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  • I prefer his Gavotte 1; but Gavotte 2, Rostropovich... My opinion.

  • I think Maisky really conveys a beautiful feeling with this piece... I sometimes wonder if this is how Bach "heard" this piece.

  • this song actually FORCED me to play the cello it's that badass

  • What instrument does he play?

  • @scalabration

    The instrument in the video? It's the cello, like it says in the title.

  • @Surtak

    I know it's a cello. Duh. Elite string players often play elite instruments that have been given a name, often that of a famous previous owner, like the Vieuxtemps Guarneri violin. So I am wondering if Maisky plays such a cello.

  • @scalabration

    Well than ask that!

    I can't actually guess that sort of stuff. Anyway, I have no idea.

  • @Surtak

    I did ask that.

  • @scalabration

    You asked "what instrument does he play?"

    To anyone without insight into the inner workings of your mind specifically, that will require the anwser "Cello".

  • i think rojstropovich is the real master

  • @TheBene007 one man's meat is another man's poison personally i cant stand rojstropovich's interpretation

  • @TheBene007 Of course he is--but this is one of his best students.

  • Is there anywhere to buy the mp3?

  • i love this music! its so relaxing.

    

  • Stiff arm!

  • i love how mischa expresses himself when hes playing. I cant get enough of it when he goes in at 3:45

  • Wonderful interpretation. He adds so much life and spirit to this piece. Best rendition I've ever heard, in fact.

  • @krustyloaf Agreed, this is the best performance of this mvmt I've heard.

  • I think this is the best one that he plays

  • I knew Bach because Paul Gilbert introduced him to me

  • the bow looks like it's dancing on the strings

  • @Cardien18 It is. It simply is.

  • Too fast, too fast for me. Pierde toda la emoción. No me gusta en absoluto. Suena a un montón de notas sin una coherencia... Qué manera de lastimar semejante obra. En fin, cada quien con sus gustos, pero no veo en la velocidad signo alguno de virtuosismo.

  • @LBanchio

    Strange, since usually Maisky is slower than others. But I agree it wouldn't hurt to tone it down a bit. Still knocks me over though.

  • @Surtak it goes faster than this it's allegro and it's also a dance so it should be faster and livelier.

  • @Surtak Watch his Bach Suite no.2 Courante...please;)

  • @OrdinaryCritic

    I already have that on my mp3 thank you very much :)

  • Too fast, too fast for me.

  • His facial expression says it all.

  • my favorite out of all the suites

  • I like his interpretation of Gavotte I much more than that of Rostropovich, but I think Rostropovich did better on Gavotte II. Still, they are both amazing players, and this is an amazing piece.

  • @Alexjr1543

    He held back on Gavotte II because it was meant to show the emphasis on Gavotte I. They both contrast very differently.

  • Hmmm very clean but I think I Prefer Rostropovich.

  • @mi007fistspot But the thing is ... no one gives a fuck about your opinion and you dont eaven need to write it

  • @znile1 learn how to spell retard.

  • @mi007fistspot Being grammatically corret has nothing to do with no one caring about your opinion

  • @znile1 I think maybe you like this guy too much, maybe Rostrop makes your vagina hurt a little and M and M tickled it better with his facial hair. or maybe you're just a douche bag with nothing real to say, so you get mad and lash out because of your ignerance? either way you sound like a stupid little bitch with a short mans complex.

  • @mi007fistspot Oh thank's finally i can check 1 thing on my to-do list : Ignore a sad troll check d:

  • @mi007fistspot and i already know how to spell retard

  • I love both versions - Rostropovich and this.

  • I think it's fair to say there are probably no more than a handful of cellists in the world who can play Bach this well.

  • this is a very beautiful piece.. i love js bach

  • this is a very beautiful piece.. i love js bach

  • I never before had the joy to hear the cello in such a beautiful way !!

  • Incredible, but I still like Rostropovich's version better

  • i prefer this version to yo yo ma's because he makes the piece more attractive.i saw those faggot comments saying this guy sounds horrible compared to yo yo ma's and that he sounds like he's sight reading. WHAT?!

  • @ipoodaily that would be some awesome sight reading haha

  • @ipoodaily I like Yo Yo Ma just in few pieces.. Some soundtracks to be precicly.. Not classic music.. Not Bach.. No way..

  • WHO THE F*CK IS JUSTIN BIEBER? WHY DO THEY KEEP MENTIONING HIM ON CELLO MUSIC?! WTF!

  • @Fireflyls It's just a case of people needing something to feel superior about. Because they like this music, instead of that by a pop artist, it makes them feel better about themselves--like they're better than any who listen to him. It really is incredibly stupid.

  • It's strange how we started the music culture with such masterpieces, and as time presses on to the current era we listen to this Justin bieber CRAP. Good music has lasted since the 1600 and before, and yet i cant tell you who was #1 billboards last year at this time. but i will never forget Johann Sebastian Bach 1685-1750 R.I.P.

  • wow espectacular, una increible demostracion de musica

  • my parents used to bug me to play the cello, taking me to lessons weekly, making me practice an hour daily. i hated it more than anything in the world. they used to tell me how lucky i was to be able to get to play the cello, and that one day when i get older, that i would be able to appreciate it. i thought they were full of crap. i quit as soon as i entered college, and up until a few years ago, realized how much i missed it. this was the last piece i was practicing before i quit.

  • @haeil82 BAWWWWW nostalgia.

  • my parents used to bug me to play the cello, taking me to lessons weekly, making me practice an hour daily. i hated it more than anything in the world. they used to tell me how lucky i was to be able to get to play the cello, and that one day when i get older, that i would be able to appreciate it. i thought they were full of crap. i quit as soon as i entered college, and up until a few years ago, realized how much i missed it. this was the last piece i was practicing before i quit.

  • @haeil82

    You poor thing. I just started last year and it was suite one prelude that got my attention, but this one is my favorite. I want to play cello till i DIE, and I could die happily knowing that I learned this song. So far, I only got down Gavotte II

  • a true virtuoso, juts love Bach.... a true vrsatile genius, no one can match even today!!

  • The way he plays it is just so much more powerful than others that i've heard play this piece.

  • he makes me feel so alive!!

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  • i love you mischa <3 youre a maestro

  • A modificado demaciado la partitura origuinal u_u

  • La melodia es hermosa y el amor con que es interpretada, Gracias

  • Yes, i think this one is my FAVORITE of bachs cello suites... i also would like to play it, but it is a bit too difficult with the chords if i dont tune the strings , as it was written 4... :) i must say i better like Maurice Gendrons version of this Gavotte, But Mischa´s sure doin well;)

  • bouncier!

  • I like Rostropovich better as a cellist, but I like Maisky's interpretation of this song a lot better.

  • It's a piece not a song

  • @socratesrazo You know what i meant.

  • @gpaese nothing but love

  • @socratesrazo precisely.

  • that dudes hair. is crazy amazing.

  • It's beyond amazing.....

  • OWNS YO YO MA!!!

  • I tried playing this song on strings that haven't been changed in over 8 years. Fail. I changed them and tried again. My new favorite song.

  • Rostropovich and Maisky are the best cello players EVER!!!!! I love this song

  • lol. Mischa's and Yo Yo Ma's interpretations of this gavotte are diametrically opposed.

  • At first, I didn't like Mischa but now I love him a lot.

    But check out 3:44 (exactly on the second). The actual wood of the stick is so crooked. It's almost unbelievable.

    Tell me what you think.

  • This is 99Mandalore, but I just want to say that its normal, the angle that he is holding the bow, shows that it curves normally, it is normal, its not really crooked, if you play with a string instrument, you can see the bow is curving downward, and it's just the angle that hes holding the bow.

  • Why didn't you like Mischa at first?

  • i love this.

    he is good, and the cello is so relaxing

  • Its perspective and choice to say that one musician is better then the other. Rostropovich plays a higher quality interment then Mischa in this video that's why to me Rostropovich sounds better.

  • I LOVE THIS PIECE! It makes me bob my head and feel so happy. That on top of the fact that its beautiful and awesome music!

  • Absolutely wonderful! I'm writing a short story on where a guy plays a cello so I decided to actually listen to the cello first.

    Now I can't stop listening to it! It's very hypnotizing and relaxing. :)

  • Rostropovich is better, enough said.

  • can not make a comparison in this case .. are both very capable

  • this version is much more....um....youthful and livelier. lol Respect to Rostropovich though

  • I loove this. I wish I played cello.

    It could make a nice duet for other intstruments. (Though whoemever got second part would get bored.)

  • It seems as though the movements in he Bach suites increase in difficulty progressively. When I finally master suite six, I might look back on suite one and say: "I thought this was hard?"

    Though comparatively simple, the songs always retain their beauty. Bach was truly a genius.

  • Beautifulllll!!!!!

  • i love this i cant stop smilling when i hear this :)

  • music is so nice but hard to learn hahs

  • ohhhh this just tugs at my heart strings.

  • Wow, I used to fall asleep when I was a baby to this song. Then I took up cello 5 years ago and just yesterday started working on this peice. I never knew the chords where that hard!! It's gonna take me at least 6 months to learn it. This guy is too beast. Haha:D

  • he is amazing! 5*****

    it's kinda cool how he moves when he plays, almost looks like he is being fast forwarded. O.O

  • where & when he recorded this??

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  • An incredible cellist. Nice Bach piece

  • @DarkLoveFashion An incredible bach piece

  • love it! looks like so much fun to play!

  • Beautiful...and the cellist doesn't look like he belongs in this century!

  • I really think that the recording style/quality doesn't do him justice in this one. I have another set of his recordings for the Bach Cello Suites, and with the much clearer sound, this piece sounds unbelievably better.

    Still, better than most performances either way.

  • Bach is just the next level after Mozart!

  • You meaning in learning order? Because I learned Bach first before Mozart lol

  • Bach is grand daddy of them all.

  • such a clear sound! i love it!

  • What is it about Bach and Cello that make the heart flutter and the mind wander? This is absolutely lovely!

  • Excellent Performance!!!

  • wonderful player and beautiful music

  • He plays this piece so well! I think it's the fact that he plays it slower and takes time to hit all of the chords that makes it sound so good!

  • heavenly...

  • I really like this performance. He's really grooving. I want to get up and dance.

  • Hearing this makes me fall in Love with Bach all over again. What a giant!

  • Fantastic. I love it O.O

  • I like this version better than rostropovichs. I think his intonation and overall flow of the peice surpasses rostropovichs (see other gavotte by him).

    I am trying to play this and the chords are UNBELIEVEABLY hard. if anybody can give me fingerings or anything at all to help me with the chords i will greatly appreciate that.

  • ohmyword.

    i am in love with this song

  • beatifulll wonderful GOD!!! Thanks for persons how Bach!!!

  • Right on man! Good Job!!

  • i think it sounds better when it's slurred more, but this is good.

  • ah... when ever I hear this piece I feel so much happier.

  • i could listen to this allll day....

  • i have been :D

  • this interpretation is pretty damn good and i dont know who did better maisky or rostropivich but it seems that maisky's tempo is too fast then settles down while rostro's is constant

  • Fucking amazing

  • brilliant cllo playing- possibly the nicest tone i have ever heard.

  • He is truly an awe-inspiring player...

  • he is like the jesus of the cello

    i am like God

    (ITS A JOKE dont take personal) i love the exellent work of Mischa PD: and i dont think that i am God

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  • oh come on im not gonna apollogise whit nobody for that im just kidding, i really dont think that... i was so clear MR RUMIT

  • Yes i know lol but still it was a bad joke (^_^), and its Mrs Rumit.

  • Mainsky studied with Rostropovich. It's funny, however, how different they interpret the very same piece of music. I enjoy listening to Mainsky once and I while, so I get to appreciate Slava's version much more.

    Rostropovich puts such a large amount of emotion in this specific piece that, to me, it sounds that Mainsky is skipping notes (which he's not). It's because of the way Slava plays. He enhances this piece of music to a whole different level.

  • Best interpretation of this piece I have ever heard, even better than Rostropovich ;-)

  • I absolutely love this interpretation, great work!

  • i love this suit...

  • Its an Armani.

  • yeah but the title says its a suite

  • Haha sorry, I was making a joke. You said "suit" and Armani is a maker of suits. Sorry about the misunderdstanding!

  • aw due its all chill dont trip yadadaimean?

  • lovely thanks for posting

  • Is he married? I noticed he had a ring on. I wonder who the lucky lady is :-)

  • he has also a son ;)

  • And a daughter! She plays cello with him.

  • He's really using some stomach muscle there. I was listening to this video on high volume and I could hear him taking great gasps of air. I play the classical guitar and sometimes I do that as well (mostly because I forget to breath). I bet he got a great workout perfecting this piece.

  • Ahhhhhhhhh...

  • Such excitement in his bow! Great interpretation! Definitive!

  • very impressive.I play this song on my guitar and it doesnt sound anything like your music.

  • He plays so clearly, wow. I play the violin, I still can't do it clear sound. I think I'm in like Gr.7 or 8 or 9, I didn't take the RCM Exam yet. (Canada)

  • wish I was as talented like him, but it wont happen in a million years =P

  • Don't sell yourself short!!

  • thanks, I'll try harder everytime I practice, who knows one of us will become like him when we grow up?

  • Maybe I'm being picky about small details - but observe 0:15-0:16 and 4:12. Is he purposely leaving out the B in the 4th chord in Gavotte I?

  • yes.

  • OMG!! I LOVE THE WASY HE PLAYS IT!!! it sounds exactly like the wasy i would think of it to be played.... the high notes were a teeny off, but i really enjoyed this performance :D

  • It's kind of sad to see people talking trash about performer x's interpretation. Nobody's going to play what Bach wanted, because we don't know what that is. Interpretation is just that. Performer x's ideas on how the piece sounds best, based on a few standards. If there was one right way to play something, it wouldn't be interesting after the initial listening.

    That said, I really enjoy Maisky's rendition of the suites. He seems to pull an anxious tension out of nowhere, which I lovc.

  • rostropovich's version is better, seems like he has more emotion when he plays this song, actually feels each note and brings them all out exactly as they should be :/ check him out

  • The posted Rostropovich version is too slow, almost slurred. This one is lively as befits it as a DANCE movement. This one is truer, in my mind, to the music and the composer.

  • Pablo Casals's version is incredible.  He plays with the rhythm a bit I think, and gets makes the piece itself dance. Don't know how faithful it is to Baroque technique, but it's pretty great.

  • I can agree with this completely although my copy of the Casals recording was on cassettes. I haven't listened to it in years but I did listen to it countless times. This Maisky sounds like what I remember - the articulation, the attack, the handling of chords, the pacing - although the tone is different.

  • Why is this comment hidden? It's a perfectly legitimate point of view, even if it's one I don't happen to share.

  • the rostropovich, in my opinion, did not show the feeling of a "dance." in fact, many gavottes are meant to be played in a light, quick, dance-like manner. maisky showed us an ideal example in this performance.

  • oooh No ssiiii es bach ooh my good

    dew

  • one of my fayorites of bach cello suites

  • Gavotte lifts you up with contradiction - with sweet mixture of happiness and pain.

  • Beautiful. My favourite movement. Maisky is a great artist. Can anyone post Starker, too?

  • Bit too dramatic!!! Excellent though. Bravo Mischa. (Less breaking of chords - it's not Dvorak)

  • thank you. yes he is a troll.

  • doblerejazz!!! omg i saw it its not tha great ok!!!! omg ive seen ur comment on every mischa video. i bet u in those 50 years he played better than u everytime he did play so shut up!

  • Ignore doublear.. a troll he is..

  • Simply beautiful. I love this suite, and it seems easy when Maisky plays it... It's so beautiful, so perfect execution!

    It's incredibly difficult to play this in four strings....

  • O.O

    He makes it look so easy.

  • It looks scary but once you try (of course, use an edition with FINGERING) you may find is not that terrible...

  • lol...lesson learned..never use urtext edition.

  • Thank you.

  • Anyone have a link to buy this dvd or vhs?

  • o melhor que já ouvi.

  • The Gavotte II in the middle section is one of my favorite passages in all the six cello suites. Played very nicely.

  • If anyone knows a book or something that has all these suites, could you tell me? Be a big help, I've only played prelude and Courante.