*Correction: the picture at the beginning is not of Domenico Scarlatti, but his father, Alessandro Scarlatti. I apologize for the error... I was editing this at 4am 😬 (!)
@imacat84762 жыл бұрын
The overlooked Alessandro Scarlatti, the Italian baroque keyboard king. Where you think Domenico got his chops from? kzbin.info/www/bejne/o3jdepqFps1krrs
@FxRStudios2 жыл бұрын
Hey @Nahre Sol Please could you tell me what is the name of the piece @7:00 ? Thanks very much
@jerlatti2 жыл бұрын
Don't edit at 4 A.M. anymore
@robertocornacchionialegre2 жыл бұрын
Btw, Alessandro is amazing, maybe not for keyboard music, but I would say he is even better than his son hahah
@Bati_2 жыл бұрын
@@FxRStudios It is presumably Sonata in A major, K. 113 by Scarlatti, hope this helps...
@birbunleashed2 жыл бұрын
One of my parents is a classical pianist and I've grown up hearing a lot of pieces without ever really knowing who wrote what, I've most definitely confused Scarlatti for Bach at points :,) This was really helpful in a really surprising way, thank you so much!
@NahreSol2 жыл бұрын
Thank you for watching and commenting!!
@christophmunch47962 жыл бұрын
Scarlatti and Bach are un-confusable for anyone who has a bit of a an ear and a little clue. SO different!
@PrinceWesterburg2 жыл бұрын
@@christophmunch4796 Yes, if you sit and listen. If you grow up with musician parents, how often do you really listen? "You never know the value of your mother, until you see her empty chair." etc.
@herrickinman93038 ай бұрын
I've most definitely never confused Scarlatti for Bach --- at any point.
@DirtyIceCubes2 жыл бұрын
This is terrific. Your Bachifying skills are astounding.
@ithinilben46722 жыл бұрын
‘Bachifying’ I laughed out loud in a good way
@GianmarioScotti2 жыл бұрын
At first I was perplexed, because I thought Domenico Scarlatti is one of the easiest composers to identify - because of imitations and the binary format sonata. But if we only look at a few bars, then yes, I can see how his music may be confused with Bach's. By the way, I would love to hear more of your interpretations of Bach. I think you are a brilliant musicians, especially when playing J.S. Bach's music.
@NahreSol2 жыл бұрын
Yes… ! You are right
@galolito2 жыл бұрын
That woman may have known what she was hearing and was asking for something else. At least I would like to think so.
@marcpatton52072 жыл бұрын
Scarlatti has long been my favorite composer. I could be wrong, but I feel like Scarlatti has been getting more and more attention lately. I love it. This was a great video.
@weiliu7319 Жыл бұрын
You are not wrong. You get it earlier than most people.
@franksong50082 жыл бұрын
Bach and Scarlatti have much more in common than one normally realizes - that short-clip identification test is so tricky even for trained professionals! There is no need at all to frustrate over the fact that a general audience might mistake Scarlatti for Bach🙂
@NahreSol2 жыл бұрын
Yes, for sure!!
@Doodsrsly2 жыл бұрын
I was able to cheat-used to listen to Bach’s compete partitas performed by Yuan Sheng when I’d make walks to my local library. Stuff got stuck.
@MrJdsenior2 жыл бұрын
@@Doodsrsly Don't admit that! Just say, yeah, I got it right. :-)
@DJHolte2 жыл бұрын
I only got one correct answer in the quiz myself. D'oh! 😄
@Jason759132 жыл бұрын
The short clip test uses clips too short. Anyway, dang, I didn't even know of Scarlatti.
@picksalot12 жыл бұрын
I'm a big fan of Scarlatti. The Spanish and guitar influences are very appealing to me. The use of repeated motifs and dissonant notes in chords makes his music sound like "Pop Baroque" to my ears. I find many enjoyable qualities in his music, to a significant degree because I play guitar.
@briseboy Жыл бұрын
Italians did much for chitarra. Baroque Guitar, though Gaspar Sanz and Santiago de Murcia were the first Baroque pieces introduced to me.
@adrianoseresi35252 жыл бұрын
I can’t tell you how excited I am to see that you’ve finally made a video on Scarlatti! Tremendously underrated master composer with some of the most exciting, dramatic, tragic, demonic, transcendental and exulted music ever written for keyboard. There is just so much character and life to discover in his over 500 sonatas. Listening and perusing through them has always given me endless pleasure.
@ianlowery60142 жыл бұрын
1685 was a great year for music. Not only were Bach and Scarlatti born that year, but also George Frederic Handel. 140 years after Bach's death, Gilbert and Sullivan went to the USA. When the boat came into the harbour, all these other boats came out to greet them, with people waving contracts they wanted the pair to sign. At that point they realised they had been pirated, and so they wrote The Pirates of Penzance. An American later wrote to Gilbert and said "I really like the music of your friend Mr. Sullivan, and also the music of Mr. Bach. Tell me, is Mr. Bach still composing?" Gilbert wrote back "... at present, Mr. Bach is not so much composing as decomposing".
@williambunter3311 Жыл бұрын
ianlowery: A witty reply from Mr. Gilbert. But Bach wrote music with the intent to glorify God, and I believe he still is composing masterpieces in heaven for the enjoyment of his Saviour and the heavenly hosts.
@jeffreyadams6486 ай бұрын
Thanks so much for that anecdote. I’ll raise yet another cold glass to Bach. Bach to the fridge.
@ianlowery60146 ай бұрын
@@jeffreyadams648 You'll be Bach in a minuet...
@brosciencePhD5 ай бұрын
💀
@Bati_2 жыл бұрын
For everyone who's asking, the piece played by David Louie at 6:59 is presumably Sonata in A major, K. 113 by Scarlatti, hope this helps...
@dennugrahaa17552 жыл бұрын
thank you ❤️
@erezsolomon38389 ай бұрын
Such a nice piece. I'm learning it right now
@TechnoRaabe2 жыл бұрын
"I've always considered Bach to be a sculpter. If you had to compare, Scarlatti would be a collage artist." Such a legendary comparison.
@vladimirchicas31482 жыл бұрын
Says Handel 🤣 ✨
@dulcamarabuffo Жыл бұрын
I would argue that Bach is the Tapestry maker which weaves myriad Threads into a whole work and Scarlatti is the wood turner who whips out brilliance on his lathe by deftly skating over with his wood chisel.
@briseboy Жыл бұрын
It would seem fishy if he had been a sculpin, but, like Galathea's Pygmalion, he scuplt Her. You could sculpt OR not scuplt, or . . . SPELL. I gulpt, OR, chewed in a refined manner, never being cannibalistic enough to have gulpt her. Being kind i would NEVER pulp her, but PulpThor would be comic indeed. If you have not guessed, SculptOR, though Camille Claudel, who sculpted Rodin's hands for him was not called a sculptrix.
@archsys3074 ай бұрын
@@dulcamarabuffoScarlatti is the liszt to bach’s chopin. Bach has the immortal beauties and directly touched the soul of music itself, scarlatti might have done that to some extent but was overall more shallow, fun, and flamboyant.
@dulcamarabuffo4 ай бұрын
@@archsys307 I would agree with you on your analogy.
@AdrianEarnshawMusic2 жыл бұрын
As someone who plays both Bach and Scarlatti on the organ, I found this video really interesting. Would love to see more videos in this format, keep it going 👍
@pianobern692 жыл бұрын
Scarlatti is rarely performed on organ sadly, thank you for giving him time to shine on the queen of instruments!
@elaineblackhurst15092 жыл бұрын
@@pianobern69 Most of Scarlatti’s sonatas do not suit the organ as most were conceived specifically for the harpsichord, though it is arguable that a few might have been written to be performed on the early fortepianos which were available in some of the Spanish royal palaces - K149, and K153 for example. The exception to this however is a small number of sonatas which I think may have been conceived originally for the organ; this list derives from Ralph Kirkpatrick’s biography of the composer (he of the K numbers). K41 - a fugue K58 - a fugue K93 - a fugue K254 & K255 - a pair, possibly for organ K287 & K288 - another pair, the first a fugue K328 - possibly for organ. Additionally, the following sonatas are also fugues and differ very little from those listed above, so could perhaps be added to the list: K30 (‘Cat’s fugue’), K82, K417. Hope you find that useful.
@fugueholic2 жыл бұрын
She nails it as always she has done. Really intriguing stuff this is! Mainly, when she digested, mixed the styles of the two composers and produced the materials of the way of hers, I just gaped and listened to the music with bliss, blessing her rare talent. Thank you for your presence, Nahre!
@Penguren2 жыл бұрын
I’m so happy cause you posted :)
@NahreSol2 жыл бұрын
🤗
@RodericSpode2 жыл бұрын
Scarlatti's life was pretty unusual. If he hadn't taken a job at 34 years old, as the tutor of the musically gifted Portuguese Princess Maria Barbara, he probably would only be remembered today as the modestly talented son of Alessandro Scarlatti, instead of one of the greatest composers of the Baroque era. Some people only find their niche later in life.
@gregonline65062 жыл бұрын
This simply made me cry of joy. Born in Vienna my musical roots are mostly in the geografical middle between these amazing composers. The depth of you knowledge of baroque musica and your ability to interpret and reinvent some of it just made my day. Thank you so much. And yes, Scarlatti was not so much on my list up to now. ;)
@PianoMan3332 жыл бұрын
Very interesting video! I saw your Instagram post and thought it sounded like another composer's piece but modified to sound like Bach. Didn't expect the original piece to be from Scarlatti, but then again I barely even listen to Scarlatti :P
@krisjustin38842 жыл бұрын
The longer musical clips reveal more of the differences between Bach and Scarlatti. Your beautifully bachified and scarlattified modifications also made these clearer, but as interesting I find this, I’m sure the general audience are just after pleasant baroque melodies without much focus on differences that would mostly go unnoticed to the untrained ear. Outstanding video. Enjoyed it!
@LuizBHMG2 жыл бұрын
One and half years ago I started listening to all Scarlatti keyboard sonatas from a playlist including many performers. This after starting listening all Bach compositions and never finishing till now. But Scarlatti I finished in about 4 months and I was very surprised by his creativity! Such a harmonic and structural complexity! Feels like a 3 minute sonata by him has often more musical content than a 20 min romantic piece! Meanwhile I learned to play a couple of his sonatas, one of my greatest motivations during the pandemics. Touched by this experience, I also listened to all sonatas from Padre Antonio Soler and some by Carlos Seixas. Today, we know that Scarlatti influenced J.S. Bach, but probably not the opposite, since Bach's music was pretty unknown to the public during his life.
@stephanvogt80385 ай бұрын
That's a joke.Take the whole Bach work and compare it with scarlatti.Bach was by far the much greater componist. The greatest ever.
@ganeshram5802 жыл бұрын
It's a pleasure to watch you play, thank you :)
@wdashwor2 жыл бұрын
I've loved Bach's keyboard works for a long time, and just recently discovered Scarlatti, and also Padre Antonio Soler. I LOVE all three-but no one will ever surpass Bach. Excellent video, and amazing Bachification and Scarlattiification. Thank you!
@marcocampus79432 жыл бұрын
Try the 3 S: Scarlatti, Soler, Seixas 😁
@wdashwor2 жыл бұрын
@@marcocampus7943 I will do that! Thanks for the suggestion. 🙂
@philosophiaentis56122 жыл бұрын
They are both in heaven having fun playing each other's music, just like you are doing Nahre Sol.
@julietcunningham8522 жыл бұрын
I think my late Musicology Professor, Joel Sheveloff, would be pleased with this. He wroted his Doctoral dissertation on D. Scarlatti, and, after his retirement, his book on Bach's Musical Offering, and would often refer to the two of them in class. As a Voice Major who played piano, I had only run into D. Scarlatti in a book of old Italian songs and arias, but had been impressed by his almost modern harmonies.
@PhinClio2 жыл бұрын
This was so fun! As someone who plays tons of Bach and Scarlatti (both badly) for my own pleasure, i loved the deep dive into similarities and differences.
@gaweyn2 жыл бұрын
I absolutely love it when you transform a piece into the style of another composer. Cannot get enough of it. That should totally be a thing of its own that all musicians (not only composers, but performers too) are taught or at least: encouraged to do.
@brianbernstein3826 Жыл бұрын
Scarlatti is one of the most underrated composers. Absolutely gorgeous music
@Don-md6wn2 жыл бұрын
The Bach that Scarlatti reminds me of most is Carl Phillip Emmanuel, son of J.S. who was a big influence on Haydn, Mozart and Beethoven both with his compositions and his book on playing the keyboard. Both Scarlatti and CPE Bach have huge and very consistent bodies of keyboard works that often feel like improvisations with surprises around every corner. I'm not a musician or musically trained, but understand both have a lot of hand crossing. I don't know whether CPE Bach knew Scarlatti's music or not but suspect he did, as 30 of Scarlatti's sonatas were published in 1738 when CPE Bach was 24 years old.
@elaineblackhurst15092 жыл бұрын
Some interesting thoughts, but Scarlatti and CPE Bach have almost nothing in common except for both being extraordinarily fine keyboard players; perhaps that ability as players in itself creates a connection in some way. CPE’s music is focused on inner feelings and moving the emotions, whilst Scarlatti is more about ‘…artistic ingenuity and delight…pleasure’ (from the Preface to the 1738 London edition of thirty sonatas known as the Essercizi, possibly by Scarlatti himself). Your definitely right however about the improvisatory feel about the two composers - and the surprises, and about influence on Haydn*; partly so about influence on Beethoven, but I’m baffled as to why you added in Mozart (the Versuch excepted). Hand crossing occurs regularly in many of the earlier numbered K numbered sonatas, but is not common in CPE Bach at all (the very striking Sonata in f minor Wq 63/6 being one such case). Did CPE know any Scarlatti ?** Great question. * Haydn told his earliest biographers Griesinger and Dies that CPE had told him that he was ‘…the only composer who understood his [CPE’s] teachings properly and knew how to make use of them’. ** The 30 sonatas you mentioned were published in London (the Essercizi) and were a response to a very particular Scarlatti craze in England; not sure it reached as far as Berlin where CPE was employed as court harpsichordist at the very conservative, highly controlled, and narrow musical world of the court of Frederick the Great.
@calebcreates85552 жыл бұрын
Goddd damn, I LOVED your arrangements in this video. Thank you so much for making classical music so easy to learn about.
@myguitar5724 Жыл бұрын
I would say they were both great in their own manner. They both established foundational keyboard techniques. I think it is good Scarlatti is getting more recognition. Bach has plenty of recognition. Both of their works are enlightening and fun. Thanks.
@Bati_2 жыл бұрын
This is such a magnificent video in every aspect and what an amazing launch of a new highly educative series, Nahre! 👏 This is a great example of how music goes around the world and comes full circle through circular inspirations throughout history! I'm amazed by everything you have shared here! About one of their historical and cultural connections, I think J.S. Bach was influenced by Italian styles a lot in his own writing, I mean even more than we know perhaps. The Italian Concerto is there, of course, but he even learned how to write concertos by literally copying note-for-note Vivaldi's scores and he studied the Italian style of writing through transcriptions a lot! Another interesting thing is that Bach probably was much different than we know in terms of personality as well. In 1730, he provided a memorandum by writing a ten-page complaint to the town council in Leipzig (it is called ‘Short But Most Necessary Draft for a Well-Appointed Church Music’), in which he explained why it is necessary to embrace "the present musical taste" and "master new kinds of music" to the authorities during that time. Even an eminent figure in Western classical music such as Bach, who might have the most sanctioned narrative as a composer had an insatiable appetite for changes in taste. About the last footnote you shared, I think Bach being more famous might have a lot to do with the sanctioned narrative surrounding him in public outreach of music through mainstream media and teachings, thus the whole perception of music history, too. And also Mendelssohn's (and even Nadia Boulanger's) effect during the revival of Bach might have played more role as well. Perhaps, Scarlatti didn't have that much media support in later centuries. Another very innovative Baroque composer I truly love who shares a similar fate with Scarlatti in terms of being less known is Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber. He was one of the first solo violin writers and arguably the greatest violin composer of the 17th century (and of all time for me). His music witnessed a revival much later than his lifetime as well, in the 20th century! His "Mystery (Rosary) Sonatas" blow my mind entirely and leave me awestruck every time I experience them. Incredibly imaginative and unique... Especially his beautiful "The Annunciation", "The Agony in the Garden", "The Crucifixion", and the final "Passacaglia"... Perhaps even Paganini was largely influenced by him... He deserves much more recognition than the current state.. His music is highly emotional yet extremely complex at the same time which is always a hard and rare balance to get when looking at great composers I think. A truly unique and marvelously creative composer, I'm a huge fan of his work, especially Rachel Podger's recordings of his music... It was an amazing video as always! Kudos to your effort and enthusiasm for learning and teaching new and exciting things every day! And of course, thanks for sharing these gems with us! I hope you overcome every obstacle and recover well very soon! I sincerely wish all is getting well there for you... 🙏 P.S. David Louie is a living legend!
@quentinperrenoud89152 жыл бұрын
It was very impressive and insightful as always. I would love one with Mozart vs Haydn or Ravel vs Debussy
@adrianoseresi35252 жыл бұрын
Btw, the first portrait you displayed of Scarlatti is actually of his father Alessandro not our beloved Domenico.
@carlosmurgueitio-tipsideas45452 жыл бұрын
If I had all the money I could ever have in this world, I would assemble a group of teachers to study with things like Music Theory, Composition, Piano Technique and a bit of literature, poetry and zen-drawing.And without a doubt, I would be honored to have you as my mentor in the music areas above mentioned. You're not only a great musician but also, someone who reminds me to not take away the joy from making / studying music :-)
@ericksonlk2 жыл бұрын
As we can see, both would greatly benefit if they had done a colab back then.
@vishnuramankutty7172 жыл бұрын
Have you ever thought about doing a video on Rameau?! Anyway great video!
@christopherlees11342 жыл бұрын
Brilliant combination of the two at the end! Great analysis. Such high quality. This was a creative concept all around. Please do more.
@yahyamhirsi2 жыл бұрын
I love this!!! What about Mozart vs Haydn, Beethoven vs Schubert, Chopin vs Liszt, Brahms vs Schumann?
@Jason759132 жыл бұрын
They all sound very different from each other.
@yahyamhirsi2 жыл бұрын
@@Jason75913 of course they do, but they also sound similar in many ways and that's the point of this video.
@Jason759132 жыл бұрын
@@yahyamhirsi not as similar as Scarlatti and Bach can sound, man
@nagygabor41772 жыл бұрын
@@Jason75913 Schubert does sound very much like Beethoven sometimes.
@erezsolomon38382 жыл бұрын
Only Mozart and Haydn are similar enough, and they're still easily distinguishable to the familiar listener
@worrellrobinson43322 жыл бұрын
Great Job!... This was a great session of your channel Nahre, Bach and Scarlatti. keep up the good work kind regards...
@robertreinke73742 жыл бұрын
Impressive work. I would say you should publish the Scarlatti to Bach which is an improvement. Your technique is very very good, especially the articulation.
@RobRysctun2 жыл бұрын
Of the two, Domenico is my favourite, although I love many Bach pieces too. What I love about Scarlatti is probably those things that you said made him sound modern, like unresolved note clusters. I like his happy style too, his playful and often danceable music makes me feel more cheerful. (Although he wrote some beautiful sad pieces too, in the style of his dad.) So I really love that you can 'Scarlattify' pieces by Bach. And I would love to hear Scarlattified pieces by other composers too. Perhaps you could even make the boring and predictable keyboard compositions churned out by Mozart, Haydn, and Beethoven enjoyable. :D And I wonder if Scarlatti sonatas could be made even more 'modern' sounding, without spoiling their simple appeal?
@faithlesshound56212 жыл бұрын
David Greilsammer made a CD a few years ago where he alternated Domenico Scarlatti sonatas with pieces by John Cage. He hammered the keyboard and made the Scarlatti more Cage-like. Pi Hsien Chen made a similar CD but with much longer Cage pieces. Listening to it in the car taught me that 4' 33" of the latter is long enough.
@edmarft2 жыл бұрын
What an awesome video! I love both these composers, it's very interesting to observe de diferences and similarities betwen them. Thanks!
@apeckx50902 жыл бұрын
You blew my mind with this one. That second piece actually made me gasp several times with the hand crossing
@NahreSol2 жыл бұрын
Took many takes to not screw them up ! 😅
@apeckx50902 жыл бұрын
@@NahreSol it was worth it in the end! It looked and sounded spectacular!
@thomaslai53032 жыл бұрын
The modification by the end of the video is fascinating and intriguing! will definitely love to hear more! Or perhaps you would be care to post more of your own composition? Thank you anyway! Lovely video!
@fokkebaarda2 жыл бұрын
Great video. As always. But this one has such an intriguing question of style and personality, with national influences. It might be good to understand that Scarlatti composed later in life for an audience of one, a Portugese princess who became a Spanish Queen. The sonatas were for her to play, and that is the reason for the enormous amount of sonatas in one format, yet with vivid playful details. Teacher and pupil must have had fun to mimic everyday music outside the palace walls in this uniquely intimate music volume.
@coolguyzack2 жыл бұрын
This is such an important point. It's even said that she as she grew older and gained weight, he had to write pieces with less demanding movement and arm crossings...
@elaineblackhurst15092 жыл бұрын
@@coolguyzack I think the story of Scarlatti’s alleged weight gain is fake news, and an simply urban myth based on zero factual information. The famous portrait of Scarlatti by Velasco, along with his appearance in the background of a Spanish royal family portrait indicate a man probably physiologically incapable of becoming morbidly obese. I think that there *was* a huge weight gain, but that it was almost entirely concentrated around the mid-regions of Scarlatti’s patron Queen Maria Barbara.
@coolguyzack2 жыл бұрын
@@elaineblackhurst1509 No not Scarlatti, but the Queen of Spain, Barbara of Portugal who was his student. That is verifiable, but the claim that his pieces were written to accommodate her limitations is an assumption
@elaineblackhurst15092 жыл бұрын
@@coolguyzack I think we are saying the same thing: Scarlatti did not become a heavyweight, but Maria Barbara probably did.
@jonathanveale119 Жыл бұрын
Great discussion . . . but could do without the question posed in the title. It demeans the entire debate.
@alaaobaid33632 жыл бұрын
Would love to see similar video with Antonio Vivaldi , his fugue and counterpoint writings are criminally underrated
@topsymusic37332 жыл бұрын
As his vocal works...
@Fuga000013 ай бұрын
They’re good, the reason behind them not being known much or forgotten about I is think is bach overshadowing
@1feloniouspunk2 жыл бұрын
Brilliant vid! Very clear comparison that elucidates the time. Thanks!
@dorfmanjones2 жыл бұрын
I love Scarlatti, but Bach has more dimensions surely: the cantatas, the passions, the organ preludes, etc. And even with the dance suites, or the series of variations on a theme, he covers more musical real estate.
@aldrichemrys2 жыл бұрын
Yeah, not to mention his Godly ability with counterpoints and multiple voices. Scarlatti sounds more melodical and simple (which is not a bad thing, that takes talent too) but I haven't seen too many composers since Bach who could compose counterpoints for a sustained period of time. Multiple voices I could only find in composers specializing in organs.
@sapiensfromterra51032 жыл бұрын
@@aldrichemrys The truth is, a theme that is fit for complex counterpoint, already is restricted by a lot of rules and if Bach already covered most of the themes, then the only way to create your own is to move on. The more voices, the less options for themes remain, if bach worte 2000 different pieces of music, you can be sure, that he has covered them all I bet. It is sad, counterpoint is the best invention that music has ever experienced, but in the end, where do you go after Bach? You can't follow in his footsteps and manage to add something, you will always sound like him and taking different musical material as basis for your counterpoint, quickly gets you to the point, where you have to stay in certain boundaries, where Bach already went. He is undoubtedly the greatest composer of all time, but he killed the ability of people to follow the early music route for counterpoint driven material. Scarlatti shows a way to be creative inside the baroque style, without being a copy, a mere cover - artist, he has freed up new real estate, that is not covered with the monuments of Bach...
@neilsaunders60092 жыл бұрын
And that, in a nutshell, is the answer to the question posed in the video's title.
@neilsaunders60092 жыл бұрын
@@sapiensfromterra5103 Bach did not kill the ability of his successors to use counterpoint or expand its horizons.
@briseboy Жыл бұрын
He did compose music for more different instruments.
@peterwu84712 жыл бұрын
What a wonderful video - thanks for making it and sharing it! You are incredibly talented.
@r0mmm2 жыл бұрын
Eventhough I'm a jazz musician I've played a lot of Bach and Scarlatti mainly for technical studies (sorry Bach and Scarlatti lovers). After some months and years I've kind of noticed that the main difference between the two is the general sound. So Bach sounds in a way german and Scarlatti italian. German sound is harsh, direct and layered. Italian is dramatic and emotional, if that makes sense. Ofc it's all very subjective and generelized and not very academic. But it's my impression I got from playing them a lot. But anyway, thanks a lot for the vid :)
@NahreSol2 жыл бұрын
Yes yes!!!
@MrJdsenior2 жыл бұрын
"German sound is harsh" Yeah, like Jesu Joy.
@r0mmm2 жыл бұрын
@@MrJdsenior Like I said, it's a general impression of mine. And the meaning of "harsh" is not what you might think of but rather direct and less dramatic. And your example isn't the best one either. If you compare Jesu Joy to any italian aria of the time you'll see that in comparison Jesu joy sounds way harsher and directer than the Italian one.
@ezequielstepanenko32292 жыл бұрын
You don't consider Bach to be dramatic and emotional? Well, that's weird. I don't know exactly what you mean by that, but his masses, passions, organ works, cantatas seem to me extremely dramatic and emotional
@QuangNguyen-nh2oc2 жыл бұрын
@@MrJdsenior I think I know what he meant, and I would use the word "disciplined" or "structured" rather than "harsh". The comparison reminds me about a world cup soccer game a number of years back, when Germany & Brazil were playing. The two teams had totally different styles. The German team had a very disciplined style, constantly passing the ball with precision, while the Brazil team dribbled the ball a lot more.
@dyrevennen2 жыл бұрын
wow, I love this video. Great to see your hans while you are playing, and I loved you modifications. Awesome :)
@cmorsley Жыл бұрын
Your brilliant playing and insights definitely give me an appreciation for Scarlatti’s artistry and flare - no doubt a brilliant and innovative composer. Bach on the other hand is a giant. One of the greatest geniuses that ever lived. His music not just clever and innovative it is transcendent.
@aIewishus2 жыл бұрын
Wow what are the chances that I got all of the Bach vs. Scarlatti excerpts wrong! I do not know my Baroque music well at all. But thanks for educating us, Nahre!
@luuktorn2 жыл бұрын
Amazing and interesting video! Nice to see and hear both the harpsichord and the piano. The altered pieces are fantastic! That one that is written by Scarlatti but changed into Bach's style is for me extremely Bach-like, so amazing! The other one by Bach but in the style of Scarlatti is less convincing because of the lack of Spanish influence in the melody, but is also a lovely rendition. Really enjoyed this video!!
@matthewwilson33052 жыл бұрын
Beautiful, Nahre! I love your reimaginings of various composers. That's funny I don't believe I've ever confused the two, but your quiz definitely stumped me a few times. You always do such a great job verbalizing what we experience in music.
@mookiesdream12 жыл бұрын
Because they were both heavy drinkers.
@NahreSol2 жыл бұрын
😂
@howard59922 жыл бұрын
It may be coffee !
@jeffreyadams648 Жыл бұрын
True? I’m not a genius but I am a heavy drinker.
@tasosdiaforetico7377 Жыл бұрын
Possibly just a Milo
@mariobprieto85476 ай бұрын
I listen to her works till I get drunk, no harm, good for me!
@percybrand15882 жыл бұрын
Love the explanations. It is like being in a music appreciation class.
@SachinShukla2 жыл бұрын
This is very interesting! I guess it shouldn’t be such a surprise that Bach and Scarlatti sound so similar, because Bach is perhaps the most famous exponent of the early 18th century German “mixed” style that integrates elements from both France and Italy, much more cosmopolitan than the previous century. He was very aware and often admiring of his Italian predecessors and contemporaries, including Corelli, Vivaldi, and Domenico’s father Alessandro. The areas where Scarlatti differs are also understandable. Particularly his less strict eye towards counterpoint. His father Alessandro is known for being one of the founders of the Neapolitan partimento tradition, an institutionalized educational curriculum in accompaniment at the keyboard. Although the pupils all learned counterpoint, many Neapolitan teachers had much less strict rules on counterpoint than the stile antico did. I never really appreciated though unique Scarlatti was in using things like style, topic, and affect to drive his sonatas, although it is in large part why I like his sonatas so much. I am currently working on a project connecting Bach to the incoming Galant style, which is commonly held to have originated in Italy shortly before 1720. I am trying to compare Bach to a lot of his predecessors and contemporaries to identify patterns of similarity and difference. Hearing the similarities between him and Scarlatti opens up many new avenues! Thanks for the inspiration!
@efthymiossofos689617 күн бұрын
"commonly held to have originated in Italy shortly before 1720" you type it as if it is some kind of false statement! It started with Vinci and Pergolesi. You don't need to read or know anything-just listen to their music.
@clefcantomusicschool48522 жыл бұрын
Very interesting and informative. Thanks. Willy
@garethmontanarello6842 жыл бұрын
That Bach in the style of Scarlatti was ludicrously good!
@MarcelHuguenin2 жыл бұрын
What a great way to end my 65th birthday :-) Very insightful video, great takeaway, thank you Nahre!
@Tyrell_Corp20192 жыл бұрын
Great video! I love your reinterpretations ❤️ The greatest irony of Bach representing the Baroque era, is that he was slightly after it in the Rococo era. By his time, he was considered old-fashioned which is why he was virtually unknown. If we imagine someone like Duke Ellington writing great big band music during the 1970s it wouldn’t be too far-fetched. What would Duke Ellington have become? Probably a very good lounge pianist (composing on the side) very much like how Bach became a church organist. 🤷🏻♂️
@5DAndOn2 жыл бұрын
Sad that collectively and temporally most never see greatness when it’s in front of us, as our monkey brains are always chasing the next shiny thing, especially as it has gone out of style. In a sense of irony whoever was all the rage back then when it wasn’t Bach have not stood the test of time and become unknowns, and JSB has gone down in history as one of the great composers of all time.
@TheSonsofHorusx2 жыл бұрын
I love your mix between the well tempered clavier to scarlatti
@PsalleetSile Жыл бұрын
It is a pity that you forgot to mention or explain in detail the influence of Iberian music, specially that of Spain, in Scarlatti's sonatas. There has been a lot of investigations concerning this issue. Bach and Scarlatti are two of my favorite composers. Keep up the good work!!!
@stevenklimecky49182 жыл бұрын
Really respect what you did with the Bach-Scarlatti recompositions in the other's style. That was quite brilliant, in addition to your fantastic playing.
@comtohen2 жыл бұрын
Great video as always. I think it would be cool if you do a similar format on Debussy and Ravel. Also Mozart and Heiden.
@AAKlavier2 жыл бұрын
Fantastic job with reimagining the compositions as the other composer--really amazing work Nahre
@TheGukumatz2 жыл бұрын
Domenico Scarlatti, Carlos Seixas, Francisco Xavier Baptista,Antonio Soler y Ramos , Manuel Blasco de Nebra, and many others were extraodinary musicians and composers.
@Alix777.2 жыл бұрын
Sebastian de Albero
@TheGukumatz2 жыл бұрын
@@Alix777. Yeah I know also Sebatian de Albero, and other, as Joao Domingos Bontempo who is from later period but also a great musician.
@tracktionwaveformtips2 жыл бұрын
Wow, I really enjoyed that. Your reimaginings of each composer as each other were a great insight into each (especially from a player’s perspective). Also your little test was devious and more difficult than I expected!
@guyb70052 жыл бұрын
I once asked my Italian neighbour if he liked classical music, he answered "sì". I asked him what type of classical music he liked and he looked at me all puzzled. I clarified asking him if he preferred Renaissance or Romantic and he quickly confirmed Baroque! I then asked which artist he preferred and again he looked at me all puzzled. So I suggested Scarletti?, or perhaps Bach?... and he interrupted me saying: " Ba-roque, my stario, she is baroque, I no leesan to musik no more".
@tepsoram2 жыл бұрын
@footballcoreano "Broke, my stereo, she is broke..."
@elaineblackhurst15092 жыл бұрын
@footballcoreano The odd American-English pronunciation of ‘Baroque’ which sounds rather like ‘Ba-*roke’* as in broke/broken - is the source of endless punning in the US, but it is a little local joke that is not understood outside North America. The rest of the English-speaking world says ‘Ba-*rock’* which more closely matches the Italian, German, French, and other pronunciations of the word.
@kimchin97402 жыл бұрын
Great video! My jaw dropped hard in 6:58 with those leaps... so agile and elegant. It's so fun to witness this video as a follower of Instagram as well, got a little preview of it last night!
@NahreSol2 жыл бұрын
Thank you!! And thanks for joining the stream! 😅
@Vlurrych2 жыл бұрын
What piece is being played there? Would love to give it a full listen
@mariahc.crawley8842 жыл бұрын
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@christophergetchell64902 жыл бұрын
Thank you for putting together another wonderful video in the middle of all that you're going through with the move, injury, and Nella. Even though I'm more into the pop and rock wheelhouse as far as music goes, I've always looked towards the classical composers who used many of the same concepts! Awesome!
@NahreSol2 жыл бұрын
Thank you for this comment 🧡
@cageynerd2 жыл бұрын
I do feel in piano, Scarlatti does a lot -- but BACH -- cello suites, sonatas and partitas, orchestral suites, fugue treatment, counterpoint, like -- when you just mention a few other things that Bach did, all of the sudden Scarlatti falls way behind. So the simple answer is, no, NO ONE is better than Bach. When you ask every violinist and they tell you the greatest single work for violin is Bach's Chaconne -- that says it all. OF ALL THE GREATEST REP FOR VIOLIN -- the last movement of one of his partita suites takes the cake, it says it all. No one is better than Bach.
@aldrichemrys2 жыл бұрын
@@ignacioclerici5341 Mozart also has a lot of musical versatility like Bach, but that's where their similarity ends.
@alanleoneldavid17872 жыл бұрын
Well yes. But there is a lot of missing Scarlatti pieces that they are lost
@dankoppel62712 жыл бұрын
And the passions + mass in b minor.
@agnidas58162 жыл бұрын
@@alanleoneldavid1787 even more lost from Bach
@loganofficial1532 жыл бұрын
Yeah even mozart was shocked when he first time played one of bach's piece he was like i have never ever heard something like these i mean these pieces are so balanced he learn a lot from it
@chegadesuade2 жыл бұрын
Fantastic video, I really like how you illustrated the stylistic differences by playing examples. I wonder if I was the only one who expected this video would be about Telemann instead lol
@bahrss2 жыл бұрын
11:00 When Nahre just started playing I was wondering, if she would try to correct the King of polyphony himself and insert a repeat into a piece. And she did! Nice dare, but I still love Bach's neverending rhythm more)
@tomfarris28382 жыл бұрын
I have wondered about how to characterize differences between these two greats (and why I love Scarlatti more) and, lo, here it is. Nahre, your brilliance never cease to amaze me. Thank you.
@dingus_doofus2 жыл бұрын
I realised the way to distinguish Bach. If the melody feels oddly familiar, it's Bach. If not, it's Scarlatti! :D
@franbigorra4 ай бұрын
My 2 favorite composers shown in beautiful motion. Thank you!
@thinkpad202 жыл бұрын
I've listened to countless hours of both Bach and Scarlatti, and yet during the "guess which composer" segment I managed to guess wrong on almost all of them. Seems that you chose the most "Scarlatti-sounding Bach" and the most "Bach-sounding Scarlatti" pieces :)
@disienna Жыл бұрын
I got every piece wrong.
@rossalthor2 жыл бұрын
I picked up the Bach 140cd complete works set a while back. I listen to something of his almost every day.
@ruperttmls79852 жыл бұрын
Y además de sus diferencias musicales y compositivas, Bach y Scarlatti son los compositores barrocos que mas ayudan a desarrollar la técnica al teclado, ambos fueron profesores y escribieron mas de la mitad de sus obras para la enseñanza de alumnos, de ahí que su música además de hermosa ayude a practicar la técnica del clavecin y del piano actual.
@pieteruys20322 жыл бұрын
A delightful presentation!
@alcidesaggio2 жыл бұрын
Bach made a lot of transcriptions of italian's composers like A. Vivalde, A. Marcello, B. Marcello. There was a competition Handel /Scarllati promouted by a prince. Have has Bach know Scarlatti peices (sonatas) and that competition ? Do you know? Congratulation for the performances of you and your theacher!
@synchro5052 жыл бұрын
Such a great video. For me, it was health food for the mind and soul. Your arrangements of the two composers are awesome.
@mrridikilis2 жыл бұрын
Your teacher's analogy of Bach as sculptor and Scarlatti as collage artist is perfectly on point.
@davidsprouse1512 жыл бұрын
How can a sonata form be a collage?
@Mercer10122 жыл бұрын
Downvote. Wrong.
@pablovilla75392 жыл бұрын
Biased
@SuperWave862 жыл бұрын
Wow interesting to know about Scarlatti and his techniques he used. Very modern type of dynamics. I should listen to him more now! Great video
@openendedthinking40332 жыл бұрын
To be honest I think that many times you can only tell the difference when you know the piece was written by the specific composer. I think we could all agree that it is easier to tell romantic era and 20th century composers apart since 'originality' became more important.
@NahreSol2 жыл бұрын
Yes!
@Iyashikei-t4u2 жыл бұрын
I think this is a gross misunderstanding of baroque music. Every different region had its own style back then just like every scene has its own sound nowadays, we just don't always notice it because it's so vastly different from more modern music which is probably what we listen to more. If you listen to a more modern genre you're unfamiliar with you would not hear the differences between two different artists either.
@openendedthinking40332 жыл бұрын
@@Iyashikei-t4u Please note that I put 'originality' in single qoutation marks to emphasis that I mean it within a specific context. I agree that they were stylistic differences among regions, however, my point was directed towards composers and their music individually not regionally.
@openendedthinking40332 жыл бұрын
@@Iyashikei-t4u For example, can one really tell the difference between Buxtehude and early Bach. Heck I've listened to a piece by Sweelinck (I hope I spelled that correctly) and could have mistook it for a Bach fugue if I did not know Sweelinck wrote it.
@imacat84762 жыл бұрын
@@openendedthinking4033 I think this might just be due to lack of listening experience with baroque music. Buxtehude and even Early Bach have quite different qualities, Buxtehude has this grandiose improvised organ sympathy type of quality to his music that Bach simply doesn't have, nor did any other composer besides some french organists like Marchand. Sweelinck too, his style takes a lot from renaissance composers before him and renaissance music, let alone the keyboard they used, has a more austere, sentimental quality.
@MusicaAngela2 жыл бұрын
This was brilliant!!! The identification test was fun and I did not do well even though I listen to and play mostly baroque music.
@davidgianotti35942 жыл бұрын
The thing with Scarlatti for me is his ability to write "hooks". It's like he is the original riff-miester writing catchy hook phrases that capture the listener. Perhaps that's why a lot of his work translates so well to classical guitar.
@AtiladePaula2 жыл бұрын
As a harpsichordist, I Just Love this channel só much. Congrats for all your work, its amazing!
@saidtoshimaru18322 жыл бұрын
0:45 - That's Alessandro Scarlatti... Domenico's dad 😛
@denise2169 Жыл бұрын
What amazing understanding and creativity you have, Nahre! I love listening to your videos! And I am so impressed with the interesting and knowledgeable comments of your listeners!
@Delectatio2 жыл бұрын
One music historian told us that a kind of a "ranking" was done that time among composers of that region, and Bach took merely 7th place. And a couple of the guys considered as superior to him are completely forgotten now.
@mikets422 жыл бұрын
Bach was considered very old fashioned, frozen in time of his youth and hopelessly backward. Now we rephrase that he was developing his own style instead of frozen. Handel was all the rage of the times, but now he is mostly forgotten - which he did not deserve. History is not just.
@youngminkwon6162 жыл бұрын
Thank you for this quality content ✨❤️😍
@hh-dr4db2 жыл бұрын
If you ever think "crap, my CD skipped," it's Scarlatti.
@SChristianCollins2 жыл бұрын
LOL! Sonata K. 502 has one measure that's played six times in a row. It's an overall really interesting sonata that changes meter a few times and even breaks into a swing rhythm!
@goedelite3 ай бұрын
Your efforts as a teacher of music and how styles are effected in music is to me like an invitation to a wonderland. I have no formal training in music, and I play only recorders at intermediate level. I started late. I am now 92, but in good shape because I have worked out regularly most of my life. I am therefore still trying new things and music is one of them. I greatly admire your genius as a pianist and a teacher of music and am grateful to you.
@joshuamoninger27922 жыл бұрын
Awesome work, Nahre!!! I often think some of Haydn and some of Mozart sound very similar, though their overall works as a whole are more obviously different. And then there are Beethoven's piano trios which I feel are a completely different Beethoven than the Beethoven who wrote symphonies. Those trios are my absolute favorite pieces...
@NahreSol2 жыл бұрын
Yes yes!! Maybe I will tackle Mozart and Haydn next
@kjeloslund5502 жыл бұрын
An even closer match would be (IMHO) J. C. Bach's and Mozart's operatic arias. Give Phillippe Jaroussky's recording of JC Bach's arias a try. I think every one would think these works were by Mozart, not JS Bach's son.
@iamwaynerooney2 жыл бұрын
@@NahreSol yes I was about to say Mozart and Haydn too! Lovely video, I really enjoyed it! -R
@horationelson572 жыл бұрын
Wonderfully informative.
@Ermude102 жыл бұрын
Love the idea of bachifying Scarlatti, and scarlattifying Bach!