Mozart Variations Kv 265

[Lawrencelovespiano]

Ummm, what was being played from 7:22-7:50? I am not familiar with this passage.

[cheongfy]

anyone knows that the harpsichord was mozart's original harpsichord?

[ElCaballeroDeCydonia]

estrellita donde estas...

[johnlobinstown]

Its lovely on the harpsichord !

[Amunhotep4th]

This man is one of the greatest harpsichordist in the world. He also had the greatest instructor ever - Wanda Landowska ! 'nuff said !

[SirRichard94]

Twinkle twinkle Super Star!

[BPECA1]

13 don't know their ABC's

[anjelodelcarmen]

13 People doesn't know what a Harpsichord is.

[metteholm75]

Funny,- even some early pieces of Beethoven work on harpsicord. His first sonatas were even composed for fortepiano OR harpsicord, according to himself. Frankly, they work best on piano (wink).

[metteholm75]

Mozart is absolutely at home on a harpsicord. Especially with these variations. Delicious!

[mozart0438]

hey bravo !

[gavinfarkas]

I liked all except variation 11. The harpsichord just didn't work there... This is coming from a harpsichordist. But Puyana is amazing

[rafflecupter]

Holy crap is that Mozart!?! Lol jk he's dead. But seriously, Mozart was a genius!!!

[pdavies65]

Personally I find the harpsichord a bit screechy, but OK in short bursts.

Historical authenticity is one thing, but ask yourself this: How many composers wrote for harpsichord once the piano had been invented? Mozart certainly wouldn't have!

[fluffytom82]

Mozart did. And there have been composers writing harpsichord music until the 1820's, although 95% of the keyboard music was for piano or organ.

[queen9300]

これが本当の演奏だ。

モーツァルトも含め、それ以前の音楽を変に現代版にアレンジする­のは

個人的には好ましくないし、クラシックの意味がない。

良き古きものはそのまま（出来ればその当時）の状態での方が一番­良い。

[afroditad]

I love it!

[luboros]

Extraordinarios Rafael Puyana, y el clave

[Crybaby238]

awesome

[Maverickrad]

MOZART is a big joke to baroque composers.

[mrbenjaminspeed]

@Maverickrad they were all laughing histerically in their graves were they? :)

[dasboesePaulchen]

@Maverickrad

and you are a big joke to the classical music

[hco4af]

@Maverickrad what ?!!!!! barouqe composers was a joke to mozart, everything was a joke to mozart. he is a genuis , and please dont make fun of mozart(:

[Maverickrad]

MOZART is a joke to baroque composers.

[Vantheman91]

Altijd is kortjakje ziek, midden in de week, maar zondags niet!

[elgrandesnipe]

Twinkle, twinkle, little star,

How I wonder what you are!

Up above the world so high,

Like a diamond in the sky!

lol hahahahahahaha

[HerrWarja]

This mans apperence reminds me of the actor portraying Salieri in the movie "Amadeus". A specially since he is wearing on of those old "ties" or what ever they are called. Great music! The harpsichord brings a cool sound to this piece we all have heard so amy times. Twinkle twinkle! :-D <3

[kenkensnowsnow]

ピアノでは出せないこの音色と響き。何回聞いても最高です。

[toni88vp]

absolutelly perfect !! :)  nice interpretation ^^

[ManicMonkeyOnMac]

Adopt me as a student... plss :|

crystal clear phrases for my ears (feels like :) )

Your students would be sooo lucky.

[bratwurstle]

The Best on the infinitely expressive Harpsichord !

[lanceke]

...Excellent, Muhaha...I love this guy :D

5+5+5+5 stars = 20!

[CembaloMeister]

I found the use of the buff stop at 2:47 especially interesting, not sure what to think of that. Also the improvised cadenza was slightly jarring, however effective at 7:20. I particularly found the shifting of manuals quite literal so as to give the impression of sharp dynamic contrast which is found in Mozart's score. I did enjoy hearing this on the harpsichord. I wish someone could record it on the fortepiano, which is what Mozart originally composed these variations for.

[fluffytom82]

@CembaloMeister There are many recordings on fortepiano. For me, the best is the one of Ronald Brautigam.

[GilesGame]

@8:21, 8' & 4' coupled -

@entire performance, WOW! viel dank

[metteholm75]

This is the first time, that I have heard this piece played on harpsicord and it makes perfect sense. It requires a large one like this, though, - with several registres. The impression is grand, - much better than on piano.

[RICPOIRIER1]

Ça c'est excellent!

[newtun1234]

wow

[TheJamesalden]

Thank you for posting this wonderful work. I remember trying to learn this on the piano about 25 years ago, thinking..LOL...that it would be "easy". Well of course, it would not be. Nonetheless, it is a nice experience to listen to the work of a master composer in the hands, as it were, in the hands of master performer. Many thanks!

[crippmeister]

I like how he also dressed the part

[Chi7es]

Harpsichorddddd Talk about old school; it sounds sparkling great though!

[lordbarzoon]

abosolutely magnificent song! great interpretation!

[wynnyewong]

wow, listening to harpsichord and piano is quite a different. Harpsichord is kind of like a orchestra itself !

[teerasay]

This piece was originally composed for the harpsichord, which was the main keyboard instrument around 17-18 century. Try playing pieces with time indicated before 1750 on harpsichord most of them would sound really nice, even better than playing them on the piano.

[nicksum29]

Wow - I agree 100 percent. I was quite stunned.

[hansfraj]

Good player and good song.

[medicaldud]

I listen to Mozart all night.

And all day.

HE IS THE BEST.

[mindygrahamkrauth]

i so love mozart...

at 0430 in the morning...Q

[prisonheart]

I am a key not a well,tone deaf as a spruce tree oh darwin.

[kaipopn]

I love Harpsichord !

[m0siu001]

what the f is this dude's problem!?

[pamz777]

ingorant

[HlerLogiKari]

Did you know that numerous of Mozart's early works were composed for the Harpsichord? And most composers before him like Bach or Scarlatti did so too. The Harpsichord was the keyboard instrument before the 19th century.

[piggypenny]

try to watch Mozart Variations Ralph Monakil..has a nice rendition too.

[CDOG111]

It must be nice not to worry about dynamics, eh?

[chopinandliszt]

harpsichords can't control sound volume. It doesn't look like a fortepiano.

[guyoftheplace]

yes they can. You use stops and the different manuals in the same way you would with an organ. A large harpsichord has a great number of tonic and dynamic possibilities- the only disadvantage is you can't control dynamics with key pressure.

[omzi79]

now I know my ABCs!

[chenierchenier]

classical music is the best thing on earth after is canadian army (artillery), women, alpine ski, beer, poker, video game.

[frraannyy]

after the canadian army?? are you kidding me..

First of all classical music is first no matter what, especially when talking about mozart

secondly, canada sucks...it shouldnt even be a country :]

[chenierchenier]

JTF2 own Delta force.. royal 22ième régiment own the marine

the best soldier are in canadian army... usa is just good équipement

[IQ40000]

is this a harpsichord or a fortepiano? They are definitely different, as the fortepiano enables the player to control the volume. To me, this instrument sounds like the harpsichord.

[tosongok]

love the sound of harpsichord ! its such a wonderfull insrument

[Vincintosh]

@tosongok i'm a piano player... but i love harpsichord too... :)

[medalduty]

me gusta su interpretacion en el clave, muestra el sentimiento de la melodia y el vivace que se arma conforme al tiempo, saludos...

[alilapointe1]

very good but much prefer ingrid habler on the fortepiano version

[Playgeer]

pianoforte =)

[pir0ka]

He's a Colombian musician!!

[pir0ka]

Is a french channel.

[RockleDaze]

i can play this song! but only up to the 7th variation. its so much fun to play and great job=]

[KarrotKun1]

:O! I want that crazy cadenza he has in variation 11!!! :'(!!!

[lfmusik3103]

pianists shouldn't crush their face when they play mozart

[dairhoff]

That's only what you can say? Shame to you

[lfmusik3103]

pure, beauty, simple... i love mozart

[rh7189]

Awsome...

[gio10bo]

Grazie...

[animemusic8]

the beauty of Classical Music! I'm so proud of the player...

[AsSomedayItMayHappen]

This is very close to how it would have sounded in the late 1700s. A very authentic performance, and thoroughly enjoyable.

[kirisuconductor]

Simplemente adorable, Rafael Puyana, clavecinista Colombiano, una de las glorias de nuestro país!!!

[cynic150]

A valid and successful performance with many changes in colour and authentic 18C style. The video concentrates overly on his bald head and face which show almost nothing which contributes to the enjoyment, and even detracts. One of the best harpsichords I have heard!

[JairoVv]

this rendition sounds harsh (i dont know if it is the acoustics or something else). i love puyana's playing, but here Mozart does not sound great as in the piano. I have a great rendition of Mozart's alla turca movement of one of his sonatas played with a lot of flair by Igor Kipnis.

[beethomozart]

beautiful set of variations long live mozart

[KarlAmade]

ehmehm.... Double manuals are the most used harpsichords... it has always been so:P

[sk8nruff]

and they said Mozart couldn't be played straighter than an arrow....How is this guy not having fun? Also, double manual harpsichord (Dulcken, maybe Hemsch copy? Looks like one of Rubio's):he's got a pair of 8's, a 4', and a buff stop, but it still sounds boring. :(

[lifeaddicted]

more than 9 minutes of pure beauty.

[SimonSpieltKlavier]

i think this is the best version on harpsichord i ever listened to, but, nevertheless, i like the piano version of fazil say much more

[lelilelu]

If there is one way for old men to charm young women, he found it

[MetalCoreDevistation]

he is the master he must have been playing harpsichord for hundreds of years

[Spongebobbkn]

I love that little interlude he puts into the penultimate variation - took me by surprise!!

[philippefor]

I think so because i love this instrument very much. Even more than the piano..

[philippefor]

The best KV 265 I have ever heard. It's a pitty that the quality of the sound is not very good..

[ermann4567]

magnifique

[reccos121]

Actually let me tell you something...and yeah I'm with Markohoppis whose message was wrongly marked spam.

"I can only take some much of this" and if I may add I hate youtube discussions!!!

Thanks very much feel free to contact me.

Reccos

[HHH2O]

His performance is unique.

[HaganJuego]

Clavicordio in spanish.

[Iuckysnow]

Gaaaah that piano looks fun xD!! (I know it's not a piano lol) One day I wanna play twinkle on it ^^

[Sosuke97]

Its a Harpsichord for your information

[flooothepooo]

chembalo the chords are picked

[Revolutionidea]

Harpsichord = Bad ass.

The show the purity of the music. Theres no drowning of mistakes with the pedal.

[ethomasset]

nice song

[Markohoppis]

I can only take so much of this.

[ramuthra100]

It's not a piano...and not a kind of piano...this is a harpsichord... :)

The piano is a percussion instrument and this is not.

[Angelinthehell85]

not percussion, but pizzicato!

[ILikeClassicalGuitar]

HOW the hell is a piano a percussion instrument?

I swear to God... there are so many retards on YouTube.

[Pianoman1488]

lol....yeah like you. Piano IS a percussion family instrument. The strings are hit with a hammer.

[ILikeClassicalGuitar]

LOL. It's a chordophone instrument.

It's a combination of both a percussion instrument and a stringed instrument. Good job retard and do some more reading.

[Pianoman1488]

Then why on earth did you say that is was not a percussive instrument? Just stick to the guitar.

[Looeee87]

I think it does actually come under tuned percussion aswell though.

Do Mhathair (Y).

[KarlAmade]

But mostly, the piano is thought to be only a stringed instrument.. that is all. god... what a idiotic ..ahaha... funny ...

[mortaliles]

you could argue it is string or percussion, as it has both elements.

But it is actually a harpsichord in the video

[lelilelu]

You know, there are little metalic ropes, and hamers hit'em. Do you understand little kiid ?

[PinkyMJK]

I love that kind of Piano. I saw it in 'Amadeus' and saw "Mozart" playing it. Its cool[:

[mzsinger13]

cool piano, but i'm glad it's not like that anymore.

[Erudecorp]

The white keys are black and the black keys are white! This is very good, but is there a higher quality mp3 of this?

[wijnand10]

I think Mozart would laugh about his moving lip and the sheetmusic he use. It looks like he find it quite difficult to play.

[sina4]

Puyana claims to be distantly related to Scarlatti! Riiiiiiight. He plays well, but the audio in this recording is WAY too high to encode correctly. Mozart wrote this piece in Paris whilst his Mother was busy dying of pneumonia in the adjoining room.

[musicrecording]

That's an old legend. He wrote the piece in 1781.

[HeirKrangler08]

ok he looks more like Donald Trump with a bad comb over ... he sounds ver noisy and mr master hit a few sour notes around 1:24

[tockoriusoschael]

Thank you, Master, by this Video, I never can to hear Mozart in Clavicembalo before! Happy and prosperous new year 2008!

[HeirKrangler08]

sounds like Lurch playing from The Adam's family

[tockoriusoschael]

Lurch play the clavichord, No?

And the harpsichord is a more refinated instrument, No?

I Think: The recording can to be its faults, faults founded in the electronic's imperfections, but I enjoy these variations very much and I only can give an Thank You, Master!

[DAOFB]

The tune was addapted from the German song for children: "Alle Vögel sind schon da" =) Sounds really sweet Mr Mozart!

[musicrecording]

The tune is known in all European countries in one form or another, but it is French in origin.

[ChrisStockslager]

Are harpsichords more expensive to buy than pianos? I know the up-keep is expensive because the wires can break very easily. Maybe not these days, I just heard they did a lot in the 17th-19th centuries.

[humpelberry]

It's more expensive becuase it's 100 procent hand-made...

[guerino07]

I agree, with the cravat and formality in his face he looked like a proper composer classical from the mid-late classical period

[ChrisStockslager]

Mozart was a genius. Rafael Puyana just looks like a classical pianist or composer. I love his cravat. :)

[Viahandel06]

Is this twinkle, twinkle little star?

If it is, I'm both surprised Mozart wrote it and even made good variations on it.

still a little annoying though

[iwypoopy]

fart class

[nickbaltazar]

robot

[musicrecording]

He is a bit dull, I agree. Despite his 18th-century get-up, the playing is all 21st-century academic.

[bigbreastmama]

cmon..he's sight reading it...so it would sound a bit dull

[acdc126]

did he made an error? i cant understand how he can play all that.

[najohns]

I'm sure he did *make* a few mistakes. But they couldn't have been big, or had to have been really well recovered from... =)

[GrotrianSeiler]

Wonderful!

[CRUCIATUS7733]

excelente intrepretacion,excelente tiempo, gran instrumento de maravillosa acustica. no he oido mejor version

[bokkiedokkie]

A klavesimbel is just a beautiful instrument xD (and he plays it really nice of course:P)

[cartan1991]

no cabe duda que el maestro puyana es el mejor clavicenbalista del mundo

[darajavaherian]

Amazing, beautiful. Is he sight-reading or half sight-reading

[uniapit]

Brilliant!

[890popbox]

nice

[Roldulffff]

AWSOME!!!

[tigrankalevian]

Una vez en la Alhambra Andrés Segovia le dijo a Puyana: "Maestro, ahora que tenemos más confianza me atrevo a preguntarle, ¿cómo un gran músico como usted eligió para expresarse un instrumento que suena como un somier?" Puyana contestó: "Se confunde, yo toco un clavicémbalo; usted habla del instrumento de Wanda Landowska; pero ya que estamos de confidencias, ¿cómo un gran músico como usted escogió pasar la vida haciendo música abrazado a un bidet que además no suena?"

[pepeermudo]

Lo que dices me recuerda a algo que cuentan sobre Josep Pla y Salvador Dalí. Llevaban años sin verse, y coincidieron en una fiesta. Dalí saluda a Pla: "Qué, Josep, ¿tan borracho como siempre?". Y Pla le contesta: "Y tú, ¿tan impotente como siempre?".

Eso cuentan que pasó...

[cvbz]

he is playing on a harpsichord , pretty rare it seems first time I have seen one but it is a harpsichord I know the sound.

[firebreathone]

CVBZ, playing the Harpsichord is really not that rare. Look up ton koopman.!

[cvbz]

ok thanks :D

[mameytronic]

this is the first time i listen and see the variations played on a two manual harpsichord and....WOW!! by RAFAEL PUYANA!!!

Mr. Puyana`s good taste on timbre combinations  always make a difference on his recordings and perfomances.

i didn`t know he was a Landowsaka`s student.

i agree with that remark posted here. "Puyana was Landowska`s best student."

[bacjj]

Does anyone have other videos of Puyana? This is Great! In my opnion Puyana was Wanda Landowska's best student.

[goldenhorsechicken]

by the way, what is he playing it on?? cause it doesnt look like it's on piano...

[irishmaestro]

It's a double-manual harpsichord. The original edition, as was common, says that the piece can be played either on the Harpsichord or the Fortepiano.

[tricofilms]

Twinkle Twinkle Little Star?!

[goldenhorsechicken]

it's 12 variations of twinkle twinkle little star. by mozart.

[thecritiquevirtuoso]

it's not "twinkle twinkle little star" the original tune is called "Ah, vous dirai-je Maman." these are just variations to the original tune. "twinkle twinkle little star" is actually a poem by Jane Taylor to go along with the tune.