Love how she does the early chord breaks. One of the most musical presentations of that section I’ve heard of all versions (including violin of course).
I am at a loss that I have discovered this so late in life. Having always had an appreciation of classical music yet I have never been so profoundly affected by a piece of music as I have in discovering this today. Quite honestly I cant breath.This is the third or fourth arrangement of this piece that I have listened to across several instruments today, and I am speechless. Paraphrasing another poster on youtube, if the divine speaks through music, it does so in the key of D minor. So many emotions boil over as I listen to this piece of music. Absolutely beyond words at this moment......
This is so good, so soulful, so deep, such an amazing performance, I don't have any words sufficient to express my gratitude for seeing and hearing this. So, just, thank you!
As an amateur cellist, I have long wondered if there could possibly be a cello version of the Chaconne. It is such a special and singular masterpiece for violin, and so difficult. Even more challenging for cello, which is a much larger instrument and harder to move. Now I know that the answer is that this is also a masterpiece for cello. For one cello, not two, or three, or four, but one. At four cellos it is already almost orchestral, which makes it a completely different piece. It is a piece for solo cello. And who IS (That be a reference to an early scene in Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid.) this cellist who has opened this piece to the world?! Bravo!
John Carlton-Foss I agree. It is a special piece, for violin, piano, classical guitar, etc. But it is exquisite on cello. Like you said...ONE cello! Amazing.
Pedantic? A misuse of the term, I think. An enthusiastic and effusive response to the music, a little free association, and that’s ‘pedantic’? Then me too, I guess...
Bathtub Barracuda You should look up "pedantic." The commenter is a bit precious and the prose is rather purple, but not pedantic. Me, on the other hand? A little pedantic.
John Carlton-Foss I too am a amateur cellist and make your words mine. I will just add that for me to play this piece so well, apart from incredible work and dedication, I will need the help of reincarnation...
Wow. How on earth did she keep this so convincingly in D minor without an E-string? And so well played! Tanya clearly has mad arranging and performance skillz.
bach's sixth cello suite is written for a 5-string cello with a high E-string. modern cellists play it on 4-string cellos all the time. however that doesn't change the clarity and interpretation of this recording which is extremely hard as a cellist myself
Extraordinaire interprétation !!!!! Le vio!oncelle apporte un peu plus de chaleur en se rapprochant de la tessiture de la voix humaine...Quelle difficulté technique !!!!Incroyable et majestueux !!!!!!!
I'm in total admiration in front of each Chaconne, you and the cello, Segovia and the classical guitar, each time... As an electric guitar player, for me it is an inspiration. Always.
Ms. Anisimova your Chaconne is just thrilling. Never would I have thought to come across a cellist playing this. Congratulations on your marvelous performance and arrangement. And thank you for sharing! Loved it.
I think this the piece of music that James Rhodes wrote about in his book: "I was seven, I was a weird kid, and there were lots of really difficult things happening. I found this old cassette, and on the cassette was this piece. Above all, it made me feel like even if it seemed like the world was a really hostile and appalling place, it couldn’t be that bad because something this beautiful existed in it. There are moments of such joy and such heroism in that piece. That got me through a lot of my childhood... This music kept me company. It was like a skeleton key that helped me unlock things and understand things that children of seven or eight can’t understand."
A phenomenal performance. Challenging to bring off and here done masterfully. I am imagining many months of intense, single minded study and preparation wherein the many parts, technically worked out, are unified into a musical whole. "Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take but rather by the moments when our breath is taken way." This is surely one of them.
A strong, dramatic, emotional rendering of this piece. Usually I listen to it played by the lauta (luth). This version shows it's possible to approach Bach with real firepower. Thanx!
I've heard violin performances (on UA-cam of course) by some of the world's greatest violinists. Your interpretation of the piece surpasses theirs. And the cello brings out the pathos and moments of anger of the piece in a way that a violin can't quite do. I think it was Schubert who said something like this: "I'm a pretty good musician. I could have written some of the stuff that Bach wrote. But the Chaconne -- not humanly possible to write such a piece, the depth of emotion needed to do it would kill a mortal. Yet there it is." (Maybe someone here knows the quote and can post it accurately.) [edit] I've heard performance by two cellos, excellent musicians. I agree with others who've commented here, this is a piece for one and only one performer. Thank you.
I think there is something deeply spiritual in Bach's Chaconne and it's so beautiful to see the natural concentration that someone can use to tune into this spirituality and provide this beautiful musical experience to all of us. Thank you, Tanya, this performance touched my soul.
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pensé que el chelo no lograría elevar la tensión como el violín pero Tanya Anisimova superó mis espectativas del instrumento con la pasión de su virtuosismo! Aplausos de pié!!
Bravo Tanya for this incredible performance and thank you so much ! It was impossible then you did it :) Please let's share your score too ;) I hope you'll continue to work hard and play this masterpiece forever, and show us again..
Lindo. Quanto sentimento? Grande interpretação. A chacona de Bach é uma das peças mais linda jamais escritas. Admirável como tinham os compositores de antanho tanta inspiração, tanta sensibilidade e tanta técnica em escrever suas obras. O que aconteceu conosco? Ficamos mais embrutecidos com o passar dos anos? Ou é o excesso de lazer improdutivo, como os esportes, o divertimento simplório que nos tornou apáticos, embrutecidos?
@prometheusrex1 Bach transcribed Vivaldi's works quite a lot, the Harpsichord Concerto in A minor BWV 1065, Organ Concerto in D minor BWV 596, and Organ Concerto in A minor, BWV 593 are several examples
@prometheusrex1 Yep, BWV 1065 is based on Vivaldi's concerto for four violins in b minor RV 580, BWV 596 is concerto for two violins RV 565, and BWV 593 is based on Concerto for Two Violins in A minor, RV 522
Oh God I am so depressed - if I practise all day every day for the rest of my life I will never get anywhere near to this - incredible playing and such emotion Tanya. Bravo! Incredibly moving and beautiful.
But just play at your paste and trust me you'll be good no matter how much you practice if you just be believe it's all possible that's what my former teacher told me and its worked I've been traveling playing on my violin all over the place ;)
alexis mcgowan Tanya kindly contacted me after my comment and has been very encouraging over the last year including offering to teach me. My cello playing has improved enormously as a result of her help and a number of other professional cellists I have got to know. To be fair I never said that Tanya was like du Pre or Rostropovitch. They are now both legends and have become highly revered - and I share that awe and respect, but don't lets pretend they were perfect - they weren't. For example, there are many recording of Bach that I would much prefer to listen to in preference to either of them (not that Jacqui recorded much Bach). Actually having heard Tanya's suites and transcriptions of the solo violin works I count hers as a body of recording I prefer. At the end of the day it is a matter of personal choice - for example, many like Mischa Maisky's Bach but personally I find it disturbing, and not a little comical!
Yours is the most amazing and touching performance I have heard. I used to play this on the guitar and it is infinitely easier than your version. I applaud your ingenuity in arranging this and your extreme talent for executing it.
Love how she does the early chord breaks. One of the most musical presentations of that section I’ve heard of all versions (including violin of course).
I am at a loss that I have discovered this so late in life. Having always had an appreciation of classical music yet I have never been so profoundly affected by a piece of music as I have in discovering this today. Quite honestly I cant breath.This is the third or fourth arrangement of this piece that I have listened to across several instruments today, and I am speechless. Paraphrasing another poster on youtube, if the divine speaks through music, it does so in the key of D minor. So many emotions boil over as I listen to this piece of music. Absolutely beyond words at this moment......
Michael Wilson, Thank You for your deep appreciation of The Chaconne. Your words are truly inspiring.
Bravo. The emotion of sorrow, grief and joy flows through this cello. A monumental piece given new life.
I think that composing this piece of music was one of the greatest human achievements of all time. Being able to play it this well isn't far behind.
Michael! How have the last four years been since you found this piece? I wanna know how you’re doing!
thank you so much for your words, you said perfectly, exactly what I feel and what hardly I can think... thank you, my unknown friend
amazing to me that bach wrote an entire piece for one breath. the music doesn't pause. beautiful.
One of the bests arrangements for solo played on that chaconne I ever heard of. Astonishing, I have no words. Brava Tanya!
this is one of the best renditions I've ever heard
This is so good, so soulful, so deep, such an amazing performance, I don't have any words sufficient to express my gratitude for seeing and hearing this. So, just, thank you!
Tanya, amazing transcription... So touching... Bravo!!!
Восхищающее исполнение!! Приезжайте во Владивлсток так же Японию. Waiting...
Very very very beautiful! Thank you, Tanya for your music!
Gracias por este maravilloso regalo.
As an amateur cellist, I have long wondered if there could possibly be a cello version of the Chaconne. It is such a special and singular masterpiece for violin, and so difficult. Even more challenging for cello, which is a much larger instrument and harder to move. Now I know that the answer is that this is also a masterpiece for cello. For one cello, not two, or three, or four, but one. At four cellos it is already almost orchestral, which makes it a completely different piece. It is a piece for solo cello. And who IS (That be a reference to an early scene in Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid.) this cellist who has opened this piece to the world?! Bravo!
I don't think you could be any more pedantic.
John Carlton-Foss I agree. It is a special piece, for violin, piano, classical guitar, etc. But it is exquisite on cello. Like you said...ONE cello!
Amazing.
Pedantic? A misuse of the term, I think. An enthusiastic and effusive response to the music, a little free association, and that’s ‘pedantic’? Then me too, I guess...
Bathtub Barracuda
You should look up "pedantic." The commenter is a bit precious and the prose is rather purple, but not pedantic. Me, on the other hand? A little pedantic.
John Carlton-Foss I too am a amateur cellist and make your words mine. I will just add that for me to play this piece so well, apart from incredible work and dedication, I will need the help of reincarnation...
This woman is insane. Great respect to depth and beauty you produce
An incredible performance!
In my humble opinion this is the very best interpretation of Bach's wonderful Chaconne on the cello. Bravo!
Wow. How on earth did she keep this so convincingly in D minor without an E-string? And so well played! Tanya clearly has mad arranging and performance skillz.
She knows her Rostropovich.
bach's sixth cello suite is written for a 5-string cello with a high E-string. modern cellists play it on 4-string cellos all the time. however that doesn't change the clarity and interpretation of this recording which is extremely hard as a cellist myself
It takes genius to play music written by a genius - I still can’t imagine the work that goes into perfecting a piece like this - Thank You!!
Extraordinaire interprétation !!!!! Le vio!oncelle apporte un peu plus de chaleur en se rapprochant de la tessiture de la voix humaine...Quelle difficulté technique !!!!Incroyable et majestueux !!!!!!!
Muy bella versión, excelente ejecución, gran virtuosismo. Gracias Tanya
Absolutely beautiful! Thank you!
I'm in total admiration in front of each Chaconne, you and the cello, Segovia and the classical guitar, each time... As an electric guitar player, for me it is an inspiration. Always.
Ms. Anisimova your Chaconne is just thrilling. Never would I have thought to come across a cellist playing this. Congratulations on your marvelous performance and arrangement. And thank you for sharing! Loved it.
That's one piece I never thought I'd hear played on a cello - and enjoy it. Brava.
wordless and crying- absolutely beautiful.
Absolutely brilliant! Great interpretation. Bravo!!!
Oh wow, unbelievably outstanding!
Now I am breathless! Tks, Mrs. Anisimova for sharing. I always found myself astonished by listening this sound . :)
Tanechka, you are a genius! Love you!
Can listen to you playing this piece endlessly! Thank you!
Che stupore, che meraviglia. Che emozione, suono, tecnica, arr.e interpretazione sublimi. Grazie Tanya
That is so incredibly moving. Gave me chills. Everything you do to to let the music speak for itself breathes life into it. Stunning
HOLY HELL THAT'S THE BEST-SOUNDING VIOLIN I'VE EVER HEARD! Stunning :)))))))) ineedtopracticeineedtopracticeineedtopractice
It’s a cello lol. It goes lower than violin.
I think this the piece of music that James Rhodes wrote about in his book: "I was seven, I was a weird kid, and there were lots of really difficult things happening. I found this old cassette, and on the cassette was this piece. Above all, it made me feel like even if it seemed like the world was a really hostile and appalling place, it couldn’t be that bad because something this beautiful existed in it. There are moments of such joy and such heroism in that piece. That got me through a lot of my childhood... This music kept me company. It was like a skeleton key that helped me unlock things and understand things that children of seven or eight can’t understand."
Thank you so much for the beatiful performance and for making it available in high quality for us!!!
Yes
Playing music composed for violin on cello is not what we see everyday. Brava!
This might be one of the most emotionally resonant version of the Chaconne I have heard so far. Absolutely beautiful!
Excellent! Thank you so much.
Wow what an amazing Cellist.
my favorite piece of music ever! you play it so well! Thank you, Tanya!
It sounds so perfect in the cello!! And you did an amazing, wonderful job!! Thank you for sharing it with us!!
I am likely not qualified to make any comments here but what you are doing is humanly not possible, but inhumanly beautiful. Spasibo
Bravo, Tanya!
A phenomenal performance. Challenging to bring off and here done masterfully. I am imagining many months of intense, single minded study and preparation wherein the many parts, technically worked out, are unified into a musical whole. "Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take but rather by the moments when our breath is taken way." This is surely one of them.
Outstanding! Character, technical perfection and thrilling inspiration! Thank you, Tanya!
Incredible! Great! Fantastic!
Certifié intergalactique! Une performance millions de dollars.
Now that's talent ,,, your really gifted
Truly AMAZING
Oh,Tanya! Magnifique!
Listening to Bach always transports me to another astral plane. This is lovely.
A strong, dramatic, emotional rendering of this piece. Usually I listen to it played by the lauta (luth). This version shows it's possible to approach Bach with real firepower. Thanx!
I've heard violin performances (on UA-cam of course) by some of the world's greatest violinists. Your interpretation of the piece surpasses theirs. And the cello brings out the pathos and moments of anger of the piece in a way that a violin can't quite do.
I think it was Schubert who said something like this: "I'm a pretty good musician. I could have written some of the stuff that Bach wrote. But the Chaconne -- not humanly possible to write such a piece, the depth of emotion needed to do it would kill a mortal. Yet there it is." (Maybe someone here knows the quote and can post it accurately.)
[edit] I've heard performance by two cellos, excellent musicians. I agree with others who've commented here, this is a piece for one and only one performer. Thank you.
Magnificent; thank you for posting!!
This is simply amazing! Thanks so much.
Your form is soo amazing and this sounds so beautiful on cello
jes, brilliant played
a true pleasure to listen to your interpretation
I think there is something deeply spiritual in Bach's Chaconne and it's so beautiful to see the natural concentration that someone can use to tune into this spirituality and provide this beautiful musical experience to all of us. Thank you, Tanya, this performance touched my soul.
Die Läufe ab 3:33 sind erstaunlich gut wie auch der gesamte Vortrag !
Omg so so beautifuly played
Precioso,maravilloso
She elevates the cello above anything else in Olympus, where the Gods live.
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esta es de las mejores interpretaciones que he visto y oido de esta obra inmortal.
Beautiful. I wish if i could play like that.
pensé que el chelo no lograría elevar la tensión como el violín pero Tanya Anisimova superó mis espectativas del instrumento con la pasión de su virtuosismo! Aplausos de pié!!
Thank you for your passion. Moving to say the least.
Divinely ....
Amazing!
Wooow. Beautiful!
Breathtaking.
Superlativa...Bravissima!!
Wicked. Absolutely wicked 👏
Bravo Tanya for this incredible performance and thank you so much ! It was impossible then you did it :) Please let's share your score too ;) I hope you'll continue to work hard and play this masterpiece forever, and show us again..
I got goose bumps listening.. couldn't be arranged better for cello..
WOW WOW!!! THANK YOU, ''TANYA''
Wonderful perfomance!
congrats
Gorgeous !!!
Lindo. Quanto sentimento? Grande interpretação. A chacona de Bach é uma das peças mais linda jamais escritas. Admirável como tinham os compositores de antanho tanta inspiração, tanta sensibilidade e tanta técnica em escrever suas obras. O que aconteceu conosco? Ficamos mais embrutecidos com o passar dos anos? Ou é o excesso de lazer improdutivo, como os esportes, o divertimento simplório que nos tornou apáticos, embrutecidos?
wow beautiful
Tanya it was moving. I admire your art, your artistic honesty and your technique. I hope one day to meet you. Luca
Love what you are doing! Thank you. Hope I can order your arrangement :)
❤ breathtaking
fantastica!!!
Bach himself was a great and constant practitioner of the art of transcription. So I think that he would have been completely in favor.
@prometheusrex1 Bach transcribed Vivaldi's works quite a lot, the Harpsichord Concerto in A minor BWV 1065, Organ Concerto in D minor BWV 596, and Organ Concerto in A minor, BWV 593 are several examples
@prometheusrex1 Yep, BWV 1065 is based on Vivaldi's concerto for four violins in b minor RV 580, BWV 596 is concerto for two violins RV 565, and BWV 593 is based on Concerto for Two Violins in A minor, RV 522
Great! Really great!
すばらしい！！！！！！
手のひらが擦り切れるほど拍手したい気分です。
Oh God I am so depressed - if I practise all day every day for the rest of my life I will never get anywhere near to this - incredible playing and such emotion Tanya. Bravo! Incredibly moving and beautiful.
No one will ever get to be like Rostropovich or Du Pré and she is no where near
But just play at your paste and trust me you'll be good no matter how much you practice if you just be believe it's all possible that's what my former teacher told me and its worked I've been traveling playing on my violin all over the place ;)
alexis mcgowan Tanya kindly contacted me after my comment and has been very encouraging over the last year including offering to teach me.
My cello playing has improved enormously as a result of her help and a number of other professional cellists I have got to know.
To be fair I never said that Tanya was like du Pre or Rostropovitch. They are now both legends and have become highly revered - and I share that awe and respect, but don't lets pretend they were perfect - they weren't.
For example, there are many recording of Bach that I would much prefer to listen to in preference to either of them (not that Jacqui recorded much Bach). Actually having heard Tanya's suites and transcriptions of the solo violin works I count hers as a body of recording I prefer.
At the end of the day it is a matter of personal choice - for example, many like Mischa Maisky's Bach but personally I find it disturbing, and not a little comical!
You are marvelous ! Petite faute à 3:05 mais pas très grave . Très agréable à écouter. Merci!
woowwww..... incredible
Beautiful
Very beautiful
Totally inspired to practice more...stunned by your talent.
Brillante y conmovedor.
This is beautiful. You should release an album.
Bravoooo!!!!
🎵🎶🌹
beautiful i love this piece tanya xoxoxo
Yours is the most amazing and touching performance I have heard. I used to play this on the guitar and it is infinitely easier than your version. I applaud your ingenuity in arranging this and your extreme talent for executing it.
what are you talking about? it is easily one of the hardest pieces in the classical guitar repertoire too
You don't know what arrangement he played
Sublime!
Exquisite. Sublime.
Magic! Brava!!
Shockingly passionate!
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