Bach - Cello Suite No. 2 in D Minor BWV1008 - Mov. 1/6

[pyromaniac899]

I absolutely love Bach's cello suites!

[whitewashedlife]

There's nothing quite like compositions in the minor key. It just sits right in the bones.

[herautdeDieu]

<3

[albinoxrhin0]

thank you for uploading such fantastic music!

[ave0satani]

cello is a beautiful and lovable instrument to hear.....this will be the second instrument that I'll want to learn to play.

men playing cello = they're all sexy!

[Bukosaure]

Does somebody knows the name of this painting ?

[TheWanderingPrimate]

@Bukosaure - It is Caspar David Friedrich, I believe simply called "winter landscape". He is one of my absolute favorite artists.

[folkbrutale]

so intense!

[flubished]

Juiciebox12:

If you are terrible at violin, you are going to be terrible at cello! What makes you think otherwise?

If I were you I would quit while I am ahead!

[rhcpfan2030]

... ... ... I'm learning the cello

[Ansible1000]

Not as active as the prelude to Suite No. 1, but just as enchanting.

[Anontalkwarrior]

man I love the cello used to play it in highschool and still remember how to play up until today, a truly unforgettable instrument.

[LaurentziuRo2010]

GREAT MUSIC

[susanasotelo12]

this piece brought tears to my eyes......

[CosmikDebris7]

pussy



[SuperSoupysoup]

I play the violin...

*begins to cry*

[juiciebox12]

@SuperSoupysoup

Same here ;_;

Though now I think I might want to learn the cello later on.

I'm horrible at violin xD.

[SuperSoupysoup]

@juiciebox12

That would be awesome! I wanna learn how to play the cello as well. :)

[NSNV23]

funny story:

sitting in my music history 101 class with all music majors, the professor mentions the bach cello suites. some misinformed soul asked, "is that the one yo-yo ma plays?" he rightfully replies with, "which one? ..there are six...but the answer to your question is that yo-yo ma warms up on all six cello suites everday, but he chooses only to perform the first one." ...the best part about this story is that the student just nodded and took him seriously.

[diekill123]

they be trollin'

[Zractor]

also, I didnt say "most sad" i said "sad" read!!!

[Zractor]

violinist!!! TRAITOR!!!

[ashleingh]

Ah hahahahahaha! Down with the Violin! It is just no good!

[Zractor]

actually not, I just like the viola and cello better (I play the viola)

[ashleingh]

and I play the cello...your point ?

[Zractor]

@ashleingh mh, no point

[ashleingh]

This conversation is getting a little sscchilly.

[Zractor]

@ashleingh yea, sorry to bother you lol

[ashleingh]

we had fun while it lasted :P

[Zractor]

Q_Q

[kibcubed]

Please stop the senseless violins!!

[Steroid0Strad]

His solo violin partita 2 in d moll (sarabande) is probably the most sad music I've ever heard.

[Zractor]

Its so beautiful, yet so sad. This is a true song of the heart

[seanla100]

not sure about the history thing with regard to genius. lennon/mccartney a pretty good example of genius...

[callistosrising]

i'm learning this on the guitar and I feel like im lucid dreaming when im playing it. so wonderful.

[GSqueakR]

The term genius is used for people that "revolutionize" their time. People that make significant break through or greatly inspire others, so Mozart and Beethoven were geniuses of THEIR time. Genius is not used just for modern day references

[OpenCadence78]

They are the cello suites, but there's nothing wrong with them played on other instruments. I played this one for an audition on saxophone and it worked pretty well.

[AdamFSmith]

and I play it on bass guitar

[solsticesa]

Whats the picture? And who is it by?

It goes very well with this beautiful song.

[HARMONICO101]

Nope. Bach wrote these pieces specifically for the cello.

[HARMONICO101]

Heh, uh, no. Not at all. You're completely wrong.

Do I sense... a troller trollin?

[vivimaze]

seriously. they're the bach CELLO suites

[shakezulathemicrulah]

Are you retarded Abby?

[abby161919]

your mom is retarded boy!

[shakezulathemicrulah]

Yeah I suppose she is..We don't get along too well

But I digress, you are still a complete retard. Did it even cross your little mind that they are called "Cello" suites?

[abby161919]

this one is orginally wroten for lute/baroce guitar, yes it is tru the song is called cello suites you fucking asswhole!!

[ceadachrua]

@HARMONICO101 Yes, these were orginally written for cello, Bach later arranged some of both the cello suites and violin partitas and sonatas for baroque lute.

[Beardydragon]

@HARMONICO101 This peice was written for george bush's wedding. lovely man

[Duckthunda]

@Beardydragon LOL!



[erikanundson]

@Beardydragon this was written in the 18th century much before bush was even born

[vegitoxtreme]

@erikanundson

Maybe he meant George Washington... but still, Washington was 10 years away from being born by the time Bach wrote the cello suites.

He might just be a retard :p

[6Ott7]

Bach is my all time favorite.

[Jacksonbrothers]

BEAUTIFUL!

[SilvaMorasten]

thank you for add this piece. whenever i listen to this composition my heart is full of velvet nostalgia.

The sound of Cello is healing!

[myjeansaretooshort]

Another one of the songs my dad used to play...

I think this is actually my favorite cello piece. Save the Prelude in G Major for the solo cello suite No. 1

[HARMONICO101]

The fifth is my favorite.

[WeAreEternal1223]

Mine too,

especially the sarabande and prelude.

[TheViolaGuru]

@HARMONICO101

I would have to agree with you. The fifth is definitely my favorite. Don't get me wrong, I like this one a lot, but the fifth has such energy. Bach was a genius.

[violaXplayer]

@HARMONICO101 I think this is my favorite, there is so much emotion in this piece you can't take it lightly at all.

[rocker123cc]

beautiful

[epn10]

the painting fits the key like a glove!

[aztoogood]

or a well made shoe.

[dumblond4]

Is his cello tuned differently, or is that just the tone? It seems a little flat.

[HARMONICO101]

Baroque tuning. In this case, it is a semi-tone lower than modern standard pitch.

[dumblond4]

Hmm, not sure why I don't know that. Thanks!

[jesterblake]

Where did you get this song? Was it off one of his CDs? if so which one. I am looking to buy a CD of all of J.S. Bach's Unaccompanied Cello Suites performed by Yo-Yo Ma, and the Baroque tuning you refer to on this version is quite moving (almost sad).

[HARMONICO101]

I bought the CD entitled "Inspired by Bach". It's the recording of the complete cello suites that he made for the "Inspired by Bach" series of short films. The films are a good watch. The short film for the fifth suite is the most ingenious artistic interpretation I have yet to see of a classical piece.

[arandomspectator]

@HARMONICO101 The fourth movement of this piece is the only music found in Ingmar Bergman's 1961 masterpiece Through a Glass Darkly. It's use is achingly beautiful.

[vivimaze]

thank you so much for uploading this! the prelude is every where but the complete set of the suites is hard to find. Thank you

[mmelisaa]

aww... makes me feel nostalgic. i used to play this a few years ago, just before i quit. too much pressure -> performing etc. ...

[MrBigJeffy]

I don't get nervous when playing Bach, I think you are just making stuff up.

[bakablackbird]

Wow, this is so solem sounding! I LOVE IT!

[27byakuyafan27]

I have just been introduced to these beautiful suites, and I love this one the most. I so want to play this on my viola.

[mindreader12345]

I am playing this on my viola!

it's AWESOOOOOOOOOME!

[Ores77]

My favorite from all 6 suites!!

Love ittttt!!!!!

[saya1917]

i am a celloist and this piece is simply beautiful we had one of the phil harmonic musicians come to our school and perform it

[bakablackbird]

I think you mean cellist....

[theman21]

ok dude, if you can't relax when playing bach because you are intimidated by him...you suck at playing music and it would be hard to enjoy your interpretation in the first place. Personally I find bach easy to play in a relaxed and enjoyable manner.

[munkybrain]

so did yo-yo ma record all his bach in baroque pitch does anyone know? cause this is definitely flat

[HARMONICO101]

For the "Inspired by Bach" short film series, Yo Yo Ma recorded all the suites in Barqoue pitch. This performance is from that recording.

[emotive1591]

Wrong. You just don't have an appreciation for art.

[ArenDDB]

Ooops... shizophrenia of name. Golmon251 and ArenDDB is the same person. It's time for me to leave my one person role play...

[Monefastar]

if i ever played the cello i would learn all the cello suites for they are simply beautiful

[HARMONICO101]

You would probably have to as well. They are key pieces in the cello repertoire, particularily the 5th and 6th suites due to their difficulty.

[Slippinginar]

What is the name of this painting?

[HARMONICO101]

The painting is "Winter Landscape" by Caspar David Friedrich, painted in 1811.

[Eternalmind08]

Philosophy is only good for a moment. But all will give reverence to the Most High.

[Geddywoots]

What vanity, there is truth about art. There are fundimental truths about any art and bach used them beautifully.

[ArenDDB]

Sorry, it's

Aristoxenus of Tarentum,

a very interesting philosopher, an autority.

[ArenDDB]

His work his theorically perfect, but...It's very theorical.

The ivory tower.... useless theory and infinites speculations more and more dispatched of reality and feeling.

This point of view, my specticism is philosophically legitimate by Aristoscène of Tarente.

And when you stidy music in general it appears that Bach took all his musical langage on his predecessors.

[HARMONICO101]

Listen to the Brandenburgs I have uploaded. Then tell me if you think he is "dispatched of reality and feeling". Or the St. John Passion, or the Christmas Oratorio, or the Prelude in C, or the Goldberg Variations, or Chaconne in D minor for violin, or the Tocatta & Fugue in D minor for organ.

If you can't feel the emotion in this music, then maybe it's you who is truly "dispatched of reality and feeling".

[Geddywoots]

All his music tells a story...STUDY BACH FOR AWHILE AND RESPOND...when you understand him better then you can form an opinion that is more intelectual and sound less ignorant...and i dont mean that in a negative way its just you say things that are horribly untrue.

[Geddywoots]

Bach was not overratted...if anything he is underrated. His genious is undeniable and as Harmonico 101 said..."it is quite unlikely that the evolution of music would have been the same if it wasn't for J.S. Bach." Truly study him for about a year and comeback. I say a year because there is that much to be learned on him.

[stageoma]

sorry..a year?I say for a life..umm..maybe 2?

[theman21]

"Mozart was like Bach, a follower"

I have to politely disagree, there is no one that even compares to Bach. Have you ever mathematically studied his "the Musical Offering"? There's stuff in there that we can't even begin to comprehend. He was a genius and no one quite understands him, I think he is comparible to Einstein's Theory of Relativity. No one really knows the implications of the theory.

[etiennealive]

In my opinion, the man was a reaal genius. When you can create music like this, you are a genius to me.

[teddygeigerstoohott]

i definitely agree.

he was one of the best composers ever.

his songs are all amazing.

[alayeldin]

learn how to speak english before you start criticizing bach.

[alayeldin]

no,i'm not but i might change my orientation if you want to get fucked.

[alayeldin]

ARE YOU DEAF?!!!

[mrgabest]

The internet as a whole has one human lesson to teach everyone: that everything is a matter of opinion.

[HARMONICO101]

"If Mozart is a genius, there is a lot of genius"

Well, if you think about it, it's not that many geniuses compared to the hundreds and hundreds of composers that have lived over the centuries and are now mostly forgotten.

[Matt482942]

just wanted to say i like how you put a fitting painting on screen for all the music pieces.

really helps your mind to paint an image of what the music can be representing.

[HARMONICO101]

Thank you. I'm glad it helps.

[HARMONICO101]

Well actually he did incorporate a fair amount of counterpoint into his music, as did Mozart later on.

Bach wasn't all counterpoint either. Some of his most beautiful compositions are his simple, more melodious ones.

[HARMONICO101]

Do you play an instrumnent?

[HARMONICO101]

Prussian nationalism helped bring these composers back into the mainstream, but they were never really forgotten when they died. They were still revered by musicians, and their pieces were still played in private.

But, the music speaks for itself. These composers were genius'. There is no conspiracy there.

[HARMONICO101]

Wikipedia isn't all that great, but the Bach section is quite accurate.

Bach was by no means a follower. He learned everything he could about the music of his time and used it to create incredible masterpieces. He didn't invent new forms, but he innovated what was already around into something truly extraodinary.

[HARMONICO101]

Mozart was a bit more of a follower because he kept pretty close to what Haydn started. But again, he took what he learned and created incredible masterpieces. I think that Salieri stuff is rubbish personally, but Mozart was quite famous during his lifetime, except when his reputation diminished later in his short life. Mozart was also highly influential after he died. Beethoven for example was heavily influenced by him.

[HARMONICO101]

Beethoven seriously pushed the evolution of music moving it from the classical style into the romantic style. Some of his compositions are way ahead of his time, particularily the Grosse Fugue for string quartet. He also wrote some of the most rousing and inspiring music of all time.

[HARMONICO101]

Oh, and something about the Salieri thing again. No book on the history of music seriously considers the Salieri murder thing. I also have never met a musician who seriously believes that. That's mostly from uninformed fans of "Amadeus"

[HARMONICO101]

Although Bach did not invent new forms, he brought the music of the Baroque era into it's ultimate maturity, bringing together the various styles of the era and developing counterpoint further than anyone else had before. He also wrote some of the most heart-wrenchingly beautiful and emotional pieces yet to appear.

[HARMONICO101]

Bach was also highly admired by many composers after his death even though he was never very popular in his liftime, he was revered be composers such as Mozart and Beethoven, who studied his music and and took what they learned to their compositions.

As well, the Well-Tempered Clavier is the most influential set of keyboard pieces ever and was played and studied by many of the greats.

[HARMONICO101]

So all-in-all, it is quite unlikely that the evolution of music would have been the same if it wasn't for J.S. Bach.

The English wikipedia article on him has a nice section on Bach's legacy. i don't know about the one in French if you would prefer to read it in your native language.

[HARMONICO101]

An exception to the rule that certain elitist individuals have seem to have: that if you don't like Bach, you are stupid.

[HARMONICO101]

"3rd brandburgen concerto. All the notes, all the effects are taken on Vivaldi"

Not really, stylistically it is very italinate but not specifically Vivaldian. Also the complex counterpoint and balance of the instruments for an oddly constructed concerto has little connection to Vivaldi.

[HARMONICO101]

BWV1043 is so epitomatically Bach I am surprised you mentioned it. It is typical Bach with his complex counterpoint and fugal patterns and are beyond what Telemann did in his concertos.

[HARMONICO101]

Citing BWV1066 as being Handel-like also shows a lack of understanding of baroque music. It follows the form of the French suite which starts with an Ouverture in the French style and is followed by a specific set of dance movements. Very popular form in the baroque era, especially for keyboard pieces which both Handel and Bach did. Although they're styles are both somewhat similar, Bach's is ultimately more complex.

What are you trying to prove exactly?

[theman21]

I don't really like Telemann, he doesn't connect as deeply as Bach does, at least for me that is.

[HARMONICO101]

Don't throw in your opinions of religion into this. That doesn't prove a point at all.

Plus, if you actually read my comments, you would see that I don't loop in stupid people with people who don't like Bach and smart people like Bach. There are many, many exceptions. All I said is that it says something basic about the personality of an individual.

[HARMONICO101]

By the way, I'm not a Bach fanatic either. You can see my channel and you'll see that's not the case. I love the music of many other composers as well. In fact, I have more Vivaldi videos than anyone one composer on my channel.

[HARMONICO101]

Okay, now you officially demonstrated to me that you have a severe lack of maturity and intelligence and so proves what I "insinuated" at the beginning.

[HARMONICO101]

I hate your bullshit of being some sort of enlightened person for not liking Bach, like your some sort of rebel against the system, which I'm sure you think is pretty awesome.

[HARMONICO101]

Liking Bach does say something strong about the intelligence and maturity of an individual. Nevertheless, I know a few smart people who aren't big fans, and a few dumb people who are. The people who truly love his music are the ones that open up emotionally to the music. For some people, that comes with time. For others it never comes at all. Human beings respond emotionally to different things. Human beings are really complex creatures.

[HARMONICO101]

The problem I had with your obnoxious comment was that saying Bach is boring shows a strong lack of understand, not so much a difference in taste. Same with those who find old movies boring, or don't like reading books becuase they're boring.

[HARMONICO101]

The reason Bach's music wasn't popular in his lifetime is becuase his music was in a style that was losing popularity. The high baroque style was losing out to the bouyant galante/rococo style.

Might I also remind you that after he died, composers like Mozart, Beethoven, and Chopin held him in the highest esteem.

[HARMONICO101]

Don't give me that evil media crap, I'm so sick of it. Bach was a supreme genius, and any his works will tell you that; The Brandenburg Concertos, the Goldberg Variations, the Art of the Fugue, the B Minor Mass, the suites for solo cello, the sonatas and partitas for solo violin... I could go on. I have played many of them, and have studied the scores of many of them.

[HARMONICO101]

He is one of the greatest artists in the history of western culture, with perhaps the most devote following of fans in perhaps any kind of music. There is no denying that.

[HARMONICO101]

I wasn't forced to think anything. no one pushed me to like Bach or even classical music in general. I came to those conclusions myself. I love this music, as hard as that may be for you to comprehend.

It's just like showing a seven-year old a film drama. I bet you that the kid would think it was pretty boring. But of course, as you get older, you develop the attention and intelligence to watch those kind of movies and not be bored.

[HARMONICO101]

"Bach is not all the classical music" is actually something I have said to alot of people here on Youtube. I still believe that as do many classical musicians and true connoisseurs.

[HARMONICO101]

I used to not like Bach at all when I was younger. I knew his music was fantastically complicated but I also thought it was exceedingly boring. But as I continue to grow and mature and become a better violinist, I have been able to really appreciate the supreme genius of his music and have the attention to listen to sublime pieces of his like this.

[HARMONICO101]

Unfortunately, the main reason classical music's popularity is decaying is becuase children's attention spans are getting shorter and shorter and media is getting louder and louder to try to stand out and trump whatever came before. It seeems to many kids today think that if a song doesn't have a pounding bass, or crazy guitar solos, then it's boring.

[HARMONICO101]

Movies display this best. Movies are so different today than they were thiry, forty, years ago. Bonny and Clyde, the first film to ever use bullet scwibs was considered the most atrociously violent movie ever made. Now it's really tame compared to what we have today. We have movies with people's legs being blown off, eyes being ripped out, heads cut off... Then we have graphic sex and rape scenes that would have been unheard of in a film forty years ago.

[HARMONICO101]

To keep the audience's attention we now need constant sound effects, some sort of musical score playing constantly, short scenes, short run-time, lots of emotional blow-ups, high body cout... I could go on.

[HARMONICO101]

Getting back to the classical music, I find it a bit disturbing, but understandable that the Bach pieces you said you liked are all high energy, fast pieces. People need to learn to stop racing constantly and just learn to sit back, relax, and let the music carry you away.

[HARMONICO101]

You don't have to be an elitist to like classical music. Why did you even bother looking up this video and commenting if you don't even appreciate classical music?

[HaMoOhAhA]

Wow, you're a complete idiot you French prick.

[HARMONICO101]

I'm not even going to bother...

[laanak]

totally agree potterdkz123. this is going onto euphonium!

[ramonetime]

its bach.....

[reborn57]

its sounds loeley but may i ask who is playing this.

[HARMONICO101]

Yo Yo Ma

[efapin]

further than Yo yo Ma,this music come's directly from the soul and goes in the same direction...I feel a deep emotion by lystening Bach,it's a kind of superior experience...

[potterdkz123]

I have to play this on Euphonium

[Prieel]

I love these. Nice pic you got there too.