Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach - Flute Concerto in D minor, Wq 22

In this recording of a concert at the Prinzregententheater in Munich in 1998, the Bach Collegium München performs under the direction of Christopher Hogwood, one of the most reputed representatives of historically correct performance, practice several works of Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach.
Andras Adorján - flute
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach - Flute Concerto in D minor, Wq 22
0:48 I. Allegro
8:33 II. Un poco andante
16:12 III. Allegro di molto
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Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach, considered in his generation as the most successful composer of the Bach family, spent most of his life in Berlin at the court of Frederic the Great. His fame already during his life resided mainly in that he was considered a great teacher, author of the famous book „Versuch über die wahre Art Clavier zu spielen“ („Essay on the True Way to play the Piano“). Beyond that he was famed to be an outstanding improviser, surpassing all rivals. Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach was especially esteemed by great composers such as Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven and Schubert who all confessed to have learned from him. Yet he never founded any school. His way of composing is singular, intelectual, often somewhat hard edged, always stern, even when he was being witty. It‘s music for intelligent listeners and outstanding musicians because, very much like Beethoven, he never had any regards for the instrument he was writing for.

[@francobonanni218]

This concerto brings us well into the classical period with great elegance that only C.P.Bach could do.

[@clavichord]

From beginning to end, a beautifully perfected and elegant early Classical flute concerto that only maestro CPE Bach was capable of writing.

[@andrewseaman7012]

Except for Pergolesi, perhaps, and Vivaldi.

[@clavichord]

@@andrewseaman7012 No, they wrote in very different style to CPE Bach, who is an early Classical composer. Vivaldi is definately a baroque composer, an exceptionally skilled one, but baroque.

[@adrianoseresi3525]

The flautist has the most beautiful sound. And that’s why I keep coming back to this video; no other performance does it for me. If I must listen to this piece (and I absolutely must) then this is the performance that I need.

[@andrewseaman7012]

I think it's also the warmth of a wooden instrument.

[@user-eb7uh1lt7j]

И для меня тоже.Слушаю эту прекрасную флейту в исполнении этого музыканта.Звучание его флейты непревзойдённое.И вдобавок приятно смотреть на его чувства во время исполнения.Это шедевр!

[@eliza7874]

This has to be the greatest flute concerto ever !!

[@elaineblackhurst1509]

Alex You may well be right, but the competition ain’t great. It’s very odd that throughout the history of music, almost no composer has managed to write a flute concerto of the stature of the great concertos written for almost every other mainstream instrument of the orchestra. The flute finds itself in only a slightly better situation to the viola and bassoon, and one or two other instruments.

[@judewakefield7213]

Alex, you convinced me to give it a listen. That plus I like CPE.

[@helmutgehrmann464]

Yes, it is!

[@turquoise770]

@@elaineblackhurst1509 Mozart's piece for flute and harp is iconic.

[@elaineblackhurst1509]

@@turquoise770 You’re quite right; I omitted it from my thoughts as I did not count it as a solo flute concerto as such.

[@elis0386]

HERMOSA VERSION DE ESTE CONCIERTO. EXCELENTE AFINACION QUE HE ESCUCHADO EN MUCHOS AÑOS

[@jamesmillen9120]

I stand impressed by his remarkable rapid articulation.

[@andrewseaman7012]

I'd never thought that was possible!!

[@rudolphmcneill3333]

WOW is right. I love how he brings a Baroque sound with this flute even though it has the more modern mechanics. Absolutely beautiful.

[@veromaestro5194]

Fantastic!! Adorjan is one of greatest flutist of our times. Everything he plays seems easy.

[@ottorino3259]

La mejor interpretación que he visto y escuchado de este concierto. Armonía y perfección absoluta. Gracias por estos momentos.

[@eileenkoo._.]

The 3rd movement is magnificently played with excellent clarity. Bravo!

[@turquoise770]

Who can't triple tongue and circular breathe.

[@antoniobanonlucas5397]

CPE... genio entre genios. Conocer su música es amarla. Vitalidad, energía, poder... sturm und drag!!!

[@stefanodavideconti6844]

Very beautiful!!! Andras is one of the best flutists.

[@mattiagiffoni9448]

Great music and a really beatiful interpretation. Adorjan is the best!!

[@robynsalain]

une flute enchantée,admiration profonde

[@f.sarastre7491]

OUI! A VRAI DIRE, ! Merci bien!

[@sandrana5061]

Спасибо за прекрасную музыку в великолепном исполнении. Волшебные звуки флейты уносят куда то далеко и высоко...

[@Oaktreealley]

gorgeous flute playing. and the instrument is stunning. /droooool

[@raffitorossian6994]

Now i am watching to a super giant flutist and definitely he is one of the most brilliant flutists in the world with super technic and super feelings. Million bravo. Thanks for uploading.

[@lillii2222]

beautiful playing! love this concerto so much.

[@lessismore4470]

simply marvellous

[@ermetefulcanelli3499]

Great music and a superb interpretation!!!

[@arquemuse]

Sublime sonorité, interprétation touchante et technique époustouflante dans le dernier mouvement! Salutations du Québec, cher Andras et au plaisir !

[@hdmcemocionconSantiagoAraya62]

Maravillosa orquesta, director y flautista. ¿Cómo es posible que Adorján sea tan poco conocido en relación a otros flautistas, si él es tan bueno o mejor? El comercio sin duda opta por patrones estéticos específicos.

[@andrewseaman7012]

Indeed!

[@wallacechoi7610]

Thank you..!!

[@user-df8kz5no3w]

Дивная вещь Баха-сына, которая создает хорошее настроение.

[@thethikboy]

The only word I can come up with is WOW.

[@govindarajulu-kasturi9614]

Beautiful God Bless Thanks Kasturi G

[@twicetwo]

Merci, merveilleux clip

[@luigilieto3917]

Grande ❤Flautista❤❤❤❤

[@AaronGlenn88]

3 movement!!

[@kightremin]

This is the music Bach grown up with

[@nataliefilonova8196]

Thank you! Bravo!

[@imankhodaei7062]

Brilliant!

[@SuperMegguy]

Sublime

[@adrianoseresi3525]

Brilliant flautist

[@flemmingranch8777]

Rigtig skøn musik. Flot spillet på fløjte skønt livfuldt og fuld af vitaminer........

[@stefanodavideconti6844]

Grandissima esecuzione!!! bravo.

[@tepmich]

Mit Freuden anregende Musik !!! Tepper Michael .

[@ermetefulcanelli3499]

Una meraviglia!

[@keller109]

There is always a cougher in the audience. ALWAYS

[@George-jg6ry]

Yes , because the audience is alive . ALIVE

[@seasoundandwaves]

Hahahaha at Mozart's time audience used to play cards or make love in the meantime .so... 😂

[@thethikboy]

Concert halls are often full of people who don't either know how to listen to music or don't care to. Culture vultures that just want to be seen and unfortunately heard. Programme rustling is another favorite attention getter.

[@jamesward6304]

The concert season in Europe is usually the winter months, which are also known as the season of coughs and sneezes which spread diseases.

[@clavichord]

Well, I prefer a wild cougher in the audience, compared to a wild cougar in the audience... that would be much more dangerous, in my honest opinion

[@ryszardkoprowski1414]

magnificent!

[@OohnPiagetianNoch523]

16:13 Allegro di molto

[@pectit1]

BRAVOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

[@sebastienrigoux9966]

Le concerto où les premiers violons travaillent plus que le flûtiste et c'est lui qui récolte les éloges. lol. Magnifique !!! Wonderful !!!

[@rayaenelmar4283]

..suis daccord, mais.. cest ecrit pour in roi😂

[@f.sarastre7491]

I reiterate: This is a masterpiece, as much of realization as of composition. Bravissimo! The Old Periwig (Father J.S.) never expressed as much range of emotion, let alone with this much dignity and beauty of restraint. Polyphony is not chiaroscuro.

[@lefteristsiligiris6844]

Ενας αληθινος θησαυρος !

[@ASTERWER]

Exquisito

[@ronaldogarcia6431]

Filho de peixe. Também no classicismo um Bach brilhando. Ouvi esse concerto com Rampal e é muitíssimo bem interpretado.

[@bizjakboris]

Great performance! Bravi! And at A446Hz it gets different but interesting color as well.

[@DavidTurchickVEGAN]

That ending!

[@charlesmugleston6144]

Just like the Nightingale in Edward FitzGeralds Masterpiece The Ruba'iya't of Omar Khayya'm. Beautiful - thank you all. Charles Mugleston Omar Khayyam Theatre Company

[@jurigagarin3966]

4:01 18:57 21:42

[@arnoldvdwaals]

Such fine execution!

[@f.sarastre7491]

Sir, you GET it. The execution, in instrumental context, surpasses!

[@f.sarastre7491]

Very fine, indeed! Thanks for your musical intelligence. I still marvel at your opposite, shall we say . . .

[@noodlemaniskorean]

Yo recibi el estudio de flauta traversa con prof. Laura Falcon quien era alumna de Adorjan

[@baalbor7050]

🎵🎵🎶🎶🎺🎺🎶🎶🎵🎵

[@mnverrone]

MASTER!

[@grimjim100]

One of the finest concertos written for the flute. Sounds better on his wood flute than most others played on metal. The pitch is way over A440 more like A445 or more! too much! but then the Germans always did ignore the internationally agreed standard of A=440Hz. Last movement is too fast. At this tempo it' is rushed and frantic. In the score It is marked 'Allegro molto' not molto presstisisisimo!

[@veromaestro5194]

The tempo is correct. Other flutists play it faster.

[@heron6462]

@@veromaestro5194 Adorjan's tempo is just right, but the strings keep pushing the tempo faster in the first movement's _tutti_ passages. As a flautist who's played the part, this makes me nervous!

[@tttmmmfffcccaaaqqqllli]

指揮很有喜感

[@angelinakoko999]

Great performance! But it is the mistake in the description. It isn`t the "Oboe Concerto in B flat major, Wq 164".

[@LOFTmusicChannel]

Thank you very much for your comment, we have already corrected the error :)

[@asceta2112]

16:15

[@user-bz2bc3pl2p]

! ! ! ! ! ! !

[@mizhattie]

What kind of flute is he playing?

[@Mooslerherzog]

I think it is a Anton Braun Flute

[@claudiopescatore77]

Bravissimi. CPE è una rivelazione d'intelligenza

[@andrewseaman7012]

and ingenuitiy only Mozart could equal.

[@pacoyusty]

H. 425 Wq 22

[@julivertjones1037]

As much as I love and really prefer Bach's "authentic" perfomances and instruments I have to say that taking into consideration the lack of precise instructions in Bach documents and that nobody has survived since th.n...this correctness and authenticity is difficult to asses. Just say...

[@andrewseaman7012]

and so what?

[@gerlindemayer9645]

Carl Philipp Emanuel ist schon ganz anders als sein Vater. Er geht ganz deutlich Richtung Frühklassik, manchmal klingt schon Mozart an, der ja mit Carl befreundet war. Nie hätte der alte Bach solche Musik geschrieben, es sei denn, er hätte noch 20 Jahre länger gelebt. Und dennoch ist es Bach Vater, ein sehr sanfter Rückblick auf den Großmeister aller Komponisten.

[@andrewseaman7012]

It's not that he didn't have any regards for the instrument! It was rather the poor player he didn't bother about!

[@f.sarastre7491]

This reading might be too subtle, too sophisticated, for some. It is neither, for me. First, consider the musical psychology: CPE Bach's father was an "immortal" composer; his godfather, G.P.Telemann, was one of the most *productive* composers, ever; economically, CPE had to compete with a court chock-full of Galant (and still underappreciated) geniuses (Graun, Hasse, and yes, Quantz, etc.). Next, consider the challenge: The finale is utterly demanding of the soloist, particularly. This concerto is truly a masterpiece; and the performance does it as much justice as I have yet to hear, among several possibilities. Papa Haydn said it all: "He [CPE Bach] is the father; we are the children." PS: The choice of a wooden flute is a brilliant compromise between current and antique. The wooden Boehm flute, however, does not "speak" as does one in metal. Any flute-virtuoso worthy of the term would be VERY cautious to accept this commission! Adorján is every bit as good as his world-class rivals (Galway, etc.)!

[@elaineblackhurst1509]

F. Sarastre ‘Papà’ [Recte: Joseph] Haydn did not say that CPE was ‘...the father...’ Mozart did - and he was almost certainly referring to the Versuch and CPE’s keyboard playing. You are right though that CPE was in fact the only composer to whom Haydn ever acknowledged a debt.* It is difficult to imagine Frederick the Great ever managing to play or appreciate this work. Fed almost entirely on a diet of concerti written specifically for him by Quantz, this must have been a massive shock to the system for him to be confronted with this work from his continuo harpsichordist. One of the great tragedies of music is the 30 wasted years CPE spent accompanying the King’s performances of Quantz’s stream of about 300 rather one-dimensional works in Berlin, though at least it did leave him time to do his own things like writing the Versuch. * Haydn also acknowledged what he learned from the famous composer and teacher Nicola Porpora in singing, composition and the Italian language when he acted as his accompanist in Vienna in the very early 1750’s.

[@menahembrodchandel4617]

y think that a conductor must dress better its very important . light clothes but elegant perfect

[@stefanocontiflutechannel6812]

music is less important than the conductor's dress?

[@menahembrodchandel4617]

@@stefanocontiflutechannel6812 there is an harmony betwen both

[@robertgerard7055]

He slaps the low D, at 1.51, when the solo part starts. Why? Its a trick to let the D speak, but he is a master player, so why does he do it?

[@dariocaporuscio8701]

Robert Gerard it's a wooden flute, so it's difficult! He is a master but even a master can make a mistake in a performance

[@TonyBittner-Collins]

Dario Caporuscio It's basically a modern keyed cylindrical flute made of wood, but it doesn't share any of the qualities of the baroque flute unfortunately.

[@f.sarastre7491]

Cease contradicting yourself, open your mind accordingly, and receive the answer!

[@ThomasMulliganFlute]

He did it because it's what works best. Opening phrase of solo line is so important to nail also, really sets tone for the concerto. Great performance Mr Adorjan!

[@user-dr1tl9qh3j]

3악장 현/솔로 둘다 짱어렵

[@eliza7874]

Mozart is good but ?

[@elaineblackhurst1509]

Alexandra Anderson Pretty irrelevant as they are totally different composers with virtually nothing in common.

[@juerbert1]

The piano sounds course, too loud for my liking !

[@user-mm6zq8jl6k]

Es ist kein Klavier unter den Instrumenten

[@lefteristsiligiris6844]

α

[@danyelnicholas]

This is certainly not such a great example of historically correct performance.

[@LeopoldMidas]

While he is quite good really I can't put him in the same league as James Galway, there is just no comparison. That being said thia is still top notch stuff, but not masterful.

[@f.sarastre7491]

The subtle mastery of this performance is thrown away upon you, L.M. Either you lack the sophistication to distinguish between what to expect of a gold-metal flute and what to expect of its wooden counterpart, or you pretend as much, out of bad faith and cynicism. I am a flautist and composer of sufficient sophistication to *know* that Galway would do no better, on a wooden flute. Galway's most prominent teacher--Rampal--probably might; but "Dead men tell no tales." Moreover, what is "top notch" [sic] can scarcely fail to be masterful, as well. (What a nebulous, indolent criticism!) Your writing, L, lacks the sophistication it pretends to have, so as to justify the related critique.

[@LeopoldMidas]

OK, I am not a flautist nor an expert on flute playing. I do know what sounds good however and if performances are made on period instruments I will compare them to whatever else is out there. Perhaps this performance would have been great 250 years ago, it's not what I want to hear today.

[@f.sarastre7491]

Your "knowledge" exceeds your grasp.This performance is not about "period instruments". The wooden Boehm flute is here and now, Dear Heart--as is my critical thinking. All of this IS about choosing a fair instrumental/timbral compromise. The wooden Boehm flute does not speak as does its metal equivalent (and as I previously implied, diplomatically). That the performer could execute the finale in particular--with its rapid-fire chains of legato semiquavers--as flawlessly as he did is an accomplished work of performing art, well beyond your facile, shallow critical-posturing. (I wager that you yourself couldn't play a do-re-mi scale on ANY flute, let alone this virtuosic concerto!) AGAIN, I guarantee that Galway can do no better, on the same instrument. (He probably knows so, and has accordingly NEVER given a performance, or made a recording, on a wooden flute.) This performance transcends your musically-unintelligent "wants". Your taste is unworthy, if not merely vulgar: Thanks for at least admitting how little you know (more or less) of flutistic art. Such is evident, and altogether worthy of rebuke.

[@LeopoldMidas]

Well then the instrument is limiting the performance? Perhaps this is not a great instrument.

[@f.sarastre7491]

Nope: Your perception falls short.

[@leopold23756]

I feel he's slighty behind in places.. Not off to good start either

[@johannsebastianbach8119]

16:14