If Bach's concertos BWV 1052-1058 are my favorite pieces of classical, what other pieces should I listen to? I'm very new to classical music and want to expand my library. Thanks!
@monkeys37 Well,it´s difficult recommend what other pieces can you listen to because there were a lot´s of compers and consequnetly a lot of works and performances. If you are fan of Johann Sebastian Bach you can listen to his English and French Harpsichord Suites or his most known works as Brandenburg Concertos, his Orchestral Suites,his Goldberg Variations or his Passion after San Mateo (highlights, because it´s an large work). If you wish we recommend you another composers.Tell me. Happy 2012
For example, take a Song like "Art of Life" from X-Japan and for comparison a Lady Gaga or Britney Spears Song.
Every listener of Classical Music will say that the song of X-Japan is much better in terms of Musicality, Lyrics and Composition. It has many parts that are technically very complex and has a message with deeper meaning.
So this "officially" "Light Music" is anything but light.
No it's a Masterpiece in the categories of Classical Music.
They have connections, because both emphasize technically and musically complex structures. Ok you can't directly say Metal is Classical Music but Metal music has its roots here.
Instrumentally Metal is played with real instruments by real musicians and it can be very difficult, especially rhythmically.
In my Opinion Metal has the most potential to be artistically valuable.
to think this is one of how many pieces he wrote. it would take me my whole life to attempt to even come close to ONE piece... amazing talent, amazing music.
It doesnt matter if Bach is the god father of metal. All that matters is that he wrote the best music ever of all time and we should be looking to him on how to write.
When you think of metal you should be comparing to classical music, it really shouldn't be 80s metal or any 90s american metal for the most part.
Listen to something like Dark Tower of Abyss by Rhapsody. The song begins with a Bach like counterpoint section written for baroque instruments. Soon after guitars enter with the violins, harpsichord, etc. In the middle is a section VERY reminiscent of Vivaldi.
This is not even close to all classical metal. Dream Theater, European metal. Listen.
@joaodaldegan In my college Classical Theory class, we learned exactly how 80's metal began on the principles of Bach. I wish I still had the book so I could tell you what they said about it. The patterns are the same and the idea of playing in the classical mode structures really came about in soloing techniques of most guitarists in the 80's. You can find bach-esque structures in many guitarists playing from Malmsteen to Randy Rhoads
@cremno well I disagree totally and atleast you could reform what you said to "Especially metal music have a lot in common with fugues." cuz fugues were here frist.
@ewtgarwar well considering that most of the exact same theory is used in metal that was used by Bach in his faster pieces, the aural similarities should be easy to discern with any sort of attempt to listen to the two side by side. For example, a lot of solo-metal guitarist stuff is very Bach like. Listen to Vai, Satriani, Lynch, Malmsteen especially. Randy Rhoads even. Jimmy Page although not considered metal used to play Bach licks during his solos live
@ewtgarwar I'm very tired of seeing this unending flow of comments about the intimate "connection" that is supposed to exist between metal music and classical music.
Because some metal musicians love to include baroque elements in their songs, it seems like people who are into metal music feel a very strong connection to some composers. Bach, Grieg, Wagner and Beethoven are the ones they mention the most often as so-called fathers of their metal.
folk music has got many influences of baroque and vice versa almost all chord based music has gotten infuences from bach but does that make it metal NO
Hey dumbfucks! Metal and rock came from classical music! Even guys like Eddie Van Halen and Steve Vai know this shit! Eddie named is kid Wolfgang after Wolfgang Mozart! We can compare our fucking kick-ass metal to your captivating classical ALL the FUCK we want! VICE VERSA metal heads!
thats so true... many people are so closed-minded here, which is totally ridiculous if they are into bachs music, cause bach experimented so much with music and was always looking for somethin new and as open-minded as it gets.
those amazing men (harpsichordist and first chair violin) would have fit perfectly as 17th century musicians. They fit the image of our forefathers of music perfectly both skill and appearance wise.
@patnwat You can build one in 400 hours with a kit. Best to get divorced first and tell your friends you are going to Burma so you can work without disruption.
This is not early-any-sort-of-metal. Classical music influenced metal. This is true. But it also influenced the blues. But no one is calling this early blues. European classical music had a massive influence on ALL contemporary musics in the Western world. That includes metal, and pop, and techno, and DEAL WITH THAT.
@GeorgianAzeri yes there is...dude listen to a metalhead shred..and its full of Bach type scales and styles. dude, listen to Malmsteen and you will see what i mean.
@GeorgianAzeri Actually, you are almost completely right... Still, I made that comment because I thought it would be funny... and... because even this kind of music can have just as much energy as metal can... at least in my ears.
@OriginalBasaliskos@NickyRamone77 is correct. Another explanation why he is faced from the audience is so he can lead his ensamble. You see that he times to time give his musicians a glance of the eye.
how different is the harpsichord from playing the piano? I was thinking of getting a keyboard with a harpsichord feature, but wonder if it's a waste of time. My favorite piece by Bach, btw. thanks for uploading!
@Joehand87 Unlike pianos, harpsichords strings are plucked instead of struck. And the keys on harpsichords have a more "spongier" feeling, and takes a while for them to rise back up
@holyday888 - it only sounds like d flat minor to you because you are used to hearing instruments tuned to A440 - it is common for harpsichords to be tuned one or two semitones lower than that at A415 or A392..
@md95065 - are classical pieces named by the key that they are written in, regardless of tuning? or are they named by the key that they sound in. Because pitch wise, this is d flat minor. I don't know though
@holyday888 - yes, they are named according to the key in which they are written. As I said, this *is* d minor - it just sounds like d flat minor to you because the instruments are tuned to a pitch (A = 415Hz instead of A = 440Hz) that is almost exactly one semi-tone flat from the pitch that you are accustomed to. If you look carefully at the closeup of his hands at around 2:35 - 2:40 I think that you will see quite clearly that he is playing D natural even though it sounds like D flat to you.
@holyday888 D flat minor doesn't even exist, what are you talking about? O.o
Of course it's D minor. Absolute pitch is irrelevant, only relative pitch truly matters. Whether a note is a sharp, a flat or a natural is of greater importance than its pitch, especially when the tuning of the strings is consistent. A 440Hz D flat minor does sound vastly different from A 415Hz D minor, even though they are the same pitch.
@holyday888 While C# minor does exist, Db minor does not. Such a scale would require 9 flats.
What makes D a D, rather than a Db (or C#, for that matter), is not at all determined by its pitch, but by its position on the instrument and its notation. What string of the violin the note is played in, whether it is an open string or fingered, whether it's a black or white key on the keyboard, which holes are open and which ones are closed on the oboe, which harmonics you play on the horn...
@Timrath All these things are much more relevant than a note's frequency.
It becomes even more relevant when you take into account the tuning systems of that era. When the instruments are tuned in a way that every scale sounds dramatically different from each other, because all the semitones of the chromatic scale are of different sizes, the importance of absolute pitch vanishes, and even becomes a handicap.
But to make it short: what you perceive as C#, Bach called a D. Go argue with him. :-p
One of my favorite and inspiring videos on you tube for ages ages..... in fact i watch it on the subway on my iPhone i love it so much... Shalev is a good friend of a friend... and he's and great great guy as well a well respected harpsichordist and musician.. He makes this look sooooooo easy... and its sadly its not! (Now I gotta practice the 1052 dmin for my own vid!)
thanks for posting this vide. its quite enjoyable. anyone see the Star Trek (original series), where the antagonist is mimicing a Euro count and even includes a harpsichord performance in his antics ? brilliant scene.
2:30 - Imagine hearing such a display bach in the day. Words have no justice.
Its a shame bach couldnt have seen the MIDI revolution.
I wonder what sorts of various herbs and hallucinogens people would consume before attending such performances. I wouldnt doubt that it was often the case - but no history reveals this.
it takes a special kind of musician to be able to play the harpsichord this well. The average professional musician is not a percent as legitimately musical as this.
@dosergiobr perhaps. but all musicians are great in there ways. I wonder if bach could have wrote better works than the rach 3 if he had a modern piano to work with
you know that theres a j. s. bach action figure? maybe they should combine him with heavy metal, -heavy metal boots, mohawk, and a harpsichord that also shoots out fire.
To compare Death Metal with Bach is... misfortunate. Yes, there's a lot of technicality in Progressive Death Metal (or Technical DM), but I think the better comparation is Progressive Rock and Metal (Stratovarius, Dream Theater, Kansas, Kaipa...)
Bach was a great challenger of rules and taste. He flirted with jazz all the time. Many of his recitativo passages in cantatas and oratorios are using speech rhythms like rap does. And if you are interested in Baroque heavy metal check out his B minor mass opening movement Kyrie Eleison. Not quite gore grind but possibly the most impressive architectural journey in the history music. It is fucking immense.
All music is real. Some may appeal to you more than others. You may even like different kinds of music equally well. Bach rocks my soul, Tchaikovski strokes my imagination and Jimi Hendrix moves my heart. Bach learned from his own influences, Buxtehude, membes of his family and visiting performers. Enjoy your music.
Thanks. I don't like death metal that much actually. I still have a long way to go in order to fully appreciate it, but the same thing goes with classical. So far, the vast majority of what I listen to is Baroque, especially Bach and Vivaldi, not many others... but I also like other drastically different genres such as Black Metal ^_^_^_^
@ephelduath606 Please don't comment about jokes you fail to get.
Also: If you aspire to fill the old stereotype of the humourless classics fan, that's your problem. But if you diss and compare to noise a genre that continues many of the baroque traditions and techniques that got lost when classicism arrived, then you deserve to be told off.
It's uptight elitists like you who are the reason that classical music is so unpopular with smart young people.
You reacted with indignation when majav compared Bach to metal. This shows what an elitist prick you are, and how little you understand about music. Majav's comparison is valid, even though it was meant jokingly. You not only failed to get the joke, but you also failed to see the connection. Furthermore, you had the arrogance to declare an entire genre as shit, simply because it happens to not appeal to your personal taste. Get out of here.
@Timrath Erm what the fuck are you smoking? I think you're reading someone else's comments and attributing them to me. I am a metal fan with some classical training (Morbid Angel, Atheist, Massacra, Cynic are my top 4 bands). NO where have I said either genre is shit, so stop acting like you know what you're talking about (I read your other comments and they're so full of BS). In the meantime, please quote the post that you accuse me of making such a statement :)
@Timrath And since your pea-brain is stuck so far up your ass, I'll take the liberty of quoting my own post instead of waiting for more shit from you.
"It may be noise to you, but it's not far removed from death metal. Please don't comment on things you know nothing about."
I.E.: The piece playing above may sound like noise to you (the person I was responding to who also claimed death metal is just 'noise'), but it is actually on the same plane as death metal in its genius. Try and understand
@ephelduath606 Holy shit! You're right, it was someone else's comment that I was replying to, but for some reason I clicked on the wrong name. Please accept my apologies, if you're still reading this. :-(
What a fool I made of myself...
But why didn't you guess that the reply wasn't meant for you? Anyway, a thousand times sorry!
@Lity10 everything "you" don't like simply HAS to be bad. is it really so simple? there's great music in every genre, who doesn't accept this is close-minded and misses a lot of good music.
You missed the point: I meant that I'd rather see regular/contemporary clothings than Cinderella evening gowns.... and that symphonic orchestras musicians (not all) still do dress like they used to 150 year ago ;-)
love the video really good
shoppittsburghnow 2 weeks ago
2:30
absolutely fantastic
restouri 3 months ago
22 dislikes?? what's wrong with this music?
mesiahhs 3 months ago
If Bach's concertos BWV 1052-1058 are my favorite pieces of classical, what other pieces should I listen to? I'm very new to classical music and want to expand my library. Thanks!
monkeys37 3 months ago
@monkeys37 Well,it´s difficult recommend what other pieces can you listen to because there were a lot´s of compers and consequnetly a lot of works and performances. If you are fan of Johann Sebastian Bach you can listen to his English and French Harpsichord Suites or his most known works as Brandenburg Concertos, his Orchestral Suites,his Goldberg Variations or his Passion after San Mateo (highlights, because it´s an large work). If you wish we recommend you another composers.Tell me. Happy 2012
TheMusiloco 1 month ago
What is Abraham Lincoln doing playing violin?
TheZepla 3 months ago
Who the fuck disliked this?
13WillSullivan 8 months ago 5
@13WillSullivan Justin Bieber family
Purplemanni 7 months ago
wow
Resonance86 8 months ago
For example, take a Song like "Art of Life" from X-Japan and for comparison a Lady Gaga or Britney Spears Song.
Every listener of Classical Music will say that the song of X-Japan is much better in terms of Musicality, Lyrics and Composition. It has many parts that are technically very complex and has a message with deeper meaning.
So this "officially" "Light Music" is anything but light.
No it's a Masterpiece in the categories of Classical Music.
MeinKomponist 8 months ago
I love Metal and Classical Music
They have connections, because both emphasize technically and musically complex structures. Ok you can't directly say Metal is Classical Music but Metal music has its roots here.
Instrumentally Metal is played with real instruments by real musicians and it can be very difficult, especially rhythmically.
In my Opinion Metal has the most potential to be artistically valuable.
MeinKomponist 8 months ago 5
@MeinKomponist you should check out Rachel Barton Pine. She's a world-class concert violinist who also has a heavy metal band called Earthen Grave.
bckm54 4 months ago
to think this is one of how many pieces he wrote. it would take me my whole life to attempt to even come close to ONE piece... amazing talent, amazing music.
lastplacewin 10 months ago
It doesnt matter if Bach is the god father of metal. All that matters is that he wrote the best music ever of all time and we should be looking to him on how to write.
Tstrat42 10 months ago
Holy shit this piece fucking rips
Tstrat42 10 months ago
@Tstrat42 Happy for you that Bach's music gladdens your heart and elevates your mind.
lichtbroeder 10 months ago
@Tstrat42 I am sure Bach would find your statement as perplexing as it is gratifying.
SolofTarsus5 9 months ago
When you think of metal you should be comparing to classical music, it really shouldn't be 80s metal or any 90s american metal for the most part.
Listen to something like Dark Tower of Abyss by Rhapsody. The song begins with a Bach like counterpoint section written for baroque instruments. Soon after guitars enter with the violins, harpsichord, etc. In the middle is a section VERY reminiscent of Vivaldi.
This is not even close to all classical metal. Dream Theater, European metal. Listen.
Halcyon000 10 months ago 2
@joaodaldegan In my college Classical Theory class, we learned exactly how 80's metal began on the principles of Bach. I wish I still had the book so I could tell you what they said about it. The patterns are the same and the idea of playing in the classical mode structures really came about in soloing techniques of most guitarists in the 80's. You can find bach-esque structures in many guitarists playing from Malmsteen to Randy Rhoads
vaibanez17 10 months ago 2
to metal
ewtgarwar 10 months ago
just name a musical masterpiece of metal and the tell me that bach has any bloody connection
ewtgarwar 10 months ago
@ewtgarwar Actually it does. They use a lot of the same theory. Especially fugues have a lot in common with metal music.
Also on another note, Bachs music was the "heavy metal" Of the baroque.
cremno 10 months ago
@cremno well I disagree totally and atleast you could reform what you said to "Especially metal music have a lot in common with fugues." cuz fugues were here frist.
Tr0jan1337 10 months ago
@ewtgarwar well considering that most of the exact same theory is used in metal that was used by Bach in his faster pieces, the aural similarities should be easy to discern with any sort of attempt to listen to the two side by side. For example, a lot of solo-metal guitarist stuff is very Bach like. Listen to Vai, Satriani, Lynch, Malmsteen especially. Randy Rhoads even. Jimmy Page although not considered metal used to play Bach licks during his solos live
vaibanez17 10 months ago
@ewtgarwar I'm very tired of seeing this unending flow of comments about the intimate "connection" that is supposed to exist between metal music and classical music.
Because some metal musicians love to include baroque elements in their songs, it seems like people who are into metal music feel a very strong connection to some composers. Bach, Grieg, Wagner and Beethoven are the ones they mention the most often as so-called fathers of their metal.
Nonsense if you ask me.
Elidhan 10 months ago
@Elidhan so what
folk music has got many influences of baroque and vice versa almost all chord based music has gotten infuences from bach but does that make it metal NO
ewtgarwar 10 months ago
<3 Harpsichord
nivique 11 months ago
that harpsichord player is a reserved BAD-ASS!
BluesSkillz 11 months ago
just a master piece \m/
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cieloabatido 11 months ago
Hey dumbfucks! Metal and rock came from classical music! Even guys like Eddie Van Halen and Steve Vai know this shit! Eddie named is kid Wolfgang after Wolfgang Mozart! We can compare our fucking kick-ass metal to your captivating classical ALL the FUCK we want! VICE VERSA metal heads!
JJSTEEL7 11 months ago 3
@JJSTEEL7
thats so true... many people are so closed-minded here, which is totally ridiculous if they are into bachs music, cause bach experimented so much with music and was always looking for somethin new and as open-minded as it gets.
HyperJN 11 months ago 4
@HyperJN Thank you! Close and feeble minded weaklings pollute this Earth.
JJSTEEL7 10 months ago
HOW DARE YOU COMPARE BACH TO METAL!!!!!!
SweetLittleElise 1 year ago 4
@SweetLittleElise
if you knew good metal, you would agree
HyperJN 1 year ago 6
@SweetLittleElise yeah metal is nothing compared to this
ewtgarwar 10 months ago
かっこいいなぁ＾＾
etukomako 1 year ago
sounds like a banjo some times :D or like a 12 string guitar
lavendistesapo 1 year ago
Slightly jazzy! I like it.
metteholm75 1 year ago
MuchoS aplausos ESTO ES DE LO MEJOR musica señores.
JuanPaccl 1 year ago
The poor guy has no one to wipe his face for him while he shreds.
doomownage94 1 year ago 17
@doomownage94 One of the best comments on youtube
honestskeptic 11 months ago
waaa!!! hermoso!! el sonido del clavecín es inigualable!!
blackmetalporsiempre 1 year ago
those amazing men (harpsichordist and first chair violin) would have fit perfectly as 17th century musicians. They fit the image of our forefathers of music perfectly both skill and appearance wise.
irishknightt 1 year ago
god i love piano...
pianoplayer222 1 year ago
@pianoplayer222 Hihihi, so not piano....
volimpse 1 year ago 3
@pianoplayer222 If only piano could sound this good...
panier66 1 year ago 2
i wish i had a harpsichord
patnwat 1 year ago 59
@patnwat Me too :)
ale92LP 1 year ago
@patnwat You can build one in 400 hours with a kit. Best to get divorced first and tell your friends you are going to Burma so you can work without disruption.
SolofTarsus5 9 months ago
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patnwat 9 months ago
@patnwat Well I wished Santa a harpischord. Unfortunately, he threw down to the chimney. Be careful what you wish for :)
gathersteel 8 months ago
... bwilliant ...
MusicPredominates 1 year ago
Maravilloso concerto!!, la música es universal,.Esta interpretación es una de mis preferidas del third movement of Bach.
soyelsolydoyvida 1 year ago
This is not early-any-sort-of-metal. Classical music influenced metal. This is true. But it also influenced the blues. But no one is calling this early blues. European classical music had a massive influence on ALL contemporary musics in the Western world. That includes metal, and pop, and techno, and DEAL WITH THAT.
colourfulwithaU 1 year ago
very one dimensional recording
angietihi 1 year ago
@GeorgianAzeri yes there is...dude listen to a metalhead shred..and its full of Bach type scales and styles. dude, listen to Malmsteen and you will see what i mean.
shariotoflove 1 year ago 2
guys guys! this isnt early death metal, this is early power metal! :)
shariotoflove 1 year ago
@GeorgianAzeri hey, you clearly have no idea how much Bach has influenced metal! its a fact that youll have to deal with!
shariotoflove 1 year ago 4
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LtTemeraire 1 year ago
@GeorgianAzeri LOL!
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Bach is the God Father of Metal!
RasputnaViolist 1 year ago 61
@RasputnaViolist LOL!
lordbemylight 1 year ago
@RasputnaViolist That's true jaja and of the great improvisations is father too
ang7751 1 year ago
@RasputnaViolist Yes, and it sounds also in his famous (and genius) Organ Toccata in d-minor.,
nsmtuzh 11 months ago
@RasputnaViolist And rock and roll. Did you see that?
jogomez1974 10 months ago 2
@RasputnaViolist Totalmente de acuerdo!!!
Mr1982carlos 10 months ago
@GeorgianAzeri Actually, you are almost completely right... Still, I made that comment because I thought it would be funny... and... because even this kind of music can have just as much energy as metal can... at least in my ears.
majav15mg 1 year ago 2
Why is the harpsichordist facing away from the audience?
OriginalBasaliskos 1 year ago
@OriginalBasaliskos Maybe so that the audience can see him playing the keyboard.
NickyRamone77 1 year ago
@OriginalBasaliskos @NickyRamone77 is correct. Another explanation why he is faced from the audience is so he can lead his ensamble. You see that he times to time give his musicians a glance of the eye.
HerrWarja 1 year ago
@OriginalBasaliskos I am guessing just for visual appearance
Tenifus 1 year ago
@OriginalBasaliskos
Because the harpsichord player is also conducting the group - they can watch his face
Jonlovescake 1 year ago
@Jonlovescake : Oh ? How common !
MusicPredominates 1 year ago
@OriginalBasaliskos that is because the harpsichordist is also the conductor, so the orchestra has to see him
Sammygusa 1 year ago
how different is the harpsichord from playing the piano? I was thinking of getting a keyboard with a harpsichord feature, but wonder if it's a waste of time. My favorite piece by Bach, btw. thanks for uploading!
Joehand87 1 year ago
@Joehand87 Unlike pianos, harpsichords strings are plucked instead of struck. And the keys on harpsichords have a more "spongier" feeling, and takes a while for them to rise back up
Tenifus 1 year ago
Cool! i want a harpsichord in my living room !!!!!!!!!
riyadmrvica060292 1 year ago 2
Fine harpsichord player. With precision, drive and still relaxed. That's how it should be done.
miwoleit 1 year ago
Great performance...but it''s not d minor. It's d flat minor :)
holyday888 1 year ago
@holyday888 - it only sounds like d flat minor to you because you are used to hearing instruments tuned to A440 - it is common for harpsichords to be tuned one or two semitones lower than that at A415 or A392..
md95065 1 year ago
@md95065 - are classical pieces named by the key that they are written in, regardless of tuning? or are they named by the key that they sound in. Because pitch wise, this is d flat minor. I don't know though
holyday888 1 year ago
@holyday888 - yes, they are named according to the key in which they are written. As I said, this *is* d minor - it just sounds like d flat minor to you because the instruments are tuned to a pitch (A = 415Hz instead of A = 440Hz) that is almost exactly one semi-tone flat from the pitch that you are accustomed to. If you look carefully at the closeup of his hands at around 2:35 - 2:40 I think that you will see quite clearly that he is playing D natural even though it sounds like D flat to you.
md95065 1 year ago
@holyday888 D minor in Baroque tuning (A-415 or so) :P
jafleischman93 1 year ago
@holyday888 D flat minor doesn't even exist, what are you talking about? O.o
Of course it's D minor. Absolute pitch is irrelevant, only relative pitch truly matters. Whether a note is a sharp, a flat or a natural is of greater importance than its pitch, especially when the tuning of the strings is consistent. A 440Hz D flat minor does sound vastly different from A 415Hz D minor, even though they are the same pitch.
Timrath 1 year ago
@Timrath D flat minor does in fact exist. It's the same thing as C#...haha. I have perfect pitch...and I'm pretty sure this IS D flat minor...:)
holyday888 1 year ago
@holyday888 While C# minor does exist, Db minor does not. Such a scale would require 9 flats.
What makes D a D, rather than a Db (or C#, for that matter), is not at all determined by its pitch, but by its position on the instrument and its notation. What string of the violin the note is played in, whether it is an open string or fingered, whether it's a black or white key on the keyboard, which holes are open and which ones are closed on the oboe, which harmonics you play on the horn...
Timrath 1 year ago
@Timrath All these things are much more relevant than a note's frequency.
It becomes even more relevant when you take into account the tuning systems of that era. When the instruments are tuned in a way that every scale sounds dramatically different from each other, because all the semitones of the chromatic scale are of different sizes, the importance of absolute pitch vanishes, and even becomes a handicap.
But to make it short: what you perceive as C#, Bach called a D. Go argue with him. :-p
Timrath 1 year ago
What a lovely, fluid performance by all these musicians! They have managed to uncork and pour out Bach's sublime, blissful essence. Prost!
pulsetheory 1 year ago
Jee who voted this down!
wowzies99 1 year ago
Wow. He makes it look so easy and the sweat is pouring off him.
pawbard 1 year ago
harpsichord dude is a maniac. It's unreal.
bluntmasterflash 1 year ago
One of my favorite and inspiring videos on you tube for ages ages..... in fact i watch it on the subway on my iPhone i love it so much... Shalev is a good friend of a friend... and he's and great great guy as well a well respected harpsichordist and musician.. He makes this look sooooooo easy... and its sadly its not! (Now I gotta practice the 1052 dmin for my own vid!)
Tat2NY 1 year ago
thanks for posting this vide. its quite enjoyable. anyone see the Star Trek (original series), where the antagonist is mimicing a Euro count and even includes a harpsichord performance in his antics ? brilliant scene.
stybarrow 1 year ago
the violinist in the beginning is really good looking!
ColdTearSP 1 year ago 2
This harpsichordist is a beast.
mdeonx16 1 year ago 4
@mdeonx16 and he walks away like its nothing.
jellobmello 1 year ago
3:40 - 4:13 is for me the greatest part. Such an innovation it's so so creative and it has such harmony. I just love it. Bach...
fri5sko 1 year ago 2
Blah. Just the 3rd movement? :(
ijunkie 1 year ago
radical.
@aftrmkt... yeah I used to listen to a lot of Bach's music on acid. Unreal experience. Perfect for the frantic mind
burzz7 1 year ago 2
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burzz7 1 year ago
2:30 - Imagine hearing such a display bach in the day. Words have no justice.
Its a shame bach couldnt have seen the MIDI revolution.
I wonder what sorts of various herbs and hallucinogens people would consume before attending such performances. I wouldnt doubt that it was often the case - but no history reveals this.
aftrmkt 1 year ago
it takes a special kind of musician to be able to play the harpsichord this well. The average professional musician is not a percent as legitimately musical as this.
thejugglenaut91 1 year ago
i believe i saw this guy play this piece tonight. dont have my program in front of me, but he is awesome.
morrisj1205 1 year ago
Lovelly, thanks for sharing !
That's Bach, the Daddy if not the God of music. All the other "masters" are under Bach's feet.
dosergiobr 2 years ago 2
@dosergiobr perhaps. but all musicians are great in there ways. I wonder if bach could have wrote better works than the rach 3 if he had a modern piano to work with
31557600 1 year ago
per la gioia del cuore
ddanielamihaela 2 years ago
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mimilatouffe 2 years ago
a overwhelming masterpiece =o
the harpsichordist extremely rocks :D
LtTemeraire 2 years ago
where is the first mov?
bluesourire 2 years ago 2
2 movements earlier
ThomasGross27 2 years ago 116
xD I know but I can't find them
bluesourire 2 years ago
@ThomasGross27 HahahahaAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
starbreez3 1 year ago
LOL!
A perfect answer. Not helpful, but PERFECT!
ProfMaximo 1 year ago
@ThomasGross27 hahahahaha owned that guy
Joehand87 1 year ago
@bluesourire retarded question LOLS.
vcxlll 1 year ago
muy bueno!!!
marierd86 2 years ago
Perfect!!!
dricaaudi 2 years ago
Mas quisiera Ywngie tener la mitad de precision y de gusto que tienen estos señores...
davidem84 2 years ago
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Hectortito123 2 years ago
That is such an awesome suggestion carbidelamp lol
kaiako1 2 years ago
you know that theres a j. s. bach action figure? maybe they should combine him with heavy metal, -heavy metal boots, mohawk, and a harpsichord that also shoots out fire.
carbidelamp1 2 years ago 5
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torment7777 2 years ago
AHAHAHA, nice @ carbidelamp1
torment7777 2 years ago
Pfft. Who cares about baroque vs. heavy metal? The male violinist is cute :P
Pixieman5000 2 years ago
Why does everyone try to compare baroque music with heavy metal stuff?
Totennebel 2 years ago 5
yngwie
ClassicTracks2 2 years ago
To compare Death Metal with Bach is... misfortunate. Yes, there's a lot of technicality in Progressive Death Metal (or Technical DM), but I think the better comparation is Progressive Rock and Metal (Stratovarius, Dream Theater, Kansas, Kaipa...)
Areopagus 2 years ago 5
Early brutal death metal.
majav15mg 2 years ago 56
Bach was a great challenger of rules and taste. He flirted with jazz all the time. Many of his recitativo passages in cantatas and oratorios are using speech rhythms like rap does. And if you are interested in Baroque heavy metal check out his B minor mass opening movement Kyrie Eleison. Not quite gore grind but possibly the most impressive architectural journey in the history music. It is fucking immense.
phuckmycuntt 2 years ago
Lawlz there was no jazz nor rap at that time... as far as I'm concerned. Btw, what is the catalog number (BWV) of that mass in b minor?
majav15mg 2 years ago
BWV 232. See also the Wikipedia article which is very informative.
phuckmycuntt 2 years ago
now why would you compare real music with that piece of shit noise that is death metal?
RedSteel142 2 years ago
How is death metal not real music?
majav15mg 2 years ago
All music is real. Some may appeal to you more than others. You may even like different kinds of music equally well. Bach rocks my soul, Tchaikovski strokes my imagination and Jimi Hendrix moves my heart. Bach learned from his own influences, Buxtehude, membes of his family and visiting performers. Enjoy your music.
phuckmycuntt 2 years ago 14
Thanks. I don't like death metal that much actually. I still have a long way to go in order to fully appreciate it, but the same thing goes with classical. So far, the vast majority of what I listen to is Baroque, especially Bach and Vivaldi, not many others... but I also like other drastically different genres such as Black Metal ^_^_^_^
majav15mg 2 years ago
@phuckmycuntt Right on!
arthu16 1 year ago
@majav15mg Seriously, this is rockin'.
Hrothulf19 1 year ago
@majav15mg wtf are you talking about? Please don't compare wonderful music like this to death metal, which really isn't music imo........ but noise.
Lity10 1 year ago
@Lity10 It was just an attempt at a joke.. and I'm happy to know that fourteen people or so took it nicely.
majav15mg 1 year ago
@majav15mg
It was more than a joke to me as heavy metal often borrows elements to early (especially Baroque) music.
thetruestaseman 1 year ago
@thetruestaseman well yes... to an extent I would suppose... although Baroque is usually far more complex.
majav15mg 1 year ago 2
@majav15mg Don't worry, it was a good joke. And even though it was a joke, it is also the truth. ^^
Timrath 1 year ago
@Lity10 It may be noise to you, but it's not far removed from death metal. Please don't comment on things you know nothing about.
ephelduath606 1 year ago
@ephelduath606 Please don't comment about jokes you fail to get.
Also: If you aspire to fill the old stereotype of the humourless classics fan, that's your problem. But if you diss and compare to noise a genre that continues many of the baroque traditions and techniques that got lost when classicism arrived, then you deserve to be told off.
It's uptight elitists like you who are the reason that classical music is so unpopular with smart young people.
Timrath 1 year ago
@Timrath Erm what? I haven't, fyi, said anything along the lines of what you're accusing me of. I suggest you
a) learn to read
b) go fuck yourself
ephelduath606 1 year ago
@ephelduath606 I know how to read.
You reacted with indignation when majav compared Bach to metal. This shows what an elitist prick you are, and how little you understand about music. Majav's comparison is valid, even though it was meant jokingly. You not only failed to get the joke, but you also failed to see the connection. Furthermore, you had the arrogance to declare an entire genre as shit, simply because it happens to not appeal to your personal taste. Get out of here.
Timrath 1 year ago
@Timrath Erm what the fuck are you smoking? I think you're reading someone else's comments and attributing them to me. I am a metal fan with some classical training (Morbid Angel, Atheist, Massacra, Cynic are my top 4 bands). NO where have I said either genre is shit, so stop acting like you know what you're talking about (I read your other comments and they're so full of BS). In the meantime, please quote the post that you accuse me of making such a statement :)
After that, go get laid.
ephelduath606 1 year ago
@Timrath And since your pea-brain is stuck so far up your ass, I'll take the liberty of quoting my own post instead of waiting for more shit from you.
"It may be noise to you, but it's not far removed from death metal. Please don't comment on things you know nothing about."
I.E.: The piece playing above may sound like noise to you (the person I was responding to who also claimed death metal is just 'noise'), but it is actually on the same plane as death metal in its genius. Try and understand
ephelduath606 1 year ago
@ephelduath606 Holy shit! You're right, it was someone else's comment that I was replying to, but for some reason I clicked on the wrong name. Please accept my apologies, if you're still reading this. :-(
What a fool I made of myself...
But why didn't you guess that the reply wasn't meant for you? Anyway, a thousand times sorry!
Timrath 1 year ago
@Timrath Ok man, we all make that kind of mistake from time to time :) No worries, cheers
ephelduath606 1 year ago
@Lity10 everything "you" don't like simply HAS to be bad. is it really so simple? there's great music in every genre, who doesn't accept this is close-minded and misses a lot of good music.
r0tt1ng 1 year ago
@r0tt1ng no, it's because it's fucking rubbish.
Lity10 1 year ago
@majav15mg So true, hahaha.
aarongtr180 1 year ago
@majav15mg Yup!
hatstalker 1 year ago
@majav15mg lmao, yeah bach is the king of early metal man
starbreez3 1 year ago
@starbreez3 I wish modern metal was just as good though ;-(
majav15mg 1 year ago
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I just can't get enough of this piece
stargirlsusan 2 years ago
Imperial Baroque Musique !
noospaseisde 2 years ago
Utterly beautious performance. There is no doubt that Bach was a genius. His music has played a great divide in musical history. Surpassing
1985OMD 2 years ago
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it's not a song, there are no vocal parts. . .
corgholio 2 years ago
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corgholio 2 years ago
Your mastery of pedantry has inspired us all, noble YouTuber.
GolumTR 2 years ago 2
lol...
einXtein 2 years ago
this is one of my favorite songs it truly is AMAZING
AdmiralPrussia 2 years ago
that was beautiful
PeaceEternal 2 years ago 2
Simplemente magnifico, esto es lo que inspira a uno seguir estudiando clave.
Leogabrielli 2 years ago
Lovely!!!
maciex47 2 years ago
A propósito, feliz aniversario!!!
Hlutadur 2 years ago
De todos los conciertos para teclado que he escuchado, éste tiene el mejor final!!!
Hlutadur 2 years ago
Lovely.... but playing baroque music with Victorian age clothes... what a ridiculous anachronism.
bersa888 2 years ago 2
Eh???
Surely you can't be saying that to play a piece you must wear the clothes of thet era.
I like to wear my caveman outfit when I play this piece
fluuuuuuuuffy 2 years ago
You missed the point: I meant that I'd rather see regular/contemporary clothings than Cinderella evening gowns.... and that symphonic orchestras musicians (not all) still do dress like they used to 150 year ago ;-)
bersa888 2 years ago
LISTEN CAREFULLY 2:30 to 2:57
L'inventeur du Rock'n'roll c'est Bach !
Rock'n'roll's inventor is Bach !
RAOUL collectif.
benoitpirey 2 years ago 4
De acuerdo contigo.
jogomez1988 2 years ago