Isserlis: Fantasiestück No.1 'A Love Duet'
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Published 2008-03-25
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All Comments (21)
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I like how no one notices the talent and the enthousiasm of the pianist in the back. People should notice her too!
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Isserlis brilliantly illuminates the poetry of this piece. Every phrase he plays sends chills up my spine.
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This piece is originally for the clarinet and I have been playing it on the clarinet since the age of 15. After this wonderful lesson, I will take a fresh approach to it.
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round of applause for the pianist.
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Are people really that overly sensitive that they think Isserlis is being arrogant or rude? He isn't trying to force his interpretation of the piece on her, he's trying to get her to hear things differently. Much of musicality is a subtle manipulation of time - how you pull and push the notes within a pulse, and to many it is a foreign feeling to do this. Again, he's not trying to make her play like him, he's trying to get her to really listen and hear the music in a different manner.
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"From the beginiiiing"-Steven Isserlis at 2:38
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She is amazing I love how she doesn't just play the piece, but puts herself into it. It brings out the storyline of the piece so much better. And her cello helps her out it has beautiful overtones.
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"see you later darling" - hilarious!!! Joking aside he's SOOOOO inspirational!
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I like how he teaches, I like how he thinks of music.
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It's a masterclass...there's not a time that you won't leave the room without almost crying...
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I find Isserlis's English quite ideal, every vows are pronounced with great clarity, and it's devoid of any obvious regional accent. I would like to speak like him.
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I would so love to hear Isserlis play this specific piece on this precise cello in integrity :(
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Isserlis is truly the coolest cellist on earth! hes extremely respected among all great cellists.
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Teachers like him who are not afraid to be dead honest are more needed today more than ever, Bravo!
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His phraseology is priceless!
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He is an excellent teacher
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People are saying he's strict? What? He's so nice! He's just direct, which is good. I've had a vocal teacher who would get mad if I didn't reach a note perfectly (mind you, she put me in beg. soprano - another teacher later, i find i'm a mezzo) And if she's paying good money to get classes from him - he obviously has to try his best to make sure his student gets the full education of learning how to play cello, and well - before she makes mistakes into habits - which is hard to reverse.
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wow, its amazing how much work can be put into one piece
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A masterclass is supposed to provide the performer to see the piece as a whole beyond mastering the technical aspects to really understand what the composer expects the performer to display. Isserlis does an excellent job here in providing the player with insight on how to express certain colors. There is no doubt that she is an excellent player and has mastered the piece that's why she's at the International Musicians' Seminar in Prussia Cove but Isserlis helps her really capture the character.
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it's interesting to see when you get up to that level of skill how you can actually simply practice the philosophy of a music piece, and your dialogue with your instrument and teacher is much more about the "poetry" of it than anything else... i wish i could get to that place sometimes with something!
