The Very Best of Cello

[sonyabeauty69]

OMFG... Look at Daniil's fingers at 4.30-4.40 .... It almost turning like a square shape!!

[cellofacir]

Nice, I would have put Fournier as the last. Though the clip you put from him wasn`t the best

[paulostroff99]

Lovely video.Feuermann was the best cellist ever and he is playing the spinning song.After Feuermann there were Casals and Rostropovich.

[EliasMillerCello]

steven isserlis.

[trecedelemos]

Haha, he doesn't know du pre and yo yo ma!!

[Michealshealey]

You got life f'd up were was yo yo ma

[GFSiciliani]

What about Jascha Silberstein?

[regaldrifter]

wow the spinning song... where can i get a copy of that? that would be great for my suite 6 prelude im working on...

[Mizzles240]

@regaldrifter the petrucci library should have it imslp.org

[gazahgg]

prelude

[Lyapazavecunhee]

@snowking0215 Chopin, introduction & grande polonaise brillante op.3 for cello and piano :)

[TehStupidBish]

The best of cello..

*Jacqueline du pré"

At 17 she was already more talented then all of these people :/

[exigentrevolution]

@TehStupidBish I scrolled down to post this. Wtf no Jackie?!

[marmarf11]

OMG!!!!!!!!!!! I NEED TO PLAY LIKE THAT! my mom said that alot of pratice and i will but i have other things to do u know

and and it takes alot of mony for privte leasons so yea lets not go there

[defeatedcaves]

No Jacqueline du Pré????????????

[mightybagrutlord]

@shooflypie22.

M'kay.. thanks! :)

[ghostface237733]

2:31 best song everrrrr!!

[mightybagrutlord]

what is the piece that's being played 00:00 - 00:15 ??

[rambunctious9]

@mightybagrutlord Dvorak Cello Concerto!

[yotubby123]

@mightybagrutlord Schumann Concerto, 3rd mov

[madkimchiman]

@mightybagrutlord Schumann Cello Concerto in A minor 3rd mvt

[faiscabrunoa]

Wheres yo-yo ma???



[Mecinimi]

If I could add a few I would suggest Maisky, Ma and du Pré? I laughed a bit when you showed Piatigorsky playing Allegro Appassinato when du Pré's version is so much more renown. And the Bach prelude is the best you could find for Rostropovich?

Overall though, wonderful selections, all of the above are top-tier cellists who everyone should know. Thanks for the video. :)

[Brasil4everANDever]

And about Yo-yo ma, Antonio meneses, Mischa Maisky, Du pre?

[cellogeek95]

quite funny that the best performance was Truls Mork in the ending, in my opinion ;)

[steve8232]

Please Jacqueline du Pré !!!

[mQritz]

very nice vid!!

[proggoth]

Janos Starker anyone?

[tennisguy5593]

They don't call the Dvorak the most played cello concerto for nothing! The creator of this video happened to pick a clip of both Fournier and Shafran playing it, which I find (slightly) humorous. Personally, I didn't like Shafran's vibrato in his interpretation, but I suppose that's just me. I like Rostropovich a little more, personally. I don't know why. BTW, the Prelude's a must in a cello video, but I would have had Rostropovich playing the Dance of the Elves instead.

Great video! RIP Slava!

[sethlightking]

the VERY first song, before the Dvorak, is the Schumann

[MrLudelo]

My friend, wonderful, but I think you forgot Casals, Duprè and... Tortellier, just one opinion of course! :)

[nertin123]

@JanisaDreams

the first song played is

Dvorak Cello Concerto

[crazycellist973]

i definitely know what you are saying

[cellist2010]

emanuel feuermann was good but in that reconrding he only really played the notes and not the music if people get what im saying

[GeorgeMaj15]

I'm assuming you mean the very first concerto with the orchestra and Fournier. That was the Dvorak Cello Concerto.

[omgitzer1c]

andre navarra sucked ass

[thisismikestanley]

100% agree with pbaron23

[pbaron23]

Daniil Shafran <-- is awful and discasting. *_*

[oyoynine]

Great, I like your choice very much !!!

[DiAbLeRoFoReVeR]

que?? y donde quedó el master janos starker???

[patefon39]

Thank !!

[bbbartolo]

thanks for this unique vid! some before my time, so especially appreciated.  are you related to Shafran?

[Bullz4eva93]

Very nice video, but no Yo-yo Ma?! Ahh! And the Dvorak Cello Concerto is very nice, but the man who played it at the end was a bit under tempo... Great video!

[C0urante]

You know nothing compared to Daniil Shafran, and the nature of your comment--as if music were objective and not simply dependent upon the listener for the most part--makes it ridiculously apparent.

[makancello]

first, the first one, the best one , Pierre Fournier.,. my legend.,.,

[ArPeir]

Для полноты бы еще Казальс и Кнушевицкий, обоих, слава богу, есть видео.

[Shafran3]

аковы некоторые "лучший виолончелист 'видеоролики

[Ravelationary]

Who is it playing Tchaikovsky at the end?

[Shafran3]

Truls Mork

[Ravelationary]

Ah, beautiful! Thanks for the videos. You should consider doing a similar compilation of cellists who specialize in non-classical music (e.g. Friedlander, Summer, Beiser).

[0zerox0]

thanks!!

[longbeachmex]

Why choose to leave out Cassado, Casals and Du Pre?

[Shafran3]

Casals and Du Pré are in the second video "The Very Best Of Cello -Special Edition"

[StupidUchihas]

@Shafran3 What about Yo- Yo Ma?

[valentinstone]

@longbeachmex

and mischa maisky????

[margaret8216]

what is gregor piatigorsky playing around 1:51? it sounds so familiar

[Shafran3]

Allegro Appasionata (C.Saint-Saens)

[zapexcello]

Just a little detail: the Saint-Saëns Op.43 work is called "Allegro appassionato", with "o" at the end because in Italian "Allegro" is a masculine pronoun.

(The youtube Piatigorsky's video has the wrong name, but it's not big deal).

Thank you for posting this, Shafran3! Daniil Shafran is my favorite, too, thanks.

[shosty101]

an muthafuckin? at least you speak english well...im not an asshole, ur just tone deaf, and cant hear how out of tune shafran plays

[Shafran3]

Ok, I will do "The Very Best of Cello " Special edition, there will be: Casals, Du Pre, Rose, Tortelier,Starker

[shosty101]

dont be mad man, u obviously cant hear very well...shafran just plays out of tune, thats the bottom line

[shosty101]

I believe your list is missing Pablo Casals, Leonard Rose, Janos Starker, Yo-Yo Ma

..and should NOT have Daniil Shafran. I've never heard more out of tune playing than from his recordings. His Prokofiev Sinfonia Concertante, Kabalevsky 2nd Concerto...vibrato goes so high and wide, that it distorts the pitch

[Shafran3]

Yo-Yo Ma is in The Very Best of Cello II

[CapriccioMusic]

Unfortunately, I must disagree. I do not think that Shafran plays out of tunely at all, and infact, he is my favourite cellist. I am very glad that Shafran3 included him in this video - at least someone recongnises his divinity and huge heart. He is one of the greatest cellists that ever lived and not including him in this video would have been an insult. I don't know how anyone can not see his complete mastery of the cello and boundless passion.

[OzzyKingofKings]

While Shafran's playing is definitely idiosyncratic, at the least he demands and deserves respect as a serious musician.

And personally, I think Shafran understood something fundamentally important about the power of music and his instrument. His tone on the cello is one of the most beautiful sounds I've ever encountered (his Rachmaninoff sonata with Fliere is simply gorgeous...), and the zest with which he played Shosta. especially is perfectly in keeping with the music's often acidic air.

[N2MBarbosa]

Well... They where great cellists but there are others that should be here.

I have to say that I don't like Shafran and his Dvorak is one of the worst interpretations.

It shouldn't be played like that.

It's impossible to create a list of the best of the best... But putting Shafran instead of Casals?

And by the way: only the dead count?

[zwolftonmusik]

Haha...Shafran's Dvorak is one of my favorite interpretations. I'm a cellist, and I can really appreciate Shafran's technique and musicality.

[Celloman4044]

Casals.. Jackie.. Tortelier.. Rose...Where are they? Shafran shouldn't have been in this video, he's trash.

[shosty101]

at least u know something...as opposed to the other idiots that have commented on this video

[cellocraze]

where's Jackie...

[allegrettus]

sorry, why no Casals?!

[charlesbrooks]

What i find fascinating here is how out of tune all of them are! (well most)

How techniques have changed...

[angelofmusic102]

Shafran is freaking incredible X.X Band-aid during the Dvorak and all! He doesn't even hesitate..

[levapk]

I love Dvorak concerto with Pierre Fournier!

[blingbling23]

Yes, "And finally ... Daniil Shafran" -- the greatest of them all, the greatest of all these wonderful cellists.

[LyeraNY]

I could listen to his Dvorak forever

[whatthecello42]

what piece is Gendron playing?

[blingbling23]

Chopin: Polonaise Brillante, Opus 3. (with the pizzicatti at the beginning, it seems to be a slight arrangement of Chopin's original)

[wobbygongman]

I'm way better than this guy.

[marinacaaaa]

¿sera cosa de la sociedad?los interpretes anteriores a este tiempo tenian demasiada magia.

[dwil5429]

Jacqueline du Pre?

[Shafran3]

Oh, I Forget Pablo Casals...

Have You seen the volume II?

[janiondaa]

Hei Klaus tää on tosi makee!!!

[AlamoCityCello]

Nice! Casals not on ur list?

[Zsolti861224]

I am loving this, really nice!