Let the fools have wars. Let the fools have all the money they want. 'The rest of us are satisfied with what we need - peace and music. God bless all these wonderful performers we see and hear on the internet from our own countries and from around the world. Amen.
Thank you Dennis for saying what I think so many of us feel. We are so lucky that such talented musicians put so much of their lives into giving us such pleasure and help us cope with the things we "Would change if we Could change" Bravo
I like that they are all standing up as they play, rather than the usual sitting down to play. It adds to this performance and I love this performance! This concerto makes me emotional: reminding me of times past and of my mom.
It’s fabulous that somebody thought to give the theorbo it’s own microphone!! Hurrah!! Now I can actually hear it, without feeling sorry for the musician for going to all the trouble to master such a difficult instrument, only for it never to be heard in orchestral settings!! And, this piece is full of ornaments that make Baroque music so satisfying to play, sing, and listen to, especially in the slow movements, with two of my favorites being the 4-3 suspension and the appoggiatura. This orchestra plays so beautifully, too!
As a young violinist in the early 70's I was enchanted by this concerto grosso the first time our school orchestra played it. I'd never heard anything so exquisite (except, perhaps, "Messiah.") It was formative for me, to be sure!
La qualité de la musique de Corelli est indescriptible. Le Concerto pour la Nuit de Noël est son sommet. Le Freiburger Barockorchester en donne une interprétation magnifique.
Mezza Europa è venuta a Roma per studiare la sua musica, l'altra metà ha divorato i suoi spartiti! La moitié de l'Europe est venue à Rome pour étudier sa musique, l'autre moitié a dévoré ses partitions!
Had to listen to this first because it was assigned for my music class. Came back today for a "leisure listen" and now I am enjoying it twice as much at least :D
Archangel, ..says it all. Many years ago, as this music was playing, doves descended upon the lawn as relatives arrived for Christmas. I was briefly transcended. The perfection of conventional Western modal composition.
Beautiful performance and sensitive filming. In music videos the bass is often overlooked in favour of the higher instruments but here the bass it is given full recognition alongside the other instruments with the camera frequently zooming in on it.
impeccable playing can't for the life me understand people giving this the thumbs down i guess they suffer VanGogh's affliction of not having an ear for music
Eccellente orchestra,sommo maestro Arcangelo Corelli mirabile capostipite del concerto grosso italiano della scuola romana il cui eco giunse oltralpe a diffondere l'arte musicale italiana!
Jacobo Gutt Both the twelve Opus 5 violin sonatas and Opus 6 concerti grossi changed the musical landscape completely; at a stroke, they made all previous music sound dated and old-fashioned. Corelli influenced all string concerto grosso writing for the rest of the Baroque period, most notably Handel’s Opus 6 which are clearly modelled on the Corelli and are really the only set of a comparable standard; Geminiani and Locatelli are two others worth checking out. The 12 violin sonatas and 12 concerti grossi are quite simply, absolute, unqualified masterpieces. PS: there is one concerto grosso (s), but many concerti grossi (pl).
This was one of my O level set pieces, back in 1987. I enjoyed it, but now I see clearly it is a masterpiece - and this performance is stunning. It helps that Master and Commander is one of my favourite films!
Everyone here is giving it everything, and it's wonderful to hear the combined focus of all of those highly engaged minds and bodies. Just breathtaking. I'm in tears.
It is noteworthy how the music is matched by shots of the musicians playing certain parts. A fine job. Bella musica per questo tempo di natale. Froeliche Weihnachten.
"Sublime" is the only word adequate to describe Corelli's achingly lovely Adagio elements - first hinted at (in this performance) between 3:55- and 5:11 ... then brought to fulfillment between 5:35- and 7:34...
Wow! C'est extaordinaire. Impeccable baroque style. Lovely, yet simple ornamentation. Superb ensemble. Nice instrumentation. I love it. Best performance I've heard of this classic.
What a wonderful performance Christmas music and message to those who understand great classical music presented with feeling. This classical music was passed to myself Irene by a wonderful gentleman who understand the classics exceptionally well. Thank you Frank
@UCvI53xnSAYkQfGyS_OCucHg Grazie della risposta, ma io intendevo l'arrangiamento della tiorba, di solito gli spartiti dell'epoca riportavano un semplice ad libitum, perché ogni ensemble che avrebbe suonato lo spartito poteva o no disporre o prevedere una tiorba e quindi il basso continuo si adeguava alle disponibilità strumentali dell'orchestra. Fino a qualche anno fa il b. c. era realizzato solo col clavicembalo, vedi l'incisione de I Musici.
speriamo che l'anno 2020 finisca in fretta, e non si ripeta mai più, per ora consoliamoci ascoltando questo capolavoro di musica barocca di Arc.Corelli--
The Adagio is the most beautiful movement in this concerto grosso series, especially around 6:54...absolutely sublime...pure genius...thank you for sharing this.
+Alex Smith... "Sublime" is the only word adequate to describe Corelli's achingly lovely Adagio elements - first hinted at (in this performance) between 3:55- and 5:11 ... then brought to fulfillment between 5:35- and 7:34...
Lovely performance, and terrific recording and visuals. The close ups of the bowing are particularly good, especially the double bass. The ending of the Adagio-Allegro-Adagio movement (5:35-7:34 as mentioned in earlier posts) is exquisite, and the portion beginning at 6:55 is like a feather drifting slowly down through the air, and me hoping it never reaches the ground.
A most wonderful interpretation. Fine recording engineering, too; close enough for fine detail and clarity,, but still capturing the hall's ambience, and the depth of the soundstage. (How seldom do the recordists get the credit they deserve.) Thank you so much for promoting it here. One tiny quibble -- for those of us who appreciate it, the bitrate makes a huge difference. Next time, maybe a real hifi bitrate for a performance so enthralling?
I'm playing this with my own orchestra and I just can't get enough of it! It's beautiful. And don't call me incapable of judging bc I'm a child. I play the violin now for almost 12 years. I'm fifteen.
Bravo mille fois, très grande performance, une des meilleures que j'ai pu entendre. Une merveilleuse interprétation où le tempo de chaque mouvement est scrupuleusement respecté.
Wonderful. I think Corelli's music is more profound than is commonly thought. He has always ben admired for his musicianship and beautiful, graceful melodies, but I think there is real depth there too.
Un concerto infinitamente bello, all'interno di tutta la musica di Corelli, che è di per sé infinitamente bella... Quale autore - tra l'altro -, italiano o straniero, scrisse mai una Pastorale più incantevole di quella che conclude questo magnifico brano?...
Uma das melhores interpretações que já vi desta peça. Obrigado por compartilharem. Sempre tenho essa sonoridade incrível que vocês conseguiram, como uma referência quando estudo peças de Corelli. Parabéns pelo belo trabalho.
Let the fools have wars. Let the fools have all the money they want. 'The rest of us are satisfied with what we need - peace and music. God bless all these wonderful performers we see and hear on the internet from our own countries and from around the world. Amen.
Amen! I have all his Concerti Grossi on CD.
@@LeonMare49 Perrón, hermano
Thank you Dennis for saying what I think so many of us feel. We are so lucky that such talented musicians put so much of their lives into giving us such pleasure and help us cope with the things we "Would change if we Could change" Bravo
Thats true. They dont need any money either! Thats why these groups exist in Europe and not in Sudan. Because they dont need money
Well said Dennis.
Christmas music collections are incomplete without this little gem.
One of the most beautiful pieces ever written.
I like that they are all standing up as they play, rather than the usual sitting down to play. It adds to this performance and I love this performance! This concerto makes me emotional: reminding me of times past and of my mom.
Baroque ensembles often do that. It is not certain that it was done that way at the time.
My favorite for years, I enjoy it every day. Absolutely magnifique
In un'epoca in cui tutto si consuma in fretta, questa perla stupefacente di bellezza rimane intatta da secoli: grazie Freiburger Barockorchester.
Può urlarlo!
It’s fabulous that somebody thought to give the theorbo it’s own microphone!! Hurrah!! Now I can actually hear it, without feeling sorry for the musician for going to all the trouble to master such a difficult instrument, only for it never to be heard in orchestral settings!! And, this piece is full of ornaments that make Baroque music so satisfying to play, sing, and listen to, especially in the slow movements, with two of my favorites being the 4-3 suspension and the appoggiatura. This orchestra plays so beautifully, too!
Looks like an archlute.
Брависсимо🎩
My favourite is the vivace beginning at 7:37! Corelli has achieved a perfect blend of excitement and solemnity. 💚
Purest perfection! From God to Corelli to the Freiburgur Barockorchester! May Heaven bless you all forever.
Heavenly...
Haha! God to Freiburgerbarockorchester!
Are you their manager...?
As a young violinist in the early 70's I was enchanted by this concerto grosso the first time our school orchestra played it. I'd never heard anything so exquisite (except, perhaps, "Messiah.") It was formative for me, to be sure!
I always begin my music for the Holiday season listening to this . . .
Yes same!
One of Europe's best Baroque bands..They are simply wonderful.
La qualité de la musique de Corelli est indescriptible. Le Concerto pour la Nuit de Noël est son sommet. Le Freiburger Barockorchester en donne une interprétation magnifique.
Mezza Europa è venuta a Roma per studiare la sua musica, l'altra metà ha divorato i suoi spartiti!
La moitié de l'Europe est venue à Rome pour étudier sa musique, l'autre moitié a dévoré ses partitions!
Had to listen to this first because it was assigned for my music class. Came back today for a "leisure listen" and now I am enjoying it twice as much at least :D
i hope music classes help introduce more people to the fascinating world of baroque music!
Archangel, ..says it all. Many years ago, as this music was playing, doves descended upon the lawn as relatives arrived for Christmas. I was briefly transcended. The perfection of conventional Western modal composition.
HEAVENLY TRANSPARENT SOUND - STRATOSPHERIC!!!
Beautiful performance and sensitive filming. In music videos the bass is often overlooked in favour of the higher instruments but here the bass it is given full recognition alongside the other instruments with the camera frequently zooming in on it.
impeccable playing can't for the life me understand people giving this the thumbs down i guess they suffer VanGogh's affliction of not having an ear for music
They're the people whose favorite show is "Keeping up with the Kardashians "
They pressed the wrong little tab? Easily done 😊
@@martiej5606 sure we will give them the benefit of the doubt.
Yep! 114 tone deaf thumb's down's & counting...
Adagio just leaves me without words but with tears in my eyes
We are playing this in orchestra (minus the lute of course), and this is by far the best recordings I've found.
One reason I love classical music - all those wonderfully dressed musicians, so absorbed in wonderful music. And playing wonderfully well.
The comfort of this wonderful and captivating performance is equal to a mother's lullaby, full will nostalgia
Corelli = numero uno
0:05 Vivace - Grace
1:39 Allegro
3:56 Adagio - Allegro - Adagio
7:37 Vivace
10:47 Pastorale
Thanks!
Merci!
Thank you, Abraham !!!
Obrigada!
Grave*
Esecuzione perfetta. Grande Corelli. Bravi .
I think it's the best Baroque Job work, the violincello counterpoint is so bright
Eccellente orchestra,sommo maestro Arcangelo Corelli mirabile capostipite del concerto grosso italiano della scuola romana il cui eco giunse oltralpe a diffondere l'arte musicale italiana!
La música de Corelli eleva mi espíritu. Deliciosamente perfecta. Gracias. 🎶🌈🎻❤
in this concerti grosso,Corelli shows he certainly is one of the great maestros of the "Baroque",without any doubt!!
Jacobo Gutt
Both the twelve Opus 5 violin sonatas and Opus 6 concerti grossi changed the musical landscape completely; at a stroke, they made all previous music sound dated and old-fashioned.
Corelli influenced all string concerto grosso writing for the rest of the Baroque period, most notably Handel’s Opus 6 which are clearly modelled on the Corelli and are really the only set of a comparable standard; Geminiani and Locatelli are two others worth checking out.
The 12 violin sonatas and 12 concerti grossi are quite simply, absolute, unqualified masterpieces.
PS: there is one concerto grosso (s), but many concerti grossi (pl).
Betörend schön. Danke!
My favourite is the vivace beginning at 7:37! Corelli here has achieved a perfect blend of excitement and solemnity. 💚
Marvellous!! Continuo chugging away like an old diesel engine in faster movements, providing the main forward impetus.
This was one of my O level set pieces, back in 1987. I enjoyed it, but now I see clearly it is a masterpiece - and this performance is stunning. It helps that Master and Commander is one of my favourite films!
Everyone here is giving it everything, and it's wonderful to hear the combined focus of all of those highly engaged minds and bodies. Just breathtaking. I'm in tears.
The candles and the intimate setting is a nice touch.
A true landmark in the history of music, and a beautiful piece perfect for the Christmas season. Beautifully played here!
One of my favourite piece of classic music. Wonderful performance
It is noteworthy how the music is matched by shots of the musicians playing certain parts. A fine job. Bella musica per questo tempo di natale. Froeliche Weihnachten.
"Sublime" is the only word adequate to describe Corelli's achingly lovely Adagio elements - first hinted at (in this performance) between 3:55- and 5:11 ... then brought to fulfillment between 5:35- and 7:34...
..achingly lol..
One cannot do nothing but love it.
Music from heaven
Wow! C'est extaordinaire. Impeccable baroque style. Lovely, yet simple ornamentation. Superb ensemble. Nice instrumentation. I love it. Best performance I've heard of this classic.
bem com o proximo. bem com Deus ao contrario da errado
Beyond beautiful. Heavenly. No words can describe it...
Absolutely beautiful. Lovingly played and recorded. Splendid !. It doesn’t get any better.
What ensemble! Nuanced, by turns delicate and vigorous, superb dynamic control. Vielen Dank!
this is near perfect stylistically. beautifully done.
Sublime music for the season. Not only beautifully played, but beautifully filmed.
Best ever performance of the best ever Christmas music
What a wonderful performance Christmas music and message to those who understand great classical music presented with feeling. This classical music was passed to myself Irene by a wonderful gentleman who understand the classics exceptionally well. Thank you Frank
This is heaven! Absolutely love the continuo and ornamentation, and the tempo of movement 2 is so refreshing! :)
Totally agree! How can someone dislike this?
Absolument splendide.
Gli interventi della tiorba sono fantastici!
@UCvI53xnSAYkQfGyS_OCucHg Grazie della risposta, ma io intendevo l'arrangiamento della tiorba, di solito gli spartiti dell'epoca riportavano un semplice ad libitum, perché ogni ensemble che avrebbe suonato lo spartito poteva o no disporre o prevedere una tiorba e quindi il basso continuo si adeguava alle disponibilità strumentali dell'orchestra. Fino a qualche anno fa il b. c. era realizzato solo col clavicembalo, vedi l'incisione de I Musici.
Oh man, THIS IS THE STUFF!!!
Love the unity of this ensemble! So perfectly at one with each other in this beautiful interpretation.
Just beautiful! Must listen to again.
Oh man...I have been trying and trying to remember this piece by Corelli...SOOOO glad that I found it!!! FANTASTICO! Thanks...
wow i do adore this piece, i played this with my orchestra once, beautiful :)
Wunderschön, herzlichen Dank und allen ein friedliches Neues Jahr 2020. Danke.
speriamo che l'anno 2020 finisca in fretta, e non si ripeta mai più, per ora consoliamoci ascoltando questo capolavoro di musica barocca di Arc.Corelli--
The Adagio is the most beautiful movement in this concerto grosso series, especially around 6:54...absolutely sublime...pure genius...thank you for sharing this.
+Alex Smith 100% agree; the repeated E-flat top pedal is a master stroke in the context of the movement.
+Alex Smith... "Sublime" is the only word adequate to describe Corelli's achingly
lovely Adagio elements - first hinted at (in this performance) between 3:55- and 5:11 ... then brought to fulfillment between 5:35- and 7:34...
Pastorale at 10:45 does it for me.
Heavenly!
Lovely performance, and terrific recording and visuals. The close ups of the bowing are particularly good, especially the double bass. The ending of the Adagio-Allegro-Adagio movement (5:35-7:34 as mentioned in earlier posts) is exquisite, and the portion beginning at 6:55 is like a feather drifting slowly down through the air, and me hoping it never reaches the ground.
A most wonderful interpretation.
Fine recording engineering, too; close enough for fine detail and clarity,, but still capturing the hall's ambience, and the depth of the soundstage. (How seldom do the recordists get the credit they deserve.)
Thank you so much for promoting it here.
One tiny quibble -- for those of us who appreciate it, the bitrate makes a huge difference.
Next time, maybe a real hifi bitrate for a performance so enthralling?
Yes, I agree. But I'm ignorant of their methods. How do they handle all the stonework in an old church? I don't see any baffles or similar aids.
@@1earflapping Fairly tight miking, meaning pickups close to the musicians, with perhaps an ambience mike mixed down into each channel.
@@rogerb5615 Thank you for the answer.
What is a "bitrate"?
@@elizabethsontrop8331 Roughly speaking it's a measure of the accuracy of a digital recording. The higher the better.
Schoen! First-class performance and interpretation. Vielen Dank!
beautiful basso continuo
Absolutely beautiful performance, best yet
A fine performance worthy of this superb work; played as it should be played. Corelli would be very proud and pleased.
🤗Beautiful! One of the best performances and renditions of this wonderful piece of music,I've ever heard.
Einfach nur gewaltig.
love it. what a great group. thanks for the upload.
I've always enjoyed listening to the cello on the second movement of this concerto. The cello part makes a statement
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Beautiful music,perfectly played,thanks a lot.
Delicious to my ear now and ever.
One of my favorite classical music pieces of all time.
Thank you very much!I have tears on my eyes!
Lovely! - Don't tell the retailers about this gem or they'll put words to it and pipe it to us in the supermarkets!
o dear heavens, nooooooooooooooooooooooooo
Don't worry. We wouldn't dream of telling! :-)
Immer noch die beste Aufnahme auf TH-cam von diesem Concerto meiner Meinung nach, großer Respekt!
Amo esse concerto!
I love this music.
I love it! Thank you for sharing.
I'm playing this with my own orchestra and I just can't get enough of it! It's beautiful. And don't call me incapable of judging bc I'm a child. I play the violin now for almost 12 years. I'm fifteen.
Eine unglaublich gute Interpretation! Danke dafür!
Freiberg baroque orchestra does it right all the time! :D
Really beautiful rendition of an excellent piece of music. Thanks for the music and video.
Bravo mille fois, très grande performance, une des meilleures que j'ai pu entendre. Une merveilleuse interprétation où le tempo de chaque mouvement est scrupuleusement respecté.
So beautiful!
Just wonderful !
Wonderful. I think Corelli's music is more profound than is commonly thought. He has always ben admired for his musicianship and beautiful, graceful melodies, but I think there is real depth there too.
Love this piece. Hello from aeshs
Maravilloso. what a masterpiece.
🎼👏🏆👏🏆👏🏆👏🌿🇬🇷🌿🇬🇷🌿🇬🇷🌿🇬🇷🌿🇬🇷🌿 From Greece
Un grand merci !!!
Un concerto infinitamente bello, all'interno di tutta la musica di Corelli, che è di per sé infinitamente bella... Quale autore - tra l'altro -, italiano o straniero, scrisse mai una Pastorale più incantevole di quella che conclude questo magnifico brano?...
Forse Handel nella sua pastorale del Messiah...
perfect for a cold snowy day
Such a beautiful mysterious piece.
Best recording ever!
An outstanding rendition!
Uma das melhores interpretações que já vi desta peça. Obrigado por compartilharem. Sempre tenho essa sonoridade incrível que vocês conseguiram, como uma referência quando estudo peças de Corelli. Parabéns pelo belo trabalho.
The Allegro is stupendo. Heavy metal from the period
Heitor Monteiro yeah he was a true metaller or bluesman fuckmozart btw
¡Maravilloso!
Impecable interpretation. But more than that, very expressive!