Bach - Cello Suite No.6 ii-Allemande

[Torrentialmaple]

@3:18 probably the best chord in this song, so rich and melodic and it fits right into this beautiful piece and just lifts your spirit and places it into a realm of perfection, somethin on Mischa could acheive

[befalled]

Now all i need is an amazing landscape to enjoy along with this amazing music

[kolopaper123]

i would love to play just two notes at his cello.. :(

[ZECATFlSH]

at 3:43 he lifts his leg to let out a silent one.

[kattekop100]

The cello always brings tears in my eyes, and Maisky is simply wonderful.

Just close your eyes and listen.... you're in heaven.

[kolopaper123]

@kattekop100 deifinetely....

[safascion1]

simplemente chingonnn!!!



[mousa23abuissa]

I wish I can ask him , about what was he thinking while playing this...??

its sooo touching...!

[bachkirche]

@mousa23abuissa Perhaps he was largely in the right brain, and thus not thinking

[flyawaycrhis5]

I love how he takes the time to play this wonderful piece, it gives me the pleasure of taking the time to listen to this wonderful music, and the delicate, simple, mastered notes allows me to bask in thoughts such as beauty, sadness, tranquility, love, passion, and life's simple joy.

if only music stayed this way, life would be a whole lot different...

[TheMrEllipsis]

3 people should be euthanased because if you cant like this then there really isn't much hope for you

[itsmedude1020]

Dude, I bet that room has the best acoustics. Imagine being in the room while he played these. Must have been incredble.

[Samoriah]

While I do not really like romantic interpretations of baroque pieces - I feel that solo pieces are the obvious exception. When somebody performs something as beautiful as this, it needs as much expression as possible. And I highly doubt that people in the baroque ages, did not perform in this fashion.

[Bromthebard]

@Samoriah The thing about solos, you can play them at whatever tempo you wish, it's your solo, as long as the notes are correct you can change the tempo, if he wanted to play this at 250 bpm, he cloud have, so I agree with you/

[ArielTV53]

how can a video like this have a dislike button??

[jtorres5381]

i didnt know semen can burst through ear canals!

[JJMidd1]

hold on i dropped my guitar in awe.....

[DiscoveredMusic]

Good thing this is rubato. 128th notes are death.

[helio231]

@DiscoveredMusic there are no 128th notes it only gets to 64 th notes.



[Fireflyls]

Mischa Maisky never fails to make me feel that nice, warm, fuzzy feeling whenever he's playing cello.

[akrotirifry9]

Funny how so many people see images hearing this piece. Making images appear in the listener's mind through music: that is the epitome of musical brilliance and this piece is a veritable proof of that.

[RelinquishedJulius]

I have personally seen a music sheet for this piece and this interpretation is very much correct. Basing on the piece's 'metronome mark', 46 eighth notes should be fitted in one minute of time. Therefore, a slow tempo is needed in this particular piece.

About my opinion, I truly love how the piece is played.

Happy notes+Sad tempo=Euphoria

The piece sure brought me in a trance, I thought I was listening for 20 minutes. But the video says that it only lasted 8 minutes 49 seconds. Beautiful!

[locomotifx]

Beautiful.

[smokey123465]

holy crap this makes me sad i love this guy he is the most legendary epicest awesmest man known to cello

ps cello owns i play it

[phosphore222]

imagine walking on a street with some natural expressions. it has nothing to do with this guy playing cello but god dammit, this has nothing to do with this guy being the best one in almost whole world.... idk....

[shanestir]

I could listen to this for hours on end.

[JuanSalvCarrasco]

"I never play for musical connoisseurs because they don't need me. They can appreciate music just by looking at the score. I play for the people who may be listening to a piece for the first time in their lives and I try to express as much as I can and as strongly as I can in an effort to help them appreciate at least a large part of the piece."

- Mischa Maisky

[platinumpage]

I happen to like the slowness of this piece and how Mischa takes the time to make every note distinguished.... it makes you think about things... life, beauty, happiness, love... it's wonderful :)

[ANYULA]

The best player of cello suites! I love him!

[moritz3]

bach war genial...........!!

[tsophii]

wow. this is absolutly amazing! i love it. amazing sound and tone

[Hunksha]

Here's an idea: so, the musician needs his instrument to play the music he reads. He learns the music first, then he gets better at it, and finally he understands it. The more he plays it, the more he understands it, and the more he understands the composer's intention. He is enlightened. There is so much more in the sound emanating from the instrument than mere vibration. It is a translation of the musician's spirit and mind.

[OTamster]

this and chaconne are my fav bach pieces

[vladpiranha]

The cello really is the most distinguished of all instruments.

[Salha7]

@vladpiranha Couldn't agree more mate.  It's rich sound send chills down my back

[willryder5]

i am a person to love ALL music.  but this is by far the greatest music of all time. Bach was and STILL is a genious.

10,000,000,000+ kudos!

[Violinater]

I SOOOOOOOOOOOOOO AGREEEEEEEEE!!!

I think that Bach was the greatest genius that the world has ever produced...at least musically. Maybe the greatest genius across all areas of study.

[plagueofangels666]

@Violinater yes he surtanly is a genius, but I must say my musician 'préféré' is Beethoven. Bach is soothing, Beethoven has more emotions involved. And that's what I like about his (beethoven's) music. Never the less, Bach is a master of music, and kicks the assess of all 'modern' music! truly timeless...

[MartaBtrp]

Very good!

[fernViolin]

peaceful

[fernViolin]

in my opinion great music is not how you play the piece but how you interpret it

[bgammill]

Good job, captain cliche

[Hunksha]

Your opinion?

[sandropastorius]

è davvero bellissima, lui è un grande, ma cazzo ti fa arrivare le note dentro, non sembra che le suoni ma che te le ficchi direttamente nell'anima.. questo brano poi è favoloso.. mi ricorda troppo neon genesis evangelion, laddove ho sentito il preludio al primo movimento per la prima volta...

[hippiepete73]

well I enjoyed it.... don't know why people have to be so technical about music, just have fun with it and let your emotions come out.... btw the cello is my favorite instrument ^_^

[thenakedeve]

The depth and intensity of any piece of music is going to come from the musician playing it. It is the translation of the musician that makes you truly feel any piece of music. This is why Bach played by robots is boring and cold. The human touch give it a heart beat, a breath and warmth. True musicians understand this.

[ryantherabbit]

its sad that music like this isn't seen or made as much as it used to be. Almost as if the true meaning of music is being lost.

[XxXGetLuckyXxX]

wow this almost made me cry and i dont usually cry to music. fuck the slow tempo. just draw a picture in your head of somebody so fragile you couldnt touch. I seriously thought about my girfreind and beautiful she was and the fairness of her complexion and figure, and how much she meant to me. try that for a change instead of bombing this guy who is OBVIOUSLY better than all of you about a draggy tempo. Seriously, im a cellist too and i might play it this slow to paint that picture i thought of.

[MegaSparky73]

@XxXGetLuckyXxX You might consider professional counciling.

[samdajellybeenie14]

@XxXGetLuckyXxX Wow that was amazing.

[MHayes85]

@XxXGetLuckyXxX Your words have a certain poetr to them, unlike ever I've read before...lol!

[Bromthebard]

@XxXGetLuckyXxX Amen, very true. I love doing the image visualizing while listening to music, I am a very visual thinker.

[cellospot]

Whether Mischa is playing this too slowly or not is only of insignificant importance. The fact that he is getting the point of the Allemande across is more important. It would be dreadful if the Allemande were both slow and chugging along, like a clock that takes 3 minutes to get past 60 seconds. With that said, Mr. Maisky's phrasing is wonderful and he never loses direction. It is a work of beauty.

[leinad0213]

You people are WAAAYY too concerned with the tempo and how it was meant to be played. He played it by his own interpretation and l believe that is better than just simply following the music. It obviously means a lot more to those who listen if you become part of the music rather than just playing it. Of course, this is just my own opinion and do not mean to undermine others' opinions

[greenjellybean1414]

...so technical. Close you eyes and let the piece move you. You ruin music when you don't allow personal expression or emotion to affect you. It's not always about the "correct" tempo.

[Kurtyoungblood]

There! 5:08 is more like it! It was a more reasonable tempo! And then... damn, back to drag-ville.

[brozors]

snob: oh my this is so beautiful.. one of the most beautiful i've ever heard from any instrument. bravo maestro maisky, you are the greatest!

(upon learning score says Allemande)

snob: I CHANGE MY MIND, THIS IS TERRIBLE, TOTALLY RUINS THE BAROQUE STYLE. NONE OF THE ALLEMANDE ARE PLAYED THIS SLOWLY. I TAKE BACK MY EMOTION.

note to snob: relax.. just enjoy the music, okay?

[ElBluesummer]

Such bow control... With the lightest touch, he makes it sing.

[cagin]

that is because casals takes a reasonable tempo for the piece and one should point out that he also observes all repeats in the piece. So now you shut up and try to read the score with a slight idea about how a baroque dance should be played.

my opinion is that maisky s reading is interesting but very hard to follow.

[heitorgs2]

Man, you REALLY didn't see this music Score.

This tempo, ONLY IN THIS PIECE, is MOLTO ADAGIO.

So, Shut Up and Listen Master Maisky :)

[cagin]

You seem to know too much and highly arrogant while expressing your self but YOU dont know anything. First of this piece takes a full 12 munites on the dvd because of the repeat of the 2nd part of the piece which is not included in this video by time constraints. And if u think that Maisky is "right" about his interpretation because he is a master, then it would be very hard for u to gove an exlanation to the point why another master cellist, Pablo Calsals, finishes the piece 7 minutes.

[Kurtyoungblood]

You are a true moron.

[anisometropie]

totally ridiculous, harmony is completely ruined. In the 5 other suites,the allemande's tempo is 2 times faster, but cheerfullythis guy play that slowly and without any structure and an awful vibrato. Of course it is beautiful, there is no way a cello suite can be not marvelous. But for goodness sake, it is an allemande !

[anisometropie]

we can no longer call this an allemande with such a tempo

[vuxta1]

as always, beautiful interpretation, right? to me, suite 1 and 6 share that bind that makes this entire peice as magical as it is. thumbs up jekatherina.

[RedWasabii]

Very beautiful piece. I prefer Jian Wang for a lot of reasons but Maisky is always exciting to hear.

[bassistintherain]

Tears are springing in my eyes. There is a man that knows Bach. I absolutly love this. I think my heart just opened up. Enchanting and haunting all at the same time- that is hard to do in cello music, i know. Excellent, I'm in love with this, truly in love.

[sweetlikeADAM]

I love Mischa, but gosh his bow grip looks awfully uncomfortable.

[Natalejo]

Maisky is fantastic!!!

[leomulder]

I love Maisky, but in my opinion that's a pity his tempo here is so slow. There is a lot of sense in this phrases, that must be articulated with some movement.

[Jekatherina]

This music is therapic... It takes you to deepest, most hidden memories and wounds your heart deeply with all your forgotten desires and hopes. It opens your heart and makes it bleed. Truly and unreservedly.

[cellodiva2007]

Doublearejazz doesn't get it. But thats fine!! Many don't.

[tido1493]

Canadianhateri... no comment lol

the song is soo touching.. example: at 3:14 *tear tear

[tyr12345yurty]

Wow!! So deep, maisky is a great cellist, and his suites are excellent

[scarlettspectrums]

He looked like he was about to cry and I actually did. Music like this is not something you play on a whim. You have to have true passion for the music.

[andreagomezrojas]

I LOVE IT.

[MyHorseHead]

Me too.

[solti]

ich auch..nyahahaha

[mrn93]

bitte?

[latinproject0021]

please what? Sprechen sie Englisch? (I don't know if I spelled Sprechen or Englisch correctly, I'm just a beginner at German/Deuschte!!)

[mrn93]

Sehr gut, englisch ist meine Mutterschprache!

Bitte means please but it is also a polite way of saying "what did you say?"

And honestly i have no idea what i was asking about :P

[latinproject0021]

Danke. Das ist sehr gut zu wissen!! I hope I said that correctly. =D

[mrn93]

I wouldn't know :P

[latinproject0021]

Oh. Wait?! What does Mutterschprache mean? I've never heard that word before.

[mrn93]

mother language =]