Cant’ help coming back here. As others mentionnes, third movement sounds rushy. First one is imperial, commanding and fresh. Second one is just… magnificent, heartfelt and joyful without losing the gravity. I love Nicolas, he’s deep and innovative - and a super nice guy too. One true story to show what a cool cat he is : my sister happen to own a pastry shop in a city south of france renowned for its summer music festival. One day, Nicolas showed up to buy a croissant or something. Not knowing who he was but always welcoming customers, she engaged conversation. As she is an opera fan, they soon talked music and he immediately proposed to put her on the guest list of the show he was about to give that same evening. She went there, thinking he would have forgotten. Not only did he actually put her on the list but he welcomed her and had a friendly chat after the show. Ain’t that sweet ?
Nicolas performed this at the 2011 Cello Festival Elder Hall Adelaide South Australia. His encore left me in a state of euphoria that when I finally left the hall and shared with a friend I stated that I had been touched by the hand of God. I finally tracked down the program today to experience again the delight this man brings via his instrument. We are indeed blessed by such an expressive soul. Martyn
Saw him play this piece in Cologne and it was just as wonderful as you would imagine! He actually tuned his instrument while the orchestra was already playing the first movement. Watching this, I was reminded of how I never wanted the third movement to end.
I hadnt known his name since i saw him playing Walton Cello Concerto with Seoul Symphony Orchestras tonight in Seoul. He wasnt wearing shoes on the stage^^ (he was wearing black socks) He seemed enjoy seeing korean fans and taking photos with them. He is warm-hearted. I am searching his name on youtube^^ Nicholas, thank you for sharing wonderful music. Danke schon!!
His own cadenza. He recorded both Haydn concerti awhile back and you can hear it on there as well, but with some even more brazen contemporary twists (left hand pizz ahoy)
oh yeah I usually miss the sound of the harpsichord on most renditions of this concert... the harpsichord gives the whole texture a kind of "crunch" (?) I don't know it just complements the texture so well!
Those Larsen Strings are designed to sound like Gut Strings but they're safer, more durable, & they take a fraction of the time to break in so they're great for both Baroque & Modern instruments alike.
I noticed it too... this piece is played so well and the intonation so perfectly I've wondered if there was a tiny bit of post-processing done on the audio which could explain the vibrato there.
Una pregunta tonta.... 😳Por qué coges el cello y el arco al estilo barroco?? Y, me encanta este concierto de Haydn, pero siempre me gustó como lo tocaba Rostropovich. Tu interpretación es magnífica, ( en mi opinión) pero me sorprende mucho que haces todo el rato Stacato en el primer movimiento... ☺
Porque es un concierto de la época clásica, todavia se tocaba así en los tiempos de Haydn, Rostropovich toca una version totalmente romantizada del concierto
I can't seem to grasp the motives behind playing without an endpin and having a classical bow yet still using steel strings... Outrageous (in a sense...)
Technically very impressive but the last movement is played so quickly that some of the charm of the movement is lost to pure technical display and even at this speed he rushes. But he's very, very good. Wish I could play that well!
Really wonderful performance! Though he did seem to just rush through the last whole minute or so... didn't play those runs particularly musically and I know if he listened back at it he'd regret it. But hey, this is what live performances are and Iove them!
Cant’ help coming back here. As others mentionnes, third movement sounds rushy. First one is imperial, commanding and fresh. Second one is just… magnificent, heartfelt and joyful without losing the gravity. I love Nicolas, he’s deep and innovative - and a super nice guy too. One true story to show what a cool cat he is : my sister happen to own a pastry shop in a city south of france renowned for its summer music festival. One day, Nicolas showed up to buy a croissant or something. Not knowing who he was but always welcoming customers, she engaged conversation. As she is an opera fan, they soon talked music and he immediately proposed to put her on the guest list of the show he was about to give that same evening. She went there, thinking he would have forgotten. Not only did he actually put her on the list but he welcomed her and had a friendly chat after the show. Ain’t that sweet ?
