Ensemble Flautino Kristine West - recorder Stina Petersson - baroque cello Marcus Mohlin - harpsichord Andante and Allegro from sonata in e minor, BVW 1034 www.kristinewest.se/en/ensembleflautino
@Anna Dayton And with the wretched pop "music" of today, we HAVE gone "Bach"! But with a good Liszt of the classics, we can get a much better Handel on great music, otherwise life, as I'm sure you know, would B-flat!
@@captebbtide Enjoyed your witty comment! My first love is baroque music but I do enjoy modern music in all it's form (if I can see some real creativity. But the again, who am I to judge).
@@concretejungle7513 You have every right to judge! I believe you have an excellent taste in fine music, thank goodness we have RU-vid to help us refine our experiences with classical music.
Or handel,, I adore the baroque period, if I had to choose from a favourite I always styugge trying to choose by between Bach or Handel or even telemann, or actually Vivaldi,, he hs SO much more than 4 seasons, but yes a life without Bach would be unthinkable
There is something that feels so genuine about this recording, you can tell they really love and feel the music they are playing. Especially the harpsichordist haha
Dear Kristine! This recording made me crying, it makes me remembering to a music school competition concert when I was around 18, and I was playing Bach's BWV1033 on a treble recorder. When I was playing that sonata's 3rd movement, I saw a couple sitting in the last row. Then I was watching them, and played it for them. After the piece, I was crying a bit. I could not learn this one [bwv1034 in this video] when I was a kid, I didn't have the score, and even I couldn't play the highest Fis note on my cheap alto recorder. I had a CD, and this Bach e-minor was the favourite track on that disc. It was an album of a local trio, with a harpsichord, a viola da gamba and a recorder player. My music teacher told me not to learn professional recorder music even I'm talented, because in my country (Hungary) musicians aren't well paid, and I was also talented in electronics, so I learned electrical engineering, and later, pipe organ building. Now I can afford a better recorder, and sometimes I play in a local church orchestra, in some Bach church music containing a recorder part. I've found an old recording when - as a teenager kid - I've played Vivaldi's sopranino recorder concerto in c-major.[edit: the video is on my RU-vid channel.]
Every flutist admits that Bach's flute sonata in e-minor is very excellent. Especially, regarding 4th movement Allegro, despite the fact that it's so hard for modern flutists, she is playing it so brilliantly and accurately. It's very astonishing . Besides, her alto recorder performances are extremely artistic. From Tokyo
West's recorder playing in the andante is brilliant( the whole composition is masterpiece but for me it's all about the andante) but I think credit also needs to be given to the continuo players and the sound engineers as well. The harpsichord accompaniment is fluid and alive- it can sound very square and clunky in other recordings. West is superb at unspooling an exquisitely connected thread of sound, her tone and control are amazing. Wrenchingly beautiful. Bravo all!
Heavenly music from JS Bach performed beautifully by the original instruments trio, bravo. The original is in e minor for baroque flute transposed into g minor for playability on the alto recorder. This used to be one of my own favorite "show-off" recorder sonatas at many concerts for its technical virtuosity and beauty. Pure fun to play!
@@yonatanbeer3475 Can't blame them. There are too many panists or violinsists out there, and there's a need to stand out. Assuming that's what you meant by "popular instruments".
I do love all musicians here...their emotional way of playing. The Allegro must be very difficult to play...especially for the recorder. I do like the soft and fluent way of playing. Professionally!
El Océano llamado Bach no para de sorprenderme, incluso piezas menores de las que nadie ha oído hablar son preciosas obras maestras que nos hacen recordar que Él es el Océano del Arte.
Masterful playing by all three musicians! Yes, the alto recorder is a serious instrument! Bravi! (And what a visually and acoustically fabulous setting!)
They are not period instruments. they are copy's/facimiles of period instruments. So they are actually more accurate to use than period instruments. Bach would have used brand new instruments. Woodwind instruments do not ripen over time on the contrary.... they deteriate over time and become unplayable. harpsichords do ripen over time so they would sound a bit different from the new harpsichords Bach would have heard. Period harpsichords however are extremely expensive and even tho their sound ripens over time ..... the mechanic action doesnt. they are unreliable and have too much issues in the action and tuning instabilities.
The music is absolutely beautiful -- great technique and attention to musicality -- but may I also add that I LOVE the choice of your outfit and how it perfectly complements the surroundings, the harpsichord, and the music style. Bravo.
As wonderful as the recorder is in this performance - and it truly is! - the thing that struck me was the cello playing. It's so good, you almost don't notice it, it sort of merges with ... something. Beautiful, all three!
