Capriccio Stravagante #14 [END] - Leclair : Chaconne

[BazhenovAlexey]

Super! Microvariations of everything are so natural!!!

[Tat2NY]

beautiful video! Music naturally gorgeous~~

[Polluxgeminae]

¡Maravilloso!

It's great to see and listen to the flûte à bec and flûte traversière playing together!

[aelfricbetera]

Amazing ensemble......great talent and music...

[roberto38766]

Mais uma vez, obrigado a todos e parabens por este belo trabalho!

[baroquegenial2009]

great music and performance! thanks!!!

[jmtappenden]

Beautiful.

[mrmolinodelahoz]

This music is gorgeous and everything baroque music should be.

what´s all this silliness about the pitch?

Some like it higher and some like it lower.

do whatever pleases. sir...........

[AlbertoBona1]

Me gusta mucho!

[Frinck51]

L'articulation à la francese fantastique, sans faute technique de l'école Kuijken. Doublure avec les flûtes géniale. Malheureusement op.8 n'est plus sur le marché CD en cette qualité. Dommage que Nearness n'a pas mis les mouvements restants. Merci

[sk8nruff]

Shame it's too high. C'mon Skip, there are other pithces besides 415:P.

[PeriodinstrumentfaN]

yes i believe French baroque pitch was lower... around A = 392 i think...

[PeriodinstrumentfaN]

...but i don't mind. :->

[iwanttocomment]

The pitch might not have been A415 when this piece was published (1737) but it surely wasn't A392 anymore (from second half of the 17th c. there are even lower than A392 recorded in France). The only place the pitch stayed low was at the Opéra, to facilitate the performance of Lully's works (written high especially for soprano and tenor roles) which stayed in the repertoire for numerous decades after his death (1687). By 1737 even at the Opéra the pitch was probably around A400.

[PeriodinstrumentfaN]

a thorough explanation... tnx :>

[rustydog1236]

Yes but there is still a big difference between 415 and 400! Especially if you're playing the flute...The model of the flute copied here looks as though it may be anachronistic for the period of the compositions, too.

[mrmolinodelahoz]

The difference between A 415 and 440 is not a difficulty. It is an impossability.

[jonathantosio]

Spectacular!

[obodamore765]

One of the best chamber music performances I have ever seen. Sophie, you are one of the most truly inspiring baroque musicians in the world. Thank you!

[lorenzejuliette]

BRAVO!!!

[ruggerrugger31]

LOL

[jadorth111]

Hello, A message just in from JM Leclair: "My chaconne is meant to be played in the same tempo from beginning to end."