Cornetto

[isolabelta]

I' m not sure that he can play cornetto...

[mradaChris]

what is interesting is that historically it was written that castrati sounded like a cornetto. It is an eerie but interesting sound.

[agormanvideos]

Harpsichord or even harp... NEVER a piano as accompaniment please. But they play very well.

[Nikifuj908]

Correct me if I'm wrong, but is this music in Cinderella Penguin?

[Tonikoseoliki]

what`s the name of this song?

[battleclown2000]

I think this is interesting. I had a reversed performance situation in the past.

I am a euphonium player and played a Baroque piece for a undergrad recital, accompanied by harpsichord instead of piano, which would be the norm.

Just because two instruments don't historically belong together does not mean they cannot create something that is of value or even something beautiful.

[WerewolfCA]

A wonderful instrument & sound with beautiful playing. Thank you Mr. Steele-Perkins.

[bigmandrel]

Some of you screwballs won't be satisfied, historically speaking, unless there is a 480 year old man playing a 480 year old instrument.

[kabivose]

@bigmandrel And of course we would have to listen with 480 year old ears.

[bigmandrel]

Screw the top rated comment! It is always a good thing for the cornetto to have any and all the exposure it can. The sound is drop-dead gorgeous and all some people can do is complain about the piano. Philistines!

[michaelbartlett2]

I think it is nice that he is doing something new with the instrument.

[DueTrombe]

This is a demonstration and you do what you can when you are on this kind of a tour. Unfortunately, not every place has a period instrument ensemble at your disposal.

[MATHIEUdesPLANTEURS]

strange !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

cornetto with piano

[jcbaritone]

OMG! Are you kidding me?!?!? MODERN piano with a beautiful renaissance cornetto? The ORGAN is right there! If they couldn't find a decent harpsichord to play, the organ certainly would have been appropriate, and quite beautiful...but PIANO?!?!? I'm going to go soak my head now....in bourbon! Disappointing! Also played (cornetto) like a modern brass player...where's the sense of baroque style? :(

[jcbaritone]

OMG! Are you kidding me?!?!? MODERN piano with a beautiful renaissance cornetto? The ORGAN is right there! If they couldn't find a decent harpsichord to play, the organ certainly would have been appropriate, and quite beautiful...but PIANO?!?!? I'm going to go soak my head now....in bourbon! Disappointing! Also played (cornetto) like a modern brass player...where's the sense of barouqe style? :(

[AdrianFortescue]

Please tell me, who composed it

[Hyardacil]

I don't get the complaints of having a piano as a background.

Yes, originally this instrument was used with the harpsichord.

This is a modern performance.

[tobiasaurusrex]

@Hyardacil I can only refer a book to you by a Rollo May called "Power and Innocence" in which is discussed that some people cannot feel better about themselves unless they are debasing others. These people who choose to make music with what instruments they have, over remaining silent for not having a full period ensemble are too obviously ridiculed by others who only notice a flaw which to exploit, and miss the music entirely.

[flemish4]

@Hyardacil Why play the cornett then the idea is for it to show the old styles...

[AndyHirt]

He's just trying to show the sound of different types of trumpets at the same demonstration, hence the use of the piano. As to the mouthpiece choice, you have to remember that as a professional, he has a whack of different venues.

[AndyHirt]

So he has to alter each instrument slightly to have commonality, so he can shift from valved trumpet to natural, to slide, to keyed trumpet/bugle, to zinken, etc.; e.g., his baroque trumpet is after the English style, but I believe he uses a modern mouthpiece and tapered lead-pipe (I may be wrong).

[Einheri1989]

I love Cornettos . . . delicious.

[trum4schilke]

Crispian Steele-Perkins <3

[missromero]

why go through the trouble of playing a cornetto only have a modern grand piano as accompaniment?

[sesc79]

Ugh. As a cornetto player, I have to agree with those criticising the choices of mouthpiece and accompaniment.

I am unsure if it is much easier with the trumpet mouthpiece (the intonation is still wicked hard - though Steele-Perkins as a Baroque trumpeter must be used to that anyway), but the recording sounds TOTALLY like a trumpet, not at all like a cornetto!!

The grand piano does the rest to destroy the sound for me, I am sorry to say - for I find the playing itself quite agreeable.

[Anerexia]

With that trumpet mouthpiece everybody can play cornetto...

[paulgnr]

Just one Cornetto,

give it to me,

delicious ice-cream, of Italy,

vanilla and strawberry dream,

Give me Cornetto,

from Wall's ice cream.

[MrLavegabrass]

it seems very hard of playing!! congratulations!

[alexnax888]

no pianoooooo!!!!

[labalsade]

this is playing music, heard and learn

[cornettio]

ciao fratello!!!!!

[stilemoderno]

I justed tasted a little vom in my mouth.

[madaraszi]

This is not an original cornett, the mouthpiece is too big, it's a trumpet mouthpiece.

[pathWithHeart]

this guy is cheating, then. The whole point of the cornetto is precisely the exceedingly difficult original -and small- mouth piece..

[waldhorn33]

the proof is in the pudding, he sounds very good:-)

[creeper07]

hey this is "sonata pian e forte" from giovanni gabrielli isn't it?

[Corollaboi]

no it's not.

[JERJES58]

it's William Byrd, but it's very similar to gabrielli style

[khbgkh]

it may be similar to gabrieli, but it definitely doesn't sound anything like sonata piano forte

[Masamuneblader]

I knew i'd heard this! Thanks

[yarrtiscrapulence]

nope

[Credos2]

I love a cornetto

[voxkey]

Beautiful artistry! Next time perhaps the organ as continuo.

[BayAreaBiker2001]

It sounds like a modern trumpet.

[Tyranosauruxrex]

Do you think so?!Whatever,this assemblage doesn't work well.The cornetto deserves another kind of sound for companion, because of the softness of its tone... The piano seems so brutal, in that case!

[harpsinth]

What a pity...try to combine a cornetto with

a modern piano...I don´t believe they could not use at least an harpsichord !

The instruments are sounding one against to each other...this is like to paint an English Gothic Cathedral with a work of some french impressionists...

[florin11bv]

How right you are...

[emilygclarinet]

What piece are they playing? It sounds so familiar.

[crispiansp]

It's a Pavan by William Byrd [c 1590]

[emilygclarinet]

Thanks!

[crispiansp]

Emily- it is "The Earl of Salisbury, his Pavan"

[emilygclarinet]

so beautifully played!

[pellekopp]

i want to build one of those? anyone know where i can find the right material and/or description of one? kthxbye =)

[crispiansp]

Quite hard to build, but there are good, cheap ones made in plastic made by Jeremy West.

[pafrodites]

There are detailed plans to build one in the book "The amateur wind maker" by Trevor Robinson. I may not have the book title exact but if you search on the author you should find it. Good luck.

[AlainNaigeon]

Beware, you might get frustrated; it sounds cool, but it's awfully difficult to play.

[Suchiibenchan]

No it isn't. I've played the cornett for may years. The first few years are hard.

[sigmaclass]

Beautiful!

[warh0rn]

amazing.. i never get tired of listening to that sound. im definately going to buy one now :)

[wavetek55]

Seems to me more a cornettino than a cornetto; in addition the mouthpiece seems more a natural trumpet one , then a bit big.

Anyway , interesting.