Catalin Rotaru - Paganini Caprice 24

[@danielwalker2381]

Not only is this incredibly difficult on the violin, it’s almost IMPOSSIBLE on the bass, adding in all the incredibly difficult 10ths and INSANE shifts. I could care less that the tone on some notes are weird, this is simply mind blowing.

[@obsidiananvil3447]

him playing the artificial harmonics so well blew my mind

[@nathanrock9269]

THAT LEFT HAND PIZZ ITS SOOO AMAZING YOUR THE LING LING OF THE DOUBLE BASS OMG.

[@ClankyClanky]

One of my teachers said this man taught him! He’s insane!!! The madman!!!

[@GooglePleaseEmployMe]

Twoset needs to see this

[@bassocat]

someday I will take time to write it down and perhaps publish it; thanks for listening!

[@FABCELLI]

my Utopia is listening You, dueting with Giuseppe Ettorre. I hope this will happen at LaScala, Milan. Only after I will be happy to die. Only after this event that we may call The Millennial Event.

[@TheNinjashadow123]

Catalin Rotaru have you wrote it yet?

[@goofywoofy-w6x]

I understand that now its much later but did you do it/could you? If you want im willing to pay for the arrangement?

[@bassocat]

@@goofywoofy-w6x my friend, I still didn't do it and I feel bad about that.... But, you can always come visit me in Arizona and I'd be happy to show you some things 😬 Happy holidays and Happy New Year!

[@goofywoofy-w6x]

@@bassocat I live in Canada but if I ever get the opportunity I'd love that!

[@fourstrings48]

And here, we all thought it was difficult on the violin...! This is real virtuosity!

[@leon-lt8mn]

bass ling ling

[@bassocat]

well...there is no secret; yes, I did work on scales and arpeggios. Other than that, finding the most efficient fingerings is paramount to succeeding. Best wishes and thanks for listening!

[@em1408]

the only glow up i will ever care about 😍

[@auspicious93]

LOL underrated comment

[@bassocat]

sorry about the sync problems; the video file has been copied a few times plus, it probably suffered some loss during the conversion

[@Mikeinatorable]

Thanks a lot! I've been doing college visits recently and the whole "low job-placement rate" thing keeps going through my head when I'm visiting these great schools. Advice like yours is encouraging--my goal's to make a profession out of my music and all the professional bassists I've met so far have all told me that's it's determination and ingenuity that will get me there. Best of luck to you!

[@GabrielTutoriais99]

Simply the World's Best, the Master of Acoustic Bass!

[@bassocat]

thanks for watching the clip! My basic advice is, set the goal, and act on it; I've known Tom Martin for a long time and have a lot of admiration and respect for him, so all I can say, is that it was a marvelous experience playing with him. Good luck to you!

[@andreamar6044]

Wow, hearing this played on the bass is incredible!

[@GretaGlass]

I think that if Paganini had seen this, he'd switched to Bass. Amazing, thank you for sharing :)

[@bassocat]

haha, you're sweet, thanks!

[@cosminbold9059]

Beautiful, really beautiful. Such a hard sound from that double bass, but still a great interpretation from probably the most famous violion player. Greetings si sper sa apreciati sustinerea din tara dumneavoastra natala!

[@bassocat]

absolut, n-o sa uit de unde am plecat ;)

[@bassocat]

thanks for your kind words, and congrats to you! It's quite a challenge to play it on cello as well

[@Rebablonde]

sounds majestic to me. wow

[@rafaelmusicoliturgico]

This video was published a long time ago, and I just discovered it today... Maestro, wow, bravo!! I have to continue practice 40 hours a day. c:

[@ericsabo9887]

I can't put into words how much I enjoy hearing you play. Thank you for all the videos! You are most definitely an inspiration to me. Best wishes to you!!!

[@greyzander]

Absolutely insane

[@20gilbert20]

Having heard and seen your prior version of this piece, I did not think there was one millimeter available for improvement. I was wrong! BTW, love the new bass. And if Paganini were alive today (being a fiddler) he would certainly have written some personal piece just for you. Thank you dear maestro, as always, for bringing so much enjoyment to my life.

[@silveranddarkdevidraws8638]

Sunteti magnific! Salutări din Videle,cu rugămintea să nu vă fie rușine să recunoașteți că sunteți roman si pe deasupra din Videle !

you reach your top more and more as always, bravo Catalin!

[@pianist1]

Holy smokes! This is absolutely inspiring! In every sense...

[@rorizjoel]

Bravo 👌🏽😍👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

[@jebub5113]

You're truly amazing

[@threesidedtriangle1798]

This looks so hard to even play at less than half your tempo!! I don't think anyone else has performed Caprice 24 on bass! This performance is better than your first one, by the way :)

[@bassocat]

Thanks for listening to both 😬

[@АнастасияКоршунова-м3ш]

Браво 👏🏻

[@Ming0116]

Lots of improvements maestro! :D I like this version better than the one before!! Everytime i watch your videos I get a lot of motivations to continue practicing !

[@auspicious93]

probably the most impressive thing I've ever seen... Bravo! I'm a cellist so I can appreciate how impossibly difficult it is to play this caprice on bass. But you've made the impossible possible :)

[@bassocat]

Thank you so much for your kind words!

[@themusiccovenant]

Legendary bassist

[@nicolavaleri5900]

IMMENSE, MAESTRO.

[@stefanruediger5345]

looking forward to your concert in SP in two weeks.

[@veraverzun9977]

Outstanding! All the best and Happy New Year!

[@bassocat]

Thanks and Happy New Year :)

[@Dogaradodia]

Certifié intergalactique!

[@FANOF126P]

amazing!

[@gheorgheiorga9255]

As vrea astfel de piese la televiziunile noastre, unde sà se facà reclamà artei.

[@MezeiDavid]

And again, thank you master :D

[@joedante95]

Genius!

[@TheEndtroducing]

That's an insane performance ! Great bass sound. May I ask you what tuning you use here ? :-)

[@bassocat]

+Antoine Walraevens glad you like it :) I use normal solo tuning: A E B F#

[@TheEndtroducing]

+Catalin Rotaru Ah ok thanks ! I'm only in my third year of classical double bass so I just use the orchestra tuning (E A D G). This kind of video is very inspiring for young students :-)

[@Kontrabass_basso]

WOW😂

[@BetaAxolotl]

where could i get the sheet music for this?

[@Mikeinatorable]

Any words for young bassists who aspire to play like this some day, Mr. Rotaru? Also, how was playing with Tom Martin?

[@bassocat]

haha...you're too nice; thanks for listening...so many times :)

[@andris4397]

Fantastisch!!! Bravo Maestro!

[@bassocat]

Thank you :)

[@bassivus]

Sky's the Limit INSANE!!! :)

[@wolfgangdarius8867]

Romania gang🤣

[@TheNinjashadow123]

Holy smokes you are better than gary karr

[@GooglePleaseEmployMe]

Its da devil

[@bassocat]

Haha, are you sure...? 😉

[@GooglePleaseEmployMe]

@@bassocat i am pretty sure you would have heard that when you lived in paganini era

[@bassocat]

@@GooglePleaseEmployMe yes, of course you're right.... I was joking 😊

[@antniomanso]

Ling Ling switched to Double Bass

[@marinamarshall6632]

and violinists think that there instruments are really hard

[@bassionbean]

oh yeah that's how you play the bass... Can you give some feedback on my channel Mr. Rotaru? I'm an inspired bassist. Actually, on a side note, can you play the saint-saens rondo and capriccioso? That would be so awesome on the bass. I might have a crack at it, too!

[@paganini4315]

Some notes were Untuned but congrats, are you Romanian?

[@samisamuel8272]

Ya he is

[@GooglePleaseEmployMe]

Harmonics was better in the previous video

[@Hahshdhbcbcyoutube]

No way this is real