Does the rubato style that nearly all cellists use on this piece bother other people, or is it just me? The music in this piece doesn't seem to lend itself to that radical an interpretation. Is there any evidence that rubato was the performance practice during Bach's time? I'm pretty sure the score is not notated that way. I've heard cellists such as Casals imbueing the piece with this rhythmic interpretation. So it seems to have become standardized at this point. This seems to be an affect of the Romantic period, not the Baroque. I would like to hear one good cello player play this piece without the ridiculous rubato for once. Who else is with me? Yo-yo?
This came out during the Baroque period and it was common practice to improvise. Regarding the score, baroque scores were never heavily notated, leaving interpretations up to the musicians, again via “improvisation”. The rubato helps bring out the counterpoint in Bach’s music and gives it more character. Bach was a passionate man and the rubato brings that out as well.
It's called phrasing bro. If you play the entire piece every 16th note the same it sounds more repetitive than this. If everyone played it without rubato as standard practi e you'd be here asking people to play it with rubato 😂😂😂
@@SkeletonHands6969 so in your estimation it would be impossible to apply "phrasing" to a piece with a steady 16th note rhythmic template without distorting the tempo? There are no other musical nuances to help "phrase" a piece besides rubato? What a low resolution view of music you are demonstrating! I guess I really got owned there... You really dropped the mic.... Congratulations
The guitar lacks the sensuality, the physicality, the majesty, the richness, the grandeur, the projection, the power, the gesture… but it is nice in its own little picky way, I suppose.
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Does the rubato style that nearly all cellists use on this piece bother other people, or is it just me? The music in this piece doesn't seem to lend itself to that radical an interpretation. Is there any evidence that rubato was the performance practice during Bach's time? I'm pretty sure the score is not notated that way. I've heard cellists such as Casals imbueing the piece with this rhythmic interpretation. So it seems to have become standardized at this point. This seems to be an affect of the Romantic period, not the Baroque. I would like to hear one good cello player play this piece without the ridiculous rubato for once. Who else is with me? Yo-yo?
Completely agree.
You might enjoy Janos Starker rendering of this...
This came out during the Baroque period and it was common practice to improvise. Regarding the score, baroque scores were never heavily notated, leaving interpretations up to the musicians, again via “improvisation”. The rubato helps bring out the counterpoint in Bach’s music and gives it more character. Bach was a passionate man and the rubato brings that out as well.
It's called phrasing bro. If you play the entire piece every 16th note the same it sounds more repetitive than this. If everyone played it without rubato as standard practi e you'd be here asking people to play it with rubato 😂😂😂
@@SkeletonHands6969 so in your estimation it would be impossible to apply "phrasing" to a piece with a steady 16th note rhythmic template without distorting the tempo? There are no other musical nuances to help "phrase" a piece besides rubato? What a low resolution view of music you are demonstrating!
I guess I really got owned there...
You really dropped the mic....
Congratulations
This Prelude sounds a lot nicer on guitar, although it was written for cello.
The guitar lacks the sensuality, the physicality, the majesty, the richness, the grandeur, the projection, the power, the gesture… but it is nice in its own little picky way, I suppose.
@@jamesrogers5277 Surely they are all subjective. 😇😇
Can you actually sing the notes now ? Just asking . Is it important that you can sing what you play with your hands ? Does it help at all ?