Prelude by Henry Purcell

[MyJasonGerry]

nice playing but why in the hallway?

Ilove your recorder

[SuhachiChutchen]

It sounds as if I'm in fantasy world xD

[honkytonktim]

great stuff, and I love the natural reverb of the stairway, hell you cant buy better verb, love your playing please post more

[recorderdevoix]

Thanks! I agree that natural places offer the best reverb. However, they are hard to find and often busy with people and other noise.

[Joanna24Rock]

that might be the biggets recorder ive seen

[recorderson]

Wonderful sound. I like very much your performance, with its right & well medidated accents. Bravo & obv. 5 ***** :)

[Alicia7777777]

Simply wonderful. Thank You very much.

[Only4Russian]

Super! If you lived next door, I would NEVER complain!

[recorderdevoix]

Thanks again to all of you for your very kind words.

[divaleighous]

Simply magical - thank you sir .

Leigh

Christchurch

New Zealand

[DresdenAnachronism]

You are a wonderful musician! (not sure what to call a recorder player, apologies! =p)

[Alidite7]

(no matter what anyone plays, they can still be called a musician. Even the guy on the street playing the trash cans can be called a wonderful musician) :)

[josephknightcom]

Two questions recorderdevoix:

1. Where can I get the sheet music to this, my online searches are turning up all kinds of other preludes.

2. Can this be played on a soprano recorder without transcription?

Thanks from a new recorder player.

[recorderdevoix]

Most of the music I have was bought in and around Vienna some years ago. This prelude is included in an excellent publication by Editio Musica Budapest entitled "Repertoire" volume 2a. This prelude was written for alto recorder, but when I performed it here on voice flute, I simply imagined I was playing an alto. So, yes, you could do the same with soprano. Good luck and thanks for writing.

[pureLproductions]

Nice acoustics, a stairwell proved perfect, just enough walls for the sound to bounce off and proove trully pleasing to the ear amazing playing <3

[recorderdevoix]

Yeah, bathroom acoustics are cool. In fact, at the time I was trying this in the bathroom, but it was just too small.

[cantor2000cantor]

Thanks for posting this on the yahoo recorder list so I could take a listen. I agree with the others. Great acoustics. Thanks for sharing.

[recorderdevoix]

I'm glad you enjoyed it. That stairway at a friend's apartment in Bratislava, Slovakia did have nice acoustics. The problem was finding a time when it wasn't being used. My "Ramage" video was done in the same place and unfortunately you can hear a door slam. Now I'm working with a TASCAM digital sound recorder with reverb effects so that I don't always have to count on using stairways!

[BaBlaWi]

wow cool acustic! and a wonderful recorder... i wish i had one of this kind too..

[cymro89]

what a lovely loud and beautiful sound you've got on that voice flute. Who made it?

[recorderdevoix]

Thanks! Stephan Blezinger in Eisenach, Germany made it. He also wonderfully revoiced

the ebony Bressan copy Alto by Dolmetch which I play in some of my other videos.

[dolofonos]

Very good acoustics...is that place vacated or something?

[recorderdevoix]

Thanks, it is just a stairwell. It was not vacated as you can hear a door slamming in

my other video "Ramages" by Boismortier.

It is difficult to find a place with good acoustics which is not being used by someone!

[recorderdevoix]

Thank you all for your wonderful comments. Please send your recorder videos to the recorder group.

[zokamaru]

that was smokin hot!

[traversoflute]

Nice, Bill! :)

[Gaarerich]

Eine Wahnsinns Akustik!

[andrewc3142]

I prefer the voice flute of all the recorders. Lovely mellow sound but nimbler than the tenor. Surprising it's not more often heard. Nice playing, although Dm goes OK on voice flute :)). Have you tried the Allemande from the Partita 1013 in the original Am on this?

[recorderdevoix]

Thanks. I also love the VF most of all. That Bach Partita is still too difficult for me - not only technically, but difficult to interpret. There are other things, like a Handel flute Sonata that I would like to try on VF in the future.

[andrewc3142]

If you can play the Purcell (which you obviously can) then you can play at least the first movement of the Partita. There's a lovely recording on Baroque flute by Janet See (HCX 3957025) which I found good to crib some ideas from - like Rostropovich on cello she doesn't treat Allemande as a mad gallop.

[recorderdevoix]

I don't know the See, but the Rostropovich is fantastic! Oh, so much to work on!

[recorderdevoix]

Thanks again to all of you for your very kind and encouraging comments :)

[legato699]

Beautiful!

I never get tired of hearing anything composed by Purcell. This was new for me.

[violalord1]

Nice baroque fluit.

[haakonmakt]

bravissimo =)

[jacquillo]

VERY NICE MUSIC

[klarasong]

Nice to hear your performance again!

[kellygroot]

Very nice!!

I play also this piece of purceel with my friends.

Kelly

[linusandjim]

i love the tone of your voice flute.

very nice playing also :)

I wish I could handle a voice flute/tenor like you do ;)

[recorderdevoix]

Thank you. This is the same voice flute I used in the Mo Li Hua video. It really "makes demands" as Blezinger says. Hopefully, I will be able to play longer pieces on it in the future.

[Koriyama]

It's been a long time since I heard this piece. Thanks for reminding me about it. Nice instrument, too. And good to see your face.