I like it very much. I do not agree with isitvalottiorvoung1, who says they should tone down the phrasing... I think it's a very nice interpretation, with plenty of Baroque feeling!
@isitvalottioryoung1 No. Vibrato is the absolute worst thing you could use more of here. You see, until the whole music world became "romanticized" by all of the Romantic era composers who liked to use WAY too much vibrato, vibrato was used sparingly if at all. (Leopold Mozart's violin training book said something almost exactly along those lines: vibrato is to be used very sparingly if at all.) This is perfect how it is, it is played how it would have been back in the day.
@Mercer1012 I thank you very kindly for your enthusiastic response, good Sir or Madam!
You seem like an honest cat ,so I'm going to take a brief moment to respond to you honestly, in turn... See, the truth is, my original comment was a example of my own penchant for being BITTERLY sarcastic... What can I say, I'm just a sour, old, curmudgeon, I guess!
I am actually delighted to be replying to someone who has, ostensibly, familiarized his or herself with the Leopold Mozart, God bless you!
@Mercer1012 I agree with everything you mentioned right up until the last sentence you typed, God love you!
So here's the deal, my friend: Not that it matters much, but , as it turns out, I happen to be a "period" specialist and a full-time performer myself. The truth is, given the state of research at which we have arrived today, the performance featured in this video is actually VERY far away from anything that would be considered REMOTELY "how it would have been back in the day."
@isitvalottioryoung1 Ah yes...I should have phrased that differently. I should have said "this is much closer to how it would have been played back in the day as compared to the romanticized modern versions on the market today." I cannot stand romanticized versions. First they slow the pieces down too much, (in my experience, Baroque and Classical music, unless SPECIFICALLY noted by the composer is meant to be played faster rather than slower).
@Mercer1012 For example, I just counted from about 00:44 to 01:18 as I was listening to the 1st violin line being played at exactly the same volume with no articulative variance whatsoever, before I couldn't stand to listen any longer. This is not phrasing; This is the absence of phrasing --CERTAINLY not "Baroque" phrasing by any stretch.
And the vibrato... Oh, Lord almighty, don't even get me started...
@isitvalottioryoung1 Well first I would like to thank you for your kind comments. As I am a pianist by training, you know much more about period violin playing than I do because I only have a rudimentary knowledge of violin technique. I, however, consider myself somewhat of a critic of baroque, galant and classical music. I write music in the Neapolitan Style (Durante is my favorite Neapolitan composer) with Mozart and Vivaldi playing an influence.
@Mercer1012 It's a shame, really. Baldassare Galuppi is one of the great masters. His contrapuntal practice is, frankly, Bachian at times. (Though, of course, his goals are different, clearly more on the "Galant" side of things...)
I'm afraid the valiant efforts of ensembles such as the Slovak Chamber Orchestra, do not help much to spread the gospel according to Galuppi, unfortunately!
So, since I can't post a link here, I'd ask you to consider searching the following on Youtube:
"Baldassare Galuppi Accademia Bizantina"
The first video which comes up in the search results is an example of a performance which I think does pretty well... (Yes, the one with the weird picture of the cat... don't ask me!)
Now, far be it from me to go on what others might erroneously label a "diatribe" of sorts, or even go about the practice of what very Youtubey people like to refer to as "trolling," for that matter, and not supply an example of what I perceive to be an ensemble doing it "better."
I like Galuppi so much. It is excellent music but almost nobody knows him!:(
farinelli1977 7 months ago
Why this genius composer is so bad known?...!
Melomane6661 1 year ago
I like it very much. I do not agree with isitvalottiorvoung1, who says they should tone down the phrasing... I think it's a very nice interpretation, with plenty of Baroque feeling!
obizin 1 year ago
amazing!!!!!
essenciademusica 1 year ago
If only they'd use more vibrato and tone down the phrasing a bit, then we'd really have something!
isitvalottioryoung1 1 year ago
@isitvalottioryoung1 No. Vibrato is the absolute worst thing you could use more of here. You see, until the whole music world became "romanticized" by all of the Romantic era composers who liked to use WAY too much vibrato, vibrato was used sparingly if at all. (Leopold Mozart's violin training book said something almost exactly along those lines: vibrato is to be used very sparingly if at all.) This is perfect how it is, it is played how it would have been back in the day.
Mercer1012 9 months ago
@Mercer1012 I thank you very kindly for your enthusiastic response, good Sir or Madam!
You seem like an honest cat ,so I'm going to take a brief moment to respond to you honestly, in turn... See, the truth is, my original comment was a example of my own penchant for being BITTERLY sarcastic... What can I say, I'm just a sour, old, curmudgeon, I guess!
I am actually delighted to be replying to someone who has, ostensibly, familiarized his or herself with the Leopold Mozart, God bless you!
isitvalottioryoung1 9 months ago
@Mercer1012 I agree with everything you mentioned right up until the last sentence you typed, God love you!
So here's the deal, my friend: Not that it matters much, but , as it turns out, I happen to be a "period" specialist and a full-time performer myself. The truth is, given the state of research at which we have arrived today, the performance featured in this video is actually VERY far away from anything that would be considered REMOTELY "how it would have been back in the day."
isitvalottioryoung1 9 months ago
@isitvalottioryoung1 Ah yes...I should have phrased that differently. I should have said "this is much closer to how it would have been played back in the day as compared to the romanticized modern versions on the market today." I cannot stand romanticized versions. First they slow the pieces down too much, (in my experience, Baroque and Classical music, unless SPECIFICALLY noted by the composer is meant to be played faster rather than slower).
Mercer1012 9 months ago
@Mercer1012 For example, I just counted from about 00:44 to 01:18 as I was listening to the 1st violin line being played at exactly the same volume with no articulative variance whatsoever, before I couldn't stand to listen any longer. This is not phrasing; This is the absence of phrasing --CERTAINLY not "Baroque" phrasing by any stretch.
And the vibrato... Oh, Lord almighty, don't even get me started...
isitvalottioryoung1 9 months ago
@isitvalottioryoung1 Well first I would like to thank you for your kind comments. As I am a pianist by training, you know much more about period violin playing than I do because I only have a rudimentary knowledge of violin technique. I, however, consider myself somewhat of a critic of baroque, galant and classical music. I write music in the Neapolitan Style (Durante is my favorite Neapolitan composer) with Mozart and Vivaldi playing an influence.
Mercer1012 9 months ago
@Mercer1012
Wow!! That's truly cool that you write in the Neapolitan style! Durante is one of my favorites also!!
HARMONICO101 has got a great recording of Raglan performing "La Pazzia" posted. Search:
"Durante - Concerto for Strings in A Major "La Pazzia"
Highly recommended!
Very, best wishes on your quest to transfer the Neapolitan paradigm to modern compositional practice!
isitvalottioryoung1 9 months ago
@Mercer1012 It's a shame, really. Baldassare Galuppi is one of the great masters. His contrapuntal practice is, frankly, Bachian at times. (Though, of course, his goals are different, clearly more on the "Galant" side of things...)
I'm afraid the valiant efforts of ensembles such as the Slovak Chamber Orchestra, do not help much to spread the gospel according to Galuppi, unfortunately!
isitvalottioryoung1 9 months ago
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isitvalottioryoung1 9 months ago
@Mercer1012
So, since I can't post a link here, I'd ask you to consider searching the following on Youtube:
"Baldassare Galuppi Accademia Bizantina"
The first video which comes up in the search results is an example of a performance which I think does pretty well... (Yes, the one with the weird picture of the cat... don't ask me!)
isitvalottioryoung1 9 months ago
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@Mercer1012
Now, far be it from me to go on what others might erroneously label a "diatribe" of sorts, or even go about the practice of what very Youtubey people like to refer to as "trolling," for that matter, and not supply an example of what I perceive to be an ensemble doing it "better."
isitvalottioryoung1 9 months ago
Thank you very much; absolutely delightful presentation.
nahatsu2 1 year ago
wher is there?st.petrus roma?wanderfull pictures...
nosferatusism 2 years ago
Excellent! Thanks for posting this.
Galantski 2 years ago
Stay with it. It picks up after a minute or so.
dulcimeramy 2 years ago
369 views... :(
yortkiy4 3 years ago
Brilliant
Ratty77 3 years ago