rating above??? Beyond my ability to understand even if I do heartily believe in everyone's right to their opinion.............
@jephthah007 think i have a point here. when bach wrote this, he wasn't thinking: ''Nathan is my boy, fuCK vanessa mae!'' i think he was thinking: ''guys, wake up, sun is up, we all must shine''... ok i may like nathan milstein's version much more than vanessa's but goda dammit, if i like his play i wont gonna insult everyone in the world who plays this, just because I think that he/she ruins the piece. BE BACH, and than may be you ll have the right to say fuck you violin players! i love ya guys
@phosphore222 Relax, I wasn't telling any violin players "F___ you!" I was making a joke, I think it's a legitimate comparison. The irony is that Vanessa Mae is a beautiful young woman who plays this piece moderately well, while Milstein is a middle aged man whose playing is sublime, but he is less well known.
I agree w/ Meesterc.., but this has raw, honest soul as an interpretation. Milstein demonstrates it with ease and passion. Heifetz appears to struggle through the same passages, although both favor the upper bow. 2:06 incredible bowing control and choice of shape to the melody. 210 intonation is sharp and Milstein is mostly a bit off. But bowing and choice of emphasis carries the tune. It is hard to tell whose intonation/bowing truly interprets the intention of the author. This is my favorite.
@fiddlraz 210 INTONATION IS SHARP AND MILSTEIN IS MOSTLY A BIT OFF?? WTF?? Whatever dude.. or girl dude... whoever you are. Plug it into your computer if you don't want intonation a "bit off" and enjoy the boringness of inhuman interpretation. This is one of the greatest... you're an ASS for saying "a bit off".
For Plancks Time, I wonder on what basis you make the statement that all of us who prefer Milstein have poor listening skills. I have listened to, and participated in, classical music for decades. My hearing may not be what it was, but I can assure you that my ability to listen, from training and practice, is rather good. I know good performances when I hear them. At most you could say that you find Mae's performance more pleasing, and that would be fine. You don't know us, otherwise.
Not that it matters, but even though I prefer this version to all others I have heard, I would like it to be a bit slower. It seems rushed, but not alarmingly so. The tone and comprehensiveness/comprehension exhibited by Milstein are, in my opinion, peerless.
Maybe the reason you guys like this man's version better is because his serious look, the black and white, the tuxedo and the emotion and interest with which he plays is far more suited to the classical era of music than the 'pop', 'asian' Maes. Not racism, but just the way different images fit better. Even the name "Milstein" is better for this music than "Vanessa Maes". Yeh, for those of you with poor listening skills, thats the only reason you would choose him
@PlancksTime Speaking frankly, the tonality on Milstein's is honestly just plain better. His technique serves to preserve the subtlety of the piece rather than to exaggerate and exploit Bach's composition.
Wow, there seems to be some oneupsmanship with regard to given performers. Doesn't anyone think Itzhak Perlman is any good? LOL. The good thing about "so and so is better than so and so" is that I can go and listen to those as well. Vanessa Mae is a pop performer, but I'll bet her serious renditions are excellent. Any performer who plays Bach with respect is top notch in my book. I remember Jim Stafford who used to play "goofy" guitar until he played a classical piece which blew me away.
i like this version much better than vanessa mae's. this one is so clear and perfect, while she adds in all these ridiculous accels and rits that she puts in to make it sound impressive but just makes it sound like a child messing with too much improvisation. sure, there is room for interpretation, but there is a reason bach wrote his song the way he did, and nathan milstein plays it he way bach intended.
Why so many people in the commentaries are arguing about vanessa mae/Nathan Milstein version? Can't you just shut the fuck up and listen to the music?
if i listened milstein's version first, i just can't go and listen anyone's version. It's impossible for me to change my perspective of bach's partita to any other's besides milstein's..
OK, I have to ask this about the 23 or so people who seem to have voted against this performance: was that merely a pointer slip, or is there actually a reason for your attitude? Would you care to explain the rationale of your contempt, if any at all, to the just-shy-of-a-thousand listeners who thought otherwise, or you intend to leave us wondering? What is there that you dislike about Nathan Milstein? How much improvement is there to be made for your austere criterion to concede an approval?
HOLA: SOY ESTUDIANTE DEL CONCERVATORIO JJC , TOCO EL VIOLIN , ESTOY LLEVANDO A CABO UN TRABAJO PRACTICO Y ES BELLISIMO . LOS COMPOSITORES BARROCOS SON MIS FAVORITOS
This is the tune my school system plays to signal for morning assembly, hence we term it as 'the depressing music'. Now for the first time, im able to appreciate its elegance.
It is elegant and joyous.....It also makes the hair on my arms stand up when here Nathan play this. It is complete control of the instrument, dynamics, bowing....There are none like him now.
I posted my remarks many months ago. If you find this style appealing, and many will, please look for the 80-year-old Milstein's rendition of the Bach Sonata No. 3, Allegro Assai. It is an amazing show of experience and skill, but in a well-aged man whose best years were behind him. Still, the mark of his ability is unmistakable, and I, for one, can only look on in awe.
This is one of those performances that brings an uneducated listener to a sudden realization of new beauty. It's as if I have never before heard the violin and Bach makes the experience of sound unbearably, excrutiatingly wonderful. I'm begging for mercy. More!
erm why is there over 1 million views on the vanessa mae version, and this has barely 314,000? Is it just because she's hotter? This version is a bajillion sqaured times better than the vanessa mae version.
@Joshuaying the answer is because she reached the media, she is POP. I like both versions. Unfortunatelly, the fame goes to the ones who are presented on TV, etc and Vanessa reaches those people that would probably never go to an erudit concert. Nowadays, with internet, a good musician can build fame even here at YouTube ;-)
@Joshuaying Nathan milstein, is a 19th century violinists. Vennesa is a violinist in the 20th century and youtube wasnt even made back than. AND who cares people are missing NATHAN MILSTEIN playing the Bach prelude at his youngest momment.
@ericgable I tried using the bow at the tip but I don't play slow enough or fast enough I don't know how he does it I have to play at the middle of the bow in fast movements. I love how he plays it I wish I knew where to find more of these videos. I would say this video is priceless. :D
@StradAmatiViolin Look, when your still studying the violin or now, you should focus mainly on your BOWING and bow hold. Cause bowing and bow hold will improve your violin playing. Care about the use of bow. Also, you have to understand where to use the bow and everything. I mainly focus on my bow hold, and use.
@ericgable I do now it is becoming increasingly easier I am bowing more straight now. I just don't use the tip for fast movements I like the middle it helps more for some reason. I use the whole bow when I am playing a slow movement the partita 2 sarabande is an example that piece I'm used to it comes easily that's why I like practice. Thank You I hope to be as good as him.
@StradAmatiViolin You also use certain parts of the bows for specific reasons. Thats why you have to understand whats the best part of the bow for certain pieces. Also, dont use to much bow on sarabande,because first back than they had baroque bows and they played it way different. Thats why my teacher teaches me Baroque style. because to really play J.S Bach you have to play his period style. I do look up to Milstein aswell, he inspires me alot.. and i aswell want to be as good or equal to him
@ericgable Well I know most of the bowings ricochet bowing etc. I just need to learn how to do them. I try to keep my bowing for the bach srabande not just pulling quickly but hold it and pull slowly long as possible. Thank You writing back.
@Joshuaying - I'm not saying that Vanessa Mae isn't good, but honestly I think the skill and sound quality is much better in this one. There's something in this one that you can't find in the Vanessa Mae video..perhaps it is the emotion which Milstein plays this, or the dynamics. Either way, both are spectacular but I too have no idea why the videos are unequal.
@Joshuaying It's because Vanessa Mae prefers to put in crap electronic sounds to make her music more appealing to the ears of dickheads that contribute to modern society and sound.
What a pity that the legend that put so much of his style into the partitas is overshadowed by his contemporary counterpart, who rides on the coattails of unimaginitive and original-lacking playing.
@Joshuaying It's because she's more well known now than Him. Remeber, Internet was invented a few years ago, therefore, since he was from the 1900's and she had performed when internet and computers were, it makes sense she would have more views.
@Joshuaying "Barely" 314,000 (now almost 400,000) views??? For a Bach violin partita on YouTube, that's still pretty awesome!!!! Vanessa is just more popular because she caters to the whims of her "target demographic": young folks more in tune with "pop" music than Baroque or Renaissance masterpieces. // That said, this IS a very exceptional performance of this wonderfully joyful musical creation..... i am SO happy that it's here for everyone (especially me, lol!!) to enjoy :-+).
Speed, technic, no feel for the piece. Waist of space. He probably had a little talent but good connections.
Filotimos 3 days ago
Are there REALLY 27 dislikes? Wow...stupid stupid stupid
oxyrushblowhard 3 days ago
Outstanding.
ClaytonsVids 6 days ago
Naw, he's just playing Bach, who's s zesty" composer. (He did have 17 kids, you know!). He holds the violin so oddly forward - that is what intrigues me. Bach is very "zesty" for pianists and harpsichordists as well. Fun to play!
SueStraka 1 week ago
This is a very "zesty" video. =p
rtkramer36a 2 weeks ago
this is a piece that I have listened to more than 1000 times, more than 20 versions, and Milstein's version is always the best.
flower22ful 2 weeks ago
Simplistic?
Mozart: too complicated for adults, too simple for children.
Yep.
Bach too.
xoxxios1 2 weeks ago
this is much better than vanessa mae's, and i think she's amazing.
MissAintlifeabitch 1 month ago
This video went viral on Pretoria
merlecasey13 1 month ago
@bhowe007 --Lol! Hey, me too!
MiloArc 1 month ago
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MiloArc 1 month ago
26 dislikes? Jeesh...go back to Occupying Wall Street.
MiloArc 2 months ago
@MiloArc: I actually know of many people who enjoy Bach AND support stronger regulations of private multinational financial institutions.
brandon71085 3 weeks ago
@brandon71085 ---I'm so glad you do!
MiloArc 3 weeks ago
@brandon71085 haha well said
pintofGaddsplease 3 days ago
ONE of the bests, but not the one, check it /watch?v=oPfZVflJdp0 !! John Williams, the man who sold his feelings for skills!
harryex2006 2 months ago
Amazing!!
legendbach 2 months ago
AMAZING!!! Best version ever, I love Bach, and I love this piece so much... it is just AWSOME! Like like like!! :)
lorenaromero23 3 months ago
Too dry. Try Grumiaux instead.
ivanoschen 3 months ago
@ivanoschen ---Grumiaux's interpretation is quite awesome!
MiloArc 3 weeks ago
If someone set an orgasm to music it would sound something like this
spider23000 4 months ago 7
Just listened to Van. Mae's version. She sounds like a premature ejacuation when she slows down on some of the passages.
daniel0731ex 5 months ago
@daniel0731ex i know this piece. i've played violin for 14 years. in actual sheet music which bach wrote, there should be slow downs on those passages which vanessa does. even though she is far lower skill player than this guy, she plays exactly as it should be played with pauses. If i were you, i'd learn first and then talk. just saying.
phosphore222 2 months ago
@phosphore222 Touche
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@phosphore222: Those ritardandos "slow downs" are actually editorial embellishments and are absent in many editions of this piece.
brandon71085 3 weeks ago
@brandon71085 though it remains in original bach composition
phosphore222 3 weeks ago
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daniel0731ex 5 months ago
I dont know what hes doing but its fucking amazing
Woody263 6 months ago 12
2:03!!
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booyah! i luv how he "takes a rest" at the end as if saying "THATis a PARTITA for u!"
:D
jnmusicvideos00 7 months ago
booyah! i luv how he "takes a rest" at the end as if saying "THAT is a PARTITA for u!"
jnmusicvideos00 7 months ago
better version herd ever
TheGaetano62 7 months ago
AH HIS BOWING IS SO FUCKING GOOD.
MyMeatYearns4Andrea 7 months ago 4
OH Yes!!!!!!
trifelgeputinage 7 months ago
1:08-1:12 part is awesome!!
DonShei 7 months ago
He looks much younger than when he made the renown recordings (CD only ) of all three sonatas and partitas. For which he won many awards, I think among them classical recording of the year. Does anyone know when this recording was originally made? The credits only give 1993 as the year it was "remastered." Thank you "sissy" for this glorious video.
GeorgeM1949 8 months ago
Brilliant, nothing less. i also find this to be the best actual video of someone playing this piece. There's an amazing atmosphere as you just slowly zoom in on this proper but humble, suited up musician just standing there on the stage. Genuine in every respect!
Frederberg 8 months ago 4
Perfect dynamics, emphasizes notes without sacrificing his timing.
dragknuckle 8 months ago
this guy has a much more refined tone that vanessa mae..
firebot4 8 months ago
Oh. My. Gosh. <3
xxleanzviolinxx 8 months ago
there is something about a piece that once you have played it you like it even more.
i couldn't like this piece much more. :D
spyben3 8 months ago
Carl Sagan's favourite piece of music.
BigMasterTeek 9 months ago 4
@BigMasterTeek I was about to say that :P
LilDrummerBoy74 9 months ago
@BigMasterTeek, Is that true? Now that you mention it, I did notice Bach played throughout the Cosmos series.. That's awesome. Carl Sagan and Bach are like peanut butter and jelly.
stvexplos 8 months ago
@stvexplos Yer you can check it out on the BBC site. Search for the radio 4 program "desert island disks" and you can search for him in their archives.
BigMasterTeek 8 months ago
ahhhhhhh 8th grade!!!!!!
nelsonkee123 9 months ago
Where the hell is he?
DinkleberryDelight 9 months ago
@DinkleberryDelight He is in heaven, watching all the "best" singers fail and die and go to hell. <<
AoifeStair 9 months ago
@AoifeStair Win.
DinkleberryDelight 9 months ago
@DinkleberryDelight Definitely.
AoifeStair 9 months ago
Utterly divine! Genius!
smudgepots 9 months ago
bravo.
leoncioviolin 10 months ago
I think this is the best version, I am trying to convence my teacher to teach me this!
posterboard2 10 months ago 2
Milstein was FANTASTIC, no doubt about that! This piece is wonderful, but I like Nigel Kennedy's interpretation a bit more...
gerithebiker 10 months ago
like a boss. this shit is really hard to do :| 100+ bars of 16th notes, wohoo
roangles 10 months ago
Vanessa Mae looks like a fucking Chinese dog. Her rendition was just awful. I want to shove her violin up her ass along with her fucking electric violin. She sucks at playing classical music
xbasket12x 11 months ago
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rodolfoaoliveira 11 months ago
Perfeito
jeffersonfsoares 1 year ago
Bravo! Beautifully played. Thank you for the video as it adds to the simplistic but ingenious art of what we are hearing now.
EnterpriseFlight 1 year ago
@EnterpriseFlight
Oh dear, calling Bach simplistic is an extreme example of poor word choice.
valois89 1 year ago 17
@valois89
No, it's pure ignorance and bigotry.
dileizhan 11 months ago
@EnterpriseFlight
Bach wrote some of the most complex music of all time. Your comment is an example of extreme ignorance.
freshhh1994 8 months ago
es muiiii secooo!
bagitaxitax 1 year ago
lol lol
kikolas24 1 year ago
Twenty three human beings on earth could give a negative rating above??? Beyond my ability to understand even if I do heartily believe in everyone's right to their opinion.............
DavesCarWash 1 year ago 13
Vanessa Mae's version is better, but only if you turn your computer speakers off.
jephthah007 1 year ago 240
@jephthah007 LOL
searay32 1 year ago
@jephthah007 You probably couldn't play better than either of them.
pipebillys 1 year ago
@pipebillys dam....i wish i could read what he sayd xD!
its one of those cases where u look for the guy u talked to and he isnt in the list... el o el xD
i just saw a guy (today) in the music school playing this like him =D
pro's rule ^^
tubemankiwi 1 year ago
@pipebillys nvmnd..hes on the top xD fail <.<
yea, i bet he couldnt xD
tubemankiwi 1 year ago
@jephthah007
diferent types, i honestly prefer original one, its prettyer, her's its more for dancing and stuff.. =)
tubemankiwi 1 year ago
@jephthah007
Eew, you got yellow fever.
TheCroco99 1 year ago
@jephthah007 I guess a million or so viewers like the sound of Miss Vanessa Mae's shrilling.
khira07 11 months ago
@jephthah007 Nahh, Bobby Mcferrin's version is the most authentic.
punkypenguin321 11 months ago
@jephthah007 think i have a point here. when bach wrote this, he wasn't thinking: ''Nathan is my boy, fuCK vanessa mae!'' i think he was thinking: ''guys, wake up, sun is up, we all must shine''... ok i may like nathan milstein's version much more than vanessa's but goda dammit, if i like his play i wont gonna insult everyone in the world who plays this, just because I think that he/she ruins the piece. BE BACH, and than may be you ll have the right to say fuck you violin players! i love ya guys
phosphore222 10 months ago
@phosphore222 Relax, I wasn't telling any violin players "F___ you!" I was making a joke, I think it's a legitimate comparison. The irony is that Vanessa Mae is a beautiful young woman who plays this piece moderately well, while Milstein is a middle aged man whose playing is sublime, but he is less well known.
altriego1 10 months ago
@altriego1 TOTALLY Agreeed. you should say fuck show buisness :D :D
phosphore222 10 months ago
@jephthah007 dont say bullshit
TheGaetano62 7 months ago
@jephthah007
Dude, what an awesome quip!
LuciusDriftwood 6 months ago
@jephthah007 was going to disagree until i read the last part of the sentence
hateash101 1 month ago
Rock out with your bach out
blink182chase13 1 year ago 5
By far the best version of Bach's partita No. 3, on youtube.
iWillBlockYou 1 year ago 35
I love good music.
DrWonton1 1 year ago 2
387,387 views when I come in . What are the chances. I mean, seriously.
Subtitles00 1 year ago 4
@Subtitles00 1 in 387,387
sr1215cl 1 year ago
I agree w/ Meesterc.., but this has raw, honest soul as an interpretation. Milstein demonstrates it with ease and passion. Heifetz appears to struggle through the same passages, although both favor the upper bow. 2:06 incredible bowing control and choice of shape to the melody. 210 intonation is sharp and Milstein is mostly a bit off. But bowing and choice of emphasis carries the tune. It is hard to tell whose intonation/bowing truly interprets the intention of the author. This is my favorite.
fiddlraz 1 year ago
@fiddlraz 210 INTONATION IS SHARP AND MILSTEIN IS MOSTLY A BIT OFF?? WTF?? Whatever dude.. or girl dude... whoever you are. Plug it into your computer if you don't want intonation a "bit off" and enjoy the boringness of inhuman interpretation. This is one of the greatest... you're an ASS for saying "a bit off".
vlanicki 1 year ago
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@vlanicki So I'm an ass. You are the one acting like one, (whatever you are). What do you play?
fiddlraz 1 year ago
Bach's impeccable genious + Milstein's flawless technical skills = ☺
coolsimpsons 1 year ago
According to the Washington Times article after Maestro Milstein's death, it was a "1716 Stradivarius".....................
outoftunefiddler 1 year ago
this is great
i wish i could play this good
alanpriceisgool 1 year ago
Staggeringly great.
conductroboy 1 year ago
Vanessa...sucks
kleiber1019 1 year ago
it seems like the more bach, handel and vivaldi i listen to... the less original Beethoven and Mozart sound to me, brilliant as they were
brenonion 1 year ago
lisent bela fleck version on banjo... awesome.
tnelovelam 1 year ago
Im tryin to learn this movement and I'm using THIS ONE as my prime example of how its played because it sounds the best to me
mojokiss 1 year ago
É possível alguém não gostar disso?! Rs.
jamyllealencar 1 year ago
For Plancks Time, I wonder on what basis you make the statement that all of us who prefer Milstein have poor listening skills. I have listened to, and participated in, classical music for decades. My hearing may not be what it was, but I can assure you that my ability to listen, from training and practice, is rather good. I know good performances when I hear them. At most you could say that you find Mae's performance more pleasing, and that would be fine. You don't know us, otherwise.
mesenteria 1 year ago
Not that it matters, but even though I prefer this version to all others I have heard, I would like it to be a bit slower. It seems rushed, but not alarmingly so. The tone and comprehensiveness/comprehension exhibited by Milstein are, in my opinion, peerless.
mesenteria 1 year ago
Maybe the reason you guys like this man's version better is because his serious look, the black and white, the tuxedo and the emotion and interest with which he plays is far more suited to the classical era of music than the 'pop', 'asian' Maes. Not racism, but just the way different images fit better. Even the name "Milstein" is better for this music than "Vanessa Maes". Yeh, for those of you with poor listening skills, thats the only reason you would choose him
PlancksTime 1 year ago
@PlancksTime Speaking frankly, the tonality on Milstein's is honestly just plain better. His technique serves to preserve the subtlety of the piece rather than to exaggerate and exploit Bach's composition.
MechaSixVII 1 year ago
I love how he just sits down at the end like "yeah..that's how its done" lol
gnatural 1 year ago 130
@gnatural Exactly! xD
dubedition1111 1 year ago
@gnatural lol, exactly
violaplayer1995 1 year ago
too fast but very good..
musico981 1 year ago
Wow, there seems to be some oneupsmanship with regard to given performers. Doesn't anyone think Itzhak Perlman is any good? LOL. The good thing about "so and so is better than so and so" is that I can go and listen to those as well. Vanessa Mae is a pop performer, but I'll bet her serious renditions are excellent. Any performer who plays Bach with respect is top notch in my book. I remember Jim Stafford who used to play "goofy" guitar until he played a classical piece which blew me away.
jrssjdca 1 year ago
i like this version much better than vanessa mae's. this one is so clear and perfect, while she adds in all these ridiculous accels and rits that she puts in to make it sound impressive but just makes it sound like a child messing with too much improvisation. sure, there is room for interpretation, but there is a reason bach wrote his song the way he did, and nathan milstein plays it he way bach intended.
ejdatmacdotcom 1 year ago
Way way better than Heifetz's version.
zlytherin 1 year ago
Why so many people in the commentaries are arguing about vanessa mae/Nathan Milstein version? Can't you just shut the fuck up and listen to the music?
LensherrA 1 year ago 2
great!
drumier 1 year ago
if i listened milstein's version first, i just can't go and listen anyone's version. It's impossible for me to change my perspective of bach's partita to any other's besides milstein's..
Schwanengesang415 1 year ago
this is the best written solo violin piece ever.
rockmesexyjesus10 1 year ago
OK, I have to ask this about the 23 or so people who seem to have voted against this performance: was that merely a pointer slip, or is there actually a reason for your attitude? Would you care to explain the rationale of your contempt, if any at all, to the just-shy-of-a-thousand listeners who thought otherwise, or you intend to leave us wondering? What is there that you dislike about Nathan Milstein? How much improvement is there to be made for your austere criterion to concede an approval?
predator9720 1 year ago
I have to play this in our audition for chamber orchestra D:
cooleah9000 1 year ago
There is no comparison to musicianship on this level, for this composition, during this era or any other. That's my opinion at least.
HardHouseMusic4Me 1 year ago
i simply love it... he's my rolemodel for how to play it... ♥
dschineh 1 year ago
music doesn't get much better than this
capnpayne 1 year ago
This is why J S Bach is the greatest composer of all time
Strefanash 1 year ago
Milstein is insuperably good when it comes to this piece.
PolkiSaNajlepsze 1 year ago
YO YO MA
Lambda 1 year ago
@hgchjk oh yeah but she is a slut .. she is good but she is a mainstream slut POINT!
googlekopfkind 1 year ago
vanessa mae is a slut
googlekopfkind 1 year ago
thats god
googlekopfkind 1 year ago
HOLA: SOY ESTUDIANTE DEL CONCERVATORIO JJC , TOCO EL VIOLIN , ESTOY LLEVANDO A CABO UN TRABAJO PRACTICO Y ES BELLISIMO . LOS COMPOSITORES BARROCOS SON MIS FAVORITOS
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I watch the video on a regular basis due to the amazingness.....
trusstingod 1 year ago
It is like Bach has come alive. The joy! The JOY!!!
outoftunefiddler 1 year ago
badass. he just sits back down like it was nothing.
starryeyed95 1 year ago
Hilary Hahn is the best, she play this Partita better than Vanessa Mae
danibj74 1 year ago
like this comment if you think this is a good performance and the new youtube layout sucks tremendously
punchaloo 1 year ago
This is the tune my school system plays to signal for morning assembly, hence we term it as 'the depressing music'. Now for the first time, im able to appreciate its elegance.
dianaloilihui 1 year ago
@dianaloilihui lol
punchaloo 1 year ago
It's just this partita the cause of make me start play violin, maybe one day I will really learn this.
JackSpesim 1 year ago
Vanessa Mae has no soul. She is a robot sent to look hot while overshadowing great violinists.. something she'll never be.
jimbobanalbeats 1 year ago
I hella love this song!! And in black and white!! YEAH!! Rock on!
kuku3kuku3 1 year ago
It is elegant and joyous.....It also makes the hair on my arms stand up when here Nathan play this. It is complete control of the instrument, dynamics, bowing....There are none like him now.
outoftunefiddler 1 year ago
he played it as perfect as possible! really like his interpretation.
metalheadlass 1 year ago
I posted my remarks many months ago. If you find this style appealing, and many will, please look for the 80-year-old Milstein's rendition of the Bach Sonata No. 3, Allegro Assai. It is an amazing show of experience and skill, but in a well-aged man whose best years were behind him. Still, the mark of his ability is unmistakable, and I, for one, can only look on in awe.
mesenteria 1 year ago
un bach divin et exceptionnelle interprétation !
robynsalain 1 year ago
Awful pop. No feelings,no imagery. Where was he driving horses? Only Russian violinists to the transfer of all of these masterpieces.
A full violinist - the worst violinist.
MrHalych 1 year ago
Wonderfully epic... I'm speechless.
CLASSICAListheWAY 1 year ago
at 2:05 it soung like theres 2 violins!!buts it only 1!!!
sidwong123 1 year ago
2:04 to 2:08 is the hardest!!!!
sidwong123 1 year ago
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I have no word to express my heart for this.
Akiko Suwanai Japanese violonist was the first listening to this piece, and I was amazed by it.
I love her sound, but he is great!
There are great people in the world now I know! and I'm astonished!!!
TFEGW 1 year ago
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TFEGW 1 year ago
This is one of those performances that brings an uneducated listener to a sudden realization of new beauty. It's as if I have never before heard the violin and Bach makes the experience of sound unbearably, excrutiatingly wonderful. I'm begging for mercy. More!
HerbicidalManiac 1 year ago
Does this guy have an amati or a stradivarius
CheechPuppy08 1 year ago
@CheechPuppy08 He had a Stradivarious
ericgable 1 year ago
@ericgable He had? What happened oh don't tell me.
StradAmatiViolin 1 year ago
@StradAmatiViolin Will he passed away, and the Milstein family sold it in the 20th century.
ericgable 1 year ago
@ericgable Thats sad but I know he will love on in his music I will remember this piece the way he played it.
StradAmatiViolin 1 year ago
This is just so hard to play...how did Bach even invent this piece?
karawkz 1 year ago
the bowing at 00:24 always kicks my ass! he does it with ease!
Meestercheese 1 year ago 9
by far, my favorite interpretation.
annabananaheadilu 1 year ago
erm why is there over 1 million views on the vanessa mae version, and this has barely 314,000? Is it just because she's hotter? This version is a bajillion sqaured times better than the vanessa mae version.
Joshuaying 1 year ago 63
@Joshuaying the answer is because she reached the media, she is POP. I like both versions. Unfortunatelly, the fame goes to the ones who are presented on TV, etc and Vanessa reaches those people that would probably never go to an erudit concert. Nowadays, with internet, a good musician can build fame even here at YouTube ;-)
dosergiobr 1 year ago
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@Joshuaying sexist?? lol!! imm playing partita for nyssma!! its pritty hard!!=D
sidwong123 1 year ago
@Joshuaying lol ur right but i wouldn't use "hotter" because you don't necessarily use that term for guys
punchaloo 1 year ago
@Joshuaying Nathan milstein, is a 19th century violinists. Vennesa is a violinist in the 20th century and youtube wasnt even made back than. AND who cares people are missing NATHAN MILSTEIN playing the Bach prelude at his youngest momment.
ericgable 1 year ago
@ericgable I tried using the bow at the tip but I don't play slow enough or fast enough I don't know how he does it I have to play at the middle of the bow in fast movements. I love how he plays it I wish I knew where to find more of these videos. I would say this video is priceless. :D
StradAmatiViolin 1 year ago
@StradAmatiViolin Look, when your still studying the violin or now, you should focus mainly on your BOWING and bow hold. Cause bowing and bow hold will improve your violin playing. Care about the use of bow. Also, you have to understand where to use the bow and everything. I mainly focus on my bow hold, and use.
ericgable 1 year ago
@ericgable I do now it is becoming increasingly easier I am bowing more straight now. I just don't use the tip for fast movements I like the middle it helps more for some reason. I use the whole bow when I am playing a slow movement the partita 2 sarabande is an example that piece I'm used to it comes easily that's why I like practice. Thank You I hope to be as good as him.
StradAmatiViolin 1 year ago
@StradAmatiViolin You also use certain parts of the bows for specific reasons. Thats why you have to understand whats the best part of the bow for certain pieces. Also, dont use to much bow on sarabande,because first back than they had baroque bows and they played it way different. Thats why my teacher teaches me Baroque style. because to really play J.S Bach you have to play his period style. I do look up to Milstein aswell, he inspires me alot.. and i aswell want to be as good or equal to him
ericgable 1 year ago
@ericgable Well I know most of the bowings ricochet bowing etc. I just need to learn how to do them. I try to keep my bowing for the bach srabande not just pulling quickly but hold it and pull slowly long as possible. Thank You writing back.
StradAmatiViolin 1 year ago
@Joshuaying you only support my view. There are millions who profess to understand and love music. However, there are few who do? Cheers
amoralis123 1 year ago
@Joshuaying it s called markting
jasonform 1 year ago
@Joshuaying Absolutely!! Have you noticed how many of Mae's videos have had the comments disabled? Can't think why...
shiveringflower 1 year ago
@Joshuaying shes not even that hot too... jeez.... -_-;;
Gavriella11 1 year ago
@Joshuaying Don't 4get man she is fucking hot.
The00ching00 1 year ago
@Joshuaying - I'm not saying that Vanessa Mae isn't good, but honestly I think the skill and sound quality is much better in this one. There's something in this one that you can't find in the Vanessa Mae video..perhaps it is the emotion which Milstein plays this, or the dynamics. Either way, both are spectacular but I too have no idea why the videos are unequal.
goodcommentguy 1 year ago
@Joshuaying i cant really agreee. i agree that nathan palys better, but not this piece. playing faster is nothing. but i think you know that :)
phosphore222 1 year ago
@Joshuaying I just listened to both versions side by side comparing them.
Milstein >> Maes
Maes is a lot worse than his version. In fact, his speed actually makes the pauses sound a lot better
PlancksTime 1 year ago
@Joshuaying it s buisness,markting bullshit
milstein91 1 year ago
@Joshuaying
Ouch that burns, I think Vanessa Mae needs some ice for that!
PandorasViolin 1 year ago
@Joshuaying The only problem is now everyone who watches this is now gonna go over there and see how bad it is.
lookoutitscaleb 1 year ago
@lookoutitscaleb omg darn it! that's what i just did!! argh
TheChuggtom88 1 year ago
@Joshuaying It's because Vanessa Mae prefers to put in crap electronic sounds to make her music more appealing to the ears of dickheads that contribute to modern society and sound.
What a pity that the legend that put so much of his style into the partitas is overshadowed by his contemporary counterpart, who rides on the coattails of unimaginitive and original-lacking playing.
wtfpwndzor 1 year ago
@Joshuaying yeah hers seems really clumsy to me, this is EPIC
engela2 1 year ago
@Joshuaying It's because she's more well known now than Him. Remeber, Internet was invented a few years ago, therefore, since he was from the 1900's and she had performed when internet and computers were, it makes sense she would have more views.
AoifeStair 1 year ago
@Joshuaying "Barely" 314,000 (now almost 400,000) views??? For a Bach violin partita on YouTube, that's still pretty awesome!!!! Vanessa is just more popular because she caters to the whims of her "target demographic": young folks more in tune with "pop" music than Baroque or Renaissance masterpieces. // That said, this IS a very exceptional performance of this wonderfully joyful musical creation..... i am SO happy that it's here for everyone (especially me, lol!!) to enjoy :-+).
HolyMotherofGrid 1 year ago