Chaconne by Robert de Visée, played on the 14 course theorbo by Xavier Díaz-Latorre

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Variations upon a ground by the french composer Robert de Visée.
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Played on the theorbo by Xavier Díaz-Latorre.
Please visit www.xavierdiazlatorre.com

[@8888Rik]

I've heard quite a large number of lutenists and classical guitarists since I began playing in 1964, and somehow I have only now stumbled upon Diaz-Latorre. He is absolutely wonderful, and master of not only that instrument but also the music. Finding both is extraordinarily rare, and I am really overwhelmed by his playing.

[@sfgylk34u_57]

It's true, I just fall somewhere into old times, listening to Xavier... Just something real, a connection to medieval and Renaissance.

[@kishascape]

​@@sfgylk34u_57this is a baroque instrument.

[@christopherd6399]

As a guitarist, I'm hearing all the elements it took years of practice to master and present so perfectly. Outstanding performance!

[@officialdazer]

That is the best version and interpretation of this song I have heard. Completely refreshing, totally insightful that the convention may not have been the previous norm, there is so much more humour and intimacy to this one. It is like the piece has been brought to life. I really love it. Absolutely well done

[@katherinewolfe]

Absolutely - humor and intimacy, and a joy that is lacking in so many renditions.

[@nicephorenicephore1640]

i do not know how many times i have listened this lovely piece, but it is an endless bliss....thanx Xavier!

[@1viva]

10 years after...still SOoo delightfully played. Thank you so much.♥

[@MrInterestingthings]

I rarely go to guitar music .I'm an orchestrator ,trained pianist and violinist but the deVisee was enchanting and Diaz-Latorre infectious musicality is unforgettable .

[@royalcello]

I first found this video when it was relatively new and I still love it so much over a decade later.

[@ieattoomanyclementines2372]

This performance is such a treasure. I'm so glad I stumbled across it!

[@tookurjaerbs]

Lol your username rocks

[@ieattoomanyclementines2372]

@@tookurjaerbs thanks! They are so yummy and convenient

[@ieattoomanyclementines2372]

@@tookurjaerbs omg so does yours I just read it properly

[@tookurjaerbs]

@@ieattoomanyclementines2372 100% 😁

[@tookurjaerbs]

@@ieattoomanyclementines2372 lol thx

[@TubeSpoker]

THE BEST VERSION os Chaconne of Visee all other players killed the song, this sounds so much so so so much better it´s like floating in a universe of love

[@laberintosingeniosos]

Thank you TS

[@AlejandroEmilioWillsFonseca]

@@laberintosingeniosos Gracias, maestro. Gracias.

[@leylekcemsit5224]

because; he feels that century playing the theorbo

[@leylekcemsit5224]

Gracias maestro Diaz. Greetings from Turkey. Teşekkürler.

[@bootlegapples]

Yes it's my favorite version too.

[@paracaparaca]

NO puedo dejar de oirla, la pongo cuando puedo, distraido la sigo oyendo y al levantarme esta alli sonando!!!! Cuanta alegria me ha dado estos dias!!!! Muchas gracias Xavier

[@HanadiH]

I danced with boyfriend to this in our mini studio. Felt transported to another time. Merci!

[@laberintosingeniosos]

I'm glad H, thx

[@mimicuatro971]

H Dee ❤❤❤

[@dpfr8543]

And happy end?

[@briancooley8777]

Happiness

[@miguelvaliente1475]

Finísimo

[@russellx6803]

This is the most beautiful performance, I thought I have seen great playing before, and I have, but this is next level musicianship, history resurrected!

[@Per-Olovkindgren]

Beautifully performed!

[@2me4my5]

Don Xavier: tengo meses escuchando esta magnífica interpretación de esta obra y ya no pude resistir un breve comentario: la unión de su bellísimo instrumento y su virtuosa pericia para tocarlo es la mayor cercanía al cielo que uno podrá vivir en esta tierra. Tantas gracias a Dios por su talento y a usted por la generosidad de compartirlo,

[@vkkoorchester666]

this is just a source of pure everlasting joy

[@turtlesoupage]

I keep coming back to this performance, there's something very special about it. Such a carefree, playful piece of music. I love it!

[@CUERVOLUMINOSO]

All the angels in Heaven were all around you when with you recorded this, Xavier! I can't tell you how many times I listen to it! - When you get into that blossoming, beautiful swinging section, it is as though the music itself is embracing us through your love and spirit!

[@laberintosingeniosos]

Cuervo Luminoso thx Cuervo 🙂 very kind

[@TubeSpoker]

I played thissong on repeat too ! It makes all troubles go away. I listened everyday for a month .

[@natedertel4101]

You make me want to sell my car and buy a lute :) Absolutely in love with your playing. Those trills.

[@laberintosingeniosos]

thx Nate, with the guitar will be enough ;)

[@noseonscent1935]

Superb! Bravo! I love Robert de Visee! Great playing Xavier! Bellisimo!

[@nolitenemo]

Swings so sweetly. 🎶

[@rmlevyPhD]

Lover the artistry in playing this classic. How do you ever keep this instrument in tune.

[@ismaelmoron6244]

Sr. Díaz-Latorre, ni se imagina el torrente de emociones que he sentido al escuchar su ejecución, hasta me he reído de felicidad... de verdad CHAPEAU; además de la hermosa que es la canción su interpretación es admirable,- Ojala se pudiera dar un salto por Canarias a deleitarnos con su música, jejeje. Gracias por su contribución a la Música. Freedom and Love!

[@laberintosingeniosos]

gracias Ismael

[@bootlegapples]

KZbin gem right here.Takes me somewhere else.

[@38zaki2detoshi]

Gracias por la hermosa melodía y el rico tiempo.

[@marsvltor2]

Good grief! Never in my life have I been dragged back through the centuries like this. Magnificent playing of de Visée, but your additions were just perfect. Still speechless some considerable number of minutes later. So many thanks for posting. Regards P.

[@laberintosingeniosos]

Thx marsvitor2, you are very kind. I'm glad you liked it.

[@maureenedonovan9935]

I most wholeheartedly and ardently concur.

[@ShirleyHatfieldjRb53]

@@maureenedonovan9935 jigt

[@brucegelman5582]

Magnificent!!!!

[@mattbod]

Wonderful playing, beautiful piece and amazing tone from the theorbo. I play harpsichord sometimes and wish for rich plucked sound but with expressive ability. Thank you Xavier for posting.

[@laberintosingeniosos]

mattbod Thank you very much, it's indeed a nice piece of music

[@katherinewolfe]

Oh, this is truly beautiful. A great composition played by a master.

[@Archivism]

Your performance is uplifting, exalting, one of the most beautiful things I've heard. Thank you very much for this living tradition.

[@MrMayue]

This music is much better than the music of these days.

[@laberintosingeniosos]

in any case, is a beautiful piece, you are right

[@billyperry3059]

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[@TubeSpoker]

lier Bieber is the king of musical inovations

[@RicardoBaptista33]

I do not even know if the current song can be called "music"

[@foresur8521]

Shravyäie Saüyé I very much agree, though what I find interesting about this piece is that uniting it enters the minor I could easily imagine it being something written for guitar nowadays.

[@tomrose2086]

I am tempted to give up the piano and go back to being a beginner on the lute.

[@laberintosingeniosos]

I understand you, I still feel a beginner

[@giuseppelogiurato5718]

I would like to play the lute too, but I am only lucky enough to own a piano, so I just arrange and perform my favorite lute pieces on the piano, and I use the sustain pedal as much as I like... So far, I have not been scolded by the disembodied spirits of any of my favorite composers, not have I been scorned by any fellow musicians, neither lutenist not pianist... I'm sure the ghost of Sylvius Leopold Weiß has better thing to do than worry about what I do with my hammerklavier... Perhaps, were I to be honored with such a haunting, the phantom Maestro might be honored and pleased that intangible qualities of his compositions (the prescribed relations between the notes themselves) have the potential of outliving the physical instrument for which they were first conceived?

[@thethomaspiano]

Me too!!

[@fabiopierofracasso9275]

Splendida esecuzione per le risonanze interne che si rincorrono, create e modulate dalle dita di Diaz Latorre

[@guitarfan1984]

This is absolutely beautiful. So masterfully performed. Thank you so much for sharing this with us.

[@gemarodriguezvalls588]

Cuanto más lo escucho, más me gusta. Gracias por la magia que transmite usted tocando esta pieza!

[@mstrawson]

thank you so much for sharing such wonderful music, and so wonderfully interpreted.

[@laberintosingeniosos]

thx for listening

[@hanswallner2188]

All of your playing is amazing and a joy to listen, but this one really blows me away, it's simply out of this world! Thank you so much for preserving this precious moments in time and sharing it with us!

[@yanych]

One of the best interpretations I've ever heard. Bravo!

[@00Mindi00]

Incredible. I've watched a number of your videos now and it's like a time portal to a Europe ages past. Sublime work. Thank you for sharing.

[@laberintosingeniosos]

Thx Mindi, very kind

[@thomasluth6799]

Bravo! Vous êtes l'un des meilleurs luthistes que je connaisse tant pour la technique de jeu que pour la musicalité et l'intelligence de l'interprétation. Vous savez faire danser cette merveilleuse musique sur laquelle plus de trois siècles ont passé! J'admire tout particulièrement votre maîtrise du "tiré" et de du razgueado avec lesquels je me bats depuis longtemps!

[@laberintosingeniosos]

Thomas Luth merci Thomas, tres gentil 😊

[@JoshuaPatrickGarrett]

Starting to add to my LUTE playlist again. Great job. Keep going!

[@LocoPCtheoneandonly]

Most unique interpretation ... great medley/melody fusion too!!! Thanks for sharing

[@snootcity]

This is a wonderful piece played very well. Very expressive

[@laberintosingeniosos]

wonderful piece indeed

[@pablodelacruzconcejal9835]

Precioso estilo muy acertado en la combinacion de los rasgueados y los pasajes melodicos.

[@SixStringSteve]

Timeless music, plucked to perfection. Encore!!

[@SixStringSteve]

Always great to hear this.

[@AndersJackson]

Beautiful song and really nicely played. Had a go in it, almost like a slow Swedish polska. ;-)

[@BaronLoveburned]

I love the french style music it is so proud a feeling, so gallant.

[@laberintosingeniosos]

I agree

[@yewonlukecho484]

Simple but beautiful. Thank you for uploading

[@paronsuren]

I like it very much! have listened more than 20 times. Very beautiful interpretation!

[@anamariaruedamunich1618]

Mollt Be! Xavier eres fantastico! He is really Great!. Love it! Me encanta!

[@elmopintovieira6919]

BEAUTIFUL!!!!!!!

[@MrAlbertoRoyo]

Fantástico. Una interpretación hermosísima. Mi enhorabuena.

[@laberintosingeniosos]

gracias Alberto

[@elChip1972]

i have listened to this many times and am always amazed and awed by its beauty and musicality, thank you!

[@moeharvard]

Thank you--Beyond words

[@fnersch3367]

Exquisite playing. Your instrument is perfect for the playing of the cicconia and passacagli of the 17th. C. Many of Visee's works were written for the tiorba francesa given to him by the king. Thanks for sharing this magical music moment. Made my day!!

[@laberintosingeniosos]

Thank you fnersch. Very kind

[@makytondr8607]

This chaccone sounds so modern :)

[@laberintosingeniosos]

true, it does

[@TubeSpoker]

he modified it to sound better, listen to other versions, lack of the same spirit and sonority, he embellished it to a master level, making it better. Like the Green Sleaves from Francis Cutting much better than the "original" version .

[@lynnpompa9109]

Fascinating! Playful and delightful and literally "grounded" in substantive music.

[@faro717]

Superb, superlative...I absolutely love both the piece and your masterly interpretation...we are all indebted to you for this happiness...

[@odiseo986]

Una obra preciosa, elegante... que traslada a la imagen que uno tiene de esa época en la historia. Felicidades por su interpretación llena de sensibilidad, matices y una técnica muy cuidada.

[@laberintosingeniosos]

gracias MiguelÁngel

[@miguelullaberdullas]

MAGNIFICO , precioso , impresionante ,LA MEJOR VERSIÓN

[@laberintosingeniosos]

:)

[@janedvinsson]

Wonderful dance moves within the piece! Love it!

[@alspageddi]

incredible, as usual. i don't think i've ever come across a video by mr. diaz-latorre that i haven't loved!

[@LuminousRaven25-01]

EXQUISITE MUSIC! . And so BEAUTIFULLY perfomed! POR DIOS!

[@laberintosingeniosos]

Alan Sparrow Thank you very much Alan

[@LuminousRaven25-01]

@@laberintosingeniosos 7 years later and your PURE MUSIC OF THE SPHERES IS STILL PLAYING INSIDE MY HEART AND SOUL! Muchas gracias, Xavier!

[@TubeSpoker]

one the most unique interpretations and songs of all time ... I would love if mestre Xavier could transcript this for 6 string guitar. as some as i do not posses theorical musical knowledge ... at least i can then make a tablature... como soy "primitivo"

[@elianedecarvalho396]

Gracias ,gracias, gracias, gracias....❤️ Agradeço a beleza, mesmo que tardiamente.

[@Jakesonaplane]

Great playing! I really like this piece and your sound.

[@mcnultyfp]

I would give my right hand to have your graceful technique.

[@laberintosingeniosos]

but you couldn't play at all :) better to keep your hand as it is :) and practice :) best regards

[@SignorSprezzatura]

I am glad to see that you will be appearing in Australia in 2018! I look forward to seeing and hearing you in Melbourne.

[@laberintosingeniosos]

Geoffrey Bryan Im glad too. Will be my first time in Australia. I'd love to ad some solo or masterclasses to my participation on the tournée. Best regards

[@SignorSprezzatura]

That would be excellent! The recital centre in Melbourne has a salon next door that it probably a perfect space for what you want. Indeed tomorrow (10th April) I'm going to a lute/baroque guitar recital there (my teacher Rosemary Hodgson is playing). So may be that's the venue ou might want to look at. Signor Savall has played in the main hall a number of times.

[@robertcarruthers2997]

When will Xavier be in Australia and is he coming to Adelaide if not I will come to Melbourne to hear him play I would also like to attend a master class if you organize one I can be contacted at roblindacarruthers@gmail cheers Rob

[@noirellee]

Music for the heart, from the heart. So beautiful. So well played.

[@LodeDesplancke]

this is so incredibly beautifull ! I realy like the sound of that instrument, and it is very well played by you, congratz !

[@marcomonteiro2243]

Maravilhoso! Um dia hei-de adaptar esta peça para Cítara Portuguesa.

[@laberintosingeniosos]

@MrTHocker hi, about the tunning, it's called meantone, which means that the scale is not spaced equal in 12 but in 17. So a c sharp and a d flat is not the same. The first is lower than the second. Therefore we need a special spacing of the frets for each key. My typ, if you buy an instrument, is that you should buy a good one! Since you are musician, you wouldn't stand a regular one. About the amount of instruments, you don't want to see my wardrobe....regards

[@aniketvd]

Loving every single minute of it. Ty :)

[@jackhighblue2702]

Outstanding; what a wonderful instrument in the hands of so gifted a player...

[@selenographia210]

Xavier, you are truly one of the best lutenists of our time. Any chance of hearing you in concert in Norway sometime? Also - do you have any solo recordings planned soon?

[@laberintosingeniosos]

Hi selenographia, you are too kind. I'd love to play in Norway, but so far, the more at the north where I've played is in FInland, several times :) But I'vent got any invitation yet for Norway. Regarding to my Cd's, you can check my website and you'll find the info. Bests

[@pabloluth]

Hola, muy bueno, gracias por subirlo!!! ¿podría decirme si toca guitarra clásica? Saludos

[@laberintosingeniosos]

Pablo Fernandez la toqué muchos años. Saludos!

[@MrClassicalguitarman]

You are great! I fly away with your music

[@deenibeeniable]

I've been listening to this every morning. It's the perfect way to begin the day. I have some golden moments with my beloved dogs & this is absolute perfection.

[@laberintosingeniosos]

deenibeeniable my dogs run away when I play 😜

[@deenibeeniable]

Well my two dogs are big fans--and so am I!

[@aristotle358]

Lovely Chaconne and lovely playing. Are the bass strings tuned openly? I noticed them being plucked unfretted accompanying your fretted notes in the higher register. I would love to play lute. There are so many different types. I could not afford one neither could I afford to pay for the basic instruction. I can manage about 4 pages of Bach's famous Chaconne in Dmin on classical guitar, and some Silvius Leopold Weiss. I was self taught for that task, combining my ear-ability with a basic understanding of guitar notation having bought a teach yourself book to start me off. Before then I was playing entirely by ear covers of people I like such as Hendrix, the Who etc. I'm venturing now into jazz standards in chord/melody style. Thanks for sharing your playing of these wonderful instruments and the great compositions!

[@davidferrara1105]

a lot of times bass strings like that are tuned stepwise diatonically

[@iiirdeyeheretik]

@@davidferrara1105 Pretty much - From the 6th to 14th course it's a diatonic scale, in this case G Major (So from highest to lowest A G F# E D C B A G)

[@liljejohansson9461]

@@davidferrara1105 Every time for lutes, actually. There's some weird exception but virtually every configuration for lutes the strings are a scale from the A string down.

[@eslaguitarradeljuan]

Gran interpretacion!

[@laberintosingeniosos]

:)

[@Cj12sings]

this is HEAVEN!!! so sublime!!! thank you, thank you!!!

[@VollAtzen]

wow! incredibly beautiful piece!

[@clarinetto95]

L'interprétation magnifigue et la meilleure d'entre tous. Merci de ce morceau.

[@DarrenSangita]

Thank you for sharing this music in your video and for introducing me and many others to the music of the Theorbo. Your playing is exemplary and the audio quality is stunning. I applaud you, many thanks again.

[@NCflyfisher1]

That was absolutely fantastic.

[@bootlegapples]

man I keep coming back to this-it's a wonderful place

[@Alejandro.DanteL]

Maestro, realmente impresionante, la delicadeza y fuerza de interpretación, realmente me transporte a otra dimensión... Gracias por subir este video!!!

[@romuloVG]

Bellísima e inspiradora interpretación. Muchas gracias por compartir.

[@TubeSpoker]

Sublime playing, seen other versions of this one, you made it clear, more rythmic, more sensual, more profound.... this is a amazing work of art, from the composer, to the manuscript, to the final day you shared this brilliant interpretation... THANK YOU AGAIN. I´m in deep passion with this interpretion mostly, and piece.

[@ddiazh]

Bravo!!! Bellísimo!!! Excelente interpretación de de Visée!!!

[@Wul-Lop]

Great, decisive, original performance. Thank & many thanks.

[@NickGravestock]

lovely - love the strumming - very effective.

[@TheHarpsichordist1]

You are a great lute and theorbo player. Thanks for uploading.

[@xxxItchyxxx]

Simply VERY good music, played at its best. Thanks a lot!

[@laberintosingeniosos]

Merci beaucoup. J'adore jouer avec cette ensemble. A la prochaine.

[@JoelvanLennep]

I can't get over the wonderful, dancing, MOVEMENT of this interpretation - it's both exciting and elegant! I want more de Visee, please - on theorbo and guitar. Thank you, Xavier! Always a fan, JvL

[@angysantos4323]

Dom Xavier, mucias gracias!

[@tdsims1963]

Well played, Sir! Excellent sense of rhythm!

[@emilyplayscello]

Absolutely stunning! Thank you for sharing these.

[@laberintosingeniosos]

thank you emil

[@elChip1972]

This is amazing, really amazing.

[@MicrosoftMozart]

I return to this great interpretation time and again, and can honestly say that it has changed my whole attitude to de Visée’s music. And the technical perfection, musicality and sheer joy of playing that are evident in it are just awe-inspiring!

[@carlo.domeniconi]

you are a true musician. Thank you