J. S. Bach - Partita in C moll BWV 997 - Evangelina Mascardi, Liuto barocco

J. S. Bach - Partita in C moll BWV 997 - Evangelina Mascardi, Liuto barocco
0:00 Prelude 3:46 Fuga 11:55 Sarabande 16:57 Gigue 20:13 Double
Registrato a Mondovì (Cuneo) il 26 febbraio 2021 nella sede dell'Academia Montis Regalis da Edoardo Lambertenghi e Alma Zeccara
Liuto costruito da Cezar Mateus (New Jersey 2007)

[SmeagolTheBeagle]

"Tradition is not the worship of ashes, it is the preservation of fire" - Gustav Mahler.

[chrispysaid]

what's absolutely insane to me is that you can learn all the notes, become proficient in playing all of them in the correct order, make 0 technical mistakes, and you're still only 1/3 of the way to crafting a performance this beautiful

[eldonhagen]

Committing baroque pieces to memory is no easy feat...executing them flawlessly like this is superhuman!

[brianogden]

A master lutist (Evangelina Mascardi), playing the music of a master composer (J.S. Bach), both making this world a better and richer place to live.

[beetlejuus]

Based on the viewcount, alone, I feel great joy knowing that we, all of us, without ever having met each other, or coming from the same place on earth, independently recognize great beauty when in its presence. This is beautiful.

[beachbora]

This is the second time I played this song while my baby of 3 months is crying like hell and suddenly he stop crying to fall asleep slowly. Thanks so much !

[marcobagut]

I can't believe this sound comes from a live concert!

[houmm]

Bach was a genius for composing this stuff, she's a genius for being able to play that thing and the pieces from memory. Insane

[PericoDelgado]

A flamenco player for 32 years. This lady is amazing. Absolute control over every move and tension.

[MaxwellAlvesOliveira]

No showing off, no music industry, no lights, no bobs. She carries the music to the highest level of divine. Thank you to bring perfect MUSIC to this imperfect world.

[bertrandcamus]

Angelina Mascardi est divine. Une interprétation des œuvres de Bach de cette qualité avec cette justesse et cette sensibilité est un cadeau du ciel.🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

[jean-yvesPrax]

Very beautiful and skilled interpretation of very demanding music and instrument ! Let me answer to some posts and give a little knowledge about Lute :
Most people heredown wonder why guitar replaced lute: that's not the case, they co-existed and were often played together. The baroque guitar was small instrument, very nicely ornamented, with 5 to 6 double cords; the lute comes from the arabic "oud", had 7 double strings at end of middle-age, then 8 to 10 at renaissance, then up to 15 strings (archilute, theorbo) in late 17th cent. with a very long (up to 2 meters) neck for bass strings. She plays on a "baroque lute" double strings, with a small neck for bass, and a specific tuning. Bach and Weiss wrote for baroque lute. Basically you play with left hand only the upper 6 strings, like a guitar (although it's not the same tuning), and you play the open bass strings with your right hand thumb. Before electronic devices it was, indeed, a nightmare to tune, not only due to number of strings, but due to "temperament issue" (another long and complex story) ; people used to joke against us saying that "lutenist spend half of the evening tuning their instrument, and the other half playing false !" Regarding the cost, it seems that Evangelina plays with gut strings, and that's very expensive and very fragile... but SOOOO beautiful. Most players use nylon strings and a complete set is less than 150 € and lasts for several years. Lute disappeared because orchestra grown more and more bigger and "noisy" 🙉... and lute could not follow. Hope it helps.

[FreyaWarr]

I got my first real 24 string, it was the summer of 1669.

All jokes aside…this was an absolute treat to listen to. Made my brain all tingly and stuff. Amazing dedication to your art!

[craigkidd]

I'd be impressed with myself if I could just tune that thing

[francobettini]

La velocità di esecuzione della Maestra è perfetta, la sento eseguire a velocità troppo sostenute( a mio parere) da molti interpreti come non capissero che il sentimento ha bisogno del suo spazio e del suo tempo per potersi esprimere. ❤

[NatsAstrea]

I just want to say how lucky I am that (a) music like this exists at all, (b) it is performed by such an artist, and (c) I can hear it at all, and whenever I want to. Without the internet, I wouldn't have been able to listen to this masterpiece, played by this master. So, for all its faults, I am thankful that the internet exists.

[peterjongsma]

This is The Instrument That JS Bach wrote for.
I'm a Classical Guitarist.
Bach never heard a Guitar in his Life.
He heard this.

[honigdachs.]

I can't imagine restringing or tuning, let alone learning to play this thing. It sounds incredible and this woman is a virtuoso. Also, she does rock'n'roll faces while playing which is a bonus.

[Serjan_deus]

one time and again l keep coming back to watch something divine as this performance

[robertcolucci]

Unreal. This is hands down the best version I’ve ever heard. I know people cry about the timing when it comes to baroque stuff, but stick it where the sun doesn’t shine. This version is alive and she lets the music breathe. The space between the notes is what makes her rendition so amazing