Bach BWV 1004 Chaconne Nathan Milstein Violin - Complete

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  • čas přidán 22. 05. 2011
  • Wonderful! My favorite rendition. As all kind of pure artistry, incomparable.
    Note: If you want to read old comments from this video, please go to • Bach BWV 1004 Chaconn...
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Komentáře • 205

  • @wutamamama
    @wutamamama Před 3 lety +46

    That's all the applause he got?! That was like one of the greatest performances of this piece of all time! Man...I feel for him as I don't think he got the applause that he deserved here. What brilliance, what beauty, what glory. He knew how to bring out every morsel of magnificence of this master piece. Love you Milstein! Incredible. So inspirational.

    • @gere7739
      @gere7739 Před 3 lety +5

      In my opinion, when you have such skills and a life of practice you play only for reach the perfection you wish, doesnt matter who and how clap at you

    • @wutamamama
      @wutamamama Před rokem +2

      Sure, Milstein may or may not have cared, but my point is about the audience themselves. How could they not be moved?! Sublime playing. Still my favorite rendition of the piece.

  • @musicola7371
    @musicola7371 Před 9 měsíci +3

    Reading some of the comments, I realize that I am perhaps lucky that I only know a little bit about music. I can enjoy listening to both Nathan Milstein and Hilary Hahn performing the same piece of music without a problem.

  • @julioklastornick3642
    @julioklastornick3642 Před 8 lety +13

    "On one stave, for a small instrument, the man writes a whole world of the deepest thoughts and most powerful feelings. If I imagined that I could have created, even conceived the piece, I am quite certain that the excess of excitement and earth-shattering experience would have driven me out of my mind." - Johannes Brahms about Bach's Chaconne

  • @andrewwiseman3881
    @andrewwiseman3881 Před 3 lety +11

    I think the is the greatest piece ever composed, and have held that belief throughout my life. I've been listening since a teenager to Milstein's Solo Bach and have been in love with it. His is by far the most rewarding playing of it for me. I am an enormous Milstein fan, always in amazement of what he could create.

  • @haotianyu6368
    @haotianyu6368 Před 9 lety +20

    I never realized how brilliant Milstein was until now...

  • @kennethchen212
    @kennethchen212 Před 3 lety +8

    This is how Bach supposed to be in my deep heart...

  • @AlexSmith-tr9hc
    @AlexSmith-tr9hc Před 3 lety +9

    The Chaconne can only be played by masters of the violin...and Milstein is one of the truly few masters that does it so well.

  • @Boldstrummer
    @Boldstrummer Před rokem +6

    He doesn't overplay or force anything. He really brings out the dialog between different voices.
    I love the lightness of the arpeggios section. My favorite violin interpretation..

  • @deepdark795
    @deepdark795 Před 7 lety +52

    Such integrity in his playing. Milstein was born to play Bach.

    • @jansnauwaert1785
      @jansnauwaert1785 Před 2 lety +1

      Well, I don't like it. For instance: the passage from 12:00 on (or a bit earlier), should sound "organ"-like, like notes coming from everywhere, but in Milstein's rendition, that impression is not successfully created. I certainly prefer at least a dozen other interpretations.

    • @couiours
      @couiours Před 2 lety

      @@jansnauwaert1785 **vibrato**

    • @chuckgills580
      @chuckgills580 Před 2 lety

      Cgilbert my comment on #173 I must Confer with the his statement totally Awesome this guy is !!!!

    • @yyjones79
      @yyjones79 Před 2 lety +1

      Nice. But at least one fingering mistake (5:28). I stopped listening at 5:30, although I certainly like the way he plays.
      NB: To hear the mistake, start for example at 5:25.

    • @KingAeetes
      @KingAeetes Před rokem

      @@yyjones79 Very good capture. You listen very closely!

  • @JeanFrancoisTellier
    @JeanFrancoisTellier Před 3 lety +9

    Bach is composing for the instrument. He's the master to catch the essence of an instrument. Milstein is my preferred interpretation!!!

  • @JoeBlue415
    @JoeBlue415 Před 5 lety +77

    11 dislikes?! Seriously? Seriously? You may prefer another’s version, but how can you dislike this? Really?! Really?!

  • @AussieSteveBoyle
    @AussieSteveBoyle Před 2 lety +2

    He slowly sways on his feet as if comforting a weeping child, his beloved violin.

  • @mmmoggmem2522
    @mmmoggmem2522 Před 3 lety +3

    I was lucky to see him perform this live at Carnegie Hall in 1985. At 80 years old, his performance was a mind-blowing experience.

    • @paulcaswell2813
      @paulcaswell2813 Před 3 lety

      I have two great 'fiddle' memories. Milstein at Birmingham Town Hall in the early '70s, and Ricci's Pag encores at the same location in 1966. Strange that modern players' performances just don't engrain themselves into the memory the same way.

  • @sayakah
    @sayakah Před 12 lety +5

    It would never be a music so perfect, in an intelectual point, and so emotional at the same time...and, in my opinion, Milstein plays the purest an deepest version ever done.

  • @christophernguyen5437
    @christophernguyen5437 Před 10 lety +32

    I am unimaginably thankful that this was caught on video. I'd seen his final performance which was great, but this surpasses even that. Phenomenal!

  • @sullenfionaa
    @sullenfionaa Před 10 lety +80

    I think this is Bach's best violin work and I never heard better interpretation than Milstein's.

    • @daniel3231995
      @daniel3231995 Před 3 lety +3

      not anymore with the advent of historically informed. hearing this again makes me stiff.

    • @elianmiguelgonzalez7134
      @elianmiguelgonzalez7134 Před 3 lety +1

      May you should listening to "zimmer man"

    • @jansnauwaert1785
      @jansnauwaert1785 Před 2 lety +3

      Disagree. Zimmerman, Shoji Sayaka, James Ehnes, ... A pity we don't have Ginette Neveu's recording anymore; I don't doubt I would have prefered it a lot to Milstein's.

    • @walderrub2434
      @walderrub2434 Před 2 lety +1

      Milstein was the best indeed!

    • @Kchkchkch8415
      @Kchkchkch8415 Před 2 lety

      @@jansnauwaert1785 Ehnes plays everything like a robot. Ideal technique, but that’s all.

  • @gawgul
    @gawgul Před 13 lety +6

    Really such an irresistable and great player--when Milstein plays, the music develops, moves, deepens as he goes along.

  • @KingAeetes
    @KingAeetes Před rokem +2

    Beautiful rendition of the Chaconne.

  • @kagasaki6
    @kagasaki6 Před 6 lety +4

    I get shivers listening to his interpretation of, "Chaconne", I feel he plays it best. However, the version Milstein plays as an old man brings tears to my eyes, it is that profoundly beautiful...

  • @WLDFLWR101
    @WLDFLWR101 Před 10 lety +12

    Of all the renditions of this magnificent piece, Milstein's moves me most. I feel as if through music Milstein himself is experiencing the very pain and sorrow that Bach suffered.

  • @viocub
    @viocub Před 8 měsíci +3

    He has been under estimated as one of the more brilliant musicians in recent memory. i am so grateful to see this incredible live performance. He was divinely connect at this moment. What a ride! Thank you for posting the video..

  • @user-op4yk6yv3z
    @user-op4yk6yv3z Před 2 lety +3

    The legend of legends.
    Always Nathan Milstein 's Bach 's Works just Amazing.

  • @GebEgB
    @GebEgB Před 12 lety +10

    For me, the greatest work of art ever made.

  • @vorspiel1023
    @vorspiel1023 Před 11 lety +2

    His artistry is superb, and it does not hurt that he isplaying a wonderful Strad. I, sadly, heard him live, in Atlanta, in 1987. He performed with Atlanta Symphony Orhcestra, the Beethoven Concerto. He was then 83, and had a bad night; he forgot where he was mid-way through the first movement, and literally had to be sort of carried back into the piece by the able conducting of Robert Shaw. In defense, his playing of the larghetto was exquisite, as was his rondo. He was a God of Bach!

  • @asilva781
    @asilva781 Před 3 lety +6

    My favourite Chaconne version.

  • @frankcroson2143
    @frankcroson2143 Před 5 lety +6

    Bravissimo! I wonder if the Chaconne has ever been played better, with more depth, passion and technical mastery. Others doubtless have their favorites, but this is mine. Sadly, no excuses can be made for the tepidness of the audience's response. Perhaps, one day, some of them will look back on having been present for Milstein's incomparable performance. I hope so.

  • @musicalme27
    @musicalme27 Před 4 měsíci

    That's an audience full of zombies. What a phenomenal marvelous performance. Brings me to tears. Rest in Shamayim, dearest Nathan. You're a marvel.

  • @brandonbailey2779
    @brandonbailey2779 Před 11 lety +4

    This rendition is one of my favorites!

  • @SchmidtCaspar
    @SchmidtCaspar Před rokem +1

    I'm crying. So beautiful...

  • @CPMariner
    @CPMariner Před 11 lety +6

    Thank you, thank you, thank you for uploading this magnificent Milstein performance of the Chanconne. His flawless technique and profound passion make him my ATF choice for that lump-in-the-throat piece. Words are inadequate.

  • @fydler7640
    @fydler7640 Před 10 lety +7

    Lo, the master meets the master, and all is well! It would be fascinating to contemplate what Bach would have thought about Milstein's playing. Think what towering things the old master would have composed had he had a violinist of Milstein's caliber to write for!

  • @musicalwayshere4
    @musicalwayshere4 Před 11 lety +4

    The violin always sounds so emotional to me, really beautiful

  • @NahaleGuitar
    @NahaleGuitar Před 11 lety +2

    there's no other interpretation better than this specific one alone.

  • @Againstwalls
    @Againstwalls Před 12 lety +4

    Just perfect. Gives me chills.

  • @sigognac5327
    @sigognac5327 Před 3 lety +2

    Modèle d'articulation, de phrasé, de chant et de connexion. La ligne va toujours quelque part ... L’œuvre est tellement réalisée dans l'unité qu'on en ressort ''libéré''. Bravo Maestro !

  • @arnoldirwin9416
    @arnoldirwin9416 Před 11 lety +2

    Surely the MUSIC OF HEAVEN ! ! ! One of the greatest pieces of music of all time ... by one of the greatest violinists of all time.

  • @marsvltor2
    @marsvltor2 Před 10 lety +3

    Still the greatest performance of all. The master at work!

  • @SprayVomit
    @SprayVomit Před 10 lety +3

    Nothing is better than this

  • @phatnitude
    @phatnitude Před 13 lety +2

    i really enjoy the way this song sounds on violin. so beautiful

  • @monellerichmond7208
    @monellerichmond7208 Před 7 lety +22

    I find Milstein's interpretation very masculine--almost severe--but very compelling. His intonation is excellent and his passion unmistakable. I do love many other versions, but his stands alone in conviction and authority, and stays with you long after you hear it. And why do I assume that anyone will care about what I think? Good question! :))

    • @butsirrr
      @butsirrr Před 7 lety +1

      Monelle Richmond if you like this interpretation you will love Ivry Gitlis's

    • @monellerichmond7208
      @monellerichmond7208 Před 5 lety +1

      Fred Well, thank you for the recommendation. I went looking for it, and unfortunately found it qjuite jerky.

    • @butsirrr
      @butsirrr Před 4 lety

      @@monellerichmond7208 I appreciated its masculine, raw and unfiltered rendition that Gitlis always brings to the table. It is so unique and wonderful that it is able to overcome its minor flaws in intonation at times. When you hear Gitlis, it is always unmistakable, Gitlis.

    • @monelleny
      @monelleny Před 4 lety

      @@butsirrr I will listen again :)

  • @shin-i-chikozima
    @shin-i-chikozima Před 2 lety +2

    This splendor is undisputed

  • @GabrielChiari
    @GabrielChiari Před 9 lety +17

    Although many can say this is not a ortodox interpretation, or that the technics are not as accurate as in hilary hahn interpretation, I'd rather listen Milstein's. This os absolutely genius!

    • @cigarnationwarriors3981
      @cigarnationwarriors3981 Před 3 lety +4

      I find Hahn’s Bach lacking musical maturity. She plays all the notes, not much else.

    • @gevork2458
      @gevork2458 Před 2 lety +2

      @@cigarnationwarriors3981 exactly. Passion>Perfection

  • @lydericmaes6278
    @lydericmaes6278 Před 8 lety +7

    Genius in action !

  • @kenavo2103
    @kenavo2103 Před 9 lety +2

    Divine interpretation by Nathan Milstein.

  • @pbazant
    @pbazant Před 12 lety +12

    If anyone has tears in the eyes watching this, that one is not alone.

    • @gijsphilip
      @gijsphilip Před 4 lety

      Because of Bach or Milstein?

    • @pbazant
      @pbazant Před 4 lety

      @@gijsphilip I can't decide which one is worse (just kidding :-) ).

    • @pbazant
      @pbazant Před 4 lety

      @@gijsphilip I just had to listen to this again. So much beauty!

  • @IndelibleBeings
    @IndelibleBeings Před 10 lety +1

    Thank you for re-posting this complete.

  • @fantasticmusic20
    @fantasticmusic20 Před 9 lety +3

    one of my favorite artist!

  • @joypaulson6093
    @joypaulson6093 Před rokem

    Milstein is the consummate master of the violin and of Bach's violin Chaconne movements...there was no one like Milstein then and no one like him since.

  • @AlphaEra
    @AlphaEra Před 11 lety +1

    Thanks for uploading the complete version :D
    LOVE YOU!!!!!

  • @ciaconne
    @ciaconne Před 12 lety +2

    thanks for uploading the one-piece complete version.

  • @paulostroff99
    @paulostroff99 Před 13 lety +1

    Awesome.TY for posting.

  • @everusD
    @everusD Před 12 lety +2

    Magnifico! La magia del maestro Bach es eterna! BRAVO!!!

  • @michelfournier5634
    @michelfournier5634 Před 10 lety +2

    puissant ! Expressif ! Virtuose ! Magnifique

  • @tetchypoo
    @tetchypoo Před 13 lety +7

    My lord, this is unbelievable. I typically prefer the chaconne at a slower pace, but the technical mastery combines beautifully with the emotional drive of the piece. Perlman was my favorite, but I think this may have just replaced that.

  • @regina8010
    @regina8010 Před rokem +2

    Perfection…all played with a russian bow hold!

  • @SprayVomit
    @SprayVomit Před 11 lety +1

    Thank you

  • @rromano51
    @rromano51 Před 10 lety +2

    I am speechless!

  • @joy1ess
    @joy1ess Před 12 lety +1

    perfect interpretation !

  • @butsirrr
    @butsirrr Před 7 lety +2

    3:45-3:46 wow look at that dexterity shifting to third position and back in an instant just for that A

  • @stephaniemathiasmusic
    @stephaniemathiasmusic Před 13 lety +1

    this is wonderful!!! he does really develop the music throughout the performance... just like the violin should always be played.

  • @salvianojr
    @salvianojr  Před 12 lety +3

    Paris, France,1968

  • @johnnuness
    @johnnuness Před rokem +1

    Algum(a) brasileiro(a) ouvindo essa obra espetacular, interpretada por Nathan Milstein?

  • @gnatural
    @gnatural Před 12 lety +2

    Soli Deo Gloria....

  • @sebastianrc
    @sebastianrc Před 12 lety +1

    Happy Birthday "Maestrissimo" Bach!

  • @TheMuston
    @TheMuston Před rokem +1

    Maybe the only interpretation which could match Hahn's summit. He also quite knew how to phrase Bach.

  • @bradfordrick1
    @bradfordrick1 Před 3 lety +2

    An unsurpassed expression of human pathos

  • @sevenoctave88
    @sevenoctave88 Před 8 lety +6

    l'm in Heaven now!

  • @minhanobreza
    @minhanobreza Před 10 lety +2

    Perfeição!
    Certos tipos de comparações realmente não cabem, JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH é incomparável.
    Sem mais.

  • @musicfirst5020
    @musicfirst5020 Před rokem +1

    Fantastic. As a purely side note and of no significance I didn't realize what short height he was, as most of the great violinists were.

  • @izayoi10
    @izayoi10 Před 2 lety

    初めてマリア・カラスを聴いた時に似た、強い衝撃を受けました。

  •  Před 11 lety +1

    Totalmente hermoso... esta es mi favorita :')... si deseo apoyarme en alguna.... elijo esta pieza... imposible no llorarla... aunque en realidad esta es la que me ha dado mas valor :') Grande Milstein!!!!

  • @KARIBIKunderwater
    @KARIBIKunderwater Před 9 lety +13

    JOHAN SEBASTIAN BACH:
    THE VOICE OF GOD.

  • @marioguidoscappucci
    @marioguidoscappucci Před 12 lety

    Sublime!

  • @zicekanelo
    @zicekanelo Před 11 lety +1

    Uno de los grandes logros en el arte de la humanidad.

  • @PaoloFrasca
    @PaoloFrasca Před 11 lety

    gli spettatori sono tutti così seri!

  • @brighidclaire
    @brighidclaire Před 11 lety +1

    what a genius

  • @genesis310788
    @genesis310788 Před 12 lety +1

    lo mejor que escuche en mi vida

  • @jhonnytellez1644
    @jhonnytellez1644 Před 3 lety +1

    Esto me hizo llorar de felicidad

  • @leoncioviolin
    @leoncioviolin Před 12 lety +1

    excelente

  • @twotwothousand
    @twotwothousand Před 12 lety +2

    boy, the crowd's really feelin it, aren't they? :)

  • @carlosgarcialeos3434
    @carlosgarcialeos3434 Před 9 lety +2

    En la chacona de Bach, Milstein para mi gusto el mejor.

  • @Nkiism
    @Nkiism Před 12 lety +3

    I know exactly how you feel! :]

  • @MrStrangeSensation
    @MrStrangeSensation Před 11 lety

    That is one hell of a zoom-in.

  • @belabohacs6483
    @belabohacs6483 Před 3 lety

    The ad in the middle almost killed me!

  • @KialraOfDeath
    @KialraOfDeath Před 11 lety +1

    *I like it better than any other instrument

  • @grishaslutsky
    @grishaslutsky Před 2 měsíci

    Гений!!!

  • @superfazt1
    @superfazt1 Před 11 lety +6

    He was too many years ahead.

  • @gulisha520
    @gulisha520 Před 10 lety +3

    so blunt, so Milstein

  • @guitarmachine13
    @guitarmachine13 Před 10 lety +1

    Thanks for that comment, Tom Schutte. But, anyway, I think this piece needs the female touch, specifically that of Hilary Hahn.

  • @marguslatt3503
    @marguslatt3503 Před 7 měsíci +1

    Perfectsionism

  • @Calebless
    @Calebless Před 10 lety +2

    11:37
    But he's still epic!!!!!
    I need to borrow that man's violin.

    • @Um7PorAi
      @Um7PorAi Před měsícem

      It's not the violin, it's Milstein! It's not the car that makes the driver better, it's the driver

  • @iatom323
    @iatom323 Před 2 lety +1

    👍👍👍❤❤❤

  •  Před 11 lety +2

    Primero me destruye y luego me fortalece... :')

  • @jonasjonasmusic
    @jonasjonasmusic Před 12 lety +1

    nigún violinista es mejor que otro, cada uno tiene su propio feeling, asi como también su propio violín, y en realidad, el crédito se lo merece el maestro de maestros johann sebastian bach!

  • @Gamerlord93
    @Gamerlord93 Před 7 lety +1

    I find it interesting that Milstein is the only one who plays the chromatic section at 11:42 that way.

    • @sneddley
      @sneddley Před 5 lety

      Milstein certainly had his own way and this gives me the feeling of increasing intensity from the preceding phrase, development. (listen for, if you didn't hear it before) the phrase starting at 00:58 he adds a note "D" with the upper "F". One may disagree with him making changes, but, I must say, they sound really fine when he does them!

  • @ChandlerThomasvoon100
    @ChandlerThomasvoon100 Před 11 lety +2

    im trying to learn this....if only i could play it like milstein lol

  • @slimbullet96
    @slimbullet96 Před 12 lety +1

    Why is 11:55 to 12:18 unique from other violinists? His arpeggios at 4:54 are unique too. Heifetz's chaconne is like this too. Is it that the students of Auer play this interpretation?

  • @cruscante
    @cruscante Před 11 lety +3

    "Il mondo sarà salvato dalla bellezza" . Lo disse Dostojevsky.

  • @JuanMartinexplacerez-mw3we
    @JuanMartinexplacerez-mw3we Před 10 měsíci

    Magistral interpretación del MAESTRO de Maestros .

  • @wqr0805
    @wqr0805 Před 3 lety +1

    Can anyone explain why he changed the end part to triplets? I like it better, but I don't think it' Bach original.