Haydn Cello Concerto Rostropovich 1981

GREAT!

who is the conductor?

Solar Jakee,

I was just wondering if you were still thinking about what I said to you about the Rostropovitch cadenza in my PM to you? You did seem to have some very strong views on the subject at the time so I did expect a response from you?

But never mind if you have no other thoughts on it after all.

i find it very wonderful how Rostropovich can go into higher positions and still sound so graceful. many times, when i've heard others try to shift as high as he can, it sort of sounds like a dying animal. kudos to him.

This cadenza is very poor. It is supposed to comment on and perhaps further develop the thematic material but it fails on all counts. The chromatic passages are totally out of character historically speaking and are totally unrelated to any themes in the concerto. And of course played with no real "feel" a cadenza should have. It sounds very practised rather than improvised as a cadenza quite definitely should.

Can we hear your version if you're such a 'professional'?

I'm giving my opinion.  So why don't you comment on what I'm saying?

By the way, most cadenzas (these days, at least) are not improvised. Though performers often give them an improvised 'feel'.

On aime bien rostro mais quand il se plante, il faut le dire

I don't have a problem with you making a criticism as such; more with the arrogant, 'high and mighty' way in which you express it. And since you clearly have a much more thorough grasp on the art of the cadenza than Maestro Rostropovich, I merely ask to hear how it SHOULD be played.

There's a difference between saying "I dislike this cadenza" and "this cadenza is very poor... And of course played with no real 'feel' a cadenza should have".