Glassharmonica & quartet / AdagioK617-Mozart by Thomas Bloch

Thomas Bloch: http://www.thomasbloch.net - Complete first movement (Adagio) from the famous Mozart "Adagio und Rondo" K.617 for Glassharmonica and Quartet by Thomas Bloch (Glassharmonica), Philippe Bernold (Flute), Alexandre Gattet (Oboe), Francoise Gneri (Viola) and Xavier Phillips (Cello) on a French TV program ("La boîte à musique de Jean-François Zygel"). This is the last chamber music work composed by Mozart in May 1791. The French multi-instrumentalist virtuoso Thomas Bloch (Glass harmonica, Ondes Martenot, Cristal Baschet, waterphone...) has also recorded this piece for the Milos Forman movie "Amadeus" soundtrack. August 4, 2006.

Jean-François Zygel informations : http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-françois_zygel

Other names : armonica de verre (France), Armonica de vidro, orgue de verre (France, Belgium), crystal harmonica, crystal armonica, glass organ, crystal organ, Armónica de cristal (Spain), Armonica a bicchieri (Italian), glasharmonika (Germany, Denmark, Sweden), glassharmonika (Norway), Harmonika szklana (Poland), 0¢0Î0‚0À0´ (Japan), close instruments : glass harp, glassharfe, glass harfe, harpe de verre, verrophon, verrophone, seraphim, verres musicaux, musical glasses

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[theondes]

For sure, the sound is different (I wouldn't say better) with period instruments. For this TV program, I played with the (wonderfull) musicians who played all along it with the various artists invited. For this recording, I used my instrument tuned in 442. To play with historic instruments, I have another glass harmonica tuned in 430 to be as 'authentic" as it is possible to be.

[lavielamorttoutca]

Am I the only one to notice that this piece ends on a dominant chord, and thus should NOT be played separately? In a Mozart piece like this, the difference is very noticeable.

[theondes]

You are right. The piece continues. Then, there is a Rondo. But it is too long to play the entire work (13 minutes) during a popular TV program (actually the more popular dedicated to classical music on a national channel - France 2 - in France). There are many artitsts invited in this program and the goal is just to give an idea and explanations with a part of the works.

[multuminparvo]

Good grief.. does everyone have to quibble and fight on all these things?

I reading through listing to classic music and reading pussy... dick... WTF-

can't anything just be beautiful and enjoyed without all the obscenity?

[theondes]

Mozart knew very well the glassharmonica thanks to Dr Mesmer and his niece whp played it. He has composed this piece especially for it (Adagio and Rondo K.617 - you can hear a part of the Rondo played on another Youtube video) .

[dasteufelhund]

The glassharmonic sounded better than the entire orchestra together...

[allcontakt]

Great that someone is actually recording this. But this instrument will no sound right if part of an enseble with modern instruments. The quieter sound of historic instruments can give this piece the correct sound qualities and make the glass harmonica sound in a more convincing way. Thanks for the video it's great anyway.

[ironmanboy]

@multuminparvo Oh how I agree with you.

[whistleforthebigcash]

@unionofonion Words like flippant?

[deathcore1239]

@TheWoodsugar THANK YOU!!!

[unionofonion]

@richterarrau1983 I like when classical music fans use flippant words to seem intelligent and educated.

[TheWoodsugar]

I'm sorry but this instrument was invented by Benjamin Frankin.