C.P.E. Bach / Cello Concerto in A minor, Wq. 170 (H. 432)

[@brianknapp8645]

C P E Bach's style is so hard to classify. His music has elements of the Gallant, the Baroque, and Sturm and Drang. Maybe we shouldn't try to classify his music but just enjoy it for what it is.

[@walterbishop3668]

Your first statement broke the pillars of pretentiousness.

[@liborsionko]

Brian Knapp Ironically this very statement could be considered to 'raise the pretentious stakes'.

[@isabelalzateestrada]

Let's just call it Baroque for the time period that it was created. It also was too intricate to be classified as classical.

[@superbsubtitles8998]

@@isabelalzateestrada well, Haydn and Mozart are very intricate in their late symphonies and string quartets. Are they not classical? Not all classical period composers were style galante. CPE Bach was more associated with Empfindsamer Stil or 'sensitive style', a regional dialect the galant style.

[@isabelalzateestrada]

@@superbsubtitles8998 Thank you for explaining that, I am still an amateur in baroque and classical music.

[@captainbeastazoid7084]

One of the best cello concertos I've ever heard... That first movement is incredible. And the second has so much depth and beauty. It really speaks to my heart.

[@DavidA-ps1qr]

I have to agree with you, and so surprised that after 4 years nobody else has bothered to reply! It is an innovative work. Especially knowing that CPE Bach wasn't a cellist.

[@tomwesselmann4042]

Großartig! Er macht seinem Vater alle Ehre. Obgleich er vielleicht zunächst gegenüber JS als weniger genial erscheinen mag, so erzeugt CPE in seinen Werken mit individuellen (für seine Epoche teils ungewöhnlichen) Harmoniewechseln eine neue/andere emotionale Tiefe. Das rationale Genie seines Vaters und dessen Virtuosität schimmern in vielen Passagen zusätzlich immer wieder durch. Ich habe große Freude beim erleben seiner Stücke! Danke für den Upload.

[@rosiegalathynius4467]

I'm learning this. It's so much fun to play. I love the way the orchestra has a completely different melody than the solo cello. It sort of sounds like the orchestra is fighting an the cello breaks in and try to calm the tempers in the orchestra. I just wish there was a J.S. Bach cello concerto.

[@capnhawkins]

beautifully said

[@rosiegalathynius4467]

Nick Birkhead Nope. I like to challenge myself.

[@tcstoryboardsberlin4318]

Me too.

[@vladiinsky]

true... but, Bach's son did justice to the baroque cello concerto repertoire - especially with this one!

[@davidriggenbach6672]

Maybe there was... and as many of his works, it didn't survive.

[@HeelPower200]

Incredible...every moment charged with so much emotion... The painting is perfection for this song..Indeed,It feels like someone musing over the raging sea and going through occasionally turbulent thoughts themselves. C.P.E Bach will be forever one of my favorites.If only for this work.

[@bb1111116]

AlyZa; it may seem strange to some people but this sounds to me like a combination of J.S.'s style & that of Vivaldi.

[@waterliliesbymonet7827]

10:19 2nd movement 18:12 3rd movement A note for my studies. Thanks for the upload.

[@nickharris9761]

I feel very lucky , I’ve just fallen in love with classical after many years of loving 20th / 21st century genres. What a voyage of discovery I have ahead of me and this cello concerto is a glorious island I will return too in many occasion 😄👍

[@eliasmusic919]

Hi, that sounds great! I’ve been making some playlist with the best classical music of each era, can you recommend me works of the 20th and 21st? The modernist period, thanks

[@suzanneengland8978]

Incredible piece. I listen to it when I'm stuck in traffic and it takes my mind to a good place!

[@mereyeslacalle]

Obnubilante !! Me pregunto si ser hijo de J,S.Bach hizo que este músico soberbio que es C.P.E. Bach no recibiera todos los honores y gloria que debió haber tenido . Para mí en lo personal es un auténtico genio , divino !!

[@aninon46]

C,P.E Bach magnifico, en lo particular, tan grande como su padre, armonia y claridad absoluta, Genio musical!!!!!

[@Ennah08]

C.P.E Bach was rather overlooked until recent years. In music history he was reduced to a transition figure - between baroque and classical epoques ... I think he made his very own epoque :-) When baroque orchestras started to play his music he was suddenly much more interesting - sharp rythmic passages benefit a lot from gut strings on the string instruments!

[@ianmorrison7302]

Your point is well made. Specifically baroque ensembles bring a tactile and rythmic strength to playing that benefits not just baroque works but those of slightly post-baroque masters like CPE. A few years ago, I even picked up a cheap CD of the Hayden cello concertos that didn't have the name of the soloist on the sleeve but was played very satisfyingly in the same manner.

[@cathievermote7602]

@@ianmorrison7302 I too find the spirit of this concerto is very similar to the Haydn cello concertos.

[@elaineblackhurst1509]

Cathie Vermote Haydn’s two cello concertos have absolutely nothing in common with each other apart from the fact that they were both written by Haydn. Additionally, there is very little of CPE in the C major concerto (c.1761-1765), and not a note of the D major (1783), sounds like anything ever written by CPE.

[@Pawel_Malecki]

@@ianmorrison7302 the crisp of period string instruments makes a lot of music benefit from it. Mozart's K. 466 is a great example, the introduction changes from quite fiery to absolutely flamboyant.

[@elaineblackhurst1509]

Paweł Małecki You’re quite right; the problem for many people with the authentic/original instrument performances of K466 - and all apart from one or two of the earliest piano concertos - is that the first entry of a 1780’s-style Viennese fortepiano is simply a step too far when most listeners are expecting a Bechstein, Bosendorfer, Steinway, or even a Kawai or Yamaha. (Tops for me are the magnificent and beautiful limited edition Fazioli pianos from Sacile north east of Venice).

[@officeflorajaponica9672]

I am sure CPE had Noble Spirit. I feel stillness in his music. Thank you.

[@vladiinsky]

I feel a Rebel spirit :)

[@sanlkar]

CPE Bach siempre rebosante de energía. No tiene la incomparable grandeza de su padre pero si una vitalidad más cercana a Vivaldi y una frescura que vislumbra el origen del clasicismo.

[@brianknapp8645]

I love this performance and this entire CD of CPE Bach's music! Excellent recording quality too. It's a Harmonia Mundi album.

[@Shabbar3]

that amazing artwork side by side with Bach is something else

[@nicolebernier3910]

Musique de quelqu'un qui est heureux et médite sur sn bonheur.

[@jamescalandrillo3181]

The exuberance! Continual motion and surprise. Tour de force!

[@Galantski]

Another Bach, another genius!

[@bgcellozone]

Hot dang, this chicken is extra crispy! Sounds like they all had shots of esspresso before this recording session. Great bowing fam.

[@gerardbegni2806]

This concerto is a trascription of a harpsichord concerto, which is nice since the voice of hapsichord is difficult to hear. Here, we can listen to the full spectrum of expression of this outstanding music.

[@jsoren9130]

Who put their thumb down?! Never heard this before. It was wonderful to hear it for the first time in 432.

[@cellomuse3279]

Lol indeed...a complete loser

[@bundiclionie1365]

I love how CPE's music just doesn't sit still for more than a few seconds. I bet he was a fidget as a kid.

[@TimelessJaydz]

Whoa..Splendid..thanks for sharing-this wonderful melody. Keep it up.

[@utsteinproductions]

I've listened to JS Bach a lot, but never listened to anything his son had composed until now. Wow was I missing out! Need to check out more of his works for sure. I really like the mix of baroque and classical, almost like a bridge connecting the two eras of music.

[@Musicienne-DAB1995]

CPE's versatility served him well.

[@jackarcher7495]

Agree. It was a David Hurwitz discussion of CPE Bach that has got me listening to him, long after I should have. Thank you, Mr. Hurwitz.

[@varolussalsanclar1163]

Its almost as if the immortal and graceful soul of the great Vivaldi came down and blessed him like a muse as he was composing this.

[@SeaLilies]

You are right...

[@gerardbegni2806]

@@SeaLilies Absolutely right

[@elaineblackhurst1509]

@@SeaLilies You are both entirely wrong.

[@angelestebanfonseca690]

Grandioso y exquisito concierto. Llena a mi alma de paz y serenidad. Fabuloso!!!

[@Chris_yes]

Fucking love CPE Bach. Favourite classical composer after Herr Mozart

[@captainbeastazoid7084]

Same. Although, they're both equal for me

[@DanielFahimi]

C.P.E Bach isn't even even classical lmao.

[@captainbeastazoid7084]

@@DanielFahimi Yes, he is. He was writing during the transition from Baroque to Classical. His piano sonatas are considered early contributions to sonata form.

[@Opuss55]

Same as well Favorite composer after his father/herr Beethoven/herr mozart/Schubert

[@manuelinopampa9646]

Escuchando esta magnífica obra y mirando la ilustración del video..... imagino ese hombre mirando el bravo mar ....noche y el castillo cerrado....pero parece tranquilo el hombre 💐

[@t.t240]

減り張りの有る壮麗な響き１つ１つが心の奥深く染み渡りますネ。👏👏‼️

[@martinebert6508]

CPE è uno dei migliori compositori di tutti i tempi.

[@Jemoh66]

The intense and somewhat violent string sections remind me of Vivaldi's hot blooded concerti grossi.

[@Tubie1111]

He was a Vivaldi admirer

[@elaineblackhurst1509]

@@Tubie1111 JS Bach knew a number of Vivaldi’s works; not sure that there is much evidence CPE Bach did, or if he did, that there is any trace of it in CPE’s own music - two completely different sound worlds.

[@captainbeastazoid7084]

Better than any vivaldi concerto I've heard.

[@danielrodriguez9630]

Los dos eran genios.

[@ThievesInTheTreasureRoom]

Beautiful. Nice choice in painting also.

[@frederickletterblair]

OMG the Cadenza in the first movement is so avant-garde for it's time.

[@captainbeastazoid7084]

Yeah, love that one chromatic descent.

[@byronrakitzis]

Cadenzas from the period (read Quantz) should be playable in "one breath". There are in fact cadenza(s) for this movement in CPE Bach's hand. They are just a few measures long.

[@sameash3153]

@@byronrakitzis there's a famous counterexample of an extended written out cadenza: the first movement of the 5th Brandenburg concerto.

[@byronrakitzis]

@@sameash3153 that's one famous counterexample. It doesn't represent the norm. In fact almost nothing about the Brandenburg concertos represents the norm. And specifically to this concerto (H431/432 etc.), we cadenzas written out by CPE Bach. Check out for example the old Stephen Preston recording.

[@federicogerlin7734]

So new, so enlightening

[@federicogerlin7734]

@Kelly Fischer and it sounds so fresh also for that period

[@lbugaienko]

Чудова, дуже емоційна музика!!

[@RizShahbazli]

.... талантливый сын, великого отца..

[@RizShahbazli]

@Ильфан Муратов... 5 сыновей у Баха было, но Карл, самый известный из них, на мой взгляд...

[@romulusromulus230]

This music was composed a long time ago, yet it runs wild circles around the 'tunes' of modern pop of today (but not the 60's!). Its melodies and their execution are eternal in their creativity...

[@fennecfanatic5566]

Thank you for putting that in parentheses! I absolutely think after this 60s is the next amazing generation in music. There were so many advancements made during that short 10 year period it’s amazing to me.

[@orb3796]

Yours both comments read like nostalgia blindness. Pop music has always been dull, whether it's ariana grande or the beatles.

[@helmutgehrmann464]

Wirklich einzigartig!

[@TheDeltaBluesAlarm]

Meraviglioso!

[@thenomad4606]

More people should listen to classical.

[@thenomad4606]

@Raden Laksmana Why not

[@thenomad4606]

@Raden Laksmana Yes

[@nostalgicmodernist1399]

I also love the Bylsma recordings, like one of the posters above -- but thought this was super, too -- very fleet and lively. Thanks for posting! I'm going to check out the original recording this came from.

[@73malaki]

Like father... Like son ! :)

[@nomaybeyes5681]

0:00 - Allegro assai 18:11 - Allegro assai

[@Yngorius]

0:01 looks like someone opened a bottle of Fanta

[@danielrodriguez9630]

Nada debe este hombre.Envidiar a su padre. Lo supera muchas veces...

[@franciscocastillomata9786]

No hay que temerle a ser un poco iconoclasta. Ciertamente, a menudo me llega con más profundidad que su padre.

[@mehmetbastug8986]

bach gene döktürmüşsün

[@KoutaKuroda]

Wonderful!

[@LosPompadores]

Super!

[@angelestebanfonseca4316]

Formidable música la de CPE Bach. Es una transición entre el barroco y el romanticismo. Su música es tan excepcional como la de su padre.

[@Squidward_Tikiland]

Is there a slow, romantic style rendition of this? I swear that’s the first recording I heard of this piece and I’m trying to find it. On the recording I heard, they slow down a lot for the entrance of the cello and the cellist uses a super accenty rhythm.

[@rubenmartin4172]

Creo que es un autor injustamente poco frecuentado... Su música es muy interesante...

[@g413n]

awsome

[@clavichord]

.. just a moment, this is also one of CPE's flute concertos, the crafty so-and-so ;-)

[@Pawel_Malecki]

...and a harpsichord concerto IIRC. I know there are at least 3 arrangements for different instruments.

[@elaineblackhurst1509]

Mozart’s second flute concerto in D major (K314) is similarly a re-working of his oboe concerto written a year earlier. Re-cycling music in various ways was not uncommon in the Classical period.

[@clavichord]

@@elaineblackhurst1509 That's right. JS Bach also sometimes "recycled" his compositions too. The concerto for two hapsichords/concerto for Oboe and violin BWV 1060 is a famous example.

[@edmundbloxam2714]

Big thumbs up from me.

[@DavidA-ps1qr]

It's quirky and so far ahead of it's time. An exciting concerto.

[@rubeng9092]

C.P.E Bach is basically what if the Eroica Symphony had legs and arms and started writing music

[@emilynightingale7758]

damn, this is good

[@merlinforever]

432 seems to bring it out lively and with more crisper sound than 440.. Excellent!

[@MsUlyana124]

Divine

[@nanultou7990]

das ist der kleine Carlito PE von Bachau... la Famiglia di tutte le Famiglie ...

[@capnhawkins]

epic

[@GammaFZ]

Edging to this rn

[@ritankhoury8507]

Waw❤

[@marinaimperatore]

Che brano...3

[@c.g.marseille4510]

as good as William Skeen

[@arthurkwek6233]

A bit similar like mozart flute concerto in d minor, is it?

[@elaineblackhurst1509]

Hell Farmer Mozart composed no d minor flute concerto; there are two rather different ones from 1778: the first in G Major (K313), and a second in D major (K314) which is an arrangement of his oboe concerto written a year earlier; there are also a small number of other works for flute. Not a single note of the music of either CPE Bach or Mozart could possibly be mistaken for the other - they sound completely different from first note to last. Although contemporaries (CPE 1714-1788, Mozart 1756-1791), musically, they come from different planets.

[@AaronGlenn88]

everyone then who hears these words of mine, and doe them, i will tell you who he is like, he is like a wise man who built his house on the rock, and the winds and the waves did not prevail against it. -jesus

[@brianjohns2291]

It would be good if you showed the name of the soloist and the orchestra and conductor.

[@DanielDOleo]

Brian Johns ...all answers in the Description.

[@antyhingforeverythingnew6285]

I feel like he is experimenting by combining various styles..For sure, he is a bit far from the spirit of his father. But, in anyway it is exciting to listen him. No matter what, this is music. It is always good to listen music rather than listening other nonsense people.:)

[@jeromekutter3639]

Got hooked on the Brandenburgs, JC seemed trying to clone his dad, CPE is the true genius, and way ahead of his time

[@timmiller6378]

What is the name/artist of the painting?

[@PabloViperLP]

Tim Miller franz ludwig catel

[@theopaopa1]

Cello - Peter Bruns Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin (2001)

[@vortanofgath7609]

Is Meraviglioso the artist of the painting?

[@Imi4000]

Franz Ludwig Catel - Night Piece

[@elaineblackhurst1509]

Meraviglioso* is an Italian adjective meaning wonderful, amazing, and/or marvellous. * Pronounced ‘mer-a-veel-*yo*-szo’

[@MrDen-lv5uj]

Who dislikes this?? Justin Bieber's fans?))

[@artikulationsbezeichnung7616]

7:45

[@lilabrown8873]

Who is playing??

[@barbavassilis]

+Lila Brown there is a despription....

[@brianjohns2291]

????

[@ayrtonvalenzuela]

Who is the autor of the Cadenza 1mvto..?

[@c.g.marseille4510]

i wonder the componist was be able to made this

[@c.g.marseille4510]

sorry for my poor English

[@c.g.marseille4510]

plus h

[@robertnicora1136]

C'est un nerveu de l'archet, d'ailleurs ça m'étonne pas parce que Jean -Sébastien , lui , n'en eu pas suffisamment , à part dans les concertos brandebourgeois où il eu un peu plus de liberté

[@Dhruvnater456]

Is this a baroque piece?

[@michelebeartGIBBONGASCON]

* * * * * * * * *

[@Tubie1111]

Vivaldi influence apparent in his works

[@elaineblackhurst1509]

Interesting viewpoint. I hear: 100% CPE Bach empfindsamer Stil, 0% Vivaldi. 0% Everyone else!

[@jeromekutter3639]

Vivaldi shit. CPE surpasses in all aspects

[@jeromekutter3639]

Don't get me wrong, Vivaldi's serious work is wonderful, not the practice pieces for the girls

[@Jalapablo]

@@jeromekutter3639 CPE's daddy loved Vivaldi

[@DanielFahimi]

@@jeromekutter3639 I kinda agree.

[@bcleuton1]

It`s too much fast! may be 130 mm or more.It is too much virtuose, or desparate. Bach is in máximum 120mm. Inspire equilibrium.This is not bach. Definitivily!

[@Crush4r]

+Cleuton Batista completely wrong, baroque music its not slow at all, just depend of the composer

[@_PROCLUS]

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