Wow. The lower tuning leads to this sounding quite different than say Casals. He was playing off the Grutzmacher edition from the 1880s. This performance might be based on the score written out by Anna Magdalena Bach.
I tried this tuning, and it makes the cello extremely resonant, as if it’s breathing and singing. The C string is a wobbly Bitch, though! Soft and squishy... great sound!
As a layman it is hard to tell the difference between this and modern instruments. I can tell with piano "Pianoforte" and some wind instruments but this sounds to me just like modern cello.
If the playing was slightly slower in tempo it would have been more touching and the listeners also would have felt very sad about the utterly sad piece of music. However I enjoyed the new rendition and the powerful sound of the baroque cello was clearly evident.
I do feel a lot of HIPs are a bit rushed. I always used to say Gardiner conducts like he's late for a train, but I still think he's a great conductor. There have been some debates among the classical community about tempi. Honestly, I feel when it's a solo performance, like this one, it should feel more natural and open to the performer's interpretation. I like having variety. I like when I listen to a different performance, it sounds like a different performance. However, I think I also can get hung up on these "Definitive" performances. It's like I'll always compare Rite of Spring recordings to Bernstein's 58 recording.
Hear once again please before deciding - part near the end of the prelude. I am sure if you hear the prelude, especially end of it, once again you will change your opinion!
so this is a 4 strings Baroque Cello, but then, Viola da Gamba and this Cello were conteporary? I thought Cello came after and took the place of the Viola da Gamba, so Bach wrote this for Viola da Gamba or for, as often, for any string?
Nice to hear those gut strings, at the pitch Bach would have heard. As for tempo, very baroque.
I've never heard of 392 hz
If it's not Baroque, don't fix it.
@@daniel3231995 a very French pitch, as we know from the suite (based on French dances) it would be completely historically correct pitch.
please can you explain, is this a Viola da Gamba ?
@@Daniel.W.Bridge no, this is a cello, but instead of metal strings it has gut strings, and it is tuned lower
Much richer and deeper than A 440! Less “Broadway”; more resonant. What a treat!
Wow. The lower tuning leads to this sounding quite different than say Casals. He was playing off the Grutzmacher edition from the 1880s. This performance might be based on the score written out by Anna Magdalena Bach.
Thoroughly excellent performance!
Wow, they tuned it very low back then relative to the A440 standard now. Sounds a lot like F major rather than G major.
Sure, but this one is clearly some F major version (that was some existing tuning at the time)
392 Hz
@Oscar Stern the gadget guy Circuits and Strings 2 Yes, of course
@@mylocz643 And then there's the Vienna Philharmonic..
I tried this tuning, and it makes the cello extremely resonant, as if it’s breathing and singing. The C string is a wobbly Bitch, though! Soft and squishy... great sound!
It's beautiful.
素敵です。🌹
As a layman it is hard to tell the difference between this and modern instruments. I can tell with piano "Pianoforte" and some wind instruments but this sounds to me just like modern cello.
Thank you so much!
Wow Greatly Played
Wondering what happened to the Biber's Salisburgensis Mass on the channel? Can you share which recording you uploaded? Thanks!
If the playing was slightly slower in tempo it would have been more touching and the listeners also would have felt very sad about the utterly sad piece of music. However I enjoyed the new rendition and the powerful sound of the baroque cello was clearly evident.
I do feel a lot of HIPs are a bit rushed. I always used to say Gardiner conducts like he's late for a train, but I still think he's a great conductor. There have been some debates among the classical community about tempi. Honestly, I feel when it's a solo performance, like this one, it should feel more natural and open to the performer's interpretation. I like having variety. I like when I listen to a different performance, it sounds like a different performance. However, I think I also can get hung up on these "Definitive" performances. It's like I'll always compare Rite of Spring recordings to Bernstein's 58 recording.
What is that percussion-like sound? I guess it is incidental, but it sounds like a funny adition to the piece :D
gastito7 Fingers hitting the fingerboard.
gastito7 it gives soul to the music
Poodle ͡ ͜ ͡ If you like this, you might like the pianist who hum along - Keith Jarrett, Thelonius Monk & Glen Gould for example.
You misunderstood. It only attracts our attention to the enchanting music.
It sounds the same to me. I guess the difference is only noticeable to experts. Classical music on period instruments is great nonetheless!
Hear once again please before deciding - part near the end of the prelude. I am sure if you hear the prelude, especially end of it, once again you will change your opinion!
Thanks for your comment Donald.
Finally the correct frequency!
It sounds like the Korean Ajaeng
It's a Baroque Cello. That timbre ever so gentle. I just want to dance to that beautiful Gigue. (This is one of six dance suites.)
I like the Baroque cello better actually. (The Ajaeng is equally beautiful though)
@Oscar Stern the gadget guy Circuits and Strings 2 , I know, I would actually prefer its sound with the second suite. Just imagine
Anybody bump this up an octave and play it on the violin?
it's so fast...
Well there is no certain tempo indication so you can play it as fast as you want.
was just a thought. it might be more suitable for my brain if played much slower. I'm pretty slow at concentrating.
Nevertheless beautiful
so this is a 4 strings Baroque Cello, but then, Viola da Gamba and this Cello were conteporary? I thought Cello came after and took the place of the Viola da Gamba, so Bach wrote this for Viola da Gamba or for, as often, for any string?