Karl Richter - Brandenburg Concerto 5 (harpsichord solo)

[cgsomlo]

Karl Richter's interpretation is extraordinary considering that this instrument did not have pedals like a piano that came after

[TKGMALICE]

too bad the world has to much to distract people to do stuff other than sit and focus on music like they did back in the day , thats why nothing like this can ever be created again.

[geromeronte]

@TKGMALICE very true

[Capsicum1336]

Toujours aussi merveilleux, dommage qu'on nous l'ait tant rabâché à trot et à travers ...... à contre temps !

[littlegiant1972]

the only way I can work 8 hrs in this mess office is listening Bach. Thanks so much.

[abonfy98]

I love music like this!!! very very good!!!

[Strefanasha]

I found this piece taken too fast. what should be one of the greatest monuments to the keyboard art, i mean that awe inspiring cadenza, was reduced to a mad scramble. A generation ago they did not rush these things, as my recording of his work, from circa 1970 shows.

what is it with young conductors and soloists needing to show off their virtuosity by pumping up spurious excitement thru rushing the thing?

for shame

when heard properly the harmonies of that AWESOME cadenza excite on their own

[mardonius12345]

@Strefanasha People are different in how they like their music. I happen to prefer this music played at a faster tempo than your taste.

The world and Youtube are big enough to hold both versions and the people who prefer them.

[Wavewolfaroha]

Thank you for posting!!!! Wonderful performance by Richter, ahhhh! Please name the other performers?

[CaptainBluebear08]

Unforgettable hour when I first saw Karl Richter & Co in a German TV broadcast, wayyy back in the 80s. Since then, hooked.

Thanks to be able to see this again here.

[Cthulhuized]

WONDERFUL! one of my favourites! i'm happy that someone still likes this ART!

[pharaohm81]

This is Zen

[pharaohm81]

Karl Richter was a one of a kind musician

[ANTONIONOLLA77]

Grandioso Maestro !!!!!!!!!

[jodafoca]

Só um grande artista podia interpretar Bach desta maneira.

[masterofpiano1]

my god you can use this for a synth metal solo

[phototommes]

einfach brilliant! eine blitzsaubere Bach-Interpretation mit einer Instrumentierung, die dieser zeit auch tatsächlich entspricht!

[zarlitoz]

de verdad, creo que no somos coscientes de lo afortunados que somos al poder ver a Richter interpretar en el clave

[carlosalbertoteixeir]

Ok, ok, this gentleman does not play too bad at all, let's be frank.

[alainlazaro1998]

Chuck Norris is the dad of Karl Richter

[STRUGLINGCHILD]

@alainlazaro1998 DAT IS A COMPLEMENT SIR .... thumbs up :)

[ElChileGrande]

@alainlazaro1998 More like the son.

[fenenr]

Per esprimere un parere personalissimo, questa interpretazione non mi piace..... mi sembra molto senz'anima!!!!

[mbier417]

Such an amazing performance. There is one mistake that is really glaring, but the more I listen to it the more I disregard it.

[mremile72]

@mbier417 oo whereabouts is the mistake ? yeah i agree tho, still an amazing performance

[mbier417]

@mremile72 around 2:07, i've listened to it so much its hard for me to hear now haha

[CCAvatar]

@mbier417 I didn't notice it until you pointed it out. I have it marked at 2:09 when he didn't play the sequence down to the low note before starting the next part up with his pinky. Still so good.

[marcusleprince]

Such a brilliant performance! Well recorded, clear, also. Thank you for sharing this remarkable recording.

[dosergiobr]

Fantastic... BUT... I suspect that he made a little error during the solo (played some wrong notes). I know every note from this piece as I heard these concerto so many times... He is human I know.

[lordmusea]

@dosergiobr I have to agree with you. He certainly didn't let it get in the way, but there were a fair number of blown bits and pieces there.

[bartje11]

@lordmusea Is this some kind of competition, looking for mistakes? What a ridiculous comment. You play this piece, I will judge you. Where is your upload?

[lordmusea]

@bartje11 I don't think I made a ridiculous comment. Frankly, I'm surprised at your emotional response to what I consider to be a factual statement. My ability to play this piece has nothing to do with either my ability to enjoy themusic or my ability to recognize errors when I hear them. Clearly, Karl Richter is a phenomenal musician...but even superior musicians miss notes. That I enjoy this performance so much despite those mistakes is a testament to his skill and genius.

[Ramakrishnademeester]

When a great musician plays a masterpiece we can just listen and be happy that we can listen to it. Thank you for the upload of this wonderfull video.

[dmkj9]

@Ramakrishnademeester In full agreement

[PublicLibraryx]

such an amazing sound from the Harpsichord~

[MarSwanlake]

Sin palabras... el mejor

[extrapalapaketl]

amazing talent

[dolofonos]

For such a man to die at fifty-four is grievous to Music. So much unfinished work.

[madamewho]

I want to see how many mistakes you make when playing this...

[Tenxiowo]

jejeje eso si, mejor me callo verdad?

[madamewho]

yo diría que si jajaja...

[TonyWRO]

@Tenxiowo Richter never does mistakes

[pilotoatomico]

the vocal teacher at my arts high school sight read the whole fucking thing. I shit u not I almost cried

[Christherpiper]

This isn't a harpsichord solo, this is magic and god

[extrapalapaketl]

woooow i don't even believe what i just saw...

[trygbugg]

To outsidemendham: I've noticed that same spot, but I'm far from sure that Richter's making an error here, even if it sunds a bit peculiar.

Whatever - Richter is just as great on the harpsichord as he is on the organ - a brilliant performance by any standard!

[outsidemendham]

Listen to 2:05 to 2:11 very closely:

Is it just me or is Richter hitting the wrong key once and is possibly abbreviating the phrase.

[madamewho]

I want to listen to this while swinging on a swing...

[TheAngeltoDemon]

So this guy doesn't suck?:) Fucking modern music is so terrible, good for drunken sex and hookups i guess, but just no challenge to the mind, Bach must have been an alien, a virile one at that.

[folklorette75]

Superbe interprétation.

[crbarny]

Damm! Now that's some harpsichord playin'!

[Shortfusefilm]

This solo beats any rock, funk, jazz or any kind of solo ever performed!!! And I'm not even a classical music kinda guy!

[JonatanEA]

Will the one person who dislikes this please step forward?

[L33tP1ckL]

Only Karl Richter and the Munich Bach Orchestra can do this kind of amazing 'justice' to the contrapuntal genius that was Johann Sebastian Bach.

[hbmp88]

that harpsichord is amazing. i would mortgage a house for it :p

[D2Ci]

@hbmp88 I would too...

[DeMars3]

@Hofsteder well, Mr. Hofsteder, you are close-minded and pretty much anything concerning what one likes in music is "subjective." There are definitely more objective topics out there than one's taste in music.

And, I don't share your conviction that not everything is a gray. In fact, pretty much everything is a gray, but the degree to which something is can be so small as to make its distinction from a black-and-white situation almost indecipherable. Okay, well I respect your views anyway.

[DeMars3]

@Hofsteder I respect both your opinion because it is completely subjective, and I respect your right to express it. You may not HOLD my view, but that does not mean that you should not respect it. As I've said, there are no clear facts about how one interprets a particular performance. It is simply my preference that I find the performance displeasing. I can see why you like the performance, but I personally am not satisfied by it. That is all. Stop living in the black-and-white.

[rolldito]

O.o incredible

[adamworth1979]

I am tired of snobs who come here to criticize this performance because it is performed on a "modern harpsichord". I can't tell, but it appears that it may be a revival harpsichord not a modern harpsichord. I truly hate people that bash the revival harpsichord. If it wasn't for that instrument and the interest in it, the harpsichord as we know it would be dead. It had been dead for a while until the revival period in the late 1800s early 1900s. Show some respect for the late Herr Richter!

[adamworth1979]

Anyone knows they type of harpsichord this is played on? Doesn't seem like a period instrument, I wonder if it is a revival harpsichord.

[1935tda2]

Thanks for this amazing video! Up the Bach, from Brazil.

[BarroqueWorks1700]

Harpsichord the king of orchestra ever!

[DeMars3]

This is horrible.

[TheParameDICK]

@DeMars3

There's always a fuck like you isn't there? If you don't like it, why are you looking for it? People like you ruin the world.

[DeMars3]

@TheParameDICK I probably shouldn't be so harsh since this looks as if it was performed in the 1960s or 70s, but the performance is far from historically informed. I just cringe when I hear stuff like this... the harpsichord is clearly modern, and has a very unpleasant metallic sound to it. Why should you be offended by my opinion? It is clearly just my subjective impression of the performance. I respect your views, so you should respect mine as well.

[google0watch]

@DeMars3

Oh dear, why do you believe that historically informed performance is something valueable ?

Music stores are filled with this stuff and most of them are just historically informed garbage - not an art at all

:).

[DeMars3]

@google0watch First of all, you spelled the word "valuable" incorrectly. I don't see how this is possible given that there is a spell-check mechanism built into this system. Also, your claim that most of what I assume you are referring to as "historically informed performances" are in fact "garbage" is entirely unfounded. You have no place to say what is and isn't art. Notice that I have not discounted the present performance as "artless." Indeed, I accept it as art, though I don't like it.

[google0watch]

@DeMars3

Ok .

I meant that a set of interpretation's stereotypes and techniques of performance that I assume you are referring to as "historically informed performances" is not a musical art in itself. It's just a style of performing - you may like it, may not. I don't, you do.

What is the problem :)?

And if you have not discounted the present performance as "artless." you would never describe it as "horrible ". Art can't be horrible.

P.S.

This is not my favourite performance too ;).

[DeMars3]

@google0watch Yes, I agree, it is a style of performing which may or may not be followed. I prefer the way it sounds. There isn't a problem here.

I have not discounted this performance as "artless." Art is a very subjective subject, so it cannot be characterized precisely as horrible. It is implied that when discussing things that are more subjective in nature, a statement that someone makes about it can never be thought to be a possible statement of absolute truth. It is my opinion.

[SlovakGrimReaper]

Is the tuning of their instruments in classical temperment or even temperment?

[lakerkrazy]

I'm a musical idiot. Will someone please tell me how the keys on the top row move without being struck?

[SlovakGrimReaper]

@lakerkrazy on a Harpsichord you can link both manuals (keyboards) together to make it louder. I don't know exactly how, theres a button or switch or something but by linking the top and the bottom, you can hit a note on the bottom manual and it will produce the same note (except a deeper, lower pitch) on the manual above. This is a useful feature of the harpsichord because unlike a piano, there is almost no difference in volume if you press a hard hard or soft.

[dolofonos]

@lakerkrazy He is being assisted by Bach's ghost.

[petesperl]

Amazing. This performance gives leonhardt a run for his money. Bach is a madman.

[darkblueangel1956]

MERAVIGLIA !!! MERAVIGLIA !!! Karl Richter, divinità assoluta della storia dell'interpretazione alle tastiere di Johann Sebastian Bach. Richter sapeva irradiare come una luce infinita, tutto quello che esiste dentro l'opera di Bach. Maestosità, echi misteriosi e arcani, fraseggi eleganti, esposizione delle voci e delle modulazioni, analisi della struttura da ingegnere nucleare !!!! Karl Richter è tra gli Dei dell'Olimpo della Musica !!!!!!!!

[Suprachemistry]

Richter was the most powerful man !!!!!!!!!

[livesteam]

Just to clarify: Karl Richter is the soloist AND the Director>.

[andrejlazrvs]

@livesteam that is very typical when playing Baroque music :)

[AlsatianCousin]

@livesteam - I wasn't taking about Richter, but the actual director of this video.



[AlsatianCousin]

Why do they ALWAYS show the orchestra when the harpsichord solo begins with those amazing runs?!! You'd think the director knows better.

[TonyWRO]

Karl Richter = Johann Sebastian Bach

[leydemurphy]

Is my vision or Richter is playing the clavecín AND directing the other musician????

[belephagor]

@leydemurphy

correct!!!

[andiacal]

@leydemurphy AMAZING??????

[unhinderedfury]

@leydemurphy he certainly is.

[dommarko42]

The best!

[spameister]

thumbs up if lazenby sent you

[KrisForges]

@spameister

'Irony is seeing the world for what it is—a stageplay—and disrupting other people's suspension of disbelief with catcalls. From your seat.' Classic. Genius. Combined.

[spameister]

@KrisForges No idea who he is, but he's phenomenal. I hope it's really Lazenby....

[gregapage]

@spameister

WTF? No my love of music sent me.

[spameister]

@gregapage Huh? Oh, what's that, you didn't understand the fucking context because this was 6 months ago? STFU

[outsidemendham]

@spameister

Language...

This is Bach, for pity's sake: Show some respect!

[spameister]

@outsidemendham Respect? Alright grandad, do you want woofers and tweeters with that?

[camilocuesta]

Not only he is a keyboard virtuoso, Karl Richter has the finest renditions of the Cantatas, he is an excellent orchestra and chorus director.

[kitsune11888]

@camilocuesta eh. he's alrite...

[TheGreatGusFrerotte]

Karl Richter is a genious!

[classicalguitarfav]

Perfecto!!! I love it!

[SupRep]

does anyone see any notes btw?

[NaitsabesWinklersson]

@SupRep

They all have notes obviously! Are you blind or something?

[SupRep]

J.S.Bach couldnt make it better

[SupRep]

yihaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!!! such a talent!!! KARL RICHTER at his best!! ty for the music

[Martintheauthor]

Hey!

I just noticed that the keys on a harpsichord are reversed. The standard keys are black while the flats and sharps are white.

[shaind]

@Martintheauthor Such was very common among keboard instruments(harpsichord, organ, fortepiano et c.) in baroque era.

[loudelement]

incredible!

[jacarandaxia]

All time classic!!!!!!!! I have to say.... The best of version of Brandenburg Concerto!

[ocwhanappi]

Karl Richter for ever !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[jimmyblues15]

This is fantastic. Just look at the hall they are playing in. Wow. This is just too great to describe.

[rrickarr]

This is absolutely a genius at the harpsichord. The all round baroque musician: harpsichordist, organist, and conductor. And thank goodness none of this romantic rubato all over the place. Rubato has to be used with great skill. Have you ever considered that Jazz does not use rubato--either does rock, hip-hop, reggae at the modern world is responding rather nicely to music with a steady beat!

[progressxoverdue]

@rrickarr I totally agree! I love Bach for that relentlessly steady temp on the harpsichord! Richter + Bach = musical bliss.

[scrupuleux1]

merci pour ce chef-d'oeuvre

[schokosunny]

fett

[bubbelah]

Heavy touch harpsichord

[trabalhosmanuais]

i prefer richter conducting and doing the basso continuo, but the harpsichord solo of gustav leonhardt is better :)

[rubendow]

@chomskyFTW - thanks for your comment. Of course we all have our preferences. It's nice to hear various styles. My own preference is that I prefer to make the graduation from the old baroque to the romantics who use plenty of rubato - then even to the modern (which I never understand) But everything in progress has to be futuristic, even music. A little rubato in Bach in certain places - such as at the end of a section - is good. But it's only my opinion not necessarily the right one :)

[rubendow]

Beautiful rendition by Richter. NO RUBATO HERE. That's how Back wrote his music. He was not a romantic. I absolutely enjoyed this. Thank you grumpa1936.

[chomskyFTW]

@rubendow : I agree. Karl Richter's performances of this and the other Brandenburgs are fun. I wonder why you place such a high premium on fidelity to how we suppose Bach and his contemporaries played during the Baroque period. Should not other performers of Bach use rubato on occasion? Or even be... *gasp* romantic?

[skeptikulo]

3:39 Não sabia que o Carl Richter era percursor do metal gótico.

[MONICA0465]

lo que transmite karl richter es irrepetible, haga lo que haga.

[paradoxicus]

"Tempus fugit".

Maravilloso encontrar ésta joya.

Siento una extraña nostalgia.