Brahms Cello Sonata in F. 1st Mvt. Jian Wang, Emanuel Ax

[Amrath]

He escuchado cosas hermosas, pero es una de las cosas mas hermosas que he escuchado... 

[lepifcb]

BRAVO !!!!!



[davidgee100]

It always gives a cellist a thrill to think that this great musical mind devoted attention to our instrument, and the result here is all we could hope.

[jwunschie14]

4:02 just a tad flat....haha but who cares he is amazing! great performance

[dodgeballdude27]

Wow, it's amazing what drama Brahms created with just cello and paino! Terrific!

[joeanntoo]

yup, he was the little boy. now he became a master! Bravo...

[CrazyJimKU]

oh my god,

Is that the boy that was in the Documentary

"Mao to Mozart" ?

[stringstud]

He really plays it as a duet, Wang, that is. Example: 3:55-4:30

[w8lz]

Phantastisch!

[lasik4u]

Jian, you play like a God, just like the way Rostropovich played during his prime.

[bigbono12]

It's not a piano sonata with cello but a cello sonata. Here Emanuel Ax is too overpowering. This throws the work completely off balance in my opinion.

[proggoth]

It could be the fault of the recording. I'm not familiar with Jian Wang but he sounds awesome.

[tedgoh]

the piano is not an accompaninest, this is more like a chamber piece "duet".

[jwunschie14]

@tedgoh thats what a sonata is :)

[allanramsaysteele]

@tedgoh I saw accom-paninest and I imagined some side dish for a panini

[TheTradge]

actually brahms' cello sonatas are entitled sonatas for "piano and violoncello", they're more chamber music than solo sonatas =] notice that there are parts of the piece where the piano takes the melody, and the cello is acting as accompaniment, or not playing at all.

[Nitroidus1]

I agree. He's not the most sensitive player. And Jian Wang's sound is huge as well!

[cellohonkey]

Most of the time the cello is way too loud in recordings of the Brahms sonatas. And I'm a cellist. The only recordings I've heard that get it right are ones with Emanuel Ax.

[jrohagan]

my sentiments exactly

[jrohagan]

besides brahms didn't even consider the cello a real solo instrument.

[cellohonkey]

At least he recognized his mistake: "Why on earth didn't I know that one could write a cello concerto like this? If I had only known, I would have written one long ago!" - Brahms, on hearing Dvorak

[jrohagan]

Unfortunately for cellists and the public alike he never did. Again my sentiments exactly

[manofthehoff]

at least he kind of came halfway with the double concerto

[shafran100]

actually he did write a cello concerto, the double concerto was first for solo cello. this is available as a recording by Julius Berger, easy to find, on Amazon etc.

[bigbono12]

Somewhat OVERPRESENCE of the piano

[thecellist15]

great performance!!

[zipizapdos]

bravo!