Brahms：Cello Sonata No.1／Yo-Yo Ma & Emanuel Ax（1985）

[@bloodybonescomic]

I absolutely adore this sonata. It is probably my favorite Brahms composition. And that's a tough call. All three movements are divine to my ears.

[@marias8772]

I love being in the middle of listening to this beautiful piece and getting interrupted by an add for a dodge truck

[@lotusbuds2000]

oh you are so funny...oh horrors :) !!!

[@Numberonesorabjifan]

Adblock?

[@ali.mrezazade1227]

😂

[@Ferrichrome]

Lmao sammeee

[@mimimotor]

Adblocker for KZbin as Chrome extension does the job.

[@poti0909]

貴殿はたった一本のチェロで、このように世界中の古典音楽ファンの心を、鷲の爪のように掴み取ってしまった。なんて素晴らしい！！！

[@auguste12345678]

+poti0909 この旋律は本当に心に充足を与えますね

[@mrwanggolf]

Accidentally had this left on 1.25x speed and thought dang Yo-Yo must have had a plane to catch

[@qfcbv]

and now i have to listen to it at 1.25x. 😂😂😂

[@qfcbv]

honestly it sounds better at that speed for the third movement....

[@josesouza6889]

=Brahms Cello Sonata no.1 in E minor= •Allegro non Troppo• (0:08) •Allegro quasi Minuetto• (14:50) •Allegro, Più Presto• (20:38) Do Grande Mestre Yo-Yo Ma.

[@흰무-b2l]

2nd mov 14:49 3rd mov 20:38

[@roslynaronson8791]

First time hearing this...and I am a lover of all things Brahms. Very special. Thank you for posting.

[@marikochiba713]

The music I remember playing at a graduation concert when I was in the fourth year of university. I think it's music that conveys Brahms' feelings. I think this work is music with a deep feeling. I love this music

[@TheRcooper2]

Yo-Yo Ma........ an exquisite artist.

[@liffeythorpe2207]

So is Emanuel Ax.

[@markkautsky4316]

Well, these two were a team...both complementing the other, exactly the way it was written by the true genius, Brahms himself!

[@hpe-eo4ce]

Mark Kautsky I was going to say the same thing myself. I once played this with my dad at the piano and myself on the cello, and I can tell you this is one of the most technically difficult songs I have ever played, and it was still a difficult piece for a cellist like myself to learn even though I had been playing the cello for 12 years starting at the age of 7. It’s not just about learning the notes and how to express each phrase but also about how to communicate and connect with the piano player. The cellist and pianist absolutely have to work together extremely well and know when it’s “their turn” vs “your turn,” and getting that part nailed down where you know you need to tone it down a little and let your partner introduce you into the next theme of the song requires an incredible amount of teamwork.

[@zuhairbakdoud1360]

Patrick Higgins, Sir, I know you are are not going to like what l am going to say here, but you have NO idea how it hurts to hear someone call an instrumental piece of music a SONG. Please, call it a sonata, a waltz, a concert, a symphony, et. Call it by its correct name. Please, please, l mean no offense. Thanks. Have a good day. P.S.: l lived in England and Germany where I attended boarding school and medical school, respectively. The Germans have a mathematical language which demands 100% use of grammar.

[@leonivanka6656]

@@zuhairbakdoud1360 love the song tho

[@tuxguys]

(Easter Eve, 2016) It's incredible to me that, as I write this, this performance is almost 31 years old. Ax and Ma perform with the virile energy of a still-present youth, and the wise maturity of seasoned masters of their art. I love how the second movement contrasts the not-quite-grandiloquence of the first and third movements with an almost impish, dark, gaiety. And, as I love the harmonic vocabulary of the Romantic period, I am enthralled with all of the harmonic surprises with which Brahms flowingly fills this masterwork. (What a nice thing to hear, just before I retire to allow the Easter Bunny to make his visit.) Addendum, a year later: This is one of the best-directed classical music vids I have ever seen. The director, or an assistant who could read the score and knew what was going on musically, so that that person could tell the director, several measures ahead of time what was coming to set up the next shot, did not miss a trick.

[@colinjohnston9824]

The video from at least a half dozen cameras was edited together post-recording. There was never a need to know ahead of time what was to come, because each camera was recording the entire performance.

[@colinjohnston9824]

The cameramen would have been completely stationary the entire time, except for the slightest movements of the cameras, they wouldn't have moved at all

[@nodrvgs]

beautiful commentary

[@tuxguys]

@@colinjohnston9824 I disagree. Superimposition like you're seeing repeatedly here can't be done in post-production, at least not at that time. This may look like film, but it wasn't originally: To anyone who has worked in television production (as I have), this was obviously shot on videotape, live, with someone reading the score and giving the director the time to set up the next necessary shots, cross-fades, etc (as I have). It was then transferred to film at some point, which is what we're seeing here. My compliment stands.

[@colinjohnston9824]

@@tuxguys fair enough deduction; I don't have your expertise in film, so I'll certainly entertain the idea. I do reserve a degree of belief in that it was, in fact, possible, however, I accept your experienced opinion as far more informed than my own, and, therefore, of greater value. It definitely makes for an even more inspiring recording from your viewpoint!

[@robertcohn8858]

A magnificent performance. Yo-Yo looks positively drained.

[@charismahasan8815]

this sonata is exquisite, being played by yoyo ma makes it amazing

[@vcortes409]

+Charisma Hasan AND the pianist

[@berkleynash4973]

Jacqueline du Pré's rendition is so much better

[@minka866]

Exquisite? Why?

[@j.l.6511]

@@minka866 by your reaction, I suppose you are from Brazil, as I am. Exquisite, in English, has nothing to do with Esquisito in Portuguese. It means Requintado.

[@j.l.6511]

@Henri Yoon it is lol

[@aslgiray4477]

Absolutely beautiful...

[@jenniejung137]

So much beautiful memories about yoyo's concerts.. not only he's great music maker also he has wounderful stage menners n so generous for the audiences.

[@taffyholvenstot8297]

Love this, first heard it when I was about 11 years old!

[@thecellochannel6847]

I get chills every time I listen to this.

[@willpickering5829]

such a dynamic duo for such a long time

[@pierremosniersociete3151]

Quelle belle sonorité ! C'est propre, c'est juste, c'est inspiré, avec un côté mystérieux. c'est magnifique. Et puis YO YO est tellement simple et sympathique. Je conseille d'écouter la sonate Arpegione de Schubert, interprétée par lui. Merci pour cette video ! P Mosnier

[@Alice-gr1kb]

Pierre Mosnier société oui, le video est beau

[@damlanurparkan1625]

My favourite Cellist... I think Brahms wrote this for him for when he'd be born and play it.

[@willh4334]

Search Janos Starker

[@berkleynash4973]

search Jacqueline du Pré

[@alexreik424]

B NASH I did, she's to be found at Golders Green Jewish Cemetery Golders Green, London Borough of Barnet, Greater London, England

[@LittleB2007]

I imagine that, back in those days, every soloists in the world would've killed to have Emanuel Ax as the accompanying pianist

[@洋阿相]

洋阿相 30歳の若きチェリストとして来日した折の映像でしょうか。大変な美音の持ち主でちょっと渋いブラームスの名曲を魅力たっぷりの熱演で楽しませてくれました。アックスのピアノも超一流のサポートですね。タッチがものすごく綺麗でいつも感心してしまします。彼のソロも聞いてみたいものです。

[@lucasgierczak9069]

Exceptional. Mesmerizing.

[@kennywood6434]

Great playing, but you've gotta love how the cameraman all but forgot that Ax was even there. He's so invisible, in fact, that nearly every time they DO show him they post his name just so you don't forget who he is.

[@lotusbuds2000]

Manny Ax is a real artist, totally humble and serves the music instead of vice versa...LOVE LOVE LOVE his playing and his humanity. Of course Yo Yo soloist of highest caliber but so is Manny!!!

[@lc193]

Plot twist. Ax is short for Drax so Ax must be Drax.

[@derekflanderschang9654]

Hey two years later here what’s up - yes and it’s very intentional that Brahms called these Sonatas for Piano and Cello - not a cello sonata - he treats the instruments as equal.

[@musicandyceramist]

​@@derekflanderschang9654and the piano parts will kick.your.ass. They will either make you or kill you, and nothing in between.

[@hhworthen]

You're right, but I play cello so you can tell what I'm looking for. I want to see exactly what Yo Yo is doing

[@colinjohnston9824]

The add in the middle of such a beautiful, heartfelt, performance really added to the beauty... >:(

[@christianantonio8565]

Yoyo is my teachers first teacher. His second teacher was Isserlis. I saw amasterclass with ol Steve!

[@jjfs11676]

Incredible Brahms! Great artists

[@jackc9386]

My god the second movement got interrupted by an ad with Old Town Road in it. That is a new low.

[@rinacravero]

Adoro la musica de Brahms, es tan hermosa e intensa. Yo Yo Ma excelente cellista, super expresivo bravo! 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

[@Bear-of1on]

Aside from this being my favorite cello sonata written.... constantly, Everytime I hear it, I am hit with it's freshness of mood and it's almost somber rhythm and tone. And aside from this, even, is the fact that after viewing this performance several hundred times it is THE first time I noticed the fine looking Asian girl turning the sheet music page for Mr. Ax.

[@hhworthen]

Very much appreciate the camera understanding what the listener wants to see: details of bowing, fingering. Most videos of performance screw this up, very frustrating.

[@HarveyKung20]

The way he plays that ending damn

[@Teresa14Marie]

so beautiful

[@abbysands8839]

Yo yo ma is so amazing his cello always sings and he plays extremely beautiful!!!! I am so glad that he stayed with the cello and didn't play violin. He does a better job at cello than he would be at violin!

[@cyrilprice1300]

+abby “JesusFreak” sands By what mystical vision can you say that Yo Yo Ma does a better job at cello than he would be at violin?

[@meddown6859]

Probably because Cello is the best stringed instrument. I don't even like stringed instruments, but Cello>Violin.

[@YoutubeAccount-li2li]

What a stupid comment

[@YoutubeAccount-li2li]

Cyril Price haha exactly

[@ms.tinastudio309]

@@meddown6859 Completely agree!

[@julymerlin]

Ha acompañado mi vida, magnífica interpretación

[@GUSTAVOMARZANO]

MIL GRACIAS !!!

[@rinacravero2280]

Hermosa sonata de Brahms, unido a Emmanuel Ax y el súper talentoso cellista hiper expresivo Yo Yo Ma.

[@Allen1029]

When I'm put out to pasture, play this music.

[@abbysands8839]

I did a report on yoyo ma! Did u know he started on violin when he was 3 and at age 4 he started cello? At 4 years old he learned 3 of the bach suites and memorized them!!! Isn't that amazing!! Reply if u want to hear some more!!!!!!🎻🎶🎼🎻

[@joshko7415]

+abby “JesusFreak” sands wow i want to hear some more

[@cello644]

+Yong bin Ko kzbin.info/www/bejne/bIapgYCtadmUZpY

[@UltimateC2020]

How do you know if that is even true?

[@e8f2]

I thought you said you reported yoyo ma

[@tungakoselleck2362]

E8f2 he did a report on yoyo ma that’s something different;)

[@robertmilby6433]

a treasure! All year round, but for me, works best in winter.

[@kirbywaite1586]

It always amazes me how many people focus on the work of the interpretive genius rather than the work of the creative genius. American culture is celebrity driven.

[@lotusbuds2000]

I see your point....as an American, I hear you...thanks for shedding this light :)

[@khool63]

il y a brahms et brahms encore le maître parmi les maîtres , un génie , un prophète musical et yo yo ma et emanuel ax , concerto rare , un joyau de pureté , une merveille de poésie de beauté de grâce et d"amour comme on n"en voit plus beaucoup , en ce début troublé de millénaire , par bonheur il reste la musique , brahms schubert mozart beethoven , bach haydn , schumann ,, chopin , debussy , satie , fauré schoenberg , mendelsohn , berg , webern , elliott carter , georges crumb , xenakis , berio , nono et bien d"autres et ce violoncelle qui semble pleurer dans la joie et la tristesse , une merveille comme on en voit plus étouffé par les guerres , la médiocrité , la course au fric , la téléréalité , ces musiciens comme brahms avaient la chance de se rencontrer , créer parler , aller jouer au concert , vivre simplement merci pour les chefs d"oeuvre qu"ils nous ont laissé respect a eux tous et aux grands interprètes

[@Carltoncellobassist]

Zuill.Bailey is amazing with Brahms...the barriolage section exist is so profound.

[@heleneemery245]

Merci

[@Eric-gn8vw]

great music

[@roslynaronson8791]

Must you interrupt this beautiful music with s loud brash ad? You should tailor the ads to the music and find the gaps between segments. It’s b disturbing and doesn’t do the sponsors any good because it only causes resentment and I’ll will.

[@unbacan7540]

Excelente.

[@bugatti103]

bravo

[@mariadefatimacorreacoelhof3244]

Linda essa ¨¨viagem¨¨ feita através dos sons, que nos conduzem aos céus... penso que isso também é visível nele....

[@RockStarOscarStern634]

26:26 Broken Bow Hairs view

[@taraanderson6378]

learning this right now!!

[@DarkCartoon_music]

Me too.

[@michelleleblanc1494]

Tara Anderson me too! Piano part.

[@Alice-gr1kb]

Good luck!

[@RyanFieldMusic]

Wow.

[@minka866]

One thing is to hear, read from Brahms, other thing is hear him.

[@albertobellucci7862]

Maestros cantores

[@elifschitz]

The mics are so close to the cello all you hear is the scratching. With amazing instruments such as as his you need distance.

[@casals6743]

gorgeous

[@martinstahle2006]

The listener will face the music of johannes brahms on a very deep level. Therefore, it is not surprising that most listeners find it difficult to understand the language of his music. Most the works of Brahms are love on the second or third "look". This is not true for this piece - this wonderful theme at the beginning of the first move makes it an excellent piece to get listeners close to the world of Brahms music.

[@watutman]

Ya, the sayings are, Brahms is not a cheap date; and One has to be of a certain age to appreciate Brahms.

[@Lexicop2]

Takes the 1st mvt's repeat. Is not that page-turner gorgeous?

[@jameshostetler2630]

She looks like a man with a wig

[@jameshostetler2630]

Yo yo ma and his cello are gorgeous

[@kevinmelendez1460]

2nd movement: 14:51

[@caitlincordero2138]

Second movement- 14:47

[@RockStarOscarStern634]

26:26 Looks like Yo Yo Ma has Popped a Bow Hair from all that playing, he might have to switch to Coruss Synthetic Bow Hair which is designed to avoid that problem.

[@여행여우]

14:48 2악장 시작

[@caitlincordero2138]

Third movement 20:37

[@JS-wt7bz]

14:44 2nd movement

[@clintow]

I'm begging the account admin *please please please* turn off mid roll ads

[@felixdevilliers1]

The piano is too muted. This is a Sonata not just for cello but for Cello AND Piano.

[@mayainaba110]

私の大好きな❤️

[@moein-lifestyle]

🎶 04:50 - 26:55 🎶

[@manoelmessias426]

Top top

[@jccard9249]

I’d be terrified as that page flipper

[@Mariana-sz3yf]

5:43

[@inflames2112]

I'm surprised yoyo ma actually used music sheets n such . Normally he doesn't bother lol

[@Ferdinand314]

26:25 20:37

[@ethanmendoza5216]

Yo mama

[@obsidianop9802]

With all due respect, Yo-Yo Ma looks constipated for most of the duration of the piece still sounds fantastic

[@victorlinares4137]

Hes always been known for his expressive gestures lol

[@이지현-v3s]

17:57,,

[@elinannestad5320]

most crass ad interruptions ever. Poor Yoyo, poor us.

[@pepsi009900]

I think he plays it too fast.. anyone else?

[@Sneixx]

+Justin Reagan At the beginning he's rushing a little bit but the tempo could be even faster. This song is not so slow.

[@emilygoodman4533]

Yes. The first movement is the slow movement of this piece.

[@pedropuyol91]

It's an allegro and typically played around 120 bpm, it is definitely not slow. Long notes don't mean slow.

[@noemiserra3366]

extasi i sublim

[@carbideblue]

Wow, Manny Ax sounds so much better than [....]

[@watutman]

Ax is an all around dependable player. For this piece, Barenboim is better, playing with his wife Du Pre

[@BreadDefender]

Yo-yo ma has hair

[@1anya7d]

Yo, Yo Yo Ma, do you have a yoyo? no? :(

[@YoutubeAccount-li2li]

LanYarD ugh fucking baby

[@paulli2409]

口

[@khool63]

malgré tout le respect que j'ai pour yoyo ma je pense qu'il est encore bien loin d'un loin d'un tortelier d'un fournier , d'une jacqueline du pré , je trouve qu"emmanuel ax s'en sort mieux que yo yo ma ,, je pense sans le moindre racisme que les interprètes asiatiques n'ont pas une culture du classique assez longue une technique assez éprouvée face aux monuments de la vieille europe ,, et surtout n'y voyez un aucun racisme ,, ilang ilang est loin de me fasciner au piano ,, atteindra 't il un gilels un backhaus , un kempf , un brendel , un michelangeli , un arrau ;, un rubinstein horowitz et tant d'autres j'en doute fort comme je suis sûr que le heure viendra ou ils accèderont au génie de l'interprétation pure ,, comme dans l'art pictural ou bien peu connaissent une renommée planétaire ,, quand on entend une valentina lisitsa interpréter brahms on se dit qu'il reste beaucoup de chemin a un ylang ylang ou même à une wang yuja ,, mais ces pensées pourront vous paraître subjectives

[@ggeonghe4371]

quark libidinal ah ca oui TREEEES subjectif pcq penser que LANG LANG (pas ilang ou ylang) ou yuja wang ont du chemin par rapport a Valentina lisita qui a "A mon sens" un jeu fade sans aucune expression (c bien beau de jouer toute les etudes chopin mais musicalement herf, yundi li fait tellement mieux) voila quoi.....

[@michelaugeix8373]

Jugement très subjectif et c'est normal : cela dit, quel âge avait-il lors de cet enregistrement qui date de 1985 !!

[@organboi]

Um, the piece is officially called Sonata for Piano and Cello. There's a pianist here, you know. Stop calling these great duo sonatas "cello sonatas."

[@pepperco100]

Upfront, I admit a prejudice against musicians' histrionics. I know others disagree with me. But, if you listen, really listen, there are MUCH better performances of this piece on youtube than Mr. Ma's. I especially enjoy the Maisky/Gililov.

[@chrisejroh]

A little too romantic in my opinion, but nonetheless amazing!

[@lotusbuds2000]

errr...it is literally a romantic era piece, so it is exactly composed as it should be. You have a right to not like romantic era pieces, of course.

[@Oldman808]

Sad to see the wreck of a man Yo Yo has become.

[@chrisejroh]

Great... but the piano was too loud in my opinion...

[@tungakoselleck2362]

Chris Roh it’s a sonata for piano AND violoncello, why should the piano play in the background??

[@YoutubeAccount-li2li]

Wtf r u dumb?

[@CelloCircle]

yeah i think brahms putting it as piano and cello was intentional or else he would have just put cello sonata

[@calebhu6383]

When, during a private performance of this sonata for friends, Gänsbacher complained that he couldn't hear his cello because Brahms was playing so loudly on the piano, the composer growled, “Lucky for you, too."

[@Mariana-sz3yf]

5:40

[@nodrvgs]

0:07

[@benjamMin278]

0:18

[@Mariana-sz3yf]

6:01

[@BeautifulForestH]

3:36

[@BeautifulForestH]

6:58

[@chadl1555]

3:36