Pierre Fournier plays Bach (vaimusic.com)

[@celloviolincello]

The most beautiful phrasing in the history of cello playing. Without doubt the most all round master of the instrument to date.

[@ririkuku]

it has the elegance, the lightness, the "groove", the fragility, the movement, everything! beautifull

[@tullochgorum]

Thanks for posting this - he was beyond compare. No need for showmanship - just impeccable musicianship of the very highest order...

[@rimatus]

wow... this is the best Bach I have ever heard

[@AdamCzarnowski]

Unutterably wonderful - playing that radiates greatness of spirit, nobility of soul - musicianship of the very highest order!

[@user-yx6ox7us9v]

Majestic instrument!

[@nyphriscat]

Grand violoncelliste français, digne représentant de l'école française du violoncelle. Elégant, racé. Apprécie énormément.

[@bbratchist]

He was by far the best sounding and masterful cellist of his day. You could eat off him, as we'd say.How nice to see this video. Bernie Zaslav

[@munkybrain]

Ahhhhh I'm thinking of no other cellist when i listen to this. oohhhhh mesmerising.

[@JoeEmptySea]

one night i was randomly going through all the tv channels and i found this guy on a public access channel and i watched him play for like an hour... im not even really into this kind of music but he is a really good celloist

[@olinwilliams]

my favorite cellist

[@MusicForTheSoul221]

Such a lovely piece. Those double stops are played marvelously.

[@HilaryLuo-v7q]

Beautiful

[@rinatibragimov]

amazing! so simple, egoless and so much dignity

[@elizabethlinsay9193]

He's lost up in this stunning piece and he's taken me with him.

[@rodeiaj]

Never mind how much I try, I have never heard a finner interpertation of this piece. Thanks for posting.. I never tough I would be able to see him

[@Celloman4044]

Nice. Pierre

[@cellofacir]

He has the best of all cellist I know

[@PaulusPHM]

Was privileged to met him during his teaching with my father

[@himitsunosallychan]

Thank you for this video. My first time to SEE him play. He looks just as noble as he plays. I am jealous of great granddaughter. Pierre, make me great granddaughter! Sorry, my opinion and great granddaughter jealousy.

[@TheTirtil52]

best ever .

[@yovni]

Yes, his Dvorcak concerto recording is earthshaking brilliance. Accept no other!

[@nyphriscat]

@thegreenjaguar Seriez-vous violoncelliste?

[@snootzie78]

Why is he plucking the C string?

[@schumacherenator]

Because those fat strings could use the extra help being activated. It's a little thing a lot of cellists do so that they don't have to grind into the string so much to get it ringing.

[@Apalexpe]

awesome french cellist, to be exact the aristocrat of the cellists

[@UltimateC2020]

My last Cello teacher David Schepps took lessons from this guy =D

[@snootzie78]

UltimateC2020 Great to see another former Schepps cello student on here. Not to be biased or anything, but really what is so great about the Fournier edition of Bach? Everything is all slurred and legato. As a musician myself, I found it rather difficult to express myself musically with even the dynamic phrases if not bowings /fingerings that made no sense to me. There are so many other flavorful "rocky road" editions that are sensible to even write in your own bowings, etc. to the most intermediate players. I find this one rather "vanilla". I know Schepps and I got into quite a few arguments regarding Bach and some of the other great cellists out there who tried to interpret the work. Anyhow I learned a valuable lesson that you need to respect the artists and the editors who have been working hard on publishing some of the greatest repertoire known to be - whether you favor it or not.

[@keysyun1430]

Another former Schepps student checking in 😊✌️

[@feraudyh]

Pierre Fournier came to lunch when I was a kid. Pity he didn't come with his cello.

[@andrewmargrave7518]

Superb, aristocratic playing. This is a welcome relief from the Hysterically Malformed school, which brings forth unlistenable string tone and pitch a half-step low.

[@richtrophicherbs]

a half-step lower than a convention recommended by the American Standards Association in 1936, taken up by the International Organization for Standardization in 1955 as Recommendation R 16, and not formalised until 1975 as ISO 16. Presumably it was the unlistenable string tone produced by gut that inspired Bach to go to the trouble of composing these cello masterpieces. kzbin.info/www/bejne/gn_OoYp8gZ2LjaM

[@craigbrown2247]

No one else brought here by murakami?

[@montsejimenez1884]

Yo vine por Murakami (Kafka en la orilla)🙏

[@craigbrown2247]

I hope you enjoyed the book! @@montsejimenez1884

[@cbar0x]

please, don't say these things.. you should consider Enriuco Dindo, Antonio Janigro, Mario Brunello, or russian school like Rostropovich, Gutman and Geringas...

[@CelebGhost]

Its not better