Rachmaninov ： Cello Sonata in G Minor Op.19, 3rd mov. Cello ：Yo-Yo Ma Piano ：Emanuel Ax 1989.11.6 Live at Suntory Hall(Tokyo) ラフマニノフ：チェロ・ソナタ ト短調 作品19 より 第3楽章(アンコール演奏） チェロ ： ヨーヨー・マ ピアノ ： エマニュエル・アックス 1989年11月6日 サントリーホール
One of my favorite pieces. As a bassoonist, winds just don’t have the ability to do the same justice as Yo-Yo Ma does on cello. Bone chilling beautiful work.
4:08 the way the opening theme comes back with more bright harmonies than before, but with a sort of new emotional rush on the part of yo-yo, just wrecks me. this performance can't be topped
Une amplitude de nuances (dynamiques) immense, ainsi que des phrasés qui emportent ! Des accellerando et des crescendo inouïs !! Et des moments de paix incroyables. Des sonorités magiques, mais âpres, parfois, aussi. Du Rachmaninov, quoi !
Yo-Yo Ma’s playing was so heart-wrenching and magical, very powerful !! Only a genius can produce this voice of soul-searching and humanity. Ma at his best!!
The adagio from his 2nd symphony can a similar impact on one's perspective of love and loss - it does for me. Rachmaninoff is on a high spiritual and emotional plane than most
This performance took place on the day after Horowitz died. One can only think it was made as an elegy to the passing of a great musician. Ma soars to passionate heights like no other, even Rostropovich.
For me, the tone, and especially the power, of vibrancy, the motion of Rostropovich, especially in the lower registers. No one comes near Horowitz's touch.
This performance by Yo Yo and Emanuel stands right next to one recorded in the early early 70's....Paul Tortelier and Aldo Ciccollini...for me both are exceptional and worthy of a place in eternity.xx
Corinne Jones Here’s another to try, different but so expressive. Could it become #3 on your list?: m.ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE--fxcM2Tlm8U.html
Beautiful. Gratefully to Yo Yo Ma & Emanuel Ax. Please also listen to Julian Lloyd Weber & Yitkin Seow for their very personalied, understanding and heart-felt take on this. My utmost respect to all musicians of this calibre. Thanks
I must say I agree with you horobitch. Rachmaninoff called this his sonata for cello and piano, but I think Ax is still a little too heavy-handed, especially in the beginning of the movement. Ax sounds like he's taking an axe to the piano in spots, his tone is so obtrusive. Compare Horowitz/Rostropovich - the two give and take in equal measure, a true ensemble.
I will always laugh at people asking for LESS emotion from music! It's one of Yo Yo Ma's greatest talents to let his soul ring out through his cello, leave him alone.
