Bach - Cello Suite No.3 iv-Sarabande

[ehoc42]

beautiful. this is very inspiring for me because i am in the process of playing this and the gigue from the 3rd suite as well. thank u so much mr. maisky on a great performance!!!

[zardozmania]

Bravo....beautiful

[greenman290877]

my favorite from the cello suite set, and quite the master of solo writing.

If anything as perfect as this for a single voiced instrument is ever written again heaven exists.

[ihategeorgedubyabush]

again 2 dislikes wtf?

[azNandySoccer]

this guy's got mad steeze.

[typhoonaaron]

@azNandySoccer That's the dumbest word in history. Steeze.

[azNandySoccer]

@typhoonaaron you obviously got no steeze whatsoever lol

[dualrain]

I'm a cellist and i just this for one of my college audition piece's. The original suites written by bach were lost years ago with him, the one we play were written down by his wife, the only real difference in them are the bowings but there just as brilliant. =)

[karlket2]

hermoso °° wooo .. nice .... the best of music

[MIICHEMI]

Thiis is the song that convinced me to try the cello. its simply brilliant.

[wolfsbane92]

I'm a cellist and i just this for one of my college audition piece's. The original suites written by bach were lost years ago with him, the one we play were written down by his wife, the only real difference in them are the bowings but there just as brilliant. =)

[lovesiempre]

im in love with mischa maisky!! lol

i love this piece. i play viola, and so far this is my favorite piece to play! i play it like this too, really slow and romantic. when i played this in concert, i could feel the audience in tension, which is very cool =p i actually even play a little more romantic! =]

[snobordinJACboi15]

Whenever he goes to the repeat, he plays it differently.... and it sounds wonderful.

[Jorcello]

It is a bad habit of mine to judge each suite by its Sarabande (or equivalent) - so I must say, I am quite the fan of suite no. 3. Maisky plays it beautifully, along with all of the other movements and suites that he plays :) Another wonderful recording Mr. Maisky! Bravo

[koussevitsky1415]

I think that's too romantic, but very good played. I love romantism but not for Bach's suites.

[gifu1960]

Good point koussevitsky you're right; Maisky uses a lot of vibrato in the bach suites especially the sarabandes. Personally I like the sound. Maisky in one of his interviews said, Of course Mr. Bach was a romantic, he had 20 children!

Or words to that effect :P

[paulostroff99]

Beautifully played! Bravo! TY.

[twist19]

Wow, this interpretation just shows the wide range of possibilities for Bach's suites. This one, I think, is quite romantic. There are others that stick to a quicker tempi and stresses the second beat (like the original spanish dance).

This makes it hard to decide how to play it! ... I think I may have to go romantic style like Mischa. hah.

[CelticHammer2]

@twist19 you get extra points for not saying tempos

[MarieEtOlivia]

This is beautiful music.

[doublearejazz]

2 theriven1:

sorry 4 my rudeness but interpretation is realy owerestimated..

4 sure plays misha good but bach improvised his music - everybody knows it..

[41hz]

It's obvious you don't know your history. These suites were written down. Bach was a known improviser but he did not improvise what is documented. By nature of his work he needed to write down music every week. Lutheran chorales and cantatas are not exactly improvisable music. In addition he played klavier. Not Cello. As to whether he even wrote these is disputed. At any rate this is not improvised music. Everybody knows that you damn spam goblin.

[cellobrox2]

@41hz i especially enjoy your last remark. "spam goblin" hahaha

[OfGreatLakes]

@41hz Sure, the music was structurally pre-meditated and written down, but let's not deny that fluent improvisation was valued even then--organists (esp. students of Bach) were regularly expected to improvise with sound counterpoint given only the chord progression. It follows to reason from the repeats in many baroque pieces would withstand improvisation from fine musicians--at minimum in their ornamentation--then and now. Indeed that's part of what we hear from many great performers today.

[OfGreatLakes]

@41hz and apologies for responding to a 3 year old post, but as important as it is to revere history, I think it's also important to keep minds open to creative possibilities especially when it comes to something like music. In any case, enjoy the music--cheers!

[SirDanOfHell]

@41hz Actually, you are correct in all matters except for the fact we do indeed know that these were written by JS Bach. A copy written by his own (disorganized) hand was discovered in Leipzig among the affairs of his son, Carl Phillip Bach, along with dozens of portraits and correspondences. I know this because i have just visited the Bach Museum in Leipzig ;) If you're interested they have a complete repertoire of all of his known compositions.

[theriven1]

that is pretty rude. but a little bit of truth in it. nevermind. he roxx. plays it awesome

[dcfacacio]

all i can say is....WOW!!! he sounds great!

[Jcbooker]

Amazing!!!! This is soooo beautiful. A little too much vibrato for me but it's excellent.

[Apalexpe]

awesome performance

[gggeeerrrttt]

this guy is so freakin sick, look at him! hahaha!! goddamm i need to learn how to play this better

[djparish]

Bet y'all didn't know this was recorded in 1993!!!