J.S BACH: Sonata for Viola da Gamba n.2 in D Major BWV 1028

[@johnni5254]

Outstanding performance of a great piece of music. So sorry to know that this great cellist passed away recently. These performances constitute a precious musical heritage for the whole world.

[@AndrewHewing]

So much glorious music and so beautifully played. Bach will live forever!

[@SimonPiano42]

0:02 I. Adagio 1:47 II. Allegro 5:40 III. Andante 10:07 IV. Allegro

[@astro1617]

Thanks

[@SimonPiano42]

Wow. What a touching, sensual tone, especially in the first movement. You can see how much the cellist loves and enjoys the music, it's heartwarming. Thank you so much for this fantastic performance!

[@nicholasborelli275]

Simply outstanding. Eyes closed with complete mastery of the instrument. Oh, how I yearn to emulate that skill.

[@johnhudelson2652]

I like Bach's viola da gamba sonatas on the gamba, cello, and bassoon. After all variety is the spice.of life.

[@simonettabarone4095]

Wonderful playing! Bravo!

[@AlamoCityCello]

Great Performance! Very polished and musical. Balance is spot on. CONGRATS!

[@chessematics]

1:07 doesn't sound familiar? Remember the woodwind part in the 4th movement of The Ninth, just before the Bass recitative ends and Ode to Joy gets unleashed? It sounds soooooo close but takes a different turn.

[@HelenaWilliams8696]

Graceful Sonata. The Viola of Gamba gives melodic resonance to a bright sound of exquisite beauty while the piano's notes give delightful sonorous tone. Lovely rendition.

[@phrederica]

Very inspiring. I love your interpretation!

[@jdd3993]

Absolutely stunning. Gorgeous.

[@PTCello]

Love this. My favorite version.

[@Luca-hj6xw]

I am watching this because my cello teacher told me to play this

[@rcampos.br1]

Que bela apresentação! Pureza, leveza e graciosidade expressas em cada nota..., J.S.Bach é realmente um gênio musical, capaz de acalmar e acalentar a fera contida nos homens!

[@alvarobitran]

Bravo! very good taste

[@LaserGryph]

Bass is the sturdy, dependable floor of the strings section. Violin is the strong right hook of the strings section. Cello is the soul of the strings section.

[@RalphHancock]

A fine performance. I think these sonatas really do sound better on cello and piano than they do on the original gamba and harpsichord. The robust sound of modern instruments suits the robust music, and it helps a lot that the keyboard can actually do dynamics instead of banging away at the same volume throughout.

[@RalphHancock]

Often true for Bach and all baroque music, but probably not in the case of these sonatas, which seem to have been intended for the viola da gamba from the start. See these manuscript copies from 1740 and 1753: goo.gl/BxBjm5 goo.gl/VV3UZv

[@roycezaro1998]

+47cybele59 lol right af

[@chrishimmelmann]

Ralph Hancock I agree that these sonatas sound very good on cello and piano but there is no justification whatsoever to claim they sound ‘better’ that way than on gamba and harpsichord (unless you mean to confine this matter to one of personal taste, then: granted) - it’s just utterly different. This even applies when it’s baroque cello and harpsichord, which may constitute a third independent approach. You say gamba and harpsichord are caught in the same dynamics throughout - I think you’re wrong on that one.

[@adalbertknobsky1148]

Love it!

[@aliciacasaresalonso5317]

Deliciosa tanto la interpretación como la música

[@lizzyjamo]

Beautiful

[@jean-louisboissonnade1055]

Superbe!

[@chrissaxu2820]

I love this song that you play my sister love you too and I love it to

[@maesegil]

It is a pity that the sound recording does not catch the lower cello frequencies as much as the lower frecuencies of the piano

[@jamesfpianist1168]

Your telephone or computer can catch those frequency nuances? Where do I get one of those?

[@sebastianmelmoth685]

That viola da gamba is a cello

[@wiltaleggio]

0:45 what notes are you playing??????

[@donnewmeyer3133]

He’s playing g#, which to me makes much more sense than the g natural that some play, because it fits nicely with the g# just played by the keyboard. g natural sounds jarring to my ears and I can’t imagine it was what Bach intended.

[@broken_8Ttruck]

1:45

[@Hapalaseny]

В случае этого произведения замена клавесина на фортепьяно это как питье растворимого кофе вместо сваренного в турке.

[@cellobach2002]

Bravo!

[@Dats_Lyfe]

I prefer this to rock n roll music, which is the most brutal, ugly, desperate, vicious form of expression it has been my misfortune to hear.

[@arsantiqua8741]

the modern one sounds very off from the one played on the viols.

[@alessandroerrichiello6530]

sonata meravigliosa ma il piano e poco in evidenza

[@chriskutscher]

it's beautiful.. but you play a normal cello, not a viola da gamba??! don't you??

[@winsk2778]

no it is not a viola.

[@ajhiflyer]

This is a nice performance, though i would prefer not to see/hear the use of vibrato.

[@santiagolowe3963]

+ajhiflyer it´s ok if you only use a little... Bach was late barroque after all, and his music sometimes even had a romantic colour..

[@corgilove2070]

Modern instruments attempting to play baroque music are limpid, insipid, and romantic in the worst sense. Another piece of background movie music. Nothing in common with how a harpsichord and bass viol can so richly speak.

[@chrishimmelmann]

+corgilove I couldn't agree less. Firstly, I must state I've been into period play for nearly 30 years, playing and teaching both the modern and the baroque cello (not the viol, admittedly). Your judgment is all too obviously based on mere prejudice, rather than on what you actually hear. In what way is this interpretation 'romantic'? Quite in contrast, these two players seem to be 'historically informed' (which doesn't mean I agree with every bit they do it; but all the same) - and do not mention the vibrato as counter evidence: The least vibrating century in the history of music was the 19th, not the 18th. Granted, whether this piece is played on modern cello and piano, or baroque cello and harpsichord, or viol and harpsichord, amounts to three utterly different approaches, each of them in its own right. If Bach lived today, and if someone claimed, There is only one correct approach, he might just reply 'Lol'. - 'Another piece of background movie music'?? Well, that tells me one thing; you can't have been to the cinema very often.

[@goetzbienert5264]

Nice, but not Bach

[@Dats_Lyfe]

I concur. This does not sound like Bach to me. My guess would be Beethoven, maybe, but I don't know who wrote this.

[@alvarobitran]

So YOU know what Bach is...

[@hesusman247]

This is bach

[@danielperroni3884]

Interpretação Maravilhosa, e muito rica, como a música de Bach merece..! Só faltou um trabalho melhor com a captação de áudio do cello, que está um tanto baixa, e sem a devida equalização e tratamento de áudio. Mas, a qualidade artística e musical é indiscutível..! Congratulations..! Watching from São Paulo, Brazil..!