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These are both very exciting, I find Isserlis intense every time. His playing and his speaking. I'm always amused when people demand "relax!" and he even used his bow to direct the relexation. He was very tuned into the cellist's playing and I found his coaching really good. The idea about keeping vibrato from being automatic was very useful. I need to be much more aware of my vibrato use. Pieter was fantastic. I could not intuitively follow his expression. I need to know the piece better, perhaps. Great video! Amusing french hornist. I did not take to the conductor. Again, my own limitation and lack of experience with this piece.

Kathleen, you are so right! I do that with a lot of music -piano, for instance. I htink we need a base line and something to begin to form opinions and learn to discern,. Probably not just newbies, either. I compare all cello playing with my teacher's playing! He is my standard. Fortunately, he is a fabulous player! I sometimes wonder what would have happened if I'd landed with a different teacher. I am very fortunate. I had that experience with Casals' Bach suites. They were so different then my other recordings, that I wanted to instantly decide they were inferior. Of course, I knew that was my own silly shortdightedness, so I kept listening, and I got his book where he talks about the suites, and I asked my teacher about various aspects. So now I adore them. I still prefer Slava's suites, but not because they are better, but because, hm, I dunno, speaks to me more.