Kanahi Yamashita plays Chaconne from the Violin Partita Nr.2 BWV1004 (J.S.Bach)

Guitar: Kanahi Yamashita （山下愛陽）
Recording: Shintaro Sugiura
Guitar build by Rinaldo Vacca
- Website: kanahi.de/
- Facebook: / kanahi.yamashita

[@jameszbn]

The tone she gets with her right hand technique is amazing.

[@robertoalexandre4250]

Having heard the Chaconne by so many grear guitarists and violinists (as well as the Brahms and Busoni transcriptions for piano), this stands among the best. She completely and seamlessly effaces any technical difficulties and what remains is remarkable phrasing, coloratura, dynamics and the purest conveyance of the piece's emotional depth and range. Ms. Yamashita dignifies the amazing legacy of her father and brings her own unique personality and rendering to this Bach masterpiece.

[@hxyjdn]

I don’t think so. I’ve left a comment, maybe you want to read it.

[@vayasaberlo8]

@@hxyjdn where is your comment, please?

[@1corinthians15.1-4kjv]

@@vayasaberlo8 Don't bother, his stink of a long comment is correctly buried long down the comment list.

[@1corinthians15.1-4kjv]

@@hxyjdn You do realize, that this is the actual personal channel of the artist showcasing her skills? Why do you need to be a prick about it? If you prefer Feeley and Segovia, then go to their channels. Feeley actually got one. Segovia have made many recordings in his life, which is even better for you to listen to, because then you do not need to insult people on social media, while you on top feel on higher moral and intellectual grounds. I by the way love Feeley's Chaconne, but Segovia's music in general not so much at all. Actually an acquainted of mine ruined that for me once and for all, not by purpose, but simply by pointing out the fact, that Segovia, with his abnormal huge hands and fingers, had an habit of overstrumming and massively make emphasis on notes, which are not highlighted in the actual music score at all or on any other instrument, and it is true. Once heard that, I could never unhear that again. Another thing is, Feeley made his best version of this music in his 50s and Segovia also late in his career. The Chaconne is a showcase piece on many instruments, because it of course is very beautiful, but also is notoriously hard to play to perfection. Kanahi Yamashita is today a mere 26 year young lady and at the recording at most 23 years! She do astonishing well, and in all effect, what I read you really saying down the line is, that you prefer a man's version over a tiny female guitarist, because smooth performance is not something, that you value. Well, I feel the other way around then, I much prefer the version of Yamashita and also Anabel Montesinos over almost anyone out there, maybe except for the version of Moran Wasser on an 11-string guitar. He do however also play this piece significantly more smooth and modern, than Segovia did.

[@1corinthians15.1-4kjv]

@@hxyjdn By the way, Kanahi Yamashita won an award at European Bach Guitar Competition in 2022, so people in the know sure thinks, that she do well.

[@gerald9820]

"Bach wrote it in memory of his first wife, after he returned from a trip to discover that she had died." It represents the beauty and yet the seriousness of life

[@romeozulu57]

wonderful comment

[@1corinthians15.1-4kjv]

That is folklore and not a fact at all. No one really knows for sure even when this piece were written, it could be all from 1717 to 1720 and his first wife died in 1720, actually just by that fact suggesting, that it might be a myth entirely pushed by one so-called expert, professor Helga Thoene.

[@Poreckylife]

No. Not true

[@adrian.bastin969]

Where a passage of solid chords opened out into a rolling succession of individual notes, it took my breath away and brought tears to my eyes - the most visual experience I have ever had, while listening to a piece of music. The wonderful thing about Bach is the way it demands from everyone who plays his music, to put them self into it - even if they are playing it as straight from the sheet music as they can. This is a most beautiful rendition of perhaps the most beautiful music ever written.

[@romeozulu57]

Oh my god, this is so fantastic! She gets part of the instrument. Eyes shut, her cheek glued to the corpus, feeling the dialog between her and the instrument. She is not playing to impress any audience. It's an intimate dialog between her and the Chaconne that is so immaculate and marvelous that no words can do it justice. She is in her own world. This reminds me so much of Glenn Gould, when he was playing the "Kunst der Fuge". Anybody that masters the Chaconne is to be admired, but to do it like she does, leaves us in awe.

[@kodokunasamposha]

たぐい稀な技術に裏打ちされながらその技術的野心が決して表に出ることなく、演奏家のすべての意思がシャコンヌという曲の秘密を引き出すことに献身している。ギターという楽器で演奏し得るこの曲の最高の演奏の一つでしょう。山下 一仁、福田進一・・・日本人演奏家によるこの曲の名演は幾つかありましたが、それらを含めても最高の演奏だろうと思います。

[@ronaldogarcia6431]

The Bach’s chaconne is one of the best piece of secular music ever. In my opinion, it can , alone, represent the greatness of the Bach’s geniality.

[@bigfefu]

Im totally agree, chaconne is a masterpiece

[@metafisicacibernetica]

yeah

[@igorvkuznetsov3518]

ДА ЭТО ДЕЙСТВИТЕЛЬНО СПРАВЕДЛИВО !! 😎✌️🇷🇺⚔️🇺🇸

[@Poreckylife]

It represents us... humanity....and a great reminder that we are all wonderful human beings deserving of love and peace ❤️

[@maj-lenaskagerlund3118]

No argument from me. I grew up with Bach and he decided what I should do for a living - play the church organ

[@patrickduchesneau5997]

Entendre Bach a la guitare c'est toujours un immense bonheur, et surtout magnifiquement bien jouer

[@rdubb77]

The Chaconne is the story of humankind moving through suffering and eventually through to redemption and peace. You capture this beautifully, tears are rolling down my face.

[@codonauta]

I am sure this is the best Bach´s Chaccone in the guitar I´ve ever heard. Everything very clean and balanced, truly impressive,

[@felicidade5489]

ギターという楽器と山下愛陽の心と肉体が、完全に一体となった完璧な音楽です。力みよいうものが全くありません。こんなに素晴らしいシャコンヌを今までに聴いたことがありません。3代続くギタリストのDNAがなせる業でしょう。今後、どこまで大きくなっていくのか楽しみです。

[@nnuuaaggeess]

ヴァイオリン　ピアノ　ギターと色々な人のシャコンヌを聞いてきたけどこれ以上の演奏は聞いたことが無い気がします。技術をひけらかす様なところは微塵もなくバッハの精神世界に入り込んだかの様な静謐かつ喜びに満ちた名演です。ありがとうございます。

[@tarciziosantos]

This interpretation made me cry. Its perfect. Amazing, just amazing.

[@conallmckayguitar]

Flawless technique, amazingly clean & consistent tone and control of dynamics. When they say having children is the only form of immortality they were right: especially when one's offspring continues in the same great tradition as the parent. Just as Bach sprang from and later produced great musicians, so this musician has come from a great talent. I hope she continues that tradition if she has children of her own!

[@tatsuogw]

20歳ぐらいの有名な若い女流ギタリストによる同曲を聴いてから山下愛陽さんの演奏を聴きました。圧倒的な風格がありますね。すばらしい。

[@spaldingtougiasarchitects1280]

Incredible. It feels like the first time I have truly heard this piece. The voicing was amazing and her right hand technique was inspiring. Bravo

[@ovidiudanutmanciu9331]

I am speechless...This amongst the best interpretations of a classical piece of music ever, regardless of instrument and artist.

[@pascaldurieux8799]

amazing first i see someone contorting themselves with extreme sensitivity and it does not feel fake, highly intuitive and beautiful, one of the best interpretation i have heard thus far

[@Petlove1111]

She is the only person I’ve seen play this masterpiece almost as flawless as Segovia and John Williams

[@chrispolichronis5838]

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[@zamfully]

Her guitar is out of tune making it impossible to listen to

[@zamfully]

Besides the fact that back was not a romantic da hallo

[@tbarrelier]

"Almost as flawless?" What imperfection did you hear in her playing? This was a transcendent performance!

[@benkim2016]

I think JW played it perfect with no flaws?

[@wizardm]

Impressive. She literally merges with her instrument and the music. The result is outstanding artistery..

[@mrlazyworksable]

Her playing transports me into another world

[@johnrenburn-ez3ki]

Chaconne de Bach interpreter pour une fois avec toute l’excellence, la sensibilité, la perfection et avec beaucoup d’âme. Jean Sébastien Bach aurait aimé cette performance 😊❤

[@kenji3389]

I only envy her completely relaxed right hand fingers with perfect controls. Her passions pushing Bach’s beautiful compositions forward from behind instead of using Bach to push forward her own passions. I felt such a respect and love for Bach from this performance.

[@eriktempelman2097]

Astounding. You have to be a decent guitarist to even try this piece, let alone play it so well. World class.

[@denadragana]

Bach is not cold Baroque, Bach is the most tender soul and the greatest jazzer among composers. We feel the soul of Bach through Yamashita's fingers!

[@carlcremer371]

Dies ist die musikalischste Interpretation dieses wunderbaren Stückes, die ich je gehört habe.

[@gongdori870]

There was one more performance of Chaconne, my favorite song. Hilary Hahn, Paul Galbraith, Andres Segovia...and Kanahi Yamashita. Her performance is like listening to Chaconne standards played on guitar. The level of concentration he maintains until the end of the song is amazing.

[@laurentcourcol9653]

La meilleure interprétation que j’aie en entendue jusqu’à présent. Fabuleux.

[@jean-francoismasson]

Sans aucune hésitation la meilleure interprétation dans un style classique ,avec un contrôle ,un équilibre,un sens du phrasé,un rythme, une musicalité, une virtuosité,un sens du tempo,une compréhension musicale,d'un bout à l'autre complètement exceptionnels et rarissimes que je n'ai jamais entendu auparavant! après 50 ans d'écoute !! la perfection me semble avoir été atteinte !!

[@KK_blueskyblue]

この感動を何と表現したらいいのでしょうか。この曲のエッセンスが、（演奏者を介することなく）そのまま波動となって聴き手に伝わってくる。これは歴史に残るほどの名演といえると思います。

[@adriand7949]

My favorite piece of music, and I very rarely can stand to hear it on guitar (even though I play guitar) but this is a phenomenal performance. The best guitar rendition I’ve ever heard by far.

[@rjames6806]

時代は変わりました！ このような演奏に出会えた事に感謝です。山下さんからは、すでに自分の世界を確立し、さらなる高みを求める探求心が感じられます。 Violin Partita Nr.2 BWV1004 はギターにおいては何故か権威主義的で解釈が出尽くしたようで、聞くのも演奏するのも苦痛な曲でしたが、この演奏で考えを新たにした事に感謝です。

[@pepetorres8827]

Her control in the tone and play every string in a clearly mode is AMAZING. maybe is the best version technique that i heard in my life. Too much warmy sound and level of interpretation. Her nails are pulish in a magic way

[@scherzoray]

It's like a totally different world in Yamashita' guitar music, amazing !

[@hapipi6587]

私は、バッハのシャコンヌが大好きで昔からシェリングとかいろいろな方の演奏をよく聴いていました。 ギターの演奏も大好きでよく聴いていますが、愛陽さん演奏は、とても素晴らしいです！！ 今まで聞いた中でも最高です！！心がとても落ち着いて和みます。 ループ再生でずーと何度も何度も聴いています。いい演奏を聴かせて下さってありがとうございます。 お兄様との二重奏も楽しんで聴かせてもらっています。これからもご活躍を楽しみにしております。

[@E氏-i5p]

技術を超越し、音楽と一体になっておらるように感じます。

[@claudojapon6940]

C'est absolument superbe à tout point de vue : couleur, profondeur, compréhension de l'oeuvre, interprétation et rendu, vibration et unité de la pensée, de l'âme devrait-on dire, et de l'instrument. Jamais le bois n'a aussi bien chanté, pleuré et transcendé les émotions humaines. Merci Bach, Merci Kanashi Yamashita, une très grande guitariste.

[@maj-lenaskagerlund3118]

I love how she plays this exquisite piece of music not only with her fingers - she plays it with her hart and soul . So beautiful tears makes my face wet . . . ❤️❤️❤️

[@bzeliotis]

Kanahi is a very talented musician and an excellent guitarist. Brilliantly taught by her father! I really look forward to listening to more of her playing. What a fluid, inspiring and beautiful performance this is! It puts the listener at ease.The world is your oyster.

[@tatsuogw]

I listened to Kanahi playing Bach's Chaconne after listening to a very promising, well-known young female guitarist from Japan. I was overwhelmed by Kanahi's stately performance.

[@Gehogeho3110]

父上が30年前にお茶の水で2日連続のコンサートをされたのを思い出しました。是非あの時の感動を再び私たちに届けてください！

[@klauswhitedreamer]

Very beautiful , playing like an angel ! 😽♥️

[@gizelamrkic2946]

🙂

[@georgeallan6550]

My God, Bach was on fire with this one!

[@mrgregcat]

This perf. right up there with the best of them. Fantastic piece and it has such emotional depth and range in the right hands. Stunning. Arigato gozaimasu.

[@DD_Quack]

This is good. Indeed. The best I found till now; serene.

[@johngiles132]

This is easily in my top three favorite performances of the Chaconne. Virtuosos like Parkening and Williams have done fine performances, but I prefer this less percussive version. For me, other virtuosic performances emphasize the technical part of the piece, but this one is more emotional. (The outstanding guitar and recording equipment/technique don't hurt, either.)

[@williamfarmer3841]

Bach's best in my opinion.

[@paulkrichel6325]

Une PERFECTION CETTE FEMME !!! L'ESPRIT DE J.S BACH Y EST PARFAITEMENT EXACT !!!!!

[@FrankyDirky]

Very well played. I absolutely love her style of playing. She is real pro.

[@hermanparisius2828]

Just blown away by the beauty of this performance

[@paulkrichel6325]

VRAIMENT dans l'Esprit de Bach !!! MAGNIFIQUEMENT JOUÉ !!!!

[@paolotorchetti5508]

One of the greatest and more inspired interpretations ever heard of this pillar of world music.

[@julianday7949]

Just incredible.

[@excelstill]

良く響くギターとノイズの少ない演奏で音に切れ目無く安心して聴けます。

[@joelpenazzo7248]

Just wow.. One (if not the best) version I ve ever seen 🙏🙏🙏🙏

[@reisbelramirez3928]

Just one word perfect

[@2Phil6]

점심시간마다 듣지만 정말 처음부터 끝까지 감정선이 너무 좋다고 느낍니다.

[@ScottOuelletteGuitar]

I loved this!! What a fantastic, clear and wonderfully interpreted version of the Chaconne! Scott.

[@igorvkuznetsov3518]

Extraordinary Musician !!! Beautiful Guitar Playing ! 👨‍✈️🇺🇸. • Fairfield Connecticut O6825 USA 🇺🇸

[@phillipmitchell5879]

Exquisite performance of this cornerstone guitar piece. I love how she inhabits the instrument, somewhat similar to the way her brother does.

[@raffitorossian6994]

A giant artist with super technic and nuance....i wish you health and much more success. I felt the music in my heart by hundred per cent.

[@abirdthatflew]

Absolutely superb, and a wonderful sound from the guitar.

[@ilangronich5281]

Pure and beautiful. She is utterly absorbed...Ilan Gronich

[@tonyfox3551]

wow, you are amazing. you play so flawlessly, that i fall into a state of simply enjoying the music.

[@MinhGuitarPassion]

Technik perfekt! Tolle Gitarre, warm und schön weich und sehr deutlich und total ausgeglichen von allen Saiten. Eine wunderbare junge Gitarristin am Horizon

[@julianbusan]

Yamashita Kazuhito, Julian Bream,John Williams. These are my favorite guitarist(virtuoso).Now I am adding Kanahi on it. more wonderful play than I can say. When I listen to her play and see her name/face, it reminds me the virtuoso K.Yamashita. On 1986 or 87, I had a chance to listen to K. Yamashita 's concert in Busan. Since that time,I am a big fan of his powerfull,fantastic play. I recognized she is K.Yamashita's daughter through Kanahi's Biography; Nevertheless, she is one of my favorite virtuoso.

[@demzunoplayer]

Marvellous. Many thanks.

[@MyKukutis]

I can't imagine any performance better. Thank you

[@alainroirant6348]

Merveilleux magnifique j’adore votre jeux 👍👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@fabiensimon5854]

Cette version est magnifique, pour moi une des plus belles, félicitations!

[@eduardogutierrezruvalcaba3693]

You are wonderful Kanahi

[@thaenuwar1732]

Virtuosic playing no other way to describe. Breathtaking and beautiful performance

[@jean-louislavail3249]

Merveilleux, merci Kanahi Yamashita

[@2Phil6]

역시 점심시간에 수면노래로는 샤콘느 기타가 최고입니다. 여러 연주자의 연주를 듣지만 최근엔 이거만 듣네요 너무 좋습니다.

[@nzz2122]

Thank you. Your feelings came thru. You're technique is absolutely mesmerizing. Cheers!

[@alibayat7377]

this interpretation is just great. way technical and full of emotions. just as it was supposed to be performed. Well done 👍👍

[@BernieHollandMusic]

Beautifully played on a very fine instrument. Whenever I hear this piece I am always amazed by the amount of chromaticism evident in a piece written during the Baroque period !

[@sergioaguilar2908]

My favorite piece on guitar, really a musical jewel

[@simonjjn]

Kanahi! Seasons Greetings from Yorkshire, England. This is totally sensational of course. Just beautiful. Congratulations and best wishes. Simon

[@vgfjr505]

Fantastico! For a second there I had to look to make sure she wasn’t playing a piano. She played this as if it was a piano arrangement.

[@tatsuogw]

この曲は、セゴビア編曲ではトリルを2指、3指の交互で弾くような運指になっているが、これは至難の業だ。これまで、その運指を忠実に再現しているのは、お父さんの山下和仁さん以外には知らない。

[@feralsanders]

A standout performance. Brava~~💫❤

[@iamessanti4947]

I adore this guitarist!!!!!!

[@АлександрГолубев-б8э]

Bravo! Thank you very much, this is just brilliant performance!

[@rubenfernandez4127]

Me sumo a tantos elogiosos comentarios que ya se han hecho. La perfección técnica con que ejecuta la guitarra y la sensibilidad expresada hacen que esta versión sea sublime! Bravo!

[@mauriciomontoya8634]

simplemente, mística.

[@einsfia]

こういう言葉で片付けてしまうのは恐ろしく失礼なことは承知しているけど、それでもあえて言いたい。 やはり血筋なのかなあ、と。 音楽そのものへの深い没頭、類まれな技術がありながらそれに溺れること無く音の世界に身を捧げ聴くものを圧倒するこの感じ。 既視感を覚えざるを得ない。

[@TalentedDilittante]

To appreciate your rendition should take pages . . . I had never before heard this violin sonata played on the guitar as if the sound came from an unenclosed pipe organ. Your linking of overtones so that a sonority builds throughout the work may be beyond my understanding but not my appreciation. I almost asked foolish questions, such as, "What strings do you use, and who made your guitar?" But then, it occurred to me that your yielding your right hand to complete relaxation must be how you can engage the strings with the flesh of thumb and fingers so that the string's spin not only produces the growl of an organ but preternaturally releases the overtones. That, and your freedom and passion born of your having made the guitar so comfortably a part of you that you forget your hands and body, to lose yourself in the music, making your Chaconne a stand-alone masterwork. Thank you. (BTW, your finale is, in my opinion, far and away, the best of all masters who have played this; the last chord is, indeed, proof of the end of a monumental spiritual journey.)

[@lenslemonbenzem6907]

お父さん譲りのサウンド・アレンジが良く見られます。 将来は考えてみると空恐ろしいですが、今でも素晴らしい。 bravo brava

[@eduardogutierrezruvalcaba3693]

Bravo. Magnificent.

[@maxmalossini]

Magnifica! To me this the best performance and interpretation of this wonderful piece.

[@ronaldogarcia6431]

Extraordinária interpretação! Pensei que, depois de tantas gravações, não pudesse surgir nada novo.

[@RodTDavies]

Magnificent performance thank you 💯

[@bandonion]

It's an impressive performance. Best wishes for the future of Kanahi Yamashita !!

[@musicalenchantment]

Beautiful music of great virtuosity and remarkable skill! The joy of music through the ages, lives here right now!! Played with passionate and wonderful expressive virtuocity! [`Salutes!!]

[@ClassicalGuitarMusings]

One of the leading classical guitarist

[@markbibb1221]

Kanahi plays the Chaconne very well. Impressive.

[@Tonysmithmusic]

she has a similar playing style to her father kazuhito with at times her nose almost touching the fretboard. both incredible virtuosos with an unconventional playing style which doesn’t seem to impede her in the slightest, incredible playing.

[@brunolherbette3259]

Première partie et fin superbe

[@e4d578]

Award winning performance.

[@mischayolleck520]

that right hand technique!!!