Casals was essentially the first person to really perform these sets of suites. He dedicated about 8 or 9 years of studying the peices and rehersing them before he played them in public. He wanted to bring a fresh and glorious interpretation to these "unknown" pieces at that time.

this performance never fails to elicit tears of joy.

In six hundred years you will never, I repeat, NEVER be as good as Pable Casals.

The Master Pablo "Pau" Casals is one of my favorites composers and performers of all time. In the island of Puerto Rico, he is held as an icon of perseverance and brilliance. His festival is celebrated anually on the island since 1957.

@luislaracuente

4 жыл бұрын

In an interview (Archive of American Television) George Carlin related a story about Pablo Casals (regarding an artist's persona) that goes like this: Casals (then 93) was asked why he continued to practice the cello three hours a day, to which he (Casals) replied; "I am beginning to notice some improvement." Oh my!!!!

@PushkaryovVsevolod

9 жыл бұрын

Почему вы утруждаете себя игрой на виолончели про 3 часа в день в таком почтенном возрасте? Вы ведь высочайший маэстро? на что Казалис ответил, - " я заметил что начинаю играть немного лучше ".

@carlosclementetomas4412

8 жыл бұрын

Mary Catherine Moran Pau, Pau

@billace90

5 жыл бұрын

Such a genius!!! In the early part of the Casals Festival held annually here in San Juan at the University of Puerto Rico Theater, we (as students) were able to go watch the rehearsals. An unforgettable experience.

Before Casals nobody thought much about the Cellosuites by Bach, "Exercises" they said. Casals made it clear that there is a world of music in the suites :)

Perfect interpretation. Goethe said of Bach’s music: “It was as if the eternal harmony was conversing within itself as it may have done in the bosom of God before creation.” I feel the same way when Casals plays Bach.

I was thrilled to find this video and listne to it. Casals died while I was still young and I didn't get much of a chance to hear him play. I am his Goddaughter and have wonderful memories of Pablo, Martita and their Great Dane dogs in their home in Puerto Rico. Thank you KZread for this wonderful video :)

This guy is like a kick ass Jimi Hendrix let loose on a cello! - awesome - never realized the amazing energy and attack in his playing and why the fuss over him - I get it now!!! - thxs for the post!

How wonderful to be able to see Pablo Casals perform.

Thank you! When I was about 5 or 6 years old (50 years ago!) I heard Pablo Casal's recording of "The Swan" by Camielle Saint Saens and fell in love with the 'cello. I have happily been a cellist for nearly 46 years.

His playing touches mt heart. Great cello master!

je découvrais le violoncelle , l'abbaye de Saint Michel, le village de Prades , la cargolade, et cette musique qui me donnait envie de devenir , je ne sais plus quoi , sublime . Merci à mon mentor R.., cette suite de Bach symbolise pour moi le violoncelle , cette magnifique conversation avec le plus beau de l'humanité. Merci à Pablo , et merci à Bach

I've likely watched this over 100 times. Truly a gem.

It's rare in life for a string bass player to genuinely respect a cellist, but man. Pablo Casals is genius. too bad he couldn't live for eternity. Best representation of Bach's masterpiece I've ever heard.

I wish I had listened to this way earlier in my life

El libro de Eric Shiblin sobre las 6 suites de Bach y la vida de Casals relata este concierto que, ahora, cuando lo veo, siento con la emoción de cuanto nos ha sido legado. Y el privilegio del que disfrutamos al acceder con esta maravilla de la música y el espíritu libre de un genio como Casals. Inmensas gratitudes.

I don't know if cello lovers will be happy, nevertheles me, as a Catalan person, I feel very happy and proud. Thank you very much.

I was sitting the little cafe on campus, and it took everything in me not to start crying. I love listening to this when someone who has something to SAY plays it.

For me, listening to Casals perform these three movements for the first time is like watching television in high-definition for the first time.

Wenn Pablo sein Cello gestimmt hat, dann war das schon ein Konzert! Glücklich wer diesen Jahrtausend-Künstler einmal life erleben durfte.

the respect of the text and the simplicity of this giant of a cellist is striking, what a refreshing music video and what a fantastic school of string playing.

Que dire de plus, les mots détruiraient la musique et le lieu! Un grand plaisir...

To-day's modern recording equipment has a definite impact on what we hear. If Casals were recorded with to-day's technology we would be even more astounded, because every little nuance would have been so much more noticeable.

@caseyclausen2627

3 жыл бұрын

@@scriabin2079 Interesting. One of my favorite piano recordings is Richter's Pictures at an Exhibition in Sofia where there are several blunders in relatively simple passages, but by the Great Gate of Kiev, none of that matters. When buying a new piece, I do try and seek out new recordings if for no other reason than to support the continuing recording of new artists. I wonder if that Richter recording would be released today if it had been played by Stephen Hough or another one of our talented artists.

I love the 'cello. I tried desperately for a few years in school to play it and I was so bad they moved me to the bass and then out the door. I listen to this man play and just cry because it is so beautiful and it is just a gift.

I think Bach is grateful to have his music played by Casals. They would have been great friends

We are so lucky to be able to see such a great artist and wonderful human being perform, and from so long ago!!! I am grateful. Thank you!

The solo suites speak eloquently of human passion and divine inspiration.

Absolutlly great! He was born in Vendrell(Spain)and died in San Juan(Puerto Rico).

the man who discovered and studied the cello suites for years showing how they should be played . a true masterclass

55 years ago Heaven felt like this , and today still feels the same way

I've heard of him in my youth, but couldn't put together WHY so much admiration; now I know; and I'm immensely happy! (heureux)

And the film as a whole deserves a particular mention, all the production is just sheer excellent. It captures the spirit of Casals' personality as a man and as a musician. Thank you, very much, again.

All I have to say is thank u for for sharing this with the world.

Most definitely. The amazing thing is that it is Casals who turned people's perceptions of the Bach Suites from etudes to solo pieces. He picked up the suites early in the 1900s, worked on them for decades, and then performed them as they had never been performed before- a great artist, performing the works of a great composer!

one of the greatest--thank you

You have made something possible for me that could never have otherwise happened. To hear and see him play. Thank you.

I would have loved to be alive back then to hear him live

Not an expert on the instrument or the delivery, but have been reminded once again of the power of music to move and excite the emotions. What a miracle that for the blink of an eye there was a man named JS Bach who weaved magic with nothing but his mind's ear and a soaring imagination. I could die happy

He is stunning, i look up to him so much. Stop arguing on this page and enjoy the wonderful music. Music brings peace so respect that.

What a beatiful piece of music. I know nothing of this man, but from first impressions he is truely gifted. Bravo!

The expression Casals puts into every phrase makes most of the other interpretations (even Rostropovich's) of this piece seem dull and lifeless. Truly phenomenal.

Thanks for this masterpiece. My god I´m 52 years old and I´m crying without apparently reason after hearing and watching the "Maestro". ¡Bravo! this gentleman is ¡Eternnal!. I will call him Pau from now on. Respect to him.

That's the most beautiful melody I've ever had the pleasure to hear!!!!!! It invokes so many feelings in me.....

This is music to my ears. I think this type of music is much better than some of the musci here today.

Damn Pablo Casals is just fantastic.

That's beautiful, what a melody

Who cares what his name is pronounced, the only things that count are his talent and the fact that this wonderful man belongs to the world .

Abpsolutely gorgeous. Thank you

born in late december 1876, this would most likely have made him 77 at this time! he lived to be 96, and we are all the better for it!

Touching! Thanks to Casals for bringing back these cello masterpieces. He pwns them imo

Bach suite No.1 is a song that is eternal

Los tres Pablos de las Artes: Pablo Casals, Pablo Neruda, Pablo Picasso. Que honor poder admirar sus obras. el mejor legado para sensibilizar a la humanidad y sus simples mortales. ¡Bravo Maestro, por tan bella interpretación!

Terrific! I would faint if I were there. Magnificent! My utmost respect to the greatest cellist and humanitarian!

Bravo Maestro Pablo. Merci pour votre "post". Vraiment beau! Art, Amour. Le rest, c'est du raggot!

My heart is kinda burning with beauty.

This exists at a level of understanding of the music of Bach beyond most cellists, even the greatest, perhaps in a class of its own. I am reminded of Kleist's observation "when perception has passed through something infinite, gracefulness appears." It is as if he is imagining the music freed from even the cello, and played with absolute fidelity and lack of restraint, but with a simple dignity and sense of its awesome drama, but no melodrama or striving for effect. Fabulous.

It's so rare to get rational, thoughtful comments on KZread - even rarer when it comes to politics. So it's especially wonderful to see it when it does happen. So thanks for that. But anyway...let's just forget about Catalan nationalism (for 9 minutes) and enjoy the Bach, I say!

j'aime beaucoup la vidéo et j'aime beaucoup beaucoup je ne trouve pas de mots pour Pablo Casals

Oh, he so is. And if you watch him, it seems almost effortless. I can only imagine how much ime and energy he had to put into getting that good.

They will live forever, Bach & Pablo Casals !!

Ma is one of the bigest cello players speaking marvelous words about Casals.

Extraordinaire et excellente. Merci beaucoup.

Bach, le musicien et la beauté à l'état pur! Tout CE QUI Élève transcende ...

Wow. Thanks very much for posting. What a privilege to see and hear...!

along with jacqueline du pré and matislav rostropovich, one of the best cellists ever

Stunning! Best piece of music ever recorded.

Amazing. No words.

Quel bonheur de ré-entendre don Pablo et "Slava" dans Bach... D. les gardent précieusement mais je pense que là où ils sont les anges doivent jubiler tous les jours et D. exhulter!

My favourite Cello player is Mischa Maisky, but I can see where he might have gotten his inspiration from. thank you for posting this! It is great to hear and see!

Excellent !! Left Pablo's hand flows strongly and soft and rules the emotion !! Iam sure that if Bach could listen his Masterpiece being playied by the genius Pablo Casals he probably became very happy and proud !!!

In my opinion, this rendering is still in the prime of Casals aptitude as interpreter. Thank you very much for this post.

I remember Casals playing this Bach for Golda Meir once, after which he wept in her hands... He was a saint walking amongst us.... I shall never forget him....

the God of cello, after having heard all the great ones playing bach, got a 78rpm disk of Casals, couldn't imagine he was playing a cello, it was singing...

Casals with 80 years old and in a tape wiyh 60 years old but is the best player I've ever seen playing this Bach's 1st Suite

Playing in the Abbey is inspired....the acoustics are superb!

ALthough I cannot understand the language, but the music moves me. Great music clip, for a great celloist who discovered Bach

Wow ! such an amazing performance, the best of them all. Puts in the shade all other famous cellists who have recorded the suite. X Thank you.

You've made someone who loves Sandor Vegh's Vegh Quartet very happy with this "document." I also have Pablo Casals record of Bach Cello Suite 5 and 6, and a few other records of him. The best.

Thank you for sharing. I love Pablo Casal's. When I was young I used go to small hall named Casal's Hall in Ochanomizu お茶の水 駿河台 in Japan to listen to Cello etc.

You certainly made this cello lover happy. Thanks!

Thanks!!! The Courante is so beautiful...

Such a wonderful composition ! Bach was a genuis!

such a impressive song...i luv this..

I love this. Nice photography too.

magnifique inoubliable, ça fait du bien d'entendre et de voir, pas assez de mots.......

awesome performance. The Jimi Hendrix of the cello.yeahhhh**

He moved to Puerto Rico in 1957 where his mother was from as well as his second wife. He died in 1973 in San Juan where the annual Casals Festival is celebrated.

A beautiful piece played as only Pablo Cassals could. Thank you for posting this.

So wonderful!!!

Che energia! Stupendo!

Pau Casals, ein Genie!

yo-yo ma idolizes Pablo Casals. He said so in his interview. Pablo was one of the greatest cellist in his time.

Simply great! Thanks for posting it

Intensely musical! I have shivers!

Gracias por el obsequio. Simplemente soberbio.

A master at work

Wow, Casals on video! I never imagined. I have him doing the Cello Suites on CD...a gem if ever there was one. Thank you.

Beautiful composition and playing

I started to learn playing cello after listen Casals playing this piece for the fist time. I only could compare him with Jackeline du Pré as a genious playing with the heart. I thing she studied with him for a short time in Switzerland.