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I've been working on this piece and the true challenge is the slow tempo. My temptation from the start was to speed through it because it was not all that technically challenging, then I tried the correct tempo and found a sound like Mischa's was nearly impossible for me to achieve at that speed. In practice, I've learned to relax much much more and feel the slow movement patiently, but this goes to show that what he is doing is NOT easy!
I accidently opened 2 windows on this page with Mischa Maisky playing Sarabande, one window has a few seconds delayed about 4 bars, and it just sound INCREDIBLE, put the 2 windows side by side so you see Maiskys playing in BOTH windows as if in a duet! Try it you'll love it! the sound will melt your heart, almost made me cry!!!!
johann sebastian bach einer der größten wenn nicht sogar der größte komponist den diese erde erblickt hat und der herr maisky hat eine wunderschöne interpretation mein abschließndes wort für diese komposita ist unfassbar! unfassbar!
This piece! This is what Nietzsche referred to when he said that ALL ART would have to stand up to the test of GERMAN MUSIC! Yes, it is true. This is music of the will. Far from the misunderstanding of some, Bach did not let the mathematics write the music for him. Hear in this the full expression of emotion, the complex development, the apparent simplicity. Hear in this the cello sing! Hear an INSTRUMENT brought to LIFE with FEELING!
Thank you. I am grateful for all you musicians who bring us this beauty and have the brevity to pursue your heart. It makes no difference weather or not you learn by ear or from theory to start with. Just realize that your interest alone is a gift to be relished. Thank you! :D
I personally enjoyed it, I also think that if someone doesn't like it, She/he can express his opinion, we can learn from each other and respect freedom of speech. Thank you for this clip.
I've just now realised I've always played this piece MUCH to fast. On guitar, mind you, but still... So THAT'S how you get the feeling in. Thanks for posting this!
To those who think Mischa is playing this too slow, you must be of the spastic "Nintendo" generation! In Bach's time life was a lot calmer and musical notes carried a lot more "soul". This is a beautiful rendition we can all learn from. It's the best interpreation I have ever heard, with the popssible exception of Tanya's Sarabande played on the antique cello (check it on RU-vid. Mischa, you have my full admiration for actually playing this slower and with such great great feeling, Bravo!
Hi, I play classical guitar. Frets serve two main purposes: they make complicated chords possible and they gratly increase sustain (especially on higher strings). I think that they also make it easier on the beginner is minor in their development
@stratect As part of the "Spastic Nintendo Generation" I would like to thank you for generalizing. It really shows your commitment to enlightenment and critical thinking.
It's interesting what people come up with - their own individual sound. I'm curious as to why he didn't phrase off the end of the second repeat of the first section, and immediately continued to the second section. Oh, yes, and the vibrato? I remember a quote somewhere that says "Take each and every individual note on a journey". Maisky has done that very well.
@MusicCloud1 When I play the Bach Suites, I use less vibrato than I normally use. I do use vibrato, but not as much as Mischa does. I know some people are all strongly on one side or the other -- use lush vibrato, or use none -- but there is a middle ground. I will play this particular Sarabande very slowly and gently at weddings when the couple are exchanging their vows. It's very powerful in a hush with a narrow, minimal vibrato
If I decide to be an idiot, then I'll be an idiot on my own accord. Johannes Sebastian Bach It's easy to play any musical instrument: all you have to do is touch the right key at the right time and the instrument will play itself. Johannes Sebastian Bach Music is an agreeable harmony for the honor of God and the permissible delights of the soul. Johannes Sebastian Bach
I don't know, I learned by ear and when it came to certain pieces; knowledge of theory can make the peace easier to learn the music. Its best to be good at both and not one or the other :)
@derbubz "Generalization" is part of language and communication. It actually allows us to be more efficient in bringing our thoughts across to others. Classical musicians develop a deep sense of sound appreciation that has an uplifting quality to the human spirit (there I go again, generalizing). Now tell me....to avoid this generalizing business, should I have added that there are also those few musicians who never develop anything uplifting beyond picking their noses? :)
@andramoie There are brains, emotion, and skill. I suppose a balance of the three is what we would look for in the perfect human being....I see your point. Thanks.
hah, you got me wrong. we are not talking about theory, we're talking about the notes some people learn notes exclusively by position and then hardly ever learn the sounds of the scales... it's all mechanical so they are like Positions+MaybeTheory I was talking about having both good Theory and Ear
This is such a beautiful rendition of this movement and if anything I think he is playing it a tad fast. I would never speed this up. To me it sounds best when its played slow, with nice full sound, and with LOTS of vibrato. Mischa plays this perfectly and I think speeding it up would take away the beauty of the music. Music is ment to be an expression of emotion, NOT skill!
dude, I agree, but I mean, you are NOT understanding what I said!!! I wasn't talking about reading music or knowing theory, I was talking about learning the sound of the notes vs learning POSITIONS whatever XD I don't care if people doesn't get it
guese thats why its kinda wierd for me switching from classical cello to classical guitar =P frets are definitly helpful for those realy complex chords which is probly why i never really found anything so complex on cello (at least in the 6 years i played)
frets were invented so that you wouldn't have to have 20 differently tuned lyres to play a tune. notes on all stringed instruments work the same mechanically. it's dividing the ratio between the nut and bridge. as you finger down on a string, your finger becomes the nut.
Very well interpretation... I prefer it a little faster, but it was good, For that person who said that bach is not alive anymore, i think is wrong because there was no indication of the dynamic, so the musician had to known very well the music to play the pianos and the fortes correctly.
Besides which, a person only _truly_ dies when they are forgotten. In this case, due to folks who are talented musicians and play pieces from those who came before ‘em - for example Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Johann Sebastian Bach or Johannes Brahms - those musicians who came before will be remembered for eternity, for there will always be Schools of the Arts that pass on their teachings to their pupils. TL,DR: Dead people aren’t dead until they’re forgotten, but because they’ll never be forgotten, they’ll never really die.
when i started the cello my teacher put little stickers where my index(1) , ring (3) and pinky (4) went , and you get used to the finger positions relative to eachother, beforebeing able to move your hand down to other positions along the fingerboard . hope that made sense =) i know someone who can't stand the frets on guitars because with the cello, if you get a note wrong, it's a simple matter of sliding your finger up or down till it's right .
I think people should always learn by ear I DIDN'T learn by ear, I play electric bass, but I wish I would have been taught by ear, and not only positions [when I first started of course... now I know all this stuff, lol]
One question... I have just recently gotten into Classical music, and am sort of new to the instruments. How exactly does the Cello work? Since it has no frets, how are the notes located? If this is a stupid question, I apologize. XD
Hey, I answer you 11 year after your question but it's ok 😂 There are no frets so the cellist must now exaquly where his fingers must go Sorry for the spelling mistakes english is not my first language
Hehe, 12 years later, but when I first learned cello in elementary school we put tapes on the fingerboard as a reference to put our fingers on top of for first position. After a while it just becomes muscle memory and you don’t need those anymore.
@TheTimeTraveler100 then i would definitely like to apologize. I obviously read it wrong (understandably @ three in the morning). thank you for making me look like less of an idiot *blushes*
@stratect It shouldn't be just showing off your skills - that's true for sure, anyway in my opinion it's really grave to get the difference between Bach and composers of the romanticism. It's importent to me that the artist saves the unique purity of Bach's music.
Tastes change - Bach's not alive anymore. Real, modern pianos also wouldn't have been used in his music, or any baroque music, for that matter, but today they are.
