Mstislav Rostropovich - Bach Cello Suite 2 II. Allemande

[Surtak]

I do prefer Maisky here, this seems very rushed. I can't actually enjoy this, because he is always pressing forward.

[diogo78ui54uja64]

I play cello and I love Bach woooow really, Bach is fabbulous

[Christherpiper]

oh god i love his head =D

i love it as much as his music

[bachtocello]

@nwick440 ....interesting opinion. I think it's taken abit slower as well, but Rostropovich is truely a gem as well

[iamman97]

The Bach Cello Suites are wonderful. I had a masterclass a few years back on the Prelude to Suite 2, it was long and brutal but I learned a great deal. I learned that while the suites are great to perform, and wonderful for an audience. Recent findings on Bach suggest that these suites were written to be played in private, with no audience. This also explains the wonderful variety of ways one can play these movements.

[nwick440]

i think he took it way to fast but thats just my opinion.

[Muddaththir1]

Rostropovich was a high cello professional which played Bach without emotions or impurities... Clean structure of music offered in a quiet and logical manner.

[usernamelizzy]

ohh nvm. lapse of memory

[usernamelizzy]

this is labelled wrong. it's the allemande from Suite 1, not Suite 2.

[gunswiohdn]

@usernamelizzy that is suite 2

[Looupy8]

Super !

[owlbuo]

this version is faster than the original but still the feel is there the art what a interpretation i love this music its pure art

[codycoderson]

there is no original (unless you're referring to previous recording by the same artist), and that's the beauty of the Bach suites. there is more room for interpretation and style than with any other piece of cello repertoire, because there are literally no indications of articulation, dynamics, or bowing whatsoever. there are just notes, period. what you do with them is up to you.

[owlbuo]

true : ) bachs music is so artistic im glad theres still people who like this music

[bubbles41292]

does anyone know what church this is in? Is it in Italy?

[ajlee1216]

(copied from a comment from the previous video---prelude) The Basilique Sainte Madeleine, Vézelay, Yvonne, France in 1991.

[AlamoCityCello]

Now that's a DANCE!

[Gark07]

Además, fue premio Príncipe de Asturias de la Concordia de 1997, compartido con el violinista británico Yehudi Menuhin, por su activismo político, que completaba con su actividad solidaria. Era padre de dos hijos y creó con su mujer una fundación a favor de los niños y era representante especial del programa de la ONU para la lucha contra el SIDA. Fallecio el 27 de abril de 2007 a los 80 años. Alguien que merece ser recordado por siempre..

[Gark07]

Mstislav Rostropovich, uno de los violoncelistas mas grandes de todos los tiempos y una mente brillante, obtuvo prestigiosos premios internacionales de música el Premio Stalin (1951 y 1953), el Lenin, máximo galardón soviético, (1964) o el premio al Artista del Pueblo de la URSS en 1966. En 1995 el Polar Music Prize, de la Real Academia de Suecia de Música. En 2004 el Premio de la Fundación Wolf de las Artes de Jerusalén...

[DarkSickie]

This man's a genius=).

[IpsaPaphum]

Bravo!

[codycoderson]

I really like his chords!!

[Tetzsc]

Beautiful. This man has an effortless touch; both for the cello and the soul.

[Mallvelous]

favoloso.