Yehudi Menuhin plays Bach Chaconne (Part 1)

Very excellent recording from around 1935.

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Music

Tags:

• classical
• violin
• music
• Yehudi
• Menuhin
• Bach
• Chaconne

[TheStockwell]

I'm fond of Menuhin, but the praise I see here for OTHER violinists makes me wonder: what sort of person feels the need to seek out a Menuhin performance just to say "their" favourite player is better - or the best? It's like, say, a Glenn Gould fan seeking an Andras Schiff video just to proclaim Gould's superiority. People, there IS room for everyone! Sheesh!

[Violinistic]

I used to like this very slow..

But, it seems to not really matter,when Menhuin plays it's impossible not to be swept off ones feet with admiration.

[snow640]

i like this song .. makes me cry everytime i heard it

[luisramos19]

@ThereforeIThinkIAm ohhhh I see now, wow it does sound gorgeous for a reason :)

[ThereforeIThinkIAm]

@luisramos19 Supposedly Bach wrote this after returning home from overseas to find that his first wife had died while he was away. Keep this in mind then listen to 4:55 again.

[grrrr17]

Sometimes I listen to Bach's Chaconne, played by anyone, and I can't help but feel this is such a masterful composition that ALL players fall short in their performance.

particularly the quad/trip/double stops. Too harsh, too soft, Too uneven.

[ahpedrami]

@luisramos19

That whole passage is divine (4:55 to about 6:40)

[supercalifragelistik]

@autoteck1 Very well spoken. Thank God for the marvelous variety of interpretation and stye. Something for everyone. It's in too many peoples nature to impose their personal tastes upon everyone. That's what communism and all other "isms" are all about. I'll take the free market anytime. I prefer to do my own thinkng.

[luisramos19]

@D0TeK I dont get it whats at 4:55?

[D0TeK]

4:55 .......oO...

[MegaSamuelfernandes]

GRANDE MENUHIN; QUEM SABE EM OUTRA ENCARNAÇÃO PODEREI CHEGAR PERTO DESTE GRANDE VIOLINISTA.

samuly1@live.com

[ahpedrami]

@4:55 OH MY.