That cello is fascinating. That's what it is supposed to do. But, Rachmaninoff would never relegate his piano to a simple supporting role. The cello must grab your heart while the piano caresses your brain. Heavenly perfect.

This is why the internet is important.

Indeed it's sounds like Rachmaninov was on his way by train visiting his good cello player friend A. BRANDUKOV and suddenly realized it was his friend's birthday.... Luckily he had this fresh piano sonata in his suitcase, a working pen and was still 30 minutes away from destination

pianist: his fingers bleed after playing this piece cellist: playing lovable melodies quietly people: It's so beautiful this CELLO sonata pianist: am I a joke to you?

14:45 - 16:30 Wow this section is so painfully gorgeous. The cello has this simple yet elegant melody played over beautiful arpeggios and ornaments on the piano, and they occasionally hit a note in unison. I'm flooded with feelings of heartbreak, nostalgia, warmth, and happiness all at once. It reminds me of his piano concerto; I'm not sure which one, perhaps multiple. I can't find the words to describe it, but Rachmaninoff was something else.

Gosh, the third movement. No words.

i just had 2 artists performing this piece in my own living room today. Made me in tears. I came to realize how lucky I am living in this life and in this world with such a music in my life. Just amazing. No words.

26:37 Feliz Navidad.

Szergej Rachmaninov:g-moll Gordonkaszonáta Op.19 1.Lento -- Allegro moderato 00:05 2.Allegro scherzando 12:50 3.Andante 19:03 4.Allegro mosso 25:19 Natalia Gutman-gordonka Elisso Virsaladze-zongora

the piano part in the 3rd movement sounds more sophisticated than the cello part, because it works both as an orchestra accompaniment and a duet tenor to echo the cello theme

That theme at 24:26...absolutely gorgeous. This is the best version of this sonata, for both the cello and piano part, I've heard on youtube. Yuja Wang comes in a distinct second.

I love Beethoven and Wagner. But Rachmaninov is out of this world. He mixes passion and wisdom in his works.

Happy 150th birthday to Rachmaninov, one of my favorite composers!

16:30 rachmaninoff 2nd piano concerto

The Andante must be one of the loveliest pieces in all of music -heart melting

SO many glorious melodies in this piece: the second subject of mvt1, the second part of the A section of the scherzo and its trio, the whole slow movement and the 'big tune' B section of the finale. My favourite cello sonata by a mile.

For years I thought Rachmaninoff was boring . . . until I began hearing his work on the radio (as you can imagine, it was mainly the big pieces, like the symphonies and concerti), at which point my ears opened up and I could enjoy his compositions. I really like cello-piano works, and this one is terrific. Thank you for posting it.

This sonata makes me feel like i'm actually FLYING, I can never tire of it, such a sublime experience. Thanks for uploading this version, it's magnificent

this work was the one work that introduced me to classical music and to this day this is still one of my favorite pieces of all time.

The writing from 26:47-27:12 or so (and particularly after 27:00) is really beautiful and quite incredible. Such fantastic textural interaction for these instruments. I actually find this recording balanced very well, despite what some are saying. I can hear the cello plenty and all the filler stuff in the piano part is kept in the background.

This was composed at the same time as his 2nd Concerto alongsiide Rachmaninoff''s suite for two pianos and his famous Prelude in G minor. Rachmaninoff's best work came out of this era and this piano and cello sonata demonstrates that.

A mesmerizing performance. The skill and artistry of Gutman and Virsaladze are exceptional in this complex and powerful piece. We forget that such beauty exists in the world. And then we are reminded...

24:27 That part kills me man

He knows exactly when to let the cello shine in this piece. It always comes just in the nick of time, and for those brief moments where the piano and cello collide it can feel like you’ve never heard classical until just then.

15:50-16:10 Oh damn that is beautiful. I'm not very familiar with this piece just yet, but the piano passagework is so similar to the concerti! Holy crap it's insane that he fit those kind of phrases in such a scary/crazy movement.

Rachmaninov's works are so incredibly beautiful, beyond words, masterpieces.

Until this performance never heard of the cellist Natalia Gutman. She's not a young musician. But her recording from 15 years ago at the age of 64 is simply amazing.similar feeling i have for her pianist. Years ago_before youtube_ i listened to few recordings from libraries and finally decided to include a version by Mischa Maisky in my itunes ipod . This version is surprisingly a better one . And Maisky is a giant in my books.

I love Rachmaninov-and this piece-because he has an amazing way of creating a collaborative relationship between the piano and soloists. His art songs are amazing. Whenever I feel down, I listen to Rachmaninov.

Wonderful to see the score as it is played.

this is a brilliant work of art (from a genius composer, of course) and a brilliant performance (Natalia Gutman (cello), Elisso Virsaladze (piano) - you've created the best version of this sonata). thank you. I am struck by the interaction between the cello and the piano because they are like lovers, sometimes fighting with each other, then merging in tenderness and passion. you know, it's a miracle.

I love listening to this piece! After seeing it performed live, I can't get it out of my head! It's amazing

First time hearing this. Beautiful. Classic Rachmaninoff piano figurations and gorgeous melodies in the cello.

This feels like such raw and unfiltered emotion that can only be carried through music.

Just wanted to thank you for making this treasure public! It is simply amazing! Impossibly beautiful, particularly the 3rd movement. No words to describe it. Thank you!

1st mouvement sounds like being played by only one artist wirh 4 hands; rarely heard anything so harmonious

6:30 gives me chills...

Finally listened to the full sonata and my God that andante is beautiful

When I was a little child, once in a while I used to visit my uncle in his cattleguard away from the village where there was no TV, only a battery radio that had a few radio stations omong them one was only broadcasting classical music. I remember myself listening to the classical station early in life with pure curiosity. Now I understand how lucky I was.

Finally the re-uploads of my favourite composer!

*Just* heard this on my classical radio channel. ❤😊😁

Thanks for providing the score. The piano is rather overwhelming in particular passages. So It's nice to see what the cello part looks like.

First listen and I love it. What but Rachmaninoff?!?! Ahh perfection!!!

Sonatas for piano and violin I’m off to Vienna to rehearse four programmes of Mozart’s music which violinist Erich Höbarth and I are playing this season in Perth Concert Hall, Scotland’s newest concert hall (our first concert is on November 11). We’re tackling twelve of Mozart’s sonatas for piano and violin. Piano and violin, I hear you say? Isn’t it ‘violin and piano’? Well, not according to Mozart who called them ‘sonatas for piano and violin’. In his letters, he mentions playing the piano parts himself ‘with the accompaniment of a violin’. That was how they were perceived until the nineteenth century and the age of the celebrity violinist, when things flipped around. These works, and many others like them, started to be listed as ‘violin sonatas’, and the piano part was suddenly ‘the accompaniment’. Even today the violinist is often the one with their photo on the record cover, the one whose name is in bigger font in the programme, or the only one whose name is mentioned at the end of the radio broadcast. Why does this matter? It matters because the re-labelling tricks people into perceiving things falsely. They expect the violin part to be the leading voice, when in fact the meat of the musical narrative is in the piano part. If you approach these works expecting the violin part to be pre-eminent, you experience a kind of cognitive dissonance as you listen: often the violin is doing something quite modest, and you sense that the piano part is full of interest and information, but you don’t understand why such prominent material should be relegated to ‘the accompaniment’. The answer is that it isn’t an accompaniment. If you switch to hearing the music as piano with violin, everything falls into place. Of course you still need an excellent violinist, and perhaps even more importantly, an excellent musician, both of which I’m fortunate to have. With more historical awareness, and with the intervention of a few strong-minded pianists, things are beginning to move back to Mozart’s original concept of ‘sonatas for piano with violin’. If you look up all the available recordings on Spotify, you’ll find about half of the duo sonatas advertised with the pianist’s name first, the other half with the violinist’s name first. This shows the confusion around the topic. It’s clearly a situation in transition, but at least there is movement. Liked this post? Subscribe to the RSS feed for more of the same!

me trying to sight read this without my cello: rachmaninoff calm down with changing the clefs so much 👁👄👁

What a brilliant cello sonata. It is definitely one of my favorite cello sonatas!

Finally, one interpretation where they don't rush the Andante... or not as much. I even prefer this at 0.75x play speed. I dislike speed-obsessed practice where the music loses its identity and cannot breathe.

Probably one of my favorite pieces of music by Rachmaninoff.

“Dude he wrote a cello sonata but not a violin sonata.” -Eddy Chen 2020

When I gave the music to my collaborative pianist, she looked horrified. I must say she was a beast and the mountains of respect I had for her doubled.

Muchas gracias por haber subido esta bella obra que combina la expresividad con la fluidez melódica de su autor. Podría decirse que es un elegante autor romático cntemporáneo.

End of 2nd movement so beautiful, too ..

I had never heard this magnificent piece before this. What a superb jewel.

Piano part is too difficult. Great music.

Debussy's, Poulenc's Cello Sonata and this one are my favourites!

23:24-24:22 seems heavily inspired by Chopin's 2nd Nouvelle Etude The modulation at 24:02 really confirms it imo

I always had a surprising feeling. In that sonata by Rachmaninov, we can find a lot of Chopin's "morbidezza", whilst Chopin's own sonanta is lighter.

My music teacher (who played piano) said this is not hard and happy to play. She fucking lied.

This was wonderful! Thanks for the upload.

I love this sonata. I could wish for a more beautiful tone form the piano in phrasing that divine second subject in the first movement.

This is sometimes labeled a cello sonata. It is not. It is a sonata for piano and cello, with each player given equal prominence.

The beginning of the Andante sounds just like the quiet middle section from Rachmaninoff's E'tude op. 39 no. 5; definitely takes it in a much different (more hopeful) direction here than in the E'tude.

the melody of the first movement is so amazing i dont know why

Ah, I noticed the similarities to the D Minor Piano Sonata (one of my favorite pieces), and saw that it had been mentioned in the description. In particular, note that the cadence at 6:43 is very similar to that which concludes the first movement of the D Minor.

Pure ecstasy, only Rachmaninov makes me feel like that!

the third movement decimated me

Did anyone notice the great similarities between the final part of the sonata (from about minute 30, for instance) and the final part of third concerto? It's a known fact? I never listened this sonata before and this fact is the first thing I noticed...

De las más maravillosas joyas de la música, y la pasión infinita de estos grandes interpretes, Bravo! Thank's a lot! beautyful sharing.

It's really a piano concerto with a little cello accompaniment.

We did not deserve Rachmaninoff, yet here he is.

12:51 Isle of Sgàil :) Sometimes good games give the opportunity to listen wonderful music

It is very very well played, don't get me wrong. I could not do it at this very interesting tempo myself. But I find that too many times, the cello is a little flat, but even more seriously not in synch with the piano. It is hearable in the second movement. This changes the harmonies completely, making it sound like the cello part is an appoggiatura most of the time every time the "lyrical theme" comes on. But hey, it it beautifully played and all of this might also be interpretation choices. Just my opinion.

19:04 "andante" I love.

i would've thought music school would've gotten me to know this piece before something like hitman 2. but no regrets, it's an amazing piece either way

Hermosa!! Música angelical, música de Dios! Bellísima

Thank you for the upload!!

No song can capture the sadness of the 20th Century like this one.

Awesome performance!! Thanks a lot for sharing olla-vogala ^^

This is beautiful ! Wow :)

Rach said that this sonata is for cello and piano, meaning that both instruments have equal roles.

Thanks for uploading!

Lol. It is absolutely hilarious that anyone is referring to this as a "cello sonata." This is Rachmaninoff's "Piano sonata in G minor with some Cello you occasionally hear in the background., possibly also playing in G minor but we really can't tell."

dude this is harder for the pianist LUL

He really knew how to exploit the instrument, didn't he? How beautiful

magnifica versión ,muchas gracias a los interpretes "quienes sean"

I went to the comments thinking "please let there be comments about how the cello takes back seat to the piano so I know I'm not the only one thinking that." I was not disappointed.

quelle musique!!!! quels musiciens!!!

14:47 No word describes it.

The definition of Beautiful.

P.S. Wonderful explication of the work.

In my opinion it's sad that the 2nd piano concerto, released the same year, got far more attention than this piece. This sonata has so many beautiful melodies.

I don't understand... "Rachmaninov disliked calling this work a cello sonata because he thought the two instruments were equal. Because of this, it is often referred to as Sonata in G minor for Cello and Piano." You wrote that in the description and even though titled the video: "Sergei Rachmaninov - CELLO SONATA in G minor"

Really beautiful.

2nd mvt reminds me greatly of rach 2 1st mvt

12:50 (For those on mobile)

Amazing,fantastic cello,fantastic piano💙💜💙💜💙💜👏👏👏👏!!

10:05 - 10:45 enough to make me cry

I once saw a version in the first movement, which in the octaves in the treble clef instead of being pizzicato, were triplets. Does anyone know this version¿

3:50-4:20 14:45-15:00 22:40-23:00 24:30-25:00 27:00-27:20 27:30-27:50 33:00-33:05

3:15-3:25 kind of reminds me of rach's 2nd concerto.

I think this might be the most difficult piece to play through the whole chamber music repertoire