Pt. 4 Rostropovich Prokofiev Sinfonia Concertante

Prokofiev Sinfonia concertante, in E minor, Op. 125
Mstislav Rostropovich, cello
National Orchestra of Monte-Carlo,
Ollu Kamu, Conductor
January 12, 1970

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Music

Tags:

• classical
• Rostropovich
• cello
• Prokofiev

[Thomascello]

Not Slava's best hour... it seems like he disagrees with the conductor and the orchestra does not know who's tempo to follow.

[rasputin1357]

As anyone that has ever performed in an orchestra accompanying a soloist knows, the soloist is the one that dictates the tempo. In this case, the conductor is totally off as he needs to be following Slava, not the other way around.

[kwen092185]

that last note is cruel and very hard to hit in general, especially at the speed he was playing. That doesn't take away from the performance one bit.....amazing. After all, this peice was written for Rostrpovich

[rasputin1357]

Actually, the solo part in this piece was pretty much written by Rostropovich, within the framework that Prokofiev provided him.

[battleblades]

Dude. Get a life. The only reason I am not swearing at you in full caps lock right now is because my mother is in the room. All people like you are the ones truly hated in the music world. You have no brains, no skill, or no kindness.

I feel so sorry for "aggressive cretins" like you. You are the ones who are mediocre. If you cannot understand music in its purest form, played by one of the most remarkable (yes, I said remarkable, bite me) people on earth-

[dhgcello]

8:40 Slava's bow hold :P AMAZING.

[sethlightking]

@fiddlinmatt im currently reading this book, it gives amazing insight into the life and cello playing of Slava,I highly recomend it!!!!!

[aabaker22]

5:08 Slava makes a disappointed face at the cello section

[CROMPZ65]

I love how in 8:43 he resorts to grabbing the bow in his fist... as if literally squeezing out all the juicy sound possible!

[Mikey423]

@rasputin1357 thats incorrect, all rostropovich "wrote" in this concerto were 8 bars, prokofiev asked him to write something virtuosic for him, its 6:57-7:13 in the first movement, as for the one he did help "write" that is the cello concertino op. 132 composed by prokofiev just before his death, he never completed it but told rostropovich what he wanted done with it and rostropovich finished the orchestration with kabalevsky

[cellodaniel1]

awesome

[Lezzaz]

@slavaswrinklyknob you're an idiot and a freak; and please change your name, it is grotesque

[Lezzaz]

@rasputin1357 actually, if you read Slava's autobiography, you'll see that he didn't write most of the solo part. In fact, the only part he actually wrote was a short section for the first movement; apart from that, he made occasional suggestions with regard to balance and other such issues, and told Prokofiev what was possible to play on the 'cello, since this piece pushes the bounds of virtuosity to the utmost

[George6Cavendish]

Perhaps, perhaps...

However that really didn't spoil the joy of rediscovering this 2nd Concerto with our beloved Mstislav.

So, in brief: molto interessanto video.

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