Such a clear technique and well balanced interpretation (no exaggeration)! I had no idea what Feuermann sounded like before seeing and hearing this video. Based on this he instantly became one of my favorite cellists!
Nice find getting this video, I've long been a Feuermann completeist, collecting every re-issue. Another is Kathleen Ferrier. Conductors: Charles Dutoit and Furtwangler. No accounting for taste here in the middle of Kansas...thanks again marking19
I am astonished at all the ultra respectful comments about Feuermann and his work. I am related to him: my grandfather and Emanuel were first cousins. My mother was his second cousin and I am his third cousin. Unfortunately I have shown no musical talent.
Thank you all for your enthusiasm and excitement at seeing this video. Now I'm going to email all my relatives and tell them where to find it.
@realdrich I'm surprised that you are surprised. Emanuel Feuermann is an absolutely legendary and universally admired cellist. I don't believe I have ever read a negative comment about his playing.
By far the best cellist that has ever lived. There's no one around who can do the stuff that he could - even now. They'd do take after take with recordings nowadays. Boring bullshit CD recordings. Pisses me off!
No, actually this video, as was the case with most videos back then, was dubbed over using separate soundtrack takes.
You could see this clearly at 0:55. He plays a B-flat that is clearly an A-string note, but in the video is a D-string note.
Watch youtube footage of Heifetz, all of his black and white videos were dubbed over as well. He just did a better job than Feuermann here of syncopating his fingering and string placement.
How could a video of such magnitude have only 70k views? then someone falls off the chair and it gets 2k millions visits... How wonderful, thanks for uploading!
I fully agree that Feuermann is one of the greatest. However, this video appears to be overdubbed. Watch his left hand at 59" - he plays in a very high register, however, we hear the melody in a lower one. What a pity!
it was 1939... they had to do special film tricks to make up for their lack of film technology. I think they made the film more artistic and interesting this way.
I'm a cellist and long-time Feuermann fan. Great to see video of him. I had heard people who saw him say he looked like an angel when he played and made everything look effortless. Seeing this confirms their opinion. And it is the mature Feuermann at his best, not the rushed early recordings with inferior orchestras. THese are up there with his Beethoven 3 and Arpeggione. (Wish my cello sounded like DeMonk...or that I sounded like Feuermann on any instrument!)
This is one of my favorite videos on YouTube! To see this shining light bring forth his burning passion is a great opportunity that all music lovers should take, in my opinion.
We truly lost a Great Master in Feuermann - always remember that Toscanini himself lamented the poor man's death at such a young age. Remember the masters of Western art and revere humanity's imagination!
warwurm21-Unfortunateky not on you tube. I like him even better than the legendary Pablo Casals. Rubinstein and Heifeiz thought him to be the best ever. I fully agree!!
well, as you know, comparisons of this type are almost always contentious--however, speaking for myself (and i am not a professional musician) i believe casals and rostropovich belong on the same pinnacle with feuerman
Where could I get the actual clip (whole) of this wonderful performance? and what is the name of it? I have looked up Feuermann on Amazon (DVD), I could not find any.
it's sad not to hear and see this type of playing in today's cellists. It's a show on stage these days, without the shaking of the head or the excess physical movements, the audience might think you are not worth the ticket price. Again, sad......
Many seem to find his stare strange. To me it shows his concentration on sound and inner preparation for movements, like an inner cello. With our eyes we can correct, but not predict. His example is the most perfect form of inner concentration I have ever seen.
Indeed THE GREATEST!! THE MAESTRO!!! How can someone play so beautifully? That tone and the infallible fingers!! Maybe if Yo Yo Ma stopped shaking his head emoting to the world, he might stop scratching and actually start "playing" the cello to his potential.
I read somewhere that the reason his stare is so blank is because the man handling the camera asked him to remove his glasses due to the glare. And he had poor eyesight (in addition to being colorblind).
Though, I cannot say where I read this so don't take my word for it.
Thanks for posting this excellent video. I've been reading a biography of Feuermann by Morreau. One amusing tidbit is that his unbelievable ease in the highest positions had its origins when as a very young child, he tried to imitate the show pieces played by his older brother Sigmund, who was also a child prodigy, but on the violin. Sibling rivalry put to good use, I guess. Later on, the book quotes cellists such as Starker and Greenhouse on the distinguishing aspects of his playing.
What a great recording! I just wonder about the Dvorak, not because it isn't genius, but because in some places it's different from my Henle score. Does anyone know more about these differences and which way of playing is the 'original'? Like at bar 198 he skips an entire section and bar 308-314 he plays 2 octaves higher...
I think the version which is in your score is the original; I played that piece too and I never heard this Feuermann-Version.... Maybe he did it to get more sound in comparation to the piano; I don't know.
One thing of interest is that he was compelled by the producer of the film to play without his glasses - something he never did during his normal concert performances. This is the cause of what some people have referred to as his "mechanical" look.
Its not hard to imagine how uncomfortable it must have been for EF - nearsighted - to play ON CAMERA & without his customary visual aids!
brilliant. they are right, Feuermann was certainly one of the best cellists that ever lived. Such a tragedy he died so young. and w/ only one video :(
If Feuermann was the same age as Yo Yo Ma, he would have DEFINITELY be more skilled technically as well as musically. He probably still was at this age. Also I think that he plays with greater emotion than Starker and Fournier. But that's just my opinion.
how does one "play with greater emotion?" Is emotion quantifiable, like the mass of an object? In any case, technique and musical expression are one in the same, if a player separates them from each other, that player's playing will be out of balance.
@Batman6564 Why are you making an aggressive comment? Did what I write have anything to do with the video? I wrote it two years ago and it was probably regarding the comments people were writing, not the video itself. I happen to spend most of my time "shut up" and listening. How rude, "mate."
@Batman6564 Why write it? I was probably interested in something someone said in a comment. Looks like they probably wrote something to the effect of "he doesn't play with enough emotion." My thinking was probably "Feuermann played this piece in a very charming and tasteful way" so I wrote a reaction basically saying "I think that's a silly thing to say, here's why." And notice that I didn't make any personal attacks. Why are you trying to pick a fight about a cello video?
One of the greatest cellists to ever record. These are great performances I never knew existed. Died young at 39 years old. Left amgnificent version of Dob Quixote by Richard Strauss conducted by Toscanini.
The Popper is amazing, but although I'll probably be abused for saying this, I much prefer Yo-Yo Ma's version of the Dvorak...more romantic...this seems a bit bloodless...
true this performance is amazing, but i have heard from reliable sources that this video is dubbed, he is "lip-syncing" to his own recording.and as such is not a truly accurate representation of his performance
I don't like playing Dvorak or Popper music (except for his etudes) because Dvorak regretted writing his cello concerto because he thought the cello was a terrible solo instrument and I don't like Popper's virtuoso pieces because they're just...silly, though I do like the Gavotte.
Although I am not crazy about Dvorak's opinions about the cello I will always play the music. Do I really care what Dvorak thought about the cello? Not really. Popper really did write some nice cello music.
Emanuel(Monya)Feuermann took the cello playing to unimaginable heights. He made the most difficult passages sound easy. As if they weren't challenging enough. And he possesed the unique tone quality. We shouldn't forget that he died at the age 39.
Imagine his recordings with modern technology. Thank you for posting this video.
The true cello master--phrasing always in good taste, never corny, incredible intonation, and the best bow technique. We have to remember all his recordings were done at a time before you could tweak a few knobs and fix something, so I feel that makes it all the more incredible. The Popper is so fast...sigh. And he plays it at the end spiccato! Unbelievable but a sheer delight.
I think if Feuermann ever looked at the finger board, he would have done so in this video. Perhaps someone out there knows if this was always the case.(or having a relative who saw him play live)I had the pleasure of seeing Piatigorsky many times and he NEVER looked down. Always out towards the audience. He communicated volumes with his eyes towards the audience--especially in chamber music performances.
"It is also interesting to keep in mind Eva Feuermann Lehnsen's remark that, since her husband was made to remove his glasses during the filming and discouraged from his habit of sucking in his cheeks when he played, that he looks almost like 'a stranger' to her in the video." (taken from Brinton Smith's thesis) Maybe that will answer some questions. :)
Very astute comment kabaltanbautista. Two of the greatest cellists of the 20th century; I wonder if they ever met. I'm so glad there is this one tiny, but invaluable, visual of Feuermann. One might think he was blind with his quasi expressionless looking into space. Nothing expressionless about his playing! What wonderful, varied fingerings in the Dvorak.
History has a way of robbing the world of musicians of this calibre before their time. His ability to make second rate music like Popper etc. sparkle is amazing.
i consider popper an amazing cellist and composer. i think his etudes are great for teaching, and his songs sound great. i also think that his songs are very fun to play
i agree have you ever seen the second cello part for his suite for two cellos, the last movement of that song was actually dubbed impossible and popper was forced to rearrange it for piano
it's the fastest i've heard... but regarding starkers recording... feurmann DID cut out the middle section that repeats. maybe that's why it's almost a minute shorter
Feuermann's still is a lot faster, but who cares about speed! Feuermann's intonation, fludity of fingers, and incredible, one-of-a-kind spiccato are out of this world.
Does anyone know if Piatigorsky and Feurmann had intertwined backgrounds? They are the only two cellists whom I've noticed NEVER look down at the fingerboard.
actually in a not so related world. Heifetz supposedly one of the greater violinists teamed up with Feuermann. however a year later Feuermann died and was replaced by an equally deserving Piatigorsky.
are u sure? I don't really pay attention to that usually, but you don't really need to look do you? I mean it's not like you can "see" the notes on the finger board. there's no frets, I mean unless you mark a really high note w/ pencil lead near the end of the finger board (which I've seen done) like the high g octave jump in shostakovich concerto mvt 1 (right before the big french horn cello duet part.
Feuermann not only set the standard for virtuoso cello playing but also for his impeccable musicianship. His premature passing left a great void in the musicial world. This video is a testament to his artistry.
That cello belonged to Aldo Parisot for 40 years, and now is played by Steven Isserlis. It's called the Swan because it was the last cello Stradivarius made. Small size. You can chek it out if you type Isserlis's name.
The cameramen made him take off his glasses and look straight-forward the whole time. Additionaly, the audio was recrded beforehand; that explains the differences of hand position in the Dvorak.
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I wish I was living back then to hear him live.
tetradome 5 days ago
Un freaking believable. Man was a cyborg.
jwunschie14 1 month ago
wow
4everSunshine99 1 month ago
damn, he makes it all look so easy!
kakesame 2 months ago
One of the greatest cellists ever. A great example of what Alexander calls "perfect use".
macondense 3 months ago
How can you dislike this performance? Holy crap!
nss21heath 3 months ago
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paulostroff99 4 months ago
@verlib17 -Without question-the very best.
paulostroff99 4 months ago
Awesome.TY marking19 for posting.this absolute gem.
paulostroff99 4 months ago
He died, when he had to die.
Yo Yo Ma has an incredible technique, he is still alive and so what, he is doing pure shit.
Though, I miss those great artists from the past.
paclos29 4 months ago
It´s interesting and unique how he never looks at his fingers. By far the finest technique I have ever witnessed!
artielon 6 months ago
Such a clear technique and well balanced interpretation (no exaggeration)! I had no idea what Feuermann sounded like before seeing and hearing this video. Based on this he instantly became one of my favorite cellists!
artielon 6 months ago
This cellist was a genius
petrof4056 7 months ago
he looks stoned.
pr3typ0ny 9 months ago 3
Imagine if he lived as long as rostro. The cello world would be completely different!!
aerosolinsecticide 9 months ago
que tal esa tecnica parece un robot jaja
cellodar 9 months ago
I love how the first high note at 6:25 is a tad sharp-but then he fixes it. So amazing.
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I love how the first high note at 6:26 is a tad sharp-but then he fixes it. So amazing.
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I love how the first high note at 6:26 is a tad sharp-but then he fixes it. So amazing.
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I love how the first high note at 6:26 is a tad sharp-but then he fixes it. So amazing.
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zclark0no8nd 10 months ago
No, THE best cellist who has ever lived.
zclark0no8nd 10 months ago 4
Stone face:D
TheOtto1151 1 year ago
If it doesn't matter, I uploaded the audio stream with sheet (and with source-url, of course)
tnsnamesora 1 year ago
WOW!
strangerheart 1 year ago
Nice find getting this video, I've long been a Feuermann completeist, collecting every re-issue. Another is Kathleen Ferrier. Conductors: Charles Dutoit and Furtwangler. No accounting for taste here in the middle of Kansas...thanks again marking19
cluny 1 year ago
phenominal!
paulostroff99 1 year ago
How wonderful actually too see him play. What a noble appearance he had.
AulicExclusiva 1 year ago
wow best technique i've ever seen.
k73f 1 year ago
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Slimestar1 1 year ago
Ah, another genius Catholic composer showing his great talent generations after his own death. :) What a glorious thing this music is!
RenwickSchofield 1 year ago
I am astonished at all the ultra respectful comments about Feuermann and his work. I am related to him: my grandfather and Emanuel were first cousins. My mother was his second cousin and I am his third cousin. Unfortunately I have shown no musical talent.
Thank you all for your enthusiasm and excitement at seeing this video. Now I'm going to email all my relatives and tell them where to find it.
-daughter of a Feuerman
realdrich 1 year ago
@realdrich I'm surprised that you are surprised. Emanuel Feuermann is an absolutely legendary and universally admired cellist. I don't believe I have ever read a negative comment about his playing.
AulicExclusiva 1 year ago
By far the best cellist that has ever lived. There's no one around who can do the stuff that he could - even now. They'd do take after take with recordings nowadays. Boring bullshit CD recordings. Pisses me off!
Nitroidus 1 year ago 3
i think not one, but the
caradeescusado 2 years ago 9
Fantástico !!! Bravísimo
gersoncm 2 years ago
ein wirklich deutscher Cellist!
petitwen 2 years ago 2
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davidgee100 1 year ago
magnificent!
MsBleuOrchid 2 years ago
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davidgee100 2 years ago
Enjoy! This is one of my favourite pieces..IMHO It cannot be played better than this!
paulostroff99 2 years ago
one of the greatest cellist ever lived...
i love this pieces
cellofreak18 2 years ago
the greatest*
violinist102 2 years ago 7
Breathtaking, I have no words ! Just never dreamed a film of this legendary artist existed at all !
dissidencello 2 years ago 6
No, actually this video, as was the case with most videos back then, was dubbed over using separate soundtrack takes.
You could see this clearly at 0:55. He plays a B-flat that is clearly an A-string note, but in the video is a D-string note.
Watch youtube footage of Heifetz, all of his black and white videos were dubbed over as well. He just did a better job than Feuermann here of syncopating his fingering and string placement.
IsaacH1273 2 years ago 2
well spotted!
watcherusdt 2 years ago
actually at 59" there is no dubbing, hes playing it all on the d string. Its sounds like an A string, cuz its a really nice cello
ASJH1102 2 years ago
How could a video of such magnitude have only 70k views? then someone falls off the chair and it gets 2k millions visits... How wonderful, thanks for uploading!
acadusle 2 years ago 5
This is the most beautiful song EVER in the history of the musical arts.
martinrocks321 2 years ago
i think this guy is better than rostropovich
1md4b0ss 2 years ago 2
I fully agree that Feuermann is one of the greatest. However, this video appears to be overdubbed. Watch his left hand at 59" - he plays in a very high register, however, we hear the melody in a lower one. What a pity!
Wundertuete0709 2 years ago
it was 1939... they had to do special film tricks to make up for their lack of film technology. I think they made the film more artistic and interesting this way.
owenhsmith 2 years ago
I'm speechless. Thank you.
vstasov 2 years ago 2
damn, he made it look so easy
Cayo255 2 years ago
I'm a cellist and long-time Feuermann fan. Great to see video of him. I had heard people who saw him say he looked like an angel when he played and made everything look effortless. Seeing this confirms their opinion. And it is the mature Feuermann at his best, not the rushed early recordings with inferior orchestras. THese are up there with his Beethoven 3 and Arpeggione. (Wish my cello sounded like DeMonk...or that I sounded like Feuermann on any instrument!)
DoctorSteveCT 2 years ago 2
This is one of my favorite videos on YouTube! To see this shining light bring forth his burning passion is a great opportunity that all music lovers should take, in my opinion.
We truly lost a Great Master in Feuermann - always remember that Toscanini himself lamented the poor man's death at such a young age. Remember the masters of Western art and revere humanity's imagination!
ThomasHospitaller 2 years ago
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loushoe7 2 years ago
Sensational! I had never before heard him as a soloist,but only in trio with Heifetz and Rubinstein. All that I can say is-WOW!
paulostroff99 2 years ago
do you mean Piatigorsky ? I don't think that Feuermann played in trio with them.
warwurm21 2 years ago
warwurm21-He most certainly did. He was there before Piatigorsky. Heifetz called him the best cellist ever.
paulostroff99 2 years ago
I did not know, thank you. Where can we hear him in this trio ?
warwurm21 2 years ago
warwurm21-Unfortunateky not on you tube. I like him even better than the legendary Pablo Casals. Rubinstein and Heifeiz thought him to be the best ever. I fully agree!!
paulostroff99 2 years ago
listened to it again after two years.
stunning, outraging,
i adore the way the way he plays!
sarah44444 2 years ago
What control!! Thank you for posting this!
steelerfan76 2 years ago 2
Jaw droppingly fabulous. Thank you.
Saw this performance on Classic Arts
Showcase. Can't get enough of his
playing.
Kievest 2 years ago
Such a shame we don't have more records of his playing.
hauthze 2 years ago
is he the greatest cellist of all time? that seems to be the conventional wisdom.
davecotuit 2 years ago
davecotuit-And where would you place Casals and Rostropovich. Surely they were at the same level.
paulostroff99 2 years ago
well, as you know, comparisons of this type are almost always contentious--however, speaking for myself (and i am not a professional musician) i believe casals and rostropovich belong on the same pinnacle with feuerman
davecotuit 2 years ago
davecotuit- Glad that you agree. They must surely be the top 3 of the twentieth century.
paulostroff99 2 years ago
what about dupre
miroku105 2 years ago
davecotuit-Absolutely true. They three were easily the very best in the 20Th.century!
paulostroff99 2 years ago
just. WAO!! beautiful.
maryJosecello 2 years ago
gorgeous video too
burke1789 2 years ago
Where could I get the actual clip (whole) of this wonderful performance? and what is the name of it? I have looked up Feuermann on Amazon (DVD), I could not find any.
khkim313 2 years ago
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khkim313 2 years ago
The greatest cellist of XX° century. Comparing to him, Casals seems ridiculous.. not to mention actual young "jet set performers".........
jmabendroth 2 years ago
Spinning Song is amazing!!
Shafran3 3 years ago
Another flawless performance- he is a true master.
My cello teacher -the late Sela Trau was a student of Emanuel Feuermann. I can see a lot of her teaching in his playing.
delt6019 3 years ago
it's sad not to hear and see this type of playing in today's cellists. It's a show on stage these days, without the shaking of the head or the excess physical movements, the audience might think you are not worth the ticket price. Again, sad......
hotcello 3 years ago 2
This is really good
Emusic18 3 years ago
Many seem to find his stare strange. To me it shows his concentration on sound and inner preparation for movements, like an inner cello. With our eyes we can correct, but not predict. His example is the most perfect form of inner concentration I have ever seen.
georgcello 3 years ago 2
One of the greatest cellists in the world ever, along with Rostropovich! Spinning Song seems so easy for him, and Dvorak too!
cellogeek95 3 years ago
Indeed THE GREATEST!! THE MAESTRO!!! How can someone play so beautifully? That tone and the infallible fingers!! Maybe if Yo Yo Ma stopped shaking his head emoting to the world, he might stop scratching and actually start "playing" the cello to his potential.
julesrod 3 years ago
I read somewhere that the reason his stare is so blank is because the man handling the camera asked him to remove his glasses due to the glare. And he had poor eyesight (in addition to being colorblind).
Though, I cannot say where I read this so don't take my word for it.
nicolysis 3 years ago
Che nobiltà!!!!
non esiste più nessuno così.
ah! i musicisti di allora...
tristesse!!!
giradestra 3 years ago
how wonderful! What a revelation for all musicians.
CelloNerd314 3 years ago
inhuman ... this is amazing
thearsonette 3 years ago
Thanks for posting this excellent video. I've been reading a biography of Feuermann by Morreau. One amusing tidbit is that his unbelievable ease in the highest positions had its origins when as a very young child, he tried to imitate the show pieces played by his older brother Sigmund, who was also a child prodigy, but on the violin. Sibling rivalry put to good use, I guess. Later on, the book quotes cellists such as Starker and Greenhouse on the distinguishing aspects of his playing.
robg8415 3 years ago
smaga haljava
odzinna 3 years ago
Perfect technique
Cayo255 3 years ago
Amazing video
ignisfatuus67 3 years ago
What a great recording! I just wonder about the Dvorak, not because it isn't genius, but because in some places it's different from my Henle score. Does anyone know more about these differences and which way of playing is the 'original'? Like at bar 198 he skips an entire section and bar 308-314 he plays 2 octaves higher...
tzivyabelinfante 3 years ago
I think the version which is in your score is the original; I played that piece too and I never heard this Feuermann-Version.... Maybe he did it to get more sound in comparation to the piano; I don't know.
Thomascello 3 years ago
One thing of interest is that he was compelled by the producer of the film to play without his glasses - something he never did during his normal concert performances. This is the cause of what some people have referred to as his "mechanical" look.
Its not hard to imagine how uncomfortable it must have been for EF - nearsighted - to play ON CAMERA & without his customary visual aids!
guibbory 3 years ago 2
INCREDIBLE
xelista87 3 years ago
brilliant. they are right, Feuermann was certainly one of the best cellists that ever lived. Such a tragedy he died so young. and w/ only one video :(
owenhsmith 3 years ago
is it the strad cello?
what's the date of this video?
erotset 3 years ago
read the info
musiclifelove 3 years ago
Feuermann played a 1727 "De Monk" Stradivari.
levapk 3 years ago
great to see my favorite cellist!
Does anyone have any videos of channing robbins?
greenheadflykiller 3 years ago
The only video we have from Emmanuel Feuermann. As skilled as Yoyo Ma, as straightforward as Pierre Fournier or Starker. Simply obvious
graingeot 3 years ago
When Feuermann left his home town for his career, one of his close relatives(or friends?) said, "Become the next Casals."
He replied, "No, I want to be the next Feuermann."
cello4ever 3 years ago
Yes, he was a conceited prat.
Butterlane55 3 years ago
If Feuermann was the same age as Yo Yo Ma, he would have DEFINITELY be more skilled technically as well as musically. He probably still was at this age. Also I think that he plays with greater emotion than Starker and Fournier. But that's just my opinion.
RedWasabii 3 years ago 3
how does one "play with greater emotion?" Is emotion quantifiable, like the mass of an object? In any case, technique and musical expression are one in the same, if a player separates them from each other, that player's playing will be out of balance.
histerics3 3 years ago 10
@histerics3 Just shutup and listen mate. You'll learn more that way.
Batman6564 1 year ago
@Batman6564 Why are you making an aggressive comment? Did what I write have anything to do with the video? I wrote it two years ago and it was probably regarding the comments people were writing, not the video itself. I happen to spend most of my time "shut up" and listening. How rude, "mate."
histerics3 1 year ago
@histerics3 if it had nothing to do with the video why write it? and if what you say is true, maybe you should do that now, and listen to Fuermann.
Batman6564 1 year ago
@Batman6564 Why write it? I was probably interested in something someone said in a comment. Looks like they probably wrote something to the effect of "he doesn't play with enough emotion." My thinking was probably "Feuermann played this piece in a very charming and tasteful way" so I wrote a reaction basically saying "I think that's a silly thing to say, here's why." And notice that I didn't make any personal attacks. Why are you trying to pick a fight about a cello video?
histerics3 1 year ago
@histerics3 haha.
Batman6564 1 year ago
@histerics3 couldnt agree more....the emotion should be in the notes, not the face
mistercellofellow 8 months ago
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@histerics3 couldnt agree more, the emotion is in the notes, not the facial expression
mistercellofellow 8 months ago
och... funny.. easy... xDD
awesome!!!!!!! why there are only 4 stars??? oO
Ashima666 3 years ago 3
I first saw this video back in 86(?) when Starker hosted the world cello congress in Bloomington Indiana. Thanks for posting the memories!
proggoth 4 years ago
More Feuermann, please!
jaxsyd 4 years ago 5
Unvergleichbar und einzigartig mit beglückendem orientalisch süßem Wohllaut. Welcher der heutigen großen Cellisten kann hier mithalten ?
Geigenspiel 4 years ago
OMG this recording is over 60 years old, but Feuermann has great, novadays brilliante technique!
Otolinek10 4 years ago
I love that piece!
connykitty 4 years ago
One of the greatest cellists to ever record. These are great performances I never knew existed. Died young at 39 years old. Left amgnificent version of Dob Quixote by Richard Strauss conducted by Toscanini.
63Attila 4 years ago
Why does this only have four stars?! Some people wouldn't know greatness if it hit them in the face.
gucker07 4 years ago 5
The Popper is amazing, but although I'll probably be abused for saying this, I much prefer Yo-Yo Ma's version of the Dvorak...more romantic...this seems a bit bloodless...
BillBC 4 years ago
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Slimestar1 4 years ago
OMG THAT WAS AMAZING. LIKE>>>>SUUPPPERR AMAZING. man. i wish i can play that.
okshio 4 years ago
i cry each time i hear this
helouz 4 years ago
being a fellow cellist i find that incredible
linken150 4 years ago
This is INCREDIBLE! That Popper is out of this world!
By the way, I think British cellist Steven Isserlis has the Feuermann Strad now. I don't know about Jan Vogler.
JuanSalvCarrasco 4 years ago
true this performance is amazing, but i have heard from reliable sources that this video is dubbed, he is "lip-syncing" to his own recording.and as such is not a truly accurate representation of his performance
limbroglione 4 years ago
Does anybody know Jan Vogler?
He is a famous german Cello player! And the remarkable thing about Vogler is his Cello! It was Feuermann's Cello!
Thanks for this great video!
Apfelbaum01 4 years ago
yeah who r u
HighFlyerHHH 4 years ago
zomg, that popper was mouth dropping... holy shiz.
Krnballerzzz 4 years ago
Where can I get the actual video or film. Is it out on dvd?
audingajacobson 4 years ago
Wonderful,as ever,maestro Feuermann!!
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Ankhsnammon 4 years ago
I don't like playing Dvorak or Popper music (except for his etudes) because Dvorak regretted writing his cello concerto because he thought the cello was a terrible solo instrument and I don't like Popper's virtuoso pieces because they're just...silly, though I do like the Gavotte.
CelloFiend 4 years ago
Although I am not crazy about Dvorak's opinions about the cello I will always play the music. Do I really care what Dvorak thought about the cello? Not really. Popper really did write some nice cello music.
cellodude1 4 years ago
Dvorak was a greater composer than a critic. I love his Cello Concerto and his use of the cello in his 2nd Piano Quintet is magnificent.
63Attila 4 years ago
someone please tell me when and where was this incredible piece recorded?
adakiz 4 years ago
it was recorded 1939.
lolnessman 4 years ago
The Greatest of all time!
Emanuel(Monya)Feuermann took the cello playing to unimaginable heights. He made the most difficult passages sound easy. As if they weren't challenging enough. And he possesed the unique tone quality. We shouldn't forget that he died at the age 39.
Imagine his recordings with modern technology. Thank you for posting this video.
kumansky 4 years ago
Notice that he never looked at the fingerboard at all. All by sheer hearing and "lovers leap" to high positions....
tarantel2072 4 years ago
unglaublich, wie locker!!!
mokiloc 4 years ago
[] Great Cellist
[] Greatest Cellist
rlgrunge 4 years ago
The true cello master--phrasing always in good taste, never corny, incredible intonation, and the best bow technique. We have to remember all his recordings were done at a time before you could tweak a few knobs and fix something, so I feel that makes it all the more incredible. The Popper is so fast...sigh. And he plays it at the end spiccato! Unbelievable but a sheer delight.
cellolyle 4 years ago 3
I think PEARL label has a collection of his recordings.
tarantel2072 4 years ago
Stepford cellist!
Cellomellow 4 years ago 2
Wonderful performance! The Popper is simply amazing.
celloblaze 4 years ago
rock n roll!!!
BonoManolo 4 years ago
I never ever thought I would have an opportunity to see Feuermann! My teacher (Kurt Reher) was his protege. Thank you so much for this!
werty1779 4 years ago
amazing performance by fuermann. great performance by teddy as well. makes me proud to be a saidenberg.
dsaidenb 4 years ago
I think if Feuermann ever looked at the finger board, he would have done so in this video. Perhaps someone out there knows if this was always the case.(or having a relative who saw him play live)I had the pleasure of seeing Piatigorsky many times and he NEVER looked down. Always out towards the audience. He communicated volumes with his eyes towards the audience--especially in chamber music performances.
ipmoic 4 years ago
"It is also interesting to keep in mind Eva Feuermann Lehnsen's remark that, since her husband was made to remove his glasses during the filming and discouraged from his habit of sucking in his cheeks when he played, that he looks almost like 'a stranger' to her in the video." (taken from Brinton Smith's thesis) Maybe that will answer some questions. :)
kaikobird 4 years ago
Very astute comment kabaltanbautista. Two of the greatest cellists of the 20th century; I wonder if they ever met. I'm so glad there is this one tiny, but invaluable, visual of Feuermann. One might think he was blind with his quasi expressionless looking into space. Nothing expressionless about his playing! What wonderful, varied fingerings in the Dvorak.
ipmoic 4 years ago
flawless.... smooth and sophisticated, but musical..... this man is a genius.
bAbYpInKsUnRiSeS 4 years ago
the piano player is my great grandfather
Slimestar1 4 years ago 2
Incredible! Congratlations!
kaikobird 4 years ago
History has a way of robbing the world of musicians of this calibre before their time. His ability to make second rate music like Popper etc. sparkle is amazing.
ulyssesjj 4 years ago
i consider popper an amazing cellist and composer. i think his etudes are great for teaching, and his songs sound great. i also think that his songs are very fun to play
miroku105 4 years ago
i agree have you ever seen the second cello part for his suite for two cellos, the last movement of that song was actually dubbed impossible and popper was forced to rearrange it for piano
Pappythapapsta 3 years ago
un ejemplo a seguir para todos los cellistas, toca perfecto y su postura con respecto al cello es ideal!!
Natalejo 4 years ago
his spining song is around 1:30 while Starkers is 2:26
Omega1988 4 years ago
it's the fastest i've heard... but regarding starkers recording... feurmann DID cut out the middle section that repeats. maybe that's why it's almost a minute shorter
jazzonkim 4 years ago
Feuermann's still is a lot faster, but who cares about speed! Feuermann's intonation, fludity of fingers, and incredible, one-of-a-kind spiccato are out of this world.
kaikobird 4 years ago
Does anyone know if Piatigorsky and Feurmann had intertwined backgrounds? They are the only two cellists whom I've noticed NEVER look down at the fingerboard.
ipmoic 4 years ago
actually in a not so related world. Heifetz supposedly one of the greater violinists teamed up with Feuermann. however a year later Feuermann died and was replaced by an equally deserving Piatigorsky.
kabaitanbautista 4 years ago
are u sure? I don't really pay attention to that usually, but you don't really need to look do you? I mean it's not like you can "see" the notes on the finger board. there's no frets, I mean unless you mark a really high note w/ pencil lead near the end of the finger board (which I've seen done) like the high g octave jump in shostakovich concerto mvt 1 (right before the big french horn cello duet part.
KokiriMentat 4 years ago
fastest version of spinning song i have ever seen!!! amazing
LawBLin 4 years ago
Feuermann not only set the standard for virtuoso cello playing but also for his impeccable musicianship. His premature passing left a great void in the musicial world. This video is a testament to his artistry.
cleojdhh 4 years ago
amazing
okonvick 4 years ago
a very good performance, though his right arm is very stiff at the beginning of the video
beawee 4 years ago
he sounds so smooth!!
he's awesome!
rlgrunge 4 years ago
amazing..
Vipi123 4 years ago
Feuermann was THE cellist in the 20th Century...PERFECT cellist!
raphacello 4 years ago
That cello belonged to Aldo Parisot for 40 years, and now is played by Steven Isserlis. It's called the Swan because it was the last cello Stradivarius made. Small size. You can chek it out if you type Isserlis's name.
emmlopezs 5 years ago
thats intresting, thanks : )
jkbs123 5 years ago
It's interesting how he is very decidedly not looking at his cello.
aconkling 5 years ago
The cameramen made him take off his glasses and look straight-forward the whole time. Additionaly, the audio was recrded beforehand; that explains the differences of hand position in the Dvorak.
What a virtuoso!
kaikobird 5 years ago
How do you know this? It looks pretty synchronized to me.
zigeunerviolin 5 years ago
Thanks a lot for this video!!!
sabalero2005 5 years ago
...no words to describe...maybe incomparable
thanks for the video.
andy2513285 5 years ago