It is so good to hear again the classic modest straight-forward balanced way of interpretation and performance by Pierre Hantai: one can hear Bach himself, without performance's mannerism of overshadowing the composer, which unfortunately some performers do. In addition, by good registration, right choice of tempo for each movement, and inventive personal trills in the repetitions - Hantai gives us most delightful, warm-hearted musical experience. I thank him and NBS for uploading.
C’est toujours une grande émotion que de voir mon ami Pierre Hantaï jouer aux Pays Bas, là où son maître, Gustav Leonhardt, lui a transmis son art. Pierre en est le digne continuateur !
This is a piece I dearly love, and what a pleasure to hear it played by someone who intentionally places each note so eloquently in time. Elegant, beautiful and moving.
I always admire the old church architectural backgrounds within which you often set your musical offerings. I’d bet their histories are equally as excellent to learn.
Wunderschöne und detaillierte Aufführung dieser perfekt komponierten Suite in verschiedenen Tempi mit schimmerndem doch warmherzigem Klang des technisch fehlerlosen Cembalos und mit perfekt kontrollierter Dynamik. Zweifellos einer der zehn besten Cembalisten im 21. Jahrhundert!
A beautiful french suite with my (as usual) favorite gigue, virtuosically and passionately performed by french harpsichordist Pierre Hantai, who fell in love with Johann at the age of ten,(just like me) 🙂 Bravo for the excellent Pierre just like for the unique Netherlands Bach Society 🎵😌🎶
Wonderful. The performance really shows that this is music that exists spontaneously, in the moment that it's performed... There's no definitive performance. Pity that here in NZ the classical radio station rarely plays JSB keyboard works on the instruments they were written for. Such a pleasure to listen to NBS recordings!
The wonderfully overlapping touch this player exhibits, especially apparent in the Allemande is REALLY HARD to achieve. Back in the day when I studied Cembalo playing I would have given all the tea in china to be able to play like this. Bravo!
@@MitchBoucherComposer yeah it is kinda similar, like it says in the description: "Bach deliberately starts the Allemande with a simple form: arpeggios that gradually shift in harmony. It is reminiscent of the first prelude in the Wohltemperirte Clavier" so not too unique In my opinion this is better, but again it might be because of the beautiful playing and sound of instrument :D Because the key is the same too and it is Bach lol
La prise de son est vraiment exceptionelle. Il faudra nous raconter cette forêt de micros sur une seule perche! The sound engineering is fantastic. Tell us more about this grape of mikes on just one stick!
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This is a genuine perspective on this marvellous work; I am revisiting this piece and this performance is very illuminating. I prefer to go a tad faster in the Allemande and a tad slower in the Courante, as it’s very difficult to sustain on the grand piano otherwise.
Wonderful rendition! Pianists need so much to hear/study with harpsichordists...! Bach didn't write for piano, never imagined its aesthetics, which is romantic. We often tend to do pianistic cliches on Bach's music, without even realizing it!
Ever heard of the clavichord? Are you aware of its capabilities? It was Bach's preferred instrument. Few of his keyboard works specify harpsichord. Listen to the many clavichord performances on RUclips of his works. The sound of what we'd recognize as a modern piano didn't even exist until around 1870, which was about half a century after Beethoven's death.
great performance, good ornaments. i don't know how, but i feel a very " straight and square " tempi, i miss some roundness, some "spirit of dance" but it's just me....
I love the music of Bach. But I am a bit amused that this suite is called the 'French' suite. Its precision counterpoint and harmony is the most German sounding thing I've ever heard.
Nice performance, but why, why, why in a church? This piece was absolutely not intended for a church setting. A harpsichord does not need an echo chamber; it is an intimate instrument.
@@WinrichNaujoks yes he does, and the clavicord and the fortepiano, he said it in various interviews he just never play them in public. He did do several concerts on a forte piano. I just think that Schiff is such a master of Bach its a shame.
Gosh no! Koopman hacks all instruments apart, and Schiff's playing is as boring and monotonous as his talking. Hantai is fantastic. Just my opinion though. Each to their own.
Preferisco questa versione della Suite Francese N 4 al Clavicembalo. È più Potente rispetto quella al Pianoforte. ( opinione personale ) ❤😊Saluti da Lecce South Italy
@@dominictremblay-poitras8355 que m'importe votre avis, j'apprécie davantage ces suites lorsqu'elles sont transposées au piano, et cela de manière global pour toute l'oeuvre de Bach composée au clavecin. Le clavecin était apprécié à son époque, pour ma part je préfère le piano, ne vous en déplaise. Et je me fiche de ne rien connaître à la musique, comme vous l'affirmez de manière péremptoire.
Hi there! Ornaments and tempi are a question of taste of course, but Hantaï most definitely played this in the right key! In our recordings, we try to use tunings that Bach may have used. At different points in time Bach's instruments were tuned to a lower or higher pitch than ours, and we do our best to approximate the historical circumstances in our recordings. It can be so refreshing to hear something in a "new" old way!
0:05 Allemande
3:28 Courante
5:21 Sarabande
8:37 Gavotte
9:56 Air
11:55 Menuett
12:51 Gigue
11:08 bar 7 air
6:25 bar 9 sarabande
Only a musician who has nothing to prove can play with this elevated patience. Completely satisfying.
Brilliantly true! "Only a musician who has nothing to prove..."
check out Robert Hill
@@gabriel_kyne robert has some fantastic recordings too, good recommendation.
A majestic rendition of this marvelous masterpiece. The opening is wonderfully peaceful and the ending a joyful dance. What more can you ask for 🎵
what more? hugs!
beautiful! And good execution
Mr. Hantai, I am grateful to have been invited to witness this majestic trance of this glorious Bach's suite
It is so good to hear again the classic modest straight-forward balanced way of interpretation and performance by Pierre Hantai: one can hear Bach himself, without performance's mannerism of overshadowing the composer, which unfortunately some performers do. In addition, by good registration, right choice of tempo for each movement, and inventive personal trills in the repetitions - Hantai gives us most delightful, warm-hearted musical experience. I thank him and NBS for uploading.
Superb from the moment Pierre Hantaï placed his fingers on the keyboard. Thanks
The French Suites are my favourite harpsichord works by Bach. Full of amazing melodies and harmony/counterpoint
Allemande 815 is so beautiful 😌💕
C’est toujours une grande émotion que de voir mon ami Pierre Hantaï jouer aux Pays Bas, là où son maître, Gustav Leonhardt, lui a transmis son art. Pierre en est le digne continuateur !
숭고한 아름다움이 있네요~♡!!!!
늘 응원합니다
Such a wonderful performance of one of my favorite French suites. I love the ornaments Hantaï made!
Incredible playing from Mr. Hantai as usual. So happy that this project exists :)
This is a piece I dearly love, and what a pleasure to hear it played by someone who intentionally places each note so eloquently in time. Elegant, beautiful and moving.
why is Bach so great...this just is other worldly
Bravo!! Thanks to everyone who made this video possible. The instrument, the music, the setting--all beautiful!
remarkable recorded sound! Compliments. (Not to mention the wonderful playing :) ) And what an INCREDIBLE instrument!
Todas las semanas, un remanso de Bach. Gracias, Netherlands Bach Society.
Merci Pierre Hantaï.
I always admire the old church architectural backgrounds within which you often set your musical offerings. I’d bet their histories are equally as excellent to learn.
It is a hiddden church, Doopsgezind or Mennonite in Haarlem: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doopsgezinde_kerk,_Haarlem
Simply gorgeous! 💖 I´m so grateful for this perfect video - what a generous gift!
Eccellente esecuzione .Sempre piacevole ascoltare Hantai.
So peaceful, I feel like i am In heaven🙏🏻
Wunderschöne und detaillierte Aufführung dieser perfekt komponierten Suite in verschiedenen Tempi mit schimmerndem doch warmherzigem Klang des technisch fehlerlosen Cembalos und mit perfekt kontrollierter Dynamik. Zweifellos einer der zehn besten Cembalisten im 21. Jahrhundert!
Absolutely wonderfully played very beautiful sound🍃thank you
A beautiful french suite with my (as usual) favorite gigue, virtuosically and passionately performed by french harpsichordist Pierre Hantai, who fell in love with Johann at the age of ten,(just like me) 🙂 Bravo for the excellent Pierre just like for the unique Netherlands Bach Society 🎵😌🎶
Magnífico, Hantaï siempre me ha convencido. Gracias por esta interpretación.Y mil gracias a NBS.
In harpsichord suits, P. Hantaï and K. Jarrett are second to none. Speechless.
Wonderful. The performance really shows that this is music that exists spontaneously, in the moment that it's performed... There's no definitive performance. Pity that here in NZ the classical radio station rarely plays JSB keyboard works on the instruments they were written for. Such a pleasure to listen to NBS recordings!
Netherlands Bach s
Society always presenting us with wonderful music 🎶 and performances !
Thank you for this great gift 🎁!
I LIKE THE STYLE OF PLAYING THIS LOVELY SUITE. I LOVE THE WOOD GRAIN EXPOSED ON THE INSTRUMENT. WHAT A NICE RECORDING, THANKYOU.
Soothing for the soul, bravo!
I love the meditative, lyrical and nuanced first movement, so different from some of the frenetic versions out there.
The wonderfully overlapping touch this player exhibits, especially apparent in the Allemande is REALLY HARD to achieve. Back in the day when I studied Cembalo playing I would have given all the tea in china to be able to play like this. Bravo!
especially at the beginning sounds like we as listeners are entering the heaven the bass of this harpsichord helps it too..
Am I the only one who finds correlation with this opening allemande, and that of the the cello suite in E flat, BWV 1010?
@@MitchBoucherComposer yeah it is kinda similar, like it says in the description: "Bach deliberately starts the Allemande with a simple form: arpeggios that gradually shift in harmony. It is reminiscent of the first prelude in the Wohltemperirte Clavier" so not too unique
In my opinion this is better, but again it might be because of the beautiful playing and sound of instrument :D Because the key is the same too and it is Bach lol
@@lordchameleon2650 Ah yes, I see what you mean now! I love the key of e flat; it's so warm and consoling.
I mean this is just WOW !! Everything in this video is marvelous, what a wonderful RUclips channel this is!
Lush and gorgeous, thank you.
This is how a harpsichord can sound, bravo!
Il n'existe pas de génie clavecin au niveau suprême de cher Pierre!
Bach es una cima musical, es sobrehumano, y Hantaï toca con una perfección y un sentimiento que abruma.
Vous avez touché mon âme avec telle gentillesse… je vous remercie infiniment!
Each line is so meticulously highlighted. Bach at its finest
divine! what craft ful rendition.... How sublime.....
Absolutely incredible and impressive rendition.
La prise de son est vraiment exceptionelle. Il faudra nous raconter cette forêt de micros sur une seule perche! The sound engineering is fantastic. Tell us more about this grape of mikes on just one stick!
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One of my favourite harpsichord players to listen to! Phenomenal ❤
Beautiful!
Extraordinaria en verdad la música de BACH
Maravilloso 👏 👏 👏
Heavenly.
beautiful execution!
Superb !
So good!
Great Video! Love it!
Sooo awesome
Just wonderful
I wish Hantai would record the French Suites on cd. I need them! Listening online I'm captivated.
Beautiful.
This really is a fabulous rendition.
Bravo. Quelle virtuosité
MARAVILHA 👏👏👏🇧🇷
This is a genuine perspective on this marvellous work; I am revisiting this piece and this performance is very illuminating. I prefer to go a tad faster in the Allemande and a tad slower in the Courante, as it’s very difficult to sustain on the grand piano otherwise.
BRAVISSIMO!!!!
Yes! By all means! Break out a bottle of the best! This deserves a true celebration! GOD bless NBS in the name of Jesus!😁
Bravo!
que belleza, bravo
I don't have perfect musical pitch, but I'm almost certain that the birds in the forest sing in E flat major.
Cette famille Hantaï, quand même! Tous meilleurs musiciens les uns que les autres...
Le père n'tait que peintre.....
Wonderful and rich. Also quite close to Leonhardts interpretation, no surprise.
Wonderful rendition!
Pianists need so much to hear/study with harpsichordists...! Bach didn't write for piano, never imagined its aesthetics, which is romantic. We often tend to do pianistic cliches on Bach's music, without even realizing it!
As a pianist, studying the harpsichord completely changed my life ! It's such an amazing instrument and I learned so much, I'm really glad!
Ever heard of the clavichord? Are you aware of its capabilities? It was Bach's preferred instrument. Few of his keyboard works specify harpsichord. Listen to the many clavichord performances on RUclips of his works. The sound of what we'd recognize as a modern piano didn't even exist until around 1870, which was about half a century after Beethoven's death.
Coup de foudre! C'est tout simplement éblouissant.....................
Sublime
Pierre is a Máster of Harpsichord!!
Magistral.
Wow
Piano still is an "incomplete" instrument. 👨🚒
Thanks. ❤
Those who choose piano are deaf. (Nothin Personal. Nothin' Bad. Nothin' Weird)
Incomparably greater
The way he plays it is the only correct way.
❤❤❤❤lovely !
TOP
👏👏👏👏👏👏👏🇧🇷🇧🇷
great performance, good ornaments. i don't know how, but i feel a very " straight and square " tempi, i miss some roundness, some "spirit of dance" but it's just me....
Micing tech also well done.
cool
❤❤🎵
That hrp hs a very pretty timbre
¿Qué es ese lugar donde toca? ¿Un tribunal? Toca bien, además.
A church in Haarlem: Doopsgezinde Kerk, Haarlem
@@bach Muchas gracias.
😢
I love the music of Bach. But I am a bit amused that this suite is called the 'French' suite. Its precision counterpoint and harmony is the most German sounding thing I've ever heard.
Nice performance, but why, why, why in a church? This piece was absolutely not intended for a church setting. A harpsichord does not need an echo chamber; it is an intimate instrument.
Please ask Andras Schiff to play at least in one of youre recordings !!!
He doesn't play the harpsichord.
@@WinrichNaujoks yes he does, and the clavicord and the fortepiano, he said it in various interviews he just never play them in public.
He did do several concerts on a forte piano.
I just think that Schiff is such a master of Bach its a shame.
No thanks. More Koopman please!
Gosh no! Koopman hacks all instruments apart, and Schiff's playing is as boring and monotonous as his talking. Hantai is fantastic. Just my opinion though. Each to their own.
Bach à la française ;-)
Häntai
Oh, come one man…
Preferisco questa versione della Suite Francese N 4 al Clavicembalo. È più Potente rispetto quella al Pianoforte. ( opinione personale ) ❤😊Saluti da Lecce South Italy
Ite missa est
ces suites sont beaucoup plus mélodieuses transposées au piano.
Bach fut un génie, inspiré par Dieu sans nul doute.
Il ne faut pas connaître la musique pour dire une telle chose. Cette musique est composée pour le clavecin, pas le piano
@@dominictremblay-poitras8355 que m'importe votre avis, j'apprécie davantage ces suites lorsqu'elles sont transposées au piano, et cela de manière global pour toute l'oeuvre de Bach composée au clavecin. Le clavecin était apprécié à son époque, pour ma part je préfère le piano, ne vous en déplaise. Et je me fiche de ne rien connaître à la musique, comme vous l'affirmez de manière péremptoire.
Too many ornaments and in the wrong key...plodding tempi...
Hi there! Ornaments and tempi are a question of taste of course, but Hantaï most definitely played this in the right key! In our recordings, we try to use tunings that Bach may have used. At different points in time Bach's instruments were tuned to a lower or higher pitch than ours, and we do our best to approximate the historical circumstances in our recordings. It can be so refreshing to hear something in a "new" old way!