Mstislav Rostropovich - Bach Cello Suite 2 I. Prelude

[ZannafersX]

quien se atreve a poner no me gusta!! ... y creo que ni si quiera pueden tocarla igual o mejor q mi tio! Mistilav

[CelloClarinet]

@ZannafersX tu tioo?¿ O.O

[Pacorrrr]

@ZannafersX algún tonto del culo por que no es normal...

[basilcellocello]

this is the GOD Music <3 Viva Slava

[dryman107]

this is one of the best but hardest peicees out there

[superpIayer555]

sublime

[MiseriesRequiem]

mesmerizing....



[thedennisinator]

cant get this piece down. i slur when i jump from positions.

[SlayerOfArgus]

@thedennisinator Just keep practicing. Go slow and focus on what motions need to be made and you'll get it eventually.

[mr4748a]

His endpin is bent in the middle. Its a specail endpin from what I hear. My cello teacher showed me one of them in my last lesson, and I thought it was broken. XDDDD I love cello...

[17jiangm]

WAAAAAAAAAAAA WAAAAAAA WAAAA BOO HOO WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA­AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA­AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA­AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA­AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA :"(

[StMichaelGrdianAngel]

:*(

[mrbassooner1]

The main issue, for me at least, is slurring down for the larger jumps. Some parts in the G prelude I think are actually easier on bassoon, especially towards the end. Thanks for the channel recommendation!

[91clubnika]

очень красивая музыка....люблю эту прелюдию))))))))))

[rtilgweftr]

I think Maisky's version is better, this is a little bit precipitate. If you listen to that version you can feel how he's letting it flow, but just in a perfect way, not too much, not too few.

[SceneQueenx]

I hope those that dislike this did it on accidently because they realized how epic slava was and couldn't fathom themselves to hit the right button on purpose.

[anarodz]

My favorite.

[Paxy1831]

I am a violist, but I have my score with me as I watch his interpretation. I am shadowing his bowings as a reference and they are so interesting. Notice also how his fingerings phrase with the bowings. So fascinating! What an interesting learning experience.

[Wavewolfaroha]

@Paxy1831 I am also a violist, and YT is wonderful to making this learning opportunity possible for us!

[mrbassooner1]

@Wavewolfaroha Playing this oin bassoon - watching his hands doesn't help that much. Wonderful, wonderful performance though. It's a pity that one rarely hears anything but the Prelude from the first suite in G of these six.

[Wavewolfaroha]

@mrbassooner1 Guess not!!!  I wish there were more movements from the first Suite (G) also... I can imagine this prelude on bassoon, but the G major prelude must be very difficult--the string crossings seem to generate part of the composition.

[Wavewolfaroha]

@mrbassooner1 Guess not!!!! I also wish there were more movements from the G major Suite posted... This prelude I can imagine being very playable on bassoon, but the G major prelude must be very difficult. The string crossings are clearly part of the compositional conception. ~~~ You might enjoy the channel "jjaskata"--my favorite is the folklor, but the classical pieces are outstanding also.

[leomulder]

Where was it recorded?

[TheBlackMetallien]

@leomulder It was recorded in the Bacilic of  Sainte Madeleine in france 1991

[cellomar87]

Yes, he was great cellist, but his manner of playing Bach is now anachronism. Lately is trend play Bach more in baroque style. So I like Slava very much, nay but in Bach.

[karmeniss]

Takes my breath away.

[mauricio131948]

simplemente  grandioso,maestro.

[nextoneup123]

absolutely amazing thats music bleh im just playing notes so far

[jdbrown371]

I'm reading"The Cello Suites" by Eric Siblin. You might like it.

[carbonxhelix]

absolutely stunning.

...his cello sounds amazing!

[TalumHeavy]

На мой взгляд самая лучшая интерпритация.

[youtubeuserwilly]

kick's Yo Yo's version's butt

[emmywright]

I am preparing this for entrance into IU. I have the copies of the scribbled manuscripts and they are charming, but will only freak you out and leave you with more questions than answers. The cello world misses Slava.

[MasterChef9190]

It is one of my great curiosities to know what Bach might make of our modern fuss over how to interpret his music. His non-specificity is our creative portrait.

[vivimaze]

that's an argument I've been trying to make. people get their panties in a knot over what way is "correct" when bach's original manuscripts had virtually no stylistic markers at all

[AikiNickAMV]

@MasterChef9190 I think he would laugh at it. I'm quite sure he had an absolute sense of humor.

[pipebillys]

@AikiNickAMV that nigger got into a fistfight and called somebody a "Zippelfagottist". badass mofo.

[senormartus]

@MasterChef9190 I think that he would be open to different interpretations, as long as they (the performers) keep it within the baroque style

[Sburgstahler]

I love listening to Rostropovich, I really like his interpretations. I just wish I could find recordings of professional horn players doing the versions transcribed for horn by Hoss, it's on some weighty auditions lists and I want to get a good feel of how to interpret them...

[jessssheheh]

its absolutely beautiful and sad, and so mesmerizing, i cant stop listening to this. i love it so much!

[katterinamaria]

Thank you so much !

[xxruthfanxx]

thanks for putting up such beautiful music!

[wowowowable]

He is gorgeous and hot - R.I.P

[suboalaazotea]

VIVA SLAVA!

[estucheflamenco]

is music normal music than anyone who has talent can make this is easy to play

[mojozohobo]

no sense made from that

[BlackRose13579]

Shut up,

[PBCFproductions]

does anyone happen to know what edition he is using? there are so many different ones. the one I have has slurs in different spots, or includes more or less notes, but I prefer this one. which ever one that may be...

so please inform me if you know. thanks

[aidenndono]

He is not using a certain version, the Russians go about muusic in a more emotional light than Americans or Asians. My last cello teacher was Russian, and he taught me how to emphasize the notes passionately. thats all it is.

[PBCFproductions]

yeah, everyone does that. but he is most likely basing, or modifying, his playing off of an edition that has been printed before.

[mojozohobo]

He probably knew this piece for like 60 years before he played it here, with that much time there is no need for music, thus making an "edition" for sheet music useless

[PBCFproductions]

um, I'm pretty sure they used sheet music 60 years ago. it wasn't the dark ages. but if you didn't know in the first place, don't even try to answer the question.

[cakemagic]

Maybe he was playing off of Bach's manuscripts? :D

[PBCFproductions]

maybe. I'll look through them again. I have the originals and like 4 other editions. I'll have to have a closer look

[etshinn]

It's not possible for you to have the originals. The only copies that survived were facsimiles that Bach's wife had. They have no expressive markings such (bowings, slurs, dynamics) on them which is why there are so many versions of the suites today.

[etshinn]

Again, you can't have copies of the originals because the originals had things such as Bach's dynamic, and articulation markings which have been lost because only facsimiles, or in laymens terms, a version of the suites only containing the notes and no expressive markings

[etshinn]

I'm not going to dignify this with an argumentative response. I just hope that anyone with half a brain can read this series of posts and put together how ridiculous of a statement your latest actually is.

[usernamelizzy]

what you don't understand is the actual originals (the ones in Bach's own hand) don't exist, so you can possibly have them. by copies of the originals you're talking about the barenreiter edition that comes with the most credible sources? none of them are the original bach suites, they were all published by people other than bach during the baroque era.

does that clear things up?

and to etshinn, in the ana magdalena there are bowings and slurs, they just lack dynamic and tempo markings.

[urbanaked]

why don't you take a look at the sheet music lying in front of him?

[PBCFproductions]

umm, because i just might like to use the same edition for all the pieces :P

and i would pay the extra $14 for a book and save the time writing it into another part.

[BassplayerTCL]

a refined BEAST at the cello

[hoppako]

hello

[kansasisgod]

RIP my friend. u are my hero.

[misssusser]

The setting is stunning and only enhances how sacred such mastery really is.!! AMEN

[angelasso]

huena tiooo....eta brabazoo...toavia sopla!!

[teddygeigerstoohott]

so pretty :)

his playing is just stunning

in my opinion, i think hes one of the best cellists ever

i hope some of you agree.

[oggertub]

he isn't just one of the best cellists ever, he IS the best.

(although there are plenty of really really good cellists out there)

[capnpayne]

I've started this suite on guitar (the Stanley Yates transcription) and now I'm a little bit scared.

[GeraldBoyClassical]

I just got it also. Don't be scared, just play.

[kpxmofu15]

lets see you play better

[ragnhildth]

wooow! that`s fantastic! :D

[Lif3lesss]

I actually started crying a little while he was playing this. One of the best pieces of music I've ever heard played.

[hopelesslyinlovedu]

@Lif3lesss Who, with a little bit of heart, wouldn't?

[nasuisaidel]

@Lif3lesss Me too.. this part make me cry: 3:02

[apaiged]

god bless bach!!! and is beautiful peices of artwork :))

[apaiged]

god bless bach!!! and is beautiful peices of artwork :)) ( tear tear :*(

[mathaeus44]

It's Fantastic :) I'm cellist too? Do yo know where is the place he is playing it?

[Sqaaak]

The Basilique Sainte Madeleine, Vézelay, Yvonne, France in 1991. It's a Romanesque Cathedral, pre-Gothic.

[Sqaaak]

Correction, mathaeus44: It IS a Gothic structure (of course), NOT Romanesque — my mistake.

[jasonkrw]

Thank you for adding this.

[drakiepoo]

absolute perfection

[GeraldBoyClassical]

Speechless