During his final illness in 1933, Elgar hummed the concierto's first theme to a friend and said "If ever after I'm dead you hear someone whistling this tune on the Malvern Hills, don't be alarmed, it's only me."
I don't know how Elgar was able to express so deeply and fully what sounds like the suffering of mankind. I can't think of any other piece of his that comes close to the profundity of this concerto. Yo Yo Ma of course wrung every tear drop he could out of the music. An absolutely wonderful performance.
This concerto was never popular until Jaqueline Du Pre made it popular. Elgar has fallen out of favor with the public as a composer so this was his last significant work he ever wrote and its debut was a disaster. Sadly -- great music often sits in obscurity. But it truly is a master master master piece -- even musically more significant than Dvorak's Concerto.
aimeemacdn take trip, make a journey through Worcestershire, where he lived, you’ll hear and see it it in the trees, the sky, the rain, the wind, the seasons. It’s unlike any other part of England, even the very next county. The countryside spoke to him and he made it sound
@@tomtd you are so right. I live within sight of Elgar's birthplace and his music speaks back to the oak trees, looming Malverns and the constantly changing skies.
I can't keep my mouth shut, I have to say something. I know absolutely nothing about classical music. From what I can hear (and see on this RUclips video), Elgar was a very serious composer. All the way through this piece there are swirling intensities. And this man Yo Yo Ma certainly knows how to play every note with equal intensity. The two definitely go together. I just wish that Elgar could hear and see too. It would melt his heart. From skipping to bowing one's head, there are many moods in this concerto. I wish I could understand it all.
+Tony Harvell Yeah, a lot of different things were swirling through Elgars head when he composed this piece. It was one of his later works, and was created in the aftermath of World War I, which had deeply touched and horrified him. His mind was swirling with ideals and horrors, and he had a certain level of turmoil that can be felt through this piece at time.
+2Ctravelover Very good to hear your thoughts. Sometimes somethings just happen that we happen to be there; what gracious luck to become aware of those "Great Things" for which we "just happen" to witness. I think I know the feeling very well. Thanks for your thoughts.
It's amazing to see the trust and interplay that Yo-Yo Ma has with the orchestra members. It's truly a collaboration that is moving to see and experience.
I play the violin, and I think that the cello has such a great tone, especially the A and D strings (the highest 2 strings), bc it is not such a high pitch, but it has that low/saturated kind of sound. It is kinda hard to explain the sound I hear. 😂 fancier violins also have that saturated kind of sound and I am just in love with it 🤩🤩😍😍
The first time I ever heard this, it was played by Jaqueline du Pres. sadly she is no longer with us, but Yo Yo is a worthy successor. I am not a musician, but how can anyone not be completely captivated by this.
Gareth Carruthers Actually I do believe that the cello Yo Yo Ma is using in this performance is the same one that Jacqueline used in her performance of the same piece. After she passed, the cello was given to Yo Yo, and I believe he used her cello in this performance in her honor.
Random Waffle Woman . Thank you for that.. I am one of those ignorant people who knows very little about music, but love the sound of it. Elgar is probably one of my favourite composers, and Jacqueline de pres, was probably the most sensitive of players. She set the bar very high.
Gareth Carruthers you’re welcome, and I agree. I learned that fact from someone who studies music theory and is also very interested in Elgar and Jacqueline
I woke up to a dark, rainy Sunday morning. After listening to this wonderful piece of music, I don't care if it rains all day. This concerto never fails to heal a sore soul.
Elgar's lament can be felt in the heart with this masterpiece. And the heavy-handed technique Yo-Yo ma uses is perfect for this piece. Definitely one of the defining pieces of classical music. For listeners, and performers, and composer. When the full orchestra joins, magic.
I was in attendance this past weekend when Yo-Yo Ma and the Boston Symphony Orchestra performed this magnificent piece at Tanglewood. You could not hear a pin drop throughout the performance. This piece is spectacular, mesmerizing, intense, insightful and left more than a couple of tears in my eyes. Read and learn the backstory to this composition and composer, and it will be more meaningful.
What a wonderful sound, melody like a singing voice. His rubato, like gravity... He drops something heavy , let it bounce but pick it up right up ... Elegant
I so love this cello concerto, Was raised in a family of music- my dad played Bass fiddle , piano and organ and I played clarinet, saxophone and piano and my siblings all played instruments as well. i played in both band and orchestra through high school and love to relax at night with a good glass of wine & cello music- my kids think I'm nuts. But classical music- you make up the story in your head to go with the music- it sparks the imagination unlike the rap and techno music today
Why do you need to bash other genres of music? On every single youtube comment section I see some boomer who, along with showing appreciation of classical music (which isn't a bad thing at all, I love classical music myself), feels the need to bash other genres/musicians. No wonder the classical community is seen as a place full of elitist boomer scumbags.
@@andreibors7930 as a brazilian, i can tell you that this is a global phenomenon, here it is very common to see elitist boomers thinking they are superior to others for having a classical musical style. In Brazil, there are two styles of music most popularly heard: sertanejo and funk. And these two musical styles suffer a huge prejudice by Brazilian boomers who think they are better for having a certain taste. this is the main mistake of classical music: the boomers
I think I will burst if I hear this live. I really will. I can’t take the emotions raw and LIVE and surrounded by a theater while this is played in front of me *goodebumps
so emotional, heart-touching. I love this concerto. I'll use it for my project examination. (the first movement). God Bless Elgar and his generations wherever they are.
I think this is the first search result when you google "effortless"... It's like he merely has to raise a finger to make the cello sing, while also having unmatchable intensity. Beautiful.
nothing will ever compare to the feeling you get from hearing this piece performed live by any talented cellist. its amazing. that intro hits you like a truck every god damn time. listening to the soloist at my school perform the first movement of this piece was the only reason i looked forward to orchestra class. the delicate sorrow turning into unretaliated rage and then back to sorrow gives me goose bumps every time.
This version is simply amazing , one of best versions , maybe the best i never heard . Of course , Zinman ....well , very hard to explain the great conductor that he is . I really enjoy this version of Elgar cello concert.
The smile between Yo Yo Ma and the violinist at 9:54 was such a beautiful moment. Communication in music makes for a much more interesting performance.
My first home as an infant was Kla-How-Ya, built in Landsdown Walk in the late 1930s on what had been the garden of Elgar's Marl Bank house in Worcester. There was an apple tree in our garden under which George Bernard Shaw was filmed sitting with Elgar.
I've listed to various of the versions of this concerto on youtube and not one of them can even hold a candle to this version. This Ma guy is truly in a complete class of his own.
Elgar had this piece commissioned around 1901 but didn't start until waking up from surgery in 1919 at which point he asked for a pen and paper and wrote down the main melody. He then retreated to his Sussex cottage, a place where he often heard the shelling of World War One just a year prior. The result is this beautiful lamenting and mournful piece, a big departure from his pre war works.
I died so many times along his beautiful playing of this beautiful masterpiece, and literally clapped my hands at the finish like I am watching this live, with wet eyes. Jacqueline and Yo-Yo Ma both killed me.
It always amazes me when I notice that the orchestra players are reading off their sheet music while the soloist has the piece in its entirety in his/her head.
Aaaaaah! I dont know what i want! I love how ma clearly plays each string at the beginning but i love dupre's everything so much more. So weird how they can both be incredible.
For those of you who thought 19:18 was a look of laughter because of Yo-Yo's face pulling, I think you might want to reconsider your preconceptions. I have a very different take on your observations. As a musician myself, albeit, not very good, it is common for certain phrases to strike other musicians as either beautiful or quirky; the result of such beguilement is often laughter. Yo-Yo Ma is playing one of more poignant phrases of the suite when he gets the look you are referring to. Watch it again, and see if you are open to it being a look of: "Wow, nice phrasing, Yo-Yo."
During his final illness in 1933, Elgar hummed the concierto's first theme to a friend and said "If ever after I'm dead you hear someone whistling this tune on the Malvern Hills, don't be alarmed, it's only me."
Jon Jones
That would be alarming though
Jon Jones beautiful sentiment though I get it
spiritualism - the idea that the dead can communicate with the living and be part and parcel of the affairs of the living. -- its deadly
@Lena Its not the dead you are listening to. Ask me to whom
That’s crazy is that true I’m a big fan on his cello concertos
Thank you Japan for not having an audience member dying of a cough like in so many performances.
🤣🤣
xD
*12:47
This is exactly why Starker used to love to play in Japan as well.
Fuck ikr
I don't know how Elgar was able to express so deeply and fully what sounds like the suffering of mankind. I can't think of any other piece of his that comes close to the profundity of this concerto. Yo Yo Ma of course wrung every tear drop he could out of the music. An absolutely wonderful performance.
I agree but Bach comes close on a few of his pieces
Jesus Christ, that opening should be a schedule 1 drug.
yessssssssssssssss
Best comment ever.
señor shaman Can't argue with that comment, spot on.
listen to Jaqueline Du pre's opening of this concerto..you will fall in love
This concerto was never popular until Jaqueline Du Pre made it popular. Elgar has fallen out of favor with the public as a composer so this was his last significant work he ever wrote and its debut was a disaster. Sadly -- great music often sits in obscurity. But it truly is a master master master piece -- even musically more significant than Dvorak's Concerto.
From the bottom of my heart I thank Elgar for this music. He'll never know how many listeners he touched.
Jan96106 hope those listeners aren’t little kids
Me too. Beautiful beyond words.
aimeemacdn take trip, make a journey through Worcestershire, where he lived, you’ll hear and see it it in the trees, the sky, the rain, the wind, the seasons. It’s unlike any other part of England, even the very next county. The countryside spoke to him and he made it sound
@@tomtd you are so right. I live within sight of Elgar's birthplace and his music speaks back to the oak trees, looming Malverns and the constantly changing skies.
i don't know if it hurts my heart more or if it's healing it but i feel like i need to listen to it anyway
I can't keep my mouth shut, I have to say something. I know absolutely nothing about classical music. From what I can hear (and see on this RUclips video), Elgar was a very serious composer. All the way through this piece there are swirling intensities. And this man Yo Yo Ma certainly knows how to play every note with equal intensity. The two definitely go together. I just wish that Elgar could hear and see too. It would melt his heart. From skipping to bowing one's head, there are many moods in this concerto. I wish I could understand it all.
+Tony Harvell Yeah, a lot of different things were swirling through Elgars head when he composed this piece. It was one of his later works, and was created in the aftermath of World War I, which had deeply touched and horrified him. His mind was swirling with ideals and horrors, and he had a certain level of turmoil that can be felt through this piece at time.
***** Thank you for appreciating my thoughts on the matter!
+2Ctravelover Very good to hear your thoughts. Sometimes somethings just happen that we happen to be there; what gracious luck to become aware of those "Great Things" for which we "just happen" to witness. I think I know the feeling very well. Thanks for your thoughts.
Even those who don't understand the notes separately in a theoretical sense can still know its beauty c:
Not completely.
The most beautiful part of the piece is when he angelically pulled off his stray bow hairs 9:40
Brynna Andersen lol in reality he should’ve left them. Pulling them out is bad for the bow
Robert B. They can get in the way though
Robert B. Leaving them on does more harm than good. And besides, I’m pretty sure Yo-yo Ma knows what he’s doing by now
PTOOEY 💀 HE JUST THREW THEM ON THE GROUND LIKE SPRINKLING SALT ON MY FOOD I-
Robert B. If you leave the ends in and break the rest of the hair off it is fine. Plus the bow can be rehaired
That smile the principal second gives him at 9:54
Best comment ever!! Never noticed that!
I’m a cellist and the high note at 11:50 made me physically sick... this man... this man is magical
Hailey W yeah, same, i play the cello also, and i’m totally with you
I'm a cellist as well, but instead of the notes at 11:50 , the notes at 11:55 made me wonder how his fingers weren't exploding.
@@s1h3on_ I have not clue 😂😂 his fingers look so relaxed too
@@haileyw4660 It just comes of having 36 years of experience in 1995 when this was played.
That's why he makes the big bucks.
2nd Movement: 8:21
3rd Movement:12:50
4th Movement:18:28
when is the 1st movement?
+daconor91 ... uh 0:06?
+Bruce K cheers
the intelligence is strong with this one
1st movement 0:08
It's amazing to see the trust and interplay that Yo-Yo Ma has with the orchestra members. It's truly a collaboration that is moving to see and experience.
Yes, like, “isn’t this fun!”
I thought the exact thing. Like he was thinking this is just so much fun. @shirleymason7697
I play the violin, and I think that the cello has such a great tone, especially the A and D strings (the highest 2 strings), bc it is not such a high pitch, but it has that low/saturated kind of sound. It is kinda hard to explain the sound I hear. 😂 fancier violins also have that saturated kind of sound and I am just in love with it 🤩🤩😍😍
I think it’s his Strad, I’m not really sure though.
I (a cello player) personally prefer bringing out the low notes of the cello
Lilly Dreher I started playing cello because I love the sound of the C and G strings 😁
JuanCenaツ yeah, it sounds so deep and grand 🤩
Why it's my instrument of choice
The first time I ever heard this, it was played by Jaqueline du Pres. sadly she is no longer with us, but Yo Yo is a worthy successor.
I am not a musician, but how can anyone not be completely captivated by this.
Gareth Carruthers Actually I do believe that the cello Yo Yo Ma is using in this performance is the same one that Jacqueline used in her performance of the same piece. After she passed, the cello was given to Yo Yo, and I believe he used her cello in this performance in her honor.
Random Waffle Woman . Thank you for that.. I am one of those ignorant people who knows very little about music, but love the sound of it. Elgar is probably one of my favourite composers, and Jacqueline de pres, was probably the most sensitive of players. She set the bar very high.
Gareth Carruthers you’re welcome, and I agree. I learned that fact from someone who studies music theory and is also very interested in Elgar and Jacqueline
YoYo doesn’t succeed - he leads.
The same cello but Yo Yo Ma is more magic ,and sometimes only cry in soul where Jacqueline put cry in harm ; or something like strong and sad
No matter how many times I listen to this, i am left speechless...
The way that he controls his bow speed is amazing!
私の敬愛するYo-Yo Ma貴方の音楽を愛する思いがチェロ🎉🎻✨の力強い音になり伝わって参ります♪😊💕素晴らしいです♪ 日本🇯🇵より🫶michiko❤
the first thing i do when i come home is to play this video, every afternoon, every night. a legend, a full life with nothing but tears and passions.
当時、テレビで放送されたのを偶然録画していて、毎日毎日毎日、繰り返し見ていました。30年ほど経った今でもこの演奏を細部までしっかり覚えています。エルガーと言ったら、ヨーヨー・マのこの演奏。
It was Nov 11, 1994 on the Baltimore Symphony tour of Korea, Taiwan and Japan. Recorded at Suntory Hall in Tokyo
Thank you, Susan. As usual, you know everything!
Actually, it's Missy responding!
Hey hey. I was born 4 days later
Do you know who is thé conductor ?
I used to have a microwave that played the first three notes of this piece on tempo.
Needless to say I ate a lot of popcorn.
Hahaha....glad u appreciate machine music too...
everyone who says classical music isn’t real music needs to listen to this
what makes you think they’ll want to lmao
I woke up to a dark, rainy Sunday morning. After listening to this wonderful piece of music, I don't care if it rains all day.
This concerto never fails to heal a sore soul.
HOLY-
TODAY’S A DARK, RAINY SUNDAY EVENING.
What is happening-
so are you implying you cared that it rained initially before you listened to this song?
Yo I'm listening to this on a dark rainy Sunday morning too
Its's 5 years on since I posted that, and it's another dark, rainy Sunday here too. I hope you enjoyed the Elgar.@@Allahlipop
its like cello, orchest and the conductor were communicating.
its so beautiful
とが
They were... thats what they are supposed to do
Ms yoyo Ma，你的琴技巧精湛，惊人的演奏，奇特的精彩。旋律充滿悠揚抒情，音色透明，清晰，飽滿，太美妙动听。表情豐富，优雅，生动，多姿多彩。你的一切都那麼的完美，令人仰慕感人。能欣賞到你的出色华丽的演奏，实在是人生最高的享受，及深深的陶醉。ThanK you，l love you plays。
I love the interplay between the cello and the violins in the first movement.
Yo Yo Ma is a once in a lifetime musician. Absolutely perfect.
Elgar's lament can be felt in the heart with this masterpiece. And the heavy-handed technique Yo-Yo ma uses is perfect for this piece. Definitely one of the defining pieces of classical music. For listeners, and performers, and composer. When the full orchestra joins, magic.
I was in attendance this past weekend when Yo-Yo Ma and the Boston Symphony Orchestra performed this magnificent piece at Tanglewood. You could not hear a pin drop throughout the performance. This piece is spectacular, mesmerizing, intense, insightful and left more than a couple of tears in my eyes. Read and learn the backstory to this composition and composer, and it will be more meaningful.
I was also at the open rehearsal this summer. It was the last time I heard the BSO before I headed on my way home. So gorgeous and impactful.
I love the mass exhale of coughs people were holding in between the second and third movement.
What a wonderful sound, melody like a singing voice. His rubato, like gravity... He drops something heavy , let it bounce but pick it up right up ... Elegant
I so love this cello concerto, Was raised in a family of music- my dad played Bass fiddle , piano and organ and I played clarinet, saxophone and piano and my siblings all played instruments as well. i played in both band and orchestra through high school and love to relax at night with a good glass of wine & cello music- my kids think I'm nuts. But classical music- you make up the story in your head to go with the music- it sparks the imagination unlike the rap and techno music today
jamie bothen for some reason, every time I listen to trap (or classical) I make up a story in my head too... idk maybe that's just me... anyway do you
Why do you need to bash other genres of music? On every single youtube comment section I see some boomer who, along with showing appreciation of classical music (which isn't a bad thing at all, I love classical music myself), feels the need to bash other genres/musicians. No wonder the classical community is seen as a place full of elitist boomer scumbags.
@@andreibors7930 lol boomer scumbags ;)
@@andreibors7930 as a brazilian, i can tell you that this is a global phenomenon, here it is very common to see elitist boomers thinking they are superior to others for having a classical musical style. In Brazil, there are two styles of music most popularly heard: sertanejo and funk. And these two musical styles suffer a huge prejudice by Brazilian boomers who think they are better for having a certain taste. this is the main mistake of classical music: the boomers
Гениальное исполнение Концерта. Настолько глубоко прочувствовал всю глубину содержания произведения и довёл меня до слёз...
I think I will burst if I hear this live. I really will. I can’t take the emotions raw and LIVE and surrounded by a theater while this is played in front of me *goodebumps
The feeling I get from this is unexplainable
If Yo-Yo Ma, cello, and Elgar, didn't exist it would be necessary to invent them.
Ditto for Bach. xxxxxxxx
I love listening to this and Jackie's rendition one after another. Both beautiful interpretations, but in such strangely different ways.
I feel like du prés rendition is more full with intensity as has a darker mood and yo yo’s is more floaty and brighter
This is the story of life interpreted by music. It will always be part of my heart.
This one definitely makes the emotions rise and the tears flow!
I saw this live today and it was jaw dropping.
so emotional, heart-touching. I love this concerto. I'll use it for my project examination. (the first movement). God Bless Elgar and his generations wherever they are.
I think I'll just say the commun opinion: this interpretation is without any doubt the best interpretation of Elgar's cello concerto.
Well played Yo-Yo Ma,a marvelous rendition of the greatest of all the Cello concerto's.
I think Yo Yo Ma would have loved to do many duets with Jacqueline Du Pre! I'd be in heaven if I heard that beautiful music!
that would be tough, as they would have one cello between them: YYM plays on the Davidoff Strad that used to be hers.
7:18-7:30 OH MY GOD
YES.
watch elgar cello concerto played by Jacqueline Du Pre.
perfection
JuneHee Lee EXACTLY
JuneHee Lee ti gave been working on perfecting that scale for 5 months😂
I feel like this summarizes everything love and lost that anyone has ever gone through
2:50--3:00. 0.0 wow
I get chills every time I listen to this piece
I think this is the first search result when you google "effortless"...
It's like he merely has to raise a finger to make the cello sing, while also having unmatchable intensity. Beautiful.
nothing will ever compare to the feeling you get from hearing this piece performed live by any talented cellist. its amazing. that intro hits you like a truck every god damn time. listening to the soloist at my school perform the first movement of this piece was the only reason i looked forward to orchestra class. the delicate sorrow turning into unretaliated rage and then back to sorrow gives me goose bumps every time.
What a wonderful sound cello. I get chills every time I listen to this piece.This version is simply amazing.
Excellent performance - very expressive and full of emotion! Bravo Yo Yo Ma!👍👍
No doubt Elgar would’ve loved Yo-Yo Ma’s beautiful interpretation of his finest composition. Absolutely stunning 🥰🥰🥰
❤oh my- I love you for giving me the entire concert here!!!! And Yo-Yo Ma at his very very best!👏👏👏
Yo Yo Ma and Zinman at their best. Incredible performance! Long live Elgar!!
I was ten years old when this was recorded. But I would have listened to it then.😁
nice playing Inman with yo yo ma and the Baltimore symphony orchestra. I am really impressed and bless god
Excelente interpretación de la obra de Elgar y sublime el solista Yo-yo Ma. Gracias por ofrecerla.
谢谢你分享这段宝贵的视频，听完你的视频，我对大提琴更多了热爱，灵魂得到了音乐的抚慰
im shook
hana k same tho
This version is simply amazing , one of best versions , maybe the best i never heard . Of course , Zinman ....well , very hard to explain the great conductor that he is . I really enjoy this version of Elgar cello concert.
8:32 wow my soul has been caressed lmao
Yoyo Mama was a superb cellist in interpretation of Elgar Cello Concerto
In my opinion, it is Elgar's best musical composition. Yo-Yo Ma's performance is sublime
Musicians are the most amazing thing in this world of humans... Intelligence 👌
There isn't anything that can take the place of music like this. Scores to life. Thanks for this video.
I can feel Jackeline's soul, amazing!
sandra ortega Jacqueline Du Pre`?
can anything be sweeter. why are we so lost
Anybody else love how he breaks the pizz at around 8:31?
Its amazing
yes! this is the most amazing part for me. how the pace changes, how dramatic and how deep it goes with every pluck.
So glad to be from the same town as Elgar
Elgar's music always reminds me of an England long gone never to return.
Your channel is very big joy of my day. Thanks for share. Thank you!
He is such a legend. As a Taiwanese, I am so proud of him.
i really don't prefer yoyo ma's performances of other concertos, but when it comes to the Elgar concerto. no one can do it better than him
Jaqueline Du Pre
@@raoultak No living cellist?
If you slow down the video at 13:20 to 1.5 speed, you can see and hear perfect vibrato on the cello, its amazing to hear it in slow mo.
Settings Gear>Speed>0.5
1.5 speed is not slowing it down. That speed is one and a half time FASTER.
The smile between Yo Yo Ma and the violinist at 9:54 was such a beautiful moment. Communication in music makes for a much more interesting performance.
i hated that part the most
I like the way he makes contact with the audience and other players.
My first home as an infant was Kla-How-Ya, built in Landsdown Walk in the late 1930s on what had been the garden of Elgar's Marl Bank house in Worcester. There was an apple tree in our garden under which George Bernard Shaw was filmed sitting with Elgar.
Esse concerto de Elgar para Cello é um dos mais belos que já ouvi.
I was at this concert and his performance was amazing....
My favourite piece of classical music :) and such a beautiful rendition of it. Quite chilling to behold
One of my favourite concerts ever. I have to hear it once a week no matter what.
I think Elgar must have known God himself... I can’t comprehend how a human being can create something like this. I just cannot.
I agree. I can't understand how a mere mortal can create such beauty. It is utterly spellbinding.
I agree
I've listed to various of the versions of this concerto on youtube and not one of them can even hold a candle to this version. This Ma guy is truly in a complete class of his own.
Elgar had this piece commissioned around 1901 but didn't start until waking up from surgery in 1919 at which point he asked for a pen and paper and wrote down the main melody. He then retreated to his Sussex cottage, a place where he often heard the shelling of World War One just a year prior. The result is this beautiful lamenting and mournful piece, a big departure from his pre war works.
Miten ihanaa musiikkia, voiko tätä enää paremmin soittaa🌹💓💓💓💕
👍Well played with a lot of emotions and a very good choice of song.This is a very beautiful performance and song.Keep going Yo Yo Ma!🎶🎶
I died so many times along his beautiful playing of this beautiful masterpiece, and literally clapped my hands at the finish like I am watching this live, with wet eyes. Jacqueline and Yo-Yo Ma both killed me.
how did you comment if you died?
@@sanjeevvarma9500 haha I died in a special way!
YoYo plays as though his heart has always been in the right place, as I’m sure it was.
It always amazes me when I notice that the orchestra players are reading off their sheet music while the soloist has the piece in its entirety in his/her head.
Aaaaaah! I dont know what i want! I love how ma clearly plays each string at the beginning but i love dupre's everything so much more. So weird how they can both be incredible.
I feel that Du Pre played the Elgar with more emotion than Yo-Yo-Ma
Such a beautiful performance from yo-yo
Wow this is amazing so beautifu
Puts me to sleep when I’m down and out, been there for me when nobody was
Why do I always misread "Yo-Yo Ma" as "Yo Mama?" Man, I need to get my eyes checked...
Regardless, a brilliant performance of a brilliant piece.
U must be from de ninet ward New Orleans
That might be his rap years?
Joe mama
MAESTRO. . Bringing out the real voice of the cuello and remastering music
Amazing!👍👍👍
Just got to watch my music camp instructor play this live 😩😩😩😩 I love this piece so much
Very noble version, great!
For those of you who thought 19:18 was a look of laughter because of Yo-Yo's face pulling, I think you might want to reconsider your preconceptions. I have a very different take on your observations. As a musician myself, albeit, not very good, it is common for certain phrases to strike other musicians as either beautiful or quirky; the result of such beguilement is often laughter. Yo-Yo Ma is playing one of more poignant phrases of the suite when he gets the look you are referring to. Watch it again, and see if you are open to it being a look of: "Wow, nice phrasing, Yo-Yo."
Whoa! This is musically INTENSE. Such a great performance. Yo-yo Ma, you're the greatest! Thank you for posting.