Absolutely brilliant cello playing and cannot find further words for it. My Father flew missions in Italy during WW11 and wrote home how he lived for the time he would be home and getting his fingers in shape to play this. He loved this and his passion for playing this again got him through the war.
How can anyone Not Like this? The setting is beautiful, the musicians scrubbed and lovely to look at and the music..What can I say? How fortunate I am to sit here in the comfort of my own home, over half a world away and watch those elegant fingers fly over those cello strings hitting each note with a precision I envy..transported away I am, only wish I had discovered this a long time ago Cheers to every one Tineke
The harmony and the cello sound are amazing. The Boccherini music is so agreeable and relaxing that allows us to gain forces for the hard life days. Congratulations to the outstanding cellist.
One of the most often played pieces by Boccherini, together with the so famous minuetto. Boccherni's procuction is indeed spendid. RealIy is a pity that it is so rarely performed.
Beautiful, fresh, and so well-crafted. Phillips is an amazingly gifted cellist who expertly navigates the music with poignancy and depth. The orchestra, crisp and transparent, delightful in their support of the soloist.
First time I know about Xavier Phillips, and what a surprise! Great musicality. A real pleasure to listen! Also, great performance of the orcherstra, full of charm.
I was married to a classical guitarist, and musicians really do give their lives to playing this beautifully and powerfully. Thank you, M. Phillips, and messer citrazzo, for sharing.
My Dad was a war time fighter pilot and commanded a Wing over D Day and met my Mother in Antwerp and I was born in Bern where he was the Air Attache and she loved all sort of music including Piaf and Django Reihnhart and all classical music
Boccherini was a famous cellist who was engaged by the royal family of Spain, where he composed a lot of works putting the cello forward, such as for instance quintets for two cellos (one having a soloist part), one alto and two violins, which he could play with a local string quat rtet. When he could have an orchestra, he composed cello concertos, among which this one which is the best known. It is certainly his best known with the famous minuetto (which is extracted from one of the quintets described upwards). Probably the melodic ulaity of its themes explains his celebrity.
For me the educational value of this site is amazing. I had never heard this piece before and it is enchanting. Partially that is due to the excellent performers.
La perfección del cello y su ejecución creo que alcanza límites inalcanzables. Mi aplauso en el silencio de la noche camino de la madrugada donde esta música suena más honda y sublime. Enhorabuena.
Este hombre estaba dotado de un talento y una genialidad que lo sitúan entre los grandes compositores de la historia. Muchas gracias messer citrazzo. Un saludo cordial desde España.
Bravo sir, with much clapping, stamping and whistling. Consider this a private standing ovation! The name of Goffriller is, of course, inextricably linked with Pablo Casals. You, as did he, made the beautiful instrument sing and sigh to perfection. Bene meritum.
Thank you. Hearing this beautiful work again after years. I had remembered the music but not d name of the work. I shall now look out for more works of this composer.
Mr. Boccherini held only two "real" jobs in his entire life: career diplomat, and cellist. At the time, I doubt very many people could have imagined that his night gig would be the one that had the potential to save the human race. The people of Italy need and deserve our support. I'm not sure what we can do to help them, but our amoral and STOOOPYD medical establishment had better think of something FAST! As for Luigi Boccherini's life and art, if the live performances, records and videos that he has inspired can make it a little bit easier for his people to endure life in isolation, that too will be a literally lifesaving blessing!
Che bella interpretazione! E che sollievo ascoltare finalmente il nono concerto di Boccherini attingendo alla sua autentica scrittura, abbandonati definitivamente - io spero - gli appesantimenti di un Grutzmancher che pretendeva di ...... perfezionare un genio.
And Boccherini is, well I find in performance , one composer who really appears to stay within a certain range for many of his cello pieces. I love that Bb6 , it's awesome ! Push the instrument... we can get a good 4 1/2 octaves out of it; superb.
While he may not be the first cellist composer to write at such high register he definitely is one of the first to do so, and apparently cello finger boards have been lengthened to modern standards due to demands of musicians like Boccherini . His contemporary like A. Kraft, who is a bit younger also writes at very high register. Note extensive use of thumb position. though not new, has become a common technique in his music. I also wonder high much Haydn knows about Boccherini as his own cello concertos are quite similar too. There is also Hammer, who apparently has influenced or worked with Haydn too: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franz_Xaver_Hammer, and he probably also wrote cello music at super high register too.
its not that bad, especially because above the fingerboard, you must play in a harmonic series, which does include that Bb6. If you listen to the quasi cadenza right after the opening of the 4th mvmt in the Elgar Cello Concerto, it goes to the A right underneath Bb6 which is just as hard. Elgar wrote this concerto MUCH after Boccherini. The cadenza here is by Maurice Gendron who is also quite modern, like Elgar. You'll notice that after Rostropovich expanded the repertoire of the cello, its range expanded as well.
The cadenzas are by Maurice Gendron. I remember totally falling in love with Gendron's Boccherini Concertos as a teenager-which is 35 years ago!!! I then went to the closest music store and bought the sheet music of his versions of the Concertos and tried playing them -I was amazed, how playable they actually were. Boccherini knew how to make his instrument shine... Then I bought a book of all of Gendron's cadenzas - and they were great fun too! Not as hard as they look, but hard enough...
@Hooty he’s a 20th century cellist so I don’t think they’ll be public domain. If you can afford it there’s a book sold by Ficks music with his cadenzas for a bunch of pieces including Schumann, Boccherini, Haydn D, and Tchaikovsky. That’s $33.50, kinda pricy for a book that’s all cadenzas but if you really like them might be worth it. If that’s too much I think there’s something to be said for just trying to figure it out by ear, maybe add some of your own edits. It can be a fun, although difficult process
An outstanding, highly brillant player and a very good and plain interpretation! He is at least as good as the generation of Gendron and Rostropovitch was
I didn't like Philips' rendition of Bach's extremely sad Cello suite No. 1 in G Major . But the rendition of Boccherini's Concerto No.9, especially the second movement, was great which made me feel very sad and forced to think ruefully about my usage of harsh words at home. Boccherini might have had some other story in mind when he composed the second movement. But I took it personally this way and felt very ashamed and repentant. What can be done when Boccherini the composer and teacher of moral appears simultaneously! Thanks Boccherini, and the cellist.
Quite stupid that coment. I love Beethoven, I think he is the greatest symphonist of all times but there were great composers and such beautiful music before his time that your improper coment arouses out of ignorance.
@@antoniorodriguez4979 Why do you have to say it in such manner? He did not discover yet, or maybe he just doesn't like. Ofcourse there is a lot of wonderful music throughout history, but take it easy.
pre Beethoven (is actually classical music or baroque which are the best around) inter-post Beethoven ( romantical movement, is more appealing to the audience) I would recommend you, Tchaikovsky, is to me at the same lvl of Beethoven (some works of T. are better)
Ismael hoyos martinez do not say classical is the best around. it’s mostly repetitive stuff as opposed to the rich harmony of baroque music, and the thick and emotional melodies from the romantic era
I love this original concerto way mor than Grutzmacher's arrangement. This actually sounds like Boccherini, not that Grutzmacher didn't do a good job, but he wasn't Boccherini! Thank you for sharing this. Absolutely amazing!
I happily BURNED my Grutzmacher edition after buying this one. I love playing the first movement again. You are all correct, it sounds like Boccherini. I have the Wallfisch recording which I like.
To Alexander Smith. This IS the original version. No one is making up their own version. How little do you really know? If you have been suckered into thinking the 19th century adaptation by Grutzmacher could possibly be an authentic classical period concerto, then you have a long way to go in your musical education. And BTW, you will never hear Boccherini played any better (let alone as well) by anyone, anywhere, ever.
Holy fking shit i just spent like a month practicing the gruetzmacher and I was thinking like "Wow, this is pretty easy", and then I hear this, the original. It's so much more beautiful than the original but now I have to unlearn the other version - _ -
@@3peko You mean, the original is more beautiful. I agree - such a shame that 95% of cellists in the 19th and 20th century got suckered into Gruetzmacher romantic bullshit version! He should've stuck with his etudes! The same thing with Tchaikovsky Roccoco variations, the version which 99% of people play is an arrangement (much better than Guetzmacher, and plus he did not compose, just did some cuts and changed the order) of a dedicae of the work, Fitzenhagen. And plus, I've read that Piotr Ilyich was angry because of this. Now everybody in the world knows Fitzenhagen's version. It's not fair to the artist that composed the piece! Imagine if I would, let's say, "rearrange" Michaelangelo's David a bit? Cut a hand, do some sandpaper work? Wouldn't it be fun???
This is pretty close to Boccherini's original version. I think that Mr Smith must be confusing versions - perhaps you're used to Grutzmacher's 19th century reworking of this concerto, which is definitely NOT Boccherini, but which is unfortunately still played today? This is excellent playing too - I don't know what there is that you could hate!
How refreshing it is to hear the original version of this concerto and so very well played, instead of the overplayed heavy handed germanic version attributed to Boccherini.
Does anyone understand the song of the birds? Classical music is like the song of birds. It is NOT necessary to understand it to enjoy it. I do not doubt that all the reporducciones of this video are of a single person this music does not tire
This is remarkable set of musicianship. Delicate, strong tones. Bocherinni it is not just for everybody, you have to be talented to appreciate his compositions. Now also you must be brilliant to understand the conceptual plan by bocherinni composition. And everyone who tries to attempt to understand the musical speech has to be definetely a good cello player and a well prepared theoretical musician. Thank you very pretty much To Xavier Phillips you are absolutely out of range!!!! Please visit my humble video and tell me what you think MM IN CELLOMUSIC PERFORMANCE TOWSON 1999
Wonderful playing!... Maurice Gendron was the first soloist to introduce this then newly-discovered original version to the world, back in the early Sixties, on a recording conducted by Pablo Casals, under whom the orchestra sounds as though it were playing Bruckner. But Gendron himself was ideally suited to this work, which he performed beautifully.
Absolutely brilliant cello playing and cannot find further words for it. My Father flew missions in Italy during WW11 and wrote home how he lived for the time he would be home and getting his fingers in shape to play this. He loved this and his passion for playing this again got him through the war.
World War eleven????? He from the future or some shit?
@@ethan3755you know exactly what she meant; no need to put her down with vulgar language.
How can anyone Not Like this? The setting is beautiful, the musicians scrubbed and lovely to look at and the music..What can I say? How fortunate I am to sit here in the comfort of my own home, over half a world away and watch those elegant fingers fly over those cello strings hitting each note with a precision I envy..transported away I am, only wish I had discovered this a long time ago Cheers to every one Tineke
The harmony and the cello sound are amazing. The Boccherini music is so agreeable and relaxing that allows us to gain forces for the hard life days. Congratulations to the outstanding cellist.
One of the most often played pieces by Boccherini, together with the so famous minuetto. Boccherni's procuction is indeed spendid. RealIy is a pity that it is so rarely performed.
Very distinguished playing by Xavier Phillips! And thank you very much for the wonderful congenial cadenzas of MAURICE GENDRON!!!
I have loved Boccherini forever. His cello speaks directly to my soul. What a joy to watch Mr. Phillips perform this concerto. Thank-you.
+joelpeterk Yes. What a great Cellist and what a terrific, tight orchestral performance on what looks like an incredibly good stage
He was a musician born in "Lucca la Toscana"who moved to Spain at an early age...He was composer of the Spanish royal court..
Beautiful, fresh, and so well-crafted. Phillips is an amazingly gifted cellist who expertly navigates the music with poignancy and depth. The orchestra, crisp and transparent, delightful in their support of the soloist.
Excellent celloist.....excellent performance....bravo....i wish him health and much more success.
Stunning clarity of that beautiful cello - and superb interpretation of the piece by all!!!
First time I know about Xavier Phillips, and what a surprise! Great musicality. A real pleasure to listen! Also, great performance of the orcherstra, full of charm.
This is too beautiful, I'm a cellist myself and his upper hand positions are so clean and delicate!!!
I was married to a classical guitarist, and musicians really do give their lives to playing this beautifully and powerfully. Thank you, M. Phillips, and messer citrazzo, for sharing.
My Dad was a war time fighter pilot and commanded a Wing over D Day and met my Mother in Antwerp and I was born in Bern where he was the Air Attache and she loved all sort of music including Piaf and Django Reihnhart and all classical music
I love his playing, takes such care with the notes..Very delicate, very classical..
This piece is so beautiful. It makes me happy inside.
Love this version, bravo!
Thank you Mr. Phillips for a most joyful experience with the Boccherini Concerto and thanks to messer citrazzo.
After a great Boccherini concerto, it has a surprise! I'm touched by his Bach.
The cadenzas on this piece are absolutely BRILLIANT!
Boccherini was a famous cellist who was engaged by the royal family of Spain, where he composed a lot of works putting the cello forward, such as for instance quintets for two cellos (one having a soloist part), one alto and two violins, which he could play with a local string quat rtet. When he could have an orchestra, he composed cello concertos, among which this one which is the best known. It is certainly his best known with the famous minuetto (which is extracted from one of the quintets described upwards). Probably the melodic ulaity of its themes explains his celebrity.
For me the educational value of this site is amazing. I had never heard this piece before and it is enchanting. Partially that is due to the excellent performers.
La perfección del cello y su ejecución creo que alcanza límites inalcanzables. Mi aplauso en el silencio de la noche camino de la madrugada donde esta música suena más honda y sublime. Enhorabuena.
Este hombre estaba dotado de un talento y una genialidad que lo sitúan entre los grandes compositores de la historia. Muchas gracias messer citrazzo. Un saludo cordial desde España.
So enjoyed listening to the Boccherini and the Bach. Bravo!
Schön, die Originalfassung zu hören.
So great to hear this non romanticized version which give this brilliant soloist full scope for bravura playing
Bravo sir, with much clapping, stamping and whistling. Consider this a private standing ovation! The name of Goffriller is, of course, inextricably linked with Pablo Casals. You, as did he, made the beautiful instrument sing and sigh to perfection. Bene meritum.
He is Fantastic!!! The cadenza is so beautiful!!
This is the real thing… I’ve never heard it before even though I have the music, what a delightful peace.
Thank you. Hearing this beautiful work again after years. I had remembered the music but not d name of the work. I shall now look out for more works of this composer.
Just perfect. Thanks for sharing this wonderful performance.
Mr. Boccherini held only two "real" jobs in his entire life: career diplomat, and cellist. At the time, I doubt very many people could have imagined that his night gig would be the one that had the potential to save the human race. The people of Italy need and deserve our support. I'm not sure what we can do to help them, but our amoral and STOOOPYD medical establishment had better think of something FAST! As for Luigi Boccherini's life and art, if the live performances, records and videos that he has inspired can make it a little bit easier for his people to endure life in isolation, that too will be a literally lifesaving blessing!
THANK YOU for performing the original galant style version. Far superior in my opinion.
Agree!
Extraordinario en todo sentido, conmovedor!!
Very otherworldly and superior; very majestic and soothing! xx :*)
Really lovely. I had not heard this work in a long, long time. Thanks.
Che bella interpretazione! E che sollievo ascoltare finalmente il nono concerto di Boccherini attingendo alla sua autentica scrittura, abbandonati definitivamente - io spero - gli appesantimenti di un Grutzmancher che pretendeva di ...... perfezionare un genio.
thank you. your music is so much beautiful and bravo!
I didn't know this one ! But it is great music ! I will listen more to Boccherini cello music !!!! Nice discovery !!!
Le meilleur et le plus virtuose concerto de Boccherini ,il y a 12 et celui - là , en si bémol est le 9 : excellent violoncelle et superbe cadence
Extraordinary performers AND extraordinary conducting!
That Bb6 at the end of the first movement cadenza, I never knew a cello could even go that high. Amazing.
And Boccherini is, well I find in performance , one composer who really appears to stay within a certain range for many of his cello pieces. I love that Bb6 , it's awesome ! Push the instrument... we can get a good 4 1/2 octaves out of it; superb.
The cadenza wasn't composed by Boccherini though, but by Maurice Gendron.
Wagner - Parsifal relude (Georg solti)
While he may not be the first cellist composer to write at such high register he definitely is one of the first to do so, and apparently cello finger boards have been lengthened to modern standards due to demands of musicians like Boccherini . His contemporary like A. Kraft, who is a bit younger also writes at very high register. Note extensive use of thumb position. though not new, has become a common technique in his music. I also wonder high much Haydn knows about Boccherini as his own cello concertos are quite similar too. There is also Hammer, who apparently has influenced or worked with Haydn too: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franz_Xaver_Hammer, and he probably also wrote cello music at super high register too.
its not that bad, especially because above the fingerboard, you must play in a harmonic series, which does include that Bb6. If you listen to the quasi cadenza right after the opening of the 4th mvmt in the Elgar Cello Concerto, it goes to the A right underneath Bb6 which is just as hard. Elgar wrote this concerto MUCH after Boccherini. The cadenza here is by Maurice Gendron who is also quite modern, like Elgar. You'll notice that after Rostropovich expanded the repertoire of the cello, its range expanded as well.
echt gut!!! Habe gar nicht gewusst dass es von Boccerini noch ein so gutes Cellokonzert gibt!
Love this cello's tone! :D
Simply astounding, wow.
A perfect soloist!
That's the original form of the concerto.
Чудове,здорове виконання..Просто молодець.Дякую.
oh gosh, the flawless playing :)))))
Boccherini is one of my favourite composer👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
Cool! This one is on my LP (Boccherini, Tartini, Vivaldi "Cellokonzerte des Barock"). I grew up with this kind of music.
Hints of what Heaven is like...wonderful...nora
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Timestamps:
1st Mov. 00:32
2nd Mov. 10:11
3rd Mov. 15:06
Bach. 22:06
приятно вспомнить молодость - тоже играла на экзамене эту же Сюиту...
The cadenzas are by Maurice Gendron. I remember totally falling in love with Gendron's Boccherini Concertos as a teenager-which is 35 years ago!!! I then went to the closest music store and bought the sheet music of his versions of the Concertos and tried playing them -I was amazed, how playable they actually were. Boccherini knew how to make his instrument shine... Then I bought a book of all of Gendron's cadenzas - and they were great fun too! Not as hard as they look, but hard enough...
@Hooty he’s a 20th century cellist so I don’t think they’ll be public domain. If you can afford it there’s a book sold by Ficks music with his cadenzas for a bunch of pieces including Schumann, Boccherini, Haydn D, and Tchaikovsky. That’s $33.50, kinda pricy for a book that’s all cadenzas but if you really like them might be worth it. If that’s too much I think there’s something to be said for just trying to figure it out by ear, maybe add some of your own edits. It can be a fun, although difficult process
22:03 - Lovely finesse, both Boccherini & the Bach. Lovely finish.
Very well recorded, nice orchestra and fantastic cello playing! Thanks for the upload!
superb! yes, it's not the sound of an historic instrument, but Boccherini would have loved it...
Splendida esecuzione di un capolavoro nella sua versione originale.
An outstanding,
highly brillant player and a very good and plain interpretation!
He is at least as good as the generation of Gendron and Rostropovitch was
Maravillosa version, de este fantastico violocellista
Simply wonderful!
I didn't like Philips' rendition of Bach's extremely sad Cello suite No. 1 in G Major . But the rendition of Boccherini's Concerto No.9, especially the second movement, was great which made me feel very sad and forced to think ruefully about my usage of harsh words at home. Boccherini might have had some other story in mind when he composed the second movement. But I took it personally this way and felt very ashamed and repentant. What can be done when Boccherini the composer and teacher of moral appears simultaneously! Thanks Boccherini, and the cellist.
今まで聞いた中でこのボッケリーニが最高です。
Muy bueno el Philips.Excelente interpretación.
I love this concert !!!!🎶🎵🎶🎵🎶❤❤❤❤❤❤❤👄
non conoscevo questo concerto,suonato molto bene!
PARABÉNS que som mais lindo .. Irei estudar mais para produzir um som como o seu..
Pre-Beethoven not my usual cup of tea but I'll give a chance to any cello concerto. I like the sound of that instrument.
Quite stupid that coment. I love Beethoven, I think he is the greatest symphonist of all times but there were great composers and such beautiful music before his time that your improper coment arouses out of ignorance.
@@antoniorodriguez4979 Why do you have to say it in such manner? He did not discover yet, or maybe he just doesn't like. Ofcourse there is a lot of wonderful music throughout history, but take it easy.
pre Beethoven (is actually classical music or baroque which are the best around) inter-post Beethoven ( romantical movement, is more appealing to the audience) I would recommend you, Tchaikovsky, is to me at the same lvl of Beethoven (some works of T. are better)
John Shaw pre-dvorak cello concertos suck for the most part
Ismael hoyos martinez do not say classical is the best around. it’s mostly repetitive stuff as opposed to the rich harmony of baroque music, and the thick and emotional melodies from the romantic era
Simply perfect.
I love this original concerto way mor than Grutzmacher's arrangement. This actually sounds like Boccherini, not that Grutzmacher didn't do a good job, but he wasn't Boccherini! Thank you for sharing this. Absolutely amazing!
I find it enchanting and very close to Bocherini's taste.
that first cadenza is magistral!
I happily BURNED my Grutzmacher edition after buying this one. I love playing the first movement again. You are all correct, it sounds like Boccherini. I have the Wallfisch recording which I like.
:)
Arthur Royce which edition is this?
Damn what did that old crusty kraut ever do to you?
To Alexander Smith. This IS the original version. No one is making up their own version. How little do you really know? If you have been suckered into thinking the 19th century adaptation by Grutzmacher could possibly be an authentic classical period concerto, then you have a long way to go in your musical education. And BTW, you will never hear Boccherini played any better (let alone as well) by anyone, anywhere, ever.
Chess
What a jewel this performance is. I am so happy I stumbled across it. I hae never heard this original version. So elegant.
Antony Cooke yeah the gruetzmacher-rose cadenza is a lot easier than this one.. where can i find the music for this version??
Holy fking shit i just spent like a month practicing the gruetzmacher and I was thinking like "Wow, this is pretty easy", and then I hear this, the original. It's so much more beautiful than the original but now I have to unlearn the other version - _ -
@@3peko You mean, the original is more beautiful. I agree - such a shame that 95% of cellists in the 19th and 20th century got suckered into Gruetzmacher romantic bullshit version! He should've stuck with his etudes! The same thing with Tchaikovsky Roccoco variations, the version which 99% of people play is an arrangement (much better than Guetzmacher, and plus he did not compose, just did some cuts and changed the order) of a dedicae of the work, Fitzenhagen. And plus, I've read that Piotr Ilyich was angry because of this. Now everybody in the world knows Fitzenhagen's version. It's not fair to the artist that composed the piece! Imagine if I would, let's say, "rearrange" Michaelangelo's David a bit? Cut a hand, do some sandpaper work? Wouldn't it be fun???
So wonderful!!!!
Luigi Boccherini is a God.
Excelente versión!
excellent ! excellent! excellent!
Zertifiziert intergalaktischen! Sehr schöne Version!
This is pretty close to Boccherini's original version. I think that Mr Smith must be confusing versions - perhaps you're used to Grutzmacher's 19th century reworking of this concerto, which is definitely NOT Boccherini, but which is unfortunately still played today? This is excellent playing too - I don't know what there is that you could hate!
I LOVE his first movement cadenza.
This cadenza...holy shit. Beautiful.
How refreshing it is to hear the original version of this concerto and so very well played, instead of the overplayed heavy handed germanic version attributed to Boccherini.
genio maravillosa version
自分用
1. 0:37
2. 10:12
3. 15:07
4. 22:10
Excellente monsieur Xavier
Love how he's playing the original and not the Grützmacher!
I honestly like this version better.
magnífico...
An excellent performer with a stupend technique!!
Magnificent!
Wonderfulll.I love concerto...
Bravo! Molto bravo!
Superb accuracy! Bravo!
The cadenza was composed by Maurice Gendron and is available in a collection published by Edition Delrieu 1971 Nice France.
Thank you
上品ですね。素晴らしい。
Does anyone understand the song of the birds? Classical music is like the song of birds. It is NOT necessary to understand it to enjoy it. I do not doubt that all the reporducciones of this video are of a single person this music does not tire
Thank you kindly.
This is remarkable set of musicianship. Delicate, strong tones. Bocherinni it is not just for everybody, you have to be talented to appreciate his compositions. Now also you must be brilliant to understand the conceptual plan by bocherinni composition. And everyone who tries to attempt to understand the musical speech has to be definetely a good cello player and a well prepared theoretical musician.
Thank you very pretty much To Xavier Phillips you are absolutely out of range!!!! Please visit my humble video and tell me what you think MM IN CELLOMUSIC PERFORMANCE TOWSON 1999
'you have to be talented to appreciate' Oh really! Just people with smarts like you can like Bocherinni? Good luck...
video starts at 0:36
WTF? do u play the cello or smthn
dang, that first movement cadenza is insane.
Wonderful playing!... Maurice Gendron was the first soloist to introduce this then newly-discovered original version to the world, back in the early Sixties, on a recording conducted by Pablo Casals, under whom the orchestra sounds as though it were playing Bruckner. But Gendron himself was ideally suited to this work, which he performed beautifully.