Dvorak's Cello Concerto: 1st Movement (Yo-Yo Ma) [Part 1]

[GA4N]

look at Jacqueline du Pré .....

[TheQwerty155]

this is a great recording but i perfer steven isserlis and rostropovich

[violinlurrve]

yo yo ma dvorak and kurt massur;altra perfection line up!

[chrischowned]

LOL 1:44

[Bret6464]

It will never get better !!! Incredible to see Yo-Yo Ma with Kurt Mazur's NYPO, wish I had been there. Thank you for the video :-)

[pitabread12]

rostropovich > yo yo, unfortunately. but yo yo ma is still the best.

[jballs25]

This guy really needs to practice his scales and phrasing ugh I'm so sick of these amateurs all over youtube.

[pitabread12]

@jballs25 hello?? do you even know who YoYo Ma is?? he's no damn amateur.

[yangsta72]

i was able to sit assistant concertmaster in an orchestra and we had yoyo play this piece. trust me its like 999999999999x better when ur next to him playing it. hes truly a genious

[intelectus1]

fabuloso!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[KillerPanda213]

It is a really good song! It is weird that the conductor doesn't use a baton, but he does a great job! Yo-yo Ma, what can you say, brilliant! I really like the cello and clarinet, the players are great!

[beardoftears]

@KillerPanda213 this is not a song. this is a piece. sorry to be a jackass

[pacer521]

8:57 He gets into it.

[OzzyKingofKings]

BIzarre: I just realized that the horn player has his assistant play a note so he can take a breath during the solo. Thought it an interesting little trick.

[eliskases]

yeah! at 3:20 !

[ivandask8]

there is a video here in youtube where the horn player explains this trick. Is the principal horn of the NY philharmonic the same one on the video.

[kanazo]

@OzzyKingofKings found this from wikipedia: "Most horn sections today also have an assistant who doubles the 1st horn part for selected passages joining in loud parts, playing instead of the principal if there is a 1st horn solo approaching, or alternating with the principal if the part is tiring to play."

[cellospot]

Who is the conductor? I was immediately struck by the fact that he doesn't use a baton. I wonder if he is a singer, or normally conducts choirs. They tend not to use batons.

[OzzyKingofKings]

Historically there have been orchestral conductors who conduct without baton. I don't really thing it matters that much.

Anyways, I think the conductor is Kurt Masur (though I'm not that familiar with him...).

[leonidl90]

the conductor is legendary Court Mazur ! i study in the academy of music in tel aviv and i had a master class with him .. he conducted our orchestra the heroic symphony of bethoven .

[Musicmania1122]

Kurt Masur

[ixd735]

The conductor, Kurt Masur, is a rather famous orchestral conductor. He does have a son, however, who is a singer.

[iCellist]

the horn solo in the beginning is absolutely beautiful<3 he actually uses vibrato

[kriley504]

I saw this performance live on PBS. I think it was 98 or 97..Just as good now as before

[rawritssami]

this song is so beautiful and yet interesting.

[LightningSpeedRacer]

they're so awesome! totally infinity out of 100!

[jason101other]

Rostropovich is the best cellist recording artist ever!

[rawritssami]

i would say he's the best cellist of all cellist.

[soulconcern]

That tile would belong to Pablo Casals. No contest.

[rawritssami]

lololo i haven't heard enough of his in good quality XD

[soulconcern]

That's not his fault. He's the best of all time.

[rawritssami]

lololololol

i just love yo-yo

it's just his personality :P

it fits with it all ahha

[tromba25]

it's hard to call Pablo Casals the best when we only have very poor quality recordings of him...it seems that the elite teachers like to tell all students that Pablo is the best

[Shafran3]

This is good, but Shafran's is the best ;)

[qt247ha]

i totally feel him, he's insanely awesome.

[magicpersonified]

omg! what the mother frick!

yo-yo ma is RIDICULASLY awsum!

i play the cello and i thought i was reasonably good. apparantly not though! =]

[Flashgord0nisdead]

@magicpersonified that's why he's a master cellist :P

[HIkeda126]

Stanley Drucker (the clarinetist who served as the principal for the New York Phil for who knows...50 or more years) looks very young. This performance must have took place perhaps over 10 years ago?

[battleblades]

Hey, Hldeka. I do believe that this is actually in December 2007, as a part of a New Years concert with Live from the Lincoln Center.

I may be wrong, if I am, please correct me.

[HIkeda126]

That's probably not correct since Stanley Drucker just looks...so young in this video. It must have been more than 5 years ago at least!

[battleblades]

Well, I am sorry. I must not know what I am thinking. However, this past New Years, I did see a live concert from the Avery Fisher hall, NY Phil, and Yo-Yo Ma playing the Dvorak on TV.

[AoAPC]

Yes, the timpanist in this video is Roland Kohloff, and he passed away in early 2006.

[traydb]

I remember watching this broadcast as a kid. It was '97 or so. The Schumann on the second half is very good, too.

[SpeciousCho]

Wow! He's amazing!

[damesiscool123]

i agree with mhorseskiz he overdoes the body movements...his mouth is often wide open and he looks a bit odd...

but his music and his sound is untouchable

[anaznguy1864]

Well it actually goes naturally.

Like he feels the music and his head moves unconsciously. I'm first chair GDYO and i do that to

[battleblades]

What gets me every time is ability to produce such a gorgeous, airy, yet full piano sound, and still soar above the orchestra, like at 6:42, when the second theme comes in. So beautiful.

[mhorseskiz]

i think he always goes overboard with the head business...close my eyes and its great!

[concertikiller]

this is a unique concerto recording I saw it and home on pbs one night and finally I found it after a long time. the french horn is absolutely beautiful and I will be learning it. I play violin now but will be learning the french horn over the summer

[CellomeisterXa]

I actually saw him play this when he came to Rochester, NY. Simply amazing...

[matanuskamist]

He has a very unique trill, which you can see around 5:20. I've never seen a cellist trill like that

[matanuskamist]

Love the composition. Love the orchestra. Love the soloist.

[thecellist15]

congratulations! YoYo Ma it's a living legend!

[thefc44]

I love this concerto especially with Yo-Yo Ma

[D3m0crat]

I love this version of the piece - listened to a couple others after this, and didn't like any of them anywhere near this well - including 2 of Rostropovich... <3

[semiazaz]

finally it's back on! i appreciate the add very much, the other movements would also be nice.

[prgmctan]

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