Yuja Wang & Lynn Harrell: Rachmaninov Sonata for Cello & Piano in G minor

New Mexico Museum of Art, St. Francis Auditorium. Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival July 21, 2008
00:11 Lento - Allegro moderato
12:31 Allegro scherzando
18:54 Andante
24:45 Allegro mosso
#YujaWang #LynnHarrell #SantaFeChamberMusicFestival
This recording is provided by the Yuja Wang Archives yujawang.nicerweb.com/
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[@timothyseaman]

This is one of the most wonderful moments for both the aging Harrell and the young Wang --- two of my favorite musicians (speaking as a musician myself) --- and a transcendent work by Rachmaninov --- and it's quite an experience to engage with it on the day of Harrell's passing.

[@patriciaelmore172]

Yuja Wang played for Mr Harrell many times. Her mastery of Rachmaninoff's incredibly difficult cello sonata shouldn't be underscored. Her playing is exquisite.

[@mathmusicandlooks]

An absolutely gorgeous piece! My favorite part is right in the first 34 minutes of this video.

[@borisbrinkmann]

😉

[@denise2169]

I'm sorry to hear of Harrell's passing. What a fine cellist he was. In this performance, it's wonderful how the age difference between him and Yuja posed no problem for either, as the beauty of their music speaks for itself! Bravo!

[@zeram01]

RIP maestro. Thank you for the decades of beautiful music.

[@chrisk8187]

STUNNINGLY GLORIOUS!!! THIS is what it's all about!!! Lynn Harrell, one of my ALL TIME favorite cellists. AND world class pianist performing a demandingly intense work! Unbelievable! Spellbinding! I'm crying............... My mother was an honors graduate in choral conducting and piano at Northwestern University, performed as a feature soloist with the Dr. James Allen Dash All America Chorus throughout Europe including for the Queen of England England during the mid-50's. My sister was awarded a full tuition scholarship to the Eastman School of Music on harp, was the harp faculty at the University of Colorado Denver, first call union harpist and played with the Colorado Symphony Orchestra-Denver. Her husband earned a master's and doctorate degree from Northwestern University on cello, retired after 34yrs from the Colorado Symphony Orchestra-Denver and after 25yrs as principal cellist in the Colorado Central City Opera Orchestra. I had a successful clarinet/sax studio for forty years and sang in the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra Chorus for 30yrs including three sold out performances in Carnegie Hall NYC. My point being, I appreciate the magnitude of technical, musicality and emotional intensity of this overwhelming performance. Thanks for uploading AND WHY the negatives? Please enlighten me. Thank you.

[@patriciaelmore172]

I'm still mourning the great loss of Mr Harrell. He was unsurpassed in his abilities and especially in his interpretation of this gorgeous sonata.

[@genewest6266]

Lynn has collaborated with Yuja before this and he, Lynn stated that he was never concerned with Yuja’s timing, that yuja is a master on the keyboard regardless of difficulty. Together such beautiful music !

[@NikoHL]

2020 has been dreadful, in so many ways.. So much loss and isolation. At least we can enjoy sublime performances such as this.. RIP Maestro Harrell.

[@christopherhornung3105]

What a beautiful performance! I am always amazed when people comment about Yuja's lack of emotional input in her performances. Just the playing in the andante of this sonata belies their comments. My wife and I heard her in Prokofiev 2nd in 2009 on the occasion of my 70th birthday. Have been entranced ever since! The way she and Lyn Harrell combine their talents is an absolute joy. Old and young together.

[@ralphaverill2001]

Wonderful! The synthesis of the old master with the young sprite in her fire-blue dress making such beautiful music sparkle, shine, and swirl around and around almost as a living thing is just magnificent. I smiled to see at the finish Ms. Wang offer her hand to Mr. Harrel and he embraced her. I imagine when he first saw the "mere wisp of a girl" he wasn't expecting much and when the music was over he was as bowled over by Yuga Wang as everyone is who experiences one of her performances.

[@matthewv789]

Another petite performer who surprises people and charms audiences, is Mikyung Sung (here performing this sonata with Ilya Rashkovskiy): kzbin.info/www/bejne/jJqli6J7f8-Dhsk Her teacher in graduate school was a good friend of Mr. Harrel’s. (Nevertheless, she taught herself this sonata last year without any help, and this is her first performance of it.)

[@duwir5959]

Yuja Wang is great, but Lynn Harrell is so convincing, the best living cello-player.

[@user-sr9tm7fh5o]

What a beautiful sounding ! Like a water flow , rolling stone , birds fying and swinging leaves. correct pitch , great combination and brightness with sorrow. Lynn Harrell is perfect and Yuja Wang has already maestro too ! Thanks for upload.

[@strad1944]

I believe this is her first performance of this great work.

[@Mrzunigazonie]

@@strad1944 rest in peace. Thank you for your work

[@user-fl6mv9oi4e]

Какой ансамбль!! Нету слов чтобы описать всё величие музыки Рахманинова и просто фееричного исполнения!! Склоняюсь перед великими музыкантами.!

[@jimjennings7623]

Breathtaking! WOW! One of the most amazing Andantes ever written anywhere, ever ever.

[@falamimire]

Wow-I had herd this sonata for the first time many years afo with Harrell and Ashkenazy which impressed me then.But this one is really outstanding.Thining that Yuja Wang was barely 20 years old adds to this performance.Harrel was THE cellist maestro.

[@soulstirrer22]

What an incredible performance you can tell they are in their element. No one exists outside their instruments, except their harmonies, just breathtaking...

[@timothybolshaw]

Yuja has always said she loves playing chamber music with the right people, although it is not as lucrative as some other kinds of performance. You can tell here how much they are both enjoying the experience.

[@jimjennings7623]

Rachmaninov's 2nd Piano Concerto is Op. 18. This awesome cello sonata is Op. 19. What an amazing composer! This performance is one of the best I've ever heard.

[@vacciniumaugustifolium1420]

I'm extremely sad to learn that he passed away in april, I had practiced a lot with his recording, sush a great cellist. Truly a great piece of music has left us, may he repose in peace now

[@chazinko]

Have always enjoyed Mr. Harrell's superlative recording of this sonata with Mr. Ashkenazy. Wonderful to see this more recent performance.

[@kpv6145]

The Harrell/Ashkenazy recording is my absolute favorite recording of the sonata!!! It is so incredibly emotional and brilliant and honestly the standard to which I hold all other performances of this piece! Another video you might enjoy is the Asier Polo-Maruxa Llorente. The video is on youtube. His bow control is incredible and almost unbelievable as to how he gets such a sound out of the cello without running out of bow. The interaction between cello and piano is also phenomenal.

[@borisbrinkmann]

Superlative recording is well said! There're 2 works, the Harrell-recording to me is non plus ultra: the Lalo Concerto is the other one. Harrell is Mr. Rachmaninov-Sonata!

[@jjalifano1]

What a magnificent thrill to listen to these two accomplished performers read the moving and gorgeous Rachmaninoff Cello and Piano Sonata.

[@NewYork10280]

Well, he sure made you keep on your toes as an accompanist! The most individual interpretation I have heard. He sure made it his own. Sometimes the drama was searing. I know people will hate me for saying it, but I much prefer Wang's interpretation here than in the video with Capucon. Thank you for posting!

[@TalentedDilittante]

I didn't expect such a moving experience. Mr Harrell and Ms Wang inhale the same breath, exhale as one.

[@michaelschefold3299]

Douglas Chapman Well said! I think the same as you!

[@michaelschefold3299]

Simply the best pianist alive!

[@TalentedDilittante]

Mario, when you write in a foreign language (English), at least consult with Google Translate. Did you mean to say, "I don't like and respect Ms Wang's piano playing," or were you just spouting off because in this medium you're safe from retaliation to your spiteful and facile rant?

[@michaelschefold3299]

Douglas Chapman Well said!

[@TalentedDilittante]

George, Zwei Zen-Akolyten machten ihre wöchentlichen Shopping-Trek in die Stadt für die Kloster-Lieferungen. Es regnete stark auf ihrer Rückkehr. Sie sahen ein schönes Mädchen an einer Straßenecke stehen, unfähig, durch den Schlamm zu gehen. Einer der Jungen reichte seine Pakete an den anderen und trug das Mädchen zur gegenüberliegenden Ecke. Einmal aus der Stadt heraus, rief der andere Junge, "Sie wissen, dass wir nichts mit Frauen zu tun haben können!" Der erste Junge antwortete: "Ich legte das Mädchen wieder in die Stadt." (Sie können auf der Seite der Prüden sein, die die Musik von Frau Wang nicht hören können, schätzen Errungenschaften, mehr ist schade, es tut mir leid für Sie.)

[@nabilkanafani7044]

It's a pleasure to watch and listen to these two maestros playing at sight this wonderful romantic masterpiece.

[@markus7894]

Extremely oustanding performance both in artistic mastery and acoustic clarity! Blown away!

[@JJPineda1114]

This is why I marvel at the possibilities of the human mind and spirit.

[@JamesBecker-sn3ib]

The final movement of this piece is the pure musical expression of JOY. Wonderful performance.

[@lidareinhardt8310]

He is one of my favourites.Thank you !

[@robmarsh3283]

Yes, thanks heaps. Previous comment encapsulated everything, especially the Andante Movement. Thanks be to God that Rach wrote such extraordinary beautiful music.

[@foadghavami2004]

Mesmerizing

[@dgunde13gunderson78]

Bravo Maestros Yuja and LH...brings tears to my eyes. speaking of passing, Ivry Gitlis is gone last week. ???? My cellist and I are learning Rach melodie by Modest A. which Mr Harrell has also recorded here on youtube 2/ Ashkenazy. at much younger age. I became familiar w/ Mr LH thru appearances @ Santa Fe Seattle version and in La Jolla when SF 1st came there pre LJ Chamber Music Fest. we're still in mourning. Kind regards DGunde viola, piano, organ , guitar, recorders poet of SD CA

[@KaterinaStamatelos]

Amazing performance from both! Thank you for the precious upload!

[@user-ok6ef9zn4f]

I was once at a festival and Mr. Harrell was giving a master class, after the master class he taught festival participants for another 4 hours. I then asked one of the participants why he wasn't going to perform on the same day. they said because we was tired and they planned a long day for Mr Harrell already. it was kinda hard for me to believe he gets tired even in his old age. his sound is new and fresh like a breath of fresh air. he's a super hero to me. I realized he wasn't indestructible that day lol

[@lottiemike]

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[@micaelabonetti949]

Che splendida interpretazione di due artisti lontani per l'anagrafe ma certamente non nel calore, la maestria, l'amore per questa musica sublime!

[@davidsanders1181]

What a fantastic performance Lynn. I was so happy to listen to this.

[@ragnhildkjlberg3972]

A strong duo in balanced strength - a top version

[@catherinejones9396]

A really good rendition of this delightful work. Both artists complement each other solidly. Thank you for such a treat.

[@greatmomentsofopera7170]

Effortless cello playing. Gorgeous sound and none of the gyrations and gurning of so many others.

[@MichaSchlechtriem]

This is absolutely great.I do not understand people who do not like this. This simply is the best.

[@annaannaof716]

R.I.P. Mr.Harrell

[@GrantSteinweg]

I'm blown away every time I listen to 16:27-16:33

[@borisbrinkmann]

Besser, einen Fachmann am Piano sitzen zu haben...! 😎 Das Stück ist nix für Begleiter.

[@s.c.1494]

Mr. Harrell was such a master! RIP. I have to say after listening to both this performance and the same piece by Yuja and Capucon I prefer Harrell's playing. Yuja, on the other hand, sounds a little mechanical in this performance. However, five years later at age 26, Yuja's playing with Capucon was much fuller and more lyrical. It speaks to the fact that even as incredible as Yuja was at age 21, she is still expanding and developing as a pianists and as a musician. Bravo Yuja!

[@malcolmpalmer5348]

I confess to not having heard this work before. Quite beautiful, and I think Yuja and Lynn were just great

[@brumels1570]

Everyone starts somewhere! Its not a sin lol.

[@borisbrinkmann]

Listen to Mr. Harrell's recording with Vladimir Ashkenazy. Harrell is Mr. Rachmaninov-Sonata...! (Nothing against Yuja - she's brilliant - but maybe he is a little bit better at the height of his power.)

[@nelidaferraz6497]

Lynn will stay forever with his artistry. What a profound and cantabile cello. The partnership with Wang sounds beautiful. Thanks for posting it.

[@adrisanmartin]

Yuja, I love you.

[@bloodgrss]

As so many of us do-my hope is one day, she will find the lucky one she loves back...

[@nan16cd]

Wonderful duo!! Beautifully played!!!

[@davewalker9926]

The genius of Rachmaninoff comes most clearly as the cellist plays the same note over and over and over at the bottom of the Andante anti-climax: 21:50

[@loluoresegun5844]

Yuja Wang fucked up that spot, with the tepid Bb7. Horowitz's had me on the edge the entire time.

[@davewalker9926]

@@loluoresegun5844 Yah, it frustrated me to have the cellist overwhelmed like that. YoYo Ma and Emmanuel Ax do a great version.

[@borisbrinkmann]

Listen to Mr. Harrell's recording with Ashkenazy at this place! 😎

[@borisbrinkmann]

Rachmaninov could have managed to lay this at least a minor 3rd lower...!

[@richarddumbrill8383]

Thank you both for a divine moment

[@rosemarieglass5219]

Richard Dumbrill b

[@itzcoatl85]

Yuja era una niña tan pequeña, entonces. Me inspira tanta ternura.

[@nannerbenahs]

una reunión tan hermosa de dos grandes espíritus musicales donde la diferencia de edades simplemente enriquece la conversación

[@traindriva]

How can anyone stop themselves screaming 'how fucking beautiful is the second movement' ? I'd have cried if I was there.

[@TalentedDilittante]

If my calculation is correct, Yuja is only 20 here, between once-in-a-century prodigy and mastery. She is certainly proving her promise. She blows me away. Yes, my poetic take on these two is justified. Dry analysis has no place here.

[@afriendlymusician3829]

And to think the monster that composed this piece composed his Piano Concerto No. 1 when he was just 17...

[@bossHogOG]

bill Bloggs manipulative twat

[@brumels1570]

@bill Bloggs Rachmaninov was 18 and he was devastated that his concerto was not well received. Not sure what planet u are on or which century u are still living in but Yuja is one of the greatest pianists performing today.

[@nosehow2liv525]

@@brumels1570 Sorry, you've mixed it up; it was the 1st symphony that had a disastrous premiere. On the contrary, the 1st concerto (17 years old student) was well recieved indeed!

[@brumels1570]

@@nosehow2liv525 You're totally right. Thank you!

[@ytubejat]

Just magnificent!

[@johngravityscg8229]

💛Amazing Thanks💜💯

[@jamesgranberry8801]

Beautiful!

[@paderuski1]

Magnificent

[@dalejeong2676]

Amazing performance

[@claudioparrella183]

E' la migliore realizzazione di questa sonata

[@shiningdiamond8080]

How sentimental this piece!😯

[@Carolina57953]

This is a gift from the gods

[@LaurentPingaultLyon]

Thanks to this magical encounter with the late Lynn Harrell, Yuja Wang decided to play chamber music. Like a grandfather passing the baton to his granddaughter.

[@claudiomarri2021]

Magnifica intrpretazione

[@FabrizioBaranello]

SUPER

[@horsthornung2424]

Thank you very march!

[@benjamincuevaseninde]

-- Une sonate enchanteresse. --

[@nrosen8794]

The best!

[@strad1944]

Thank you, Nate summation

[@jashepoon]

Awesome

[@tinkerer67]

There was a nameless video of Yuja improvising on Alla Turca in unbuttoned jeans from around the same time and although I was amazed, I didn't know back then she's such a gifted classical pianist performing with the very best in the world. Yuja and Hiromi are the best pianists of our time.

[@borisbrinkmann]

Greatest Cello sonata ever

[@ThomasBerger-de6tq]

Yes????? What is with Bach, Beethoven, Brahms, Faure etc.??????

[@borisbrinkmann]

@@ThomasBerger-de6tq Bach didn't compose cello sonatas, except you mean the viola da gamba sonatas often played by cellists. Beethoven, yes, of course... The 3rd probably. The op. 5 of course as an evolutionary step in developing the cello sonata are a milestone, op. 69 as a new peak... Op. 102 of course, on an own level, as Beethoven's entire late works (quartets, last piano sonatas...), but what did Brahms (and Mendelssohn and Schumann) really give new to the cello sonata, besides it's marvellous music? And Faure - are you serious? I have to check more deeply, but I have the suspicion that Alkan (!) really is underrated in aspects of instrumentation. Maybe Debussy? Rach is the greatest hit. - O.k. it was not so literally, rather an adoration to ONE of the greatest cello sonatas... 😉 I heard this sonata first with Harrell when I was a cello kid, in the recording with Ashkenazy. Nobody can escape the 'ear-worm' of the Finale, or Harrell blasting rendition of the climax in the slow movement in that recording... Let's say: Rachmaninov - greatest cello sonata since Beethoven and Alkan! Suggest a new category: "Most painfully missing cello sonatas, which do not exist": 1. Janacek 2. Ravel 3. Liszt

[@JuanMartinexplacerez-mw3we]

Brillante ejecución con un Magistral Nivel interpretatívo y un arrolladory esquisito Virtuodismo , unido a un excelente equilibrio sonoro del Piano y el Violonchelo . Bravo

[@cattleman6420012000]

Exquisitely beautiful sensitive and warm cello playing from Lynn Harrell. Both soloists play beautifully.

[@polskapianist]

esta es mi version favorita

[@yleniapiccolo8459]

10:47 that single note...

[@RNCM_Philosophy]

I think you mean 22:03 ;)

[@ad-min]

Rip Maestro

[@stellaacademy7155]

Dear Mr. Harrell: Please write to the Assisi Performing Arts Program. In regard to a Waldorf Astoria concert (performed in the past). Thank you.

[@MrPGOLIVEIRA]

Rachmaninoff impregna suas obras do sentimento russo a mim se assemelha como algo distante, que trás lembraças de momentos vividos...estes sons saindo das mãos destes dois excelentes e virtuosos artistas enaltecem a obra. parabéns.

[@johanneswolfgangkolbneuhau5231]

in a way recalling me of Russia by all means !

[@PaulJones-oj4kr]

Horowitz and Harrell would be the unbeatable combination.

[@nicholasschroeder3678]

Forgive me, please. But I just can't help it, it's too adorable. Beauty and the Beast

[@musicfromheart]

Nice dress!

[@matthewv789]

This is a delightful performance. There is a certain easy, playful, genial quality in Lyn Harrel’s playing that I haven’t heard from anyone else. Despite the piece being brooding and agitated, it works (and his playing is serious and intense enough where needed). And Yuja Wang’s accompaniment is as good as anyone’s, on a par with Ilya Rashkovskiy (seen here with Mikyung Sung in a quite exciting recent performance): kzbin.info/www/bejne/jJqli6J7f8-Dhsk

[@shiningdiamond8080]

这段而好忧伤

[@mariorossi9655]

31:00 32:07

[@FoxyJohn]

Why does he play on a three quarter cello?

[@TalentedDilittante]

That Ms Wang is provocative is merely an unexpected plus, a delicious aside to her as-serious-as-cancer professionalism.

[@michaelschefold3299]

Douglas Chapman You are right, I was so lucky to talk with her several times after her performances. She's a absolutely honest and serious artist and a very friendly and generous human being. I think she didn't want to provocate - it's her "stage uniform" and of course she's a pretty young woman.

[@TalentedDilittante]

George, your vitriol speaks for you. Poor boy.

[@TalentedDilittante]

Both musicians are sight reading the music! Do you have any idea what that means? Try seeing the glass half FULL! In the way she dresses, Ms Wang is celebrating her attractiveness. It is as much a plus, as is the now proverbial glass half FULL -- not as you see it, half empty. She and Khatia Buniatishvili are part of the contemporary new life and interest in classical music. If you like, listen, don't look.

[@TalentedDilittante]

As soon as I saw the "blah-blah" in the youtube announcement that you can't shut up (typical of imbalanced people) I blocked KZbin from sending me further notices.

[@SRowan-fr1nl]

Douglas Chapman Wonderful!

[@meredith218461]

I acknowledge your point to a degree. However I'm of a generation who was privileged to see and hear female pianists of the calibre of Annie Fischer, Gina Bachauer and Moura Lympany, these ladies had a dignified and impeccable platform presence. You mention Yuga Wang whom I admire hugely for her overall musicianship and amazing pianistic skills. Nevertheless when she enters the stage looking like a vampish nightclub hostess it appears monstrously incongruous given her career. As for Khatia, I'm not sure if she is a concert pianist in the accepted sense or a glitzy showbiz piano player. She is becoming the female equivalent of Liberace.

[@MichaSchlechtriem]

They are not sight reading. I have played this Sonata numerous times and must confess that this is the most beautifull version I know. What do you know? Your comment is hillarious. You really know nothing and write to much so we all are able to see you know nothing. Get a life........again and shut up.

[@strad1944]

Yes, both women are extremely attractive and play marvelously

[@ivannvillanueva4778]

That fresh uncle gets too mushy after the performance

[@richardbradburn3016]

Great performance, but could she stand any further away from him at the end? Hopefully it was just nerves and exhaustion.

[@cinziacallegari8675]

Yuja batte Lynn 3-0

[@alanhodge8200]

fool! can you do better??

[@deliomartin488]

she plays too loud. Period. They should cover the piano.

[@MrFpam]

An unfair and particularly inappropriate comment.

[@capblood3046]

@@MrFpam Actually a stupid comment-critically and musically. One wonders what personal bias delio has toward this performance and performer to make such a brainless post...

[@quanhoangclarinettist6225]

You do realize that this is a chamber music piece, and not a solo Cello piece? Without those Piano lines reinforcing and answering the Cello melody, the piece wouldn't even be half as good. What she did was completely natural.

[@thornsaresharp]

Two brilliant musicians. Terrible composition by Rach.

[@cellosven]

Take an extra bow on every note, why don't you? With all that natural power he needs to break up all the slurs just to play louder. Shame on him.

[@nickadkins5679]

Oli Gorkney well, this performance was super musical and well played. I don’t care whether he takes a bowing liberty. I think he played it beautifully. Don’t get caught up in critiquing a world class cellist because sure his Bowing may not be exact, but damn it’s pretty

[@Robert-vj6fg]

Ugh my that piano playing is horrible. She does not know how to pedal.

[@Robert-vj6fg]

Lena Deresh horrible playing

[@tabeajuliane521]

You forgot to tell, that your opinion is your personal taste and cannot be a general valid judgement.

[@michaelschefold3299]

@@tabeajuliane521 It's not his personal taste, It's absolutely nonsense

[@michaelschefold3299]

Seldom heard such a nonsense....

[@watutman]

Check out Earl Wild playing this work. kzbin.info/www/bejne/oqDceWp_nNFqn5I