Bach - Cello Suite No.5 iv-Sarabande

[BonefidePsychonaut]

Wow. Not only is this one of my favorite renditions, it looks like the camera crew had a ball shooting this! The close up of the bow on the strings with the really shallow depth of field? fapfapfap. Think I might have to buy the DVD.

[BerenikeSpilwib]

makes me want to play it myself!

[mackjr72]

just tried sight reading the trombone arrangement for this...'twas a fail

[lkpp90x]

that bow hold is just trippin me up. man is a genius though.

[Jemoh66]

The camera work on these vids is amazing. check out 2:20 to 3:01

[LimboShrimp]

Doctor Emmett Brown went back in time, stole Bach's semen (or coaxed it from him?), put it into stasis, then artificially inserted it into Yo Yo Ma's mother's uterus. Bingo bango: The resulting child was handed a tiny violin upon vaginal ejection, fed fish, vegetables and ear vitamins and locked into a warm, dark room until he became a legend.

[comicalkilla]

No disrespect to Yo-Yo Ma but in my opinion, he has nothing, and I mean NOTHING on MISCHA MAISKY

[ZorbatheFranc]

I'm so thankful to Ingmar Bergman for introducing me to Bach's sarabands. It feels like such a huge part of my life would be missing without them. Sitting with my head in my hands suffering from what would later be diagnosed as schizophrenia, these songs were so often the sole remaining line to the world of the living that I had.

[ydraki]

Listening to this immerses me into deep thought, praying, devotion to something higher.

[MsCellobass]

really ths one has a way more vibrato than necessary. I recommend Josephine Van Liers interpretation.

[DavidGerber0394]

Almost as good as a bass trombone playing it.

[Sugarboxproductions]

@DavidGerber0394 No. Just no.

[palomaemia90]

@DavidGerber0394 riight....... part of the CELLO suites... ..

[sradley89]

@DavidGerber0394 Alright! I'm not the only base bone player listening to this!! I think most of the cellists consider it sacrilage to play this on trombone, but we'll just have to ignore them.

[echospetr]

I refer to this artful performance by Maestro Maisky as reference for listeners of my variation, The Jazarabande. Please have a listen!

Thanks,

[tritrix08]

Far too slow ... I prefer Ma Yo Yo's interpretation... more emotional.. <3

[Lockdown5020]

very good, except his bow keeps sliding up and down

[rockyiii1]

@Lockdown5020 does it really matter? this sounds amazing.

[tyr12345yurty]

@Lockdown5020 Actually that's a musical resource.. it's for the quality and the intensity of sound

[matiscro]

Just let your Soul Glo baby

[Hustlahustler]

feelin' oh so silky smooth, just let it shine throuuuuuuuuugh!

[rogierkraan]

Awesome acoustics. but why do i hear people breathing in the background?

[LordMonSeigneur]

It is the cello that you hear breathing ...

No just kidding xD

[forty34three]

i listened to Mstislav Rostropovich's interpretation of this piece and, while it was damn good, i prefer the more flowing, lyrical interpretation by Mr. Maisky here... May the soul of Slava live on forever

[lucasbittini]

what is the interpret??? pls..

[linolada225]

This looks pretty easy to figure out by ear...

Such wonderful vibrato he has.

It livens the piece, even though all of the notes are, persay, quarter notes?

[C0urante]

Actually, it is made up of almost all eighth and quarter notes. I once had a judge at a competition make the same mistaken assumption; then again, I deserved it for forgetting to bring him a copy of the music...

[linolada225]

Yes, haha.

I can really play this song now, actually!

I was actually surprised when I asked my teacher for the sheet music... it was half a page! And just eighth notes! I actually thought that my teacher gave me the wrong sheet music ^_^

heheh...

[mcdevster]

nice tune or diddy if you will... i'm sure you will not - as you are a 'purist'.. feel free to enter negative 1 in response to this comment ;)

[chas5131]

@mcdevster

ditty

[OME10S]

Bach is extraordinairy beautiful and always remains it's strentghs and depths. I believe it's the freedom and the right of the artist to play in a -romantic- way or not. I played the baroqueviolin but I have quit for several -artistic- reasons. It's seldom seen that a baroqueperformance touches the heart of people. It is not for nothing that during time instruments developed for bigger halls and so,

for bigger sound.

Bach would have loved this perfomance.

[Cardien18]

i said beautiful first! >:(

(^_^) I love this movement it's just enchanting....and beautiful.

[AnyaDomenici]

He's got beautiful sound!

[Cardien18]

It's so beautiful.

[adiopunkskater03]

dam i want his cello and bow so bad. His playing is magnificent.

[jasonk125]

Anybody knows when this was recorded? Thanks~

[kanye1204]

i think some time in the 80's, but I'm not sure. If you see current pics of him now he has the same hair style but its grayed over, it looks kinda funny lol

[LivingMarionette]

Masterpiece.

[Cardien18]

What grade do you have to be to play this?

[Xovious]

I'm in 7th and I'm working on it

[scottbrogan00]

this song is soooo much fun to play (cello rocks!)

[Composer283]

Very nice!

[debartzen]

Matemática eterna.Inmortal,mas allá de la creación.Vive eternamente,la belleza de Bach.

[FUZZYisBIG]

I absolutely love is interpretation, sure it's no strict baroque but to all the damn purists, music is about bring your own life to the dots on the paper.

[LANKYNIBS9000]

@FUZZYisBIG please report to the nearest reeducation center for a chat with one of our mentors.

[BlackbeanTofu]

oh my god this is what bach music should be, a little bit sad but romantic. you are the best Mischa Maisky, oh and bach too!

[hhr62]

I have heard Yo-Yo Ma and Maisky play this sarabande, but I have been thinking that this can be played faster and still sound great. I understand the feeling they put into this, but where did this idea of playing this so slow come from?

[RedWasabii]

Everyone has their view. I agree that it can be reduced to about a minute. Personally, it is difficult to discpline oneself when playing Bach. I think that's the main reason people try to play romantically or what they call "musically".

[PatTheStalker]

if it were reduced to a minute, it would sound way to frigging fast and would end up sounding crappy

[chas5131]

IMHO this speed is best.  Rostopovich plays the suites too fast.

Maisky and Starker are my favorites.

[Lif3lesss]

I get lessons from a really good cellist, and all he says in terms of interpretations is to do what is convenient. So I doubt that he doesn't KNOW how to play baroque music, it's probably just that he chooses not to.

[mrgabest]

He's obviously a virtuous, but just as clearly has no clue how to play baroque music.

[RedWasabii]

Maisky plays romantically because he likes to, not because he can't. You have no idea what you're talking about.

[mrgabest]

Preferring to play baroque pieces in the wrong style isn't really any better.

[RedWasabii]

That is true in a way. However I believe mostly* in depth of interpretation. Maisky's modern feel can be seen in modern music, which Bach has greatly influenced already. I HATE other romantic interpretations other than Maisky's which is an exception. Personally I'll stick with baroque combined with a modern style like Heinrich Schiff.

[SwordSaintSlayer]

my main argument against most interpretation is

"Which has the better sound"

not

"Which adheres to the genre and style of the music?"

But nether the less, I really like this interpretation, I think the most 'pure' interpretation is Yo-Yo Ma's.

[mrgabest]

My only complaint about romantic interpretations is that they've become so common. There was a period during the 20th century where nearly every kind of music was being played in a kind of post-modern romantic style. It diminishes the great variety of European music to play it all the same way.

[Luvcello2]

With these pieces, Bach left a good deal of room for interpretation, but it takes a masterful player to sense the direction and emotion of a piece enough to truly make it individual without destroying the base of this emotion.

[SwordSaintSlayer]

You have to remember there is so much debate regarding the base of the suites that anyone trying to seriously study the issue would just return with a head ache, cellist like you and me included.

[rayhavon]

isnt the cello there a bit small for him?

[Lif3lesss]

It's a full size; they don't get any bigger.

[Arsamene87]

Bellissimo e commovente.

[alber1843]

Buscaba oír esta Suite Nº5 para Cello y me parece impresionante cómo ha sido interpretada. La oiré todas las tardes, supongo... Muchas gracias, Alberto Omar Walls

[Pooldogfromoz]

Fucking hell . . .

This is a beautifull piece.

Thank you so much.

[angelofmusic102]

his vibrato is gorgeous o.o

[Enix5548]

One of the best interpretation of this piece for sure!

[54spiritedwill54]

Bravo! this guy's tone on this song is awesome

[banana2assassin]

I'm going to be a purist and tell you that it's not a song, its a piece

=]

[timexhydes]

Oh, how I love this piece. I've listened to it again, after a long while, and decided to look up some people perform it.

I must say, he plays this piece especially well.

No matter how many times I listen to this, I can feel at such peace with these sounds that carry such beauty with a hint of sorrow... [in my opinion]

[seanandkaylene]

i was at an all-state conference recently and our conductor was Mark Russell Smith, currently directing the Richmond Symphony. and the end of our last rehearsal he played a Bach solo for us, and i believe it was this one...i can tell you, it's an incredible experience live. i've never heard 300 teenagers in complete silence, ever, aside from that performance. music at its finest. it doesn't matter who plays it.

[Pultistkult]

Sarabande ? John Lord !

[tyr12345yurty]

Ahhh!! This waves of sound makes me feel many things, its amazinh!

[pibepaz]

wonderful

[Daryaryadom]

this does the opposite of calming me down

[weeeky]

i play cello ..i hope that one day i will play that ....i love music and cello

[trejo567]

yoyo-ma has perfected the art of mood, while he has perfected the art of character and expression

[gucker07]

Maisky also has a cleaner sound than Ma.

[trejo567]

true, Ma tends to overdo it, but you can't rival his expertise

[1200adv]

its a sad melody that i could lisen all day..

magnificooo!

[ElBluesummer]

lol. People.. don't listen to doubleearjazz... treat him like a troll because, although it may not be his goal, it is what he has become.

[Jekatherina]

Gentle and hidden, covering of an almost unbearable pain. Contemplation without any words. Dolorous gief.

[whathaveweherepeople]

this guy's tone on this song is way better than yoyo ma's

[light1kmr]

is not

[pianist00999]

do u play cello?

[banana2assassin]

well, you can't say one is better than the other. The two have different styles, and both are masters. To say one is better than the other is to undermine the very meaning of music.

[pviola314]

@whathaveweherepeople The tone is stronger. It's not that Ma doesn't know how to play with this tone, but choose a more sparse interpretation to give it a more introverted feel.

[citizenrevolt2]

@whathaveweherepeople

this guy's tone is better than yo mom's!!!

[mrn93]

wow i never realized that you were five years old. Vibrato is one of the best features of modern cello playing, and maisky is the best INTERPRETER of the bach suites

[bomtenho]

kind of an oxymoron when you say he is the best interpreter, because basically you're saying that your interpretation of his interpretation is the best interpretation of bach, which can't be definitively true since it's just your personal interpretation and not necessarily a universal truth.

[mrn93]

yes but all i am doing is sharing my personal opinion, opinions are often stated as fact for sake of argument.

[mrn93]

if you are talking about classical music in general, then new ideas are nothing new. Classical music is ever evolving, when this was written is would have been played with very little vibrato if any at all

[mrn93]

much better than ma's

and as far as vibrato goes, oh look he is using an endpin too

[NavitasExcessum]

I max out my surround sound and played it fifteen times, it isn't enough. Everything was perfect, I don't need to comment, obviously it was a different style, but I loved it.

Music: the language of god.

[kaironel]

Bravo

[kigawman]

I noticed that this piece is somewhat similar to Bach lute suite BWV 995, fourth movement, also called "Sarabande."

[mars7272]

It is the exact same suite, just different names . It is the 3rd lute suite 5th cello suite.

[tyr12345yurty]

Indeed! But sounds better on cello.

[tyr12345yurty]

Wow!!! I love this interpretation it has so much feeling, the vibrato only makes a bit more romantic than it supose to be, but i like this very much!

[xklamation]

It's beautiful, it reminds me how much I cried when I saw the Ingmar Bergman film "Sarabande". I find all the suites amazing and yet so painful at times.

[prede89]

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[Volgaskaya]

Vibrato and baroque was the style back then..this is a faithful rendition. I find it is somewhat "sweetened" by a touch of modern romantic style..which didn't exist in Bachs time and would have been considered too "forward"

Bach had many tragedies in his life, the music was his way of purging these feelings of longing , angst and brooding..Bach is known to do this.

[bwhahrhr]

vibrato and baroque... well who cares its youtube and its a solo piece (o:

[cassandra5322]

wow very long waves of vibratoOoOoOoOoooOOOoooOOOoOoO­oOoOOOOOOooooOoOOOOOOOOOoooooo­oOOoOoOoOoOoOoOoOoOoOoOoO

[ether007]

painfully soothing!

[scarlettspectrums]

I most definitely agree.