Rachmaninov Cello Sonata in G minor Op.19 - Shafran, Flier (1/4)

[sbandy45]

@abidoful

maybe you should be the one to exploit it

[JASenior44]

I really enjoyed this recording. However, I am surprised that it's supposed to have been recorded in 1956 - it's by far the clearest sounding recording from the 50s I've ever heard.

Bravo anyhow!

[munkybrain]

@abidoful it's supposed to be tranqillo in character. I think it's also marked piano but that certainly isn't captured or aimed for here. In terms of what Rachmaninoff meant for, the first theme isn't played with the tranquility it needs. I think that's what you mean.

[SadderYetWiser]

@abidoful

I agree. nikolai, thanks for uploading though. It is one of the best on the you-tube.

[Bigbug123456]

64 LIKES, NO DISLIKES=AWESOME

[nikolaimedtner]

@abidoful ".....it is simplicity that matters, with all its charm." (F.Chopin)

[christopherfrost]

@nikolaimedtner I agree with abidoful. The first theme is seriously rushed through here. But otherwise there are some really cool ideas with this interpretation

[nikolaimedtner]

@abidoful Like what?.....

[wegettheW]

at 8:00... the plucking is absolutely gorgeous. A beautiful and clenching way to end the first movement. As a pianist, I completely feel the piano accomanied the Cello immaculately. I'm in awe.

[kilace]

I enjoy this rendition very much ;3

[Lirian04]

Hago una invitación a abrirse a un deleite mas allá de cualquier sentido corporal que supera tiempo y masas...

Sólo la música es capaz de revivir a los muertos

[Lirian04]

es una pena enorme que nos acarrea dia con dia, que personas de mi edad (tengo 18 años), no valoren y desprestigien a esta música, que es tan poderosa que hace sentir mil cosas a la vez y en vez de esto prefieran llenar sus oídos de cualquier vulgaridad.

Rspecto a este sentido es ofensivo el modo en el que hoy en día se produce la música, que ha perdido en la mayoría de la gente aquel sentido bello, filosófico, inexplicable, mágico...

[LloydCello]

Outstanding! Thanks for the upload :)

[mecagoenlapichorra]

Beautiful playing of the sonata, specially the first and third movements. The only problem is the last movement... which doesn't convince me enough. Anyways, this work is magnificient.

[OzzyKingofKings]

I'd disagree. I feel that in a sense his rendition of the final movement is the high point of the sonata (despite masterful and gorgeous playing throughout the work). In particular, the reprisal of the lyrical second theme of the 4th movement is sublime; intense, passionate, and sung like no other cellist has sung it before.

[rtega]

@OzzyKingofKings

Maybe you should listen to his version with his regular colaborator Ginsberg.

[OzzyKingofKings]

I have heard his later rendition as well. I definitely prefer the earlier one with Fliere, actually.

[Alicia7777777]

Awesome sonata. Thanks!