Pt. 3 Rostropovich Prokofiev Sinfonia Concertante

[cellocarrot]

It seems to fall apart in the orchestra at 5:01.

[George6Cavendish]

Our hero.

[sweatinggrundle]

0:45 nice to know even slava makes funny faces in the hard bits..

[rasputin1357]

It had to be a difficult concert to play. With (as someone so aptly commented) the orchestra of the living dead and a conductor that looks like he's he's guiding a 747 into a gate, it had to be distracting to Slava.

[watcherusdt]

stupid audience

[makuletboy]

That climax toward the end is intense.....especially that crazy montage of sixteenth notes before the orchestra comes back with the theme.

CRAAZZYYYY STUUUFFFFFFF

[rostis1927]

Genius!

[OliverKahnNr1]

PS (just wanted to add the time of occurance): 5:38.

[OliverKahnNr1]

Woah! Nice low A natural at the end of that movement there, boys (Bass Trombonist and Tubist)!

[OliverKahnNr1]

And timpani. Sorry, bro, I always forget to register the timpani because it's the only percussion instrument whose pitch matches in perfectly. Kudos to timpanis(ts)!

[bzyakalka]

последние две минуты просто гениальны.

[Darklord12356]

Orchestra of the living dead....

[rasputin1357]

So true!

ROFL!!!

[nyyhks]

He was so grazy good ! And this piece is a masterpiece.

[gabcello]

muy bueno , que tecnica¡¡¡¡

[altiburcio]

I don't know much about technique and that kind of stuff, but this work has always struck as overwhelmingly demanding (at least so it seems)

[cellodude1]

Oh it is!!

[cattleman6420012000]

He had a terrible time in the very early seventies in Russia, because he had the amazing courage to stand up etc etc.After he came to live in the West suddenly Russia wiped him off their bookes and made him a "no person". It naturally took the heck of a lot out of him;but he came back as he was a genius.

[cattleman6420012000]

This man was a true genius at the cello during his best playing years. I heard him many times during those years in London. I will never forget the effect he had on everyone.the audiences went absolutely crazy. He was totally unique with his true level of greatness at that time.

[cattleman6420012000]

He was a cellist genius during his best playing years. I heard him a number of times in London. He was absolutely phenominal and had an enormous repertoire. I miss him enormously!!!

[fiddlinmatt]

I don't think he ever "lost it" -- he was a musical god trapped in a body that was aging and had to die... this kind of spark of genius comes along only once in a long long while.