I love how Rostropovich is playing his nearly impossible part so fast the pianist can't keep up.
@acyutanandadas1326
6 жыл бұрын
neither could the elves
@schumacherenator
6 жыл бұрын
Rostropovich can't keep up with himself, listen to the pitches...
@vauxhall908
6 жыл бұрын
daughter?
@MrPianoevil
4 жыл бұрын
@@vauxhall908 YES! A mediocre accompanist
@leandroperalta1489
3 жыл бұрын
It’s his daughter Elena
@allabobyr9649
6 жыл бұрын
Rostropovich performing for President Jimmy Carter at White House back in 1978.
@rmcdaniel423
14 жыл бұрын
Music has a way of speaking to our souls. In this piece, the first 86,472 notes are saying "I'm an old man, but I can shred this cello like a Ginsu Knife, and if you don't like it . . . " The last two notes speak for themselves!!
@tea4al
14 жыл бұрын
it's like he's tickling the cello T_T~!!! its amaazzzzinnnggg.
@adammichna5175
4 жыл бұрын
Great realization! That piece really IS about tickling the lovely cello - and it chuckles!
@beading_mary
17 күн бұрын
Huh, really!
@ervesti93
14 жыл бұрын
He doesn't look tired or nervous. And everyone can hear every note!!
@fairygoodmuller8065
4 жыл бұрын
if you can play it slowly...
@mayadevane3157
4 жыл бұрын
You can play it quickly! 😂
@vacciniumaugustifolium1420
3 жыл бұрын
@@mayadevane3157 idk, can you?
@1nd93dk3
3 жыл бұрын
I can't even play it slowly
@renegadeoffunk2588
9 жыл бұрын
God Mode Activated.
@adammichna5175
Жыл бұрын
There is a mode above that, Rostropovich mode.
@brickvator
2 ай бұрын
Then Donald Trump 'migration shutdown' mode.
@randymastin9612
9 жыл бұрын
This is what happens when elves have way too much coffee!!!!!!!!!
@dionfortune100
9 жыл бұрын
Randy Mastin HAHAHAHA
@fultonrestituto
5 жыл бұрын
Great this one !!😂
@oystersnag
14 жыл бұрын
My hands cramped watching him play this piece. Absolutely amazing!!!
@firedragon798
14 жыл бұрын
The best violoncellis of all the times!
@dandypajamas
10 жыл бұрын
Any elf that successfully plays this becomes a Troll. Successfully.
@EchoHarmonic
8 жыл бұрын
+dandypajamas Especially when they successfully practice it!
@Cellinator
3 жыл бұрын
Popper also wrote a “Gnomentanz” actually
@JamesMcGonigle
15 жыл бұрын
It's amazing to see the change in Rostropovich's expression when he finishes the piece..It's something like, 'Focus, intense, virtuosic awesomeness ' * piece ends* 'Back to being a mere mortal'
@KyleKratky
14 жыл бұрын
I've seen and heard many versions of DAnce of the Elves. This is the best I know of. He plays with such tenacity but allows the graceful, slow moments to swell and glow. he kilt it.
@pureeschaap
2 жыл бұрын
Please watch Gautier Capuçon, and, you'll "see" an elf instead of Rostropovich just showing off an obese elf.
@wenzhiquan
12 жыл бұрын
is this by far the cleanest recording of the song i have ever heard by far. rostropovich is absolutely amazing. even being able to control dynamics at such a tempo
@belcantomomof5
14 жыл бұрын
This is one of the many reasons he will always be one of the greatest cellists of all time =)
@andrewkatz5689
5 жыл бұрын
This is one of the most insane and best virtuosic pieces I have ever heard ever! I just can't stop listening to the virtuosic impossibility crossed with exhilarating beauty that I hear in this piece. Rostropovich was definitely one of the all time greats.
@cattleman6420012000
16 жыл бұрын
During his best playing years he was the world's best. He was a cellist genius. I heard him at his best,I know! He did so much for charity. A wonderful man!!
@cattleman6420012000
16 жыл бұрын
I was very lucky, I heard him at his very best several times in London.
@SwordfishBunny
14 жыл бұрын
My fingers hurt just listening to this song and then again, this, indeed, is one of the reasons he is of the greatest cellists.
@cattleman6420012000
14 жыл бұрын
Marvellous performance. He almost makes it look easy. I heard Rostropovitch during his best performing years in London, at that time he was phenominal. I have never been so impressed by any other cellist. At those concerts I was truly amazed.
@AzazelCain
3 жыл бұрын
Wow... The way he maintains sound quality and volume through all those position changes
@cattleman6420012000
16 жыл бұрын
This is excellent playing. During his very best playing years I heard him in London several times. He was incredible!! Nobody came near him!!
@nataliabendizkay703
5 ай бұрын
Ростропович велик во всех виолончельный жанрах, техника безупречная!❤
@jahycoki
14 жыл бұрын
I admire how he chooses to use his pinky in thumb position, the amount of teachers who teach not to do that is amazing
@Mathnapkin
12 жыл бұрын
Because Popper was a cellist, which is immediately apparent if you pick up his etude books and find how simple it is to playing something extraordinarily flashy. That dude new how to write music for a cellist.
@Gundabaran
16 жыл бұрын
I ♥ this piece! And Rostropovich playing it makes it even better! AMAZING! he really was a cello genius! respect forever!
@luderart
15 жыл бұрын
When you look at the speed, I don't think anyone has played this piece as fast. And when you look at the clarity of the notes even regardless of the speed, you again have to say that no one plays it as beautifully and as clearly and with as unerring an interpretation. And when you combine the two, you simply have to accept that this man is a miracle that can have no equal, perhaps even in the world of the violin. He makes the cello sound as an instrument simpler to play than the violin!!!
@GeorgeOfZala
14 жыл бұрын
Great playing and happy to see him smiling at the end. He was usually dead serious when playing. I bet that time he was in good humor and cracked a few jokes after playing. Even just one little smile made things seem in a different light. Well, what a performance it was ! Definitely a favorite.
@Hxcshattered
15 жыл бұрын
The man's a powerhouse! Probably the fastest I've ever seen anyone play an instrument. I only wish that the video were of better quality.
@liavkerbel
12 жыл бұрын
amazing cellist.....nobody could, can and will be able to play like him EVER!!
@cattleman6420012000
16 жыл бұрын
shloomper. He was absolutely at his prime in the '60s also for a great deal of the '70s and the '50s. He still played very well when he was much older;but naturally life had been very hard for him and he was such a brave generous man.
@user-lz1rz2ro9u
2 жыл бұрын
Штрих балдежный, а темп....Упасть, не встать!
@danmcglaun328
7 жыл бұрын
Just simply... how the F does any human DO THAT????????? I wanna know...
@mollyrocksinmygreentea6024
6 жыл бұрын
Dan McGlaun practise....
@vacciniumaugustifolium1420
4 жыл бұрын
Practice, and a lot of passion !
@robbieholzman4555
4 жыл бұрын
"human"
@fcbayernmunchen5422
5 ай бұрын
Быстрее не играет ни кто! Как наш Великий Растропович!!!!!! Спасибо вам, наш Русский гений❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
@fourstrings48
7 жыл бұрын
Well, there's no question that Rostropovich was a masterly technician (and, in the right things, a great interpreter, too). But this performance sounds to me more like an army on the march than like a group of elves dancing.
@CoecaCola
6 жыл бұрын
He probably wouldn't be offended
@nickdavis965
4 жыл бұрын
Welp. What can he say. Lol he was RUSSIAN!!
@PITT4LIFE9
14 жыл бұрын
i love this piece of music, and not only does he play it technically amazing, put musically its incredible
@goodandplenty508
14 жыл бұрын
I heard Rostropovichperform in a recital in Philadelphia, PA shortly after he defected from the USSR in the '70's. As a encore, he played The Flight of the Bumblebee. That encore caused a near riot. People loved it and him as well. Bravo !!!
@frankpalomino3787
4 жыл бұрын
This breaks your dreams.
@user-zr8bn9vb3l
6 жыл бұрын
Великий, таланливый во всем!!!!Вечная память!!!!
@FARULEV
Жыл бұрын
*YES , HE IS THE GREATEST CELLIST IN THE WORLD.PEOPLE , WE MUST TO WATCH THIS MUSIC* 🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶😁😁🎶🎶😅😮😢😢🎉😂😂❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
@infiniteFinality
15 жыл бұрын
Simply beautiful. Such grand form in his playing....
@aradbs
14 жыл бұрын
oh my god!! that was amazing!! he actually smiled!!!
@animemusic8
15 жыл бұрын
he is very good! he is wonderful! the music is amazing
@renatocellobr
14 жыл бұрын
Dear Slava... u always will be with us!!! like a single star shining in my life!! Thank my friend!!
@AkApRoDuCtIoNs101
15 жыл бұрын
oh my goodness gracoius i cant even move my arm that fast on a trill!
@TannerHoytFooty
13 жыл бұрын
Thats crazy amazing!!! He was truley blessed!!
@Mom2Johnny
7 жыл бұрын
I'm in absolute AWE.
14 жыл бұрын
1:25 ^^ crazier, faster than ever RIP Slava! we'll remember you for a loooooooooooooong time
@lucastamayo4066
4 жыл бұрын
I hate it when people compare Rostropovich to God. I mean... God is cool and all that. But he‘s not Rostropovich.
@20gilbert20
15 жыл бұрын
OF course the Maestro tears it up! But my personal delight comes from Rostropovich's moving slow passages. He was, in my humble opinion, just the greatest.
@willnichols
16 жыл бұрын
Have a little respect for a great cello Maestro, legend in his own time.
@bountyhanz
15 жыл бұрын
lol, i laugh when i first heard this as compared to others. It's so incredibly fast !!!!!I must say this is one of the best celloist i've seen.5 stars!!!
@RolandRiopelle
13 жыл бұрын
My fingers ache just watching this, and I don't even play the cello! Bravo Rostropovich!
@user-sr6jq4le7v
2 жыл бұрын
Гений! Солнечный Слава!
@Chavezoid
15 жыл бұрын
Damn... that's some amazing NOTE HITTING for such a fast piece. I would be missing so many notes trying to play that.
@yehiaelyamani6943
6 жыл бұрын
I didn't think such a performance was even possible!
@fcbayernmunchen5422
8 ай бұрын
Джвид Поппер, величайщий вилончелист и педагог, конечно он писал это произведение не в таком темпе, но Растроповичь гордость Росссии и Союза, как он сыграл, так больше уже не сыграют.
@magorzatajakowczyc8617
6 жыл бұрын
Arcymistrz ,wirtuoz brawooo!!!!!!!! 🎶🎵❤💕💕
@juliaCSL
14 жыл бұрын
CUTE :D his fingers looks amazingly young. and yes - extreme than most metal guitarists :P:P:P:P
@EpicYoshi77
12 жыл бұрын
Having 4 years of playing the cello, needing a challenge, I decided to teach myself this song. About halfway into the 1st page.
@Noob-ns9vt
3 жыл бұрын
did you learn it by now?
@floriguzmanp
Жыл бұрын
Yeah right...
@misterlinux9290
10 ай бұрын
"I can answer your questions in five languages while playing "dance of the elves" on a cello" 😎
@mariatoth4299
Жыл бұрын
O nagyon szép volt igazi csellista q javabol
@perbature
12 жыл бұрын
Slava - R.I.P. - was THE cello & a wonderful person!!!
@heehawluck1
12 жыл бұрын
LOL ..... Bloody marvelous. Never seen or heard the likes of that. Stupedous !!
@user-gi4tq7jz7j
Жыл бұрын
Вот это темп,пианистка за ним не успевает порой,как трудно быть аккомпаниатором
@vladiinsky
12 жыл бұрын
I held my breath for over 2 minutes.
@armonici
14 жыл бұрын
LOL, that was REALLY intense and INSANE! GREAT!
@029Mhelz
6 жыл бұрын
This is impossibly fast wow
@blankroyai
4 жыл бұрын
He looks like a chill and cool grandpa, and suddenly he rips the cello, i died 😩
@cellonaut
14 жыл бұрын
Bravo Rostropovitch!!! Hehehe, however it give me a wish, add my own Elfentanz online here.... I´ll do it! In honour of Master!
@PercyJackson414
11 жыл бұрын
what. cannot comprehend virtuosity. mind = blown o.O
@FelipeUlhoa88
14 жыл бұрын
Simplesmente sensacional!!! Isso que é dom para a música.
@francello75
16 жыл бұрын
...just "GREAT SLAVA!" R.I.P. Maestro.
@CarlAfuPhace
13 жыл бұрын
Wow that glissando was purely eargasmic
@Elainelps0421
13 жыл бұрын
@goodandplenty508 I was at that same recital in Philly. Slava has been my idol for years. I imagine he will remain that way for many years to come!
@LauraLoves_89
15 жыл бұрын
So amazing and such an inspiration.
@Mart89911210
15 жыл бұрын
HAHA! the incredible floating man!!
@Paidoguto
14 жыл бұрын
Yo Yo Ma is excellent. Rostropovich is even better.
@user-gx4jd1ql9c
Жыл бұрын
Виртуозная игра !!! Гениально ! БРАВО !!!!!
@lucasbracher
11 жыл бұрын
Oh my. I can't have a reaction. It's so beautiful.
@kvdp1805
14 жыл бұрын
When this maestro plays, it looks so easy....
@jahycoki
13 жыл бұрын
No matter how bad I want it, I could never finish this song, its just in the atmosphere
@cobaltslayer
15 жыл бұрын
DANG!! wow, every time I here a song then listen to him play the same song I swear he plays it in at least half the time. It's sooo fast! (not always better though, just faster).
@fcbayernmunchen5422
8 ай бұрын
Боже как??? Как Он великий Человек это делает!!! БОЖЕ
@orchestracelloplayer
14 жыл бұрын
@BananaHobo agreed, this is greater then the most rhythmic, fast, changeling guitar solos known to man!
@skangboy
12 жыл бұрын
@TheBowbros3 I was dumbfounded when I heard this and at the same time amused at the hyperactivity of it. Your comment about elves and coffee was hillarious and I laughed for a several minutes...thanks
@ElisabettaVS
15 жыл бұрын
Watch the bow (especially at 0:25), it is not moving up or down, it is always at the right place! (I play the cello myself and I can tell you that it's very hard to keep it at the same place at all times) Amazing...his technique is great... but I've expected that - it's Rostropovich. His right hand is always very relaxed and loose. Great!
@guilhermeignacio9432
10 жыл бұрын
THE BESTTTT! the best of the century xx!
@Juhyong
14 жыл бұрын
Haha, wow. I don't remember writing that! Yes, now I like Popper's compositions more than I used to since I got to listen to them a little more... and Hungarian Rhapsody by him is difficult but fun to play! :-D - although this piece...it's a challenging piece not only to play but also to listen to.
@jameshostetler2630
3 жыл бұрын
To all the twoRostropovich was probably an incarnation of Ling Ling.
@theonetheone9695
2 жыл бұрын
He is but Better than Ling Ling
@cellodax88
15 жыл бұрын
Can't believe this. Slava was a real BEAST!!! Rip
@marinayurevna
Жыл бұрын
БРАВИССИМО!!! 👏
@xbasket12x
13 жыл бұрын
@MickCorgi It's the Stahlhammer end pin. Oh, and the sound doesn't change AT ALL when you use the bend end pin. I asked my teacher and he said it doesn't affect the sound in any way. He used it before.
@munkybrain
14 жыл бұрын
@MusicCloud1 makes a clear sound in my experience. playing on the side is perfectly legitimate. expecially for fast, high passages like that.
@WonkyAsian
14 жыл бұрын
Rostropovich is incredible
@heatherwind
15 жыл бұрын
I can't help but wonder when composers write such manic music as this if it was almost done simply as a dare to the musician - "let's see if you can take THIS!" Lord this makes my fingers ache just watching it. Brilliantly played nonetheless. :)
@bass-player
4 жыл бұрын
Best of the best
@GeorgeFryBoxman
12 жыл бұрын
Damn, I couldn't say no to a man as good with his fingers as this guy...
@OdellHobson
16 жыл бұрын
I've been adapting a Viola to a local hard rock band and I wish that I had half the choppes that he has. Amazing!
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