Ryan Layne Whitney (C.P.E. Bach: Fantasia in C, clavichord)

[EmperorCQX]

Wow, haha! This piece knows it humor! Nicely played, and i sense CPE Bach had a heart of humor right there.

[desertricker]

and mario hit the brick...

[N3H3C]

Lol sounds like it is from a 8-bit video game

[HerrWarja]

Very nice piece! I subbed to your great channel! Thank you!

[tommyIglesias]

perfect! as usual

i think this is my favourite of all your keyboars!! =)

[atree3]

The sound comes through nicely, I turned the volume way down.

(Such a crazy piece!) Although I have performed it on the fortepiano (built by Clementi), I like it best on the clavichord.

[Jtking3000]

on clavichord sheetmusic does it have something that tells you to make that wobbly sound

[teafruitbat]

Very rarely: one uses one's judgment, mostly, as to when to apply "bebung" (the German term for the "wobbly sound" you described). In a few cases, though---as in the piece "Farewell to My Silbermann Clavichord"---C.P.E. Bach does notate bebung by placing a row of three or four horizontal dots under a note and marking a slur under (or over) them.

[AndyWarhol]

Very clean and precise performance. Well done!

[mattmarcucci1]

Delightful.

[carrick152]

Excellent! Who is the builder of this clavichord, or did you perhaps construct it yourself? The sound is wonderful. Also, what tuning/temperament are you using?  Thanks for all your videos!

[Takemyjobpleez]

The clavichord was build by Kurt Sperrhake in Passau, Germany. Sperrhake died a number of years ago and the company closed around 1988 or so. Great products. Built like tanks, but the harpsichords had jacks that were bad beyond words!!

[FerencLiszt]

Wonderful job, Ryan! I've never heard this piece, and i like it, it's very humoristic!

[00bean00]

Actually, Adam Fulara's dual-neck guitar recordings of J.S. Bach sound very, very similar to this!

[melvis24]

I thougt the same! Isn't it great how versatile Baroque music is? By the way, really sweet sounding clavichord.

[00bean00]

So *that's* what the background instrument was on those classical CDs I've heard!

[gbarnett70]

lovely! Your vibrato is very natural and musical.

[BarNuun]

All this... and fine Scriabin too, on period instruments!

[dolofonos]

What a delightful instrument.  Perhaps a more acoustically-friendly room would help with your recordings (though, it really sounds well-captured to me)?

[JLeeGraham]

Marvelous piece, wonderfully played. I need to take a closer look at C.P.E. Bach's keyboard music myself.

[BillBC]

it's not easy to record a clavichord, because of its very very soft sound, but this comes through perfectly

[teafruitbat]

I had to turn the recording volume up considerably higher than I use for my piano videos, but the trick is not to make it so loud that the clavichord sounds too percussive. I continue to experiment with recording levels.

[fraktalia]

what a magical sounds!

[Norbeone]

Amazing instrument, and you play it extremely well. Thanks for posting!

[SFChristo]

Those CPE mood changes remind me of those in Scriabin's sonatas.

[SarrasaniPianoCircus]

And now I see from where (and also from other

worlds, ok) your taste for delicate and clear sound at piano...

[sk8nruff]

Bebung! Someone's been reading C.P.E. :D

[0barrylloyd]

Thank you!! You understand the clavichord. This is an instrument I have loved since childhood. So many treat it as a novelty. It is such a joy to hear C.P.E. Bach played so well. I will be recording soon, myself. I am purchasing a new instrument. I hope to hear more from you soon.

[gatesofdelirium]

:D what a cool sound!