Arcangelo Corelli: Concerto grosso No. 4 in D Major, Part 1

[mcfriz123]

AH! we got the music for this yesterday, and apparently I'm one of the soloists :O this is gonna be hard to play, especially since we're in 9th grade. We're definitely not going to sound like this, that's for sure!

[PiroozAzDirooz]

Agir, where is the garden on the cover? What's the name of the place?

[Georgitos]

The Best versioh off all! Ever! Greetings from Brazil!

[wurlic300]

I wonder if there is an organ transcription of this anywhere. Beautiful!

[TheFireflyFreak]

this... is breathtaking.

[riseupsinging96]

Who's performing this?

[MPstrikerNINJAS]

im playing this and im first violin!! im in 6th grade...i might die!! ;)

[OperaMystery80]

Thank you for sharing this beautiful music. I love the stately opening, that pause and then those racing violins! The violins here are burning with exuberance and the music just glows. This is from an LP from about the mid 70's I believe, Bohdan Warchal & Slovak Chamber Orchestra. It was made into a CD but unfortunately it's been discontinued. I never owned the LP and have never been able to find the CD. If it's out there somewhere, please let me know!

[trannghi7707]

Yes i love classical music !!!

[Bluerage98]

This is always a fun to play. You can really get into it while playing.

[JaydeLovesYou]

i lovwe this song i wish me and my ensemble could have played it this fast and pretty

[Randmeister52]

I love this piece but really, are we in a race? Or do we really like to play an enjoy the music? Slower is soooo much better.

[potpourri360]

@Randmeister52 Fast could be beautiful

[Randmeister52]

@potpourri360 here is what I am talking about... notice that it is much easier to hear the complexity/ interplay and let the notes ring and sing! Look for this on youtube:

Arcangelo Corelli, Concerto Grosso op. VI, n.4 (parte 1)

[potpourri360]

@Randmeister52 Fast could be beautiful if it is played well and if the emotion pass.

[Randmeister52]

@potpourri360 yes it is very well played and believe me I love it :) I have played this, I play violin and have played professionally for many years. Nevertheless, this music can be savored and a little more time to enjoy it is very good too!

[jolcha1]

Cudowny Corelli,fantastyczni artyści!!! Dziękuję.

[divustitus]

Musica Corelli vivere a lungo!

[chananjim]

I don't see why everyone is so down on this recording. I think it's alright. And of course the music itself is splendid.

[helenagothicangel13]

@chananjim The sound is so far away - as though the microphones were placed three miles from the first violinist. You can barely hear the continuo! It's a strange interpretation, perhaps more apt for Bartók than Corelli. Listen to I Musici play it with Agostini and Buccarella in the 1991 Philips recording...It's better than just 'alright' in my opinion!

[KhagarBalugrak]

Also, the second movement of this concerto is so beautiful, even this recording is made wonderful by Corelli's immense expressivity.

[KhagarBalugrak]

The more I listen to this, the more it becomes clear they're just marking time. It's just pressured and rushed.

However, there are a couple good things about this recording. The lighter voicing, with the bass soft and the violins dominating, is a nice change of pace. That's the only good thing though...

[Autmedia]

Me ne sono innamorato fin da piccolo di questo grande artista.Grazie!

[danteinfante]

Definately too flat. The orchestra does not capture the feeling of the Baroque period. And yes it is technically very good but only if you don't count bowing on all the parts that should but much choppier. It's to smooth and connected. Haha yet i still just listened to this song eight times in a row so I'm not sure what I'm conplaining about.

[KhagarBalugrak]

Yes, it feels pressured and a bit rushed. Here, the players were so focused on not making mistakes that they forgot to bring to music.

[KhagarBalugrak]

Also, they way they ferociously and harshly finish many phrases is wholly inappropriate. The interpretation is just wrong.

[kintofan]

It has so much feeling and musicality. it's very rich.

[KhagarBalugrak]

This is very good technically, but lacking in feeling and musicality. It's very flat.

[madacus2]

The afternoon is not a bad idea either.

[edazdogma90]

GENIAL!!!

[DarkLoveFashion]

Me fascinan ambos movimientos pero me conmuve mas el segundo. Corelli es tambien uno de los mejores del barroco

[Genevois1205]

Estoy de acuerdo. El es mi compositor preferible de todos los del periodo. Pero prefiero el primer movimiento. No sé por qué...

[Steven679]

I've got the music for this. I had no idea it was supposed to go that fast...interesting. I should probably practice this in the morning... :)

[ignaa08]

es excelente!

Alguien sabe donde conseguir las partes del clave ? ? ?

saludos

[amenlu]

La escuche hoy en mi conservatorio y quede enamorada.. a veces pensaba que era la pieza.. pero creo que eran los musicos. o todo lo contrario :s

[kiwileigh116]

love it :D

[tachek]

great !!!!!

[fencingperson]

this would even make my friend Antii freak out (and trust me, that's saying a lot)

[KuroiGama]

i played this my second year in the RSYO (richmond symphiny youth orchestra)

not this fast though, solo . . . killed my fingers. i was in the 8th or 9th grade.

i felt special.

[AznMed]

how can you solo if it's two violins?

[KuroiGama]

idk. ask the director. mr. wargo is his name.

[amenlu]

there are 2 soloists, 1st violin and 2nd violin, that's the special thing of this piece!

[chokedad]

Corelli effectively invented the concerto form, though it wasn't the concerto form as it came to be developed into in the classical period. Basically, Corelli took two groups of players, one large, and one small and contrasted them against each other. It was only later that the concerto became one soloist contrasted against an orchestra.

[violinfanaticEM]

I'm in grade 11 at school and we're playing this for the Music Festival, its lovely I have the concert violinist solo part ... I'm in grade 8 violin and I've gone against 10 year olds in music festivals who have beat me, It doesnt matter how old you are or how young you are, theres ALWAYS something you can improve upon.

[fencingperson]

yeah ain't that the the truth.

[sydneyjewels]

TRUE THAT!!! I always feel that way. Im in 11th grade at school too, and this is my... 6th year of violin. It really doesnt matter how old you are.

[Mikzike]

beautiful...

[violin1cello710]

very. corelli was like a happier vivaldi. i still love vivaldi though

[wcbroccoli]

The degree of technical difficulty in playing the music has nothing to do with the level of quality of the music. There is much excellent music that was written for skilled amateurs.

[ktlady623]

Ok, people. JUST because you could do this music in middle/high school doesn't mean you could do it like professionals, okay? I understand if I get a hundred "thumbs down" on this comment, but it had to be said. Yes, people may have attempted this piece in 7th grade, but it would not have been this beautiful or perfect.

Thank you.

[aqflarehawk]

@ktlady623 AGREED

[Bluerage98]

@ktlady623 You seem to forget music isn't about who plays it, or who plays it best.

[milodaman2]

@Bluerage98 I think you forget that when I listen to music, I don't want to hear a squealing open E from some middle school student who can't use fourth position, I'd rather hear it from someone who plays it the best, they're usually older and have more experience.

[ktlady623]

@Bluerage98 No, I didn't forget that. I understand that music isn't about the performer, but the performer is the medium through which the audience hears the music.

[GeneticBrand]

@ktlady623 ironic. you received many thumbs up when you predicted thumbs down. Do you play professionally?

[ktlady623]

@GeneticBrand Hahaa oh, yes. I'm completely professional. :)

[GeneticBrand]

@ktlady623 what instrument do you play?

[Lovernutella]

@ktlady623 u r totally rigth runny actually im practicing this piece right now im in 9th grade but still im not in a school orchestra either but ur right this group^ is professional its soft and perfect ours is just roughly makes the cut for tha

[jeffrey8770]

@ktlady623 ill tell you what, im in year 10 and i completely agree with you. Im taking my LTCL recital next year and im sure i definitely wouldn't have been able to play it as well as this...

[SlashTheGuitarist]

im doing this in 9th grade.

[tinkerbell3422]

So. Im in the 10th grade .. and we're doing this piece and im in the intermediate orchestra and the CONCERT orchestra (lowest one) did this one a few years back wow my director is so lame we could do way harder music than this :|

[SuzumebachiSecret]

Wow.... I did this in 7th....

[tinkerbell3422]

Yeah, my teacher is a douche

[SuzumebachiSecret]

Pfft.

[bordaz1]

Oh yeah, well I'm in the 19th grade (grad school) and I can guarantee you, with all the bells and whistles and mistletoe, that you didn't perform this piece 1/10 as well as this group....so even if you played it once, kiddies, y'all have a long way to go, and I'd learn to appreciate Baroque musicality before calling out Corelli for not being 'hard enough'

[bordaz1]

I'm going to give you another piece of advice: so maybe you can play a whole note. that's good. as you get older, you'll realize that whole note only gets harder and harder to play just right. Playing more complex music is only one facet of improving as a musician. Learning to play something - anything - the way you imagine it needs to sound is MUCH more important! ........I'm hungry

[SuzumebachiSecret]

O.o that wasn't our point.

[koenig32]

So what, I'm doing this now, and I'm only six!

[SuzumebachiSecret]

Oh really?

[violin1cello710]

six yr olds dont have youtube accounts and they dont know how to write, much less type.

[Fiddlesticks411]

I'm doing this in an orcestra I'm in, second violin, its a good song :)

[BringerofDeath3]

I'm the second violin section leader in my orchestra and this piece is way fun to play.

[tinkerbell3422]

Do you get one of the solos? Cause in my orchestra the 1st chair first violin and the second chair first violin get them and I dont think thats fair to the seconds

[BringerofDeath3]

Yes. I think it went decently. I uploaded the the video of the concert.

[TimeMasterCelebi]

My friend had to at our playdown today. She did AWESOME~!!!

[SuzumebachiSecret]

-achem-

Yesa, we did play this song!

[TimeMasterCelebi]

I know ^.^ I heard. It was awesome. Horray for you and Hyo! ^^

[Pyromaniac831]

we played this for our 8th grade concert but these guys go way faster man!

[SuzumebachiSecret]

I agree. It sounds really good both ways though. I like this version better ^^

[bahhv2]

beautiful sng, im going to be playing ths for my concert