Jordi Savall - "El cant dels ocells"

[kaleikoi]

preciós! fántastic!

[peteacher52]

Beautiful music - understatement! Savaal is the supreme master of this difficult to play instrument. The best recording I know of where Casals plays this himself, is at the 1961 historic concert he gave at the White House before President Kennedy. He also played it in the Cinerama film "Windjammer" for the crew of the training vessel Christian Radich. Cheers.

[mrknknk11]

amb sa germana Ariadna (arpa) :)

[ElGallegoSoto]

What a great song, I love this music, and I love ALEJANDRO ALDONZA's version. Check it and enjoy it

[espinouse34]

Mélodie éternelle et magnifique attachée à l'âme catalane.

Merci Jordi de nous la rappeler.

[bakagajin]

Is this Catalan he's speaking?

[LucianitaEB]

Beautifull

Hermoso

Take a look at ALEJANDRO ALDONZA`s version,it`s ammazing

Vean la versiòn de ALEJANDRO ALDONZA es màgica,tienen razon

[LucianitaEB]

I love the Harp...

Thanks a lot to recommend ALEJANDRO ALDONZA's voice version, I love trhat singer.

[LucianitaEB]

Than you Emmarosecarrte, your recomendation is wonderful. ALEJANDRO ALDONZA it´s a magic singer, not only singing this song but all of his vocal performances...

[peddletoneG]

Savall da Man! I'll try...Safall et El Hombre...did that work? He's always impressive, and passed on some good genes.

[emmarosecarrte]

wonderful interpretation, if you want to ear a  incredible voice version of this song, look for Alejandro Aldonza el cant dells ocells.. he is out standing and beautiful to... jajaja

Incroyable, vous pouvez aussi ecouter une tres belle interprétation vocale faite par Alejandro Aldonza, il est étonnant, et trés beau ...jajaja

Hermosa versión, pueden encontrar una versión cantada por un gran cantante argentino Alejandro Aldonza, lo hace de maravillla y es hermoso jajaja

[emmarosecarrte]

wonderful interpretation, if you wont to ear a incredible voice version of this song, look for Alejandro Aldonza el cant dells ocells.. he is out standing and beautiful to... jajaja

Incroyable, vous pouvez aussi ecouter une tres belle interprétation vocale faite par Alejandro Aldonza, il est étonnant, et trés beau ...jajaja

Hermosa versión, pueden encontrar una versión cantada por un gran cantante argentino Alejandro Aldonza, lo hace de maravillla y es hermoso jajaja

[sunyuloveu]

it's just beautiful.........

[CicadaKillerMan]

subbass, you are right in saying that the cello and the viol are related, but one is not the direct descendant of the other. The Viol actually is an offshoot of the guitar and lute family. The cello was first made a bass version of the violin, like you said, and it was not until the baroque period that we see an instrument resembling a present day cello.

[capnpayne]

the vihuela de mano (goes to the guitar) goes to the viol de gamba eventually goes to the cello

[UncleTito72]

No. The cello was developed independently from the Viola da gamba. They even coexisted. But not related.

[Shepsekaf]

Qué grande el savall. Aunque acabo de descubrir que la arpista es su hija, que tambien es soprano, y me dan un cierto repelús a pijerío, desde luego mejor una familia así que no una saga de atracadores. Por lo tanto, gracias por su arte, maestro, y gracias por fomentarlo en su familia ( pese al pijerío, que los estudios de la niña no se los paga un flautista de la pau o de sant martí, pero bueno....).

[mrknknk11]

@Shepsekaf ¿te da repelús la cultura? Las clases de musica no son muy caras y además al igual que tú o yo pagamos la universidad para dedicarnos a algo, ellos pagan sus estudios para dedicarse a la musica, en este caso no es una extraescolar si no su carrera.

[ungolianth]

They say this song was played at the Hispanic Succesion War by the catalonians.

[ungolianth]

The Imperial Eagle goes into the wind singing the melody that happened when the King arrived to this Monarchy.

[ironlungs33]

Hello, thank you for posting this. What a wonderful human being to grace us with such an astounding amount of the very best music. 

I'm sorry to trouble you, but my only language is English and a very poquito bit of Spanish. Can anyone translate the text of what is said in the interview? I would be grateful beyond imagination. THANK YOU kind soul.

[andreabubus]

Sorry i can't understand, hope someone will help you.

bless,

;)

[ungolianth]

The Imperial Eagle goes into the wind singing the melody that happens when the King arrived to this Monarchy.

[starspath89]

they talk about the origin of the song...and such...it's too long to translate it...

moreover, it's in catalan...

[TDJCCSGC]

The language is Catalan, not Spanish. I assume 'el cant des ocells" means "the song of the birds", as "il canto degli ucelli" would in Italian. Fakkirr775's comment means, if I'm not mistaken: "The 'song of the birds' is much more than a song for the Catalan people. Rather, for us, it is a breath of the freedom we have lost as a nation and as a land, it is in word love for Catalonia, it is a wisdom which enslaves itself in the heart every time we hear it."

Or something like that... :-)

[ukiona]

@ironlungs33 Hi! They talk about the origins of the song (the words originally praise Jesus' birth, and then they were used in politics by the Austrias when they were trying to get our throne) and about the melody, how rooted this song is in our tradition, and how beautiful it is. They say that this kind of melody, so melancholic and even sad can make you FEEL even more than a happy song, and this is because it mixes a feeling of sensuality and spirituality in it. Hope it helped!! hehe :)

[jomateixa777]

@ironlungs33 It’s normal that you can’t understand this because he speak Catalan not Spanish, Jordi Savall is a musician Catalan like Pau Casals (the music who re-popularized “El cant dels ocells” in English “the song of the birds). In the interview, he is talking about uncertainty of the song as this song have a lots of centuries, originally it was a Christmas song (the birds “els ocells” contribute to worship and to held the birth of Jesus)

[jomateixa777]

and we don’t know who was the author. In the succession war (1705-1714) the Catalans wanted as a king to the the Archduke Charles of Austria, and in that time the song ( a part of its lyrics, changing the letter) was used to praise the Archduke.

[jomateixa777]

He is going on talking about how these melodies that have very clear roots with traditions that go far; the emotion of tenderness, the emotion of melancholy, the sadness … and these feelings and make people enjoy, sometimes more than cheerful songs, because to estimate with those emotions are appreciated with an intensity sensual, aesthetic and spiritual.

I hope to be able to help you and sorry for my English is not very good.

[chesterfield1991a]

@ironlungs33 they're talking about the sources and the lyrics of this song. You can't undestrand because they're not speaking spanish, it's catalan.

[gera1262]

@ironlungs33 The narrative is in Catalan.

[deguillem]

@ironlungs33 That's not Spanish! That's Catalan, language of Catalonia :)

[classicguitargirl]

As always the beautiful sonorous quality of the viol shows it as the Queen of instruments

[sabinoaranha]

¿Why Jordi Savall and Montserrat Figueras live in Swizerland and not in wonderful Catalonia?

[quevedin]

I think he is professor there (Basel?) at the conservatory...

[shiva230178]

Durante le mie ricerche sono arrivata anche qui... Grande Savall!!!

[Pacorrrr]

Deixeu la politica i les punyeteries, Nació i cochoquartos i disfruteu de la música i de l'art. el autentic llenguatge de la llibertat. entenc que vos aplegue al cór pero la politica a una part ben diferent.

[Max3851]

freedom for free range chickens!!

[andreabubus]

???

[macanudo1808]

CATALANS , os va aforrar el president sapareto , nos van a joder todos los ayuntamientos de castilla y alrededores.

[fakkirr775]

El "cant dels ocells" és molt més que una cançó pel poble català. És per a nosaltres un anhel de la llibertat perduda com a nació i com a país, és amor pur cap a Catalunya, és una sageta que se'ns clava al cor cada vegada que l'escoltem.

[lesboreades]

Help Catalonia!!!!

[wutuworry]

he has a cool looking cello....

[andreabubus]

Well, to be exact is a "viola da gamba", the ancestor of cello; has more strings, and a part of the keyboard is fretted. Also dimensions are a bit different.

[thecritiquevirtuoso]

don't you mean fingerboard?

[andreabubus]

Yes, the fingerboard... not the keyboard...

[SubBassAddicted]

The Cello and the Gamba have NOTHING in common!Goddamn can't you figure out that one belongs to the fretted family,and the other to the violin family?

Before the Cello was played on a spike,it was smaller and was played with a strap around the body,so held in the air?

I'm really despaired to read such retarded retorts such as"ancestor of".Name the Gamba "cousin"if you want,as they (Cello and Gamba)developed in parallel at the same time but belong to 2 DIFFERENT categories.

PERIOD.

[andreabubus]

Ok, thanks for the lesson, mine was perhaps a simplification... is a matter of points of view... If you prefer i say cousin i say cousin. Is what i meant to be. I know the differences you told, it was no necessary to say it again. But thanks for explaination. Don't write only to me, write to the others too so they can learn.

[Kragnorak]

Cousins have SOMETHING in common, silly.

They are related.

[peddletoneG]

looks like this foul-mouth is cousin to a jerk, aka, a pill. Unnecessary truculance is verbal flatulance. You can educate less offensively. We all love the music. You know the phrase that includes, 'sounding brass'?

[UncleTito72]

Savall Foul mouthed?

[Youkali2006]

The language is Catalan; the song is a Christmas Carol, which became something of an unofficial Catalan national anthem when Pablo (Pau) Casals used to perform it at the end of his concerts in exile.

[nilnehri]

is the name of thıs musıc "El cant dels ocells" ????where i can fınd thıs musıc completely on youtube???

[andreabubus]

Sorry i don't know. I knew with this name and only this footage. I can make a search, everyone with informations DON't HESITATE TO POST IT! Thanks

[alejandra379]

Yesm that is the name of this piece.. you can find it in the c.d "Du temps et de l'instant", in Savall's record label.. you can buy the whole c.d, is absolutely beautiful.

[thecritiquevirtuoso]

just search it here in youtube. There are loads and loads of them.

[perronid]

what language is this?

[alejandra379]

its catalan.

[jooou]

catalan catalonia is an opressed nation for spain.free catalonia

[jessyquedens]

Is the harpist his daughter?

[andreabubus]

Well, i think so, he use to play with his daughter, so she should be...

[osdepeluix]

Yes, the harpist is Ariadna Savall, his daughter.

[heloisealto]

Une version fine et paisible du chant des oiseaux... C'est très beau, merci ! Thank you!

[BachLoveNat]

Jordi Savall is really one of my favorite musicians.... Thank you so much!!!!!

[elobos1]

genial!