Scarlatti K209

[dogloverNV]

There is nothing on this Earth like the harpsichord! BRAVO! Absolutely gorgeous!

[ernestoblanco100]

wow! that's very great!



[evanh311]

He looks like a stoned hippie/monk with multiple sclerosis

[InsertName125]

@evanh311 a.k.a. a talented musician.

[Bachsious]

Why'd he have to mess up at :51?

[Aensgard]

@Bachsious Errare humanum est

[sdegrace]

Mr. Ross is for me a genius in baroque music in Canada.

[MrTIRILLY]

Il aurait fallu filmer les 555 sonates

[Tomislav4499]

It would be so lovely if someone re-uploaded the rest of this film :(((((( I had it saved on my iphone, but the damned thing got formatted while updating the firmware :@

[dempseytp]

It truly takes all your sorrows away. This is where God is. 

[TheClavicembalum]

stupendo !!!!!

[bersa888]

What happened to the rest of this documentary...? And what about the concert from which this is taken? I guess copyrights issues got to them...

[StephaneMartineau]

Scott Ross, un très grand claveciniste trop tôt disparu....célèbre notamment pour son intégrale des 555 sonates de Scarlatti....petits bijoux d'invention !

[StephaneMartineau]

Scott Ross, un très claveciniste trop tôt disparu....célèbre notamment pour son intégrale des 555 sonates de Scarlatti....petits bijoux d'invention !

[nancyfi]

Yes, me too, I saw him this morning on ARTE . I haven't heard him before. awesome!!

C'est sur ARTE ce matin que je viens de voir et entendre Scott Ross. Pour moi, une découverte magnifique! ....

Efectivamente su interpretación es magnífica!

[bigjackBLN]

...I just saw the teaching lesson with s.ross on ARTE tv ...amazing...

never knew him before....for all the lovers of music ...a MUST see!!!

soon available on DVD!!!

[FeBlandMusic]

"one of the greatest" Braybaroque?!!! polychromepucture - around 1748, I'd say!

[Braybaroque]

Recorded not much before his untimely death, this shows how Scott Ross was one of the greatest harpsichordists of the 20th century.

[YaelBerman]

Beautiful! Thank you very much for sharing :)

[moovin2slow]

u cant understand the jibberish that our spanish compadres r putting up. but u know that we share the music together.

[moovin2slow]

I like our spanish amigos sharing in the gift of music; although we cant comprenday what they write we know that we understand the music together. god bless everyone

[Vitisaurio]

@moovin2slow What spanish are you talking about?

The only answer un spanish is garrapatof who said “excelente interpretación”, which means great playing.

All the other answers are in english or MrTIRILLY who posted something in FRENCH

[tartinovich9]

grandiose

[polychromepicture]

Does anyone know in where/in which year this was composed?

[garrapatof]

Excelente interpretacion!!!

[MrTIRILLY]

Et dire qu'il nous a laissé les 555 sonates chez Erato, quel phénomène !

Sa disparition a laissé un grand vide chez les clavecinistes. C'était un surdoué.

Le clavecin est magnifique.

[locomotifx]

Brilliant! I never thought I'd actually say this, but Bravo!

[godinlowden]

wonderfull. No need to add something else.

[Avishkush91]

Ooohh I feel all elegant and Europeanly aritocratic ;}

[brassmonkeyjew]

@Avishkush91

And you sound like a grade A American MORON!

[Mazeppa6]

Divine

[giu13pet]

beautiful

[japanesesweet]

one year later he would not be alive...

[msnicolodeon]

Scott Ross was great. I am still collecting his legacy of music.

[DBJ06]

Great. Somebody knows where may I get videos of him younger?

[hymntonight]

This was great. He's lovely to watch performing. Something almost spiritual about it.

[mdeonx16]

GREAT SCOTT (ross). 5/5

[Physdelicdreaming]

That is one beautiful harpsichord.

[Centrodemasa]

Amazing.....RIP.

[baroquegeek]

I love Scott Ross. He was an amazing harpsichordist. May God rest his soul.

[xYEAHxKYLEx]

haa i love the harpsichord very strange sounding instruments but i could kill for that lovly one !!! 5 stars =)

[negativecreep420]

sick nasty!! this is great!!

[muzebl]

Ohhhh, I'd like to get my hands on one of those!!! *sigh*

Lovely

[mindygrahamkrauth]

i am posting on top of myself again...

ths is so magnificent.., ineveryway,,, min

[mindygrahamkrauth]

so beautiful in it's perfection...min

[bersilu]

genial Scott. mi recuerdo para él

[jewish1972]

Scarlatti´s sonatas have the advantage that they are very short, so 1 can send them through internet & cant bother too much

[moramisnaty]

...

[teccezza]

ITALIAN MUSIC!!

[faithly01]

Dear David the instrument is beautiful! Agggiie :)))

[EntschuldigeBitte]

Sharpingly performed! Brilliant! I have listened this masterpiece about a hundred times last month and still continue to do it on a daily basis. Believe it or not but I need my Scarlatti fix everyday. It can take all your sorrows away instantly. Thank you so much dear Scott Ross for showing us the correct pulse of this beautiful creation.

[lutemusic]

Truly a bliss to listen to. Thank you.

[samswank]

Manuel Barrueco plays this beautifully on the guitar.

Hey Curatica, I got something you can divest...right here!

[zaffiro61]

Wonderful!! It's a pleasure to see here Scott Ross. I think he has been one of greatest harpsichordist in the world and I remeber some beautiful concertos in Rome.

[RoiSoleilXIV]

Magnifique. On est toujours ravis quand on écoute Ross.

[lunaticfriki]

great Scarlatti... is beautiful on harpsichord and on piano too. Music is music. That's all. Michelangeli plays one of the most beautiful Scarlattis, and he plays the piano.

[physikphilosoph]

there are no pedals on the cembalo

[Desmonddd2002]

That is what scarlatti is, without pedals... Fuck those people who played Scarlatti with pedals....

[Lolenboy]

i reget that i gave up piano and took up guitar i was playing piano for 6years snif

[jewish1972]

harpsichord is much more exhilarating than piano

[lelouchthelimerent]

In Africa.

[handelfan610]

i would wear my powdered wig and heels with buckles and listen to this all day....but idk...where were black people during the baroque era cuz it sure wasn't in europe living the high life surrounded by frilly colors and men wearing pumps....sigh.

[sk8nruff]

Ever heard of le Chevalier de St. George? Not baroque composer but hey, the dude was a black violinist living in france during the 1780's, known for his violin concerti, operas, and chamber music. He got shipped off to America to fight and died there.

[handelfan610]

i have...but you know... i dont think ive ever heard any of his pieces. i'll look into him.

[jewish1972]

i even used to dance with this music!

[bradleyt1]

I wish I could make my guitar sound like that. Excellent performance!

[balbaster]

scott ross is the bes harpsichordist I've ever seen. The best one in all the world.

could someone send me the scarlatti's fandango score?

I've been looked for everywhere and I can't find it. Thanks

[Curatica]

Learn to write at least the names of the people you appreciate with capital initials. This is true in any language, English or Spanish. Divesting any language of its fundamental rules, one divest humankind of its intelligence and nobleness; and one divest onselef of human dignity.

[SkaIsDed]

blah blah blah blah blahblahblah

[pookiehohn]

This is the internet. It is serious business.

[key2kingdom]

baroque'n'roll - keep 'em comin'!

[Guitarwizard]

wonderful playing and sound

[tonecolor]

Who gives a Fudge if he did? Hes amazing and thats all ther is to it, there are no mistakes just musical detours!!!!

[tsnativecuzz]

1 fudged note is actually pretty good for a Scarlatti sonata. I would have made about a dozen especially if I knew I was being filmed.

[krekoski]

did he fudge a note at 0:51?

[jmdecombeyt]

No, he merely instilled a subtle whiff of humanity into this piece, so as to make it his own. That is what you get to do when you are the coolest (and arguably best) harpsichordist the world has ever seen.

[Korea4Me]

Amazing!

[lisa165]

Un vrai bonheur

[jewish1972]

wonderful interpretor, and wonderful music, like getting drunk on champagne!

[bakdgreat]

i always found that getting drunk was lowering your level of conciousness while getting "drunk" on music put's one on a higher plane, wouldn't you agree?

[SickForest]

I agree so...

[SeGalindo]

this Povorelich has nothing to envy to Scott Ross.

[wasplaat]

prachtig clavecimbel en prachtige muziek

[iago333nautica]

Bravo, Scott Ross !!! Bravo Scarlatti !!!

[BarNuun]

As an artistry about as near to perfection as humanly possible (?) and the instrument had a rich resonance; what a recording! It is such an happy piece. In the 1950's one master recorded nearly the entire set of Scarlatti's harpsichord sonatas on LP. His name, does anyone recall ???

[kevaun69]

Scott Ross! recorded all of the Scarlatti sonatas. Its in a 36 CD set. Its absolutely amazing. It took him years and then three months after he completed the project, he died.

[BarNuun]

Many thanks for that; Mr. Ross did all 550, but there was I believe a Spanish (?) player before him whose career peaked about the time Ross was born. He recorded about 330+ pieces for an American label LP set, but I do not think it was by Iturbi; (may be wrong about that).

[jmdecombeyt]

Actually, there are 555 sonatas. I purchased the entire box set when it came out, although I am even more fond of his Couperin box set.

[wolfgang7445]

Not to mention that it took over 8000 takes to create the 36 CD set right?

[thecritiquevirtuoso]

it's a 34 CD box set

[johnkbent]

I think you mean Fernando Valenti.

[BarNuun]

Thanks a thousand times; yes, Valenti is surely correct. Ross' tempo is very similar which I recall after 30 years (!) but not the artist's name, a complete blank. Brain injury wiped out names, but curiously left music and tempos intact, almost.

[Prestoloris]

Scott Ross est sans aucun doute le meilleur claveciniste du XXème Siècle. Il dépasse de loin Gould, Hantaï, Leohnardt, Koopman et commpagnie...

[reonat]

en meme temps Gould était pas claveciniste a la base, donc la comparaison n'a pas lieu d'etre

[Ciloster82]

Very Good!!!

[TrueBCW]

Sehr Gute!

[stsulpice]

Great video! If you love Scarlatti I suggest you to hear Francesco Cera (my harpsichord teacher) who recorded the complete 1742 manuscript of Scarlatti's Sonata in 3 cds (tactus). For me Cera is better than Hantai. Emotional, sensitive, but also brilliant and virtuosistic.

[Lutzenberger]

pierre hantei is one of the guys who is technically perfect, but whatever...nothing. only fast tempi and thats it...porr musicians wolrd

[antetdi]

If you like Scarlatti, you MUST hear Pierre Hantaï playing some of his sonatas. Magic and thrilling.

[Lutzenberger]

well, i think, the slip is in his performance and interpretation

[ZachariasHildebrandt]

Was that a very small slip at around 0:50? If so i like this performance even more, makes things more realistic.

[wandalewlandowska]

Dear ZH,

I agree with your sentiment concerning the slip at 0:50; it's part of the performance. Scarlatti frequently writes two bars of nasty hand-crossings and immediately repeats them as if to say, 'okay, you mucked up, so I'll give you another try', or 'you did it once, let's see if you can do it again!'. K. 113 & 120 spring to mind. Poor SR, dying while recording this magnificent music. He once quoted Verlet: "Scarlatti is not someone you play, but rather someone with whom you play". Amen!

[capnpayne]

it wasn't a small slip, it was a secret government-classified type of mordent...

[Lutzenberger]

wuah, i have all 555 sonatas from him - awseome!!!

and this one is the best one.

iam playing it right now, but ... hmm, not this great tempo.

[LordDazzer]

I remember there was a place to get them... in fact I have a few of them myself. Do you know where to get them? (save from buying the whole 40 cds or something)

[alra1975]

Thanks for the link, it was very interesting.

[hauptwerkian]

If you are interested in the last public document of Scott Ross put in google "Scott Ross leovideoleo"...

[alra1975]

Leonhardt in His best years was a pioneer with a good touch but a suffocating non-Baroque personal rhetoric; His competitors (often better than Him) should be searched among other historical pioneers like R.Kirkpatrick, I.Kipnis, H.Gremy-Chauliac, H.Walcha, and all those who tried to react to the old post-Romantic school. True Baroque style belongs to other performers.

[anormalius]

if he did not died so early, Leonhardt would have got a real competitor !

[alra1975]

Scott Ross was excellent musician, but unfortunately he fell victim of His own romantic legend that gave to Him the too much heavy role of a legendary musician, a legend that He would have not accepted Himself.

[alra1975]

For sure I would not imagine D.Scarlatti Himself, A.Soler, J.S. Bach, G.F.Handel or other great Baroque composers to be astounded from this kind of playing, it would have been quite normal this kind of virtuosismo in Baroque era. The French cembalo is magnificent but a sublime "Carlo Grimaldi da Messina" would have been ideal.

[musiclover63]

Just amazing. An absolute point of reference for Scarlatti's interpretation

[WellTempered1]

I forgot to ask before, are there any details for purchasing this video?

[firebreathone]

I dont think so.

Trivia: Scott Ross enjoyed collecting mushrooms!

[firebreathone]

Absolutely Brilliant. Flawless interpretation of this Scarlatti Master-piece!

[lovesGenet]

Well now ive seen and heard him.What an amazing site this is.ts scary.Ive seen players who are dead now and were alive when teacher was alive but he never saw them and i have .nikisch and Furtwangler,Seryng ,Heifetz playing wieniawski.AmazingWorld .

[WellTempered1]

I've heard quite a bit about Scott Ross, but haven't been able to listen to him until now. Fantastic, I'm officially a fan.

[thedisciple0ne]

REST IN PEACE .you will truly live forever,thank you for your 555 sonatas,and dedication. VIVIR FELIZ

[senesino83]

FANTASTIC :)

[theogler22]

genius, absolutely brilliant

[ZachariasHildebrandt]

Flawless technique and an excellent interpretation.