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Who Wins? Or who do you like better? Vote and explain your thoughts.

Rostropovich
- 16 (76.2%)
Yo Yo Ma
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Author Topic: Battle of the Musicians: Who Wins with Bach Cello Suites (No. 1 Prelude)  (Read 5233 times)

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Some metal?

Badinerie (Bach)(Metal Version) - Evil Masquerade…:
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Well what is true Bach style?
As you say its down to interpretation, modern or otherwise  :)
Some would insist it is played on a period instruments and the guidance in the score strictly adhered to.

What I listen for is the player have a real affinity with the music they is playing and does the performance move me (touch my soul)

IMHO many of the greatest interpreters have been unconventional and not stuck by the letter of the original score Its an interpretation.
Some who come to mind are Bernstein, Dudamel, Solti, and Gergiev.

I feel Misky falls firmly into the unconventional category too. One well known musical critic said of his Bach Suites interpretation "It seems as if the cellist takes Bach’s score merely as his starting point, from which he launches his own very personal, and transforming, commentary"

Personally I also have both the Rostropovich and Ma recordings, and in their style rate as some of the best. I tend to select the artists interpretation according to my mood and appreciate them all as great music making!

Just like Schuberts' great string quintet D956, I must have nearly a dozen great but different interpretations ranging from the 1930's to current day. Taking the pedantic purist view all could be criticised as flawed, but all connect both musically and emotionally.

No its not an in the middle (of the road\0 interpretation but one I think you will find unique.

Normally cellists either play Bach very romantically or over emphasise the dynamics and it becomes a dream queen. ::)
For me this interpretation by Bailey hits the sweet spot  in terms of what Bach probably intended when you compare it to many of his other works

Really? I find the romantic interpretation to be on the rarer side. Most play it like on a metronome, or close, and with nearly no emotion. There are many that are like Ma and you can't even recognize the song due to their interference. I don't consider that romantic, rather trash. There's a clear difference between Ma and Maisky. While not being true Bach style, I find Maisky to be a reasonable modern interpretation. Bailey is not as bad as Ma, but he does these unexplainable note elongations at random that totally destroy the flow of the music. It's really odd.
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I should probably point out that Mischa Maisky has gotten, IMO, a bit loose and "bobbly" in his interpretations over the last decade. His stuff from the 90's is the friggin' shizniggle.

EDIT: And a new thought just struck me.

Why don't we have this in duet form?
Think about the beauty you get get from a Rostropovich style with the lower notes, the troughs, having some sustain?!
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Re: Battle of the Musicians: Who Wins with Bach Cello Suites (No. 1 Prelude)
« Reply #33 on: September 27, 2014, 11:20:33 PM »

How about this one by Dutch Barok master Anner Bylsma, too slow.........?  i love it.
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Re: Battle of the Musicians: Who Wins with Bach Cello Suites (No. 1 Prelude)
« Reply #34 on: September 28, 2014, 01:02:23 PM »

For a highly interesting change of pace, check out Maxim Rysanov playing the cello suites on viola.  Yeah, I know, sacrilege, but the interpretations are dead-on for me and it's a beautiful recording.
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Re: Battle of the Musicians: Who Wins with Bach Cello Suites (No. 1 Prelude)
« Reply #35 on: September 29, 2014, 01:42:40 AM »

Rostropovich of the two although he doesn't take as many liberties as I'd like.

Not my absolute favorite, but of the more bold interpretations out there, I love Queyras:



That particular set is also wonderfully recorded
I just got this album last night, haven't had time to listen to it properly. Someone (I forget who) recommended it to me in the shoutbox some months ago and I'm really looking forward to it!
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Re: Battle of the Musicians: Who Wins with Bach Cello Suites (No. 1 Prelude)
« Reply #36 on: October 13, 2014, 07:27:43 PM »

This thread has made me curious for Rostropovich and his work.

I am listening to his rendition of Bach's Cello Suites for the third time now. He sounds as if he is holding back a bit without losing melody and feeling. His rendition is not the take my breath away music I sometimes enjoy. It does calm me down for long nights of homework and reading.

There is a charm to his style which I like a lot. His rendition is enjoyable in its own way...
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Re: Battle of the Musicians: Who Wins with Bach Cello Suites (No. 1 Prelude)
« Reply #37 on: October 13, 2014, 08:14:55 PM »

Exactly. I like many of the other renditions mentioned here, but not YoYo's. As Ahnold would say "too Girlie Man" for me.
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Re: Battle of the Musicians: Who Wins with Bach Cello Suites (No. 1 Prelude)
« Reply #38 on: October 14, 2014, 03:42:45 AM »

Currently, I've been favoring Ophélie Gaillard's 2013 version on baroque cello. It gives me chills just watching it. I just ordered her OOP '04 recordings of suites 3-5 from France.

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Re: Battle of the Musicians: Who Wins with Bach Cello Suites (No. 1 Prelude)
« Reply #39 on: November 23, 2014, 12:30:51 AM »

Maybe it's because I actually saw Rostropovich perform this in the Barbican back in the 90s. Rostropovich all the way for me. The others are overblown to me, esp YoYo Ma's version.
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