I listened to this when first aired. It was a beautiful day, our windows were open and my wife, Marjorie, was outside gardening. Later, she came in and said she enjoyed hearing it while gardening - yes, I had it up loud enough to be heard outside! She doesn't always comment on music I have on, but this was special for her, too! Sorry clavichord lovers - I know it is not meant to be a loud instrument, but the sound was THAT inspiring!
21:29 it's shocking but sweet to listen to the real sound and performance of Mozart of the famous piece Alla Turca ! So much lovelier than the usually played version ! Thanks a lot
Something that struck me while listening to this Mozart sonata was that the Classical period composers actually used very simple material for the bulk of their compositions. They did not use a huge cascade of notes in complicated interweavings like the composers who came after them, but simple chords, arpeggios, and scalar passages put together with a great deal of dexterity and careful thought. And the clavichord brings out this simplicity very well. I'm surprised it took me this long to figure that out!
I am so enjoying going back and listening to all of this music you have recorded over the years. I wish it was all in one easy-to-access place so I could just hit play and have it going in my background all the time! Such a great stress reducer! Thanks again for putting it out here for us! 😊
I've been listening to various clavichord videos here on TH-cam, and my, this clavichord has a certain tone that some of the others don't have. It sounds so rich and bright, some other clavichords sound like the strings are made of rubber bands. The higher notes of this particular clavichord remind me of the twang of a banjo, which may sound like I'm being insulting if you dislike the banjo... But I personally find the sound of a banjo to be beautiful and even soothing. Your playing is just wonderful, too. Fantastic player plus fantastic instrument is a perfect match. This is so nice to listen to before bed. Thanks for providing the world with this lovelyness.
I love the clavichord, so balanced and expressive! I also love that this is played "live" and with sheet music. It feels so personal and very mindful. The rondo is so special on this instrument and at this tempo: the rushed march becomes a beautiful, triumphant, savory dance, almost like a polka. Thank you for your authenticity!
If we had of recording of Mozart playing this Sonata this is how he could have performed and sounded . Thank you Wim for your dedication to the authentic sound of classical music as it was much loved and appreciated in Mozart’s time.
I had a "Wim" moment from one of your videos on Chopin. You picked a tempo that Moscheles picked! See below!!! WOW! Wim, I didn't know you recorded this one!!! I picked it up - I can't remeber why - and I thought it sounded perfect at 15 measures per minute! I.e., quite a bit slower than the 1/8 = 120 given by the edition. You play it at 17 measures per minute. Mozart - after adjusting for note values - gives 15 measures per minute. (a mere 10 beats per minute) ... I have learned so much from you, thank you.
The clavichord did only good to this masterpiece, starting from the variations and ending with the powerful Turkish March. Thank you so much for this performance. I've been hearing it over and over again.
Absolutely divine! I love the way this is interpretated and performed; when someone really loves the music and plays from their heart it really shows. The use of a clavichord just adds that little extra depth and colour to the music and was an excellent idea. I am hoping that one day we will be fortunate enough to have a recording of sonata no.16 in C major. In the meantime I shall continue to enjoy the many fantastic AuthenticSound recordings already here on TH-cam. Thank you for all your hard work and please do continue.
Thank you very much for recording and sharing this! Your interpretation is wonderful! I'm currently recovering, and it gives me so much joy to listen to you play. I'm actually smiling while I'm typing this message. :) Bless you and your love for music!
Wow!! I love how this tempo of the rondo Alla Turca makes me want to get up and dance! I was surprised at how non-dancey Mozart's works seemed to be. But your recording here definitely confirmed my initial suspicions. Great work! Thank you!
Hi David, a perhaps somewhat unexpected reply to this nice quote you were so kind to leave on my channel. The reason is this: I am working on the production of 3 CD's to celebrate my music recording n°100 for Authentic Sound on TH-cam. Along with that, will be published an e-book (available in hard copy too), where I very much would like to feature you, with this (and maybe some other) beautiful quotes. Like this, this publication will become something of the entire "community" so to say, something that would be a wonderful and maybe somewhat symbolic achievement of all of us. Without reactions and interactions like yours, I would never have had the energy to come where we are now... So thank you again for being part of this. Please do not hesitate to write me if you prefer not to be featured in the book with this quote. Of course, that would be no problem to me (although I'd like to have it very much :-) ). In case you haven't seen the latest update on this project that should be released December 1, 2016, here is the latest update link: th-cam.com/video/MF2XkNrGF0A/w-d-xo.html Take care and thank you again! Wim P.S. I would like to excuse me in advance in case you would receive this same message again for another reply on another video... or if you have sent in a personal note for this project. I will connect all of these at the end... but for now, it is so overwhelming to go through all the reactions, that it is impossible for me to remember who I already has asked permission...
I hope you get satisfaction knowing that 16 year olds like me love metal and all that kind of music but none give me as much joy as classical music :) it is my preferred music to play on guitar
I know what you mean! I was classically trained on piano but never had that great of an appreciation for it in my early years, fell in love with metal on guitar with Iron Maiden, then obsessed with Animals as Leaders, then outlaw country guys like Willie Nelson and Merle Haggard, then I went further into extreme metal genres, then I discovered Joe Pass and the joys of Jazz and Bebop, and now I have been on a Classical Music reawakening for the past 2 and a half years. Wim's videos are what brought me 'back home,' so to speak. Thanks, Wim!
This is so different to the heavy and slow modern piano recordings... I love it. Thank you for this fantastic upload. I'm currently writing about HIPP in my blog; looking at posts like these really helps.
Hi Carlos, a perhaps somewhat unexpected reply to this nice quote you were so kind to leave on my channel. The reason is this: I am working on the production of 3 CD's to celebrate my music recording n°100 for Authentic Sound on TH-cam. Along with that, will be published an e-book (available in hard copy too), where I very much would like to feature you, with this (and maybe some other) beautiful quotes. Like this, this publication will become something of the entire "community" so to say, something that would be a wonderful and maybe somewhat symbolic achievement of all of us. Without reactions and interactions like yours, I would never have had the energy to come where we are now... So thank you again for being part of this. Please do not hesitate to write me if you prefer not to be featured in the book with this quote. Of course, that would be no problem to me (although I'd like to have it very much :-) ). In case you haven't seen the latest update on this project that should be released December 1, 2016, here is the latest update link: th-cam.com/video/MF2XkNrGF0A/w-d-xo.html Take care and thank you again! Wim P.S. I would like to excuse me in advance in case you would receive this same message again for another reply on another video... or if you have sent in a personal note for this project. I will connect all of these at the end... but for now, it is so overwhelming to go through all the reactions, that it is impossible for me to remember who I already has asked permission...
Hi, a perhaps somewhat unexpected reply to this nice quote you were so kind to leave on my channel. The reason is this: I am working on the production of 3 CD's to celebrate my music recording n°100 for Authentic Sound on TH-cam. Along with that, will be published an e-book (available in hard copy too), where I very much would like to feature you, with this (and maybe some other) beautiful quotes. Like this, this publication will become something of the entire "community" so to say, something that would be a wonderful and maybe somewhat symbolic achievement of all of us. Without reactions and interactions like yours, I would never have had the energy to come where we are now... So thank you again for being part of this. Please do not hesitate to write me if you prefer not to be featured in the book with this quote. Of course, that would be no problem to me (although I'd like to have it very much :-) ). In case you haven't seen the latest update on this project that should be released December 1, 2016, here is the latest update link: th-cam.com/video/MF2XkNrGF0A/w-d-xo.html Take care and thank you again! Wim P.S. I would like to excuse me in advance in case you would receive this same message again for another reply on another video... or if you have sent in a personal note for this project. I will connect all of these at the end... but for now, it is so overwhelming to go through all the reactions, that it is impossible for me to remember who I already has asked permission...
Felicitaciones maestro, es la primera vez que oigo la marcha turca interpretada como debe ser, en tiempo de marcha turca e interpretada como Mozart hubiese querido. Sin añadidos a cómo el interpretaba...
Thank you so much. Although this is one of the earlier videos for my channel, and I would do the video differently today, it is also for me still one of my favourits. best wishes, Wim
Do Czerny or Moscheles give metronome markings for this sonata? I'm interested in what they might suggest for the Rondo. (I'd love to hear you record this again on a fortepiano with a Turkish stop!)
Yes it was! Even Beethoven had still one in 1825, here's a vid on Mozart: th-cam.com/video/t5XcMYNrnio/w-d-xo.html&list=PLackZ_5a6IWWLrhgeKlyz5Cddqdw-OL0P&index=11
Do you play the virginal also (the un-plucked harpsichord!)? Thanks for giving us these more original renditions! This is one sonata where Glenn G. Does observe correct tempi (except perhaps variation VI). I note you improvise a bit with the ornaments--nice touch!
Ancient music has always been my passion. I'm a pianist, but I would like to buy one spinet or one virginal or one clavichord, I live in Italy and I don't know where can I buy these instrument. Could you give me some advice? However beautiful interpretation! Also I studied this sonata and I performed it in a concert
Great to read! i would certainly go for a clavichord as it will serve you well also for your work as a pianist. Go for an unfretted instrument (like mine) since that will give you the possibility to play music up to late 18thc. And finally, take your time to visit professional clavichord builders, they will be happy to make time for you so that you can judge which instrument is best for you. A clavichord must be good to be of value to a professional musician, and remember it is one of the most difficult instruments to make! Mine is built by the Belgian builder Joris Potvlieghe. Hope this helps!
Didn't they have an extra pedal for hitting a drum on Turkish march? I've heard of a lot of unusual pedals from the 17/1800s. I wish they would come back!!
Hi Azure, yes some pianos had indeed! In fact, the pianoforte that is coming here soon, the original one had a drum, but it will not be copied in the new one... it takes a whole mechanisme (and money...). I'll ask one of my daughters to drum for me when I play this on the pianoforte :-). Here's the pf btw in case you'd like to see some footage : th-cam.com/video/hC4nykCe33g/w-d-xo.html
Can you actually change the dynamic on a clavichord? You seem to have played some passages louder than others. How is this possible? I thought the fortepiano introduced this possibility for the first time... Was I wrong? Of course, your performance was perfect, as usual.
No one knows exactly what Cristofori named his invention (or if he did at all). It was the journalist Francesco Scipione, who published an article about the instrument in 1709, who called it a Gravicembalo col Piano e forte (harpsichord that can play soft and loud). This was due to the fact that the harpsichord does not have dynamic capabilities (even though harpsichordists insist that one can create the illusion of dynamics). Of course, the clavichord had already been capable of doing this for hundreds of years, but it was so quiet that it was only suited to being a household instrument. I have no idea how familiar Cristofori was with clavichords, since by that time they were only fashionable in Germany and Scandinavia (as well as parts of Spain). But being a professional instrument builder, it’s inconceivable that he had not at least heard of them.
Cristofori built clavichords! Quite unusual ones (They didn't have conventional rectangular cases, but were more like spinets) but clavichords nonetheless.
+redboombuzz Thank you for your comment! It is the same "family" of sound of course, but the differences are quite big between a clavichord and a harpsichord. On a clavichord, you have, because of the direct (and remaining) contact between tangent and string, an enormous pallet on expression. A harpsichord has a louder, longer tone, but must look for other ways of expression than a clavichord. You could say a clavichord has possibilities, close to that of a violin.
+redboombuzz You're welcome! And Mozart... of course... Around the 10th of February or maybe 20th, there will be his G Major sonata (München) on the channel.
Question from someone who doesn't play an instrument. If Mozart really did write this in 1783 then it's likely he composed/played it on his Walter Pianoforte. Can you really spoil your touch by playing a pianoforte? Second, this Beethoven quote has always bugged me when he described Mozart's playing style as, 'subtle, but choppy, with no legato'. As I understand it, it's unlikely Beethoven ever saw Mozart play. Based on your experience does this quote have any merit? Thanks!
+Kyle Shoren Great question, thanks for posting! Let me give you some personal views on that, not that I have THE answers, but this is the way I look at it. First, Mozart only got his pianoforte in 1782. Not surprisingly the date that he went to Vienna. However, seen that date with our eyes of 2016, it is remarkable. By then, he've had a whole career with concerti and big keyboard sonata's. Why did he wait so long for a pianoforte? Just an open question, nobody has the answer (yet). 2) the Walter pianoforte was by far to be compared with later Walter's. It had a Stossmechanic, which means that you either could play 'kind' of forte or 'kind' of piano. Not (by far) the dynamic range of a clavichord. Also not the DB's that a harpsichord had. Not saying that this instrument was primitive (in a sense it was technically), but for me, it was not the instrument that made him replace ALL of his older instruments. Even if it was perfect, he wouldn't have done so either. Why? Mozart was very much in the world of the clavichord, his father sold Friederici clavichords, he himself had one, one travel clavichord (preserved, Stein), another one (preserved) where he composed his operas on, and one that got lost (not destroyed) after WWII ( a big one, like the one I'm playing on). So, unlike our modern thoughts, people were not 'waiting' for 'better' instruments, they added new ones to their collection of keyboard instruments. So, the clavichord certainly was not put on the attic after he got his Walter. There is even an important fact, later, I believe 1787, where Mozart was willing to pay a very large amount to Doles in Leipzig for the Silbermann clavichord there (maybe that of Bach??). And also others had their esteem for the clavichord: Haydn even ordered a new one in 1794. So, the clavichord was part of the music culture, certainly until 1800-1810, and in Germany even longer (Sweden 1840). But when, why and for what reason they would play on this or that instrument, is to be researched (which is remarkable!). Touch: no doubt, that if you would only play on a pianoforte and certainly that older type of action, you will spoil your touch. As you spoil your touch by only playing harpsichord (what many players of today do in spite of CPEBach's warning). The clavichord (a good one) demands perfect control of the slightest movement of your arm, wrist, finger, and that for every not, and in every thinkable dynamic range. I have seen very good harpsichord and pianoforte players trying a clavichord, and not managing to play five notes right (in sound). And vice versa, I have heard harpsichord players improve their sound on a harpsichord (that is possible) after they added a clavichord to their instruments. Hope this helps, and again, that is my personal experience! I will publish this year a first book in a row, not exactly about this, but a kind of revisit of historical sources. First in the row = CPEBach. There is written a lot, but we must read it carefully!
+AuthenticSound thanks Wim! That answer makes a lot of sense that Mozart would love using all his instruments and the Walter would be just another piece of his musical collection. I've read a lot about him using the Walter to help him compose his Operas and using it for his subscription Concerts in Vienna but it makes sense that he'd diversify. Thanks again for answering, I appreciate the unique insight!
+Ido Salomon (idos2001) there is a really short period of time when Beethoven came to Vienna in 1787 where it's possible he may have met Mozart or saw him play. That quote bugs me because it doesn't make any sense other than after Mozart died composers like Beethoven were being held to higher standard.
+Ido Salomon (idos2001) As Kyle pointed out, nobody really knows. In the latest biography I read, that of Mr Kaeyers, there would be some evidence that they might have met briefly. But in any case not long enough to built a master-student relationship.
Don't be angry, but it sounds like it was plucked from a tin can. It is said to have been Bach's favorite instrument. Nevertheless, you have to develop a new listening habit. I'm trying this right now. Thanks for the video!
My Mum used to play this. I can't remember the last time she played it, she died last April. I was whistling along to this. Thank you. Thumbs up.
I listened to this when first aired. It was a beautiful day, our windows were open and my wife, Marjorie, was outside gardening. Later, she came in and said she enjoyed hearing it while gardening - yes, I had it up loud enough to be heard outside! She doesn't always comment on music I have on, but this was special for her, too! Sorry clavichord lovers - I know it is not meant to be a loud instrument, but the sound was THAT inspiring!
21:29 it's shocking but sweet to listen to the real sound and performance of Mozart of the famous piece Alla Turca ! So much lovelier than the usually played version ! Thanks a lot
Something that struck me while listening to this Mozart sonata was that the Classical period composers actually used very simple material for the bulk of their compositions. They did not use a huge cascade of notes in complicated interweavings like the composers who came after them, but simple chords, arpeggios, and scalar passages put together with a great deal of dexterity and careful thought. And the clavichord brings out this simplicity very well. I'm surprised it took me this long to figure that out!
The best things come only after a while... yes, and compare Mozart to a Bach fugue for instance!
lol Bach -> Metallica. Mozart -> Britney.
Ron Williams - No, if Bach = Metallica, then Mozart = Queen.
I am so enjoying going back and listening to all of this music you have recorded over the years. I wish it was all in one easy-to-access place so I could just hit play and have it going in my background all the time! Such a great stress reducer! Thanks again for putting it out here for us! 😊
I love your choice of tempo for the Rondo Alla Turca. It sounds so much more convincing than the usual manic tempo.
I've been listening to various clavichord videos here on TH-cam, and my, this clavichord has a certain tone that some of the others don't have. It sounds so rich and bright, some other clavichords sound like the strings are made of rubber bands. The higher notes of this particular clavichord remind me of the twang of a banjo, which may sound like I'm being insulting if you dislike the banjo... But I personally find the sound of a banjo to be beautiful and even soothing. Your playing is just wonderful, too. Fantastic player plus fantastic instrument is a perfect match. This is so nice to listen to before bed. Thanks for providing the world with this lovelyness.
I love the clavichord, so balanced and expressive! I also love that this is played "live" and with sheet music. It feels so personal and very mindful.
The rondo is so special on this instrument and at this tempo: the rushed march becomes a beautiful, triumphant, savory dance, almost like a polka.
Thank you for your authenticity!
If we had of recording of Mozart playing this Sonata this is how he could have performed and sounded . Thank you Wim for your dedication to the authentic sound of classical music as it was much loved and appreciated in Mozart’s time.
I had a "Wim" moment from one of your videos on Chopin. You picked a tempo that Moscheles picked! See below!!!
WOW! Wim, I didn't know you recorded this one!!! I picked it up - I can't remeber why - and I thought it sounded perfect at 15 measures per minute! I.e., quite a bit slower than the 1/8 = 120 given by the edition. You play it at 17 measures per minute. Mozart - after adjusting for note values - gives 15 measures per minute. (a mere 10 beats per minute) ... I have learned so much from you, thank you.
The clavichord did only good to this masterpiece, starting from the variations and ending with the powerful Turkish March. Thank you so much for this performance. I've been hearing it over and over again.
Thank you so much Eytan, really glad you liked this recording. I'll be revisiting the Alla Turca soon!
Absolutely divine! I love the way this is interpretated and performed; when someone really loves the music and plays from their heart it really shows. The use of a clavichord just adds that little extra depth and colour to the music and was an excellent idea. I am hoping that one day we will be fortunate enough to have a recording of sonata no.16 in C major. In the meantime I shall continue to enjoy the many fantastic AuthenticSound recordings already here on TH-cam. Thank you for all your hard work and please do continue.
Это шедевр, да ещё на таком старинном инструменте.
Супер!!!
Reminds me vividly of my piano lessons as a child - over 20 years ago... many thanks!
Thank you very much for recording and sharing this! Your interpretation is wonderful! I'm currently recovering, and it gives me so much joy to listen to you play. I'm actually smiling while I'm typing this message. :) Bless you and your love for music!
Wow!! I love how this tempo of the rondo Alla Turca makes me want to get up and dance!
I was surprised at how non-dancey Mozart's works seemed to be. But your recording here definitely confirmed my initial suspicions. Great work! Thank you!
very original, very unique, i´m hearing a true Mozart right now!
Hi David,
a perhaps somewhat unexpected reply to this nice quote you were so kind to leave on my channel. The reason is this: I am working on the production of 3 CD's to celebrate my music recording n°100 for Authentic Sound on TH-cam. Along with that, will be published an e-book (available in hard copy too), where I very much would like to feature you, with this (and maybe some other) beautiful quotes.
Like this, this publication will become something of the entire "community" so to say, something that would be a wonderful and maybe somewhat symbolic achievement of all of us. Without reactions and interactions like yours, I would never have had the energy to come where we are now...
So thank you again for being part of this.
Please do not hesitate to write me if you prefer not to be featured in the book with this quote. Of course, that would be no problem to me (although I'd like to have it very much :-) ).
In case you haven't seen the latest update on this project that should be released December 1, 2016, here is the latest update link:
th-cam.com/video/MF2XkNrGF0A/w-d-xo.html
Take care and thank you again!
Wim
P.S. I would like to excuse me in advance in case you would receive this same message again for another reply on another video... or if you have sent in a personal note for this project. I will connect all of these at the end... but for now, it is so overwhelming to go through all the reactions, that it is impossible for me to remember who I already has asked permission...
I have a practice of this piece for these weeks. Your playing gives me many idea to play clavichord well. Thank you for your great work !!
I hope you get satisfaction knowing that 16 year olds like me love metal and all that kind of music but none give me as much joy as classical music :) it is my preferred music to play on guitar
Hi Ed, that is one of the most beautiful comments one ever gave to me...! Thanks !!
I know what you mean! I was classically trained on piano but never had that great of an appreciation for it in my early years, fell in love with metal on guitar with Iron Maiden, then obsessed with Animals as Leaders, then outlaw country guys like Willie Nelson and Merle Haggard, then I went further into extreme metal genres, then I discovered Joe Pass and the joys of Jazz and Bebop, and now I have been on a Classical Music reawakening for the past 2 and a half years. Wim's videos are what brought me 'back home,' so to speak. Thanks, Wim!
So nice for me to read, thank you for sharing, Keaton, really !
Mozart's travel-clavichord is in Budapest.
This is so different to the heavy and slow modern piano recordings... I love it. Thank you for this fantastic upload. I'm currently writing about HIPP in my blog; looking at posts like these really helps.
Thanks Carlos! I'm glad you like it, and please let me know the link of your blog, I would love to read your articles.
all best,
Wim
AuthenticSound Sure! It'd be great if you could.
theclassicalmusicplace.blogspot.co.uk/
Thanks,
Carlos R.
Hi Carlos,
a perhaps somewhat unexpected reply to this nice quote you were so kind to leave on my channel. The reason is this: I am working on the production of 3 CD's to celebrate my music recording n°100 for Authentic Sound on TH-cam. Along with that, will be published an e-book (available in hard copy too), where I very much would like to feature you, with this (and maybe some other) beautiful quotes.
Like this, this publication will become something of the entire "community" so to say, something that would be a wonderful and maybe somewhat symbolic achievement of all of us. Without reactions and interactions like yours, I would never have had the energy to come where we are now...
So thank you again for being part of this.
Please do not hesitate to write me if you prefer not to be featured in the book with this quote. Of course, that would be no problem to me (although I'd like to have it very much :-) ).
In case you haven't seen the latest update on this project that should be released December 1, 2016, here is the latest update link:
th-cam.com/video/MF2XkNrGF0A/w-d-xo.html
Take care and thank you again!
Wim
P.S. I would like to excuse me in advance in case you would receive this same message again for another reply on another video... or if you have sent in a personal note for this project. I will connect all of these at the end... but for now, it is so overwhelming to go through all the reactions, that it is impossible for me to remember who I already has asked permission...
I have had a practice of this piece for these weeks. I love your tempo.
I can learn many things from your interpritation. Great work. Thank you.
You are an angel and that is the music of Heaven.
Thanks for the nice words!
Hi,
a perhaps somewhat unexpected reply to this nice quote you were so kind to leave on my channel. The reason is this: I am working on the production of 3 CD's to celebrate my music recording n°100 for Authentic Sound on TH-cam. Along with that, will be published an e-book (available in hard copy too), where I very much would like to feature you, with this (and maybe some other) beautiful quotes.
Like this, this publication will become something of the entire "community" so to say, something that would be a wonderful and maybe somewhat symbolic achievement of all of us. Without reactions and interactions like yours, I would never have had the energy to come where we are now...
So thank you again for being part of this.
Please do not hesitate to write me if you prefer not to be featured in the book with this quote. Of course, that would be no problem to me (although I'd like to have it very much :-) ).
In case you haven't seen the latest update on this project that should be released December 1, 2016, here is the latest update link:
th-cam.com/video/MF2XkNrGF0A/w-d-xo.html
Take care and thank you again!
Wim
P.S. I would like to excuse me in advance in case you would receive this same message again for another reply on another video... or if you have sent in a personal note for this project. I will connect all of these at the end... but for now, it is so overwhelming to go through all the reactions, that it is impossible for me to remember who I already has asked permission...
I think, you have demonstrated that much of Mozart's keyboard music sounds good on the clavichord.
Mozart was very fantastic.
Thank you for this, Wim. Another one of your recordings I find myself regularly returning to :)
Great, thanks!
i played this at my first concert
P.S. wery good preformance
Thanks! It's a great sonata!
w.
Felicitaciones maestro, es la primera vez que oigo la marcha turca interpretada como debe ser, en tiempo de marcha turca e interpretada como Mozart hubiese querido. Sin añadidos a cómo el interpretaba...
Wow, this is good sound! :3
The precision is tantalizing
Thank you!
Finally I got it on TH-cam recommendation i remembered the melody but forgot the composer name but I now I got it
Perfection and authenticity undeniably. FANTASTIC! You might try tuning to Meantone by the way - it can be very revealing for Mozart.
Gott im Himmel! This version is so refreshing!
Is this instrument a clavicord? It suonds really beautiful
yes!
Sounds more like a classical guitar 🤣
Absolutely nice, wonderful video
Very very very gooooddd.
Thank you!
Wonderful interpretation!
Delightfully done maestro
I absolutely love this.
Thank you so much. Although this is one of the earlier videos for my channel, and I would do the video differently today, it is also for me still one of my favourits.
best wishes,
Wim
Awesome.
Do Czerny or Moscheles give metronome markings for this sonata? I'm interested in what they might suggest for the Rondo. (I'd love to hear you record this again on a fortepiano with a Turkish stop!)
From memory Moscheles gives 160 quarter note. I'll rerecord the alla turca soon on clavichord/ pianoforte and make some videos around the piece
lovely!
Thanks Jan!
I really want to hear all Mozart's pieces played on harpsichord! 😂
+redboombuzz Only now see your kind message! Thanks for that. I'll play all Mozart's pieces on the clavichord, over time.
best, Wim
Yey! Thank you!
AuthenticSound. He mentioned harpsichord rather than clavichord.
Bravíssimo!!! Thank you!
+Gottlieb 776 And thank you for listening !
I wonder if Mozart had been acquainted with Scarlatti's K. 513, or if the openings are just a coincidence.
Here is the movement I just uploaded :)! Great playing again!
Was this instrument still used in the time of Mozart or what kind of piano did they have back then?
Yes it was! Even Beethoven had still one in 1825, here's a vid on Mozart: th-cam.com/video/t5XcMYNrnio/w-d-xo.html&list=PLackZ_5a6IWWLrhgeKlyz5Cddqdw-OL0P&index=11
Go look up fortepianos
Glorioso!!!
genial! surprising!
Thanks !!
Do you play the virginal also (the un-plucked harpsichord!)?
Thanks for giving us these more original renditions! This is one sonata where Glenn G. Does observe correct tempi (except perhaps variation VI). I note you improvise a bit with the ornaments--nice touch!
Thanks for watching! Love the Gould recording of this sonata
I wonder if you would perform KV 330 on the clavichord.
I will! KV 332 is coming soon, 330 is on the list
AuthenticSound. Thank you.
This music is a real page turner.
it is !
Hi Wim, please change in the headline KV 311 in KV 331.
Cheers Jan
done !
I like it
one of my favourites by Mozart thank you and awesome harpsicord where did you get it?
It's actually a clavichord! Made by Joris Potvlieghe in 2009
Mozart!!!!
thanks !
Ancient music has always been my passion. I'm a pianist, but I would like to buy one spinet or one virginal or one clavichord, I live in Italy and I don't know where can I buy these instrument. Could you give me some advice?
However beautiful interpretation! Also I studied this sonata and I performed it in a concert
Great to read! i would certainly go for a clavichord as it will serve you well also for your work as a pianist. Go for an unfretted instrument (like mine) since that will give you the possibility to play music up to late 18thc. And finally, take your time to visit professional clavichord builders, they will be happy to make time for you so that you can judge which instrument is best for you. A clavichord must be good to be of value to a professional musician, and remember it is one of the most difficult instruments to make! Mine is built by the Belgian builder Joris Potvlieghe. Hope this helps!
Thanks for your time and for answer me!
Didn't they have an extra pedal for hitting a drum on Turkish march? I've heard of a lot of unusual pedals from the 17/1800s. I wish they would come back!!
Hi Azure, yes some pianos had indeed! In fact, the pianoforte that is coming here soon, the original one had a drum, but it will not be copied in the new one... it takes a whole mechanisme (and money...). I'll ask one of my daughters to drum for me when I play this on the pianoforte :-). Here's the pf btw in case you'd like to see some footage : th-cam.com/video/hC4nykCe33g/w-d-xo.html
Can you actually change the dynamic on a clavichord? You seem to have played some passages louder than others. How is this possible? I thought the fortepiano introduced this possibility for the first time... Was I wrong? Of course, your performance was perfect, as usual.
No one knows exactly what Cristofori named his invention (or if he did at all). It was the journalist Francesco Scipione, who published an article about the instrument in 1709, who called it a Gravicembalo col Piano e forte (harpsichord that can play soft and loud). This was due to the fact that the harpsichord does not have dynamic capabilities (even though harpsichordists insist that one can create the illusion of dynamics). Of course, the clavichord had already been capable of doing this for hundreds of years, but it was so quiet that it was only suited to being a household instrument. I have no idea how familiar Cristofori was with clavichords, since by that time they were only fashionable in Germany and Scandinavia (as well as parts of Spain). But being a professional instrument builder, it’s inconceivable that he had not at least heard of them.
Cristofori built clavichords! Quite unusual ones (They didn't have conventional rectangular cases, but were more like spinets) but clavichords nonetheless.
Even it's on a clavichord it still sounds like a harpsichord.
+redboombuzz Thank you for your comment! It is the same "family" of sound of course, but the differences are quite big between a clavichord and a harpsichord. On a clavichord, you have, because of the direct (and remaining) contact between tangent and string, an enormous pallet on expression. A harpsichord has a louder, longer tone, but must look for other ways of expression than a clavichord. You could say a clavichord has possibilities, close to that of a violin.
Ohhh thank you for the information! :) Keep on doing videos playing Mozart's music on a clavichord! It's cool.
+redboombuzz You're welcome! And Mozart... of course... Around the 10th of February or maybe 20th, there will be his G Major sonata (München) on the channel.
Didn't know there was a clavichord community out there. Wonder if beethoven used this too
How is this instrument tuned? It sounds like G major
a'=404!
there's some heavy breathing from the cameraman...? i got scared thinkin there was someone un my room
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Isn’t this a virginal? The clavichord sounds much brighter than the virginal.
It is clavichord after Saxon models ca 1750, built by probably one of the best builders of today, Joris Potvlieghe.
AuthenticSound. I understand that a virginal is more like a harpsichord than a clavichord. Is that correct?
wait is that a clavichord?
Hi Tom! Here is a first impression: th-cam.com/video/1kYyC-oa5Kk/w-d-xo.html
Thanks for the link.
Nowadays there are quite some people that fake clavichords. It’s really amazing when you hear the real stuff. It really is. :)
Thank you !!
Question from someone who doesn't play an instrument. If Mozart really did write this in 1783 then it's likely he composed/played it on his Walter Pianoforte. Can you really spoil your touch by playing a pianoforte? Second, this Beethoven quote has always bugged me when he described Mozart's playing style as, 'subtle, but choppy, with no legato'. As I understand it, it's unlikely Beethoven ever saw Mozart play. Based on your experience does this quote have any merit? Thanks!
+Kyle Shoren Great question, thanks for posting! Let me give you some personal views on that, not that I have THE answers, but this is the way I look at it. First, Mozart only got his pianoforte in 1782. Not surprisingly the date that he went to Vienna. However, seen that date with our eyes of 2016, it is remarkable. By then, he've had a whole career with concerti and big keyboard sonata's. Why did he wait so long for a pianoforte? Just an open question, nobody has the answer (yet). 2) the Walter pianoforte was by far to be compared with later Walter's. It had a Stossmechanic, which means that you either could play 'kind' of forte or 'kind' of piano. Not (by far) the dynamic range of a clavichord. Also not the DB's that a harpsichord had. Not saying that this instrument was primitive (in a sense it was technically), but for me, it was not the instrument that made him replace ALL of his older instruments. Even if it was perfect, he wouldn't have done so either. Why? Mozart was very much in the world of the clavichord, his father sold Friederici clavichords, he himself had one, one travel clavichord (preserved, Stein), another one (preserved) where he composed his operas on, and one that got lost (not destroyed) after WWII ( a big one, like the one I'm playing on). So, unlike our modern thoughts, people were not 'waiting' for 'better' instruments, they added new ones to their collection of keyboard instruments. So, the clavichord certainly was not put on the attic after he got his Walter. There is even an important fact, later, I believe 1787, where Mozart was willing to pay a very large amount to Doles in Leipzig for the Silbermann clavichord there (maybe that of Bach??). And also others had their esteem for the clavichord: Haydn even ordered a new one in 1794. So, the clavichord was part of the music culture, certainly until 1800-1810, and in Germany even longer (Sweden 1840). But when, why and for what reason they would play on this or that instrument, is to be researched (which is remarkable!).
Touch: no doubt, that if you would only play on a pianoforte and certainly that older type of action, you will spoil your touch. As you spoil your touch by only playing harpsichord (what many players of today do in spite of CPEBach's warning). The clavichord (a good one) demands perfect control of the slightest movement of your arm, wrist, finger, and that for every not, and in every thinkable dynamic range. I have seen very good harpsichord and pianoforte players trying a clavichord, and not managing to play five notes right (in sound). And vice versa, I have heard harpsichord players improve their sound on a harpsichord (that is possible) after they added a clavichord to their instruments.
Hope this helps, and again, that is my personal experience! I will publish this year a first book in a row, not exactly about this, but a kind of revisit of historical sources. First in the row = CPEBach. There is written a lot, but we must read it carefully!
+AuthenticSound thanks Wim! That answer makes a lot of sense that Mozart would love using all his instruments and the Walter would be just another piece of his musical collection. I've read a lot about him using the Walter to help him compose his Operas and using it for his subscription Concerts in Vienna but it makes sense that he'd diversify. Thanks again for answering, I appreciate the unique insight!
+Kyle Shoren Beethoven never met Mozart. They were supposed to meet in Vienna I think but Mozart Died before
+Ido Salomon (idos2001) there is a really short period of time when Beethoven came to Vienna in 1787 where it's possible he may have met Mozart or saw him play. That quote bugs me because it doesn't make any sense other than after Mozart died composers like Beethoven were being held to higher standard.
+Ido Salomon (idos2001) As Kyle pointed out, nobody really knows. In the latest biography I read, that of Mr Kaeyers, there would be some evidence that they might have met briefly. But in any case not long enough to built a master-student relationship.
Don't be angry, but it sounds like it was plucked from a tin can. It is said to have been Bach's favorite instrument. Nevertheless, you have to develop a new listening habit. I'm trying this right now. Thanks for the video!