Camille Saint-Saëns: Cello Concerto No. 2 in D minor, Op. 119 (1902)

Upload kindly dedicated to my dear friend Julieanna Stehling.
0:00 Allegro moderato e maestoso - Andante sostenuto
11:51 Allegro non troppo - Cadenza - Molto allegro
Marc Soustrot & Malmö Symphony Orchestra, 2017
Gabriel Schwabe, cello

[@joshsussman9432]

Am I allowed to say that I like this more than the first concerto?

[@ianw1976]

Yes.

[@joshsussman9432]

@@ianw1976 Thank you.

[@eugenevlassis7231]

Yeah... it almost reminds me of a movie soundtrack.

[@hannesheinz720]

I agree! Its more epical and has specific melodies which speaks deeper to the soul than the more famous in A-minor.

[@Hispano15]

Absolutely

[@linden2391]

MY favorite recoding AND a legible score??? Thank you so much

[@user-jz2sx3ij1x]

Виолончель,ты чудо для моей души..сладкий сон...браво!!!

[@technik-lexikon]

I think this is the first time I see a cello staff with 2 note lines oO

[@maxgregorycompositions6216]

Staves.

[@hannesheinz720]

You will also find it in the cello parts with the 2 Shostakovitch concertos.

[@audraslusher6412]

There's piano music with three staves, so really...

[@samuellabrecque880]

@@audraslusher6412 Even four in some Rachmaninoff pieces.

[@samuellabrecque880]

Much better this way than constant clef changes, I think!

[@vishnuhalikere2151]

That beginning of the second movement is straight heat 🔥 😤 🤟🤟🤟🤟🤟🤟

[@AMC08]

fr

[@judesquier1391]

I’m playing the second piece, Allegro non troppo, and it’s terrifying 😢

[@thierryastolfi889]

Magnifique version ! Merci !

[@ianw1976]

Very underrated piece.

[@neilwalsh3977]

There are references, I feel, to the Bach D minor keyboard in some of the figuration. What a wonderful orchestrator he was! Underrated: I've thought that for some time, just because he was ''conservative'', whatever that's supposed to mean

[@ianw1976]

@@neilwalsh3977 I'm playing the 4th Sinfonia in D Minor right now and I would agree.

[@neilwalsh3977]

@@ianw1976 This is the best tribute to composers - playing and appreciating their music. I always find rehearsals almost as uplifting as the concert. The other day, playing the Cello 1, I couldn't help remarking, this guy could damn well orchestrate!! For me, I guess, great composition is simply craft, in whatever style - like making a nice table or chair.

[@hannesheinz720]

More epical than the famous one in a-minor, I prefer the d-minor concerto much more.

[@julieannastehling8127]

Thank you, I’m honored!

[@mateuspereira9288]

No prob :)

[@Hispano15]

Dammm that second movement 🔥

[@rarefied6820]

Allegro non troppo - 15:47

[@collinharrison2853]

i strongly dislike the notation choice of two staves but its cute

[@hannesheinz720]

Cute? Interesting and practical.

[@lenahuerta100]

Somebody in 2024?

[@notfoundbro]

yeah

[@LucaCanetti]

The n. 1 is better, in my opinion

[@hannesheinz720]

Nr. 1 is more concise. This concerto has bit the character of a rhapsody with some baroque phrases.