François Couperin - Les Barricades Mystérieuses

[gaspernoe]

Dad's gone :)

[CornelioIII]

Holy GOD!... u.u.. its really beautiful~ 

[abelbeau99]

Wonderful piece !

the image is

The House of Cards

by the french painter Jean-Baptiste-Siméon CHARDIN,

very good choice for this music !

[TranceBusiness]

I love it in slower tempo , really amazing

[Mystep]

Very nice. I've heard so many different interpretations of this piece. I personnally play it a little faster on the piano,with less rubato. One has to adapt his playing to the accoustics and character of the instrument as well as the style of the period. Always a tricky balance.

[EnigmaComposer]

Tree of Life brought me here :)

[WhiteAbenaki]

Something about the simple rhythm and syncopation combined with all the leading tones give this piece a real modern and popular kind of sound to it — and I mean that as a compliment. Maybe that accounts in part for its popularity.

[gabbylovesmuse]

For those of you that love classical music ;) Enjoy!

[felistrepidus]

Aquellos que dicen que este excelente interprete tiene "Tempo Problems" son quienes tienen verdaderos problemas de tiempo ; es decir de saber UBICARSE en el tiempo.

¿ Rubato en el Barroco? Yes sir así era; Es más: Tan así era que ni Couperin ni Bach ni los Scarlatti conocieron esa cosa insoportable llamada Metrónomo de Maelzel; aparato para torturar niños que aparece al final del clacisismo.

Además ¿ No les parece que esta formidable composición gana enormemente en emoción con esos rubatos?

[peteacher52]

To those who voted Dislike, remember that Couperin himself wrote in his treatise on harpsichord technique, paraphrased from the French, "We do not play exactly as we write." This means that a player with an understanding of baroque French ornamentation has a remarkably free hand in interpretation. Well done, Francisco Ricardo.

[seanlebas]

Whoa! Can Ricardo-Cravo finesse a musical line!

This is wonderment!

[JORGERIBAL]

precioso

[SubMetal1000]

Great great they're Grrrrrrrreat!

[makiliiiiiii]

Is this "Il misterioso rondo" that has been mentioned so many times in "Imprimatur"?

[Daswarder]

@makiliiiiiii Splendid literary taste, my dear.

[vanko29]

@makiliiiiiii Yes it is! In fact, the whole reason I even heard about this beautiful piece of music was because I read the book. The descriptions about it are so true! :D

[daasvand]

wonderfully played!!!

[Squarerig]

fr33matze "Ich habe keine Ahnung aber doch eine Meinung!" So ist es in dieser geschundenen Welt.Aber die Musik is himmlisch.

[paradoxicus]

Mas que una composicion es un estilo.

Asi como podemos hablar de las folias se puede hablar de las barricadas...

[plugee]

Cette chanson me fait souvenir du roman C'est pas moi, je le jure!, où Léon entre dans la maison des voisins et enfonce le couvercle du clavecin.

[marcinmain]

My god! Such a piece!

[takeox]

Yeah, this instrument doesnt have effective ways to make dynamics but the usage of giving the impresiion of dynamics by increasing tempo or slowing down the tempo. And I my opinion the player does it in a very musical way, I really like this interpretation, I wish I could do it like this on my instrument without sounding too romantic :)

[capnpayne]

yep, and yet we're still always transcribing all of this harpsichord music!

[1401JSC]

Rubato in Baroque music?

Maybe so, but I'd like to have your sources. Empfindsamkeit started around the time of Bach's sons.

If we allow rubato, should we be so aware of it?

[AcademiaSingulares]

Non, c'est un clavecin, mais le fait que les on sur youtube devient toujours pire que sur l'ordinateur, c'est peut-être la cause de cette confusion.

[Myau76]

I think the player has some "tempo" problem

[igrith666]

i'd also like to hear it played in a 4/4 style :)