Rachmaninoff - Vocalise Op. 34 Nº 14 | Shafran, Cello, Ginzburg, piano
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Sergey Rachmaninoff (1873-1943) - Vocalise, Instrumental Arrangement, Op. 34 Nº 14, 1912
Daniil Shafran, Cello, Anton Ginzburg, Piano
Rachmaninov wrote his wordless Vocalise in 1912 and revised it three years later. It is one of his more popular vocal works, featuring a soaring, beautiful theme whose passionate Romantic character has inspired many artists and composers to adapt it for other instruments and ensembles. It exists in so many arrangements that it would be almost impossible to catalog them all. There are versions -- in some cases several -- for piano, violin (Oistrakh), cello (Nina Kotova, A. Brandukov), clarinet (Emma Johnson), bassoon (Daniel Smith), saxophone (Branford Marsalis), and orchestra (V. Kin). There have also been versions for trumpet, band, chamber orchestra, and various other ensembles. Usually, the instrumental renditions use piano accompaniment only, but there are renditions for violin, cello, and other instruments using orchestra or chamber orchestra accompaniment. It is easy to see why this work has adapted so well to other instrumental venues -- the melody is pure and enchanating, and the lovely piano accompaniment perfectly underscores the mood of gentle rapture. The theme slowly spins downward using a three-note pattern, then soars upward to reach a lovely trill. Its second subject continues the passionate outpouring of lovely, poignant music, the piano obsessively repeating the three-note germ from the melody. There is some development of the theme, during which the music somewhat intensifies, but its reprise at the close restores the calmer, but still passionate mood from the opening. The various versions last from about seven to nine minutes and the better instrumental ones are for violin and piano and cello and piano.
Vocalise, Rachmaninov's most popular vocal work, is not actually a song since it contains no text, the voice being used strictly as a musical instrument and accompanied by piano. There have been numerous transcriptions of it over the years, some by the composer, many more by others. Rachmaninov fashioned versions for piano, for violin, cello and piano, and for orchestra. He recorded his orchestral transcription of the work in 1929, and that effort has been widely available in recent times.
The composer's mostly string-dominated scoring effectively captures the lovely lyrical flow of the music: the main theme is ravishing, a typically Rachmaninovian creation in its passionate melancholy and soaring beauty. While this melody is quite original, it is similar in mood and tempo to the main theme in the second movement of the composer's popular Piano Concerto No. 2. Both tunes are long-breathed and unravel slowly, spawning much secondary material. The middle section of Vocalise develops tension and a strong sense of yearning, its sudden restive character, however, not breaking with the lyrical nature of the work. The main theme returns to close out the work in a more tranquil though still passionate vein. Other popular orchestral versions of Vocalise include one by Russian composer.
Vocalise
Sergei Rachmaninoff, Sergei Rachmaninov, Sergei Rachmanninoff, Sergei Vasilyevich, Rachmaninoff, Sergej Rachmaninoff, Serge Rachmaninoff, Serge Rachmaninov, Sergey Rakhmaninov, Sergey Vasil'yevich Rakhmaninov
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Someone below complained about too much vibrato.... That is the personal style of this player for this performance. That is simply the beauty of performance. Each player interprets each piece in their own way, adding something special to the same. How absolutely boring it would be if there was one perfect way to play everything, and no one variated from that. I would not want to be a part of that universe of perfect playing. Thank God for variations and quirks. To hell with perfection, which thankfully does not exist anyway in the real world, and is merely an abstraction, anymore than a "perfect composition" would be. In this world, there simply IS no perfect....
@Drinkthedamncocoa
5 жыл бұрын
I find it funny how many of you write these long think pieces claiming to be embracing performers' individual styles but really just not able to accept people's personal tastes. How does what you said have anything to do with someone PERSONALLY thinking this is too much vibrato for their taste?
@davidwatermeyer5421
3 жыл бұрын
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@jimp4170
2 жыл бұрын
I'm not a fan of the big "wall of vibrato" myself. But if you opt to listen to Russian music played by a Russian string player, you can't really expect anything else. Shafran is my favorite Russian cellist. His vibrato is narrow and concentrated which keeps the music from becoming tawdry and maudlin. He varies the vibrato according to the phrasing (phrasing that is incomparably elegant). And he keeps a thin veil over the emotions of the music which actually makes it more all the more effective.
@scottkuzminski8114
2 жыл бұрын
@@jimp4170 JIm, well said, and thanks for bringing up this 6 year old post. Thats what I love about you tube...no where else can comments be revived from so long ago, and its nice to see old posts as well, which I long forgot about The same could be said for rock, jazz or any musical style.....there really is no perfect, and even the finest exemplars, ala Eric Clapton, have their own little ideosyncracies and quirks, which adds more to their superb playing than most realize In fact, if you play an instrument, Jim, monkey around a bit with off tuning your instrument if you can, or playing it a little off, in any way you can imagine.....perfection is a great thing to aspire to, but the quirkiness of off playing, of which vibrato is a small part, is unsung
@maddie8415
Жыл бұрын
I can't help but feel like the "too much vibrato" person is jealous that he is able to vibrate the way he was able to. Most people can't achieve the degree of relaxation in their fingers and hands to quite do that. I know I'm envious...but I'm here to listen to it in awe and feel joy and wonder from it.
He has truly the most recognizable sound and although some of his interpretations are not my favorite, he is always unshakingly true to his style and for that reason he is def my favorite cellist! And ahh i would give anything for his vibrato and sense of pace
Вдруг....я так соскучилась по звучанию его виолончели! Это лучший виолончелист для меня. Самый аристократичный и утончённый! Я имела счастье несколько раз его слышать на сцене в Ленинграде конца 70-х годов. Никакая запись не способна передать того гипнотического экстаза, которое он вызывал своей игрой у слушателей в зале! Но, когда мастера уже нет на этой Земле, то запись способна оживить, в некоторой степени, впечатление от его игры. Позволяет увидеть некогда боготворимые черты.... И послать вдогонку аплодисменты, сказать, что в нашей памяти живы ещё впечатления от его исполнения и поблагодарить за вдохновение!
Best Vocalise I've ever heard. Wow.
@karlitare5843
3 жыл бұрын
Really
This musical composition expresses in a concrete way the state of inner repentance of the human being. Strong sincerity, no words, just feelings. Masterpiece!
The best performance on cello of this beautiful piece. Thank you.
Божественная музыка! Ангелы даже плачут...
there’s something so captivating about this performance. i didn’t come on youtube to listen to music right now but i’m currently learning vocalise so i clicked, and it just sucked me in! i’ve been listening to a different recording for my practice and feeling a little bored with it, but this gives me a fresh excitement :)
viva Shafran , the most deep and touching interpretation I have heard on cello.
My cello teacher will make me learn that piece, I didn’t know it until today but it’s truly beautiful !
Csodálatos!!!!!! Ez a kedvenc vocalise értelmezésem. És nemmellesleg rachmaninov is egy óriási zseni volt!
I started to cry immediately
Искусство принадлежит всем, в не зависимости от национальности
Excepcional versión, al lado de Rostropovich, Kramouchin, y Yo Yo ma, Gracias
este es es de los mas grandes musicos de la historia .niño prodigio y maraviloso genial interprete
Rachmaninov is a genius.
Shifting & legato top notch!!
so much beautifull performance...shafran put his own style and vibrato was spectacularly melody.... I loved it.....
Increíblemente bella...
Thank you for this video. It is amazing 🙏
Really beautiful! 😍😍
Rich, heartbreaking, joyful!!
Hermoso, me trae muchos recuerdos
Beautiful!
Muchas gracias por compartir!! :)
Favourite composer, favourite piece!!!
Essa interpretação já faz parte da minha vida
this is music I love it .... 😍😍 one of my favorites one..
Rachmaninow i jego Vokaliza - to jest muzyka na zawsze i od zawsze...
Лучшая интерпретация для меня😀
Bitter Sweet. Sums up my life perfectly.
So stunning, and my first time to hear it.
BUENISSSIMO!
¡Que lindo!
maravilloso
Rachmaninoff est un des plus grands mélodistes du XX°s. et ce morceau Vocalise , je le classe dans "musiques du bien être " .
It is amazing
Que hermosa melodia...
MAGISTRAL
That first trill.
Божественная музыка!
Perfect
most beautiful
Woww
مقطوعتها المُفضّلة 🖤
I love this
Cool
harika
Лучшая интерпретация - жизнь на склоне, тоска об ушедших, светлые воспоминания о любви. А теперь послушайте Hauser - порыв, любовь, молодость
It made me cry, and it’s true.
That might be bis for some soloists but this nan put his soul into it.
can't say how he wonderful
Te amo shafran
One and Only Cellist!
@friulano
3 жыл бұрын
How many cellists do you know?
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Good to hear,the bows are the same cello or violin...Though I would slur more some notes...Thank you for posting!
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VIVA RACHMANINOV!
si intentara describir lo que siento es como si disfrutara la nostalgia...no es una nostalgia deprimente, es una nostalgia placentera. algo así...
DANKE HASCHEM
@user-uf7ui4kr7v
24 күн бұрын
BIGGER AND FAR BETTER THAN THE "TSAR BOMBA", I GUESS .... " ..WE-HA-ARETS NATHAN LIVNEY ADAM.. "
Apparently one of the best performances. Another one is by Rostropovich
korean : 사랑해 라프마니노프
0:04
Shedevr
His fourth finger vibratos like my third finger
7.5分
Egg
Manuş Baba'dan gelenler ;)
I can’t not understand you ?
Saul Goodman should have stuck to playing cello
Azra Kohenin kattıklarından
Rostropovich couldn’t do it