*_The rest of the documentation in the English language 1/1 _* JOHANN PACHELBEL, 1653-1706. A composer always has to have his dates after his name, like a convict's number, or more kindly, like the Official Titles of some ancient Court Dignitary. But these dates are of considerable value in placing the composer in his historical context. Until about 1600, musical forms were still developing. From 1600 to 1750, normally referred to as the Barock or Baroque period, music was developed as the means of expressing the fundamental order of life. The musical forms reflected pattern and ' order-the canon, the fugue, the variations on a theme or bass line. After 17S0, "serious" music went out offashion (actually it was only then that the concept of "fashion" really came into being); music was expected to express drawing-room chit-chat, and the vagaries of the human personality. Thence into the Romantic period of the later 19th century, and the reaction to Romanticism of our immediate predecessors. The culmination of the barock period is represented by the music of J. S. Bach, who lived from 1685 to 1750. Johann Pachelbel, 1653- 1706, can therefore be seen to belong a few paces behind Bach-in fact Bach studied Pachelbel's work and was influenced by it. Pachelbel's life began and ended at Nurnb_urg, where he became organist at the Sebaldus Kirche. The son of a wine merchant, his musical development was influenced by Kaspar Kerrl, and in Thuringia through contacts with the Bach family. With the current increasing popularity of barock music, Johann Pachelbel is beginning to gain much-deserved recogn ition as a composer in his own right, rather than as one of those anonymous "Predecessors of J. S. Bach". Another OR YX recording devoted to the works of this composer is performed on the Historic German organ at Trebel by Helmut Winter- Oryx 1755 THE HARPICHORD. The plucking of the taught string in a harpsichord is one of the simplest and most straightforward ways of making a musical sou d known to man. Its incisive, decisive attack, the purity an.d clarity of 'ts tone, cannot be matched by any other instrument. The harpsichord's history begins logically enough, with the hand-plucked instruments such as the lute. In the harpsichord, strings, plucking and damping, and sound-board are still there, but the action is now "mechanized" and controlled from a keyboard. The harpsichord reached the peak of its popularity with the barock period, and like the barock period, went almost abruptly out of favour in 1750: not unnaturally, since the influencing forces were the same in both cases. The harpsichord gave a clean, pure plucked so.und well suited to music intended more for the mind than the senses. But it was far too impersonal for the drawingroom dilettantes of the later 1 7-hundreds; the harpSichord jack plucks the string with an even pressure no matter how hard or softly the key is pressed, and this proved quite unsuitable for the new-style performers, who liked to throw their personalities at their audience through subtle graduations of volume, touch and mood. The piano was all the rage now - not the sickly muffled piano of the mid- 19th century, but its close forerunner. That Pachelbel should write for and be performed on the harpsichord is thus historically and artistically fitting. The harpsichord used in this recording by Miss Scheurich is a Neuport, "Bach" model, built in 1964. MARGA SCHEURICH was born in Schneeberg near Amorbach. Her serious musical education began with ten terms of study at the Staatlichen ' Hochschule fur Musik at Stuttgart under Lisedore Praetorius (harpsichord) and Professor Alfred Kreutz (piano). Miss Scheurich then continued her studies privately with Professor Edith Picht-Axenfeld. In 19,9, she was prizewinner in the German Colleges Music Competition. Since 1960, Marga Scheurich has been teaching, and has given recitals and broadcasts.
@marcelobrunorodrigues7630
2 жыл бұрын
Wouldn't you mean Neupert?
@HarpsichordVinylGallery
2 жыл бұрын
@@marcelobrunorodrigues7630 As said in the description: "The harpsichord used in this recording by Miss Scheurich is a 'Neuport' (type error: Neupert)",
@user-jn9bl6kt2n
Жыл бұрын
Не могу наслушаться, мне мало и мало, сутками, без сна и отдыха!..
@foliesamsterdamfolk7255
Жыл бұрын
Чем вы скоро поправитесь.
@DavidAgdern
4 жыл бұрын
In lesser hands this music might not come off as 1st rate - but M. Scheurich illumines their greatness by her colorful, imaginative playing - her rhythmic sense is unfailing - her registrations are spot on.
@HarpsichordVinylGallery
4 жыл бұрын
I have to agree, it fact this is the ultimate hpschd-recording for me just for ages. When I start listening I have to listen to all the variations till the music stops. Not always that convenient.
@Pony_ezpumi
6 жыл бұрын
thank you...so beautiful peace...
@orpheus2883
3 жыл бұрын
What a magnificent and refreshing sound. Both composition and instrument became one in this recording. In fact, one of the greatest I ever listen on your most beloved channel. I understand why you reserve intimate feelings for it.
@HarpsichordVinylGallery
3 жыл бұрын
I could not agree more with you. In avoiding loosing its magical spell, I only reserved to listen to it for rare occasions like passing an exam.
@artemasgray
3 жыл бұрын
10:34 That stop sounds like an organ, incredible! I daresay this whole instrument sounds amazing.
@HarpsichordVinylGallery
3 жыл бұрын
Yes it is my most precious recording of them all.
@artemasgray
3 жыл бұрын
@@HarpsichordVinylGallery Thank you for sharing it!
@marcelobrunorodrigues7630
2 жыл бұрын
I agree with you, some harpsichordists impress me a lot with their exquisite and exotic registrations. For example, the Suite in F major in its beginning remembers the use of a Gedeckt 8' I its base.
@hankdusommeil1065
Жыл бұрын
Before this, I was a bit tired of listening to a Bach recital, also on harpsichord - and now this is just the perfect thing! I hope Bach wouldn't mind me saying this...
@HarpsichordVinylGallery
Жыл бұрын
It is my all-time favourite vinyl so Marga Scheurich would have been very proud I suppose.
@_PROCLUS
5 жыл бұрын
Thank you so very much for the rare and most wonderful upload and for your instructive notes … TY
@HarpsichordVinylGallery
5 жыл бұрын
Personally I like this recording as the best harpsichord recording ever so I had to introduce some older and later releases ;-).
@_PROCLUS
5 жыл бұрын
I can understand why you do find this recording so exceptional, the playing is beautiful and the selection of pieces is so rare … I have learned the Pachelbel from a totally new side ... The upload I am going to come back to and treasure .. TY
@freespirit995
3 жыл бұрын
This is a wonderful performance of this magnificent work- IMHO, the greatest set of keyboard variations before the Goldbergs.
@HarpsichordVinylGallery
3 жыл бұрын
It is my all time favourite recording for more than 30 years now but I like variations on a theme a lot.
@ALEJANDROARANDARICKERT
3 жыл бұрын
@@HarpsichordVinylGallery it is very good but don t you think that Chauliac s version is better ?
@HarpsichordVinylGallery
3 жыл бұрын
@@ALEJANDROARANDARICKERT It will be very personal I guess but I like the slow tempi of Marga and the instrument really have weird sounds now and then. It is the very best harpsichord recording in my entire collection. Everybody is entitled to one weakness I hope.
@TheGloryofMusic
6 жыл бұрын
I first learned harpsichord on a Neupert, and it was a fairly satisfying intrument and certainly better than some of the very over-built kinds.
@HarpsichordVinylGallery
6 жыл бұрын
Yes I can imagine. I really was so impressed by this instrument and the way of playing since the frst time I heard this recording many years ago.. The variety of sound from plucked bass guitar till the highest treble harp with the 4' you can't imitate with any 'authentic' or rebuilt 'authentic' instruments. It is sort of magical black box.
@EkErilaz
4 жыл бұрын
It seems to me that Händel has almost copied the first Aria in d-minor into his Suite no. 3 in d-minor. The similarities in some sections are uncanny.
@santiagokaderian544
6 жыл бұрын
47:30 Is similar to "terror" music.
@HarpsichordVinylGallery
6 жыл бұрын
I told you she gets everything and a lot more out that instrument ;-) Never heard before or since. This simply is the ultimate harpsichord recording.
@santiagokaderian544
6 жыл бұрын
Yes, I listen to the last song....5 times... :D
@EkErilaz
4 жыл бұрын
@@santiagokaderian544 I first heard the Ciacona in f minor, for organ, on a record I bought cheap just out of curiosity. I had the exact same reaction: had to listen to it again and again. Listened to it again yesterday, and that recording is still my favourite rendition. Wachowski playing "Johann Pachelbel Orgelwerke".
@santiagokaderian544
6 жыл бұрын
5:21 is strange...... like a folkloric dance.
@HarpsichordVinylGallery
6 жыл бұрын
This recording is my very best of all the harpsichord recordings I have so everything is fascinating about this recording from the first till the last note!
@santiagokaderian544
6 жыл бұрын
I just pick it , searching for Bach in Clavichord by Michael Thomas. I love the sound of clavichord and old pianos. This recording is a jewel !!!
@HarpsichordVinylGallery
6 жыл бұрын
So is the Michael Thomas clavichord recording, an instrument he built himself.
@beasheerhan4482
4 жыл бұрын
Oh, yes, as you warned - this performance, particularly the recorded sound, is very Roger Corman/Vincent Price/Edgar Allan Poe!
@HarpsichordVinylGallery
4 жыл бұрын
This will never been beaten in the universe I'm sure. The compositions, the instrument, the performance, the interpretation, the recording technique, the acoustical space, the humility of the air ... it might be all coincidental but it will not be surpassed within my lifetime. And I don't even like Edgar Allan Poe!
@beasheerhan4482
4 жыл бұрын
@@HarpsichordVinylGallery Yes, I see why you think so highly of this - every single aspect of this recording is operating at a high level and seeming in a perfect balance with all the rest. Even the 'humility of the air' (as you very poetically put) is perfect!
@HarpsichordVinylGallery
4 жыл бұрын
@@beasheerhan4482 OK, I made some superlatives up myself but that summary sounds pretty impressive, does it not ;-)
@beasheerhan4482
4 жыл бұрын
@@HarpsichordVinylGallery Don't retreat back into your reserved tortoise shell! - I liked your poetic hyperbole. The recording and your description are both stellar!
@Mau365PP
5 жыл бұрын
42:25
@HarpsichordVinylGallery
5 жыл бұрын
This is in my perception the best keyboard recording ever recorded.
@sylviesoleil431
Жыл бұрын
interpretation is great sound is bad sadly
@ccitadelpr7982
3 ай бұрын
This outstanding piece was interpreted in the early 60’s in a Melodyia studio in Moscow. It is monaural and the Musical Heritage Society (an American records club) transferred from master tape to production c. 1975. So that explains. Kudos to whoever uploaded this masterpiece to youtube. I have an original MHS LP. Very rare nowadays. So try to enjoy.
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