Over 40 years ago, a cellist friend and I played this (a bit badly to be honest) as music students at the University of Western Ontario in Canada. Lately I've rediscovered this piece and have been listening to various recordings on TH-cam. Then I discovered this astonishing and brilliant performance by Isata and Sheku. Far above other musicians, the deep connection between sister and brother enabled a breathtaking interpretation of Rachmaninoff. I loved the vigorous speeds and the equality of piano and cello revealed things I've never heard before. Thank you!
Most people mistake this for a cello sonata, but it is a sonata for cello AND piano. The balance in the cello and piano relationship in this piece is beautifully and soulfully brought forth by the brother-sister duo. Possibly the best I've heard of the third movement.
They should have performed at the Coronation Without a doubt…..,, This family is making history as the most talented family in the WORLD! Bravo Sheku and Isata and Rachmaninoff
I’m not quite sure people realize how epic this performance is. Let’s start with the piano part. It’s an all-out concerto. Yet Isata plays this with frighting ease. Sheku probably has the best cello on the planet. His instrument doesn’t sound muffled; it sounds open and flexible. Sheku’s shifts capture subtleties that are amazing! I know there are other performances of this piece out there, but they don’t capture what is captured here, sorry. And for some reason I keep coming back to this recording, yet I can’t quite put my finger on why it’s so gripping. Rhythmically, I think Isata and Skeku understand this piece on a totally different level. Some slow passages are played almost metronomically, yet that seems to bring out the beauty of certain melodies even more. The audio engineers also did gold standard work here. The piano sounds like heaven!
I love this family! Thank you for sharing the God-given talent with the world! I also want to acknowledge the music script turner. You play and important role and your presence on stage completes the sense of "wonder" exhibited on stage. Blessings!❤🙏🏾
DMP I totally agree with you. I am just going to say it in lament terms. These two musicians are so passionate in their playing it just takes you on a journey of pure bliss. And it also helps that they are siblings and practice and play with each other ALOT!!!! They know each other so well musically that when you hear their chemistry of playing with each other, its becomes magical. If I wasn't at work (I am watching this on my lunch break). I would be crying like a baby. This piece really moves me and is why I have it on my play list.
I think 'Muffled', yes that's what it is .. but not just muffled but the instruments used sound metallic or it may be the Acoustics. The quality of their Instruments and yes the Sound Engineering is like a Motion Picture. I'm still trying to describe what is unique and special here. Not only is it very Visual music and dramatic, but you can hear Every-Single-Note. I have heard Bach and Beethoven but could not Feel exactly what they were trying to convey although the music was amazing to hear to the ear. Sheku and Isata Kanneh-Mason goes Much, Much Deeper in depth with there playing and music, evokes emotion, depths of the soul. Makes you Feel what they're playing and therefore can almost elicit what the composers were trying to say in the music or at least feeling. Sheku goes Deep, you can tell when a singer or musician like Actors really goes all in, when they release from the soul, character, words within themselves coming out of the music in the end .. it is very slow as to release and let go of themselves from that connection. Kind of like sharing
Listening to Isata and Sheku in Santander last night was a rare pleasure. Chatting and sharing dinner with these incredibly nice and talented young people for two hours was simply marvelous. All the best always!
This reminds my childhood when I usually hear my dad at the cello and my mother at the piano. That was when I got addicted to chamber music. And this sonata is a very special masterpiece. Almost as if Rachmaninov was crying eternally. So I am.
Rachmaninoff’s symphonic grasp of the piano, along with his unbelievable melodic and harmonic colour make this one of the greatest cello sonatas ever composed, and indeed one of Rachmaninoff’s best compositions. The cello is allowed to sing in part due to the quite fiendish piano writing!
A stunning performance! They understand what Rachmaninov wanted to achieve with this composition. One will be hard pressed to find a better performance anywhere.
A live performance that competes with the studio recordings. Fun to watch, moving, and technically impressive. Thank you Kanneh-Masons and to the BBC for the production quality in capturing this performance.
Love the way the Kanneh-Mason play within harmony of one another. Elegant cellular interaction vis-a-vie musical notes. Thank you kindly for the Afros, too!
Beautiful. The soul of the Celloist comes out through his music so real and transcendent. The pianist too plays with such grace and care. Beautiful performance by two beautiful people
Shekku's sound has matured and he has lived in this music . Can't wait to hear his Debussy Sonata ! Isata has all the technique and musicality to play with him . I heard her Gubaidulina Chaconne and will never forget it !
I’m speechless….. tears are a rolling …. Life is good……..this is truly magnificent and majestic - The composer and players work beautifully together……..so many superlatives for this video……this family is without doubt THE MOST MUSICALLY TALENTED FAMILY IN THE WORLD……. I dare you to argue with me!…….. Well done Isata and Sheku…….
This cellist is magical; I haven't been this blown away since Jacqueline du Pre. His sister is such a good pianst so she should not be overlooked--her masterful ability to mesh with Sheku's playing is a perfect weaving together of instruments. I just ordered his first album (Inspriration) and a second due out in September 2022 ("Song")
first to say i know very little about classical, but this was absolutely amazing, the sync the 2 has is nothing short of incredible, like a second sense between the siblings
I have become a huge fan of this whole family, Mum and Dad must be so proud ! I have tickets to see /hear them in August in Melbourne Australia, hope it happens 🤩
@@plumb.474 how was it? I couldn’t get to see them in person, but I was able to see the concert streamed from their performance in Boston. It was wonderful. I hope to see it on TH-cam soon. This Rachmaninov piece was part of their first USA tour. I wish that I could have see this live also. They played this so beautifully. It makes me want to cry.
What a remarkable setting, both sad and inspiring, still they fill the Royal Albert Hall with this explosion of emotions. And they could shoot inspiring video-pictures as well. But I miss the roar of enthusiasm after the show, an audience gone mad by an overwhelmed experience. And it was cut too abruptly by the editor.
I love the music making that I hear here. They have captured the soul of this music. I hear the yearning, angst, passion, joy, reflection, and introspection between both instruments. Excellent work both at the instruments and away from the instruments during your preparations!
Most enjoyable, a truly "living" experience as a performance, always leading on to something even greater, but letting us appreciate the musical landscape with marvellous moments...the development of 1st mvt and the third movement outstanding. What a pity there was not the usual 6000+ audience to enjoy as it happened, but thanks for TH-cam that we can have a front seat. Bravo, both!
the part at 22:50 when the piano takes the newly introduced melody from the cello and adds those beautiful harmonies whilst the cello plays the original theme is just utter perfection.
I can only interpret their periodic glances at each other as mental signals to reaffirm continuity of harmony and interpretation. This is absolutely beautiful!!
Bravos You both have turned this piece into some sort of Gran Duo Sonata, as the piano and violoncello are equally magnificent to the highest level of interpretation. You dwell inside the instruments while playing. And your talents brake a few orthodox petrified ideas that the best has already been played. I wish I knew more to be able to write more words in my compliment. I am truly a big fan of your Music
Maravilhoso!!! Essa família é talento puro... 👏🏾 Toda vez que eu vejo seus vídeos, conseguem me tirar um sorriso no rosto. Vocês são demais... E me inspiram pra seguir também nessa carreira de músico !!!
Wonderful 👍🏻 clear ideas, solid sound and delicate details on cantabile, the Celo sound are amazing and piano is balanced and expressive, congratulations 🎉👏🏻
Rajmaninof que con 14 años escribió sus primeras composiciones, algo influenciadas por Tschaikovsky, al que conoció, fue uno de los mejores compositores de la historia, me emociona su música.
![[금호영재오프닝콘서트] S.Rachmaninov Sonata for Cello and Piano in g minor, Op.19/ 한재민](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/aX7Vc2EcNZ0/mqdefault.jpg)
Over 40 years ago, a cellist friend and I played this (a bit badly to be honest) as music students at the University of Western Ontario in Canada. Lately I've rediscovered this piece and have been listening to various recordings on TH-cam. Then I discovered this astonishing and brilliant performance by Isata and Sheku. Far above other musicians, the deep connection between sister and brother enabled a breathtaking interpretation of Rachmaninoff. I loved the vigorous speeds and the equality of piano and cello revealed things I've never heard before. Thank you!
Most people mistake this for a cello sonata, but it is a sonata for cello AND piano. The balance in the cello and piano relationship in this piece is beautifully and soulfully brought forth by the brother-sister duo. Possibly the best I've heard of the third movement.
That Andante was just out of this planet. Words fall behind to describe the power of this breathtaking performance.
14 people were so overcome with emotion they missed the like button
They should have performed at the Coronation
Without a doubt…..,,
This family is making history as the most talented family in the WORLD! Bravo
Sheku and Isata and Rachmaninoff
I’m not quite sure people realize how epic this performance is. Let’s start with the piano part. It’s an all-out concerto. Yet Isata plays this with frighting ease. Sheku probably has the best cello on the planet. His instrument doesn’t sound muffled; it sounds open and flexible. Sheku’s shifts capture subtleties that are amazing! I know there are other performances of this piece out there, but they don’t capture what is captured here, sorry. And for some reason I keep coming back to this recording, yet I can’t quite put my finger on why it’s so gripping. Rhythmically, I think Isata and Skeku understand this piece on a totally different level. Some slow passages are played almost metronomically, yet that seems to bring out the beauty of certain melodies even more. The audio engineers also did gold standard work here. The piano sounds like heaven!
I love this family! Thank you for sharing the God-given talent with the world! I also want to acknowledge the music script turner. You play and important role and your presence on stage completes the sense of "wonder" exhibited on stage. Blessings!❤🙏🏾
@@karryrichardson468 Being Konya Kanneh-Mason, a virtuoso pianist in her own right.
Excellentissime
DMP I totally agree with you. I am just going to say it in lament terms. These two musicians are so passionate in their playing it just takes you on a journey of pure bliss. And it also helps that they are siblings and practice and play with each other ALOT!!!! They know each other so well musically that when you hear their chemistry of playing with each other, its becomes magical. If I wasn't at work (I am watching this on my lunch break). I would be crying like a baby. This piece really moves me and is why I have it on my play list.
I think 'Muffled', yes that's what it is .. but not just muffled but the instruments used sound metallic or it may be the Acoustics. The quality of their Instruments and yes the Sound Engineering is like a Motion Picture. I'm still trying to describe what is unique and special here. Not only is it very Visual music and dramatic, but you can hear Every-Single-Note. I have heard Bach and Beethoven but could not Feel exactly what they were trying to convey although the music was amazing to hear to the ear. Sheku and Isata Kanneh-Mason goes Much, Much Deeper in depth with there playing and music, evokes emotion, depths of the soul. Makes you Feel what they're playing and therefore can almost elicit what the composers were trying to say in the music or at least feeling. Sheku goes Deep, you can tell when a singer or musician like Actors really goes all in, when they release from the soul, character, words within themselves coming out of the music in the end .. it is very slow as to release and let go of themselves from that connection. Kind of like sharing
The slow movement, life is worth living when this happens.
Thank you.
🌈🌹🌺🙏
Listening to Isata and Sheku in Santander last night was a rare pleasure. Chatting and sharing dinner with these incredibly nice and talented young people for two hours was simply marvelous. All the best always!
This reminds my childhood when I usually hear my dad at the cello and my mother at the piano. That was when I got addicted to chamber music. And this sonata is a very special masterpiece. Almost as if Rachmaninov was crying eternally. So I am.
Rachmaninoff’s symphonic grasp of the piano, along with his unbelievable melodic and harmonic colour make this one of the greatest cello sonatas ever composed, and indeed one of Rachmaninoff’s best compositions. The cello is allowed to sing in part due to the quite fiendish piano writing!
A stunning performance! They understand what Rachmaninov wanted to achieve with this composition. One will be hard pressed to find a better performance anywhere.
2:18 section is just utterly beautiful. The beautiful simplicity and modulation through keys. Perfection.
How I needed this. Medicine for my soul.
Isata is such a great pianist an beautiful too.
I - Lento - Allegro moderato
II - Allegro scherzando 12'47"
III - Andante 19'10"
IV - Allegro mosso 24'45"
A live performance that competes with the studio recordings. Fun to watch, moving, and technically impressive. Thank you Kanneh-Masons and to the BBC for the production quality in capturing this performance.
I am in tears, really! My mother was a classical pianist and would have loved to hear you both!
Audience or no audience, what a gifted musical family !
I am simply and deeply grateful for receiving this beautiful gift of music from you Isata and Sheku Kenner-Mason.💐Thank you.
My eyes leak uncontrollably every time I listen to this.
Love the way the Kanneh-Mason play within harmony of one another. Elegant cellular interaction vis-a-vie musical notes. Thank you kindly for the Afros, too!
Beautiful. The soul of the Celloist comes out through his music so real and transcendent. The pianist too plays with such grace and care. Beautiful performance by two beautiful people
Aren't they!
Beautiful and very soulful it’s as if a conversation is going on Bravo
Agreed.
Amazing talent. Isata has such a lovely natural beauty too.
If Rachmaninov is listening he will be very happy I think.
Can the Kanneh-Mason's be cloned?! The family is so jaw-droppingly talented!
Shekku's sound has matured and he has lived in this music . Can't wait to hear his Debussy Sonata ! Isata has all the technique and musicality to play with him . I heard her Gubaidulina Chaconne and will never forget it !
I’m speechless….. tears are a rolling …. Life is good……..this is truly magnificent and majestic - The composer and players work beautifully together……..so many superlatives for this video……this family is without doubt THE MOST MUSICALLY TALENTED FAMILY IN THE WORLD……. I dare you to argue with me!…….. Well done Isata and Sheku…….
Where are they from?😮
The UK. 7 siblings, all extraordinary musicians
Thank You Isata and Sheku! You fill the world with joy and beauty. We are blessed to hear you.
Love this pair playing together. A joy to listen to.
NO words in the mortal tongues can hope to describe this absolutely sublime offering... this comes from the Holy Realms.
The playing is so beautiful it's otherworldly. Thank you Isata and Sheku for the gift of music in these trying times!❤
Greetings from Sweden!🇸🇪
This cellist is magical; I haven't been this blown away since Jacqueline du Pre. His sister is such a good pianst so she should not be overlooked--her masterful ability to mesh with Sheku's playing is a perfect weaving together of instruments. I just ordered his first album (Inspriration) and a second due out in September 2022 ("Song")
Yes I was just thinking had du pre played this sonata it would be as he plays it. He has a marked similarity in many ways to du pre.
So soothing and comforting on a Sunday afternoon. God Bless you and stay safe.
God showing off his music Spirits..they are one and the same.. the time is the sameness of the Spirit s
first to say i know very little about classical, but this was absolutely amazing, the sync the 2 has is nothing short of incredible, like a second sense between the siblings
I have become a huge fan of this whole family, Mum and Dad must be so proud ! I have tickets to see /hear them in August in Melbourne Australia, hope it happens 🤩
Have a ticket for Isata & Sheku next month in Kansas City...🤞🏻♥️
@@plumb.474 how was it? I couldn’t get to see them in person, but I was able to see the concert streamed from their performance in Boston. It was wonderful. I hope to see it on TH-cam soon. This Rachmaninov piece was part of their first USA tour. I wish that I could have see this live also. They played this so beautifully. It makes me want to cry.
But where do you live?😅
Amazing to watch these two performers completely immerse themselves in this piece of music!
The most extraordinary display of talent! As a family they are are extraordinary! I'm speechless
Magnifique ! Quels artistes! et si jeunes !Merci pour ce cadeau .Heureuse carrière à toute la famille!
Your music and passion for artistry are a sublime gift to humanity.
Magnificent, noble and energetic performance! Bravo and congratulations to both of these rising stars! The only thing missing is thunderous applause!
What a remarkable setting, both sad and inspiring, still they fill the Royal Albert Hall with this explosion of emotions. And they could shoot inspiring video-pictures as well. But I miss the roar of enthusiasm after the show, an audience gone mad by an overwhelmed experience. And it was cut too abruptly by the editor.
Hopefully, audiences will return this year to the proms
I love the music making that I hear here. They have captured the soul of this music. I hear the yearning, angst, passion, joy, reflection, and introspection between both instruments. Excellent work both at the instruments and away from the instruments during your preparations!
I'm eagerly looking forward to enjoying these two gems in Kansas City, Missouri.
How was it?
Most enjoyable, a truly "living" experience as a performance, always leading on to something even greater, but letting us appreciate the musical landscape with marvellous moments...the development of 1st mvt and the third movement outstanding. What a pity there was not the usual 6000+ audience to enjoy as it happened, but thanks for TH-cam that we can have a front seat. Bravo, both!
What a wonderful way to spend an evening. Thanks Isata and Sheku. Looking forward to seeing you all live 🙏🏽
16:30 so many sublime moments of utter beauty, this one passes so fast it’s easy to miss. There is beauty in the world.
How bout 15:57 though
@@alexanderh9569why there…. Just start both of your bits a bit earlier 14:43 and behold heaven.
The pizzicato section at 7:49 is pure genius... and I've never heard pizzicato played so gorgeously before.
My GOD, this performance. The level of expression here is next-level. Thank you for sharing it.
the part at 22:50 when the piano takes the newly introduced melody from the cello and adds those beautiful harmonies whilst the cello plays the original theme is just utter perfection.
Exceptional virtuoso music making ..wunderbar!
I can only interpret their periodic glances at each other as mental signals to reaffirm continuity of harmony and interpretation. This is absolutely beautiful!!
Bravos
You both have turned this piece into some sort of Gran Duo Sonata, as the piano and violoncello are equally magnificent to the highest level of interpretation. You dwell inside the instruments while playing. And your talents brake a few orthodox petrified ideas that the best has already been played.
I wish I knew more to be able to write more words in my compliment.
I am truly a big fan of your Music
5
LOVE your passionate playing and ensemble. A great way to start the day!
Beautiful interpretation, at once sensitive and intense, and oh my, what ensemble playing. Bravi, thank you!
Maravilhoso!!! Essa família é talento puro... 👏🏾 Toda vez que eu vejo seus vídeos, conseguem me tirar um sorriso no rosto. Vocês são demais... E me inspiram pra seguir também nessa carreira de músico !!!
most musical and satisfying performance of this sonata ever!
A little corner of Heaven. Thank you. Beauty and grace.
Both are so talented.
They play so beautifully in harmony. I love all their performances together 😁
From the Heavens of the Heavens! And the Angels, Jesus, and Jehovah Wept...❤
Wonderful 👍🏻 clear ideas, solid sound and delicate details on cantabile, the Celo sound are amazing and piano is balanced and expressive, congratulations 🎉👏🏻
Exquisite, each and both in ensemble.
Great playing by very talented artists. But let's not forget the great man that made it possible.
Lovely
What an inspiring performance!
Yes, yes, yes, BRAVO!
Once again a beautiful performance. Thank you for sharing your talents.
Wonderful performance - from a person who plays both piano and cello.
I've come back to this many times.
Bravo bravo, magistral por Dios 😱👏👏
Passionnés et passionnants !!! 🤗 Merci 🙏 de nous partager cette passion qui vous anime et nous fait rêver… 👍🤩 félicitations !!!
Something great for a Friday! Had tickets for the 2020 Wigmore hall concert...but hey, this will do fine. Many thanks
Isata is due to play Beethoven 3rd at the Albert hall in June
So so beautiful.
They are all
amazingly
wonderful!!!❤️🎉🎉🎉
Magnificent. Sheku’s lyricism is especially beautiful.
He is the best.🎉
BRAVO!
Sooooo…. Beautiful
What and amazing family they have...
Cannot wait to hear you both live ,!
Rajmaninof que con 14 años escribió sus primeras composiciones, algo influenciadas por Tschaikovsky, al que conoció, fue uno de los mejores compositores de la historia, me emociona su música.
Wonderful musicians!
0:00 I: Lento - Allegro moderato
12:50 II: Allegro Scherzando
19:14 III: Andante
24:49 IV: Allegro mosso
This is wondeful! You are great artists!!
Спасибо !!! Bravo !!! BRAVO !!....
Magnificos, magnificos, magnificos ! Obrigada por esta amostra do talento humano tao
perfeita e rara.
Thank you Les deux!.
Epically awesome 👌 👏
Beautiful and sublime, and I hope to attend some live performances soon.
Bravo 👏🏻
I haven't always likes his stuff, but this is epic. Nicely done
wonderful. Elegiac.
Magnificent❣️
Perfection
Wonderful! Bravo!
Absolutely fantastic!!
Wow, so magical
Simply Wonderful!
Loved it ....Thank You both 💙
Magnificent!
Merveilleux ,j'en pleure de bonheur !
This is fantastic!!!