Jean-Pierre Rampal plays Bach (vaimusic.com)

[zBeowulf]

brillant

[musicmagic18]

I continue to be amazed by the indescribable tone we hear of Mr Rampal despite the ancient recording technology. I can only imagine what he sounded like in person.

[Lisnageeragh]

@musicmagic18 ....He sounded great!...heard him in Trinity college Dublin around 1979/80 .He played while Andre Prieur (A former student of Moyse) conducted . Gave us Syrinx for an encore! He had a more ''flutey'' sound than James Galway who was becoming pupular at that time . Happy days!

[deutschliebe]

such pure tone...love it.

[MusicBeSweetYo]

funny how some of the greatest flute players were male. then in this time period I make states on flute and I'm surrounded by stuck up bitches who wont even hold a conversation with me because I was first chair and they were second and they felt they should be first. haha what a world

[joterry70]

melhor que isso só vendo ao vivo

[GatameOne]

rest in peice dude oh and i promise i will read your book i just need to get the chance that's all.

[pecoso61]

Te quiero muccho Rampal eres el UNIVERSO...UBG

[SCQTV]

THE SHIZZZLE.....WOT A GANGSTA!!!!!

[jazzflutist]

I notice both Moyse and Rampal have that sub-glottal background quiver (in the throat) - like a constant vibrato. Or, like playing a flute in an earthquake (or a big bowl of jello).

[Lisnageeragh]

@jazzflutist I think it's a ' soul' thing ...would prefer it to the modern unform slower version. It's a matter of taste maybe....or is there something more definitive. In traditional Irish there is a finger vibrato sometimes used ...often too fast and contrived .

[DevilBabyE]

JEAN-PIERRE RAMPAL RIP! <3

[ABOSS302]

I saw him play in Tokyo at the Yamaha Music Hall and what a pleasure. Also saw James Galloway there.

[Lisnageeragh]

@ABOSS302 Saw him in Dublin ..1970s ...with another Moyse student Andre Prieur.

This is a really fine piece of playing ....anyone better??

[itque]

eins der allerschönsten flötenstücke,die ich kenn...

[arumugamyau]

Thanks a lot .....

[elbartorowitz]

A Golden flute suits very well with his golden mouth . A unique flute that wears the smell of his mouth . A smell of genius .

hhhhhmmmm ....

1.51-----> 1.54 great warm tone . wow .

[musicalmichael]

His flute was by no means crappy. He played on a golden Louis Lot; those flute were handmade in France. They are highly sought after today by flutists as they're no longer made.

Just think of them as the flute equivalent to a Stradivarius Violin.

[floriana1985]

Kudos! It's true. And honestly, a good flute is just half the work. If you suck you can have the best flute in the world. But some people just like to talk 'cause they don't have anything better to do.

[Yahshuaismylamp]

@floriana1985 And probably because they're jealous, so they find some reason to degrade the quality of Jean-Pierre's performance!

[flutejory]

actually, he played a 14K yellow gold Wm. S. Haynes flute. but good call.

[musicalmichael]

He played on a 14K gold Haynes flute AFTER he played the golden Louis Lot. I believe that he donated the Louis Lot to some museum, I'm not too clear on that part.

[flutejory]

Good call, and yes, you're right. :D

[irenicflutist]

For the record. I don't like them and many other flutist don't either though!! I've played several. The wooden ones are nice.. but the metal wooft. You can squeeze the flute and see it moving the wall is so thin on it!! Very french... I prefer an old Powell!

[ljillann]

Galway, who was taught by Rampal told me never to drop my Gb pinky damn Rampal does it allways.

[zycos01]

Quelle joie de revoir mon maitre grâce à internet....

Stéphane ROGER

[okatoman]

oh well.mavcop....dont see much of u on youtube....wat a bag of pus u r

[mavcopizellonio]

AH! anyway, the flight of the bumble bee IS NOT the most difficult piece for flute. Far from being it.

[mavcopizellonio]

Mi dispiace, lo trovo inascoltabile. Attacchi di piombo, suono schiacciato (eppure avevo sentito delle registrazioni in cui il suono era decisamente migliore), vibrato pesantissimo, problemi di intonazione (quasi sempre crescente, anche se mi rendo conto che erano altri flauti), freddo e rigido come la morte. Cazzo sembra un file midi.

[art77cl]

fai prima quello che ha fatto rampal e poi puoi parlare.....

[Flutist007654]

@mavcopizellonio vediamo un po' come lo sapresti suonare tu...se diventi famoso e apprezzato come lui allora potrei capire...

[signorpaganini]

Hey musisiciens, I'm a violinist and i wonder what are the hardest pieces for flute?

[stopmaker]

of course the FLIGHT OF BUMBLE BEE it is too fast and the legattos and stacattos are terrible

[signorpaganini]

OK TY

[aznzeratul]

bumblebee is one of the easier pieces if you compare it with the other concertos and whatnots... bumblebee = chromatic -_-;;; it only takes consistent practice

[yanpan16]

but the whole thing is chromatic, flight of the bumble isn't that hard, it just sounds hard because it's fast. the hardest pieces to play are the slow ones.

on of the the hardest pieces i've ever seen/heard (and i've only been playing flute for about 10 years so I haven't seen the vast majority of flute pieces) is by boulez, sonatine for flute and piano.

[mavcopizellonio]

Under a pure technical point of view, the most difficult piece for flute is Rodrigo's "Concierto Pastoral", commissioned from the famous flutist James Galway.

[flutist218]

signorpaganini, What a dumb question!!

[musictranscription]

I can write for you any sheet music

[HotStew]

Even the best flutists run out of breath sometimes. :D

He's among my favorite performers along with Peter-Lukas Graf.

[kevalenoxx]

i don't like his playing...but thats just me

[Pandekagemedbolleaa]

What kind of flute is he playing? Silver? Gold?

[ginerva80]

Franchement il y a rien a dir M.Rampal était vraiment un grand flûtiste

[3AHMAD3]

Rampal è il miglior falutista, indiscutibilmente classe ed eleganza, contraddistinguono il suo stile purissimo.

[3AHMAD3]

Rampal è il miglior pianista, indiscutibilmete, classe ed eleganza contraddistinguono il suo stile purissimo.

[genialcz]

Respaldo tu opinion amigo cartan1991 Rampal era y es aun el mejor flautista de todos los tiempos no solo x haber abierto el camino de la flauta como lo hicieron violinistas y pianistas,sino con un carisma q no se compara para na al flautista de moda de ahora Pahud q la verda hace muy poco para representar tan bello instrumento...

[cartan1991]

con el permiso de sir jimmy galway,rampal es el mejor flautista de la historia, sencillamente fantastico.

[cnedjar]

C'est un vieil enregistrement...mais quel talent ce M.Rampal bom

[carazhuaraz]

Uno de los pocos casos m,as grandes en la historia de flautista no solo por su tecnica y virtuosida sino versatilidad y como persona ....

[mutlesp]

Rampal, unsurpassed. Flute was in his DNA.

[irenicflutist]

I'm just wondering, what do you like so much about his playing? Is it his style? What is it?

[pnebenzahl]

Rampal had such coloring techniques, velocity, ideas, articulation, style, and he introduced a whole body of musical literature to the listening public. And, unlike his contemporaries, Julius Baker at el, he was accessible, really an international superstar of the flute - now, it's Sir James.

[BWV1008]

este es un flautista... como pocos, como ninguno... simplemente genial...

[missdollhk]

really beautiful~

[flutist001]

Breath taking performance.

But I prefere one of his other recordings in which he toughed it out by finishing out the last 4 bars without taking a breath. Inside the album jacket of that recording, a picture of Rampal and Veyron-Lacroix practisting. A pack of Marlboro cigarettes can be seen on the piano.

[RaspberryRainbowS]

I don't get why the Marlboro cigarettes play a factor...

[scottbos68]

that was wonderful :)