Haydn Cello Concerto Rostropovich 1981 II

[specter290]

whats the message haydn is trying to point out in this particular piece and movement?

[Jacobgabc123]

3:50 picks nose lawl

[xbasket12x]

I wish I was alive to see this, but sadly I was born 15 years after this :P

[tlatol12345]

Qué genial interpretación. Rusia exporta artistas, mientras que otros países exportan muerte, saqueos, mentiras, genocidio y artisterías.

[DJNotNais]

haydn you're a genius, rostropovich is a ROBOT!! omg i never seen any1 play the cello so cleanly

[pereira134679]

Eternamente grato , esse grande violancelista, ...vai ser pra sempre recordado por sua postura de um grande violancelista .

[minh2002]

je l'avais vu aussi a Lille a l'epoque. Il s'est toujours plante dans la gamme montante du debut. Haydn n'est pas sa meilleure interpretation.

[pereira134679]

@minh2002 Eternamente grato , esse grande violancelista, ...vai ser pra sempre recordado por sua postura de um grande violancelista

[jahi5]

Oh dude JediMar1970 never mind

[jahi5]

Hey JediMar1970 thats not fucking Na Chang

it fucking Seiji Ozawa dude

get your fuckin facts right

[fannybaba]

Hi, Im Dave Haydn...No really! thats my name, and I am an ancestor of this Haydn. I live in Rochdale UK and work in a supermarket.

[Arjetube]

lol the jimi hendrix of... cello xD

[Pickdivision]

That piece for cello was just...AMAZING!

[xbasket12x]

11 people missed the thumbs up button because they were having a cellogasm

[orchestracelloplayer]

his bow moves so fast on the short notes he looks like her is just string crossing most the time... I love Rostropovich, to bad I can't pronounce his name lol lovely

[zucchini2007]

@dedly10 Seiji Ozawa

[AzurEnvole]

Quel bonheur, quelle chance avons-nous de profiter de tels talents.

[1Stratt]

Palo y medio!!!!

[loskar777]

nombre del director es Seiji Osawa uno de ls primeros directores japoneses y uno de los pimeros en no usar camisa chaleco y corbata... ademas de ser un talentosísimo director muy imnovador tengo en mi archivo su versión (no sé si hay otra) de Música de la calle (Street music op65 de William Russo Excelente!!

[dedly10]

Oh god... whats that conductors name.....dammit!

[dedly10]

oh god whats that composers name....... dammit!

[luvu2bitzxx]

WOW. just.. wow..

amazing... omgggg.

ohmygoodd...

he's is amazing.

[zutflutefleur]

Haydn is so satisfying!

[yanpan16]

i love this man's music <3

[0311SPAWN]

Rostropovich is the Van Halen of the cello

[thomaschigioni]

No...Van Halen is the Rostropovich of the guitar ;)

[Wittenberg12]

Incredible ease,--incredible speed,- incredible presition,-incredible sound,- simply high end brilliance,---no wonder he was among the very best....

[itasasu09]

his right hand was a blur...soo fast O.O

[aninon46]

impresionante!!!!!!! es una bella obra, vale la pena tenerla en la biblioteca y disfrutarla, bravo por Haydn y Rostropovich!!!!!

[trends1986]

wow this is amazing!

[porpoisefathom]

hey this one was on a milk comercial about ten years ago- a guy playing this piece promoting milk was the commercial..i never knew what peice he played until now!! cool

[Funkypotat0]

I can tell that this man has played the cello a few times in his day...

I was absolutely amazed at the view of his fingers. Although it's not a close up of them, it's quite amazing to watch him manipulate the instrument in such a way.

[clonecommando522]

lol a few times

[UltimateCellist]

this piece fulfilled my appetite! so delicious

[vln94]

Rostropovich= mito!

[cthramm]

what a wonderfull piece of art!

[Rostro65]

Üstadlık budur. üstad olmakta budur. Mekanın cennet olsun Üstadım...

[brunuuu255]

details "ridiculous", Rostropovich is (was) the greatest ...

[datc0lombian]

i think a cello soloist should tighten his bow more at a concert to make it louder and more clear. here he has it too loose it needs to be louder

[D0g63rt]

Your volume is dependent on how hard you pull. There's a point at which a half tight bow actually makes more noise than a fully tight one. And the sound coming from our speakers isn't the sound that came through his cello that night. This audio sounds like it has been poorly compressed

[eohano]

I know soloists tune sharp, but that's really extreme.

Even ignoring the intonation issues, this is still an embarrassment to Slava.

[edwardDLR]

Your an idiot.

[proggoth]

Tuned sharp? You might notice that the cello is not a fretted instrument.

[eohano]

....

Clearly, you don't play a stringed instrument with any proficiency. Yes, soloists tune sharp. (see those little pegs at the top? And the fine tuners on the tailpiece?) Just because it's "not a fretted instrument" doesn't mean that when you tighten the strings, the pitch doesn't go up. So, yes, it's a very common practice to tune sharp - it gives the soloist a brighter sound that stands out from the orchestra. It could have been the recording, but there were some intonation issues.

[proggoth]

My point is that you can tune the instrument anyway you want. Without frets the intonation is always consistent with your finger placement (barring open strings and harmonics). If you need me to list my credentials as a "proficient" stringed instrumentalist we can go there.

[Stapler78]

Open string are pretty important in a C major concerto, so I don't think we can bar (tee hee) them here.

[proggoth]

I suspect i'm not conversing with cellists.

[civuoleorecchio]

Rostropovich a un certo punto va in estasi...e un pò di quella sensazione si trasmette con la musica...che cosa meravigliosa !

[vln94]

Sì sono d'accordo!!

[lubahegre01]

2:50 to 3:30 is SUBLIME: perfect music and playing.

[AlexCantoro91]

wow..

[catiithaxx]

simplemente magnifico

[bohemianblueeyes7]

this is crazy!! xD

[youwrotethis]

His bow strokes are so awesome

[momogas]

fantastico.

[notrippoletta]

ma è davvero sconvolgente :O

[gameloveblog]

Brilliant bowing.

[Quincypop]

The endpin is the way Slava likes it.

[letsruletheworld63]

its great except the rythm. way off

[Equestrian195]

This man has an exquisite memory, and look at his endpin at the end lol. It was all bent but it was a spectacular performance.

[rybakostis]

Actually........ This is not good performance........ I think that he didn't practice before this concert a couple weeks))) BUT!!!! HE IS GREAT IN ANY WAY!

[Curatica]

Nu poate fi "more better"; "much better" e suficient si corect in acelasi timp.

[JediMar1970]

Ha Na Chang, can't hold a candle to Rostropovich!

[tong135799]

No one can!

[Challenger2060]

@JediMar1970 or an HID light for that matter :P

[phoenix100forever]

Believe me, he was GREAT! I am Russain and saw him in alive in Moscow, the musicians like him are born not so often at all.

[Curatica]

Certainly he was alive when you saw him but you probably saw him performing "live".

[SAX82ZS]

this is one of my favorite concertos of all time, yet the way he plays this is awfully distasteful in my eyes. His intonation is incredibly off on various sustained notes and everything was play just way to fast in my opinion. In other sections, his bow is moving faster than his fingers. And he cuts everything off so quickly! lets the notes ring! lol. Nothing against his greatness, this performance in particular just doesnt do much for me... I like the way Han Nah Chang plays it or J. Du Pre.

[vessobesso]

Agree with you totaly, think he had bad day. Don't get it why rushing that fast and never saw him playing with that bad intonation and articulation between both hands. Anyway he remains an icon for the cello players...

[wiecek00]

remarkable man he was.. shame he had to go.. R.I.P.

[cantanteporsiempre]

lol Ozawa se parece al del libro de la selva, no recuerdo el nombre

[anisometropie]

:D Mowgli i guess

[cantanteporsiempre]

lol yes thank you.

[PTCello]

SLAVA! Always the best!

Immer das Beste!

Ozawa....not

[hcpftw]

dont misunderstand me i rly respect these ppl with such talent and abilities, but they kinda look insane, like if they went into another world via music

[mbr87]

this is from 1981, there people looked kind of different i believe.. however, they really look strange^^

[frdrcksncn]

i see what you mean. lol.

But I guess it's the instrument. Learning a classical instrument really eats you up. These people might've practice 8 hours a day during their college year..so that means that you really have to be committed to it...

[tramplemania]

Ozawa = so young

[AnonymousChinese]

This was the best performance of this piece to me. He definitely beats Yo yo Ma and Hana Chang technically. However, to my opinion, and I may be wrong, but I think this piece should deserve just a tad bit more expression, not saying he doesn't have any, but you know what it mean. Over all, muy muy bien!!!

[leonora0210]

yeah i agree, this is his concerto, yo yo Ma is such a show off.

[mowgie]

Enjoy this piece and performance for what it is. I assure you it's better than any of the YouTubeCritics™ can provide. Do not be put off by nasty and/or ill-directed remarks.

[cellogeek95]

Even professional musicians makes mistakes, and even if this is one of his less good performances, it´s not so bad at all. I think that you guys who think that this is horrible are overreacting a little bit. But that´s my opinion.

[delt6019]

Maybe he was having a bad day, but I too think this is not what I would expect from Rostropovich. The music didn;'t breath at all, it was lets play this as fast as possible guys!

Technically brilliant yes, musical no!

[HARMONICO101]

Crucify me if you want, but I've come to the conclusion that I don't like Rostropovich at all. I've tried listening to alot of his performances, and I have to say that I don't like any of them, or at least I've heard versions by other performers that I like a whole lot more. Tell me, what is it that made him so special? Because I still don't get it.

To be honest, I feel that this performance is really messy and his intonation is not nearly perfect.

[geemusic1]

Believe me, this guy was great. A basic truth is that his playing, like many, doesn't come across on recordings. Live, he had a huge sound that exopressed small detail to the back of the hall. This is not a good night, but I heard him do three concertos in one night at Carnegie Hall and all superb, at age sixty. Remember, he is playing for row thirty and sacrificing the first rows and microfone. Think about this - important

[PTCello]

I remember a recital in 1986. Slava played the 5th quite. I was in the balcony of an auditorium that was close to 100 years old. I could hear every voice of the fugue so clearly it sounded like multiple individuals playing. And I could hear as clearly in the Balcony as if I were sitting next to him. It has never been equaled in my experience, and I'm old enough to have heard many of the greats. God Bless Slava.

[Jamekiwi]

how many times does it return to the main theme?

[brunuuu255]

The very best cello player!!!

[lawdnasty]

That, was truly amazing. >:D rostropovich is such a music pimp!! X3 LOL

[manilamaestro]

He stands up at the end of the video, as if saying softly to himself, "Yeah, I know you'll clap for me". =))

[symphonyplayer]

This absolutetly incredible. The accompanists part is very hard. The cellist is absolutely fantastic

[jihoonkim621]

Whos the conductor?

[gklitt]

I'm pretty sure it's Seiji Ozawa.

[iplaywithnoshoes]

Doesn't he usually conduct for the Boston Pops?

[UltimateCellist]

I have a question: are there many note alternatives to this piece, because at 5:33, I play the note natural where as Rostropovich kind of plays it flat. I was just wondering, because I want to know if I've been playing it wrong the whole time.

[MacPhantom]

I think you mean the h there? No, you aren't playing it wrong. Rostropovich is some kind of unexact there (you can hear that it sounds a bit weird).

Anyhow: It certainly is not a b (I don't know whether you also say "h" and "b" in English).

[mkakashi1993]

shouldnt this peice start up bow no critisizm but every person i have seen play starts up bow

[dketche2]

However Rostropovich does anything involving cello performance, is almost certainly the best way to do it.

[omeria68]

Wow, I thought that I was pretty good at thumb position until I saw this. I just got owned...

[gadogado123]

"ouch" at 5:54, is it just me?

[atralfalgar]

unfortunately, it's not you

[leonora0210]

no, i think the bow slipped a bit there

[amadeus5889]

It happens to the best of us. Take it as a lesson: even Rostropovich made mistakes.

[Apocalypticafan1992]

it was just a small mistake. besides i think the bow slipped shit happens. hes my favourite cello player

[1violon1cello]

WOW...

[Tella86]

All better then them? :)

[stupedpoop]

hmm. if you notice, the conductor goes a little overboard. sure he/she has to keep the beat. but moving your head as if you were a robot...a bit to much

[C3P0meetsData]

Cellist:chěl'ĭst(noun)

One who believes in and practices the doctrine of cellism

[ailiot]

Way too fast! Come on, you guys... listen! He can't even keep up with himself and it sucks the musicality out of the piece. I can't believe this is Rostropovich I'm hearing. Mistakes all over and poor tuning? It's not just the big intonation errors, but little ones all over between the sixteenths... they're just all off. I really don't understand why everyone is voting down negative comments about this video. Is it just because of who he is, because his name doesn't make it a good recording.

[InSaneTK]

I agree, some notes go so fast by in this recording that you can almost not consciously even reflect over what you heard before it's gone. It's a fast piece but you don't have to outdo speed-metal x2

[floyd8354]

how does he do so fast? it's amazing i've played for seven yrs and couldn't even imagine ever playing that.

[nikitannenkov]

how many hours do you practise?

[InSaneTK]

If you practiced on playing at this speed, you'd eventually achieve the goal. However I would use a lot more time on playing from your heart, not as fast as your fingers can possibly go. :P

[pungleen]

too fast!!

[MadamCadaver]

oh wow...why does it look like his end pin is bent?

[xX305Joker305Xx]

well thats because it is. the bent endpin gets the cello closer to the body making it easier to shift and stuff. not many cellists prefer this style.

[MadamCadaver]

very interesting.

[nikitannenkov]

cause it is bent. Rostropovich inveted it himself.

[MadamCadaver]

this piece looks like so much fun!

[luv4ever960130]

i luv him playing the cello...

he is awesome...

[BonoManolo]

not in tune.....!!!

[hellopie18]

he was really good but i think he should have went slower cause the orch couldnt keep up!! lol

[cartoonbaby11]

simply awesome

y really love rostropovich

(oooh my)

well im happy with mu cello preformance

hahaaaa

descanse en paz magnifico rostropovich mi maestro mi dios mi todo

n_n

[gunswiohdn]

5.54 a mistaake!!.... just kidding you are awesome!!!

[nealkenny81]

WOW! What a great performance!

Azerbaijan should be proud for giving gift like Rastropovich to our world!

May your soul rest in peace Maestro!

[nikitannenkov]

Why Azeybaijan?

[BonoManolo]

cause he is from azeybajjan.........

[miah9]

wow

[anisometropie]

an incredible technique mastery !

[gunswiohdn]

who is the director???

[Challenger2060]

thats because its not, this is the third movement.

[dragonhidepker]

ozawa seiji

[APOSEIG]

This doesn't sound like the second movement.

[Crisgeek]

this is the third movement, the first one was the second movement

[D3m0crat]

Even beyond have the right "brand" of cello, each individual cello made by a particular luthier will have its own unique characteristics - tone, response, etc. Most, if not all, professional cellists, will play dozens of cellos before deciding which is best for them. Then comes shopping for a bow, which will also vary within a bowmaker, and each bow will respond in different ways with different cellos. So a 10000 bow might not play as well as a 100 bow on a particular cello. Just depends

[blueinu26]

odd question(s)does it really matter what brand of a chello one has,and does it make a huge diffrence, in the long run? if any one would respond to this without being an ass i would appreciate it.

[iMensah81]

it greatly does matter. It's like asking does it matter what brand of car you buy. Obviously, the longer the maker has been making cellos, (probably) the better quality they'll be. Of course, with quality comes a price (and sometimes alot.) Some of the best cellos (and other stringed instruments) come from Italy, Germany, (sometimes) England, and Austria...

[Slavoljuban]

It is not to fast!

[atralfalgar]

amazing !!

[InSaneTK]

Franz Joseph Haydn is way to overlooked. Just listen to this, this music is amazing! Just listen from 2:52... Who can write music like that? Absolutely stunning. :P

[celloshoe]

As a professional cellist, and one who admires Rostropovich: IT IS TOO FAST!!!

[Challenger2060]

I think that how fast a piece is played depends entirely on the conductor, there is only a recommendation of how fast a piece can be played, for instance, at how many different tempos can one find the requiem mass by mozart? Several. If there was a set tempo for every piece and we couldn't go any faster imagine how boring music would become.

[Zanibug]

I totally agree

[ailiot]

No, no... soloist sets the tempo. The conductor set the tempo for the Mozart you referenced, but not for solo works. Celloshoe isn't saying there's only one right tempo to play this at, but that it was the wrong tempo for him at this performance/time, and as another musician who also admires Rostropovich, I'm inclined to agree.

[gklitt]

I also agree. And I don't think that it's Ozawa's fault either; Rostropovich himself seems to rush his opening bars. That's probably intentional on his part, but I don't understand why he wanted to take it so fast. Past a certain point it seems to detract more than add to the piece.

[ziggylooho]

wow. thank God he didn't get Parkinson's disease.

[Zanibug]

lol

[Apocalypticafan1992]

you should see hana chang interpretation. rostropovich is the best cellist there has ever been

[danibartrujcello]

rostropovich is cello prodogy

[TheRiddler215]

Gorgeous

[SlyFox616]

The only interpretation of this piece that matches, if not surpasses Du Pre's.

[54294493]

tengoun amigo director que es igual a este conductor

fisicamente y en su forma de dirigir!

jajaja

[raticida123456]

jaja que wey mas cajeta

[Logan2192]

He is very good but those runs sound like they go too fast for the orchestra to be in sync with him

[deMastro]

In his younger years Rostropovich had perfect intonation but this video is from his older years... He is still my favorite Cellist of all times!

[supermegaawesomestud]

amazing cellist:)

[skylineaddict]

The conductor is comical :D

[kpxmofu15]

my school conductor is like that

LOL~

[Tuzkar]

Of all the recordings of this concerto, this is my favorite interpretation.

[anisometropie]

The master of the masters.

[littlefuzzykitty]

my brother keeps going on my account and pretending to be i dont really like classical music ...he does

[l33tmaster104]

That's funny. You like anime, manga, and the like whereas he likes classical, and probably reads several books on a weekly basis. Complete opposites.

[bookishmuch]

rostropovich is my favorite. i just love the big earthy lyrical sound of his playing. besides here you can barely see his hands they move so damn fast!! this is not one of my favorite pieces--i think the cello is a lyrical instrument--but you can really tell how good a player is by watching them play it.

when i say he is my favorite, i am not bashing anyone else--i love du pre and the others--i don't know what it is that makes me like his playing more. i guess i am just drawn to the sound.....

[belianis]

Any particular reason why concert musicians still wear an uniform of white tie and black tails?

[Nymphobe]

its a music style dress-code. Like a heavy-metal bands have to wear studded leather and hair-bang while playing guitar ^^

[beatle96]

ad analogy, common stereotype. i play metallica, considered a heavy metal band and i look like john lennon :)

[fs3detf9m]

He is one of the best cellists,but i think that Yo-Yo Ma is better.

[avesillasday]

oh dios ¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡ impresionante ¡¡¡¡¡

[danie200487]

it is right guys, it was me, now I realized all of this this is in tone, but i think only in two parts notes are no so clear anyway

[danie200487]

i dont if its me, but i feel that he is out of tone several times

[jsd4544]

It's you.

[pelza12]

Yep.

[micahbuster101]

in the first few seconds after i comes in it does sound a little funny, but i pretty sure that that is just a wolf tone in his cello.

[AbsoluteZ3R0]

Don't listen to these idiots who mark you down just because they can't bare to see someone rightfully criticize one of the great masters of cello. Yes, there are quite a few minor intonation errors, but then again Rostropovich has never been renowned for his perfect intonation, but rather, for his Heifetz like playing style/fiery temperament. Don't get me wrong, Rostropovich is great and possibly my favorite cellist, but he definitely does not have the best intonation.

[FinalJ]

the best cellist in the world. the best ever. ask any cellist in the world and they'll admit it. ask yoyoma, ask anyone.

[SlyFox616]

Look at his bow at 3:22.