José Iturbi plays Rameau on Harpsichord

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  • @chrisczajasager
    @chrisczajasager 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Wanda Landowska's peculiar finger position seem to explain Iturbi's, too

  • @straypixel
    @straypixel 17 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    No matter how far reproduction harpsichords have developed since the filming of this, it's somewhat reassuring to see how closely Iturbi's ornamentation follows modern practice.
    Very interesting find.

  • @hyramesshiramess1035
    @hyramesshiramess1035 8 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    The PLAYING is superb. The SOUND is ess-aitch-eye-tea!
    I wish we had more recordings of Iturbi at the Pleyel. I also wish someone would REVIVE the instrument as Wanda Landowska designed it with Pleyel. It is a BIG improvement on the "authentic" "period" models.
    Sadly Pleyel shuttered its doors only a few years ago.,

    • @philipbay1548
      @philipbay1548 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Big improvement? Whatever you're smoking I DON'T want any! Why do you think builders stopped building instruments like these in favor of the historic models?

    • @pianomaly9859
      @pianomaly9859 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      I'm with you on on the sound of this instrument and Iturbi's playing. Too bad the recording is execrable early '40's or so. I've read of WL's instrument sneered at as a "cinema organ" in notes to the recordings of another (then) contemporary of hers. Whatever keyboard music prior to the nineteenth century is played on, somebody is going to decry it as "inauthentic".

  • @alooshanotea2753
    @alooshanotea2753 8 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    No one plays Rameau on the harpsichord as lively and as beautifully as him - not even Wanda Landowska.

  • @Hofman1895
    @Hofman1895  17 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The four fragments with Iturbi playing Rameau, Liszt, Chopin and Albeniz come from two short-films he made in the early 40's. You can only find them on 16mm films. I bought them on e-bay and let someone put them on DVD for me. The original quality is much better, but I had to reduce it to get it on you-tube.
    There's another fragment of Iturbi playing a harpsichord on "The art of José Iturbi", a VAI-DVD of performances he made for "The Bell Telephone Hour". But he only plays "Tambourin".

  • @Hofman1895
    @Hofman1895  16 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Hi, he was born in Valencia, Spain, he went to Paris to study at the Conservatory there when he was 14, after a few years when WW1 broke out he moved home again and a bit later to Geneva, again to Paris and much later to the States.
    The Dutch line is not a quote but the title of my book about Iturbi's life and pianotechnique. Dagmar

  • @Bullerias
    @Bullerias 16 ปีที่แล้ว

    Wonderful video. I know nothing of the harpsichord but find it the most fascinating of all the classical music instruments. The sound is very distinctive.

  • @mlktrout
    @mlktrout 18 ปีที่แล้ว

    Wow! Iturbi and a harpsichord lesson -- a double whammy! Terrific addition to the Iturbi films here, thanks Hofman1895!

  • @Phorquieu
    @Phorquieu 15 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Iturbi makes it look so easy, but I am not fooled. M. Rameau was a genius, and Iturbi is a true artist. Art can hardly be more expressive than this.

  • @CarmenReyes-em9np
    @CarmenReyes-em9np ปีที่แล้ว

    No lo había escuchado en Clavecin. Siempre 🙏 exelente , 🇮🇷 desde niña había nedtos discos en casa.

    • @jmccarty3
      @jmccarty3 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      If this is the only one you've heard, you still haven't heard one.

  • @devnation
    @devnation 17 ปีที่แล้ว

    Truly enchanting.

  • @Art7962
    @Art7962 17 ปีที่แล้ว

    Maestro de Maestro José Iturbi.
    Bravo!

  • @paulostroff99
    @paulostroff99 13 ปีที่แล้ว

    TY Hofman1895 for posting this lovely music.

  • @marcxopoco
    @marcxopoco 13 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I had no idea Iturbi studied with Landowska. Very interesting.

  • @BLESHER
    @BLESHER 17 ปีที่แล้ว

    nice jose! can barely hear it but when i do, sounds great

  • @aleiv
    @aleiv 18 ปีที่แล้ว

    Precious, lovely! Thanx! :) A shame that doesn't exist any similar with Wanda Landowska.

  • @robotnik77
    @robotnik77 16 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great to see Iturbi again.

  • @Renshen1957
    @Renshen1957 17 ปีที่แล้ว

    Although Wanda Landowska recorded Mozart on the Piano, she is best remembered for her performances, teaching, recordings and writings which played a large role in reviving the popularity of the harpsichord. She was the first person to record Bach's Goldberg Variations on the harpsichord (1931).
    revival of the Harpsichord.

  • @recitexpressif
    @recitexpressif 17 ปีที่แล้ว

    Hi there,
    I work with a harpsichordbuilder (when I'm not studying). This is not a typical harpsichord; its sound is very different - as are the looks of it. Interesting! I wonder who built it!
    Kindest regards, Roger from Holland

  • @T.D.M-l4f
    @T.D.M-l4f 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    モダンチェンバロの解説動画は非常に少ないので貴重ですね、ありがとうございます。

  • @Hofman1895
    @Hofman1895  16 ปีที่แล้ว

    I just watched a few Scarlatti sonatas on the 'Horowitz in Moscow' DVD, and he also plays them with flat fingers. But I've seen him play sometimes with very curled fingers in some passages in other pieces, it would be interesting to know what kind of sound he produced with it. I'll have to look into that. Horowitz himself insisted on playing with the whole finger phalanx and not only with the fingertip.

  • @pickymoon
    @pickymoon 18 ปีที่แล้ว

    Very cool!

  • @stolendata
    @stolendata 16 ปีที่แล้ว

    such finesse

  • @paulostroff99
    @paulostroff99 17 ปีที่แล้ว

    Enlightening!

  • @ThierryDeMarre
    @ThierryDeMarre 16 ปีที่แล้ว

    Coool! Thanks for posting this!

  • @CarmenReyes-em9np
    @CarmenReyes-em9np ปีที่แล้ว

    Clavecin ,me encanta.

  • @MissyHolland
    @MissyHolland 17 ปีที่แล้ว

    And Conniedaevilcow, playing harpsichord requires softness of touch, holding the fingers close
    to the keys because a hand falling from high
    draws a harder sound from the string. Never
    weight the fingers with the hand, rather the
    hand must support the fingers, so that in
    running passages, fingers are not lifted quickly,
    but glide off the edge. This makes the runs clear.

  • @Hofman1895
    @Hofman1895  17 ปีที่แล้ว

    It's possible that it is one of the (modern) Pleyel-harpsichords.
    Pleyel built them on request of Wanda Landowska, one of the teachers of José Iturbi.

  • @hardcorechicano
    @hardcorechicano 16 ปีที่แล้ว

    wow!

  • @MissyHolland
    @MissyHolland 17 ปีที่แล้ว

    What a delight to see real harpsichord playing
    here on TH-cam! I play it myself (a double
    manual like ^ ^ ^) and this is masterful. Bravo,
    dear man!

    • @jmccarty3
      @jmccarty3 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      For it to be real harpsichord playing, one would have to have a real harpsichord, rather than a plucking piano.

  • @partack1
    @partack1 16 ปีที่แล้ว

    WOW

  • @voidforpurpose
    @voidforpurpose 17 ปีที่แล้ว

    Nicest and most complex harpsichord I've ever seen.
    6 pedals!
    Superb playing! A joy!

  • @enantiodrom
    @enantiodrom 16 ปีที่แล้ว

    incantevole

  • @CarmenReyes-em9np
    @CarmenReyes-em9np ปีที่แล้ว

    El primero 🥇 que escuche de niña. ❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥👋🏼👋🏼👋🏼👋🏼🎻

  • @patukuzunkol
    @patukuzunkol 17 ปีที่แล้ว

    The word "Clavier" is a word of french origin that simply means "keyboard". This word is used to mean "Piano" in German. Hope this helps! ;-)

  • @chrisczajasager
    @chrisczajasager 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    he explains Landowska's Pleyel creation....! fun and amusing , such an instrument, snubbed by the hysterical-historical clan.Berlin's Musikinstrumenten Museum has such a Pleyel clavecin....

    • @arsantiqua8741
      @arsantiqua8741 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      It would be adventurous for some one to write for the magnificent instrument to duet with the historical ones. Not all of us in the HIP clan disagree with the modern harpsichord, it has a unique tone that can be employed to great effect. They should really create more pieces using both! It would be amusing to see them revive music from the Renaissance to the Romantic era. Imagine the endless stream of creativity!

  • @pauledunn
    @pauledunn 17 ปีที่แล้ว

    Question:
    Can somebody please recommend a really good harpsichord method book or something to improve at playing in the style of 17th/18th harpsichord players. Thanks.

  • @CinderFelleth
    @CinderFelleth 17 ปีที่แล้ว

    that last song is called tambourine. and he handled it

  • @nonenoneonenonenone
    @nonenoneonenonenone 13 ปีที่แล้ว

    He and Landowska were apparently both double-jointed.

  • @zurnacia
    @zurnacia 17 ปีที่แล้ว

    very true:) haha - he speaks well the language of hapsycord music! he is amazing!

  • @CarmenReyes-em9np
    @CarmenReyes-em9np ปีที่แล้ว

    Clavecin ,como me gusta ,si que encuentras tesoros perdidos ,gracias 🌹 por compartir.

  • @waltercelsogomes7836
    @waltercelsogomes7836 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    Wonder fur performance do cor music

  • @metteholm75
    @metteholm75 14 ปีที่แล้ว

    Watching Landowskas "claws" makes one think "Ouch!", - but she did allright, as we know. What hurts and destroys one can be absolutely without problems for another.

    • @chrisczajasager
      @chrisczajasager 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      her piano playing was more than excellent,too!

  • @Hofman1895
    @Hofman1895  15 ปีที่แล้ว

    You can even make a fist without muscular tension, so the form of the fingers has nothing to do with tension.

  • @legamature
    @legamature 16 ปีที่แล้ว

    He holds his hands like that at the piano also. The opposite of Horowitz.

  • @stolendata
    @stolendata 15 ปีที่แล้ว

    it takes no muscular tension to curl one's fingers like that

  • @reinpost
    @reinpost 14 ปีที่แล้ว

    @1401JSC perhaps she should switch to the harpsichord then - I was taught to always do that

  • @crybanshee
    @crybanshee 13 ปีที่แล้ว

    Either way, just because brilliant players like Iturbi or Landowska can do it, it doesn't mean that this position fits to everyone. The basic piano hand position, "roof-like", is the one that should be teached when on a piano. This is my opinion, anyway.

  • @polinapesin9563
    @polinapesin9563 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Wonderful, even the quality of this record is not good enough

  • @cancontrl
    @cancontrl 17 ปีที่แล้ว

    What is Clavier then?

  • @Hofman1895
    @Hofman1895  16 ปีที่แล้ว

    Quite the opposite, the trademark of Horowitz was playing with very flat fingers. Although he sometimes made use curved fingers.

  • @zzzxtreme
    @zzzxtreme 17 ปีที่แล้ว

    clavier is german for piano?

  • @dodiezresibemol
    @dodiezresibemol 16 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Yes, he is more like a piano player. This is like a hibrid non historical harpsichord

  • @zzzxtreme
    @zzzxtreme 17 ปีที่แล้ว

    wanda Landowska, wasn't she an organist too?

  • @fnersch
    @fnersch 17 ปีที่แล้ว

    Jose Iturbi was a fine artist. Its too bad he didnt have access to one of the fine historical replicas that are being made today.

  • @ArturoEscorza
    @ArturoEscorza 17 ปีที่แล้ว

    "L'art de Toucher le Clavecin" ;)

  • @hifijohn
    @hifijohn 15 ปีที่แล้ว

    beautiful playing it ashame the sound is so garbled

  • @Gabrol
    @Gabrol 12 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    the quality of this video makes it sound like a piano lol

    • @ruperttmls7985
      @ruperttmls7985 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      Jajajaja si, y eso pasa en todas las grabaciones viejas, y mas con los claves Pleyel, terminan sonando como piano.

    • @gruatremi
      @gruatremi 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Actually it's the kind of harpsichord Wanda Landowska used.

  • @Hofman1895
    @Hofman1895  16 ปีที่แล้ว

    A 16mm film from 1940.

  • @mishagrey
    @mishagrey 16 ปีที่แล้ว

    He plays with his fingers curled up, like Horowitz...

  • @TheMarioBrothers
    @TheMarioBrothers 17 ปีที่แล้ว

    Why He speaks like Super Mario? XD
    I'm joking... He's absolutely wonderful!!

  • @urherman1
    @urherman1 10 ปีที่แล้ว

    too bad the sound is not good--yet there is enough to discern that Iturbi was a great harpsichordist and interpreter of baroque music

  • @thegreatwhales
    @thegreatwhales 16 ปีที่แล้ว

    yo i'm doing a report omn a harpsicord

  • @marcxopoco
    @marcxopoco 13 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The harpsichord is played with very curled fingers.
    14001 must do a lot of harm as a teacher.

  • @crybanshee
    @crybanshee 13 ปีที่แล้ว

    @1401JSC Please do not do such thing. The basic piano hand position is not this one, and in works from Beethoven on, it will NOT work at all. The only reason this works is because it promotes a "touché" appropriate to this harpsichord. However, if you see an authenticist harpsichord performer, his hand position will have nothing to do with Iturbi's or Landowska's. Therefore, I do not know to what extent this "curled" position is a physical demand of the instrument.

  • @1401JSC
    @1401JSC 15 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I have a little girl piano pupil who curls up her fingers like this.
    It makes me stressed to see such muscular tension for nothing.
    However, José is plaing brilliantly. Maybe I should stopasking the little girn not to do that....

  • @CarmenReyes-em9np
    @CarmenReyes-em9np ปีที่แล้ว

    Con el Mix ,lo demas no me gusta y se llena mi cel.