Absolutely brilliant cello playing and cannot find further words for it. My Father flew missions in Italy during WW11 and wrote home how he lived for the time he would be home and getting his fingers in shape to play this. He loved this and his passion for playing this again got him through the war.

@ethan3755

Жыл бұрын

World War eleven????? He from the future or some shit?

@wernerklotz8207

6 ай бұрын

@@ethan3755you know exactly what she meant; no need to put her down with vulgar language.

Stunning clarity of that beautiful cello - and superb interpretation of the piece by all!!!

One of the most often played pieces by Boccherini, together with the so famous minuetto. Boccherni's procuction is indeed spendid. RealIy is a pity that it is so rarely performed.

Very distinguished playing by Xavier Phillips! And thank you very much for the wonderful congenial cadenzas of MAURICE GENDRON!!!

This is too beautiful, I'm a cellist myself and his upper hand positions are so clean and delicate!!!

How can anyone Not Like this? The setting is beautiful, the musicians scrubbed and lovely to look at and the music..What can I say? How fortunate I am to sit here in the comfort of my own home, over half a world away and watch those elegant fingers fly over those cello strings hitting each note with a precision I envy..transported away I am, only wish I had discovered this a long time ago Cheers to every one Tineke

I love his playing, takes such care with the notes..Very delicate, very classical..

Excellent celloist.....excellent performance....bravo....i wish him health and much more success.

The harmony and the cello sound are amazing. The Boccherini music is so agreeable and relaxing that allows us to gain forces for the hard life days. Congratulations to the outstanding cellist.

Love this version, bravo!

Beautiful, fresh, and so well-crafted. Phillips is an amazingly gifted cellist who expertly navigates the music with poignancy and depth. The orchestra, crisp and transparent, delightful in their support of the soloist.

The cadenzas on this piece are absolutely BRILLIANT!

A perfect soloist! That's the original form of the concerto.

This piece is so beautiful. It makes me happy inside.

Boccherini was a famous cellist who was engaged by the royal family of Spain, where he composed a lot of works putting the cello forward, such as for instance quintets for two cellos (one having a soloist part), one alto and two violins, which he could play with a local string quat rtet. When he could have an orchestra, he composed cello concertos, among which this one which is the best known. It is certainly his best known with the famous minuetto (which is extracted from one of the quintets described upwards). Probably the melodic ulaity of its themes explains his celebrity.

I was married to a classical guitarist, and musicians really do give their lives to playing this beautifully and powerfully. Thank you, M. Phillips, and messer citrazzo, for sharing.

Schön, die Originalfassung zu hören.

I have loved Boccherini forever. His cello speaks directly to my soul. What a joy to watch Mr. Phillips perform this concerto. Thank-you.

@MrIbgrant

8 жыл бұрын

+joelpeterk Yes. What a great Cellist and what a terrific, tight orchestral performance on what looks like an incredibly good stage

@briannaysiamodonnell478

4 жыл бұрын

He was a musician born in "Lucca la Toscana"who moved to Spain at an early age...He was composer of the Spanish royal court..

Timestamps: 1st Mov. 00:32 2nd Mov. 10:11 3rd Mov. 15:06 Bach. 22:06

So great to hear this non romanticized version which give this brilliant soloist full scope for bravura playing

Very otherworldly and superior; very majestic and soothing! xx :*)

Extraordinario en todo sentido, conmovedor!!

First time I know about Xavier Phillips, and what a surprise! Great musicality. A real pleasure to listen! Also, great performance of the orcherstra, full of charm.

Thank you Mr. Phillips for a most joyful experience with the Boccherini Concerto and thanks to messer citrazzo.

After a great Boccherini concerto, it has a surprise! I'm touched by his Bach.

Boccherini is one of my favourite composer👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

This is the real thing… I’ve never heard it before even though I have the music, what a delightful peace.

For me the educational value of this site is amazing. I had never heard this piece before and it is enchanting. Partially that is due to the excellent performers.

He is Fantastic!!! The cadenza is so beautiful!!

Love this cello's tone! :D

oh gosh, the flawless playing :)))))

La perfección del cello y su ejecución creo que alcanza límites inalcanzables. Mi aplauso en el silencio de la noche camino de la madrugada donde esta música suena más honda y sublime. Enhorabuena.

My Dad was a war time fighter pilot and commanded a Wing over D Day and met my Mother in Antwerp and I was born in Bern where he was the Air Attache and she loved all sort of music including Piaf and Django Reihnhart and all classical music

Really lovely. I had not heard this work in a long, long time. Thanks.

Este hombre estaba dotado de un talento y una genialidad que lo sitúan entre los grandes compositores de la historia. Muchas gracias messer citrazzo. Un saludo cordial desde España.

Extraordinary performers AND extraordinary conducting!

Bravo sir, with much clapping, stamping and whistling. Consider this a private standing ovation! The name of Goffriller is, of course, inextricably linked with Pablo Casals. You, as did he, made the beautiful instrument sing and sigh to perfection. Bene meritum.

Very well recorded, nice orchestra and fantastic cello playing! Thanks for the upload!

Mr. Boccherini held only two "real" jobs in his entire life: career diplomat, and cellist. At the time, I doubt very many people could have imagined that his night gig would be the one that had the potential to save the human race. The people of Italy need and deserve our support. I'm not sure what we can do to help them, but our amoral and STOOOPYD medical establishment had better think of something FAST! As for Luigi Boccherini's life and art, if the live performances, records and videos that he has inspired can make it a little bit easier for his people to endure life in isolation, that too will be a literally lifesaving blessing!

The cadenzas are by Maurice Gendron. I remember totally falling in love with Gendron's Boccherini Concertos as a teenager-which is 35 years ago!!! I then went to the closest music store and bought the sheet music of his versions of the Concertos and tried playing them -I was amazed, how playable they actually were. Boccherini knew how to make his instrument shine... Then I bought a book of all of Gendron's cadenzas - and they were great fun too! Not as hard as they look, but hard enough...

@robertholzman3972

2 жыл бұрын

@Hooty he’s a 20th century cellist so I don’t think they’ll be public domain. If you can afford it there’s a book sold by Ficks music with his cadenzas for a bunch of pieces including Schumann, Boccherini, Haydn D, and Tchaikovsky. That’s $33.50, kinda pricy for a book that’s all cadenzas but if you really like them might be worth it. If that’s too much I think there’s something to be said for just trying to figure it out by ear, maybe add some of your own edits. It can be a fun, although difficult process

So enjoyed listening to the Boccherini and the Bach. Bravo!

That Bb6 at the end of the first movement cadenza, I never knew a cello could even go that high. Amazing.

@monsieurm6975

8 жыл бұрын

And Boccherini is, well I find in performance , one composer who really appears to stay within a certain range for many of his cello pieces. I love that Bb6 , it's awesome ! Push the instrument... we can get a good 4 1/2 octaves out of it; superb.

@elpelucagarcia2

7 жыл бұрын

The cadenza wasn't composed by Boccherini though, but by Maurice Gendron.

@ilonalassu595

6 жыл бұрын

Wagner - Parsifal relude (Georg solti)

@75Chopin

6 жыл бұрын

While he may not be the first cellist composer to write at such high register he definitely is one of the first to do so, and apparently cello finger boards have been lengthened to modern standards due to demands of musicians like Boccherini . His contemporary like A. Kraft, who is a bit younger also writes at very high register. Note extensive use of thumb position. though not new, has become a common technique in his music. I also wonder high much Haydn knows about Boccherini as his own cello concertos are quite similar too. There is also Hammer, who apparently has influenced or worked with Haydn too: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franz_Xaver_Hammer, and he probably also wrote cello music at super high register too.

@kaibibi

6 жыл бұрын

its not that bad, especially because above the fingerboard, you must play in a harmonic series, which does include that Bb6. If you listen to the quasi cadenza right after the opening of the 4th mvmt in the Elgar Cello Concerto, it goes to the A right underneath Bb6 which is just as hard. Elgar wrote this concerto MUCH after Boccherini. The cadenza here is by Maurice Gendron who is also quite modern, like Elgar. You'll notice that after Rostropovich expanded the repertoire of the cello, its range expanded as well.

Luigi Boccherini is a God.

thank you. your music is so much beautiful and bravo!

Simply perfect.

Che bella interpretazione! E che sollievo ascoltare finalmente il nono concerto di Boccherini attingendo alla sua autentica scrittura, abbandonati definitivamente - io spero - gli appesantimenti di un Grutzmancher che pretendeva di ...... perfezionare un genio.

Hints of what Heaven is like...wonderful...nora

@user-ed1vj3qf1s

8 жыл бұрын

엇

Simply astounding, wow.

Cool! This one is on my LP (Boccherini, Tartini, Vivaldi "Cellokonzerte des Barock"). I grew up with this kind of music.

22:03 - Lovely finesse, both Boccherini & the Bach. Lovely finish.

Чудове,здорове виконання..Просто молодець.Дякую.

THANK YOU for performing the original galant style version. Far superior in my opinion.

@vladiinsky

5 жыл бұрын

Agree!

Thank you. Hearing this beautiful work again after years. I had remembered the music but not d name of the work. I shall now look out for more works of this composer.

приятно вспомнить молодость - тоже играла на экзамене эту же Сюиту...

echt gut!!! Habe gar nicht gewusst dass es von Boccerini noch ein so gutes Cellokonzert gibt!

Le meilleur et le plus virtuose concerto de Boccherini ,il y a 12 et celui - là , en si bémol est le 9 : excellent violoncelle et superbe cadence

I love this concert !!!!🎶🎵🎶🎵🎶❤❤❤❤❤❤❤👄

Just perfect. Thanks for sharing this wonderful performance.

Maravillosa version, de este fantastico violocellista

I find it enchanting and very close to Bocherini's taste.

I didn't know this one ! But it is great music ! I will listen more to Boccherini cello music !!!! Nice discovery !!!

that first cadenza is magistral!

Simply wonderful!

So wonderful!!!!

superb! yes, it's not the sound of an historic instrument, but Boccherini would have loved it...

Magnificent!

Wonderfulll.I love concerto...

Splendida esecuzione di un capolavoro nella sua versione originale.

Bravo! Molto bravo!

excellent ! excellent! excellent!

magnífico...

PERFECT!!!!!

An outstanding, highly brillant player and a very good and plain interpretation! He is at least as good as the generation of Gendron and Rostropovitch was

genio maravillosa version

I happily BURNED my Grutzmacher edition after buying this one. I love playing the first movement again. You are all correct, it sounds like Boccherini. I have the Wallfisch recording which I like.

@vladiinsky

5 жыл бұрын

:)

@rossmoriarty2582

4 жыл бұрын

Arthur Royce which edition is this?

@sameash3153

2 жыл бұрын

Damn what did that old crusty kraut ever do to you?

Thank you kindly.

自分用 1. 0:37 2. 10:12 3. 15:07 4. 22:10

PARABÉNS que som mais lindo .. Irei estudar mais para produzir um som como o seu..

Perle boccheriniane.

I LOVE his first movement cadenza.

non conoscevo questo concerto,suonato molto bene!

amazing !

Wonderful!

Merveilleux!!!

Bravo!!!

Amazing .

Fantastick!

Preciosa

Pre-Beethoven not my usual cup of tea but I'll give a chance to any cello concerto. I like the sound of that instrument.

@antoniorodriguez4979

5 жыл бұрын

Quite stupid that coment. I love Beethoven, I think he is the greatest symphonist of all times but there were great composers and such beautiful music before his time that your improper coment arouses out of ignorance.

@vladiinsky

5 жыл бұрын

@@antoniorodriguez4979 Why do you have to say it in such manner? He did not discover yet, or maybe he just doesn't like. Ofcourse there is a lot of wonderful music throughout history, but take it easy.

@BLAKSOLDIER

5 жыл бұрын

pre Beethoven (is actually classical music or baroque which are the best around) inter-post Beethoven ( romantical movement, is more appealing to the audience) I would recommend you, Tchaikovsky, is to me at the same lvl of Beethoven (some works of T. are better)

@devyysk

4 жыл бұрын

John Shaw pre-dvorak cello concertos suck for the most part

@devyysk

4 жыл бұрын

Ismael hoyos martinez do not say classical is the best around. it’s mostly repetitive stuff as opposed to the rich harmony of baroque music, and the thick and emotional melodies from the romantic era

This cadenza...holy shit. Beautiful.

Superb accuracy! Bravo!

magnífico

今まで聞いた中でこのボッケリーニが最高です。

Excelente versión!

Excellent!

génial!

I didn't like Philips' rendition of Bach's extremely sad Cello suite No. 1 in G Major . But the rendition of Boccherini's Concerto No.9, especially the second movement, was great which made me feel very sad and forced to think ruefully about my usage of harsh words at home. Boccherini might have had some other story in mind when he composed the second movement. But I took it personally this way and felt very ashamed and repentant. What can be done when Boccherini the composer and teacher of moral appears simultaneously! Thanks Boccherini, and the cellist.

OH MY GOD! LIKE BUTTER!!!!!!

Muy bueno el Philips.Excelente interpretación.

I love this original concerto way mor than Grutzmacher's arrangement. This actually sounds like Boccherini, not that Grutzmacher didn't do a good job, but he wasn't Boccherini! Thank you for sharing this. Absolutely amazing!