I think this is my favorite version online. She is exceptional and i'm trying to follow her tone and form. Practiced till blisters and I can't get it.. I play a bunch of instruments, and cello isn't just hard for music, but it's hard in terms of difficult things to learn in life in general.. and it never sounds good till it flows easily like it does for her.
***** This beautiful and talented young lady playing the cello to such a masterpiece written by the talented composer, G F Handel, remind me that we mere humans truly are made in the image of the Lord God Almighty.
Ok, 5 years late but might as well just point out he's not so far off: its full name is 'violoncello'. These days it's almost always shortened to 'cello'. Violoncello does literally mean a 'small violone', a violone being a double bass, not a violin btw. So 'minor-double bass' would have been accurate (minor as in small, not as in major/minor keys).
@@c898dba he's just sharing his opinion. Unless you're from North Korea, you can keep your mouth shut, because everyone can share their thoughts without insulting anyone. I don't see any insults here. Maybe you're just experiencing an existencial crisis...
My opinion is I found his comment insulting to the players, so I shared my opinion of his comment. If that's ok with you of course? Seems to meet your criteria of what is allowed. Cheers.
Another perspective: The piano is accompaniment, doing exactly what it’s supposed to do to support the cello, the soloist. This melody is from an opera, where the entire orchestra accompanies the soloist. The orchestra part was “reduced” to the piano. This is the way it was designed to sound: solemn, serious, wistful, longing. This music is often used for funerals. In fact, I wondered if this was a funeral. Notice the two objects up front - which could be funerary urns. But I don’t read Mandarin. Actually, piano makes it better. The instruments play off each other. The piano sets the tempo and allows the cello to be free to express, to emote. The cello is freer with the piano than without. You notice the melody more. Cello is far more likely to have piano accompaniment, than to be unaccompanied. ~ Signed, Amateur Cellist
