Amazing performance of Vivaldi Recorder Concerto in D by Horacio Franco

[chardonslorrains]

I just saw Horacio Franco's performance of Vivaldi's "Il Cardellino" in NYC and I must say ... the orchestra was mesmerized, the audience motionless holding its breath and then went absolutely wild - the applause just never stopped. This performance was beyond description - to say virtuouso is falling short of what this man did. And it was a sopranino recorder :-)

[demercal]

Dios mio...se ha pasado esta vez. Lo van a meter en la carcel.

Cuando Horacio vaya al cielo, nada mas entre por la puerta Vivaldi le va a dar

en la cabeza con una porra.

La policia lo busca a el y a todos sus seguidores.

[rgleaves]

Just I want to say Amazing!!!!!!!

[TheMunich123]

Is it a sopraino recorder?

[AlainNaigeon]

@TheMunich123 indeed it is

[AlainNaigeon]

@TheMunich123 sorry, my mistake, it seems to be a sopranino !

[Hajnalka4]

@AlainNaigeon Isn't that perhaps a garklein?

[AlainNaigeon]

@Hajnalka4 I don't know, my opinion is hardly reliable under soprano size, since this is the shortest one on which I have enough room to put my fingers ;-)

[MrRango331]

si alguno de los criticones supiera de musica sabria que en la musica existe el sentimiento lo que le lleva a ser un arte, el sentimiento lo da el interprete segun su sentir y bueno siempre debe de haber un cambio en las cosas y a veces esta bien escuchar perfeccion pero a veces es bueno escuchar algo diferente como lo dice el titulo del video "performance" toda la musica en el mundo y en la historia sufre cambios a mi me gusta este tipo de musica pero hay mas que solo interpretar todos igual

[elchicodelaparta]

No sabía que Juan Gabriel tocaba ya la flauta. Con bailecito y noa noa incluido. Vaya, hay stripers que ponen salas de masajes, otros padrotean chichifos, y mmhh otros consiguen huesos en CONACULTA, etc, etc, Vaya "rebelde" con causa ¿Por qué fastidiar a Mózart en pos de la causa gay? ¿Qué te hizo algún concertista en la niñez Franco? ¿Por qué odias así la música culta?

[elchicodelaparta]

Franco es el Juan Gabriel de la música culta; por cierto ambos mexicanos, ambos homosexuales, ambos populistas y populacheros, ambos afamados más por sus ademanes que por su creación. Bueno, eso es México, tierra de hombres muy hombres,

[elchicodelaparta]

éste pendejo corre, Franco debiera participar en los 100 metros planos, con la flauta en el ano, rompería record.

[TheMorenoZanardi]

the recorder virtuoso playing sopranino (y)

[texearp]

Porque no tocan conjuntos? Todo el mundo sin orejas, sin gusto. Y el solista corre siempre.

[KOCHKA1000]

great and very imaginative interpretation, I enjoyed

[pedrouicab]

He escuchado en vivo (en directo) a Horacio franco y creo que aqui le gano la emocion del momento y se escucha orrible, fuera de tiempo y muchas desafinaciones. exajera en su fraseo y eso hace que se salga de tono.

[Malocillo]

Como admirador de Horacio Franco tengo que decir que esta es una de las peores interpretaciones que he escuchado. Tiene de todo: mal gusto, está fuera de ritmo, errores en las notas y desafinaciones horribles. Felicidades.

[berekahlita]

mmmm, me parecio escucharlo con desafines????,,,,, no es la mejor interpretacion que haya escuchado.... siento que no va con la orquesta....,,,mmmm

[Ribozyme]

Franco, payaseando y desentonando como acostumbra en vivo, cosa que no hace en grabaciones, supongo que ahí hay quien lo frene. Definitivamente se le ha subido lo divo (me ha tocado verlo en conciertos haciéndole gestos a las cámaras de TV). Me parece muy mal encaminado el entusiasmo de los que le echan porras "porque es mexicano". Lo que cuenta es la calidad

[redbrian3655]

This is cool!!! I love rebel musicians.... but they are off!

[eeeeeuge]

la orquesta medio en la lona, yo opino que el maestro horacio franco deberia dirigir esa obra y tocarla al mismo tiempo, peor bueno... solo es mi punto de vista, pero excelente interpretacion

[artfloco]

HORACIO FRANCO MAS ALLA DE LA EXELENCIA PERO EL DIRECTOR DA UN POCO DE RISA CON SUS GESTOS JEJEJE

[anisvioleta]

@artfloco jojo

[triomar870505]

This is one of the most talented musicians I have ever heard to. Those ones who dislike this, better you go and comment in Justin Bieber´s videos, cause this man has an amazing career as a musician. He just plays with styles and I love it. He transmits his energy in concerts.

[chusomen]

I'm sorry but I find the whole interpretation quite disgusting.

[Greciler]

I can't believe that recorder player actually found a place were he could practice they Recorder without annoying everybody in a 10 mile radius

[roguepilot55]

Magnifico!!

You played notes that I didn't know were possible on the recorder and with such dexterity.

Salut Hermano.

[leftovercrackrox]

not amazing at all....

Maybe it would be amazing if he slowed down a little and try to play with the orchestra....

[ImTurningJapanese]

What an abortion!

[peterlize]

Here you see and hear an interpretation of the most bad kind you can imagine: musn't it be: not the singer but the song? This is circus and even more badly done

[AlainNaigeon]

@peterlize Indee your comment isn't circus friendly ;-) I love great circus !

[redbrian3655]

LOVE IT!!!!! I don't care if you call it "wild", "maverick" or "rogue"... or awful crap... I am so glad seeing people finally have great fun with Baroque Music.  May performers keep liberating Baroque music from tight corsets that we have put upon it. Try listening to Les Boreades de Montreal.

[llesmestep]

I don't like it at all! What is a conductor doing here in this setting. It's chamber music!!

[60vmedina]

Que ansias, el director siempre con el gesto mas lento y pesado.

[fcopaja]

Crap...

Prefer Giovanni Antonini

[Ninhalise2010]

É o canto do Pintassilgo. Excelente performance!!! Parabéns!!!

It is the corner of Goldfinch. Excellent performance! Congratulations!

[isaacangel]

Ese tipo es un payaso... de verdad... Que mejor se dedique a inyectarse las nalgas en lugar de destrozar a Vivaldi. Nada que ver con el espíritu de la partitura

[rsantana690607]

@isaacangel ,¡que cosas!, si la envidia fuera tiña...

[notreallyalex]

дерижер жесток

[janettrobles]

WoW, amazing!

[recorderfan]

why people keep thinking that horacio franco is so good. completely destroys the piece. a terribe disgrace.

all about showin off his tecqnique or his lack of it.

[bamnick77]

@recorderfan

I agree, the recorder is a beautiful instrument, but this was played so badly it's not even funny.

[foggymedia]

@recorderfan yes so terrible that perhaps he should have been taken out side, shot, and burned. The performance was a travesty that will live in infamy for all the history of man kind, LOL. some people perhaps like recorderfan needs to get his myopic head unstuck from being up his rear end.

[quetzalandino]

Qué gente tan grosera aplaudir entre movimientos, se nota que no saben lo que es este tipo de música.

[EvaBartosova]

artistic!

[BudgieLover]

This is Il Gardellino -- the goldfinch, Vivaldi's flute concerto in imitation of the goldfinch's song.

To me, it seems the artist is taking the idea to an ultimate evolution by tweeting it out.

I must say it does sound like bird song (and birds sing like that -- a bit musically messy).

This performance is not 'historically informed' baroque; it is FUN.

[Koriyama]

I'm all for personality in baroque music. Indeed, the more the merrier. BUT, and this is a big BUT, it has to be done with genuine musical artistry, not just difference and weirdness for differences and weirdnesses sake.

[elchicodelaparta]

@Koriyama Absolutamente de acuerdo contigo. Una cosa es personalidad, originalidad, incluso espontáneidad, y otra -la expuesta por Franco- lucimiento exesivo, pantomima, rareza, estravagancia inútil. éste hombre debiera estar en un burdel, ahí si sería genial. Como mimo de circo.

[bernabejohnson]

WOW !!!! ME QUITO EL SOMBRERO. Una interprestacion fuera de todo lo convencional .... me pareció magistral, soberbia. Es para mi gusto, y sin lugar a dudas, la reencarnación del flautista Hamelin que de niño soñé.

Quien quiera oir versiones convencionales, MUY BIEN interpretadas para mi gusto, ahi está Jean Pierre Rampal, y Michala Petri, por citar a dos grandes.

Este tio es OTRA COSA !

A LA BIO, A LA BAO, A LA BIM BOM BA, HORACIO, FRANCO, RA RA RA

[elfomartin]

@bernabejohnson

Bravo!!! Apoyo la porra!!!

HORACIO, FRANCO, RA RA RA!!!

[recorderfan]

has escuchado realmente la version real de esta partitura. por favor sin insultar.

[recorderplayer]

He must be joking!

[SOLIDEOGLORIA100]

Una verdadera porquería, llena de errores, el "flautista" horrible, debería estudiar la partitura y dejar de inventar notas a lo loco y además feo, la orquesta parece de estudiantes de primer año, totalmente a destiempo, vergonzoso que cosa más espantosa. ¡¡¡¡¡Pobre Vivaldi!!!

[halfflat]

It unfortunately comes off more untidy than wild! With the soloist and orchestra often not agreeing on tempo, it sounded more like a duel than an ensemble. I wonder if they had had much of an opportunity to rehearse together?

Also, if the 3rd octave stunt notes in the cadenza can't be played in tune, perhaps it would have been better to have crafted a different cadenza?

[zcrzcr]

I love experimental music for recorder and certainly do not have anything against frullato, multiphonics, glissandi and xth upper register playing, but their ectensive use in a baroque concerto can hardly result in anything than a meretricious and cruel parody. Amazing technique, but amazing lack of tone quality as well.

[signingupiseasyd]

@zcrzcr Yes, it is a strange combination of virtuosic technique and poor tone quality with lack of taste, beauty, grace, sensitivity, humility and style ... One should be sensitive to and led by the composer's intentions ...

[signingupiseasyd]

@zcrzcr On second listening to the cadenza, I'd like to amend that to "quasi-virtuosic technique" ... It really is awful, isn't it?

I wish I still had some degree of that facility, though ... Well, I wish a lot of things : )

[Ukaaycan]

la flauta muy bien, algunos pasajes un poco sucios pero en general muy bien, bravo!, la orquesta mmm.... no....!!!! ...a mi no me gustó.

[victotronics]

Wild!

[DrusilaLegna]

Excelente músico!!!!!!

Grandiosa interpretación!

[bLINKnoT333]

Amazing! I don't think so, very very bored... they hurt the baroque spirit

[zcrzcr]

Indeed - but it is Franco, who is bored by Vivaldi, otherwise he would not need to reduce his music to a mere playground for a show...

[SopranoAnnaFiori]

Amazing!

[joopschilp]

Thanks for posting, very lovely played!

Is that Natthapong Yutthanasarikul playing the violin?

How on earth did you find this amazing musician! Bravo!

[somtow]

Quite right ...! The orchestra were all so stunned at the cadenza that they couldn't come in for a moment! - Trisdee couldn't keep a straight face :) Somtow

[fabrixxy2]

Può essere ci sia un errore a 0:55?