Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 | Claudio Abbado & the Orchestra Mozart

[@sunnyjh4121]

I live in Bhutan in the Himalayas. I bike in the Himalayan foothills to Brandenburg 2. Nothing like it!

[@DWClassicalMusic]

That sounds like a wonderful journey.

[@MarcillaSmith]

#1 in gross national happiness, last I checked.

[@MARIACRISTINAGARULLI]

mi piacerebbe farlo anch'io... vivo in Italia, ma subisco il fascino del BHUTAN

[@jamessnedeker4799]

You could not chose a better piece to open a galactic 'message in a bottle ' for unknown life beyond our solar system.

[@ralphdamon2284]

Yes what a great idea! !😊

[@fepatton]

300 years after it was written, and the musicians all look like they’re having a total blast! Bach and the Brandenburgs are truly timeless. Michala Petri is an absolute gem as always. Reinhold Friedrich is new to me, but he made that look effortless. Wonderful!

[@KevinGenus]

OMG! Reinhold Friedrich is BEAST! Wow!

[@sureleyyy]

the bro pulls off brandenburg 2, twice on picc, and doesnt miss or flub a single note, god damn, chops for days.

[@Valleyboy3141]

Totally agree. As a lapsed trumpeter aged 56 I am in awe, his performance is, dare I say, of Maurice Andre’s level - a bright and sweet tone with clean articulation. 👏❤️

[@SlimiSlime]

he actually misses a note a little over a minute into the first movement, but I think it sounds better! I wish that was the way Bach wrote it lol

[@grahaml3449]

My Gosh! -- there's not a single thing to criticize here! Every performer enjoying his/herself throughout. The restrained and elegant direction by Mr Abbado, letting the performers be the center of attention. The world's top recorder performer in person! The crisp trumpet, and lovely oboe. A glorious venue, with appreciative audience who attended in attire this concert deserved. And oh yes -- J S Bach. I'm usually of the "original instrument" crowd, but this lovely performance might just be the best I've seen or heard on modern instruments. Bravo!

[@chong2389]

Exactly my thoughts. While original instruments performances give us as close an experience to what the composer heard, modern instruments in the hands of artists of the calibre of those in this performance (soloists and orchestra) is a treat! Only a trumpet player would stick a flower in his mouthpiece then play the final note up an octave - cattivo, Herr Friedrich! 👏👏👏👏👏

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[@jimbrown8818]

Likely the finest performance you'll ever witness of this timeless piece.

[@albertlevert2988]

And incredible close views on the artists.

[@KemFronabarger]

Agreed!

[@donaldspaulding6973]

These guys put the bar up a notch with such precision playing!

[@maryk446]

I agree. I first heard this piece years ago in a college course on music appreciation. The version I heard was a bit slower than this one. But I like this one better.

[@fabiodiaskarkoski6418]

De acordo!

[@envitech02]

I'm a violinist and I can play this by heart. I have every note memorized and burned into my head.

[@dst0212]

Respekt

[@BlossomedJewelsOfficial]

I don’t play any instruments but I really want a harpsichord and I remember the score for it by heart

[@toddmeier9743]

Sounds painful!

[@Huan-KyuKang]

I just would like to express my deep gratitude to D.W CLASSIC MUSIC for posting this superb classical music video . THANKS A LOT ! from CANADA

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[@MultiProximus]

I’m impressed by the famous trompetter Reinhold Friedrich. All of them are performing brilliant . Sound vectors correlate in time and space with them too. ❤❤❤

[@medusa2820]

Sir Paul McCartney, who as a young boy sang in the boys choir of a church in Liverpool, was very much inspired by Bach. The trumpet in one of his best compositions, Penny Lane, is a dedication to the legendary trumpet in this 2nd concerto.

[@fransemmery1646]

On Penny Lane played by David Mason who played the 2e Brandenburger concerto many times, he got 68 English poud for it and was in 10 minits already outside the studio.

[@rescue270]

@@fransemmery1646 I did not know that....

[@colin6768]

So sublime and majestic.

[@michaelgill5950]

I love how Bach can put together such varied instruments to bring a culmination of joy and elation that only comes from the heart and spirit. How graced we are to have such talented individuals who can portray Bach with such feeling and talent! Bravo!!!!! Bravo!!!!!!!

[@sunnyjh4121]

So well said! The combination of this instruments is unworldly!

[@michaelanthonysabatolegget9386]

Stumbled on this after work, tonight. Just lifted my musical soul! Bravo....How I wish I could have just worked my passion....and been a part of an ensemble such as this. Thank you, musicians! Bach-and so many others-were just genius. And how during times without any creature comforts such as: this computer!

[@norbertosilva3795]

The best perfomance ever!

[@walteralvarezperalta6270]

Bach, Bach, Baaaaaaaccchhhh!!! Tú eres el verdadero Dios de la música, tus obras son descomunales en belleza matemática y estética. Tu Misa en Sí menor, Las Pasión según San Juan, El Clave Bien Temperado, las Suite para Cello, el coral "Jesús la alegría de los hombres", los Conciertos de Brandemburgo, las Vacaciones Goldberg, la Ofrenda Musical, el Oratorio de Navidad, etc, etc y etc..... tiene bellas obras y todas con una estructura matemática y concentración intelectual. Gracias Diosito por regalárnoslo! Saludos desde Lima

[@DWClassicalMusic]

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[@yt20xxx06yt]

Oh ! So good so good !

[@simonedwardhunt8013]

Some notes on these notes: 1. The trumpet is not 'blaring'. Bach wrote it to play in counterpoint with a violin, recorder and oboe, not to dominate them. While a modern instrument is used here, and modern instruments are generally louder, the balance is good because the trumpeter is exceptionally good. 2. Bach and his contemporaries frequently used the trumpet. It was commonly used outside the field of battle. It is remarkable in other ways: being pitched in F is rare; it is unusually virtuosic but not exceptionally so for Bach's writing for trumpet. 3. The final note played by the trumpeter is up a 4th from what is written, i.e. the tonic high F not the 5th which is C.

[@johncorban7583]

Good eye to catch the write up mistake about trumpets final note. Yes, I winced inside at the writer’s description of trumpet as “blaring”. In my opinion, the piccolo trumpet is a very clear, clean, precise, and pure sound - especially with a superb trumpeter like Frederich.

[@deltaveedesignconsulting7697]

A very good performance of this piece.

[@raulduran394]

Thanks for letting us know that.

[@chefethanguo9701]

About the 3rd statement: I think the trumpeter intentionally played that at the end. Initially, he played the regular version. Correct me if I'm wrong! Thank you so much for the info! Greatly appreciate it!

[@MrTrumpets12]

This is an absolutely MASTERFUL performance!! Bravissimo!!

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[@salvatoremartella5397]

bravissimi, con la "I", si dice in italiano.

[@wilsonferreira3401]

Nu

[@KlauBen612]

This performance touches me to the core. It brings tears to my eyes. The soloists are true artists. An angelic performance. Very beautiful !

[@ruexcited2WholeHearted]

I believe this is the best performance I've heard

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[@paulvesely4773]

I agree completely Dave. A really masterful performance. Claudio Abbado is uniquely low key but masterful. PERFECT !

[@MeinKanal251]

yes, i also think it is musical perection at work here. the only other recordings of this caliber i know from a group of musicians is argerich, kremer and maisky with their shostakovich and tchaikovsky trio renditions.

[@baden-baden]

One of the best video clips I been see in my life, I keep looking and hearing every day , love it. Regards from Texas

[@DWClassicalMusic]

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[@georgefelty6357]

The ensemble has a beautiful blend and rhythmic precision and each part interweaves

[@rudegor858]

Очень яркое и живое исполнение! Низкий поклон прекрасным музыкантам!

[@ReedHarrison]

I'm using this performance to teach my students for a music history unit. This performance is so wonderful. The players are top notch and the sound is just delightful.

[@yhp99]

When the flutist levels up to a piccolo and the trumpet ends on that high note. Bravo

[@billding7073]

They're having so much fun, realizing, perfectly Bach's magnificent concerto. I'm having fun listening. BRAVO!! ORCHESTRA MOZART!!!

[@karenmahaffey1473]

As it was meant to be played. Each player right on with each note connecting perfectly with the whole. Surely one of the most beautiful pieces we have from the vast collection of his works.

[@RichardFeinman-yf7lx]

Some credit to the engineers. Get good balance and separate voices with a recorder and a trumpet.

[@hannesheinz720]

A good blend between contempory interpretation and historical practice.

[@Juan-jq8zd]

Bach es el mejor y único músico mas grande de toda la historia, y no hay mas!😉

[@albertopa58]

Wonderful performance

This second movement caresses my very soul And the third makes me jump in sheer joy

[@kenboydart]

Notice how happy or euphoric the musicians are to play this piece . Perhaps a life lesson here ? Bach’s # 2 con connects With all our emotions and makes me at least, feel human .

[@siegfriedwifling907]

How blessed must have been this man to compose this music…😔 he will never die..

[@johncorban7583]

What a phenomenal interpretation, collaboration, and performance!! I enjoyed it so very much, thank you!! It was a heavenly appetizer experience. I also learned something new today - Yamaha made a c/bflat/a piccolo trumpet. I didn’t know that - amazing!

[@tomyoung5449]

Bach at the height of his genius, played by the best in the world. I keep coming back to this performance and being transported to . . . another plane of existence.

[@lisbethholm1]

I love Bachs concerto No.2. This performance gives me hope for humanity.

[@sunnyjh4121]

We need hope!!

[@lyricaliu]

This also makes me not afraid of death, because i can meet Bach and Abbado then.

[@josecaceres6853]

The trumpet, clarinete and flute, make such a charm to this concert.

[@rescue270]

Actually it is the trumpet, oboe, and soprano recorder.

[@zaratustra3557]

Этим ребятам повезло жить в этом мире музыки и искусства, а не там, где сейчас грохочут танки и рвутся снаряды артиллерии!!!

[@cymbala6208]

That is true... I attended a church service today and we prayed for you, too... and I've donated some money for people in the war zones. I don't know, what else to do... it's incredibly sad 😔

[@spacetimemalleable7718]

One of the BEST if not the Greatest performance of Bach. He would have sooooo proud! I enjoyed every second of this Treasure.

[@gabrielnavarrodelage]

Magnífica versión. Me encanta. Gracias enormes por compartir algo tan hermoso.

[@DWClassicalMusic]

Caro Gabriel Navarro Delage, grazie mille per il suo commento. Siamo molto felici che questo video vi piaccia così tanto. Per favore, rimani in contatto con noi!

[@carlospg8831]

No hay palabras para expresar tanta belleza.

[@ergocano]

Ciertamente.

[@katiecarr2124]

@@ergocano pppppp

[@eddyagosto8515]

How sharp! Bravissimo!

[@SDGRTX1455]

Bach is insanly genius! Such a joy

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[@kerryhanford3322]

Yes truly spoken a genius

[@SiebenbuergerSxn]

What an amazing bunch of wonderfully talented musicians obviously having a great time playing together! This is what great music is all about.

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[@joedunn4820]

Thanks to God!

[@youngwoo5860]

The performance reaches into the deepest every corners of my beart. Bach is Best also.

That trumpeter's got the Bachish looks kkkkk

[@DWClassicalMusic]

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[@PianoGuy1990]

Kkkkk Someone forgot to tell you they cloned Bach!!! Kkkkk

[@quinftbl]

Rheinhold Friedrich.

[@RW-ob4en]

Justin Trudeau smashing the oboe

[@jrthiker9908]

@@RW-ob4en Or Bradley Cooper

[@mosheknoll1603]

Claudio Abbado was a genius of music. Everything he conducted was pure musical gold. May he rest in peace.

[@Eyiba07]

BRAVO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@ivanzambrano6166]

Europe must keep its excellent musical and artistic culture alive.

[@chefethanguo9701]

Couldn't agree more!

[@FranciscoCastilloMata-kz2ko]

Es el alma de Europa! 🌞

[@myriamlateur4936]

We do, sir! We most certainly do!

[@edigabrieli7864]

Europe is doomed and there's no coming back from the abyss.

[@65billh]

Amazing, in 2nd mvmt. one can almost anticipate the next chord change and the resolution following.

[@alfonsomartin6686]

Cada vez que la vuelvo a escuchar me parece una interpretación genial y un registro excelente .¡Bravo!

[@NewVoiceMMI]

Claudio Abbado, my favorite conductor. Yours?

[@lenanielsen5903]

Amazing performance🍃so beautiful

15:53 That high F!!! just wow

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[@kerryhanford3322]

Wonderful music conducted by one of the greats !!!!!!!

[@lfyoung]

Imagine if the creator of this masterpiece was told that one day this would be put onto a record and then sent into outer space where someday someone could find it and hear is masterpiece that knows nothing oh human beings. Crazy to think upon.

[@marcogennaro4795]

Spettacolo. E come l'orchestra vive la musica..

[@cicerobezerra7090]

SIMPLESMENTE maravilhosos !!❤

[@NavesNiche]

Beautiful performance!

[@OccyDaBoss]

this is absolutely amazing i'm usually a freiburg stan, but this is a real treat nevertheless

[@DWClassicalMusic]

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[@luciasona2231]

Grazie! Danke schon! Ich liebe all Brandeburg Konzert ❤

[@dfaltin]

What a masterpiece! Someone said great composers are like the Himalaya, beyond this is the blue heavens and beyond this there is Bach.

[@Willburys]

Nice Himmalaya the Way to God is not so Expansive!

[@janmc.mulder]

Magnificent! Bravo!

[@robinblankenship9234]

Tres Magnifique!!!

[@cadesertdude]

I have only three words: REINHOLD FRIEDRICH!! UNBELIEVABLE!!

[@alexrios4064]

Majestic, celestial they delivered to us a lifetime of rehearsing, studying , a disciplined life at their instrument. Just a superb interpretation of Brandenburg 2 ! Bravissimo !

[@lawoffice8515]

The best interpretation out of a dozen I have heard. Thank you

[@tenorschofield]

Marvelous!!!!

[@tenorschofield]

Simply divine maestros paying wonderful Bach concertó...thank you so much for sharing this piece with all of us🙏😊🙌🎶

[@ralphdamon2284]

Such a joy to listen to ❤ it’s so enjoyable 😊

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[@alfonsomartin6686]

Registro sonoro perfecto .Se escucha a los solistas y a toda la orquesta . Incluso el clave que casi siempre queda en mascarado . ¡Bravo por DW Classical Music!

[@DWClassicalMusic]

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[@lovegarbage]

What a rare and lively rendition! Abbado is just keeping a fatherly eye on a joyful camerata.

[@ОлегНауменко-к6ш]

Браво!!! Прекраснаое исполнение!!!

[@costrow3100]

I have a hard time listening to other baroque performances of the same pieces because VOM performances are so glorious. The artistry, instruments and recordings are impeccable. would love for them to come to NYC to perform so I can see them in person.

[@alfonsomartin6686]

With this work I started to baroque music 60 years ago. Thank you for this magnificent performance !!

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[@bobsteiner9209]

I discovered Abbado 40 years ago on the radio, conducting opera. I knew he was something special. After a lifetime of listening to Bach's Brandenburgs, both live and in recordings, I haven't heard a better performance than this one.

[@robertyoung9403]

wonderful performance. They even have a trumpeter who looks like Bach himself

[@paulfroiland2623]

I asked my father what he thought of this, and he said it's the music they play in heaven. So I played it for him on his deathbed, he floated himself up to heaven.

[@denisrouger2876]

Reinhard Friedrich!!!! Danke! Merci! Thank You!!!!!! Technik, Musik, Talent ❤️

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[@druntopronto7598]

I like it much more, than the Karl Richter version, THIS IS JUST ALIVE!!!! No heaviness, no flatness, just excellent. I can not stop listening to it.

[@drmichaelshea]

I can’t imagine playing a recorder that fast. I LOVE this. Thank you./

[@bachandminecraftfan1620]

I love bach. I play his concertos on my violin

[@forgottenhill159]

Beautiful.

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[@shin-i-chikozima]

This wonderful performance is comfortable and soothing to the ears and the mind

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[@shin-i-chikozima]

@@DWClassicalMusic Thank-you Hang in there ！ someday please come to Japan Japan waits for you

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[@shin-i-chikozima]

@@DWClassicalMusic Thank-you Hang in there ！

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[@빠스깔]

유럽을 가면 그들이 얼마나 음악을 좋아하는지. 제가 독일에 갔을때 바하가 주일마다 새곡을 만들어 찬양했던 교회당에서 잠시 묵상ㆍ기도하며 바하가 지휘했던 자리를 보면서 감동했던 기억이 있어 아주좋아합니다(박철수)

[@randybackgammon890]

This came up just after I'd been watching a docu on The Dammed.Ah the genius of the algorithm.....or is it me😂

[@aaronjorgefridman5662]

Impresionante. Impecable. Claudio Abbado es una garantía de perfección

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[@douglask.pennington2091]

Sublime perfection!

[@astridaguilarlaguna]

Heme aquí, atrapada por esta interpretación.

[@marcfranke4254]

Reinhold Friedrich, the King of the Trumpet !

[@petemoss7587]

He certainly nailed that trumpet part!

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[@oc8824]

So precise, phenomenal.

[@eduardosoares5500]

It's simply THE BEST interpretation of this concert by Bach! Wonderful musicians under the Abbado's direction. BRAVI TUTTI!!! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@franciscojavierconchagonza7841]

Siempre emocionante y magistral. El gran maestro Don Sebastián Bach.

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[@eternitysounds6862]

Ese pequeño arreglo del trompetista es genial, no lo he escuchado en otra interpretación.

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[@hornerinf]

Michala Petri!!! Still stunning and wonderful. I can watch and listen to her all day. :)

[@leom4206]

Amazing, and they did it again...[mic drop]!

[@Marilyn-oz1op]

Well done 🌹

[@veronikajordan4918]

Perfect, many thanks to you 👌❤️💐

[@libelle176]

Reinhold Friedrich is a trumpet God!!!!

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[@luciocsordas]

Bravíssimo!

[@patrickwheeler5144]

I just woke up a moment ago and found this! What great music to wake up to! I love it!

[@cymbala6208]

Thank you to all the musicians for this heavenly performance of a great Bach composition! And thank you, DW, for presenting the video to us! I've had the honour and pleasure to meet Reinhold Friedrich and even accompany him on the organ many years ago, though I'm not a professional musician... Still makes me happy to have these wonderful memories, when I listen to the recording on my old cassette 😊

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[@juliettpapa]

wow! bravo! .... greetings from Brandenburg.

[@margaretbinns3134]

Greetings from Florida and the Baroque Ensemble of Palm Beach

[@otonielreyes1750]

Que belleza me da hasta escalofrío en mi cuerpo se me pone la piel herisada que agradable