This is the ultimate recording of Schelomo. Rose played it like no one else, and his collaboration with the Cleveland Orchestra is superior.

Bloch is completely underrated, what a masterpiece

Why is this composer not listened to more!? His compositions are some of the best I’ve ever heard. Especially his piece, “Avodath Hakodesh.”

Rose masters this "chef d'oeuvre" like no other

Timeless performance.

A masterpiece!!!!!

Oh such mastery of the bow! Oh,...and he plays perfectly in tune.

Leonard Rose is my personal favorite cellist of all time. This performance demonstrates his mastery of the instrument as well as his artistry as a musician. Cellists are fortunate to enjoy his legacy in so many works for cello edited by this legendary performer.

That last note... timeless, haunting, and captured forever on KZfaq.

Another BLoch masterpiece

His performance is magnificient!!

My orchestra just performed this with our principal cellist as soloist. What a phenomenal piece!

Concert of April 13, 1976. Also on the program was Bloch's "America". Thank you for posting this great reading of Schelomo in wonderful sound! Cleveland Orchestra, as usual, sounds terrific, too.

Quanta straordinaria viscerale passione in questo brano famosissimo che si rivela nelle trame di una musica travolgente e fortemente espressiva Grandi Bloch,Maazel,Rose.

One of my favorite solo pieces. That oboe bassoon duet is just soooo nice 👌👌

Quelle belle musique ! quelle superbe interprétation ! l'enregistrement est exemplaire , il nous laisse admirer Léonard Rose dans toute sa prestance...bravo !

Quando nasceranno violoncellisti come Rose notevole îl fascino Della qualita’del suono adaptor al tipo Di Musica grande grande grande

What an extraordinary of Leonard Rose's artistry (and the the Cleveland Orchestra and Maazel as well)! The camera work, particularly of the solo cello, is superb--we can see his technique from nearly every possible angle.

SUBLIME !!! What a great artist ! Why there are nomore musicians like this genius ?

Thank you for this treasure! Fascinating to see Leonard Rose in action...........

Such an amazing piece of music.......It should be performed more often by all the world's great cellists !. This is a great performance too !.

What a treat to see all the legendary first desk players here from the Szell era such as Bernard Adelstein, Ronald Bishop, Cloyd Duff, Maurice Sharp, John Mack, George Goslee, Robert Boyd, Daniel Majeske, Bernhard Goldschmidt - to name but a few, of course.... : )

I am partial to the 1961 Rose recording with Ormandy/Philadelphia, but this is such a close second you need a razor blade to separate them!

Absolutely wonderful - emotional playing with superb technique

Beautiful to get to experience this amazing piece and performance again! Thank you for sharing this film with us!

I Love Rose :*

Какая интересная музыка! Впервые слышу музыку этого композитора, и в полном восторге! Это же настоящее чудо: столько страсти, разных эмоций - целая палитра! Можно снять целый фильм на основе этого произведения - настолько видна фабула,сюжетная линия

Best best!!

Wonderful piece and a great cellist!!

une oeuvre majeure, magnifiquement interprétée !

best version of this piece by far

I believe this was recorded not too long before Rose's death. He was a superb teacher and cellist. Thank you for posting this magnificent performance.

If you've played this (I did, not as soloist, but in my college orchestra) you know this is a perfect rendition! Bravo!!

Thanks for sharing this video. One of the great cellists!

Great performance of a great piece!

Thank you for posting this film!

The Way it is Supposed to Be Done

More to the point- can we please stop comparing? We're talking of great artists here, they're all different. Just enjoy the music you're hearing!

Meu cellista predileto....

Back then we were taught to serve the music and the componist 's intention. The composition was more important in its recitation than we were as Soloists.. It is sad that today this no more the case but the opposite is prevalent . Another sad thing is that in my almost forty years of Orchestra playing in Germany, E. Bloch has never been played.. Probably till today the Germans cannot understand the Jewish soul.

The best. No comparison.....

RIP Lorin Maazel.

WOWWWWWW

Bliss!

Meraviglioso

Dat tone.

I wrote Stars In the Night, often listening to the music of Ernest Bloch. If there is anyone composition that I have used in drafting my screenplay as a film score it is the music in from "Schelomo ( As in King Solomon) : A Hebrew Rhapsody and Concerto for Cello."" this video and recording is as good as it gets, and there is no work for cello that comes close to this one in drawing the soul of the listener to the Almighty. I kvell every time I listen to it. You will too...

A fantastic work

Hmm. You could also write "Stars on the Mountain." In any case, I share your enthusiasm for this wonderful performance of one of the world's all time finest pieces.

EPIC. The absolute platinum standard. No one can interpret this piece like Rose (there is a fantastic recording of him with the Philadelphia Orchestra under Eugene Ormandy. It's a bit slower and more deliberate in places than this version, but just as gorgeous).

His nephew, the wonderful cellist Gary Hoffman, has Rose's Amati now.

Can you find a more brilliant passionate performance as played by Leonard Rose??

Happy Birthday Ernest Bloch. And I've so loved this piece ever since I was a high school student and studying the cello. (But what on earth is Maazel wearing?!)

0:25 is a good place to start.

What can be more geeky than having a flame war about who was the greatest cellist. Nobody on the comments here is a great cellist, that's for sure. Slava would urge all of us to shut up and practice.

Thank you for posting! Was any more of this concert recorded?

nice

Leonard Rose was da mensch when it came to Schelomo!

Ofra Harnoy also does a lovely rich version of this great work.

Maazel's facial mimicry reminds me of Mr. Bean.

Try listening to Zara Nelsova in this piece!

Rostropovich can't compare

very good. but get hold of Nelosva's Schelomo.

Struggente

We need to stop this ridiculous blind devotion to Rostropovich. Let's start honoring truly great cellists.

This interpretation is too fast IMHO , the best is the Bernstein & Rostropovich one .

Try listening to Zara Nelsova in this piece!

More to the point- can we please stop comparing? We're talking of great artists here, they're all different. Just enjoy the music you're hearing!