Dietrich Buxtehude: suite in C-Major played on clavichord

[harpsinth]

Nice playing and nice instrument...it sounds so warm ! I wander if you can tell us or not what brand is this... so please tell what temperament was used ...(meantone ?).

Thank you very much for share !

[cber2360]

That is a very free sounding clavichord, a nicer sound than most I have played, although it's of course hard to tell from an online recording. Do you find you have to be extremely careful to make the notes speak? I ask because it's so wonderfully played that I imagine this is an easier clavichord to play than some.

[ernststolz]

well clavichord playing is for most starters not easy. I am used to it, so. However care still is being asked for the top octave

[IIIVVVXXX]

Very Beautiful!!! :D

[ernststolz]

Thanks for your comments!

[bifeldman]

Delightful clavichord and you have fine rapport with it.

[ernststolz]

thanks a lot

[bifeldman]

Is this a Martin Kather instrument?

[ernststolz]

Dick Verwolf . nl

[bifeldman]

Very sweet clavichord. What is it?

[dolofonos]

Sherlock Holmes said that prominent men have prominent noses . . . will the portrait of no composer defy this?

[fiandrhi]

This is very beautifully played...the suite is lovely, as are all of his suites, but this one especially so. I've played it and others on the piano for years. I think every instrument, harpsichord, clavichord, piano, brings its own charms. And each does something the others can't.

[ernststolz]

You are very right, that is my opinion too.

[ceadachrua]

@fiandrhi Nice point. Too many get entrenched in a "better or worse" mind set with instruments which is crazy. This is great music and great playing on a fabulous instrument. Thanks for you posts Ernst!!!

[daharmaster]

Muy bueno!

[paranormaalutrecht]

What a beautifull clavichord!!!!!

Nice playing!

[ernststolz]

Thank you!

[wingatei]

Wow, I would love to play on a clavichord, but they are too expensive and too hard to find. Nice playing, though. How much was yours?

[ernststolz]

I hope and I am sure, there will be a day you can afford one!

[PatL1001]

Wow. What a fantastic sounding instrument. Great playing too. Merry Christmas.

[ernststolz]

Thanks, merry Christmas!

[Clavichordist]

This is a really nice performance again. :-) Is this a fretted instrument? I can't tell from the video. I have a large unfretted (FF-g''' instrument made by John Lyons, which has a very nice booming bass similar to this instrument.

Awesome!

[debartzen]

Maravilloso!

[ernststolz]

Grazie!

[FoliesEspagne]

I still prefer the hpschd but you make it work wonderfully on the clavichord as well (never heard it before on the clavichord). The instrument sounds very 'clean' and transparant.

I love the low basses in the third piece (I guess it will be a Sarabande). Thanks again for this wonderful version. They might call it the-Buxtehude-year every year when it is played that wonderful.

[ernststolz]

thanks, this music is not often heard on clavichord. In live performances it is less suitable, but in recordings great I would say.

[wolfgang7445]

Amazing each time

[ernststolz]

Thanks