Chaconne by Robert de Visée, played on the 14 course theorbo by Xavier Díaz-Latorre

[moeharvard]

Thank you--Beyond words

[TheKareem1979]

amazing, fantastic, overwhelmingly heartfelt and beautiful. beautiful music in a dead, dying and curupt world!

[itismehonest]

that's amazing

[laberintosingeniosos]

@itismehonest thank you

[romuloVG]

Muy hermoso

[laberintosingeniosos]

@romuloVG gracias romulo

[Cranksthus]

Truly supreme Xavier. There are no words..

[laberintosingeniosos]

@Cranksthus thank you Cranksthus, very kind

[berloju]

Gran interpretación! Enhorabuena por esa sensibilidad.

[ALanSaidTrujillo]

very simple n ice song...

[hotspurschool]

Absolutely beautiful playing. I am a huge early music fan. I'd like to hear you cover something like Landini's Ecco la Primavera or the Cantigas de Santa Maria. Please keep playing!

[laberintosingeniosos]

@hotspurschool thank you, I hope I'll have the time to cover all I'm asked to cover for ;)

[MrZombieRyan]

beautiful

[MrTHocker]

Beautiful playing, Xavier! I just realized that you are the same Xavier that is plucking and strumming on some of my favorite Jordi Savall CDs. :) I love the musicians that work with Savall. I hope to someday see you play live together and try all of those wonderful stringed instruments. I play a bit of classical guitar, but I am mainly an electric soloist. I'm so glad that you guys record this ancient music to keep it alive. Gracias/Grácies

[laberintosingeniosos]

@MrTHocker be careful, if you start with those instruments, you become addict ;) I know a lot of electric soloists who play now early music. Regards

[MrTHocker]

@laberintosingeniosos Thanks for the reply and warning. Haha...I already have too many guitars, a mandolin, bass, violin, cümbüs and keyboard. I want to get a basic lute (8 course Renaissance) to start with. I guess it's a good thing that I don't have the money for such instruments because I would become an addict for sure. ;) How difficult is it to tune a lute? That Theorbo has interesting fret spacing.

[laberintosingeniosos]

@MrTHocker hi, about the tunning, it's called meantone, which means that the scale is not spaced equal in 12 but in 17. So a c sharp and a d flat is not the same. The first is lower than the second. Therefore we need a special spacing of the frets for each key. My typ, if you buy an instrument, is that you should buy a good one! Since you are musician, you wouldn't stand a regular one. About the amount of instruments, you don't want to see my wardrobe....regards

[NanilkaKlimt]

Quien se atrevio a ponerle dislike???!!!!

[laberintosingeniosos]

@NanilkaKlimt free country :)

[berloju]

@NanilkaKlimt alguien que no sabe escuchar...

[berloju]

@NanilkaKlimt alguien que no sabe escuchar...

[OnHarkness]

Spectacular!

[laberintosingeniosos]

@OnHarkness thank you

[ColinBurnside]

Wonder wonderful playing especially the Dynamics towards the end. Thank you.

[UncleTito72]

Este es uno de mis videos favoritos. Lo veo a menudo. Muchas gracias. Saludos desde los Estados Desunidos :o)

[Mr12stringbass]

I keep on getting back to this video..it's a classic ;-)

[yanych]

One of the best interpretations I've ever heard. Bravo!

[laberintosingeniosos]

@yanych thank you yanych

[Asfrandi]

where could i find the score, please? i'm in love!!! help me please!

[laberintosingeniosos]

@Asfrandi the score is a piece in the Sayzenay manuscript. In french tablature

[dreizuvier]

wundervoll! Has anybody heard of sheets for this transcribed for Guitar? i do not have a lute (yet)

[thetrueawesemokenzie]

Amazing playing, incredibly precise and clean.

If I'm not mistaken I've seen you playing with Jordi Savall in some other videos, you're a fantastic musician.

[laberintosingeniosos]

thanks for the comments. I appreciate EK's playing. We study together in Basel.

[whisperingdeath308]

If you love the lute check out Edin Karamazov...

[laberintosingeniosos]

@whisperingdeath308 i love lute and i love Ed. karamazov playing. We study together in Basle :) thx

[whisperingdeath308]

@laberintosingeniosos amazing! Ed and you should make a cd together it would sound great to hear a lute duet.

[laberintosingeniosos]

@whisperingdeath308 who knows, regards

[lutefan]

@whisperingdeath308 Comparing EK's playing to this performance is like comparing Ke$ha's singing to Andreas Scholl's. Superficial artifice compared to real technique and interpretation.

[whisperingdeath308]

@lutefan There was no comparison made simply an appreciation of another musician other than EK that can play an 11th or 12th century instrument. I have EK and stings cd and dvd that shows EK's amazing skill and i can appreciate both without scrutiny. If you play this instrument and have a video would like to see it!!!

[laberintosingeniosos]

@whisperingdeath308 thx for the comment, btw I hate comparisons. Regards

[laberintosingeniosos]

@lutefan thx for the comment, btw I hate comparisons. Regards

[whisperingdeath308]

@laberintosingeniosos  I started to make an appreciative compliment and somehow it became misconstrued as a comparison, can anyone else see it was merely a compliment or am the only who can appreciate a lutinist for what they are. In that case Edin karamazov is far better and more highly skilled does that help. This guy is ok!

[shariotoflove]

@whisperingdeath308 dont be bitter. to say someone is as good as someone else, is a comparison. but EK and Maestro are like chalk and cheese. while were on the subject EK's toccata and fugue is amazing.

[gembela07062001]

I love this piece, It is magical in your interpretation, and your theorbo has a sound out of the world. Do you know if there is a guitar arrangement for this or do you think it would lost its charm played on the guitar? I can't have a theorbo yet...

[laberintosingeniosos]

@gembela07062001 Dear Gembela, you can wait a little bit to have a theorbo because is very big. There is not a version for guitar. If I have time in a couple of weeks I can make a version specially for you. Best regards for you and your parents.

[gembela07062001]

@laberintosingeniosos Dear Xavier, I would be greatly honoured by this special version and I'm sure other guitarists would also be happy to play it. Please don't spare your wonderfully delicate embellishments from the arrangement, don't make it easy for me, they are the best part of the fun :)))

Thank you very much for your kind offer,

Gergely

[arboldeperas]

esto me hizo llorar, gracias

[laberintosingeniosos]

@arboldeperas gracias árbol

[sauternes123456]

"A soul playing".... Gustav just nailed it.

Exhilarating performance... Tout à fait remarquable...

Hope you'll come play in Montreal some day.

[laberintosingeniosos]

@sauternes123456 merci beaucoup sauternes, tres gentil

[laberintosingeniosos]

@gustavstube ingenting, min venn!

[laberintosingeniosos]

@gustavstube Dear Gustav, I'm sorry about your sleep and the button :) I can buy you a new one :)

Best regards from Barcelona, hilsen

[UncleTito72]

Mi hermano te la comiste con esto. Está genial. Gracias por este regalo.

[laberintosingeniosos]

@UncleTito72 y casi me quedo empachado mi amigo :)

[Archivism]

Your performance is uplifting, exalting, one of the most beautiful things I've heard. Thank you very much for this living tradition.

[Tarquinus10]

Outstanding!

[laberintosingeniosos]

@Tarquinus10 thank you Tarquinus

[prothalamium]

This is very beautiful.I love baroque music,french in particular.Thankyou for your performance.

[laberintosingeniosos]

@prothalamium it is beautiful music indeed, best regards

[elChip1972]

i have listened to this many times and am always amazed and awed by its beauty and musicality, thank you!

[glassynails]

Gorgeous!! PEACEFUL!

[laberintosingeniosos]

@glassynails thank you

[nusieda]

amazing!

[laberintosingeniosos]

@nusieda thank you!

[laberintosingeniosos]

@MikeyIrish66 thank you

[minegishi1961]

Brillante, simplemente simple y brillante!

[laberintosingeniosos]

@minegishi1961 gracias minegishi

[AlexanderArs]

If De Visee's imagination was angelic, the way you play this masterpiece is divine...bravissimo, poca musica colpisce tanto a fondo

[laberintosingeniosos]

@AlexanderArs molto gentile alexander, e bella music infatti. Saluti

[LaukkuBah]

From the first three seconds of this video I was convinced that this was something to be listened to attentively. Brilliant playing!

[laberintosingeniosos]

thx 10strings, I use very normal mics audiotechnica, and I edite afterwards a little bit. just to give a bit of ressonance

[10stringGuitarist]

I listen to this a few times each day. I am currently trying to arrange it for archlute and this recording is my guide. It's very inspirational Mr. Diaz ! Could I ask how you achieve such a good CD-like sound ? Is it a special camera or a microphone that you are using or is it just editing afterwards that makes it sound so good ? Kind regards from Canada !

[musicadelvacio]

Esta interpretación le hace justicia a esa maravillosa música barroca para laúd. Gracias por compartir.

[laberintosingeniosos]

@musicadelvacio gracias, muy amable

[Marianofrv]

Mi estimado Maestro regreso repetidamente a su interpretación y me encuentro con el Nirvana Gracias

[laberintosingeniosos]

@Marianofrv gracias Mariano, muy amable

[shariotoflove]

got another question, what year was this piece written and the MS published?

[laberintosingeniosos]

@shariotoflove the MS was not published till around 1980. The MS looks that was finish around the end of the 17th century.

[shariotoflove]

@laberintosingeniosos oh right, but the piece itself could have been written any time before the MS publish date right?

[laberintosingeniosos]

@shariotoflove of course, but I don't have this info. Regards

[ninebreaker21]

You're one of the cleanest, most articulate players of early plucked string instruments I've heard. Everything you record is phenomenal. I'm a big fan of your work with Hesperion XXI!

[laberintosingeniosos]

@ninebreaker21 you're very kind. Thanks for watching

[Cj12sings]

this is HEAVEN!!! so sublime!!! thank you, thank you!!!

[laberintosingeniosos]

@Cj12sings thank you, you are very kind

[blutenist]

I had a chance to see Mr. Diaz-Latorre perform on vihuela at the Cervantes Institute in Manhattan some years ago and I passed on it. My loss....regreting it now.

[blutenist]

@kindeykutter Wow I thought you had a theorbo already!!

[elChip1972]

This is amazing, really amazing.

[laberintosingeniosos]

@elChip1972 thankyou el chip

[kidneykutter]

Relistening to this video has convinced me to go ahead and finally buy a theorbo. This is just a perfect combination of fidelity to the dance rhythm combined with free improvisation and a masterclass in French Baroque right hand technique

[laberintosingeniosos]

@kidneykutter you are very kind. I'm happy you will study theorbo. You'll enjoy it.

[kidneykutter]

@laberintosingeniosos Actually, I just realized that you have played the theorbo I'm buying. It's the 82 cm Hassenfuss that Pat O'Brien lent you to play continuo when you were in New York.

[laberintosingeniosos]

@kidneykutter nice instrument. Enjoy it!

[shariotoflove]

@kidneykutter revisiting this piece, which i do everyday, has also made me want a theorbo as well.

[petitmarquis]

@kidneykutter i was thinking exactly the same. I'm going to buy a theorbo and study it. Thanks to Xavier Diaz-Latorre, his work is truly inspiring.

[lledew]

J'aime beaucoup votre interprétation de cette musique. Le rythme ternaire affirmé et le jeu clair plus proche de la guitare que du luth (les ongles?) rend toute sa place à quelque chose d'un peu oublié: Que la chaconne est avant tout une danse.

Merci.

[laberintosingeniosos]

@lledew merci beaucoup. Peut être que le jeu plus claire vienne du boyau. La théorbe construit par J.M.Moreno a le son tres clair aussi. J'ai pas les ongles ici, car avec les cordes a boyau ça marche pas. Merci pour votre commentaire.

[xvirgomoonx]

Mr. Diaz-Latorre, would you please consider making some of your music available as downloads or re-releasing CDs? Your work is so nice and so well done! I'd love to carry it around with me!

[laberintosingeniosos]

@xvirgomoonx Thank you for your words. Actually I'm busy recording other composers right now like Francisco Guerau. During 2012 4 new records are coming and later I'll intend to do the de Visée. Best regards

[shariotoflove]

@laberintosingeniosos please do some recordings with theorbo...i would gladly purchase a collection of your music which includes this chaconne.

[laberintosingeniosos]

@shariotoflove I don't sale music :) If I have it, you can hear it for free :) best regards

[shariotoflove]

@laberintosingeniosos as long as you dont mind, you are very kind.

[Mr12stringbass]

This is one of the best pieces i heard in a long time, and played with great feeling...thanks !

[laberintosingeniosos]

@Mr12stringbass thank you Mr12

[shariotoflove]

after that intro, when you break into the actual chaconne, its like stepping back in time. good stuff man!

[laberintosingeniosos]

@shariotoflove thank you shario. We have our personal time machine :)

[kkallebb]

I have been working on this piece for the last year and I have to say that this is an incredible performance. It is so good that I find it almost discouraging!

[laberintosingeniosos]

@kkallebb thank you but please don't discourage!

[8888Rik]

Perhaps, at some point, you can post some S. L. Weiss, or even perhaps the Prelude and Allegro by Santiago de Murcia?

I have heard so much rather poor Weiss, but I think you would play him beautifully.

[laberintosingeniosos]

@8888Rik I love Weiss and I play it. It's just a mater of time. But I'll think about

[8888Rik]

@laberintosingeniosos I am happy to hear this. At the same time, I was very excited to see your comment that you are recording some works of Guerau. I have played the Poema Harmonico, and have always been captivated by this wonderful work. I look forward to hearing your performances of any of his compositions.

[orlock77]

Te veo y ninca me canso de verte y escucharte en tu magistralidad maestro.

[8888Rik]

I've heard quite a large number of lutenists and classical guitarists since I began playing in 1964, and somehow I have only now stumbled upon Diaz-Latorre. He is absolutely wonderful, and master of not only that instrument but also the music. Finding both is extraordinarily rare, and I am really overwhelmed by his playing.

[laberintosingeniosos]

@8888Rik Thank you Rik, you are very kind

[laberintosingeniosos]

@8888Rik thank you very much, kind words

[L0rdHanuman]

very very very good execution!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[laberintosingeniosos]

@L0rdHanuman thank you lord!

[Apollonmusagetes]

What a brilliant player! Most inspiring!

[laberintosingeniosos]

@Apollonmusagetes thank you apollon

[ilargi671]

Graaaaaaaaaaaaande Xabi!!

[812Guitars]

I blame this video for inspiring me to build my own version of a modern day Lute. Now if I can only get Don Xavier to play it with as much passion as he does this piece.

[laberintosingeniosos]

@812Guitars :)

[shariotoflove]

ok im confused! this sounds wonderful! but would this be the same timing and method that de Visee would play. so if you were to play this to someone of that time, would they understand it or would they be shocked?!

[laberintosingeniosos]

@shariotoflove music is just feelings. Who can say that knows how de Visée would have played the piece? I wasn't there :)

[shariotoflove]

@laberintosingeniosos i know that! i meant if it was a traditional rendition or not, wow youre very defensive :/

[laberintosingeniosos]

@shariotoflove Hi Shario, I'm sorry if you fell I was defending. I wasn't . I really mean that we cannot know. I'm against to put adjectives to the sound because they are not good enough to describe and highly subjectives.

we've got few informations about this music: score, style clues and intuition. I try to mix them :)

Have fun

[shariotoflove]

@laberintosingeniosos i agree with you, but if we compare your version with another one, there are differences like the intro and the strumming bits through-out. that Intro was amazing by the way. i suppose that is where the 'feeling' bit comes in, and i can say for definite that yours has a lot more feeling than other versions. which is why ive put your version in my favourites and listen to it 100 times a day :)

God speed, and i love to hear you play some Mouton. x

[laberintosingeniosos]

@shariotoflove I'd love too ;)

[Gealach74]

Es simplemente magnífico!!! bravo..

[ERIMPEADO]

me encanto la parte apartir del minuto 4:30 es hermosa tengo 15 años y me encanta el laud quiero tocarlo pero en mi pais no lo venden ni se toca mucho es muy dificil conseguirlo vivo en mexico y todo el laud es mi sueño me encanta sus sonidos es perfecto usted sabria decirme informes sobre el laud en mexico vivo en el distrito federal gracias

[laberintosingeniosos]

@ERIMPEADO hola erimpeado, gracias por tus palabras. Tengo un amigo, Eloy Cruz, que es profesor en DF de laúd. El podría ayudarte. Buscalo en Facebook

saludos

xavier

[ERIMPEADO]

@laberintosingeniosos muchas gracias lo contactare de inmediato pero hay un problema pongo su nombre y tiene muchos resultados me podria dar su correo gracias

[laberintosingeniosos]

@ERIMPEADO enviame tu mail y te lo envio. No puedo ponerlo aqui en un enlace público

saludos

x

[axltrauts]

Esta ha sido la mas maravillosa musica a cuerdas que he oido hasta ahora... ¡Ya es hora de decirle a Joe Satriani adios!

[laberintosingeniosos]

@axltrauts Gracias axl, no hace falta decirle adiós, basta con escucharlos a los dos :)

saludos

x

[axltrauts]

@laberintosingeniosos Ja, pues si, tienes razón, ojalá hayan mas interpretaciones con este instrumento. Gracias a Youtube estoy oyendo nuevas cosas :D .

[laberintosingeniosos]

@axltrauts ;)

[xglewiss]

Me imagino que sera dificil con los instrumentos antiguos de cuerda (laud, theorbo, guitarra barroca etc) hacerse escuchar cuando tocando en conjunto, por la suabidad del sonido producido. Se puede tocar estos instrumentos con las unas? (Aunque el sonido de los dedos es preferible!)

[laberintosingeniosos]

@xglewiss se puede tocar con y sin uñas. De hecho, la tiorba y el archilaúd en alemania al menos, según Weiss, se tocaban con uña para que se escucharan más en la iglesia.

Yo creo que es una opción personal. Como te guste más.

SAludos

[saizenay]

Excelente! Maravillosa interpretación y muy buena e ingeniosa reorganización de los "couplets".

[laberintosingeniosos]

@saizenay gracias saizenay

[Lacosta1834]

Unbelievably beautiful, Xavier! I love your playing (I watch all your videos) , you have so much uneffected musicality.

[AGLMIL]

Interpretada con el alma!!! Excelente!!!!

[JoelvanLennep]

I can't get over the wonderful, dancing, MOVEMENT of this interpretation - it's both exciting and elegant! I want more de Visee, please - on theorbo and guitar. Thank you, Xavier! Always a fan, JvL

[laberintosingeniosos]

@JoelvanLennep thx joel

[laberintosingeniosos]

@JoelvanLennep thx joel. One guitar suite is coming, with an original guitar from the 17 century.

[frenk1973]

wonderful!

[laberintosingeniosos]

@frenk1973 thank you frenk

[TraceurLannon]

i love this music

[Asfrandi]

meraviglioso!

[laberintosingeniosos]

@Asfrandi grazie asfrandi,

[paronsuren]

I like it very much! have listened more than 20 times. Very beautiful interpretation!

[laberintosingeniosos]

@paronsuren thank you, paronsuren. I love this piece

[flatw00d1]

This is such a departure from the recording by Berghan...is it a variation or other interp. Very interesting timing.What is the key and where can I locate a copy of the

notation?If you can.. send me a copy to T. Mace,4804 Doris Ave.,Charlotte,NC 28205

Thanks in advance and later too.

[laberintosingeniosos]

@flatw00d1 Hi, I'm sorry I cannot send you a copy but you can find a copy on the manuscrit de Saizenay. You can find a PDF copy of this manuscrit in my public folder public.me. com/xavierdiazlatorre together with the mp3 file of the video.

Regards

[laberintosingeniosos]

@josie2u2 thank you Josie

[Marianofrv]

Genial maestro

[laberintosingeniosos]

@Marianofrv gracias mariano

[aedo67]

Very beautiful interpretation.

[laberintosingeniosos]

@aedo67 thank you aedo, very kind

[rvprezende]

Foi a melhor interpretação desta música que já vi e ouvi. Senti inveja, pois a toco numa guitarra clássica, e nunca terei esta sonoridade, intensa, limpa e brilhante. Bravíssimo!!!!!

[laberintosingeniosos]

@rvprezende muito obrigado. e uma musica muito legal, ne? lembranças

[romuloVG]

Bellísima e inspiradora interpretación. Muchas gracias por compartir.

[laberintosingeniosos]

@romuloVG gracias rómulo como siempre

[kelborgui]

Maestro Latorre, estou passando por aqui para dizer que embora eu tenha salvado este vídeo em meus arquivos, não me canso de rever, me parece que toda vez que assisto esta sua execução tenho o espanto de estar assistindo pela primeira vez!

Qual é o segredo dessa magia?!

Felicitaciones!

Kelvin Borrero

[laberintosingeniosos]

@kelborgui obrigado Kelvin, mais olha, a unica cosa que eu faço è tocar como eu creio que tein que tocar. Nâo faço concessões a moda o tics. E intento ser honesto. E tudo.

Eu fico contente que vocé goste do video. Abraço

xavier

[kelborgui]

@laberintosingeniosos, bem que eu desconfiei...sua sinceridade ao tocar é que causa este resultado maravilhoso! obrigado por responder, grande abraço e continue com sua nobre missão!

[laberintosingeniosos]

@kelborgui Obrigado a vocé por a sua atençao, abraço

[poveron7]

When played, a theorbo creates a very magical atmosphere that I never listened on a guitar.

[laberintosingeniosos]

@poveron7 Thank you poveron. I think so too. Although I think that guitar is magic as well :)