My name is Thais because y Mom liked this music.

Flawless. I've heard this hundreds of times and have never been moved as I was with this performance. Hard to imagine a more beautiful rendition. It literally left me breathless. Brava Janine Jansen!

Never get tired of it, it just has the power to draw me back again and again. Just love it.

She is very attractive and enchanting violinist... am enjoying to her play this violin selection over and over again, with all her passion into it. Thanks for the upload.

I am going to listen to "Thais" this weekend. Lucky me !!! Love Massenet, thank you.

So beautiful! My gosh this is so moving, I love when a song can break my heart. Music is truely a wonderful thing.....

Real magnificent !!! And what a beauty she is with all her expression and feelings into putting the music together. Bravo !!!

Best version I've ever heard.

Everytime I listen to this, i just...melt.

@Ljudet_Innan

Жыл бұрын

Still listening to it after 13 years.

@glorialarios8620

Жыл бұрын

So beautiful!!! ❤

Whenever I want to hear the song I always come back to this video.

What a performance, beautiful lady playing a beautiful peace of music. Thank's` jcnet

Ms. Jansen is exquisite! She has a great depth to her playing and an unparalleled expressive technique. Everyone has played this, but she gives us something new, passionate and exciting. She is a revelation, I love the smile she flashes when the audience claps prematurely. Hate the artsy camera work, but it's nonetheless one of my favorite videos. Bravo!

I am in tears. What a beautiful arrangement with orchestra. Floating, lilting, soulful; my favorite version of Massenet's masterpiece.

This musical masterpiece from Massenet always brings tears to my eyes and this is an exceptional recital of it. For me, this piece of music tells the story of the emotional highs and lows that we encounter as we pass through this life. This is what I call 'musical poetry' and I feel richer every time I hear it.

The only person I have ever seen that can come anywhere close to Anne Sophie Mutter. Absolutely breathtaking.

It is difficult not to be enamoured of way of she physicalizes the musical moment. It's an exquisite piece of music that evokes in the listener, a palpable serenity. The faces in the crowd convey it.

so beautiful girl.....so wonderful music.....brava janine

Janine Bravo!!! Cómo podría alguien no amarte! Divina Janine Jansen.

I am blown away. Janine is absolutely the best soloist I have heard in a long time. At least she moves me like no other has in a long time. Bravo!!!!

What an outstanding performance. Listening to this just gave me a lump in my throat, goosebumps, and watery eyes. That can only mean it has touched the edges of my soul. Janine, you are beautiful in every way.Veramente unica.Une vraie merveille!

Janine plays this fabulous music with all her passion and emotions. Thanks

La plus belle violoniste que j'ai jamais vu. Une interprétation merveilleuse.

I now listen to this version everyday. It inspires me to do better in my life. If I had the talent that JJ possesses in just her little finger, I would truly be.....a happy person! If only I had the willpower 3|

I've always loved this piece of music and here it is played so well.

emotieloos volk zijn de meeste mensen dit is muziek dit overtreft elke vorm van keer keer op keer beluisteren en dan kijken naar de uitvoering van janine tijdens de waldbuhne 2006 18 juni dan komen de emoties los als je weet wat muziek is heavenly jacques

This piece is such a tear jerker, it's amazing that the queen, princess, prince and mayor Cohen all kept their cheeks dry. The story / opera itself is also a very interesting one, especially food for thought under current political conditions in the Netherlands. See Wikipedia for more info. Janine, THANKS!!!

Che bellissima ! Grazie mille fancyfiddler for sharing this wonderfu Massenet piece with us.

favorite melodies amazing suggestive you have given us a gift we are truly grateful for beautiful Thanks

well played, very romantic as it should be and ms fisher is absolutely stunning to watch

A wonderful interpretation with highest sensitivity, full of female vitality, tenderness and "Leidenschaft". Congratulations !

One of the most moving violin solos I have ever heard! You are truly amazing and the passion with which you played will make this video/recording timeless! BRAVO!

One of the interesting things about this performance is that the whole ensemble is tuned to about a 445 A. I think it gives the performance an extra bit of brightness, which, mixed with the pathos of the music, makes the sorrow so much sweeter.

I like it she played the piece with passion and with a style of her own The way all solos should be played. I think this is one of my favorite preformences of this song. she just like Sarah Chang have their own uniqe expressions when they play as do other violinist when they are passionate about a song.

Beautiful! She plays with such passion. Thanks for posting this.

This is beautifully done. Thankfully the Met is doing the opera this season: it is one of my favorites and deserves to be known for more than just this great instrumental.

I'm almost obssessed with her! She's one of the loveliest woman I've ever seen.

My son learned violin in jr high-into hs. I have heard violin so beautiful it makes you weep!

this is still my favorite video of this piece on youtube, even more than the new one of her

She is the Queen!!

Překrásné- úžasná interpretace, hraje duší.

one of the very very best

Dang. She's incredible...the best.

I think that's one of my favorite takes I've seen on this piece.

one of the best

Poetica....lieve come una carezza....commovente....impetuosa....BELLISSIMA.

Absolutely great...amazing...i have to admit I`am totally unfamiliar with this kind of music but I think that the sound of this violin is...I don`t know..VERY SPECIAL ?? Correct me if I am wrong.. Anyway, I am very grateful to a very special person from Venezuela who shared this video with me...Thanks a lot.. "Muchas gracias, querida amiga..." Greetings from Romania..

So beautiful!

BEAUTIFUL !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Excellent....thankyou!

thank you. I enjoyed it.

WONDERFUL !!!

Magnificent!

Merveilleux !👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹

A wonderful interpretation of this lovely music.

Me emociona tanto Massenet

Bravo! Muito bom!

Merveilleux !

Janine Jansen é realmente uma violinista maravilhosa, sensível e tem uma performance corporal que se confunde com a delicadeza do violino !

I love the way this Massenet masterpiece fools everyone with that fake ending at 4:39. Works everytime!

Sons que tocam nosso coração..

Janine Jansen...

i fall in love with her...

Divino.

Hermosa interpretación

Sublime, inspiradora...Música para fondo de un poema de amor d esdesperado....

The face at 3:23 says it all--------spellbound!

BRAVO!!

Just exquisite

splendid

Such class----can't be equalled on any scale that I know of! 3)

Yes... the audience is Dutch. The biggest clue is at 2:06, with the Dutch flag held by the man in Orange.

Bravo!

My Name Is Thais :) This Makes Me SUPER HAPPY!!!

Yes je suis d'accord

MAGISTRAL,SUBLIME,BELLISIMA.

My hairs are on end listening to this...

How to said Montserrat Caballè...The music is the best of life...

I just noticed that right at the beginning she seems to be adjusting the wire from a pick-up or microphone on the instrument - and there seems to be a microphone sticking out of her dress near her right shoulder. I'm not trying to detract from her performance or abilities - I just never would have believed that her performance was amplified. You'd think it would pick up some of the scritches from the bow - unless she doesn't have any?!

Beautiful... magnificent i truly love her vibrato and purity oh the melody. i probably gonna get harassed for making this comment: i personally don't like the way she kind hunches over. but it doesn't take away from her tone and quality of playing,so, power to the hunch!

I just went and listened to several versions of the meditation...including Yo-Yo-Ma's and Anne-Sophie Mutter's. I still prefer this one although they are ALL great performances. I am sad to hear that JJ might be ill and not performing these days. I truly hope that is not true and that someday she might come and play with the indianapolis symphony.

@morynishikawa just another one feeling there are no words for. For below post, yeah, beautiful is probably the closest one.

Considering where the "Meditation" falls in the opera(act II), before the alluring courtesan's conversion, it's not unreasonable to have the "Meditation" convey her(Thais) sensual sexuality. Beyond that.."Die gustibus non est disputatum". It's a matter of taste.

Homegirl saws a mean fiddle!

oops i mean ms jansen, the way she holds the violin does look a little awkward, i noticed that too but i enjoyed it very much

music of soul and demon! é maravilhosa e demoniaca tal musica.

Ah, thank you! A little bit of my ethnocentrism was coming out there :-/ Thanks.

Ms. Jansen's rendering is definitely my favorite since I first heard this piece many years ago. A nuances which I think help make it so: The orchestral "accompaniment" vs. piano. The piano is equal-tempered; as a result, many of the notes in sharp keys are slightly flat (it gets worse the more sharps you add), so playing in-tune with a piano cause the player to slightly flatten notes, detracting from their brilliance, and blurring the "human-voice" quality of the sound. Not so with this video!

@edgarbiervliet Ya know, when I first watched this I thought "I've seen her before somewhere". Now I know HOW I must have seen her as I was somewhat connected to the SA at one time in my life. Thank you for that info. peace

Reminds me of Helga from Hey Arnold!...ahh, memories....

is there a backing track for the ochestra for this piece?? i want to perform with orchestra :(

❺stars ★★★★★

I want a strad too.. ;)

Does anyone know when and where this performance took place?

It's a beautiful performance, but I like Sarah Chang's rendition better (I'm aware that's not a fair comparison, since Chang plays so effortless it's crazy). But I really enjoyed how much sentiment Janine Jansen brought to the piece.

She certainly does not too much vibrato for this particular work. She plays it very intelligently, with feeling, and without overdoing it. The orchestra got a bit carried away in spots, though.

@arithon1162 Good question.............not that it matters really :) peace

.....The Audience.....

@technocrash09 And by the way, I even spelled the valid alternative...."aficionado" incorrectly the first time! I am surprised you did not catch that! *lol* (C'mon, I'm just havin' fun with it now!). See? I can critique myself as well! :) On a different note, have you listened to Yo-Yo MA play this on cello? Not as good as JJ on violin but moving, just the same. I have played it on piano (my only instrument so far). Doesn't work well yet. At least not for me.

What violin does she play??

35gazz: Are you an adult beginner at violin? I started playing about 12 years ago, at age 46. I'm working on the Meditation right now.