Daniil Shafran plays Kabalevsky Cello Concerto № 2 Premier of the concerto 

In January 1980 I was in Russia at Dmitri Kabalevsky's 75 Anniversary Celebration tour in which Shafran and my father Ozan Marsh were on tour under the invitation of the composer. Shafran played Kabalevsky Concerto 2 and my father Ozan Marsh played his 2nd Piano Concerto with the Russian State Orchestra, St Peterburg, Moscow.. I remember Shafran, one of the finest Cellists I have ever heard in concert with this piece under the baton of Dmitri Kabalevsky. I stood at the door of Shafran's studio (greenroom-back of Shostakovitch Hall-St. Petersburg) to give him a message about dinner at the hotel Europa one evening, and I was taken by a personality that lived through that cello...First time I ever heard 2nd Cello Concerto of Kabalevsky....The performances of the Kabalevsky celebration were recorded live for Russian Television...I was a recordist from America and have a live recording of the performances...

Conducted by the composer Kabalevsky, one of the most underrated composers of the 20th century. Shafran practiced for only 6 days and he could remember the entire score and played as he had practiced for 20 years. Just crazy...

Unbelievable. Hidden gem of the cello literature and the one of the greatest cellists ever playing it. Perfect combo of piece and performer

how the hell is his vibrato so consistent it literally sounds the same on his fourth finger as on his second and even his thumb

Absolutely amazing. Daniil Shafran was unfairly overlooked for most of his performing life

Daniil Shafran and his UNIQUE voice. Thanks a lot for sharing this amazing concerto. Paolo

La meilleure interprétation que je connaisse

It's amazing that he can play this complicated piece by heart in 6 days. However, I was trained at Moscow Conservatory and it was not unusual that you get kicked out of class if you cannot memorize any piece given a few days ago. In one occasion I had to memorize Schumann Five Pieces in Folk Style in less than 24 hours before the concert at which my professor assigned me and forgot.

This is pretty amazing - I love Kabalevsky's writing. Wow. Spectacular performance as well.

Incredible that they have the premiere! Thanks for posting!

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Shafran, un violoncellista che fa sempre piacere ascoltare.

This is so precious, thanks so much for uploading!!

Thanks very much for uploading this wonderful recording.

I was registered to a masterclass with D. Shafran as a student. Then came the letter that the course must be cancelled because the maestro was dead...

Incredibile

Acudo con frecuencia a este video. Si pudiese viajar en el tiempo...

Best every,for all the time

I have the 45 rounds of this masterpiece!

Un immense violoncelliste trop peu connu alors qu'il est de la trempe d'un Feuerman ou d'un Rostropovitch !

Thank you for sharing this! Do you have the video recording of Natalia Gutman's Prokofiev sinfonia concertante? It's a live recording from the 80's at the great hall of the Moscow Conservatory. It would wonderful if you could share it! Thank you so much! I love your content!

*THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I WANT TO PLAY IT* 🔥❤️❤️❤️❤️🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 0:50 10:52

Please upload the video of Shafran playing The Swan if you have it, it has disappeared from youtube. Thanks

9:12 1st cadenza

Having gone to the trouble of uploading this, it really would be great if we were told where this took place (presumably Moscow), who the conductor was and the orchestra.

Did he really study and learn it in only five days? I would like to know more about this issue.