Bach - Violin Sonata no. 2 in A minor BWV 1003 - Sato | Netherlands Bach Society

[@bach]

0:13 Grave 4:27 Fuga 12:48 Andante 18:24 Allegro

[@Rembrandt96]

Waiting for the Partita in E major!

[@ОльгаАбросимова-з3у]

Не совсем точный перевод на русский, фуга - это не побег, а бег.

[@ETL77]

18:24 Allegro may be the most animated of these!

[@Scriabin_fan]

I honestly think he is one of the greatest interpreters of Bach’s solo violin music

[@s.l5787]

Hard disagree.. too indulgent. Cares more about sound than structure.

[@SimonChengEpic]

@@s.l5787 in some points you are right. The reverb is a bit excessive. In my opinion, sound production (not digital effects) and structure go hand in hand, and I think Sato illustrated his interpretation clearly with the rhythm and dynamics

[@s.l5787]

@@SimonChengEpic I have no problem with reverb, in fact Bach almost certainly played his own music with reverb as well. My problem is Sato placing rubato everywhere he wants to maximize tone production, rather than following the rhythm clearly indicated in the music which if played with proper amounts of rubato show Bach's structural intent. Same type of criticism applies to Sato's articulation choices.

[@SimonChengEpic]

​@@s.l5787 There are people with a plethora of different tastes. For me, I now notice it quite a lot after you have mentioned it. Thanks for your viewpoint. Cheers

[@Gustavo_0107]

Personaly I think Hilary Hahn's interpretations are better. I don't like Sato's tempo inconsistency, he uses way to much rubato. Heifetz wold be crazy with that lol

[@meijong6453]

Sato takes this music just one step further to heaven. He discloses the emotion that is hidden inside.

[@saidtoshimaru1832]

One of the best arguments I've seen for the use of period instruments. And the embellishments on the repetitions of the andante are magnificent.

[@danielschechter8130]

Yes! Period instruments! So much better!!!

[@s.l5787]

@@danielschechter8130 Depends

[@jbjb679]

@@danielschechter8130 if you're Sato, sure

[@ericfinley769]

Period instruments are always better on period music. Bach on the instruments Bach used. It doesn't depend...

[@samuelsiqueira3831]

@@ericfinley769 in bach time they have modern violin

[@MaartenBauer]

I admire Sato so much, for his skill, but also his dedication to music

[@MrUseur]

the long reverberation time of that room makes this music even more intersting as it already comes along by nature.

[@noelic6744]

I personally prefer a moderate amount of reverberation, so I feel the acoustics of the room is a bit too much. But I guess everyone has their own preferences.

[@alanleoneldavid1787]

@@noelic6744 the baroque chamber music was used to play in their times on rooms with highs roofs , so it´s used to sound like, possibly

[@madaboutvoice]

@@alanleoneldavid1787 Yes, you are correct, the ceilings were high, but... there was a lot of intricately carved and molded wood and plaster on the ceilings and walls as well as many heavy curtains and heavily upholstered furniture, and above all, there would have been people, both standing and sitting, all dressed in natural fibers. So to sum up, no, I do not believe the sound would have reverberated as much or been as echo-y in Bach"s time as it does in this hall. The playing is masterful and exquisite, and Mr Sato's sensitivity and ability to modulate his volume did help lessen the reverberations a lot. I still believe the acoustics of this hall can be improved by strategically hanging natural fiber tapestry or curtains, especially in the recordings of the younger players featured on this channel. For example, the recording of the D Minor Partita"s Allemande by the young and talented Zohra Jongerius (and I stress that I am not finding fault with her playing but only with the acoustics of the hall) kzbin.info/www/bejne/h6DRaHSXfZiIhas I just can't understand how people don't recognize the excessive reverberations and echo! Maybe my ears are too sensitive.

[@MARTIN201199]

madaboutvoice I’m quite sure baroque soloists never practiced alone by themselves, so this “awful” acoustics were unknown by them. Right?

[@samsmith1377]

YES! I couldn't figure out why this music is so enrapturing! It is in part due to the amazing work of this musician, in part to the composer, in part to the instrument, the room, and in part to the humanity engrained within these notes and tones.

[@user-zg8je6bx7p]

i love his extra ornamentations! they make this sonata his own and it makes me wonder why nobody talks about the musical individuality of shunske sato!

[@Albagari]

Indeed Shunske is very special! But also some Early Music musicians explore this aspect of improvising some ornamentations mainly on the repetitions through Bach’s Sonatas and Partitas. Maybe you can also listen to other baroque violinists just for fun 😊🍀

[@nakivad]

Simply put, the man is a MONSTER violinist. But he's an even better MUSICIAN.

[@griottembf2405]

Sensei SATO a, plus que beaucoup d'entre les très grands interprètes de Bach, une LIBERTÉ immense, peut être due à son rapport très fusionnel avec son fabuleux instrument qui " sonne" lui aussi de façon si libre. Une symbiose aussi réussie est un don rare, Peut être plusieurs vies de Musique Ensemble? Merci à EUX et à l'Univers 💫 🌈 🎶 🌟 🌌 ✨

[@wolkowy1]

After hearing Sato's amazing performance of this incredible Bach's Sonata for solo violin, I begin to understand (in paraphrase) the proverb: "Saving one soul as if saving a whole world" - it is as if I've heard all the music in the world. And - just mentioning one little moment (one from so many, only for ex.) that hit my heart most: 3:55 and on. A thousand thanks Sato and NBS for giving my own soul all the tranquility of the world.

[@samsmith1377]

I love people like you. Stay strong and keep your emotions alive 🙃

[@griottembf2405]

votre réponse est si belle et sereine! MERCI pour ce don aux Humains, à travers l'âme De Sensei SATO, et de JSB. God bless You 🙏❤️🌟

[@jensmansson9224]

So often when i just sit back to relax and fully experience these melodies in every fiber of my being i so many times just end up in the extascy where i want to jump up and scream "YES YES YES" as it rubs my entity with sounds that are not focused into rhythm patterns but pure bliss state of flowing through the way of play that i find is the most supreme of us beings as it doesnt mean anything else but the wonderful unfolding of the next note that moves my core. You are so great beloved Shunske Sato.

[@pianoprincess7987]

I've listened to many versions of this piece, but this interpretation FAR EXCEEDS any other interpretation I've ever listened to. Simply heavenly! As I listen, I keep being amazed over and over again. My ears have been blessed!

[@thedogfatherjt2243]

Since I found your channel about three weeks ago I started binge watching your videos. I just can't stop! I love Bach's music for more than 30 years now, but I'm still far from being an expert. The Nederlandse Bachvereniging changed my listening approach completely. This is so different from all I listened to before and I feel that I can't go back to where I came from. I also love your interviews. They're very educational and I learned so many things about baroque instruments and how and why they are so important for an authentic sound. Thank you so much for your outstanding work in general and for Mr. Sato's interpretation of Bach's sonatas and partitas in particular. I can hardly wait to watch your next upload.

[@crossiqu]

I came to this video thinking.... Oh, another chamber work (it's not my favorite type of Bach work) but within a minute I was already caught up in it and in the deep communion of Bach, the instrument and Mr. Sato. Beautiful, profound and technically perfect

[@songur0614]

My favourite bach intrepretations are in this channel. I love Mr. Sato so much!

[@DCBfanboy]

Oh my God I actually read "Bach" with the German pronounciation I'm evolving

[@brianmoore4557]

Whenever I experience an accomplished and professional musician as this, I who have studied the classical guitar for over 43 years, know of the thousands of hours spent in practice and refinement.

[@thevansoh]

I am a student from Thailand and absolutely love your videos! I watch them all the time and feel inclined to applaud after every single video😂

[@harvinsky]

i feel my body and my soul are purified by his performance. thank you, bach, thank you, sato, thank you nbc.

[@ronwalker4849]

WHEN SHUNZU SATO IS PLAYING, I AM SO MOVED THAT THE PURITY AND QUALITY OF THE SOUND AND PHRASE LENGTHS IS SO PERFECT THAT I CAN SCARCELY ASORB THE BEAUTY. WHEN I CLOSE MY EYES IT CAN SOUND LIKE TWO SEPERATE VIOLINS PLAYING. ONCE I START LISTENING I CAN NOT BREAK AWAY TO LISTEN TO OTHER MUSIC. I AM GLUED TO STAY WITH THIS BACH, THIS SATO. JUST A VERY HIGH FORM OF ECSTATIC ART, INDEED.

[@ahuman6546]

Shunske*

[@perrythacker2292]

One of the best. Alana Youseffian is also in this league and a delight to hear. I don't know why, but baroque music on period violins just seems more joyful.

[@patriciajorgemanjon8315]

Soy violinista aunque no buena (es una suerte tocar el violin incluso regular). La música de Bach es sublime e interpretada en las manos de Sato....ufff que queréis que os diga. Igual lo veis exagerado pero me da esperanza en la humanidad. Si los seres humanos somos capaces de hacer cosas tan bellas, aunque en estos tiempos andemos un poco perdidos hay esperanza. Parece que divago pero no tanto...Gracias a Bach por imaginar tanta belleza y a Sato por hacérnosla llegar. ❤

[@Vegathlete]

What a privilege and satisfaction it must be to play the Sonatas and Partitas with that violin, gut strings, and bow, in that space. What a sound, interpretation and execution. Waves of gorgeous passages fill the space and, as though a symphony, the mind of the listener.

[@adambe1126]

I for one would love the chance to ay on such an instrument. Probably need to get a bit better before i deserve the chance to even touch a baroque bow!

[@griottembf2405]

GRATITUDE infinie🌟🎶✨

[@ofsabir]

I was looking for a good recording yesterday. And you uploaded this today. Thank you for reserving this priceless heritage.

[@danipar7388]

Mr. Sato's interpretation is unbelievable

[@MeiZu0606]

Sato is amazing he knows how to play Bach!!

[@kenkim5]

The way he plays the antiphonal stuff in the allegro is quite amazing

[@sophiashakti5638]

This violin found its master. Bravissimo.

[@MegaFount]

This is an incredible performance. Thank you for giving your heart, mind and soul to this transcendent music. Every stroke of the bow is made with exalted love. It resonates so beautifully. Thank you, Sato.

[@gerdagreg1076]

Sato is a genius

[@Gabry2138]

Thanks to Johann Sebastian and to you for this wonderful rendering of His thought.

[@musicbetweenlines]

The "Fuga" and "Andante" sections are amazing!

[@陳威呈-o1z]

Sato marvelous play Bravo

[@willinwoods]

This music speaks directly to my heart and soul, seemingly telling my own life story. Gorgeous.

[@MARTIN201199]

Tommy Vaske that’s what music is about.

[@f.javiersarasua9715]

La música de Bach siempre me causa una admiración que cada día crece. Las fugas para el violín son algo increible. Sato: Excelente. Tiene un punto de libertad en el tempo que convence.

[@邱英絜]

this was the only way to hear this video from Sato, and furthermore, it was the best one I have ever seen, and he

[@rocketsroar1]

The emotional intensity of this particular piece is staggering.

[@klarakolonits234]

Just breathtaking! Crystal clear! Beautiful!

[@mirellaczajkowska-turek5819]

I am enchanted, the sounds charm with the purity, just amazing

[@bigfred233]

Every release is better - and better. The NBS is just keeps topping itself! And Sato has to be the violinist Bach always wanted for himself.

[@Musicienne-DAB1995]

Excellent work from Shunske Sato! The fugue in particular was excellent: it flowed and sang.

[@franciscoe.novalessalinas4981]

Magistral ejecución un verdadero virtuoso del violín. gracias Sato tú sensibilidad es extraordinaria maravillosa. desde México gracias

[@billspeer8387]

Sato displays an amazing music memory!

[@LarsLarsen77]

I'm just thinking what a huge waste of time it must be to learn all these songs.

[@Rudi_F_Vienna]

What a wonderful gift to the world! Thank you so much!

[@raphaelisraeli7146]

Absolutely divine.

[@proflight1538]

Shunske, spot on playing! I love the interpretation and style, as well as your technique!! Bravo

[@SarumChoirmaster]

A at 415 and gut strings are magical

[@sarudia]

Sublime. Amazing player. Bravo, Sir!!!!!

[@정희진-l3h]

아름다운 음악의 세계를 보여주셔 봄날아침이 행복합니다.

[@griottembf2405]

MERCI, sensei SATO rend chaque jour plus beau et plus riche Paix à vous TOUS 🌟 Merci pour un Être de LUMIÈRE partageant avec le Monde une si fabuleuse traduction de ce qu'est l'autre côté 💫 🌟 🌈 🌌 🧡

[@MsrAlaindeFerrier]

Timeless and profoundly beautiful

[@МишаМартюшов-з3ш]

Danke an Sato und Bach Gesellschaft in Holland. Es klingt sehr schön.

[@Damuvader]

Wow, beautiful played!! In special the fugue!!

[@tianshugu9283]

Your phrasing throughout the whole performance is so virtuosic

[@yukiono7232]

素敵な演奏でしばらく余韻に浸っています🌸無駄のない動き。心地よい音程とフレーズ。素晴らしいです👏🏻👏🏻

[@aldotanca9430]

I am entranced with the bass in the andante sounding like coming from a separated and independent instrument, looking at how much nuance the other voices are given. A few minutes ago I was listening to an album by Gilles Apap, titled Music for Solo Violin, which again includes the BWV 1003 Andante. And I thought the album title must have been a misnomer, because it really sounded like there was another instrument. So I went looking for a performance video and found yours. Surely Mr. Sato is a an impressive performer and quite inspirational.

[@notaire2]

Wunderschöne und lyrische Aufführung dieser perfekt komponierten Sonate im gut phrasierten Tempo mit seidigem Ton der Solovioline und mit perfekt kontrollierter Dynamik. Die Doppelgriffe klingen traumhaft schön. Echt unvergleichlicher Violinist!

[@renatorubino1776]

Vengono i brividi!!! Questo è un capolavoro assoluto!!! 👏💘🕊️

[@hs268]

動画ありがとうございます！ とても癒やされます✨

[@Rosinkele]

Breathtaking. Heroic. Definitive.

[@hughchandler]

Love love love this interpretation of the A minor sonata! Just awesome!

[@ОльгаАбросимова-з3у]

Божественная музыка, вдохновенный исполнитель, брависсимо.🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹

[@ellenblackshaw7829]

Never heard anything like it...! Completely gob smacked! LOVE his playing....

[@bohuslavpavlyshynets]

Love it. Wanna see it published as an album!

[@pereiravagner96]

Excellent interpretation and recording quality

[@michakaliszuk7524]

I am sitting in my music school listening to this amazing piece. And The piano in one of the rooms lined up perfectly with this performance. At least for some time

[@johndevilbiss6607]

Excellent. Authentic, finally.

[@patriciarodriguezmartinez3233]

El Andante maravilloso Técnicamente perfecto

[@G.TranscriptionsAndDidactics]

L'incredibile liricità unita alla ambigua polifonia violinistic rende il Bach colui che scrive la musica a violino solo più completa ed interessante all'ascolto di qualsiasi altro capriccio o pezzo a violino solo

[@richardwhitehouse8762]

Such beautiful music and musicianship. Alive and inspiring. Thank you so much.

[@sahanarzruni584]

A stellar performance.

[@ankavoskuilen1725]

Wat kan hij ongelofelijk mooi spelen!

[@daviydviljoen9318]

Die polifonie moet seker baie moeilik wees. Net Bach sou dink om 'n fuga vir 'n viool te skryf. Hierdie interpretasie is die beste wat ek nog gehoor het. Seker 40 ure 'n dag se oefen... (ja ek weet Nederlanders kan Afrikaans lees, Ik bergrijp als je Nederlands skryf).

[@FPSBach]

I like what you did with the Andante.

[@pyotrilyichtchaikovsky9507]

Absolutely in love with the tone he is producing

[@griottembf2405]

J'aime vraiment beaucoup la Liberté donnée dans la Fugue si incroyable, a la fois dès la Conception d'une Fugue au Violon, AINSI que cette interprétation/ re_ création de Mr SATO LÀ est cette MAGIE à nulle autre pareille🌟 Mercii au Messager🧡💫🌈

[@nicolewest-ey8lm]

Beyond beauty! True mastery!!!!!

[@xeroc4520]

Music is a language that everyone knows how to speak, some more fluently than others. Sato, in modern terms, has a musical 'accent' in the ears of us perfect pitch people, because he is playing about one whole step down from what we all see today. However, it is more similar to how violins were tuned in Bach's time. However, to most people with relative pitch, there is no difference. I have been playing violin for ten years, and am very fluent in musical notation, sightreading, and music theory. I have a lot of experience, and I have to say: This person is GOOD.

[@David-vk5sv]

what does he have his violin tuned to? A at 432?

[@hvosouq]

Splendid, many times over...

[@eriknystrom5839]

Excellent player and a very beautiful instrument. The fingerboard and the tailpiece have those nice inlays. I also observed that he doesn’t have a finetuner on the E string, no shoulder rest, no chinrest, and a very short fingerboard, all according to the baroque set up. And of course a baroque bow.

[@mateogavela6143]

Very beautiful, love this pieces!!

[@mjmmedia8056]

Truly incredible! Brilliant paying! 👏👏👏

[@khinthan2923]

So baroque & so Epic.

[@No-pm4ss]

Edit: I don’t know what sheet music I was looking at because nothing I can find now has a G#, maybe I was just hallucinating from practicing too much... One thing that confuses me is that the very second note is written as a G#, but every recording I can find plays an open G, why? (0:13) Another interesting thing here is that he plays with an A that's way below 440, almost at a G, sound so deep and full :)

[@commontater8630]

Tuning the violin a half step low for this repertoire is common practice these days, apparently it is justified historically.

[@michaelfriedmann2327]

There can be no doubt about G natural. The lower line moves A-G-F-E, G# TO F would result in an unacceptable augmented 2nd. A-G-F-E is the descending tetrachord of the melodic minor scale.

[@whitfitzgerald638]

I have never seen any edition, Urtext or otherwise, that has a printed G♯ as the second note. Which edition are you using? I'd recommend either the Bärenreiter or the International/Galamian (which has the autograph in the back). Even the best engravings won't tell you how to play the piece (although there are clues in Bach's autograph with how he beams melismas, among other things), but the right pitches are definitely a start.

[@danielschechter8130]

Wow! Thank you for this!

[@ruya2138]

Beautiful! Bravo! 👏👏👏

[@flawius9032]

Marvelous!

[@FuenfteSaite]

I must say I have huge respect for Mr. Shusnke's Bach interpretation and listen to it quite often. A question. in Andante(3rd mov.), he plays E, instead of written C(measure 22) on the 2nd beat when he plays that measure, 1st time and 2nd time also. As far as I know, it seems Mr. Shunske plays music as it is written(1st time) and does huge variation when he repeats but here, measure 22..I want to know whether it is mistake or he did it on purpose. thank you

[@shanckful]

Stunning!

[@music-by1ou]

Bach, what a genius.

[@felixhehehehehe]

Gorgeous 😍🌸

[@neftalilopez]

Excellent! Love this one. Thanks for sharing this.

[@jackroark6928]

sounds SO good

[@andreamundt]

Bach´s love is very relentless sometimes *:D*

[@arsenijevicnicolas4171]

Exceptionnel, précieux..!

[@vinnifervinnifer5107]

Pure beauty

[@rouzbehmosavari1589]

!احسنت. بسیار زیبا

[@alirezagolestaneh6080]

I love nobody dislike this video 😊

[@henrywebstermusic1]

Oh my the andante. 🥲

[@flyingdutchmanesp-115]

this is amazing

[@Petroschristidis]

BRAVO !!

[@igormijal1]

Very interesting! Thanks!

[@davidmanzanaro]

SDG!! SOLO A DIOS GLORIA😍

[@alexdesslin]

bach for ever !

[@АлександрАфанасьев-ы1ш]

Очень много исполнитель внёс своего. И мало осталось И. С. Баха.