Handel Recorder Sonata C major

[SugarfrostingMewMew]

@keixoun I know, I know

[keixoun]

I thought the rocorder was one of the most stupid instruments. I never felt so wrong.

[magicflute3]

I can play a little bit, and studied this beautiful sonata to improve my "skills"..nothing I do is comparable, obviously, but my knowledge of the music allows me to completely enjoy your very beautiful rendition. Most of all, I appreciate the way you ornamentate : the musical line is still understandable...always! that's really intelligent playing!

MOLTO BRAVO!!!

Massimo Carli ( Italy, architect...and amateur )

[Orpheus100]

@magicflute3

Mille grazie, Massimo. Cordiali saluti dalla Baviera!

[Stratoman77]

Beautiful song and performance! I started playing recorder a few years ago after seeing a Michala Petri video and I've been hooked ever since!

[XdefinitecodeX]

>>>at 2;55 begins the second part (Allegro)<<<

[larghissimo]

Excellent! Bravo!! I really love your music. Not just your performance but your "music". Hope to get to hear more of yours here and elsewhere.

[Orpheus100]

@larghissimo Thank you so much!

[bb2684]

I have performed this sonata on transverse flute. Your performance here is a truely wonderful interpretation.

[forgottensky]

so sad that many people (including me) underrated the recorder so much.. until i see this vid! now i'm learning sopran recorder :D

[duncer]

servus :)

I'm currently auditioning this piece along with my girlfriends mother hehe...

And we both totally love your interpretation of it!

Grüße aus München

[Orpheus100]

@duncer : Ja servus und danke! Man spricht Deutsch, by the way ;-)

[stevefp3]

This is beautiful music. Sounds awesome.

[jaypea51]

One of my favorite pieces of music, and you played it beautifully. The embellishments were tasteful, and not overdone. Bravo! and thank you.

[carmel1956]

Thank you, again! Thoroughly enjoyed this.

Stuart.

PS:

How can 9 people not like this - sheez!

[spurnthemuse]

'Tis well fingered, but the pitches seem to be slightly off, to me.

[carmel1956]

Orpheus100 - you have such good refined taste in music!

[Orpheus100]

@carmel1956 . Thank you very much! I'm doing my best ;-)

[TheImpressed]

It sounds like I'm hearing the Renaissance. Which is odd, considering a period of history isn't usually the sort of thing you can hear.

[MyJasonGerry]

Nice playing

[Dovemagician]

incredible

[auchenrivock]

Just showed this to some children starting recorder. The best way for them to know it is a real and beautiful instrument. Thank you for sharing.

[iorixs]

i like it ... a lot!

[jerrien]

prefer some more simplicity. Slow movement with to much embellishments (from the start). Try to keep it simple. Very nice tone and excellent player, however

[246trinitrotoluene]

i've never heard a recorder sound so nice

[yugandali]

An elegant performance of an elegant composition. Thank you!

[mrbigarms]

This very beautiful playing indeed, none of that over the top swelling of the notes that often spoils a performance.

A fine performance by a very gifted musician.

[armscontrolcenter]

Divine. Well Done!

[Narriz]

excellent. :)

[Creissels]

An elegant performance of a beautiful piece. Wish I could play one sixteenth as well!

[KeAi1997]

Really good, i enjoed it

[lokela701]

What a masterful performance! Thank you!

[ritamaria55]

Es gibt nur ein Wort: wunderschön.

[infiniteFinality]

Beautiful ornamentation. What make is your alto? I see a double key =D

[Orpheus100]

Moeck Ehlert-Alto boxwood

[Queenesy]

loved it, your playing on the recorder is beautiful....very warm sound, clean with just the right amount of vibrato :-)

great preformance!

[10centguitar]

youre welcome, very musical

I hope i can play that it that well some day!!!

[10centguitar]

Simply amazing. He ornaments constantly but with such taste. A fine musician! Watch out for this guy

[Orpheus100]

Thank you very much!

Best wishes,

Markus

[MariaHillFlute]

Very stylish playing.maria

[cpmegastarisdabest]

the tone of the recorder is beautiful - i have to play this for grade 8 : btw )

[dqactress]

Wow! Amazing! That was really good!!!

[HughFromAlice]

Good one! I liked it! Great that you've got so many comments.

I really loved the way you took that last movement. Cheeky - yet original - and good fun while very musical. Fantastic use of the recorder's strengths/potentialities.

*****

[Domina55555]

Magnifique! Vous jouez merveilleusement bien! Quelle musicalité, quel son riche et velouté!!

Félicitations!

[mmcoopstar]

i love the ornaments you put it into the piece....it's nice hearing it on a recorder other than the flute.....real nice:)

[cymro89]

Is this Markus Zahnhausen?

[Felila91]

I think this is Markus Zahnhausen - quite sure.. :o

[drnock]

@cymro89 yes

[usagimeijin]

I found the sheet music for this on the 'net last year and now I can't find it anymore. Do you know where I can get it? Thanks.

[cymro89]

Barenreiter and Faber do excellent editions of the Handel sonatas. All good music shops!

[Only4Russian]

beautiful!

[quetzalandino]

muy bien saludos desde Colombia. Paz y Bien

[gagiandjeo]

Awesome! 5 *****

gagi

[Saxofony89]

Really good, except for the organist's noisy page turns. Mate, we all know Handel on piano or harpsichord etc is hell, get a page turner next time to help out :-)

[bradhorn14]

well its only figured bass and such, get a reduced score and theres no need for page turnings. Traditional is the way to go. Condenced Basso Continuo

[dolofonos]

Figured bass isn't meant to to simplify performance but rather permit more liberty. Not only is it sensible for varied embellishment choice but also because one particular continuo ensemble or instrument or individual may not realize either as well or as possibly a complete score as another. A skilled keyboardist is not necessarily skilled in improvised realization so a full score is still both sensible and preferable to a rude improvisation or in cases of original realization but poor memory.

[bradhorn14]

No.... Figured Bass was the standard notation of the baroque and late rennaisance. Not for simplicity or improvisation. Simplified FB is a statement directed at a condenced FB part.

[dolofonos]

I do not understand what you are trying to imply. Figured bass is incomplete, it must be completed by the continuo, the result of which depends on the instruments involved and their discretion. It was by no means a standard notation and was even combined with obbligato. Again, I do not understand your meaning and can only guess that perhaps you have confused basso continuo for basso ostinato but I then am yet perplexed because this work does not use it.

[FrogNorwayTeam1]

Very nicely played. I love you, Markus!

[Orpheus100]

:-*

[squawkyyy]

hello, do you have any tips on hitting all those high registers?

[hippiechick73]

I loved your performance! Such a beautiful sweet tone and smooth technique!

[nickeeboy]

Delightful performance. Nice tone.

[loxodonta74]

Beautiful in every way. May I ask the maker of your recorder?

[Orpheus100]

Yes, of course. It is an "Ehlert Alto" made by Moeck in Boxwood.

[BillBC]

Gorgeous tone and beautifully ornamented, but wouldn't you want it just a little bit faster?

[squawkyyy]

this is absolutely beautiful!

can anyone tell me if i can obtain a free copy of the score on the internet somewhere?

[dolofonos]

The score is available at The Mutopia Project site as _Sonata VII_.

[MusicaPacificaSF]

beautiful playing! loved your ornaments.

[andreacutelli]

this is not flute sonata by handel..

this is a perfomance of this player.

He puts hundreds of notes more then original..

shame!

first of play.. he must study philology!!!

..this piece is beautiful in his semplicity and Handel has not written as he played.

[romeoamkj]

Sicuro????

[dolofonos]

And what then of the basso continuo, andreacutelli? No, I must disagree as Handel wrote in an era where improvisation and ornamentation was welcomed to the performance of scores often rudely written. Yet, out of respect for you criticism, I can appreciate that you may prefer a less ornamented performance as in the case of the first movement especially it can with a slowed tempo have quite a different impression. I myself enjoy both methods but as to Handel's private intentions who can know?

[thebigloc1]

My God that is fantastic, wish I could play that good

[jrsinger78]

Gorgeous....just gorgeous

[54spiritedwill54]

This is so beautiful!

[DivaKazza]

This is very beautiful. I wish my little year 5 and 6's who I teach the recorder to could hear this. Absolutely gorgeous. Thank you.

[martinpaulwatts]

very beautiful , thanks!

[americanjazz08]

beautiful!

it was sublime!

[chobrocoli]

Is that a tenor recorder?

[Orpheus100]

no, an "Ehlert-Alto" made by Moeck

[MusicislifeBR]

Amazing!

I didn't know it was possible to play a Recorder like that! thanks for the video and for the performance! God bless you both!:D :)

[carmel1956]

@MusicislifeBR I think the recroder is so underrated. I taught my children to play Purcell's Trumpet Tune on recorders and we had a trio, sounded well.

[hbarbara12]

@carmel1956 I definitely agree and I think it's so sad that most people don't really know how amazing a recorder can sound. I've been playing it for nearly eleven years now (I started when I was five) and sadly a whole lot of people are really convinced the recorder is an instrument for little kids which sounds really bad, but it's just not..

[dolofonos]

What well-accompanied basso to delightfully ornamented flute--it is exactly as I would hear it.

[Ratty77]

This is played with so much heart that you can't go wrong. Both of guys have it playing beyond so well. You two inspire a lot out of me and many others. Keep it up. Beautiful playing of beautiful music.

[rayhartz99]

Transpoted and inspired. The intonation is just wonderful..Thank you so much..

[pinalo16]

woooo!!!! is fantastic!!!

Donde has cogido la partitura?

Ou tu as prendre le partiture?

Where you catch the partiture?

Porfavor responder

sir vous plet respondez-moi

Please to respond.

[rayado612]

!! STANDING OVATION !! Lovely ornamentations, gorgeous sound and very musical. Bravo.

[HannahFinkelstein]

Super! Die Verzierungen im letzten Satz sind echt witzig und gewagt. Ich hatte meine Freude daran, Danke!

[ChristianSoldier24]

Me and my friend learned all these Sonatas back in school. Oh man #25 is a teamwork piece where the 2 recorders switch parts. I cried to that piece.

[hansbaank]

Sound's Fantastic. I wish I good play like that :-)

[Flutelearner13nHalf]

your freaking brilliant

[mebumit]

Marvelous playing, both instruments. However, each has a problem with page turning. The organist makes a lot of noise turning his pages.

[flautomagiconsort]

Inpegno di studio, talento, e amore per la musica, solo così si riesce a fare qualcosa di veramente bello bravi.

[chocolatecauldrons]

That's absolutely beautiful. Well done!

[EatSleepBassoon]

Nice playing - a bit tense at first I felt but you relaxed well into it. The embellishments were mostly good, remember that simple can also be effective sometimes. Note to the organist, I would have chosen a softer stop combination. Remember it would have been played on a chamber organ, if not a harpsichord and you have a much larger organ there. Still, all in all a good performance!

[howrecker21]

An amazing artist! What talent!

andireiter

[mikenoike]

Wow, I didn't even know that a recorder could sound that good!

How do you do it? :o

[flutelearner13]

beautifully sounded!

[albyg77]

Well done!!

[Halloranhill]

You need to stop overdoing the embellishments - sometimes less is more. Overall a wonderful rendition of this terrific Handel Concerto - well done.

[zacharoo8187]

Obviously you have no idea the style handel wrote in. They're called trills, dumbass

[Andrew4Handel]

lovely

[Rosky12]

Come marry me, you're awsome

[greencatgo]

This is so beautiful!

[green1smile]

i played recorders for at least 25 years as a professional.i have a master in performance practice,and this was a very lovely interpretation.very warm,and sweet.

[Mjordan23]

This is aweome!! I never knew recorders coulddo this...

[brawnster11]

your brillent.I wish i could be this good!!!

[Orpheus100]

Thank you for your kind words. You shall find more videos on my channel Orpheus100. I'll add some more from time to time. All the best!

Markus

[andyman3445]

Ive played recorder for over 10 years with Matthias maute, clea galhano and other greats, and i am so very impressed with this rendition. do you have more videos?

[vallanjulius]

man, it's beautiful. i guess wooden recorder sounds better. mine is plastic, so it doesn't sound as good as yours. 2 thumbs up!

[Adams4eva]

I used to use wooden recorders all teh time...but I have to stick to p[lastic for school. My fun comes on saturdays when I get a wooden bass recorder to play. LOVE IT :D:D:D

I love the way you feel the music, move with it. Brill :D:D:D

[HenrikRagnarsson]

This is my favorite concerto.. Really love Händel, another favorite is the Fireworks.

[broelias]

excellent performance. I would add as a slight criticism that the continuo realization could have a little more variance in right chord density especially in contrasting sections i.e. light, contrapuntal, legato, also, thin out a bit when the alto is in the lower register. Thanks for the post.

[rebflute]

of course it is...

Kwew it then from answer to my previous comments and info on his composition "Horns of Elfland"

Thanks and best

ps check his web site

[Orpheus100]

I admit...it is him :-)

How did you know?

Cheers, Markus

[lishie123]

is this Markus Zahnhausen?

[saxdisciple]

I forgot to add an "excellent" rating.

[saxdisciple]

Outstanding performance! You possess a gorgeous tone quality that also compliments your finger technique. Until seeing your performance, I never thought of the recorder as a legitimate instrument. Thank you for showing me the error of my ways. Bravo!!

[magicflute3]

very good- I've been studing it for some time, and can follow very well what the performer does

[Rickmusician]

Very good!

just take care of the phrase's endings, are not bad, but it could be better. But I mean, you play very very good!

[ilmaialegioviale]

Very good! Bravissimi!

[ramonetes]

very beautiful election and execution... put more ones !

[pianoboyo]

I loved playing this - thanks for the memory!

[poloshia]

i meant to say i loved listening to him lol

[poloshia]

Who is the person playing the recorder?? Whoever it was you did an excellent job and I loved to listen to you.

[giufighter]

ottima

[staham]

Wonderful!

[ackack11]

Very nice work. Nice accomp. too

[ogechter]

The tempo di gavotta is missing isn't it ?

Good work anyway.

[Orpheus100]

yes, due to YouTube's 10 minute limitations we had to omit the Gavotta...

[Pryokar]

interesting interpretation

I like it

[sommerwetter]

I liked this interpretation a lot, although it was quiet different from my own, but of course it was much better. Thank you.

[Invisionary]

Beautiful.

[suzettegm]

marvellous sonata, marvellous playing. Thank you!

[rebflute]

The Zahnhausen CD

Did you mean the one from Cadenza? Who is the recorder player? Is it MZ? Thanks again for posting this . Hope you would be able to post others.

[Orpheus100]

Hi rebflute,

yes, I mean the one on Cadenza. There is my best student playing, I myself was the sound engineer. So it is a quite "authentic" recording. There are btw. two interesting articles on "Horns of Elfland", one in TIBIA (German), the other in THE RECORDER MAGAZINE (English). Yes, some new stuff shall come some time later in autumn.

[b21225]

Very very nice. You're playing a Modern Alto? A Mollenhauer or Ehlert's?

[Orpheus100]

Ah, an expert! Yes, it's an Ehlert Alto in boxwood by Moeck.

[victotronics]

Nice instrument. I'm completely in love with mine.

Well played. Very expressively.

[jferrante2000]

why not an historic instrument? (perhaps an Ehlert?)

[newtheatron]

Absolutely Awesome 5 stars:)

[roobooz]

beatiful in every respect great sound

[maxazi]

meraviglioso.

[danaross]

A gorgeous performance and great sound. Thank you.

[thethikboy]

Handel is the definition of elegance.

[rebflute]

Would you have Zanhausen rendition of his Horns of Elfland? or other of his compositions?

Thanks for sharing this beautiful video.

[Orpheus100]

Hi rebflute, thanks for the compliments. Indeed I do have a video recording of "Horns of Elfland", but I rather won't submit it here on YouTube due to copyright restrictions. There is a very beautiful CD recording available though.

[unfamouspianist]

such a beutiful sound. really nice. amzing finger work lol. great job.

[bluesmirf88]

This is really good, the fast movements aren't too errrr fast and the slow movements are lovely. I think people sometimes don't realise that it can sometimes be much more difficult to play a slow movement with the ornamentation than a faster movement. Loved the ornamented passages and ocules (I have no idea if that is spelt right!)

[aburt1979]

very nice indeed. i used to play this on the flute, beautiful music

[recorderfan]

awesome performance.... can not be any better, just flawless.

[lichtblick85]

wow schööön... =)

[Koriyama]

This is one of the best recorder videos on YouTube. Congratulations! You have a very fluent finger technique and a wonderful sense of melodic line. The ornamentation is good.

[flutediva00001]

I have the flute part to this ........a little challenging at first but I mastered it withing minutes lol good job!! was this an adjudicated event or just a performance of joy??....Either way you were the bomb!!

[kropchik]

ELEGANCE is the attribute of being unusually effective and simple. It is frequently used as a standard of tastefulness... Elegant things exhibit refined grace and dignified propriety. (Wikipedia)

[rebflute]

beautiful, like it.

Thanks for posting.

just noticed a noisy page turning. need another hand :-) Best

[Cristandos]

I love Haendel`s, and of course a wonderful performance.

[klarasong]

Wonderful performance! And the recorder sound is very good. And I think the ornamentation is very good to hear with the organ accompaniment.

[minorkeylt]

So well played and interpreted. A joy to hear. Fantastic!

[recorderdevoix]

This is great!!!