François Couperin: Les Lis naissans (for harpsichord)

[CornelioIII]

Increible! ;//////;!! <3

[IFioriMusicali]

Brilliant and rafined as Coouperin himself !

[ernststolz]

wow, thanks

[fatalistbg1]

Superb,tranquil,idyllic....

[DIONYABA]

Thank you for posting this. It is so unique!

I wonder If J.S.Bach had taken any influence from Fr. Couperin. to be honest, i feel like I can relate this to many of Bach's Keyboard works but in regard to very specific charachteristics!!! I mean, chronologically Couperine is earlier so it is possible he played a critical role on Bachs influences?? ...

PLease enlighten us with more Baroque culture :)

[ernststolz]

yes sure, Bach knew a lot of music before him. He also has copied some Couperin in Anna Magdalena's Book and Bach surely used the French style now and then.

[DIONYABA]

@ernststolz very interesting indeed...

[RAMAKAVYA]

woow



[moonyyummy]

cool video

[ernststolz]

thanks

[KarlMartell732]

Truly elegant ! In my view, baroque was the climax of western music. And after Beethoven, it was even dying. Thank you for this !

[ttomace]

@KarlMartell732 u dont like romantic or contemporary?! gud!!

[KarlMartell732]

@ttomace

There are some exceptions. Schubert, Mahler or some pieces of Wagner. But generally, the big music became weaker and died. Today we´ve got rap.

[ttomace]

@KarlMartell732 u lik rap? wat?? oin k

[KarlMartell732]

@ttomace

No not really. I just meant rap is the end of music. It´s finally DEATH.

[ttomace]

@KarlMartell732 oooooooff....thats better... i wonder if baroque or classical music wil ever revive!?!?

[KarlMartell732]

@ttomace

There will always be people like us who admire it. Greetings to India !

[ttomace]

@KarlMartell732 how do u know i am frm india? ? do u play piano or harpsichord? i play piano & am going 4 grd 5 exam. les cherubins is couperins piece which i will play!

[KarlMartell732]

@ttomace

Sadly I don´t play piano or harpsichord. Looking back, it would have been better if my parents had brought me to do. As a child, one is stupid, you´re not interested in these things.

[MrPaevo]

@KarlMartell732 Nonsense. Now go listen to Ligeti's "Cordes a vide" and marvel...

[lozzic]

A brilliant rendition! Thank you for posting this!

I am currently learning this piece and am having so much trouble with some of the 3rd and 4th finder trills such as the one in the second bar. Hopefully I will get better with time...

[ernststolz]

I am sure, (but sometimes you need a good instrument too)

[lozzic]

@ernststolz Hello! Thanks for the reply. Indeed, a good instrument helps. I am playing an Italian harpsichord which I regulated myself, it is now about due for an overhaul. I am working on another instrument at the moment and it will hopefully be done soon. I hope to regulate it significantly better than my current one. When I start playing my new one I can then overhaul my Italian.

[BuchouKuruta]

I cant stop loving this, Is just the true sound of the Love, thanks sir for this beautiful treasure.

[ernststolz]

I am glad you like it!

[VelikyUstyug1]

I enjoy the reticent and breathy qualities you employ with the phrasing... and utterly enchanting is the mysteriously splendid sylvan chime qualities of your tone. A fantastic post!

[smile95y]

what instrument is used here?

[ernststolz]

Kalsbeek (French one manual, after Blanchet);

[locomotifx]

This is really great!

[patrickjanicke]

Ernst, ich bin stolz auf Dich!

[ernststolz]

Danke!

[Kanig94]

In what year was this song composed?

[ernststolz]

Third book (1722)

[meuviva]

One of the most beautiful videos I watched.

I hope for more!. All the best to you from the bottom of my heart.

[ernststolz]

Thank you!

[yaknbo]

Mais, qui est le plus quiqui? L'homme o la femme?

[peteacher52]

What beautiful, atmospheric playing, as is usual for you, sir. The stage set called to mind Carl Neilsen's "Helios" overture, this being in a way, the Baroque equivalent.

[ernststolz]

that is nice to read, thanks

[paopaomanalansan]

Mordent mania..

[listhopper56]

i love this video!

[ernststolz]

thanks

[MonsieurClash]

I really like this video!

[LordHamlet99]

Exquisite. Thank you very much indeed.

[chakmol67]

very nice interpretation...so profund.

[ernststolz]

Thank you!

[HolyMotherofGrid]

@chakmol67 Couperin wrote some very charming and delightful music: this performance certainly underlines that: it is graceful, elegant and QUITE wonderful! That said, this piece and about 95% of Couperin's output can hardly be described as "profound" - at least not in the sense that say, Bach's B Minor Mass or Beethoven's 9th Symphony are profound. Couperin was primarily a "court" composer - pumping out high-class "fluff " for the nobility to enjoy when they needed something light and fun.

[galapagosecuador]

It's great!! *** delicious music for my ears :) ***

[ernststolz]

Thanks!

[beethomozart]

beautiful music from Couperin for that extraordinary instrument and one of my favorites the cembalo

[Rachmaninovpiano]

It's "Les Lys naissanTs" with a T.

:)

[ernststolz]

Perhaps, but not so written in Couperin's time

[mars90077]

Beautiful

[ploschad]

Serene. Consoling.

[ernststolz]

Thanks!

[glaoud]

In my favoris!*****J.C.

[ernststolz]

Thanks!

[Rockwildon]

i dont get this piece.....

[ernststolz]

Never mind

[ernststolz]

Never mind

[Rockwildon]

please do.

[wicho9195]

grazie for this video its so peaceful and charming

[ernststolz]

You're welcome!

[MrRemoved]

understated elegance, thanks for introducing me to this.

[robicool]

I must agree with all the previous comments, absolutely beautiful piece, quite simple but magical at the same time

[vonkvetch]

Stunning! The Baroque was a glorious period for music and this is a particularly fine example of it. Thanks for posting this!

[ernststolz]

You're welcome!

[francist77]

Glasba je čudovita, skorajda magična; video pa je zelo zelo dober. Človek ima vtis, da Sončni kralj še vedno vlada v Versaillesu. Hvala!!!

[XVII100]

beauty music

[ernststolz]

Thanks!

[Physdelicdreaming]

This song is very beautiful and haunting at the same time. It is the kind of song that you would hear in your dreams...love it.

[ernststolz]

that is interesting, I think I never hear music in my dreams.

[Physdelicdreaming]

I thought so once, too. I will tell you an odd story - I had dream I was in the car with someone, and this song started playing. And, coincidentally, it was a song I had heard once on the television one evening, and had been looking for for about a year or two. The next morning, I found it. Strange, but true. :)

[XVLaHireXV]

blimey and I didn't realize it was your video. Wonderful, immensely tasteful, un enchantement

[ernststolz]

Thanks a lot for all commenting!!

[XVLaHireXV]

wow I didn't realize it was your playing, even more brilliant. Merveilleux!

[XVLaHireXV]

lovely! and the video too. And very slightly sad. And a bit eery. brilliant

[kiltedboy1950]

Lovely. Thank you.

[ernststolz]

Thank you!

[youtubister]

Short and sweet and très elegant, as is the video.

Beautiful!

[ernststolz]

Thank you!

[saliere3mozart]

Wonderful

[ishhf]

camina tan lento... qse hizo de noche antes de q lograra cruzar... XD esta genial, el gran Couperin, tan refinado...

[ernststolz]

el día es corto

[claus93Sethsen]

Mange tak for upload (:

more languages ftw (:

[ernststolz]

thanks and wecome!

[thebulgariankgbleade]

you knew the language wow :D:D

[thebulgariankgbleade]

absoljtno strahotno

[ernststolz]

благодаря!

[Anelriel]

Þys sy fægër!!! (Ángló-Sáxón)

[ernststolz]

thank you!

[seanyw89hotmailcom]

Is math sin, tapadh leibh. I though I should thank in Scottish gaelic to add to the list of languages it's been written in,lol

[ernststolz]

That is a wonderful language, thanks!

[harpsinth]

noossa!! mas quem é o intérprete e qual

é o instrumento dessa maravilha ??

[Kardewski]

Congratulations - ganz wunderbar gemacht!

[ernststolz]

Danke!

[lightmeter123]

magnifique! yaffe meod!!

[ernststolz]

Toda!

[Petiitaa]

Fantástico! gracias por subirlo

[ernststolz]

De nada!

[teomorandi]

Molto bello1Complimenti!Complimenti!

[ernststolz]

Grazie!

[bilbug]

Who did the toy theatre (is it?) for the visuals?

[szilvavirag]

Beautiful, beautiful video! And the music!!

Thanks for uploading! :)

[ernststolz]

You're welcome!

[kristallon100]

C'est magnifique ! Wunderbar ! fantastico !

[ernststolz]

Merci, danke, grazie!

[princegabor]

votre vidéo me fait penser aux films anciens de Georges Mélliès ,cinéma muet de la fin du 19eme siecle (1895)

C'est tres agreable à regarder et surtout à écouter !!

[princegabor]

excellente video!!!!!!

[jangoveloso]

Vous jouez avec une tendresse émouvante! Les images, très belles et délicates, évoquent un passé de rêve. Merci!!!!

[ernststolz]

Merci, intéressant à savoir et ça me plaît beaucoup!

[unagondolaunremo]

bravo, fascinating and very "tendre"

it has been the first piece for harpsichord that i heard in my life, played probably by blandine verlet, when i was 15!

it is, together with "les langueurs tendres" my preferred one

[daishinkoutei]

Thank you very much.

I wondered how to play it ,though I like this work the best of Couperin. Because there is no CD playing this work in Japan.

But, having listened your playing ,I think that I solved it how to play this work.

[ernststolz]

Thanks! It is one of the possible interpretations I guess.

[francescopollini1]

Louis Couperin was Francois le Grand's uncle, right? He died so young. His unmeasured preludes are really hypnotically beautiful. Great post here, too. Creative artwork.

[Noshirm]

How exquisite is this music and how evocative is your playing! Fantastic work! More, please! And do tell us about your instrument used here.

[ernststolz]

Thanks! Harpsichord is build by Kalsbeek (Netherlands) copy after Blanchet. This week I will add a prelude by Louis Couperin

[minasmagicflute]

This video is so going to help me with my listening test tomorrow. Thanks! :)

[ernststolz]

Good luck!

[xAmandine]

Marvellous! :)

[ernststolz]

always pleased to hear that!

[FacundoEC]

Wow, I was jusk about to soggest you played something by Couperin! Thank you. And that's an interesting (and spooky)video.

Facundo.

[ernststolz]

I'm afraid I can't neglect any important (but also the less known) composer for my instruments anymore.

[sandyhackney]

Very lovely Ernst!  The video, too.

[ernststolz]

Thanks Sandy!

[go9zu]

Ok,hier I am.I wrote a comment today but couldn't post it:-(

I like the different colours of the sky and the movements of the figures,they are very much in harmony with the music.Thanks!

[violnerd]

You are so creative. What a beautiful way to greet a Friday. Kathy

[ernststolz]

Thank you Kathy, I'm glad you like it!