C. P. E. Bach - Solfeggio in C minor H. 220, Wq. 117/2 (1766) with scrolling score
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- Опубликовано: 15 сен 2024
- Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach - Solfeggio in C minor H. 220, Wq. 117/2 (1766)
Recorded on a Neupert Telemann harpsichord newly re-quilled with Delrin plectra,
tuned to A=415.3 Hz, Neidhardt 1724 "Große Stadt" temperament
Please note: for best sound quality, play at the highest setting (720p or higher).
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What a cute harpsichord I want one.
Yes, a Neupert Telemann is a wonderful little instrument for your first harpsichord. I am now shopping for a next level upgrade ...
@@paulmauffray I wish I could get one of those 😁
@@paulmauffraywhere did you buy it ?
I want one too, but you're going to have to come over to play it.
Wow you can really hear his fathers influence in this! Love it. Great performance too.
Thank you. I'm glad you liked it :-)
😂
Really nice to hear it on a period instrument, with the influences of Sturm und drang very clear. Truly beautiful, love the way time is stretched yet the pace is steady
Thank you I'm glad you liked it. This is not entirely a period instrument, and I expect that you'll like my harpsichord recordings from the Augustinian library even better.
Yes!
CPE Bach’s Solfeggio/Solfeggiettto is not sturm und drang which is in essence a Viennese phenomenon of c.1765-1775; written in 1766, it is more in line with CPE’s characteristic North German empfindsamer Stil aesthetic.
This is my absolute favorite classical piece, especially beautiful on the harpsichord... My goal as a pianist, like my very talented mother... I hope I can capture the passion this artist displays. Kudos to this amazing musician, truly great! ❤️❤️❤️
Thank you so very much :-)
your favourite classical piece ever? may i ask why?
"So how fast do you want your music to go?"
"Yes"
Some of the piano in the early baroque periods were at least one pitch down, but I desperate to play this one day, happy to see this type of video, thank you.
Thank you for your comment. I'm glad you like it.
I just love those baroque passages that move up or down the modes of a scale.
me too, fav part about baroque music tbh
modes aren't ... arranged in predetermined order among each other row like scale keys... it's all in the same mode switching to a different root in this example even.
What a marvellous piece by CPE Bach and what a cuttie lil' harpsichord.
Thank you. That was indeed a cute and little Neupert Telemann harpsichord, but now I have upgraded to a much larger Hubbard French double manual. Hoping to make new recordings again soon ...
Very nice and quick! Just as it should be played! Thanks and God bless you!
Glad you like it!
Wonderful interpretation. You are actually making music out of this piece as opposed to everyone else who only sees it as a mad dash to get to the end as quickly as possible. Used to play this often in my youth on my Wittmayr-harpsichord before giving it away.
Thank you very much. I'm glad you liked it. Indeed, some people seem to think of this as an excercise in speed and do not make music out of the phrases and differing moods found within this brief musical moment.
Great performance!! I'm starting to learn this piece and it's really helpful to have a great example to comparison
Glad it was helpful!
Eblouissant ! Remarquable !!! Merci et bravo. Cordialement Olivier
et merci a Vous! à-propos, je suis en train de me prépare maintenant à enregistrer d'autres musiques pour clavecin de Couperin et de Rameau ...
0:33 really reminds me of the solo in the third movement of the concerto in d minor by Bach.
Simply beautifully perfect ❤
You are so kind
What a beautiful harpsichord! is cute :D and wonderful performance!
Thank you very much!
superbissssimo, beautiful sound, thank you
Thank you too!
Nice playing! Great sounding instrument too!
Thank you :-)
Absolutely brilliant
Thank you very much. I think you might like my harpsichord videos from the Augustinian library even more ...
Bravo!
Thank you!
Beautify played
Thank you
WÜNDERSCHONE! wonderfull, espectacular, maravilloso.
Herzlichen vielen Dank! :-)
A beautiful instrument.
Thank you. The harpsichord I play in my Augustinian library videos is even better :-)
Killer! Looks really fun to play! Great job!
Thank you!
Authentic and with the proper ending!
Thank you very much!
The version I learned in my youth had 8 more descending notes at the end; what's the deal with that? I wasn't ready for the end in the video!
Awesome!
Thanks!
I am a professional pianist of the Russian classical school, and we have always been taught that all similar sixteenth notes should be perfectly even in terms of timing. However, here I hear what we conventionally call 'unevenness,' and I'm wondering if someone could explain if I am wrong or if this style of performance is characteristic of the era, or if the performer is indeed playing with some variations in the sixteenth notes within the given context. Specifically, the sixteenth notes seem to have different speeds within the subdivided group, creating an effect that is not conventionally taught in our training. I'm curious to understand if this is a deliberate stylistic choice or if it may be a unique interpretation by the performer.
Hello, thank you for the polite way that you phrased your question. In short, yes, it is indeed a deliberate choice, however, it is more complicated than that. Uneven notes were common before the 19th century as for instance notes inegales in French baroque music. The metronome was not invented until during Beethoven's time, and ridged exact mechanical precise playing is the worst thing you can do on a harpsichord. Since there is no variety of dynamics on a harpsichord, the main method of expression comes from subtle and tasteful fluctuations in the rhythm. Therefore, I try to use expressive playing which emphasizes the musical aspects of the phrases and gives the instrument a human voice. Otherwise harpsichord playing would sound boring and could be replaced by a computer.
I suspected as much, but you explained it very well, thank you so much. I'm off to fill in my gaps in music history))))@@paulmauffray
in fact, these days, I am now even more influenced by the freedom of Francois Couperin's L'art de toucher le clavecin (where he specifically requests to play as if there were no barlines and to not feel the need to be limited to the printed rhythm) as well as unmeasured preludes of the baroque and fantasies and toccatas from the earlier baroque such as by Froberger and Frescobaldi.
Bravo Maestro!!!
Grazie!
El mejor instrumento para película de terror.
❤ Anche eseguito all'organo viene bene
❤
And now we know where Yngwie Malmsteen got the opening line for his song Anguish and Fear.
Que liiindo! ❤
Great!
Bravo
Now I understand why Bach was so acclaimed !
And yet, this is only written by Carl Philipp Emmanuel Bach the son of Johann Sebastian Bach. (J. S. Bach's music is perhaps not only better than his son's, but probably the greatest of all time.)
Exelente..
Thank you
👏👏👏👏👏Beautiful!!!
Thank you :-)
That was beautifully written and beautifully played. I wonder if the smaller keyboard makes some of these pieces a wee bit less daunting? My eyes sometimes get lost in the sea of keys, but I look at this keyboard and two things come to mind: 1) I want an ice cream sandwich, 2) it just feels more contained... more grounded. As if I could have a personal relationship with every key (if that makes any sense at all?) Like.. oh right this A.. I love this A.
Thank you. The smaller keys unfortunately do not make this less daunting but instead add a new challenge. After playing piano for many years, the fingers develop a muscle-memory of the distance of each interval, and that is thrown out of place slightly when one plays harpsichord. At least after having focused primarily on harpsichord now for a few years that is no longer such a problem for me :-)
Amazing
Thanks
Increíble
Thank you :-)
shredded like the Yngwie on harpsichord!!
not quite sure if you would call C.P.E. Bach "shredding", but gee, thanks ;-)
C is in a white key!! Fascinating
First time I heard a CPE piece that I liked. Not only did the apple fall far frim the tree, but rolled down a steep hill and was devoured by a passing deer
Interesting how it is tuned a half step down. Really messes with my head 😂
🎹 exelente Bach en clavecin...,🥇❣️😀🖐️
Это Бах-сын
That's strange, in the version I learned for the Trinity exam, there was an additional bar with a few descending notes.
Yes, I have seen that version with those extra notes, however, in an edition I found those extra notes were written in smaller print as an ossia option. Also, in the autograph copy that I found they were not there and it ended as I do here.
Bravo! ❤
Thank you! :-)
Great performance. I keep visiting stately homes with poor old neglected harpsichords im with “Do not touch signs on”… One day… 😂
Sumptuous ❤
Oh thank you!
A+
why are all harpsichords tuned by a half of tone lower? for example, this piece, composed in c-minor, sounds like it's written in h(b)-minor when being played... other day i've listened to a sonate in G-major, which sounded totally like F-sharp major when played on a harpsichord
That is a fair question and difficult to answer in such a short space here. Basically, the main thing to keep in mind is that A=440 Hz was not a standard reference pitch until the 20th century, so there is great debate about the many variety of pitches and tunings that were used in the 18th century, but a general consensus among those who play early music is to use A=415 which is a half-step lower. Some harpsichordist do indeed tune to 440 these days particularly to facilitate playing together with modern instruments such as in contemporary orchestras. However, it is also important to keep in mind that harpsichords (as well as most baroque instruments) are made of delicate wood which is greatly effected by the pressure of higher strung strings. Therefore, tuning slightly lower can do a lot to help prevent structural problems that could otherwise permanently ruin an instrument. Lastly, the harpsichord is easily effected by a change in humidity which could cause the pitch to increase and potentially cause a string to break. My strings are able to withstand tuning up to 442, but by keeping them at 415 I do not have to worry if the humidity changes and they accidentally creep up to 440. I hope that helps answer your question. :-)
Très belle interprétation ! Bravo ! J'ai trouvé votre chaine RUclips et vos enregistrements en faisant une recherche sur "clavecin Neupert Telemann". J'ai en effet eu la chance d'acheter ce même clavecin et même modèle (N°19953 datant de 1959 d'après les informations de la marque) pour la modique somme de 100€ et il est en parfait état de fonctionnement. J'ai écouté tous vos interprétations qui sont une référence. Vous jouez avec beaucoup de sensibilité.
Merci beaucoup! Je comprends français sans problem, mais je prefere d'ecriver en anglais. It is nice to read that you have a similar Neupert. I would highly recommend that you get a professional to help you replace the leather plectra with delrin. It will make your instrument sound much better. Also new brass and iron strings will help too.
@@paulmauffray Hello, a Professional friend saw my instrument and have tuned it. I have already delrin plectra (OK-Springer in Deutsch) I will play this Cembalo on Sunday in Concert, with a little sonorisation because It's a big Church. I'm also playing organ in this Concert.
I was very curious with period instrument especially Harpsi, since the keyboard was smaller and crisp, no wonder why Herr Mozart creates such happy-arpeggios finger playing because it fits! I wonder if ancient piano was much smaller than modern grands.
Yes, the harpsichord and early fortepiano (which came before our modern piano) were indeed somewhat smaller than pianos. In fact, just yesterday I was measuring the keys on my harpsichord and comparing the measurements with the piano, and the harpsichord keys are slightly more narrow.
that’s so sick
I'm assuming that "sick" is slang for "cool", right? Just clarifying for those who maybe don't speak English so well ;-)
yes absolutely, I enjoyed your performance on this instrument very much
where can I find the full photo of the manuscript?
I believe I downloaded that from IMSLP.org. Just reply here if you don't find it there and I'll search again.
Is the instrument out of tune or the video manipulated. That's supposed to be in C minor. The audio is in B minor.
Hi, nice that you noticed that. It is actually a customary practice to play baroque music at a lower pitch. Therefore, this instrument is tuned to A=415.3 instead of the modern standard of 440, and thus sounds a half-step lower than what you might be used to. For this particular instrument, I found that the lower tuning gave the strings a warmer and fuller resonance. There's lots of info to read about historical pitches and temperaments. I'll try to make sure that is clear in the video description.
@@paulmauffray learn something new. Love it
I played this harpsichord the first time at a musical instrument shop in Germany. Did you post the other solfeggios by Carl Phillipp Emanuel Bach?
This is the only C.P.E. Bach Solfeggio I have learned yet. I'll have to look and see if there are more of them to learn. Do you have any favorites? In any case, I plan to re-record this one soon ...
Update: this Solfeggio (also known as Solfeggietto) in c Minor seems to be the only one that C.P.E. Bach wrote. Please correct me if I'm wrong and I would love to find more similar pieces.
Symphony X!
So in original there's not that many octaves?
You are the first to comment on those missing octaves in the left hand. Unfortunately, this video was made during the pandemic, this instrument was the only one I had then, and it did not have the lower range of notes. Therefore, I took some liberty with leaving out the octaves. Maybe I should record this again soon now that I have a larger instrument.
@@paulmauffray I actually like without them. But both is good. How is in original script with them or no?
El instrumento barroco por excelencia, el clavicémbalo o clavicordio norteño
Do you use both the 8' and 4' register here, or just the 8'?
That was only with the 8' register, but I plan on making a new recording on my French double-manual harpsichord where I will use two sets of 8' and alternate between both manual for a forte and piano effect. ...
@@paulmauffray Thank you! I also have a NEUPERT Telemann Harpsichord, I have just received as a present from somebody. The Cembalo was made around 1976 and is in very good condition. I tried this solfeggio on my Telemann Harspichord too, but on yours it sounded like you used also thr 4' Register, maybe becuase of the brilliance.
The most significant improvement I made to that Neupert was that I had a professional replace all the old leather plectra with delrin plectra. I highly recommend that you do the same. Also, if your Neupert still has steel strings, please get those replaced properly with brass and iron strings. If both of those upgrades are done correctly, the quality and value of your Neupert will increase by at least double.
What model is this piano ?
That was a Neupert Telemann harpsichord, not a piano ;-) Glad you liked it!
@@paulmauffray the sound is Insane
@@paulmauffray thanks for the information i surely gonna try this instrument and it sounded awesome by the way🤘
What pattern is at 0:12
What is it called?
I would like to hear it tuned to 440 just to know the difference.
Actually, for that instrument, I found that the strings seemed a bit tight at A-440 but at 415 they were slightly more resonant and warm sounding.
Some of these harpsichord Are more than a car
Yes, some are, but not that one. In this video, I was playing on a Neupert Telemann which is not expensive at all. The one I feature in my Augustinian Library videos, however, is exponentially more expensive ;-)
@@paulmauffray I actually got to play on one at a church it was my first time playing on one I played Bach Sonata in G minor
Quel instrument ! 😂
Merci
Is it a half step flat? Or is that just how they are
Yes, this instrument is tuned to A=415 Hz which is a half-step lower than modern tuning and is often used for baroque music.
So this is where SymphonyX stole it from.
Yes, I guess so, but I prefer the original ;-)
Easy version of moonlight sonata 3rd movement
More like solfeggio in b minor
Ha, ha! I guess you could say that, but really it is just a common baroque tuning of A=415 instead of 440 :-)
@@paulmauffray gotcha gotcha
Is the ending slightly shorter?
No, I don't believe this ending is shorter than what the composer actually wrote (at least based on this manuscript I found online). However, I have seen other editions that looked like some editor had later added a few more notes of almost a whole bar of music. But that has never appeared to be correct in my opinion.
@@paulmauffray I think I like the longer ending better.
The best joke
Too fast (according to me) but beautiful, yet.
:-D
1810?
Actually, I believe this was composed in 1766
That's original script??
And yes, that is an original 18th century handwritten copy. I believe I may have downloaded it from imslp, but I can not remember if it was in the hand of C.PE. Bach himself or made by a copyist. Since my keyboard had a limited range at the bottom, I did in fact edit the score to leave out those lower octave doublings.
@@paulmauffrayso there's no octaves I see in other videos?
Ah yes that was my comment I forgot I was here before 😂
Ah there was octaves
Smash
THE HECK ITS INVERTED?
I'm not sure what you mean by "inverted". Are you referring to the colors of the keys? If so, that's the way most harpsichords were (and are) made with dark naturals and light colored sharps and flats. Otherwise, if I were to play the music inverted, the melody would be upside down :-D
"solfeggio"
Yes, "solfeggio" or some editions list this as "solfegietto"
@@paulmauffrayyes but in Italy solfeggio means reading the notes out loud and with tempo, its even a Subject in High school
Devil.
Bravo!
What is this instrumental called?
That is a Harpsichord made by Neupert, but I had upgraded it with delrin plectra. :-)
What is delrin plectra? Sorry I don’t know everything
I was just clarifying because that is not the type of plectra that originally came with Neupert harpsichords. The plectrum (plural: plectra) are the parts that pluck the strings have perhaps the greatest influence on sound quality in a harpsichord. So this instrument just happened to maybe sound much better than your average Neupert harpsichord. Hope that helps. And for comparison, please check out my other harpsichord videos from the Augustinian library :-)
Thanks
@@skivin2970 Basically, it is a plastic plectrum to pluck the string rather than the quills used in baroque days . Majority of harpsichords today are equiped with delrin . They are more reliable , especially in concerts.