Gregor Piatigorsky plays Finale from Don Quichotte (Strauss)

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Great cellist, Gregor Piatigorsky plays "Finale" from Don Quichote Opus 35 (Richard Strauss).
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra conducted by Fritz Reiner.
Recorded on November 15 1941; Syria mosque. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvanni

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  • @nyankothecat

    Your English and statement are fine. For sheer tonal beauty

    I think the cellist crown goes to Piatigorsky.

  • For those too young to have seen him live, he bolted onto the stage, past the orchestra, with the cello held like a sword over his head. Quite an entrance!

    A huge man, with beautiful hands, and a sound like no other.

  • Takes my breath away. Thanks for posting.

  • Heard him rehearse and play this live @ The Casals Festival in 1967.

    He dwarfed his cello and the music.

    Etched in my memory.

    Pity the final chord is imperfect on this disc.........Reiner must have been furious!

  • From the point of view of pure expression, no cellist could ever touch Piatigorsky. Ivan Galamian (the pre-eminent violin pedagogue who taught many great fiddlers including Itzhak Perlman and others) and who played violin in the Bolshoi Theater Orchestra when Piatigorsky was the principal cellist there as a teenager said that he regarded Piatigorsky as the greatest string player in history. Incidentally, Piatigorsky died in 1976, not 1974 as the opening of this video suggests.

  • One of my favorite pieces of music played by a tonal and musical genius.

    Thank you-John

  • Thank you so much for this lovely post! :)

  • Woo.. what a warm tone.

    Sorry my poor english.

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