I'm absolutely fond of his music too. However there is one piece I don't appreciate, which is the first Piano Concerto. The second movement is wonderful, but I can't appreciate the rest.
I just cannot imagine somebody playing this piece any better. These are downright stellar performances of everybody involved. The cello-playing is divine. I thought I knew this piece. I didn't. Never heard it sparkle like this.
@@kevinmelendez1460 ikkkkr , she’s really good , it’s probably bc her teacher was taught by rostopovich/danill shafran or at some point by the legend him self
Rostropovich is great, but there's something special about Chang's recording. The improvements are two-fold - she seems to have uncovered some greater understanding of many parts of the work, as well as applied her incredible technique to enabling other parts that were understood but not easily executed. This is especially clear in the second movement.
My friend was going to play this piece for his college auditions but was told not to by his teacher, as its gained the reputation of being so difficult, by coming into a college audition with it, it says you’ve played everything else already, which sends the wrong message. What a crazy difficult piece. Prokofiev struck the balance between beautiful yet punishingly difficult better than even Paganini in my opinion with this work
the entire middle section of the scherzo is just so gorgeous, my god. the pastoral air of it gives me Till Eulenspiegel vibes almost. 13:24 and on just gives me chills every time
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@@gearyg5649 Geary G do you have any other pieces that has the same style as prokofiev sinfornia and shostakovich cello concertos, i just cant find any, oh also shostakovich string quartet 8. if theres any that came to ur mind, tell me about it!
Samuel Yao hmm well I’m a pianist so I’m not too enriched in cello repertoire...maybe the prok piano concertos 2 and 3, his fifth symphony, rachmaninoff symphonies 2 and 3 and the symphonic dances. Bartok music for strings percussion etc and the concerto for orchestra are good too:)
@@samuelyao3811 Symphonies by Revol Bunin, Lev Knipper, Tsintsadze violin and cello concertos, symphonic works by nikolai peiko, string quartets by Alexander Mosolov, Roslavets, Levitin, Peiko, Lyatoshynsky Symphonies and geez ... uff i cant remember more but there are so much more actually. You can find some in my channel =)
i think that's actually one of the easier parts (*internal screaming*) because the cello's strings are fifths apart, so long distances are easier than on the piano. the left hand pizzes open strings so it's easier than one would expect, but still difficult.
Yes you should , as a cellist , seeing improvement in your own playing is one of the most rewarding thing ever , being able to nail a piece that in the beginning you couldn’t , it’s a amazing feeling.
It's really difficult to compare concertos of different instruments to eachother, but it's well accepted that this is easily in the top 3 hardest cello pieces in technique and interpretation. I know that probably isn't the answer you wanted, but it's kinda as close as you can get without being impartial. But as someone who has played this piece, maybe think even a bit harder in my opinion than rach 3.
Espirited oh I get what you mean, as a pianist it’s difficult for me to identify what’s technically challenging for the cello. Is the second movement the most difficult in this piece? The first seems lyrically challenging as well but I’m not sure lol.
@@gearyg5649 this double stop stuff, the speed, the super high registers, the smooth transitions between low and high registers, and overall how clean this sounds is beyond difficult. I'd say about 95% of cellists won't play this in their lifetime, and like 0.1% will play it this well. Basically just take the cadenza and it's a culmination of how hard this piece is
Yes, a difference in where the composers are coming from, as in St. Petersburg and Donetsk. Babel (from Odessa) also noted the north-south difference of sensibility, though I could also differentiate between Prokofiev the chess player and Shostakovich the football fan. I will admit that, especially in the tempo and drive of the 1st movement, the recording is closer to Rostropovich with Kondrashin than to his versions with Sargent and Rozhdestvensky. I usually listen to this piece on recordings by Rostropovich, so I think of his versions as authoritative, but I'm extremely impressed with Chang's level of execution and engagement--even if there are times when I'm not altogether convinced it's totally in character. It's certainly better than the performance I heard live a couple of years ago in St. Petersburg--when the audience showed more enthusiasm for next piece on the same program--the Serenade by Leonard Bernstein. I went to the same high school as Bernstein (in Boston), but I felt few reservations about Russian musicians getting the character right.
Lol. "Most" cellists can certainly not play this. Only the best can make passable attempts on a technical level. And only the very few best of the best can actually deliver a true performance of the music.
Every day that I discover something new about Prokofiev, it never disappointed me.
I'm absolutely fond of his music too. However there is one piece I don't appreciate, which is the first Piano Concerto. The second movement is wonderful, but I can't appreciate the rest.
I I've been there with prokofiev. He is so A Live.
I just cannot imagine somebody playing this piece any better. These are downright stellar performances of everybody involved. The cello-playing is divine. I thought I knew this piece. I didn't. Never heard it sparkle like this.
Ha na Chang is on par with rostapovich :D
@@nathanrock9269 for me personally, this is better than any of Rostropovich’s recordings.
@@kevinmelendez1460 ikkkkr , she’s really good , it’s probably bc her teacher was taught by rostopovich/danill shafran or at some point by the legend him self
Rostropovich is great, but there's something special about Chang's recording. The improvements are two-fold - she seems to have uncovered some greater understanding of many parts of the work, as well as applied her incredible technique to enabling other parts that were understood but not easily executed. This is especially clear in the second movement.
couldnt agree more
22:00 at this point it just becomes a glissando yet still executed perfectly... bravo
It says in the description "...Although most cellists are able to play it today..." HA! I'm a professional and this piece is so freaking hard!
IKR I read that and I actually laughed. This piece is an absolute beast
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My friend was going to play this piece for his college auditions but was told not to by his teacher, as its gained the reputation of being so difficult, by coming into a college audition with it, it says you’ve played everything else already, which sends the wrong message. What a crazy difficult piece. Prokofiev struck the balance between beautiful yet punishingly difficult better than even Paganini in my opinion with this work
Same here, I'm a pro and I won't be able to b play this for at least 50 years!
You call this piece "hard"? Penderecki's concertos are way harder than this!!
35:35 harmonies in this finale are so powerful
28:35 sounds like a brass instrument with that pizzicato, well-done cellist Chang!
There goes Prokofiev being Prokofiev again... #brilliant
That A major 7 chord at 36:30 is so satisfying to me.
So delicous
7:54 my favourite, so cool harmonies
This is the best recording of this piece wow!
So love Prokofiev's music! Wondrous! Thank you ever so much for posting!
Prokofiev being GREAT as always.
7:07 that high B is perfect!
i cannot it's literally off the fingerboard
*Patrick voice:* Yeah, E minor! All right!
E major only exists in the eye of the beholder
@@paulfreeman4900 :0
What does this mean
@@ho-sekim3930 SpongeBob reference.
@@christianvennemann9008 I finally understand now. Thank you.
25:12 DSCH motif in celli e bassi!!!
the entire middle section of the scherzo is just so gorgeous, my god. the pastoral air of it gives me Till Eulenspiegel vibes almost. 13:24 and on just gives me chills every time
not gonna lie, always like this piece
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11:43 must be where John Williams got the inspiration for the second section of Hedwig's theme right?
My most favorite performance !
21:38 Cello concerto or Violin concerto?😧
00:00 - Movement I: Andante
10:04 - Movement II: Allegro giusto
26:50 - Movement III: Andante con moto - Allegretto - Allegro marcato
What a masterwork this is and what a performance. Prokofiev music is incredible I hope it will be played more and more in the future
16:15 and the solo part after is amazing
cadenza baby
i love this cellist's cadenza a lot
Brilliant! BRAVO from Acapulco!
Prokofiev would really like this performance.
My friend is playing this piece and
He is really sad and depressed
wtf lol
Samuel Yao seen your comments from 7 months ago on this piece...must really like it too:)
@@gearyg5649 Geary G do you have any other pieces that has the same style as prokofiev sinfornia and shostakovich cello concertos, i just cant find any, oh also shostakovich string quartet 8. if theres any that came to ur mind, tell me about it!
Samuel Yao hmm well I’m a pianist so I’m not too enriched in cello repertoire...maybe the prok piano concertos 2 and 3, his fifth symphony, rachmaninoff symphonies 2 and 3 and the symphonic dances. Bartok music for strings percussion etc and the concerto for orchestra are good too:)
@@samuelyao3811 Symphonies by Revol Bunin, Lev Knipper, Tsintsadze violin and cello concertos, symphonic works by nikolai peiko, string quartets by Alexander Mosolov, Roslavets, Levitin, Peiko, Lyatoshynsky Symphonies and geez ... uff i cant remember more but there are so much more actually. You can find some in my channel =)
13:24 goosebumps
35:29 to the end is simply glorious.
Ha na Chang is amazing
I don't know if it's the coffee, but hearing this I got so excited I started having heart palpitations. This is intense!
This piece is so hard I can play parts of it on my violin.
Lmao it’s still probably hard on violin still
Pensé que solo yo hacia eso jejejejejeje😂😂😂😂😂
@@nathanrock9269 en violín si hay partes tocables 😅😅
Tal como el partir del compas 15 del min 5:20
First movement reminds me of 'Juilette seule' from his R&J ballet
35:25 This is where the fun begins
7:00
People : Prokofiev, the cello is not a violin
Prokofiev : What?
35:29
19:25 Is that Peter and wolf ????
there's also a shostakovich dsch reference as pointed out by another comment
this piece is an easter egg gold mine lol
11:56 R.I.P trumpet player
광고제거: 36:45
2악장: 10:02
The best version of this piece. But i still prefer the original cello concerto version
crazy music
10:53 wow
Ikr!! My favorite part is 10:56
16:45 uhhh left hand pizz? On a cello?!?!?!?!?! And then tenths afterwords? Ouchy my fingers hurt from looking at this
no one said it would be easy!
i think that's actually one of the easier parts (*internal screaming*) because the cello's strings are fifths apart, so long distances are easier than on the piano. the left hand pizzes open strings so it's easier than one would expect, but still difficult.
bravooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Where did you get this piano and cello score 😀 I cannot find it
This piece makes me wish I played cello instead of viola.
Hey! But violist get to play lots of cello transcriptions. You can maybe transcribe it :D
22:03
a year ago!
3 months ago!
@@samuelyao3811 4 months ago?
@@nathanrock9269 11 months ago
@@samuelyao3811 Thanks for the correction :D
Now i wanna learn Cello
Yes you should , as a cellist , seeing improvement in your own playing is one of the most rewarding thing ever , being able to nail a piece that in the beginning you couldn’t , it’s a amazing feeling.
7:58 :))
25:12 DSCH
Is this on the same caliber as rach piano concerto 3 but for cellists I’m difficulty?
It's really difficult to compare concertos of different instruments to eachother, but it's well accepted that this is easily in the top 3 hardest cello pieces in technique and interpretation. I know that probably isn't the answer you wanted, but it's kinda as close as you can get without being impartial.
But as someone who has played this piece, maybe think even a bit harder in my opinion than rach 3.
Espirited oh I get what you mean, as a pianist it’s difficult for me to identify what’s technically challenging for the cello. Is the second movement the most difficult in this piece? The first seems lyrically challenging as well but I’m not sure lol.
@@gearyg5649 this double stop stuff, the speed, the super high registers, the smooth transitions between low and high registers, and overall how clean this sounds is beyond difficult. I'd say about 95% of cellists won't play this in their lifetime, and like 0.1% will play it this well. Basically just take the cadenza and it's a culmination of how hard this piece is
Nach dem Tode Gustav Mahlers hat die Seele der Musik beschlossen gen Osten zu fliegen.
7:07 😮
Life!!!
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I like how from 35:30 Prokofiev forgot to include the key signature in the score. 😂😂😂😂
You mean time signeture?
I can't wait to bang to this music
Shostakovich had an ambivalent relationship with Prokofiev but said he thought this was an excellent piece.
7:54 !!!!
Who play?
Thanks) i like it
Technically it could be played on horn; just lower some passages, simplify some chords (maybe use multiphonics), and voilà!
The only way to play this piece is with a masterful performance. Anything less will fail. All or nothing.
An advertisement in the middle of Symhony ..? - What a lack of good taste ...
kid
Что то здесь есть от Шостаковича, хотя Прокофьев совершенно другой.
Yes, a difference in where the composers are coming from, as in St. Petersburg and Donetsk. Babel (from Odessa) also noted the north-south difference of sensibility, though I could also differentiate between Prokofiev the chess player and Shostakovich the football fan. I will admit that, especially in the tempo and drive of the 1st movement, the recording is closer to Rostropovich with Kondrashin than to his versions with Sargent and Rozhdestvensky.
I usually listen to this piece on recordings by Rostropovich, so I think of his versions as authoritative, but I'm extremely impressed with Chang's level of execution and engagement--even if there are times when I'm not altogether convinced it's totally in character. It's certainly better than the performance I heard live a couple of years ago in St. Petersburg--when the audience showed more enthusiasm for next piece on the same program--the Serenade by Leonard Bernstein. I went to the same high school as Bernstein (in Boston), but I felt few reservations about Russian musicians getting the character right.
11:40 23:03
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The poor accompanist
Lol. "Most" cellists can certainly not play this. Only the best can make passable attempts on a technical level. And only the very few best of the best can actually deliver a true performance of the music.
I’m 14 year old and I’m going to work on the second movement.....WTF!!!!!!!?????
I’m 2 and I just learned the entire piece, just in time for a bath and story time!
@@只是來報到 do you not understand that it’s a joke?
@Nathan Rock great 😊😊
@@homogingerus2253 u did it out of fear from getting EmOtIoNaL DaAmEj from ur very Asian parents, right?
A bit too formal with only allowed Soviet journey by the soloist.
Sounds regimented and of no emotion al appeal
"Soviet music sucks, i swear guys!! its bad!!" copium
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