Daniil Shafran - Schumann - Cello Concerto in A minor, Op 129 - Jansons
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Robert Schumann
Cello Concerto in A minor, Op 129
1 Nicht zu schnell
2 Langsam
3 Sehr lebhaft
Daniil Shafran, cello
USSR Symphony Orchestra
Arvīds Jansons, conductor - เพลง
Why Nobody plays (nor wants to play) like that today? This is gorgeous, GLORIOSO.
Great artist, great cellist, great man------Shafran is an inspiration forever.
And you’re pretty good yourself.
No doubt, one of the greatest cellists, big heart.
and balls ;-)
his tecnique left me speachless... DAMN SON
The most unique cello player ever.....so different with any other great cellist......up to a level that it become intimidating our sense))...maestro!!
I don't see how he's "the most unique ever." How?
@@BetterMe981 You must have noticed his phrasing and the use of his vibrato, or not? This is surely unique. No cellist plays like this.
@@BetterMe981 his thumb vibrato as well
Well, that's certainly something very particular from cellist from the middle of the 20th century: you could recognize their playing even with a wall in between you and them.
Какое страстное исполнение! Подстать самой музыке. Браво Даниилу Шафрану!
The most Poetic (by far) cello Concerto ever created..., and the most peerless interpretation I ever have heard.
I agree with you except on one point: the most poetic and accomplished concertos are those written by Haydn himself.
Greatest performance of this concerto I've ever heard.
Normally, this concerto brings that typical "crying man" sound out of the cello. For some reason, Shafran makes it sound like a...well, a desperate MADMAN. I think it pretty suits Schumann. Ironically, by making the concerto his own, maybe Shafran is realizing exactly what the composer intended.This thought is what made me come round to this version.
I think Shafran's meaning is truly authentic to Schumann's intention. This concerto is not meant to be played elegantly, as is unfortunately the norm; this work is completely manic, and demands a similar bi-polar expression from both soloist and the orchestra. The second movement is the one respite, as if Clara suddenly appears to soothe the madness.
It's Shagran. Don't try to analising, Jsut ENJOY. Where's no more today musicians, whom you could listen and say as well,-"this was Shafran".
@@sternernickwill 👏👏👏
@@cellonaut There is room for both analysis and raw interpretation, in fact you could say theyre one in the same.
@@lissie3669 well personally, I'll never play like that and never teach playing like him. He is unik. Anyone trying to copy, would hear ridiculous.
One thing is playing the violin, and another is to play a cello as if it were a violin. This puts Shafran in a level of his own.
I’m not a cellist, but I do love all the cello concertos and the instrument. I’m also not a music expert, but one thing I always notice is when a cellist is in full control of each note, hand placement and wand. Which is why I love a lot Jackie’s performance… but this whole performance is on another level as you can clearly tell every finger, note and movement is deliberate to an accurate precision.. he doesn’t even look like his struggling, he just feeling the music and playing it as such.. amazing rendition 🤩🤩🤩
Spannende live Aufführung dieses romantischen Konzerts mit tiefem Ton des Solocellos und perfekt synchronisierten Töne anderer Instrumente. Der geniale Maestro dirigiert das ausgezeichnete Orchester im gut phrasierten Tempo mit völlig effektiver Dynamik. Echt Gänsehaut!
i love it, it s maybe not always my test but at least i hear a big , big personnality, and i think that s the reason we play music : to express the composer with our personnality...and i hear also a lot of tenderness in the expression, we never get board, something happens constantly...
Sophie Adam well said
Una bella grabación! Muchas gracias por compartirla!
Master, I hier and still crying... Thanks for your adwises!
I like when his left hand leaves the fingerboard. In Schumann’s Romanza, he makes the same gesture (but not in such an agressive way) to play A in open string.
what wonderful staccati!! you don't hear it like that anymore, not even from violinists. he is absolutely excellent, this is the artful way of playing, the way it should be. not the mechanistic, unartful, "play like this recording," mediocre performances we have today.
Rubbish!
Excelentes orquestra e solista. Parabéns. Este deve ser o Conservatório de Moscou.
totally captivated by this....also...what a showman..
It seems that the frantic pace of the last 3 minutes ( in spite of not at all "classical" or "romantic") is the correct way of playing it. Not only Shafran had the sense of rhythm to perceive the right pace to play, but also he had the extraordinary technical ability to do it. There are recordings in youtube of other famous players who play it too slowly and one gets the feeling that they are simply not capable of doing it faster.
Absolutely agreed
Sublime , Merveilleux !
wow! mesmerizing!
I did not know this shocking cellist, now fortunately yes. I believe that no one is able to offer an execution equal to this, above all being able to involve you in an overwhelming way, as it happened to me. Shafran is able to convey strong emotions to you and, in my opinion, I think he is also the only musician you cannot stop looking at for his extraordinary gestures which are part of the whole. He plays and literally tames what I consider the instrument closest to the human voice and among the largest and most important. Please see the gestures expressed by Shafran at minutes 1': 33" and 8':13" where he demonstrates how he interprets the concert of the great German composer, with an emphasis that cannot be reached at times through real and authentic extremely engaging gestures, as if to say: "this is how it must be interpreted this great concert, this is how this powerful instrument capable of giving unique and profound emotions must be played and tamed "
Immenso!!!
every time i come to this...wow! Dionysus is singing and dancing over the definition of good and bad. There is no mistake over the fear. At that point, Shumann himself was. Like or not, that's it.
the absolute best of life...!!!
Shafran makes a bunch of technical mistakes, but I could care less. The passion and virtuosity makes his recording my favorite!
He skips an entire beat in the measures with the arpeggios at the beginning like at 0:40
@@abelpalmer552 That's not a "mistake." That's Shafran not giving a single F*** 😆
Freedom not mistake
May be the best thumb vibrato I've ever heard! Wow. 3rd mvt was a masterclass of stacatto techniques and bow control in both grand and subtle movement. Anyone know what year this is from?
23 may, 1974.
AND he did an improvised/interpreted cadenza! truly artful! the way cadenzas were supposed to be done.
+tuaca43 this one is a slightly reduced Piatigorsky's cadenza.
not true. time for that was already over
@@alindequartett6671 it "was" over in 1850, but Shafran decided it was time for a revival. But you're right, it is arguable.
Is there a recording by piatgorsky in the net?
11:19 It makes me cry every time
Манерность,глиссы,вибрция-козлетон.Есть одно...Шафраныча узнаешь сразу.Да и не забыть бы!Интеллигентный человек.
11:18 Langsam
15:27 Sehr lebhaft
and notice that super-staccati he did at 23:00.... find someone who can do that today! or at all! not even rostropovich could do that.
+tuaca43 // I know little about the cello....but YOU ARE CORRECT in that something awesome, exceptional is occurring before during and after 23:00....WOW!!!!!
This piece isn’t about staccati, you moron.
He surpassed Slava technically in many regards. But it doesn't exactly discredit what Slava was able to achieve musically and career wise. Shafran is simply insane technically.
@@JD.......... almeno non ci si annoia a sentire violoncellisti uno la fotocopia dell'altro.
-- Un mouvement d'archet envoûtant. --
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Como usa el pulgar ese master!
The cello jedi
In my opinion, Shafran is in a league of his own. Other cellists sounds flat compared to him.
Clearly you have heard few cellists. There are amazing players, and of all ages, all around us. Even of his day, Shafran wasn't "in a league of his own." There were great cellists all over... and it's because of all of them then that we have great cellists today. And youtube is extremely valuable in showcasing ALL of them!
@@BetterMe981 Shafran was totally in a league of his own. There was nobody like him before, during or after. A true "one off".
@@BetterMe981 I’m guessing you aren’t a cellist...
@@BetterMe981 two things can be true at once.
1, there are a wealth of valuable cellists with differing contributions
2, this planet will never see someone as insane as Shafran ever again. Talented? Yes perhaps. But not the same flavor as DS.
15:10 LOL
Daniel Lail bruh
Seriously 😄
Stawp in Daniil
Having studied this piece myself, I can tell that he cheats on many of the difficult scalar and arpeggiated passages. An interesting and passionate interpretation no doubt, but he definitely made things easy where he could. Doesn't compare to Isserlis'
Can you point out where he does that? I'm not saying this to attack you, I honestly am curious ☺.
Actually I think I know what you're talking about. I was actually wondering about that too, because from what I've seen, shafran tends to bend things to make them harder just for show. Have you heard his prokofiev? Probably the hardest concerto ever written for Cello and even the arpeggiated passages he played absolutely flawlessly. So it makes me wonder 🤔
If I remember correctly he did this performance on short notice...
Lol
I agree. But still : astonishing.
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Cannot hear nothing but scratching dashing rough sound with rackless vibrato everywhere. The soloist is expressing something unique but primarily confined own world only - even hardly be accepted Schumann's terms.
Finally someone with ears and a brain here!
Yes of course! That's what makes it all the more entertaining
Just because you can play a piece really fast doesn't mean you should...
Great artists are expected to put their mark on live performances such as this.
What grotesquely tasteless playing!
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Definitely the worst performance I have ever heard. The brittle aggressive sound, particularly at the beginning, is most disturbing.
This should be a beautiful chamber music work.
Obviously the favourable comments cannot come from musicians. Try listening to Fournier, Rostropovich, both of whom played this work, when I was a cellist with the LSO in the ‘60’s.
Chris Green insult shafran is akin to insulting any form of god. You better go to church and ask for forgiveness. Better yet pray to Allah and Brahman to cleanse your evil soul.
How the hell did you become a cellist 😂
Plenty of musicians like Shafran's playing.
IL vaut mieux écouter Rostropovitch. (no agressive sound whatsoever !!
you're just afraid of a unique style perhaps