Steven strikes the perfect balance between fiery heroism, ardent yearning, and meditative reflection; and yet all without a hint of sentimentality. He makes the technical challenges look easy, in fact one is not aware of the technique at all, just the music. The technique serves the music perfectly. Phrasing is immaculate and pure. It’s exciting, powerful, passionate, the perfect Dvorak concerto.

Simply the best performance I've ever heard

I forgot how amazing this performance was, just wow

Isserliss is a goodamned beast, Jesus, he is so perfect for this piece

very early in his career. He is superb here. Thanks for posting

Wow! He definitely OWNED that concerto and the stage!!! Marvelous playing. As an adult beginner student on the cello, I found it fascinating to watch his fingerings and how accurately they moved with such ease! Bravo! And thank you for posting.

absolutely wonderful!!

Uno de los pocos cellistas que me ha hecho sentir en un mundo de fantasía con esta obra, más allá de ser músico se transforma en un actor, genial!

Steven Isserlis holds unchallenged position as an interpreter of Dvorak This comfortable's splendor of words can not arrive

Thank you for sharing this. I listened to it for the first time after having heard so many interpretations of the piece. This one beats them all. It’s unique, second to none.

I came just home from a concert where Steven Isserlis played Prokofjev´s Cello Concerto with Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra. Wanted to listen more and found this. Thank for posting! This is fantastic!

Thanks for posting, Gabriel!

thank you for posting.

A mystagogy in the Aram Khachaturyan Consert Hall in Yerevan in 2010, with him performing Dvorak Cello Concerto. Memorable moments

Great! :) Energic, fresh, passionate. Everything in a good way!

as it takes patience and effort to perform so great!

First movement Exposition 0:31 first subject (orchestra) 2:32 second subject (orchestra) 4:01 cello enters with first subject in the major 6:16 second subject (cello) Development 8:38 start of development section 9:51 cello enters with development of first subject Recapitulation ! 11:44 second subject recapitulated in B major 14:01 first subject recapitulated in B major 14:22 coda 15:32 Second movement A 15:32 main theme 16:04 cello enters with same theme B 18:17 introductory theme 18:30 cello enters with main theme B’(basically B but in B minor, if you consider the movement to be in ABBA form) 19:42 cello enters with accompaniment to the central part’s main theme A’ 21:26 main theme again 22:19 cello cadenza 24:51 coda ? 27:01 Third movement A 27:01 Introduction 27:38 first subject 28:48 second subject 29:05 cello enters with second subject 29:51 third subject 30:50 transition that takes us to… 31:22 second subject again 31:47 cello enters with second subject yet again 32:26 first subject again, played by the cello 32:43 orchestra transitions to… B 33:11 first subject 33:42 second subject 34:15 short bridge passage that announces the return of… 34:39 first subject again 35:05 second subject again (A again, somewhat) 35:18 part A first subject makes it’s triumphant return 36:02 bridge passage derived from part A first subject that takes us to… 37:01 coda

Steven Isserlis est un musicien violoncelliste réellement génial ...!

Wonderful. Thanks for sharing:)

Excelente, muy expresivo, hermoso.

Phenomenal !

it's great!

f fantastic performance!

Estupendo!!!

fabulous

by 37:02 we have already lost a trombone

His performance with Berlin phil is also great

Life!!!!

Nice to see Colin Firth doing a bit of conducting

2:33 favorite part

If you don't shed a few tears at 37:50, then you have no soul.

Played with style and even humor! You could see the bassoons chuckling around measure 100 when Isserlis drops his dynamic and kind of swaggers up the ascending line. He makes it look so easy. Good thing they caught this performance on film.

Do we know what cello Steven was playing on!

Bright

Was he born with that haircut?

Real magic starts at 4:00

Very different from the Schiff rendition.

Ma version preferee

are these gut strings?

9:51

beautiful performance but who is the conductor?

Reminds me of a Hogwarts teacher. Amazing performance

15:30

lmao

Self righteous crap.

Кчачествозвука плохое искоростьискаженнаях