Argerich - Bashmet - Schubert Arpeggione ( viola / piano ) 1 part I

[VelikyRostov9]

These 2 instruments 'a modern grand and a modern steel-strung viola' have a terrible balance with one another; for they are both dark, round, have a slow attack, and little variation of color resulting in a vanilla gooey sound that possesses no contrast. The violist might have done something about it by choosing to vary his tones and bowing more ponticello, but he seems blithely unaware of the boring quality of sound. That said: the two compensate largely by playing very well together.

[lauramcflymusica]

Thanks!!!!

[hortenciayo]

Best Argentinian pianist ever! Martha Argerich

[yoyofencer]

Excellent flying spiccatto!

[bmbnxouwyeah]

bashmet is maniac!! fucking a whore

[zachdellinger]

@kyleclef opinion is the keyword...... better does not exist........ neither does music...... or your opinion......... unless of coarse you really believe it does........... shit...........

[BaboonBassoon]

Arpeggione is actually a type of string instrument, and Schuberts sonata is the only really know work for it. Thats why we always hear it on a cello or viola, because the arpeggione instrument is rare and was made about 1 year before it went out of fashion because people didnt like it. If you want to hear a really good recording you need to find one with an actual arpeggione instrument. :D just saying

[MrFpam]

@BaboonBassoon A really good recording? So this is not good enough?

Where can you find one with an arpeggione? And who would play it as well as Bashmet?

[BaboonBassoon]

@MrFpam I didnt mean it like that! I meant its just if you want to hear it as it would have been played Schuberts time, you would need to hear it on an Arpegionne - But I definatley agree with you, that Yuri Bashmet plays it best on the viola :D I meant as in a recording that would be relevant to the original instrument :P

[MrFpam]

@BaboonBassoon I have posted a video with someone playing the arpeggione and received some positive responses. Of course the piano should be an early one (of Schubert's time) too! (By the way, the word is "definitely"). But we can rarely hear any music of before the 20th century as the composer would have heard it! It's the music that counts and players like Bashmet do great justice to it!

[Elainelps0421]

Does anyone know when this performance was recorded? Thank you.

[xujam]

@solartongue I agree with you completely, all other violists sound so sloppy when they change registers, bashmet is the only one who controls the lack of stability in different registers of the viola, in this case he is using all different colors and changes the timbre all the time, NOONE sounds like him he is a monster...

[zebuloncyclone]

it seems Schubert wrote it for Bashmet...

[loorloop]

Bashmet is the god of the violists

[sousique]

@loorloop nothing special, normal violinists, a lot of mistakes

[loorloop]

@sousique ? Bashmet is not a violinist >< He is a VIOLIST

Did u hear a lot of mistakes? tell us the time when u hear a mistake

[sousique]

@loorloop the violin, viola - the same technique, this piece is for viola da gamba. Very sloopy performance.

[loorloop]

@sousique Viola da gamba ? are you kinding? We are in 1824 !

This piece is for ARPEGGIONE !

Violin, viola, same technique but not the same instrument sorry, Viola is more difficult for a same piece

[sousique]

@loorloop I' m not kidding, the original is for viola da gamba. The arpeggione is a six-stringed musical instrument, fretted and tuned like a guitar, but bowed like a cello, and thus similar to the bass viola da gamba.

[loorloop]

@sousique Schubert wrote it for Arpeggione ^^, not for viola da gamba ! i will ask my teachers if you like ^^

[musicman1724]

not bashmets best... :(

[chrispidicello]

2:28... intonation not exactly world class

[violaXplayer]

@chrispidicello eh everyone makes mistakes

[MrBenypermana]

maenya sangar banget.....

[HannahXIV]

He's got a great sound, very big and robust (hey get your mind out of the gutter)...but his playing is more one-dimensional that other really good violists. He doesn't bring as wide range of colors and emotions as one could. I'm not saying he doesn't have any contrast whatsoever, but sometimes I just hear him play with a big extroverted sound simply for the sake of having a big sound rather than communicating the emotions that the composer intended.

[sebastianDTBeat2]

Bashmet is GOD!

[concertviolinist]

@sebastianDTBeat2 No ... JESUS CHRIST IS GOD

[KoalaViolist]

@concertviolinist

No... THE FLYING SPAGHETTI MONSTER IS GOD

[ambrosio45]

nossa, valeu, a muito tempo tava procurando esse video!!!

[DevilViolinist]

i didn't appreciate when this video (along with the other movements) was taken off youtube... good to see this one's back at least :) i prefer Bashmet's rendition to all the rest

[kyleclef]

@DevilViolinist yh he plays it amazing even when drunk ahha!