"The saddest string music ever composed"

Chaconne in G minor - Tomaso Antonio Vitali


          Chaconne in G minor composed by Vitali is considered one of the saddest classical musics. Chaconne initially means a piece of dancing music of Latin America. Europeans (especially Germans and Itailans) of the Baroque period developed this into a classical instrumental piece in three-quarter time music with deep, solemn melody.
         Performance of  Jascha Heifetz(1901-1987), also known as "the emperor of the violin", is considered the best of all (I will make a post about him soon :D), but the audio sound qualities are not as good as modern ones like this one. I will provide you with links to his performances in Heifetz post as well! This video contains music of Sarah Chang (Young-ju Chang), Korean famous violinist who is now a professor in Juliard.

Vitali's Chaconne is maximizing sorrow and heart-breaking pain through many variations of splendid melody of the string. Also, background bass sound from the orchestra is adding depth and grandiosity to the music.

I hope you enjoy this!