Vivaldi - Bassoon Concerto in A Minor RV497

[TheDoDoBoy1]

one of the best barouqe bassoon players todey!!!

[mUfFiNsRuLz]

hoverboards will be common by the time I can play this piece -___-

[Tw4tz0r]

Im an expert in Classical Music and i say that the guy playing the triangle in this piece is total shit.

[1999nerd]

thumbs up if you were brought here by mostly not about llamas!

[VivaldiLucio]

Again HARMONICO101, again wonderful music, again perfect picture.

[TehSorso]

HARMONICO101, Could you please tell me the name of the painting? or the painter?

Thanks!

[jasandjasand]

criticism is for the fail ppl

[jasandjasand]

OMG STFU ALL

[dametalbasser]

Hard to understand why nobody listens to (this) music anymore.

[1996snoop1]

i have to play the bassoon part for my high school's highest band for audition music!!! I dont think it will happen...

[elpinceldeoro1]

Bravo....Vivaldi is a great compositor. His music is very nice...

[charizianne]

no offense, but to me the bassoon sounds remind me of the sounds of farts. Please don't mark this comment as spam or give it negative votes, this is just meant as a funny comment LOL =D

[TehSorso]

@charizianne if only everyone would fart like that...

[charizianne]

@TehSorso hi TehSorso, are you from Indonesia? Your name sounds a bit like Teh Sosro with a different spelling

[TehSorso]

@charizianne No, i don't know what teh sosro is.. my name is just pure randomness.

[charizianne]

@TehSorso oh, really sorry. I come from Indonesia and Teh Sosro is a superfamous tea brand where it has become some kind of a national tea brand here =D

[BaboonBassoon]

Do you know what the painting is? x

[deathmetalcontrabsn]

I really like the way he plays the appogiaturas for the appropriate length, and not like they're grace notes. Gives them a whole new meaning, and it's rhythmically interesting.

[lopezgottig]

Amazing music.



[smole133]

This is ,litterally, the only recording, here on you tube, that has the right tempo. All other live recordings of this concerto are being played without any energy and interest. Vivaldi's music, precisely, bassoon music is extremely energic, as you can see in the notes themselves. In the 1st movement there are so many 16s going up and down in harmony. You cannot play that so lousy. This is one of the rare good recordings.

[TheyCallMeRebecca]

I hate the bassoon, however, this might have changed my thoughts; I hate bad bassoon players. :)

VIVALDI FTW!

[arvoreen73]

@TheyCallMeRebecca hate the bassoon? D: the bassoon is awesome

[tristan01101]

Dude what's wrong with people. This is amazing.

[obizin]

This is a good recording, I don't see anything bad about it. If you have nothing good to say, refrain from commenting.

[seerka13]

Wow...people, if you don't like it, don't listen to it. I'm no expert, and am only an amateur bassoon player, but I like this. Also, music (if I may express my opinion) is internal. It's deep, and personal. There are standards of course, but saying things like 'bad recordings' should be done away with...I find somewhat insulting.

There are so many ways to play the same set of notes and each time convey something different. It would be boring if there were only one way to play a piece.

[Stijn9019]

heavenly piece of music to play. I'm practicing it and everytime i begin i fall in love with my bassoon over and over again :)

[apc1no]

It's music like this that makes me love playing bassoon. The tone is superb, it really sounds like a tenor voice in some places. That's what I love about playing an instrument that so few people understand and yet share the same feeling, except for them, they just sing. I can't sing but I like to express my musical desires through playing. It's like humming for me I guess.

[Sveavivaldi]

all good vivaldi music (all vivaldi music) will live on long after pop, rock and so on have sense long gone away, I hope:)

[unavenexiana]

@Sveavivaldi You are so right! - Vivaldi will live forever! You can listen to jazz, pop, rock - to whatever -some times - but you can listen to vivaldi all the time!

[Sveavivaldi]

@unavenexiana raise your glass for vivaldi... well thumbs up anyway:)

[soulblacknight]

So pretty....

[ilheawdan]

Would anyone happen to know, where I could obtain a copy of this piece?

[Stymfalide]

@ilheawdan Your highness might want to send some servants to the nearest village or city, where, without a doubt, one can easily find a copy of this piece ready and able for purchase and obtainment, provided one is in the better boutique.

[ilheawdan]

@Stymfalide Idiot.

[Stymfalide]

@ilheawdan My apologies for my previous, immature and utterly preposterous comment. You might want to try fagotizm.narod (no, this isn't meant to be insulting), I'm absolutely certain you can find Vivaldi's Bassoon concerto in Gm there, don't know about this one though; if that won't work, try IMSLP, someone uploaded the one in Em, again, not sure about the one in Am. And apparently, the Zürcher Hochschule has uploaded all the piano-arr of Vivaldi's bassoon cnci, according to EditionVita Musica.

[Cioccapri]

@Stymfalide @ilheawdan The EditionVitaMusica arrangements are not online (they cannot, as the copyright is quite new!!) but there is the website of the edition where you can order sheet music of all the concerti. And it an "Urtext"!

[Cioccapri]

@Cioccapri here: its editionvitamusica(dot)com

[byakuyapwns]

if u question the bassoon sound... it sounds like he's using a baroque bassoon. Which would only have like 4-6 keys on it.. the rest would be holes. today bassoons have like 17-25 keys.. if this is the case, this is the concerto as it sounded back in the day

[soundwave264]

EPIC! :D

[DiVeronica]

oh my lord. These Bassoon concertos are out of this world. Does anyone know if theres a CD with just Vivaldi Bassoon concertos on original instruments?

[WizardKing78]

Would I be right in assuming that this is better than ANYTHING that was produced in Asia during the same period?

[WizardKing78]

I'm really loving this baroque stuff. So regal; so energetic; emotional.

Makes me wish I hadn't stopped playing piano as a kid.

[bersa888]

I'd like to know what kind of musical background some of these "picky viewers" have... the bassoonist of this recording is a specialist in the field of Early Music, technically polished, with years and years of study, practice, etc. I'm pretty sure his interpretative choices are well informed and justified to say the least. You may not like the way he plays, of course, but it's ridiculous and preposterous to say that he doesn't know what he's doing or he's bad... ;-)

[bersa888]

@bersa888 :... just take a look at his bio on line... he's certainly no amateur :-)

[HARMONICO101]

@bersa888 you know how youtube is... everybody is an expert.

[SexyNerd4u]

@HARMONICO101

wat u said...*roll eyes*

[soulblacknight]

@HARMONICO101 haha so true

[FilmComposeRaHoppe]

@HARMONICO101 Those people who watching this think they are the experts and those who bring joy to other people and who try to convey feelings with their music are the losers on youtube who get the most criticism I think^^, sorry. I mean there are exceptions: When considering ExpertVillage-Videos then it is really true: The viewers are the experts and the performers are the losers ;).

[dakwa1]

@bersa888 Remember what Lord Byron once eais about Critics; "They critisize base on their own failed abilities".

Beautiful music to listen to.

[martin791017]

actually,it's more difficult to play this on a Baroque Bassoon..

[Smarttyy]

this piece is hard "/ but i do like it, its fun to learn

[harackmw]

I dunno why but this piece keeps making me picture a King out on a hunt

[sjpsepks]

arghhh im playing this ..

[DGomezzi]

Why is that an arggh thing?

i love this piece...

[lewisninja99]

@DGomezzi I'm playing this as well! Quite fun!

[sjpsepks]

@DGomezzi well not argh i guess i think its because i've been playing it for too long :/ love it though

[13ElloJello]

I'm currently working on the first movement for a solo performance. And I am liking it so far. :)

[PEDJAmeraklijaWFC]

My concerto.... :))) I <3 Bassoon .... :)

[Preterosso1990]

Good work...the name of the bassonist?

[wolfagotten]

Me gustaría oir un poco mas de ataque del interperte y más sonoridad del instrumento, de ahí en fuera la velocidad es muy buena.

[arayantonio]

muy bien¡¡..que instrumento usa el fagotista?

[Fagottissima]

i think thunemann's interpretation is the best! comparing this version with thunemann's i literally suffer. but that's a question of personal taste, too.

and what is also quite important: i don't like the sound of the baroque bassoon. and the second movement must be played with much more emotion, intensity, intention, agony and suffering! it has to touch and move your heart. that was a poor copy. in my opinion. that goes without saying.

[TheFineArtsReview1]

IThe bassoonist gives no interpretation.He's playing accurate notes with fine tone.His sense of timing and phrasing is not there.I don't know how you can listen to this after Azzolini,who REALLY has something to say.

[HARMONICO101]

My God! People are so picky! :)

[TheFineArtsReview1]

We're all Prima Donna queens! You spoiled me! Now...with a lispy swish of my scarf and a flamboyant stride I'm out of here.

[manicjupiterflute]

How can one NOT be picky when it comes to vivaldi? A bad recording or playing should be done away with. Only perfection should be listened to while listening to any vivaldi piece. Don't get me started on the number of lousy four seasons recordings there are in the world.

[HARMONICO101]

Oh I certainly agree. But I will listen to a "good" recording as well as a "perfect recording".

[DirtySanchezLives]

@HARMONICO101 I'll also listen to "any" recording of this.

[f00tpcak]

@manicjupiterflute The bassoonist is brilliant. He does not use trashy, exaggerated articulation and preserves the baroque style of Vivaldi. This alleged lack of interpretation is a thoughtful composition! And the tone is just perfect!

[apc1no]

@manicjupiterflute Define "bad" or "perfect" recording because my idea of a "perfect" recording may be different from that of others, for example, I like the recording of "Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairies" from the movie "Fantasia" a lot more than the more commonly known, faster version, especially when they commercialize it. Then I think it sounds like crap. I like how the slowness of it gives it a magical, mysterious feeling. Please try to be a little more open minded.

[marleyfan008]

@manicjupiterflute How bout this, quit being a pretentious twat! Let us listen to the music!

[jubolito]

Yeah, I like this version because it is very raw.

I have a heavy metal background though so value that.

[666shownomercy]

Same thing here

[jon8371]

@HARMONICO101 REALMENTE LO SON...ASÍ NO SE GOZA LA MÚSICA...

[MusicIsSavingGrace]

@HARMONICO101

I really love this recording. I played this last year and took cues from this bassoonist's recording, So whateva! I think the piece has beauty built in, and the bassoonist has a of romanticizing the long phrases in it. The second movt is sooo divine in this recording. I love it.

[Totma11]

@HARMONICO101 'Spoiled'... which is your own fault )Ö!Ö)

[MercifulMe]

@TheFineArtsReview1 I disagree with you completely. Any more variation to the interpretation would have been inaccurate to the period. Also, I see no problem with his timing and phrasing. Comparing this artist to Azzolini is like comparing apples to oranges as well. It kind of seems like your only leaving this response to make yourself feel superior, or appear superior. If your motive was the latter, you have sure failed to educated musicians.

[DiVeronica]

@TheFineArtsReview1 I have to agree. Some phrases are a little on the lame side.

[zodiackwolf]

@TheFineArtsReview1 You be trollin

[1upMusician]

@TheFineArtsReview1 Accurate notes in the baroque era! This is absurd! I can't tolerate this non-sense!

[tristan01101]

@TheFineArtsReview1 I just can't hear what you're hearing! =/

[charizianne]

@TheFineArtsReview1 Perhaps you could not appreciate this recording because you listen to it AFTER you have listened to Azzolini's, and that is why you cannot get in tune with this one, because your ears have already been accustomed to Azzolini's. But if you listen to this one FIRST, and the Azzolini's AFTER, you might find just the opposite things to say LOL =D This often happens when we hear a version of a song and then hear another's version of the same song...

[BaboonBassoon]

@TheFineArtsReview1 Do you play the bassoon? Because I can tell you it is one of the most difficult woodwind instruments to learn (including the oboe), I would know this because I play it. I think its a good recording.

[debartzen]

Muy bien orquestado.

Muy bien interpretado.

[kAkEl0]

q pasada! ;) lo stoy tokando yo tb en el conservatorio!

nose qien lo toca aqi pro esta genial!

[plasmatorture]

Awesome. :)

It seems to me they have it transposed to Ab minor, though. Do you know why that's the case?

[HARMONICO101]

Baroque tuning. A=415 Hz

[plasmatorture]

I figured it was something like that. Thanks!

[PapagenoHannover]

Because thats the right tuning at that time for Vivaldi and Bach and othersa=415 or 418

[triquera]

beautiful, but just a little too fast

anyway, REALLY WELL PERFORMED

(: congrats!

[cellofellow1223]

Your kidding? Right? Because the outside movements were too slow!

[triquera]

hey cellofellow, let's see if you can play faster! (:

why don't you post a video of you playing faster than that?

oh, wait, I think playing fast passages in strings fast is more comfortable than being blowing and blowing fastly with woodwinds

anyway! show us how fast u can play! :)

[ooozzz]

Bravo Alberto then.. Sorry bout that =)

[HARMONICO101]

Ha, no problem!

[AKSTERSKY]

whose painting is this,please,help",

[litanijebral]

Aelbert Cuyp, "Landscape with a Hunt"

Regards

[ooozzz]

This is Vivaldi bassoon concerto!!!! Bravo Sergio!!!!!!!!!!!!

[HARMONICO101]

Actually the bassoonist is Alberto Grazzi.

[fagotcu]

explanation is very good