3:05 - "Wow... that's a pretty intense solo, Johann!" **grin** "Watch this shit"
@cleverlydevisedmyth Жыл бұрын
Karl Richter plays the harpsichord and organ as if he were making up the music as he goes along. The mark of a true musician! Gorgeous
@A_Mukherjee197 ай бұрын
God created Bach to give the universe its final shape and Bach's music created Karl Richter to give Bach's masterpiece its final shape
@sarefol66538 жыл бұрын
Karl Ritcher, he was certainly a true virtuoso. Here you can see him not only playing like a beast, but conducting an orchestra and turning his pages for his own. He was one of a kind. Will be forever missed, always in my heart Maestro.
@DeadmansPoncho6 жыл бұрын
Imagine at one of these concerts. Right when the solo ends and they all join back in, some dude in the audience is all wasted and stands up and shouts Fuck Yeah!
@bl45785 жыл бұрын
could not have said it better...
@Darrigrande4 жыл бұрын
Not only a great direrctor, but also an excelent harpsicord player!
@gilgermesch4 жыл бұрын
Too bad what you hear is not what's being played on video... you can clearly see him playing staccatissimo in several places whilst there's a legato going on in the audio (e.g. 1:47). Also he's skipping whole bars, and I'm guessing that's not because of any artistic decision...
@v.a.simpao94244 жыл бұрын
REST IN JESUS MAESTRO..... THANK YOU FOR THE MUSIC
@TheMadisonHang5 жыл бұрын
certainly must be one of the highest forms of music to ever have existed ever in human history
@robinblick93754 ай бұрын
The highest.
@oldsanfrancisco8 жыл бұрын
I was blessed to see Karl Richter playing this concerto in San Francisco in 1972. He was brilliant and received a standing ovation for the performance. I'll never forget it! Thanks for posting this!
@dodisumer68425 жыл бұрын
Que envidia!
@JDeffenb5 жыл бұрын
I love how Karl has those page flips memorized and looks at them for half a second, almost for pleasure.
@culterofpersonality11 жыл бұрын
Not human... Definitely the most epic solo I've ever heard
@buzzfunk7 жыл бұрын
It's not the fact that this is extremely hard to play anyways, it's that he does it with such an ease! Genius!
@patrickrohme74565 жыл бұрын
Not only playing but conducting and turning his own pages.
@estebanblanco20584 жыл бұрын
By memory mind you. Wow.
@consti18733 жыл бұрын
Honestly, this is pretty easy compared to the harpsichord concertos. It has some tricky passages, but I guess an ambitious intermediate level player could do this after 2-3 weeks of practice. He did great, but for a player as skilled and talented as he is (or was), this probably wasn't hard at all😄😁
@higgsboson95093 жыл бұрын
@@consti1873 Agreed. I found his Harpsichord Concerto in G minor more difficult than this to play.
@mattbod2 жыл бұрын
Hours and hours of practice a day for years is only way to a technique like that along with natural felicity.
@Etiblack018 жыл бұрын
The harpsichord solo started, and I was just, wow, wow, woow. :D
@docholiday136010 жыл бұрын
Absolutely marvelous. rip richter, you technical skills were the best of the 20th century.
@janbonn11985 жыл бұрын
Guy: Are you conduct today, play the Hapsicord, or just turn the pages? Karl Richter: Yes.
@ChrisStockslager4 жыл бұрын
Didn’t Bach and Händel themselves do it this way in their respective days?
@espressonoob4 жыл бұрын
@@ChrisStockslager yes they did! so did a lot of composers like mozart, beethoven and chopin majority of the time when they played their own works!
@ChrisStockslager4 жыл бұрын
@@espressonoob Exactly! Is it done very rarely these days?
@espressonoob4 жыл бұрын
@@ChrisStockslager eems like it, the netherlands bach society often has a harpsichordist or whoever is the main instrument in the piece being played conduct alongside their playing. other than that, though, usually I don't see it.
@SeverusSnape704 жыл бұрын
@@ChrisStockslager I think Bach , on harpsichord, played on memory because he was shortsighted. I have the same problem. I don't know if he actually played this concerto on harpsichord because, according to Carl Philip Emanuel Bach, when there was an orchestra , he usually played the violin to better conduct the players.
@bowlerrollercoaster3 жыл бұрын
He nailed the solo all the way through without a sweat. He is one of the best performers of Bach especially with BWV 538 Toccata Dorica in D minor. Best organ performance ever. Rest in Peace Karl
@stefanhinners21994 жыл бұрын
Karl Richter = Karl der Große, wie hier eindrucksvoll dokumentiert wird, absolut souverän und virtuos!!!
@crossgate12310 жыл бұрын
And some people said Bach was too boring!!! Simply amazing, another fantastic performance by the great Karl Richter.
@jonlag38674 жыл бұрын
I used to think that myself. Took me some time to understand the intelligence of his pieces
@consti18734 жыл бұрын
anyone who thinks bach is boring doesn't understand the genius behind his music.
@Rutherford_Inchworm_III3 жыл бұрын
Historically-informed Bach can be incredibly boring. To the point where I think a lot of "historically informed" types are really just trying to justify their expensive conservatory diplomas by finding fault where there is none.
@lipby2 жыл бұрын
Who says Bach is boring?
@MARTIN201199 Жыл бұрын
@@lipby Chopin lovers do
@nickslater11648 жыл бұрын
Their faces after 4:05 THAT is leadership
@organistaclavicembalista290812 жыл бұрын
L'avrò ascoltato miliardi di volte e non mi ha mai stufato!
@joelshuan5 жыл бұрын
Anche me :'3
@StevenOBrien3 жыл бұрын
1:46 Find someone who looks at you the way the first chair looks at Richter's hands
@robisaza9 жыл бұрын
Karl Richter was a fucking beast.
@MeehanJunction6 жыл бұрын
There is no doubt in my mind that had Karl Richter lived to a ripe old age that he would have become one of the most famous musicians of his time. He had so much to give and accomplish that who knows what this man would have accomplished and given to the world of classical music. During his lifetime nobody really realized that there was a genius in their midst. His did things that nobody at that time dared to do but yet he did it and decades later he is recognized for his momentous accomplishment.I dearly wish I could have met this man even for 5 minutes!!!
@SeverusSnape704 жыл бұрын
Me too.
@annamcancarini69533 жыл бұрын
But he was! The first still now for Bach and Haendel.
@rezilla17 жыл бұрын
I was surprised that the orchestra began to play at 4:00 instead of erupting into cheers
@alhassannasser66966 жыл бұрын
no zey r zerman (Kraig Ferguson german accent)
@ejej_shej79586 жыл бұрын
Same
@AhsanNadeem005 жыл бұрын
it was actually at 4:05
@rubendow14 жыл бұрын
Beautiful rendition by Richter. NO RUBATO HERE. That's how Back wrote his music. He was not a romantic. I absolutely enjoyed this. Thank you grumpa1936.
@EleosGamoto5 жыл бұрын
this guy died so young, the world lost a Genius.
@stevenxia29443 жыл бұрын
just like Glenn Gould.
@MiScusi69 Жыл бұрын
@@stevenxia2944 gould sucks
@48796gbf9 жыл бұрын
Karl Richter is a wonderful conductor.
@canemreakay8941 Жыл бұрын
Bach and Richter from another world.
@skykiss124 жыл бұрын
This Always send shivers down my spine. Richter and Bach, what a perfect combination. Bach must have been in really elated Spirits when he composed that.
@maugustyniak8 жыл бұрын
More delectable than cake, and fewer cavities.
@oliviersimonnin69833 жыл бұрын
Un moment musical baroque exceptionnel. Merci au Kapellmeister Karl Richter et à ses musiciens d'exception pour ce concerto brandebourgeois n°5 de Bach que rien ne surpasse. Danke für alles!
@rw1993n6411 жыл бұрын
i love seeing the man playing the flute smile while enjoying Richter's playing of the wonderful harpsichord
@lastfirst66262 жыл бұрын
And a Bravo for the harpsichord, it has the power of a concert grand here.
@Ramakrishnademeester12 жыл бұрын
When a great musician plays a masterpiece we can just listen and be happy that we can listen to it. Thank you for the upload of this wonderfull video.
@jeffreyhirschfeld77612 жыл бұрын
This is my personal favorite performance!
@987inuyasha10 жыл бұрын
the best in his game
@wormswithteeth6 жыл бұрын
1:26 solo starts.
@searchingforlostatoms71914 жыл бұрын
There is no match to this unstructured Baroque section in music......Incredible that a human could both create such music and another human reproduce it flawlessly
@tmaaz Жыл бұрын
Beautiful music, and beautiful conversation -- who could want more from the latest social network!
@thebazaartraveler2905 Жыл бұрын
The weather sure is nice here today, and made even nicer by listening to this beautiful music and sharing said music and thoughts with strangers. No, new friends. Thank the Owl for the recommendation! What relaxing and uplifting music here.
@mariogatti11013 жыл бұрын
Questo genio ci ha lasciato troppo presto. Grande Karl, sei stato il più grande interprete del grande Maestro del quale tu hai avuto l'onore di occupare il posto appartenuto a Lui. Quello di Kantor della Thomasschule di Lipsia. Non credo che Johann Sebastian amasse più di tanto quel lavoro, ma per un musicista vissuto qualche secolo dopo è stato sicuramente un grande onore. Secondo me nessuno riuscirà mai ad eguagliarti. Soprattutto nella cadenza del quinto Brandeburghese. Sei sempre nel mio cuore Karl Richter, come il nostro Maestro Johann Sebastian, il più grande di tutti i tempi.
@annamcancarini69532 жыл бұрын
Indubbiamente Karl Richter, kantor, organista, maestro al cembalo, direttore d'orchestra e di coro, improvvisatore, è stato il più grande interprete di Bach, il punto di riferimento, 'colui che sapeva conciliare poeticamente la fedeltà al testo con la fedeltà agli affetti, all'anima e al cuore'. Solo una piccola osservazione: Richter divenne organista nella St.Thomaskirche, poi fuggì dalla DDR e fu cantor e molto altro a Monaco di Baviera.
@StuffMadeOnDreams Жыл бұрын
After reading your beautiful Italian words, I think that I am going to dedicate more time to learn your poetic language.
@Syckxpack4 жыл бұрын
Best piece of music in the universe and all time. Nothing can top Brandenburg concerto 5. Nothing
@mirko90724 жыл бұрын
it is a serious contender indeed
@caesarsneezer69924 жыл бұрын
The cadenza is insanity for it's time, but I would put many pieces on the same level as this. A true tie!
@walter8lee2 жыл бұрын
i am agree
@jimmyblues1514 жыл бұрын
This is fantastic. Just look at the hall they are playing in. Wow. This is just too great to describe.
@JuanCruz74 жыл бұрын
Just imagine the pressure of not getting a wrong note o_o; amazing!
@mymind75082 жыл бұрын
If beauty could kill I would have died hundreds of time already by hearing this composition and performance. No words !!!!!
@ElektraPalace8 жыл бұрын
Sublime. Bach was a genius and this performance is stunning.
@SapereAude149010 жыл бұрын
He completely and utterly nails it.
@kathaus586111 жыл бұрын
Awe-inspiring performance by a great master and scholar of Bach. Growing up on the recordings of Glenn Gould, I find a renewed passion in listening to the same works as performed by Richter. What an absolute joy to hear Bach's grand masterpieces. And, of course, SDG.
@LucaCanetti3 жыл бұрын
Definitely
@thankyou62 Жыл бұрын
Yes, Solo Dei Gloria
@tgchicot3 жыл бұрын
To watch Richter's hands is to watch Bach's hands. Totally groovy time travel.
@Christherpiper13 жыл бұрын
This isn't a harpsichord solo, this is magic and god
@richardhastings1755 Жыл бұрын
Here in case of twitter collapse.
@chickenfish7166 Жыл бұрын
Still waiting for my bluesky invite, so…. Let’s gooooooo
@henrykwieniawski72338 ай бұрын
Huh?
@DomFileoreum7 ай бұрын
Can someone explain
@ralimis2 жыл бұрын
That solo is one the best things I've ever heard
@benlit11 жыл бұрын
best solo ever written
@jeffreyadams6485 жыл бұрын
You can see in their faces that they know that they are very lucky to be with him.
@cualquie12 жыл бұрын
Richter, my favorite player when I was young
@ElektraPalace3 жыл бұрын
Absolute madness. What superb chaps. Bach for writing and Mr Richter for the rest. Stunning.
@amarch2012 жыл бұрын
This is the most impressive thing I have ever seen.
@Luslot197310 ай бұрын
The sound is almost organ-like. Love this recording and the masterful playing of… well, the master.
@welthitsaufhessisch3 жыл бұрын
This is madness. And it's on KZbin for everyone to see FOR FREE!
@Daneel564 жыл бұрын
Great artist. Great Maestro. A wonderful man.
@alpeninfo11 жыл бұрын
Karl Richter ist immer unter uns ! Es sind immer wieder die schönsten Momente im Leben Ihn spielen zu hören!
@annamcancarini69537 жыл бұрын
I feel the same, Richter is unforgettable, unique and always in our hearts. Too soon gone.
@allensoderlund74686 жыл бұрын
Allen: First there was the creation, somewhat later J.S. Bach, rocket forward and there was Karl Richter.
@elenaolimpiaalbertini76904 жыл бұрын
Il love Karl Richetr in this concert... ""Simply"" wonderful!
@ml32297 жыл бұрын
If *only* Richter could have played it just a bit faster. KIDDING - it is perfection!
@jeffreyadams6485 жыл бұрын
A gifted man
@Schubertd9602 жыл бұрын
Amazing how you end up cheering him on like you're at a football match when he's just playing a few minutes of music at a harpsichord
@roxicastro112 жыл бұрын
J.S. Genius. All that goin·on & still leaves time to conduct & page over, 10 on the richter scale
@SeanersRocks Жыл бұрын
Yo yo, new social network!🎉
@chickenfish7166 Жыл бұрын
Oh yeah let’s do this!
@holyspacemonkey Жыл бұрын
@@chickenfish7166I’m ready! 😂
@Gnophkehs11 ай бұрын
And my axe!
@luisahumada60817 жыл бұрын
1:45 It's so cool look how the musicians stop their interpretation, just to enjoy Richter's solo...
@filippozaccaria69447 жыл бұрын
This performance is incredible, Richter is like a beast in the cadenza😱. The orchestra is very skilled, too. In my opinion it would be even better if they used an ancient flute.
@Tizohip6 жыл бұрын
Filippo Zaccaria 0:26 very beautyfull
@brumels15705 жыл бұрын
The baroque flute and baroque violin have much more color than their modern counterparts. But the baroque flute is not audible in a large space.
@mirko90724 жыл бұрын
@@brumels1570 especially for the violin, the extra colour is worth nothing if someone plays it simply bad.
@marguerite91238 ай бұрын
Merveilleux Karl Richter ! c'est suite à l'écoute de ce morceau que j'ai eu envie de devenir musicienne à 13 ans !🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏
@hookedonafeeling10012 жыл бұрын
Now this is the proper way to play this bad ass piece!
@karlrichter704511 жыл бұрын
I feel exactly the same way.
@gabriela978812 жыл бұрын
one of my favorite interpretations of this solo
@BigEightiesNewWave Жыл бұрын
Karl is in the zone , and has synched brainwaves with JS Bach. He is literally channeling Bach , from the grave.
@MatthewFordAnimations12 жыл бұрын
WONDERFUL! one of my favourites! i'm happy that someone still likes this ART!
@loftyblond11 жыл бұрын
Wow. Many thanks for posting this. Never heard a better interpretation of this great solo. Richter makes it look so easy.
@ChristianPauchet5 жыл бұрын
To me Bach will always be the ultimate Rock Star, this harpsichord solo riff jams... if there ever was a god, Bach was it.
@MisterMalleable4 жыл бұрын
I understand that Karl was a harpsichord prodigy, and I can only picture someone playing this at this speed today if they were on crack.
@dodisumer68425 жыл бұрын
merciless & stratospheric
@ElektraPalace3 жыл бұрын
Just stunning.
@bjornviberg707110 жыл бұрын
Absolute genius.
@TonySanAgustinOrtiz10 жыл бұрын
No.
@bjornviberg707110 жыл бұрын
Each to his own.
@annamcancarini69538 жыл бұрын
Yes! Oui, ja da sì!!!
@RobSomeone11 жыл бұрын
My goodness that was incredible.
@rezilla17 жыл бұрын
Richter's performance is so strong and the orchestra achieves such a powerful, muscular sound compared to all the other Brandenburg recordings I've heard. I had this performance on cd for a long time and was so happy to see that they took a film of the performance also. What a special moment in human history.
@ssbphotography7 жыл бұрын
rezilla1 it was karl richter's Brandenburg recording that they sent into space on the golden record of Voyager 2
@annamcancarini69537 жыл бұрын
Yes, the concert n.2, on Voyager 1 & 2 in 1977 I think.
@caesarsneezer69924 жыл бұрын
@@ssbphotography I'm sure the aliens will be waiting with headphones, and we'll be waiting with empty cigar boxes . C'mon, face it, we're alone so we better get our act together
@mercedesbenzformula13 жыл бұрын
I like how they chose a harpsichord with a 16’. There is evidence to indicate that Bach ordered a special harpsichord to be used with this Brandenburg concerto from the builder in Mietke which probably included a 16’ stop
@pharaohm8112 жыл бұрын
Karl Richter was a one of a kind musician
@sospiroso3 ай бұрын
When the harpsichord reigns supreme! ❤😁
@julianfranck6425 Жыл бұрын
This is a modern day guitar solo but on a Harpsichord. Brilliant.
@lorenzbroll1013 жыл бұрын
he is the only one I know of who can do this completely "even" with no stuttering or faltering!
@galaxy03393 жыл бұрын
be sure to check also Sviatoslav Richter's rendition, even but as much poetic as this is assertive
@justinnoble6506 Жыл бұрын
That is truly an insane solo. Bach would be proud.
@menswear21125 жыл бұрын
He’s soooo good. The best, no competition.
@davisatdavis12 жыл бұрын
I have no words...
@vOddy758 жыл бұрын
These people know what they are doing :o
@SDGRTX14555 жыл бұрын
BACH was pure HEAVY METAL AF!
@caesarsneezer69924 жыл бұрын
No, he wasn't Judas Priest, sorry
@phototommes12 жыл бұрын
einfach brilliant! eine blitzsaubere Bach-Interpretation mit einer Instrumentierung, die dieser zeit auch tatsächlich entspricht!
@progressxoverdue13 жыл бұрын
@rrickarr I totally agree! I love Bach for that relentlessly steady temp on the harpsichord! Richter + Bach = musical bliss.
@folklorette7513 жыл бұрын
Superbe interprétation.
@gataca19764 жыл бұрын
this is the best by far!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
@woobi47394 ай бұрын
Gotta come back to this every once and a while.
@brumels15705 жыл бұрын
This performance is better than any period instrument performance ive heard in person. The baroque flute is barely audible and many harpsichord players fail the cadenza.
@Rutherford_Inchworm_III3 жыл бұрын
You said it, friend. I genuinely think Bach would like this version better.
@PhilipSalen2 жыл бұрын
Amazing 🤩. Also amazing that the harpsichord player is also conducting, and turning his own music pages.