Top Viewed Videos of Every World-Class Soloist

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[bigbobo]

7:28 Actually, Yuja Wang played all 4 Rachmaninoff piano concertos and the Paganini Rhapsody in one night, and she wore a different dress for each one. It's not just 5 bows, she actually made a big accomplishment that night.

[Laura]

I must tell you that Maria Callas was the first great opera singer of the XXth Century, but a soprano, not a mezzo, which is what the role of Carmen here, is. She messes up the text here, but being the superb artist she was, she kept her cool. She was the first opera singer to give all the nuances of the text, and even if her voice was not beautiful, she managed to express emotions like no other until her. As a retired opera singer myself, I have had much to learn from her. And I am also greatful to you guys for opening my understanding of violin repertoire!!!

[bananas_]

That cadenza in the Beethoven violin concerto by Hilary is just insane. The continuous sound and gradual increase in intensity and dynamics doesn't sound like a solo violin anymore, it sounds like a Beethoven symphony. As an amateur violinist I can't believe how I didn't think to check out her performance of this piece, given that she's basically the queen of polyphonic violin playing and there's this amazing polyphonic cadenza written by Kreisler (the one she played in this video). It definitely will be a recording I will revisit many times

[rjkbuny]

7mil of Hilary Hahn's views were from Brett

[azurediamond]

The Pavarotti is one of my favourite performances, not only due to the quality of his singing but for the context behind it. The rendition is fantastic, although, in fact, the audio was pre-recorded: he was already suffering from significant health issues at the time, so he refused, fearing he wouldn't be able to perform at his best level. The Olympic organisers eventually convinced him to 'perform' if the audio was recorded a few weeks beforehand.

The opening ceremony at Turin was a part of his farewell tour, but only a few months after the Olympics, he was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer (which was the reason as to why it had been pre recorded) and eventually passed away a year later. That glorious performance of Nessun Dorma was fated to be his last. The lyrics of the final portion of the aria triumphantly declare:

"Tramontate, stelle!
All'alba, vincerò!
Vincerò! Vincerò!"

or in English:

"Fade, you stars!
At dawn, I will win!
I will win! I will win!"

Which really is striking. Although the aria and the opera it comes from speak of completely different things, Pavarotti's final performance in 2006 seems to me like a man thrashing against the disease that would eventually claim his life, searching for one last piece of glory, of magic, and putting his very soul into his singing until he had no more to give. It's enough to make me cry.

[m.piglet]

It's amazing watching the guys watch Hilary's performance with such awe and respect and then realizing that not only have they made several fun videos with her, she also had them perform an encore with her at one of her performances. So wholesome.

[katierose]

As a pianist and violinist, Martha Argerich's and Hilary Hahn's performances were just... wow.

[NightshadeMia]

Brett keeps evolving into a sunshine personality
It's kinda weird in a good way

[beastasfiist]

Martha Argerich video is her playing the tchaikovsky piano concerto no.1 for anyone wondering :)

[curtishsiung]

I've never really understood TwoSet's praises for Hilary Hahn, but the fact that from 6:15 ish she played the two melodies with two different expressions is absolutely insane: crescendo on the rising higher notes while playing the same volume on the lower notes, or even crazier, crescendo on the rising higher notes while diminuendo on the descending lower notes. I'm a piano player, so I'm not sure whether that's common technique for violin, but it sounds very challenging to do to me. Fan converted.

[unrealrailway]

If you want to hear some more of Maria Callas, I would definitely recommend her rendition of Casta Diva from Norma by Bellini, which is divine. 👌

[teasetofbubbletea]

Seeing TwoSet's silence during Hillary Hahn playing, I kinda feel jealous with you two now. To have someone you looked up for your whole life then be able to meet and interact with her are any fans dream come true. She's not only talented and persistent, but also a genuine-heart person ❤

[littlefurnace]

I love that you guys have met and worked with Hilary multiple times but you still look at her as if she's a mythical being. If that doesn't show people just how incredible a violinist she is, nothing will. She uses her bow like a legendary samurai.

[jxx]

Laughed so hard at 4:31 😮 Editor-san's a genius!

[jessicah]

Watching Eddy and Brett fawning over Hilary Hahn’s Beethoven Concerto and forgetting to react to the video for like 30 seconds made my day

[Chamtechie]

There's a bit more to the the Yuja Wang short. That was from a performance at Carnegie Hall earlier this year when she played all five of Rachmaninoff's major works for piano and orchestra in a SINGLE EVENING. And also had a different outfit for each piece.

[boohoo]

Things I love about this video... again!
1. Brett's singing "owahuhuhuhuowahuhuhu" (Bach Cello Suite) 😅
2. Eddy's side by side with the opera singer
3. Twoset's rhyming "Bow! Now! How! Wow!" 😂
4. Twoset's laughter, always gives me a serotonin boost ❤
5. Twoset's admiration and respect for Hilary Hahn 🥰

[tsuba]

I'm actually quite impressed at the way Maria Callas managed to recover from that mixing up in the lyrics (for those who don't know the lyrics or don't speak french, she messed up half a sentence...and still managed to fall back on her feet).
It's like, when playing an instrument, you forget a part of 5 or 6 bars, and then manage to fill those bars with some impro, falls perfectly on time with that last bar so you can resume you're playing....WITHOUT ANYONE NOTICING !

I mean...iron-clad professionalism and nerves of tungsten, that's what it takes.

[simplytwosetter]

The one video with Hilary playing Beethoven violin concerto, I once opened it, thinking to make it my bgm while I work on my data processing, but end up finishing watching the whole video without touching my data analysis lol To be honest, many of the classical music performances are really worth watching instead of just listening as bgm, as least for the first time, it's a pleasure to the eyes and ears!! I hope more people can discover the beautiful of classical music through Twoset and increase the views of more classical music video!!

[cicilynnofficial]

Pavarotti is the GOAT! What he does with his voice is crazy hard to do well. Rest well, sir.