Chiara Massini, Ágnes Ratkó: J. S. Bach Concerto for Two Harpsichords in C Minor BWV1060

[@denizozaydin_]

0:05 1.Allegro 5:05 2.Adagio 9:50 3.Allegro

[@jandenie5272]

I have said before that I find solo harpsichord the most beautiful music! But what is even more beautiful than one harpsichord? TWO harpsichords, played by two great musicians! Thank you two so much !!!

[@olive4417]

いつ聞いてもすばらしい。心の中にシヤワセをもたらしてくれる。有り難うございます。

[@moniquelemaire5333]

The Old Expression is: "Music calms the savage beast" is true and it can also calm the Autonomic Nervous System!! It has been quite a time, but listening to the beautiful, joyous harpsicord music has indeed help to calm my Autonomic Nervous System and has healed me of a terrible disease: Myalgic Encephalomyelitis Chronic Fatigue Syndrome. Quite Amazing!! I truly am grateful for your wonderful skill, talent and dedication to your art and music. This comment might seem odd to you and those who read this, but music can indeed help to heal all kinds of ailments...it truly has blessed me in a big, big way!! May God Bless the two of you fine performers and your families!! Miss Monique LeMaire🙂

[@paxwallacejazz]

I like how playing together normalizes the eccentricities of personal interpretation or phrasing. This swings ladies.

[@dr_know]

After 250 years Thank You Bach 😌

[@iguarni]

Bach is a Mankind's genius!

[@EugeneOneguine]

300 now, he wrote most of his chamber pieces around 1720, when he lived in Köthen

[@sammydavis8722]

🥲👍🙏

So beautiful, I barely noticed the orchestra missing :D

[@francoislaagel2444]

I think the missing orchestra actually is a feature in this inperpretation...

[@walterbushell7029]

The "Orchestra" was not written by Bach, but added later and evidently not necessary and in my arrogant opinion not even desirable.

[@Umegaokalain2012]

This is sunshine in my day! ♡♡♡

[@RedcoatsReturn]

Bach smiles from heaven upon you! 👏👏👏👏👏👏🥰

[@stefanobisaglia2152]

Ho trovato questa trascrizione più coinvolgente dell'originale con gli archi. Ci sono bellezza, affiatamento, complicità....è straordinario cosa si può ottenere con la musica di Bach suonata da due angeli.

[@xavi2803]

My favorite version of this piece. Thank you!

[@harpsi8]

I build harpsichords, I love your playing, in my workshop I feel inspired by your music, you play like the angles , Bach is Bach like God is God. what a combination my heart ,my heart. Bravisima !! young beauty on my T.V.

[@danielschechter8130]

Except that Bach is real.

[@iclassici]

Pura meraviglia! Questa è la musica di qualità da valorizzare e con cui educare anche i più per giungere ad uno scandaglio delle cose e dell'anima più approfondito come Bach voleva. Ne abbiamo tanto bisogno in quest'epoca di scialbo consumismo...

[@moniquelemaire5333]

Merveilleux!! It is truly a blessing to listen to these amazing musicians on original instruments playing what seems to be "secular music; " however, to me it is sublime, heavenly and transcends all emotion. Not one but two harpsichords!!! Something here in America is a very rare thing to see, yet alone be able to play. This has become part of my worship service to God, for He is the Creator of Heaven and Earth and everything in it. Thank you Chiara and Agnes for sharing your Gifts from God to the rest of the world. The two of you are amazing. Keep up the excellent work, for this is something that could possibly go out of existence, but as long as you persist in this Artwork we will be able to enjoy Bach's music for a long time. May God Bless you both!! Miss Monique🎹🎶🎚🌷😀

[@livu69]

Two charming ladies playing one masterpiece, such a nice combination!

[@valtergilenardi2639]

Finalmente un Concerto Brandemburghese al Clavicembalo. Oh mio Dio sto sognando 😊🌌🌃🙏❤ Dio vi Benedica giorno e notte.

[@angelpaz55]

What a WONDERFUL REDEMPTION !!!! BRAVI !!! The instruments, the quality of the sound, the execution. Perfect, in a single word.

[@marceloportellanunes9687]

Chiara sei veramente brava. Grazie per le bellissime interpretazioni che fai delle musiche di Bach.

[@albertogramaccioli8917]

Perche' troppa gente ha perso il gusto della buona musica? Forse come diceva Bach la sua musica e' concepita per la ricreazione di uno spirito competente ed esigente....'Liebhaber', amatori raffinati e di talento. Brave Brave Chiara e Agnes...complimenti!!!

[@iguarni]

Esatto!

[@valtergilenardi2639]

Pensa un po te che la Musica Terapeutica di Bach mi ha aiutato ( insieme allo Sport e al lavoro ) a sconfiggere la mia Depressione. Gli Psicofarmaci non ci stavano riuscendo. L'ansia e gli attacchi di Panico non scomparivano nonostante i Farmaci. Bach invece ha funzionato. Adesso la mia Anima è Gioiosa quasi sempre 😊

[@daveydoodle52]

Everything about this performance, and the performers and instruments, is lovely. A musical dialogue that invites listeners into the discourse. Thank you!

[@olivierklepper2960]

Che gioia di sentirvi suonare insieme! Che Dio vi benedica!

[@andrearodigari4840]

Bravissima Chiara and so sorry for those guys that they posted the thumb down.......loosers....

[@grippingstranger9021]

This piece makes me feel so incredibly alive. Thank you for this beautiful interpretation!

[@claudemichel5917]

Magnifique! Très bonne qualité d'enregistrement. Et bien sûr, très jolies filles.

[@잉잉-b2h]

처음에 신나게 시작하는 모습이 특히 매력적이에요. 두 분 연주하는 모습을 멍하니 바라보게 되네요... 연주도 너무 좋아요🥰 좋은 영상 감사합니다!

[@davidcarter4454]

Glorious playing, and a lovely simple rendition of an old piece. Bach would be proud I'm sure of your work! It's REALLY hard to find a recording of this piece where the harpsichords are not drowned out by the strings, so it's really wonderful to have this solo harpsichord rendition. Thank you so much for making it.

[@claudioyabrudi]

You said it all!

[@jandenie5272]

Real beauty, this music! Mindblowing! Two ladies playing this wonderful melody. Delightful! Thank you both! Vielen Dank, Chiara und Àgnes!

[@wamix58]

This adagio is so subtle dialgue not only two instruments or artists. Thanks...

[@gfweis]

Many thanks for posting this treasure. I think it is beautifully played. The tempo in the allegros has been mentioned. It's true that some today play these allegros much faster. That can work, but it's tricky...the music can easily get lost. More important than tempo alone is whether there is real life in the playing, and here the allegros hop along very nicely, in a non-mechanical way, as they also do in some famous older recordings by Marlowe and Ruzickova. I think the music blooms when played this way. And the adagio here is quite felt, very moving. Yet another of your videos moved to my "favorites" list!

[@astraioshh]

Two beautiful ladies performing Bach perfectly ! Chapeau Mesdames !

[@geiryvindeskeland7208]

Historically Informed Performance - H.I.P. H.I.P. H.I.P. HURRAH!

[@freespirit995]

Magnificently played- such intimate and satisfying interpretations of these wonderful pieces!

[@fabriziolai1910]

Brave, ottima esecuzione. Il clavicembalo è uno strumento unico, fantastico!

[@jeannegrosfjeld7951]

Mon Dieu merci !

[@Manifesta7Days]

BWV1060 (Allegro, Adagio, Allegro). C. Massini (Cembalo I) is playing on a Instrument made by William Horn. Á. Ratkó (Cembalo II) is playing on a Instrument made by J. Katzman.

[@kraftGEGENfreude]

Starke Performance zwei Könnerinnen ihres Fachs par excellence 🍀👍🍀

[@piotrnycz-wasilec6628]

Erst heute entdeckt. Eine beeindruckende Aufnahme, die einem die Sprache verschlägt. Einfach 👍👍👍👍🎹🎶🙂

[@dpcmelyu]

Splendid playing.

[@orlandoiannuzzifilho]

Bravo, bravissimo! 👏👏👏👏👏👏

[@guidorehhagel4123]

Chiara Massini l' ho scoperta per puro caso spluciando su KZbin. Devo dire : mi entusiasma!!! Per quanta possano valere i miei complimenti, brava!!

[@TheDrmedina]

This piece only has sketchy orchestration, and it sounds better without the distraction of the orchestral parts. Bravo!

[@FRAGIORGIO1]

Chiara come la luce 'e Chiara! e brava Agnes! Tutte due ! Tante grazie !

[@nikolatesla8108]

This is completely superb :-) The very well known concert in absolutely and completely new dress .-) sounds great :-)

[@gfweis]

Prof. Ratkó, then a few months later Prof. Gold-Szklarski, come by Chiara Massini's house to jam on Bach for our delight. What a rich life for them, and so edifying for us. I love how they don't rush the first movement.

[@stevemorris7459]

Interpretazione sublime

[@hori166]

Beautifully recorded and interpreted! I love seeing how musicians mark their scores. I also use a highlighter pen to indicate fingering for the thumb, and if I'm playing Bach, to track the voices in a fugue when they become buried in the layering of the voices.

[@louiscouperin3731]

1:39

[@Arch5280]

This performance was wonderful, and the video was great to watch, not least because of the sheer delight that the performers were able to convey! A comment about the instrument that Ms. Massini was playing gave me a clue as to the dimension that I felt was missing: the contrasting weights of the (concertino and) ripieno. Maybe 20/21 - century audiences have been spoiled by our sound-world, but our ears crave contrast (but not necessarily a _lot_ of contrast). But the rhythmic power of a harpsichord duet performance carries it nicely, if not perfectly. Brava!

[@arkeo2001]

MERAVIGLIOSO forse la più bella esecuzione che io abbia mai ascoltato di un concerto che amo in particolare. Complimentissimi.

[@BrunoCertosino]

Chiara e Agnete, siete bravissime! tanta energia, poi la meditazione e la vera gioia di vivere :-)

[@grazianotrapella536]

siete bravissime!!!!

[@ИринаЧервякова-я1п]

Мой любимый концерт Баха. Wonderful 💯👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻🙏🏻

[@juancarlosuribe6533]

Hay una perfecta sintonia entre la musica y la bella magia de su persona. Arte, estetica total.

[@enzocypriani5055]

Amazing

[@Smilthy]

Amazing. You two are the very best!

[@matintaraz4236]

Absolutely fantastic, ........ as rich if not richer than the orchestral version!

[@danlds17]

I love it, and I am floored ! Thank You both.

[@anglicanman1]

Another truly remarkable performance direct from Chiara's Concert Hall. Thank you Agnes and Chiara. Will this collaboration continue for Concertos 1061 & 1062?? Just curious. Nice to hear your 1 manual Cembalo crafted by William Horn.....beautiful tone.

[@AndreaJobPicanello]

Adoro questo concerto e la tua/vostra versione mi piace un sacco, complimenti :-)

[@francoisfiniels6180]

Eblouissante interprétation !!!!

[@동양라파크사당]

i like harpsichord music. the mind relaxed.

[@guymertens1864]

Superb performance…WOW ….😮

[@isamarruiz6211]

My favorite interpretation.!! Excellent.

[@lucacolaninnoalbenzio9130]

Bach, il più Grande!

[@Paroissien]

Che bello ! And you have this harpsichord from Jan Vermeer's painting «Music is the companion of your joy and an anodyne for your pain» ... same as a faithful dog. :)

[@Yeknodathon]

Beautiful music! To the ears of a fencer, the interweaving and relationship of the musicians and instruments to each other is special. Thank you.

[@lidiawolanskyj5560]

I love this piece and these players. Bach's transcriptions for 2, 3 and 4 harpsichords are perfectly marvellous. So much more depth and richness than just violins, for me. My only quibble is that at times the beat here is too metronomic, especailly the first movement.

[@schulmanstuart]

Truly extraordinary. A fluid and enchanting performance. Beautifully compassionate reading of a piece so familiar - suddenly anew with vibrancy and passion. Can we hope for more from you? Thank you Chiara and Agnes.

[@sanjosemike3137]

Special mention goes to these wonderful performers who DID NOT RUSH the concerto. I've performed this concerto too and it is exactly OUR choice of tempi that they used. Special thanks also go to the great artists who built these instruments which sound so wonderful. Notice the Bach "dance" that Bach players fall into. This because much, if not all of Bach's music is actually a dance. Sanjosemike (no longer in CA)

[@sanjosemike3137]

@Seth Killian Seth, while I don't disagree with you, a large number of sections of Bach's Cantata's were also dances. My guess is that Bach had a very pronounced sense of rhythm and liked to emphasize the beats. Plus, it was a bit easier to keep the different voices and lines running together if there was a strong beat. Sanjosemike (no longer in CA)

[@kyrie0033]

Troppo bello, troppo chiaro, troppo meraviglioso. Grazie per esistere Chiara bella :) Auguri di buon anno :)

[@johanneskreisler7647]

Divine music. The listen this in Heavens.

[@LittlePooky]

Tears of joy.

[@stalinchinguetas4805]

Merci beacoup, vous etes le meme ciel!

[@TheJohnblyth]

This makes my heart glad. Lovely sound and ensemble -oh, and composition, maybe my favourite of the various incarnations of this one, thanks to you

[@jaws840]

Wonderful !!! ❤❤❤

[@gillesdumoncel6492]

merveilleux!

[@edgardodelisi8634]

Magnífico! Y una belleza el movimiento lento.

[@jilleseindhoven8858]

Perfect,beautiful, thank you

[@AlbertoRoland1]

Anch'io ho scoperto per caso Chiara Massini su you tube. Brava brava brava (e anche carina) !

[@18ulysse]

Magnifique quel talent ! merci pour le partage

[@deltalegacyone]

Best rendition I’ve heard.

[@Darrigrande]

Bravo, bravisimo! Mis felicitaciones para Chiara y Agnes! Excelente interpetración!

[@burkhardkorn9189]

Great performance!

[@classicaljanes]

Dos Diosas!

[@CaraSantino]

Superb from start to finish. Congratulations Chiara Massini and Ágnes Ratko. Thanks Santino

[@michelroussanne906]

Merci !

[@car8118]

Extraordinary! Truly wonderful!

[@carmen6169]

Desde 🇮🇷 ❤️ México. Gracias. .

[@gustavosilvacm8932]

Simply delightful! Congratulations!

[@jaroslawnowakowski2166]

WOW, I simply love it!

[@arzagoytia]

Beautiful concerto. Thanks for uploading.

[@yamato61555]

Fantastiche!

[@aandeleie904]

Fantastic!!! Great rythm and timing. Love it...

[@maresolaris]

Meravigliosa! Grazie.

[@carmen6169]

Bellísimo.

[@lucdeslauriers1021]

Salutations cordiales depuis le Canada!

[@Yeknodathon]

Just glorious, thanks!

[@umovilac]

Siiiii, hermosísimo. Grazie Chiara e Agnes

[@eppaz57]

What a charming performance of excellent music on superb instruments!

[@prevoo1943]

Dit is Bach, fantastisch!”

[@FredericAbel]

Very nice ! Thanks for sharing ! I missed playing this wonderful piece.

[@JAVIERCORDEROHUECAS]

Sencillamente maravilloso