Menuhin plays Bach Violin Sonata No. 1 in G minor - Part 2/4

Violin Sonata No. 1 in G minor, BWV 1001

Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Performer: Yehudi Menuhin (1916-1999)

Recorded: December 19, 1935

I. Adagio cantabile
II. Fuga - Allegro
III. Siciliano - Mezzo forte
IV. Presto

Category:

Music

Tags:

• yehudi
• menuhin
• bach
• violin
• sonata

[Jinanibob]

I think he was only 18 or something when he recorded the partitas. There's sooo much passion into what he's playing! Technical perfection is sacrificed here for some raw Bach action.

[thewoman92m]

but you could have worded it better.

you can't really say that he didn't play it as well as Szeryng. he has a different style and someone that i'm guessing can't play it as well as menuhin or at all for that matter has no right to say something so derogatory. :)

[polszik]

@XRockVstarI499 Bach transform violin in polyphonic instrument by writing a fugue for solo violin. There's to several violins but there's several voices in the music. We are accustomed to ear violin as a monodic instrument with the romantic traditionnal way of playing.

[troglodyt1]

@XRockVstarI499 You hear more than one voice, because it's a fugue (from the sound of it one a 4 voices). But it is only one violin. From what I've heard, these fugues are supossed to be among the most difficult pieces for solo violin. To hear it being played with so much clarity and expressiveness is rare.

[XRockVstarI499]

@troglodyt1 really? or is my ear playing games? i think i heard 2 violins in there ~.~

[troglodyt1]

@XRockVstarI499 lol. noone!!!

[XRockVstarI499]

who played this with him?

[shineelover16]

perfection indeed.

[mariusfelix]

@dwayne515 No, he didn't. But good, that you ask....composers are underrated nowadays...

[TheBWAAA59]

bah c'est Menuhin quoi...

[bboystarchild]

beautiful..even though violinist each have a certain style and tecnique music comes from the heart. Just to grab an instruement and make music with another to fuse two ideas. That is true music.