Happy New Year with Guy Tuneh
Last year, Guy Tuneh provided the double bass community a video of his excellent Rococo Variations performance to celebrate the new year. This year we’re featuring this wonderful artist performing Kol Nidrei by Max Bruch. Enjoy!
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Thanks J.
A M A Z I N G !!!
what an Artist
This “artist” is much more movement then actual sound. I wish he moved less and played better.
Andrew i dont think so.
He Sounds very good and move very natural.
Andrew:
I just dont believe that anyone can say something like this about Talent. (why is that this video is to short???)
can you be more specific?!
Its amazing how some people dont hear the difference bitween pur
video sound quality and the sound of the bass.
in Utube this video sounds better.
Good to hear from you again Jason, and what a Great video as a comeback.
Thank you very much and happy new year to you and to
Maestro Guy Tuneh to!
I agree with Andrew. I tried to be as objective as possible so I decided to minimize the browser at first so I could just hear the audio and not be biased with the video. It’s somewhat insulting at how many of the dynamics and tempo’s are taken at liberty with this musician. I personally did not feel he captured the insensity of Kol Nidrei at all. As the great Gary Karr once said “I will not perform a transcription unless I feel it will do the bass and the work justice.” Mr. Tuneh’s rendition of the Elgar is insulting to all the cellists out there…Especially to my wife who is a professional cellist. I also don’t understand why this musician takes so many re-takes, the music doesn’t call for it and it makes everything sound jerky. I really do not like this performer.
“Insensity” of kol nidrei, Tuneh playes it like a recitativ, he prefer to perform this as a talk to god.
and Gary Karr can do what he wonts…
Gary Karr change tempy and even some notes as he wont, so ?
i think that Tuneh can present it as he feel
who is your profi wife to decide how it sould be?
did she speak with Elgar on the phone??
if you dont like Tuneh, dont listen to him.
and why your wife taking it so personaly, let us see how she playes it…
That Mr. Tuneh’s playing is impacting so on some people showes about real Art! and his power of Expresion!
He shows something new that we need time to get used to.
its not insulting its new, just try lo listen and to understand
the fact that player in his claiber showes something like this and in that way, sure it has reason, a motive or story or massage, so dont be afraid just try to listen or understand.
to mane Gary Karr its nice but you dont wish that personality like tuneh will copy Karr. he is Guy Tuneh he souldnt copy Karr.
Tuneh has his own still, and a lot to say in his playing and not les than Karr.
and by the way Tuneh is Juwish/Israely, so i dont think that Karr or any body else can say something about this music.
insulting or not, his playing is amazing!
You need to be strong enoth not to be insulted, especialy as a “profi” cellist and especialy not from bassist!!!
ha ha ha ha ….
Andrew and Hal, sorry but your comments show that you are very traditional, no problem, you wont to hear something that you knows, O.K.
Tuneh is non traditional and its a well-known. Tuneh is combining German technic tradition with a new ideas!
However, after all he is one of the fine bass players alive today!
Folks, folks, does he need to aim to the taste of the day??
I’m sure that Tuneh has a very good reason to perform this work like this. (personly i think that its very nice & emotional, like some one crying because of something, after the Kol Nidrei meaning…)
Jason i would ask him? i’m curious to know.
Tuneh’s playing is soooooo F++king Elegant.
Ohh, let us discuss about the “insinity of Kol Nidrei”,
so many of the Legendery Artists had liberity and freedon, way not its Art and true Art has no rules or limits!
Now i dont think that he has so much freedom, it is after all Kol Nidrei and you can hear it, its different, and Guy Tuneh is a
different Bass player, whats the problem?
Finaly someone showes Elgar under new light, the cello players are playing it all THE SAME (its like they are copyin eachother or J. Du Pre….), some of them even dont know what the story or the main idea.
With Tuneh is sounds tragic and very deep sound, like he won a new dimension of sound and color for this work, the bass ton
give this work much more dark power, tragic, sadness and blacknes than cello.
I like this, its realy new and shocking.
Cello players dont be insulting – go practice.
Never saw bassplayer who is getting so much attention.
if he is so bad, why he nerves so many…? they sould be happy that he is so bad, they can sleep at night and still be happy that they are better.
with a little hard working, talent, and being G. Tuneh you can also play like this.
To all the cellos out there happy new year and sleep good!
Guy Tuneh is a GENIUS, Elgar won new perspective to his work.
The effect on the audiance is much bigger through the bass color!
Its looks so simple and natural on bass, its like someone forlorn a big point in the past with this work!
His Elgar is a mirror of everyone who hears it, its frightening that Tuneh can achive this kind of reaction.
What a discussion??!!
so much to say, i wish that everyone will show his or her’s critic, tips and wishes through playing, and way this “standing behind” or useing Gary Karr to proof or not a point? something new and strong is comming & i dont think that G. Karr is the anti-syndrom for that.
Guy Tuneh is so Elegant and fine, maybe the finest out there,
some would say even more then Karr.
“Jerky” means that someone got it wronge with his understanding this video, dynamics and tempo’s are mater of interpetation,
especialy in transcription, this one is from S. Sankey.
I dont think for one moment that Tuneh is making un-justice to the work or to the Doublebass.
After comparing with some cello recordering, by Tuneh’s interpetion come more out, its deeper and intensiv.
the real non justice is against some cello players.
Glenn Gould said once in an interview that in his eyes a tool to achive a great performance is; the performer sould play it like he was writing it.
Seems to me that Tuneh is doing that.
Tuneh calculatedly why he ferform it like this.
BRAVO.
What is your f++king problem???!!!
This guy is OUTSTANDING, what all the stupid speaking about tempo ,dynamics bla bla bla…, farting of ignorant, sounds like an audition in my orchestra…
Its pleasure to listen to his playing.
people who comment like this normaly dont even know how to hold the bow.
it sounds just great and all the rest just jealous quiet,
dont worry NO CHANCE that you will share with him pult…
Guy David Tuneh – Spannende Ereignisse, bewegende Momente, große Persönlichkeit.
Keep on doing so wunderful musik!!!
l’élégant Guy Tuneh!
Elgar on Bass, i’m full of curiosity.
Let us know before you post it.
Prima Kol Nidrei!! (unfortunately much to short!)
Be sure to inform about ELGAR on time.
Salut.
Woww,
its beautiful !
its full expression !
its powerful !
its very impressive…
Can i buy CD/DVD of him?
Thanks Jason, for your ELGAR YouTube posting.
Mr. Tuneh playes it very TRAGIC! (but exterm good)
Sorry that the video is so short, ful version might cuse stronger effect!
ELGAR on bass?, i need time to get used to it!
Good and intresting playing,
No cellist playes this work so sad…
A new era began!
Woww,
Very special!
Each note has great power!
Nice.