An amazing example of Bach's supreme compositional ability!!!

the motif, like the ever-present threat of an ornate, stinging wasp that flies around and around you, the interplay of the orchestra, the sustained tension of the ensemble - what a piece, what a performance!

0:00 I. Allegro 7:47 II. Adagio 13:31 III. Allegro

Pierre Hantaï, harpsichord Le Concert des Nations conducted by Jordi Savall

Keep shredding harpsichord guy

Wow, one of the best, if not the best harpsichord concerto written by the Baroque genius!... wish i could play the harpsichord!

magnificent..bach magnificent, solist magnificent savall magnificent..

Hallelujah! God be praised for Bach's life and work!

Magnificent performance! I recall some pseudo-critic saying that this represents 'Bach having a nervous breakdown'. If so, may all composers have breakdowns such as this!

THIS performance...is simply superb. To me.....It foundations that GOD in Heaven gives us some completely wonderful gifts....that surly explode with emotion. Thank you for posting this gift. Thank you to all involved !!

What a brilliant performance! The best of this (on of my favorites) piece ever.

Excelente interpretación, Bach es incomparable, apoteósico, de otra dimensión, su música es magia real, el milagro mas grande de la música...

Those extra left hand gestures in rests by the soloist are a sign that he deserves to be there. Investment. And while I’m writing I hit the 3rd movement and are again flabbergasted by the music. The compositional idea that is repeated in cembalo at 20’03” to 20’30” is an unbelievable revelation that anticipates the end of the piece. These moments are why Bach has his reputation.

wonderful music of bach and wonderful orchestra !!!

at exactly 3:08 there is one beautiful note that I keep coming back to this to hear, maybe go to 3:02 in advanced and start listening. maybe its just me, but it gets me every time.

To Beautiful for Words ... Relief to hear this magnificent piece played on the instrument it was intended for.

Crystallized Bach ! Magnificent !

Best rendition of my work!

Jordi Savall knows how to revive ancient music and to attract modern audience. This is a spectacular interpretation in structure and expression.🤩

I really Love this Piece. That's a masterpiece!

un Bach de magnificence,admiration sans réserve

I've always disliked performances that seem rushed and played too fast. But, listening to this, it seems my early perceptions may have been a bit off. It isn't the speed, necessarily, that makes a performance seem rushed. To me, the clarity with which the piece is played now seems to be the determining factor. The harpsichord in this performance is played very cleanly, without a lot of the overhang of notes that seems to be a holdover from 19th century romantic piano performance. And the orchestra plays very skillfully also, with due attention to separating the individual notes and not slurring them into a mess. Quite a revelation, but I'm glad I could see it!

I knew only the first movment but the whole piece is awesome it's Bach...

Absolutely the best performance of this masterpiece on YT ! Thank so much Mika...

Incredible Performance!!!!

this is truly a feast for the senses. I feel as though someone is tickling and plucking my brain

Bach for Ever 🙏♥️💥

Jordi Savall & players are part of an immense, deep wave revisiting the Baroque and later periods of string music, with great emphasis laid on vitality and historical accuracy. Learn more at: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jordi_Savall. I have some of his recordings on CD; anything they do is always profound, playful, and pleasurable!

Amazing what beauty a quick brain and nimble fingers can create. Wonderful to see it NOT performed on a piano, but instead, on my favourite instrument. Thank you.

Great composer, great piece & great performers, everyone in this video is a fantastic performer from the soloist to the violist! Bravissima! 💐💕❤️🌺❤️💕💐

This was transfixing!! The fragile balance between the harpsichord and the strings section got me trippin'...

lo dedico a tutti queli che si ostinano a eseguire il BWV 1052 con un pianoforte!

Absolut GENIAL!!!Großartig!!!

Ce'st magnifique! Wonderful rendition.

No sé ustedes, pero en lo personal considero que es el mejor concierto escrito para un clavecín hasta nuestros días. Tenía que ser del más grande maestro de la música universal!!! La interpretación de Hantai y de toda la orquesta, es simple y sencillamente extraordinaria. Me parece que el tempo en el que está interpretada esta obra, es el adecuado. Existen versiones más lentas y otras más rápidas, esta me parece que está en su punto. Se escucha con claridad cada nota. Vale la pena que escuchen la interpretación con Trevor Pinock.

What a stunning performance and dunno if some of you have noticed: his right hand work often uses 4 fingerings in the style of early Baroque Buxtehude and older organists.

Absolutely fantastic !

Perfekt! Solche Musik ist einfach nur Gold!

Wonderful recording!

I believe the harpsichordist is the actual conductor.... but Robert de nero is the assistant..... it was SUPERB performance for all on that stage

Magnificent performance!

Excelsa interpretación. ¡Qué forma de traer a la vida ese pensamiento creativo y ese sentir del Kantor al momento de inspirarse para GENERAR esta obra desde su quehacer y su saber-hacer y que pervive hoy de él! ¿Se imaginaría Bach que hoy su obra sigue causando caudales de fascinación?

My God this piece is amazing❤❤❤❤❤

Click on "endless repeat button" and listen, listen listen ....

The harpsichord is one of my favourite instruments. The tonal color is different, rather like looking at a colour a different way.

BRILLIANT...

An amazing performance!

Maravillosoooooooo!!!

Simply excellent!

Harpsichord supremacy

Божественно! Нет слов!..

BRAVO!

Better than pop music any day

Awesome

GOD created Johann Sebastian Bach and HE saw that it was good!!!

I love this!

Yes, it is by harpsichord that this piece would say its own soul.

This is fire

Pierre Hantaï on harpsichord...magnificent.

Bach, Savall and Hantai magnificent

박진감 넘치는 연주

I don't get it????? He ABSOLUTELY DEMOLISHED that harpsichord yet it is unscathed and still standing? What an absolute POWERHOUSE of a player, and an instrument!

i’ve been on this same YT account since 2005 and i’m still confounded by “thumbs down” on virtuoso classical performance videos. not only is the harpsichordist and ensemble ripping through the material, but the audio and video production is excellent (perhaps a close mic on the soloist would help). certainly an absolute devotee of baroque music could have strong opinions….but wouldn’t such an individual simply make a comment or even better, save their comments for an essay or article rather than make a cheap gesture like “thumbs down”? but then we come to general trolls…..but why are they here? why would 46 random idiots with nothing else to do land on this concerto in the first place? ah, internet…ah, world….you are strange.

Pięknie zagrane!

Magnífico ❤

Take away the grand piano and the full orchestra that have characterized performances of this work, form an orchestra that was more the size of a baroque chamber ensemble, re-balance the sound, and then play the notes. Voila! A crisp, concise, understandable contrapuntal work centered around the keyboard of the baroque era - the harpsichord. The tempos are well-chosen, the players are listening to each other, and there seems to be a joint agreement that the ensemble is going to make sound that is coherent and well defined. In my view, the only unnecessary element is the conductor waving his hand up front. The players can handle this without him.

Eduardo Poblete de Chile, nos quedamos sin conocer al gran Maestro Savall por los acontecimientos acaecidos en Chile, iba a estar en Universidad de Santiago de Chile. Este concierto e interpretación es magnífico, impresionante.... gracias

👏 Thank you! ✊

sin duda el mejor

I think I've got this on a CD. I prefer a louder harpsichord, but definitely in my top three recordings. I love the presentation of this ensemble!

Amazing, congrats To Mr Savall

Super!!!

Think where such a thing as a “keyboard concerto” was at Bach’s time. It wasn’t a new instrument, but Jeepers this was so beyond anything anyone had ever heard, surely?

*L O R D F O O G T H E 2 S T*

Rigtig skøn musik at lytte til . Lige ind i øret.......

Savall ❤

Vauuuuuuuu superrrrrrr

Wspaniale!

I just realized that a Bach composed more than 1000 pieces LOL

brutal

best

Felicitaciones a Jordi Savall

excepcional clave

BARS

Savall is the best musician alive

richter: 9.2

Felt the string leaders were trying to push the soloist and I agree with them.

6:03 the path to the void

Notable. Para conservar y recordar. Congratulaciones y parabienes. He admirado las grabaciones al clave en audio de Igor Kipnis, de G. Leonhardt, Zuzana Růžičková y de Trevor Pinnock, etc., así como la filmación espectacular de Jean Rondeau, cada una con virtudes singulares, al igual que la presente, aquí en youtube, de Pierre Hantaï y Le Concert des Nations bajo el Maestro Savall. Gracias. q.v.: jsebestyen.org/ruzickova/

a microphone to the harpsichord is required

Esos músicos podrían haber prescindido de la supuesta dirección de Jordi Savall, maestro de la viola da gamba. Zapatero a tus zapatos. Soberbios del primero al último de los intérpretes. Pierre Hantaï toca desde la madurez y libertad!!

Em reivindico amb el que dit en altres ocasions.....Quan avui dis es busquen noves formes d'expressió musical acabes trobant-te amb Bach per tot arreu. J.A.Vives. 10-10-2019.

My excuses, I meant to say C sharp minor

BE AU TI FUL

when you trying to hit the high note you: proceed to semi-jump with your violin. that's perfect with expression. but dont be too over.

I’m transfixed

I feel like I'm at a regency era dance with Jane Austen and beau brummell

Je pense que le nom de M. Kolja Blacher devrait apparaître dans le titre de la vidéo.

Unmistakable Bach signature between 6:00 and 6:25, not that the rest of the concerto ain't though.

Are they playing in C minor rather than D, or is it the “Baroque” tuning?