Handel - harpsichord Suite No.7 in G minor

[gloomyoutlook]

Listen to this, and listen to Village Green by The Kinks :3

[nannycrackers]

If it's not baroque, don't fix it

[segedy]

I can't get over how many interpretations of this piece there are out there! This piece is genius.

[louisvonbeethoven]

It gets interesting at 3:32

[wilbur1960]

I like how the theme is developed from the Westminster Clock Chime melody

[arbat59]

Плеск клавесинных струн подобен плеску волн морских...

[satayay1]

3:17 - 3:31... So awesome...

[Alexjr1543]

I love the huge variety I can find between the different performances of this particular piece.

[theopaopa1]

hi friend,

the handel's original music score actually starts at 0:32,".the beautiful and necessary introduction gives us the bass line (the real theme), repeated whit elegant sober beautiful and "not classic" chord changes.

best regards

[pilotlim]

@theopaopa1 i think the beginning is just improvisation.

[lanachasitymare]

@pilotlim can you give evidence as to why it is improvised?

[chewpoi]

@HawkABillySwan I like Karsh Kale Milan Midival Pundits. HOW WILD. I'm unsure if it is moaiest... oh, maybe Princess Zelda meant "the most".

[MarSwanlake]

I love harpsichord more than piano.. i don't know why... i really enjoy this instrument.

[MarSwanlake]

Thanks for uploading it... I love the harpsichord and I love Händel's music.

[PaulanerWeisbier]

IS PLAYED IN F MINOR?

[mrsubery]

epic preformance!

[DasZedo]

Astonishing, amazing composition and brilliantly played too.

[obizin]

do not delete this channel: NEVER!!

[WarlockShade]

it's marvelous, but it's not the whole suite though, just the chaconne and a small part of the gigue

[andrejoaosf]

this is a masterpiece. the best played ever. is it you playing?

[andrejoaosf]

I've never heard this music so well played. thanks for sharing!

[achantus1]

He is doing exactly what musicians at that time would do: improvise on the repeats. I like it!

[julieification]

Lovely!

[tiara8violin]

出だしがパッサカリアっぽいとおもったらパッサカリアだった

[Guitarista0013]

I creamed my pants at 3:20

[luizo094]

*o*

[imike7771]

Very good for video nice...

[MrChambs915]

I want the freakin sheet music for this :o

[TheLivingHeiromartyr]

@MrChambs915 go to the IMSLP Petrucci music library (type it in google) you can get practically any sheet music you like for free, and it's legal.

[FranzLisztFerentz]

Hey, next week I'll start playing this music!

[luigiperso]

grandi maestri.....

[metalmanjfisch]

What is the name of the album containing this wonderful track?

[JmillMoreno]

this reminds of some old as games with mythical creatures and stuff...like renaissance. cool stuff man.

[peteacher52]

A beautiful sounding instrument played by a master and superbly presented by the recording personnel. Cheers.

[jeef290]

I am 16, and i wish i was 17 :(

[ZachWasHere]

I am 17, and I didn't buy two harpsichords. Though, I do feel like letting you know what my age was.

[Askelairlines747]

i am 17, and i bought two harpsichords, my life is 200% complete =)

[diozent]

My eyes have welled up with tears of happiness.

[avalokiteshivara]

Muita Agilidade, e interessante preludio pra entrar na passacaglia.

[andrejoaosf]

does anybody have the sheet score of this music?

[visionbach]

The jazzy "Autumn Leaves" consists of the same chord progression; so this suite is the parent of this famous jazz-standard. Listen to Keith Jarrett!

[savethetrees433]

This piece seems more like a theme and variations on that central chord progression than a suite in itself. A brilliant example of Handel's melodic ability, though. 

[jnamadeus]

@savethetrees433

Yes. This is only the final movement of the suite, and it is in a variations style, which is the case with the form of Passacaille/Chaconne in general. It is not the whole suite.

[jpstenino]

FANTASTIC. 

[pugay69]

Am I hallucinating, or is he taking absurd liberties with the text?

[RiccardoP1983]

Awesome!!!

[obizin]

How can it be?! There's someone in the world who doesn't like this. It's my favourite music...from one of my favourite composers

[obizin]

How can it be?! There's someone in the world who doesn't like this. It's my favourite music...from on of my favourite composers

[dldhsdb1945]

Beautiful playing! Believe me, I have heard so many versions of this particular piece and this one is the best rendition that reminds how complicated Baroque music could be very beautiful!

[cemetryknigh]

it is quite unusuall performance, for several reasons:

1. this piece was written by Handel in G minor as the title said, but it is plays in this specific performance in F minor .

2. the overture ( if i may call it overture)

and for the previous comments,

Hnadel's work is sophisticated and requirs a previous knowledge in music, so you can expect that most of his work woun't be known by most of the general public.

[claudiobassist]

@cemetryknigh  1.- Is G minor, but the harspichord is tuned in 415 Hz, the baroque tuning.

[cemetryknigh]

thank you! i did'nt know that, and i am glad you told me...

[DarkRuller1000]

@claudiobassist which note is tuned to 415 Hz?

[tisMrJoo]

@DarkRuller1000 i'd imagine it'd be an A, right?

[DarkRuller1000]

@tisMrJoo yea i'd say that the A is tuned to 415 Hz

[roiperceval]

@cemetryknigh

No, it is played in G-minor, but the pitch is 392 Hz. So this makes "F-minor" if you compare with the "modern" 440 Hz pitch. But the distance between the single notes remains G-minor.

[nonnopirro52]

bravo ludger

[Xaederaz]

Someone actually disliked this? Im shocked!

*and yes, I really am*

[koushirou]

The first four notes remind me the Westminster Quarters...

[xaviera8]

excelente

[destroyer9987]

This piece is really awesome... some parts remind of Bach, which of course is never a bad thing.

[LandCrashr]

I'm completely astonished with the majesty of this execution/interpretation,till now the best I've listened.Honour to the composer!

[Ardie83]

i cant believe I used to think of Handel as the lesser composer. Never realized how emotional his pieces were... It definitely has more "relistenable" value compared to other composers (my opinion anyway).

[shnimmuc]

@Ardie83 Some call them equal in that they are different. I fall slightly on the Handel side. To little of Handel`s work is know by the general public. Handel wrote and estimated 304 hr. of music. Bach around 275

[Ardie83]

@shnimmuc nice to see someone with an interesting perspective. Im no expert at this matter, but personally, Chopin and Handel comes first on my list before any other composer (and not simply because Chopin is widely regarded as the best pianist in the world). Although i like Bach as well...

[majav15mg]

weeeeehaaaaaaaaaaaaw

[marshofsleep]

One of the nicest renditions I've heard of this piece. Beautiful ornamentation.

[666Dominatice666]

Very nice.

[rockmusscarcella]

Hearing this somebody can think in whatever they want, like me~

[desiredoceania]

I swear, the chord progression in the beginning sounds so familiar from somewhere more modern...

[googlekopfkind]

its sounds not really classical ...??? iam crazy

[peipuss]

Yes, you are crazy ;p

[a5ghilleman]

@googlekopfkind well its baroque.

[xSnoweyexp]

@googlekopfkind no your not crazy , the beginning with the chords do sound more modern but i really like it , the beginning is so easy but its really powerfull !!

[BoeingB17FF]

@googlekopfkind The intro's different mainly due to the style. As far as the instrument, you can't get more purebred classical. The harpsichord is almost strictly classical. And this is one of the finest examples of a Passacaille around.

[hatstalker]

@googlekopfkind Of course it does not sound classical, its Baroque!

[VONHIMMELBACH]

@googlekopfkind You're craaaaazy :D

[BELACSAMOHT]

@googlekopfkind

That's because it's Baroque.

[aristootes]

@BELACSAMOHT

Exact

[Gonnakillyou]

@googlekopfkind Well it's Baroque. :))

[AkMastamind]

@googlekopfkind It sounds Baroque. The predecessor to the Classical Period. You know why? Because it is! ^_^

[petrucciJr]

@googlekopfkind cause it's baroque.

[theopaopa1]

@googlekopfkind

you are not crazy, crazy was handel ...

all the best

[PrincessZelda613]

The resplendent harpsichord is among the moaiest, most beautiful sounding instruments ever created, and this is a perfect example of why. Thank you so much for posting this.

[peipuss]

The pleasure is mine :)

[zidredz]

@PrincessZelda613 100% agreed.

[Jovomusic]

After listening to so many people trying to play this, it is a joy to hear this recording.

Bravo....

[HARMONICO101]

Interesting improvised introduction. Very nice.

[falcon176]

holy shit this song is so amazing. i want to buy a harpsichord and learn how to play this song.

[zeppelinman71]

haha they're super expensive!

[prairiedogeric10]

@falcon176 roar roar roar

[DrewOchsner]

It sound so amazing when played by a true harpsicordist on an actual harpsicord. Bravo!

[claudiobassist]

excelente

[eliufus]

Bellísima.

[ThePato07]

The perfect passacaille... great execution!

[jeunemamie06]

Magnifique

[lju2x]

agree

[dekelt]

Very beautiful