Jaw-droppingly amazing. Paganini is known to be neigh impossible to play on a violin. But on a cello? And the best thing: it does not become simple achievement. It remains music. Wonderful, how you handle my instrument.
Wow! You are AMAZING!!!! How come I don't see more videos from you . . . or your name beside Yo-Yo Ma . . . or in lights!?!?! Exquisitely beautiful! THANK YOU for sharing!!!
Listening 17 years later, this guy is great. the passacaglia video inspired me to try to play it for my 8th grade graduation. my teacher did not approve.
16 years later, I get the chills listening to this as I did when I was a wee lil 9 year old. This man dropped the hardest cello vids of all time and disappeared. I stg he will have the greatest comeback in history if he ever drops another vid.
incredible. this is really inspiring, since im a cellist myself, ive suddenly decided to aim for this as a song i can master in the future, thanks a lot and really well done!
This is just sick. Intonation is perfect, playing in any intervall just clean, then this tapping technique, flasolettes and bowtechnique all togeather. Sick Thanks for posting
Oh my god, I can't believe how accurately you can hit those harmonics playing that fast, that's just unbelievable. I can't even hit accurate harmonics playing slowly D:
I'm 16 and I play the cello as well. If one day I can play as good as you I will be the happiest in the world =D Great job you're amazing Clémence from Paris.
Whenever I think I'm getting somewhere in my cello playing I just look at this and I'm like oh yeah... DAMNIT!!!! Then I attempt it and epic fail all over again. Beautifully done, good sir.
that's brilliant!!! I play the violin and I know a bit of cello too. But that, could be one of the hardest and most amazing things I've seen on these two instruments. Keep up!
Awesome job! I used to play to cello for a bit, than just stopped. A piece of me wishes i kept playing it. It is a cool instrument but i choose to play guitar seeing as that it interested me more. However, i still have a lot of respect for anyone that can play other instruments and you did a great job.
It is, bc of the space between notes. For instance let’s say that in a violin you play 4 different notes with your 4 fingers but in a cello if you’re in the first position in D string, you play 3 notes with your 4 fingers bc the 3rd finger is an F#. So the bigger the instrument, the harder it is to play a fast piece bc you need to change position more frequently. So as it is harder to play in a cello, it’s even harder to play in a bass this same piece. Sorry for my English, I tried to explain it the best way even thou English isn’t my mother language.
Man I love Cello! Your very good. I bought one after playing guitar for 20 years in 2001and I wish I had started playing cello first, it's much more fun and rewording to me!
wow, mr. cunningham...tht is stunningly brilliant...thank you for lesson in perfection. its one of my favorite pieces, and you nailed it. :) beautiful meter, and the pauses, man, brilliant
You compensate for the lack of the E string well. I love how you go right past the fingerboard, very cool. Also, you are very talented at left-hand staccato, I wish I could do that. I used to play the cello, not anymore, high school is making me temporarily quit. I'll probably take it back up afterwards though, somewhat thanks to you.
@electricslipper This piece was written as a challenge to those who would play it. It wasn't even written for the cello, it was made for violin. I think he did an amazing job.
alright well im a cellist, and i have to say thats very inspiring. you must have worked very hard on that because obviously youve mastered it. Your still young so i look forward to seeing your future works.
wow, that was amazing!! wells has tutored me a few times, and i knew he was really good, but i had no idea he was that good, im speechless. from now on, i take him way more serious....
this is fantastic, one of few cellists able to pull one of the most hardest violin pieces of all time, on cello! hahah i'm struggling through it my self - maybe in a few more years i'll be able to play it :P
3:43 give that man a cookie just for the tone on that high note. Then give him the rest of the cookies in the world.
Jesus Christ. This man deserves an award.
Jaw-droppingly amazing.
Paganini is known to be neigh impossible to play on a violin. But on a cello?
And the best thing: it does not become simple achievement. It remains music.
Wonderful, how you handle my instrument.
this is absolutely well done
Mr meme piano listens to cello music? I'm impressed
wow
Wow! You are AMAZING!!!! How come I don't see more videos from you . . . or your name beside Yo-Yo Ma . . . or in lights!?!?! Exquisitely beautiful! THANK YOU for sharing!!!
that is amazing!
14 years later and I'm still listening❤
I forget sometimes how great a cellist you are. It is so beautiful
Listening 17 years later, this guy is great. the passacaglia video inspired me to try to play it for my 8th grade graduation. my teacher did not approve.
That high note on 3:43 makes me want to cry because of how perfect it was.
16 years later, I get the chills listening to this as I did when I was a wee lil 9 year old. This man dropped the hardest cello vids of all time and disappeared. I stg he will have the greatest comeback in history if he ever drops another vid.
This I suspect is the most beautiful performance ever. 2:15 made me tear up. Bravo.
Hi Wells, Stunning and aweinspiring performance! You are insanely talented my friend!
Rick
incredible. this is really inspiring, since im a cellist myself, ive suddenly decided to aim for this as a song i can master in the future, thanks a lot and really well done!
3:39-3:45 was just insane. Unbelievable. Gave me shivers.
That note in 3:43 was so well done it gave me the chills. Well done.
This interpretations is very good. Probably one of the best. I've never seen apreggios played like that on a cello.
Your AMAZING! This must be the best paganini on cello I´ve ever heard!
This guy can teach every cellist in the world a lesson:)
What exceptional tone on those high notes and fantastic intonation on the chords! Well done!
that was awesome. very in tune. amazing. (I'm a cellist. I've been playing for almost twelve years but looking at you I've still got a lot to learn).
This is just sick. Intonation is perfect, playing in any intervall just clean, then this tapping technique, flasolettes and bowtechnique all togeather. Sick
Thanks for posting
Oh my god, I can't believe how accurately you can hit those harmonics playing that fast, that's just unbelievable. I can't even hit accurate harmonics playing slowly D:
Probably the most sophisticated rendition of this piece on cello
Brilliant control. Spanish Fly was also amazing and by far the best redition around. This put a big smile on my face
Still amazed by this after 17 years.
Iv been playing for 10 years, this guy is some awsome inspiration!
My friend arianna is your student and she is the best cellist of florida
BOI SOMEONE ELSE IS BETTER WYM
I love the power you put into the notes, great accents.
That one note at 3:44 always gives me the willies.
He went in...plain and simple. Bravo, sir.
Sir you are a crazily outstanding cellist!!! Your name shall be remembered by the world!
Wow, you are amazing! It does not sound like just one cello but a whole ensemble! I bow to thee...
I'm speechless, which means I don't know what to type, this is amazing!
hell well done. an absolutely different taste on cello. no matter what left out, you're gooood
You are an inspiration to cellist everywhere! It is amazing that you actually played this on the cello! Bravo!
I never get tired of watching-listening to Wells on cello. You need to post some more material my friend!
I'm 16 and I play the cello as well.
If one day I can play as good as you I will be the happiest in the world =D
Great job you're amazing
Clémence from Paris.
Wow 2:40 is great and 3:40 intonation at the upper positions is sick! Thanks for posting.
Amazing technique. This is the very limit of what's humanly possible on the cello.
your technique is perfect! your vibrato is amazing, you have perfect control of the Instrument.
Well this just became a goal of mine
How does it look like three years later?
Yeah, did you make some progress in playing the cello?:)
great job! the important thing with this song is to not get too tensed while you play or else your hand will cramp up.
wow..!
about 2 mins in the song... thats what got me to remember paganini caprice.
and I used to be a rocker.
is there anything this good cello vids, cause i think this is the best playing ive seen ever, compining with awesome track choosing.
I just love your performance. I am not an artist , but I recognize art , when I feel it !
Whenever I think I'm getting somewhere in my cello playing I just look at this and I'm like oh yeah... DAMNIT!!!! Then I attempt it and epic fail all over again. Beautifully done, good sir.
That was....incredible. I have always liked the cello, but after hearing this....I LOVE it!
Everything variation on a cello is SO much more difficult...oh so impressive!
you can definitely play the cello.
Very clean sounding, it's nice to actually see this being played on the instrument.
that's brilliant!!!
I play the violin and I know a bit of cello too. But that, could be one of the hardest and most amazing things I've seen on these two instruments. Keep up!
You played the cello like playing with a toy...wow! (Especially 2:41)
This video is so old! I see comments from 12, 13 years old. Great playing man
OMG that its really amazing. It really shows how much you can do with a cello.
Those wide arpeggios at the end are remarkable! your hand moves like a spider in stop motion.
Absolute PERFECT intonation.
Amazing musicianship! What must be difficult to exicute looks easy and effortless. BRAVO!
awesome!!! I love the part with left hand that hits the strings but I don't remember the name of this technique anyways that was absolutely brilliant
OMG! WOW! I'm stunned! Great piece. Great cellist.
Wow your tone quality is great.. and the sound is so clean.. Perfect pitch
that is sick.... I prefer this on the violin, but man you are pure magic!! I could never think it can be played that well on a cello..
You are my inspiration to begin learning cello. This is one of my goal pieces to play when I can.
Amazed to death. Never heard cello be played like this!
Trully amazing playing here - A real pleasure to listen to and watch!
this is best cello playing ive ever heard.
2:41 tho....
holy shit the end is amazing especially with that one super high harmonic
this is frightening cello. its unreal. bravo.
Wow, I didn't know that the Cello could be played like that. Brilliant!
Awesome job! I used to play to cello for a bit, than just stopped. A piece of me wishes i kept playing it. It is a cool instrument but i choose to play guitar seeing as that it interested me more. However, i still have a lot of respect for anyone that can play other instruments and you did a great job.
at 3:43 all of my hair stood up and my cello strings broke...
Perfectly hit kind sir...
My head just exploded...truly inspiring sir
Seems 10 times harder on a cello
It is, bc of the space between notes. For instance let’s say that in a violin you play 4 different notes with your 4 fingers but in a cello if you’re in the first position in D string, you play 3 notes with your 4 fingers bc the 3rd finger is an F#. So the bigger the instrument, the harder it is to play a fast piece bc you need to change position more frequently. So as it is harder to play in a cello, it’s even harder to play in a bass this same piece.
Sorry for my English, I tried to explain it the best way even thou English isn’t my mother language.
Man I love Cello! Your very good. I bought one after playing guitar for 20 years in 2001and I wish I had started playing cello first, it's much more fun and rewording to me!
Fantastic! beautiful to hear and watch!
wow, mr. cunningham...tht is stunningly brilliant...thank you for lesson in perfection. its one of my favorite pieces, and you nailed it. :) beautiful meter, and the pauses, man, brilliant
You compensate for the lack of the E string well. I love how you go right past the fingerboard, very cool.
Also, you are very talented at left-hand staccato, I wish I could do that.
I used to play the cello, not anymore, high school is making me temporarily quit. I'll probably take it back up afterwards though, somewhat thanks to you.
This one is just as amazing, again I look up to this tremndously, Thank you for posting
You are such an amazing cellist! Well done.
The note on 3:44 at the end of the arpeggio just blows my mind :D
Absolutely phenomenal playing
wow ur intonation is brilliant!!! just absolute fantab!!!! and i love your musicallity!!!
@electricslipper This piece was written as a challenge to those who would play it. It wasn't even written for the cello, it was made for violin. I think he did an amazing job.
Great Cunningham! You are the BEST!! Thank you.
Tremendous respect from a fellow cellist
alright well im a cellist, and i have to say thats very inspiring. you must have worked very hard on that because obviously youve mastered it. Your still young so i look forward to seeing your future works.
The left hand picking was very creative and unique.
This is unbelievable. You are so good!
Same. It inspires me to be that good a cellist...my singing too.
Amazing tuning on the 8ves. Fantastic. *****
Personally I prefer this on the violin - but I recognise great talent when I see it. This is fantastic.
DAAAUUUM SON WHERE D'YOU GET DAT FROM?!
Incredibly fast fingers - you make it look easy!
wow, that was amazing!! wells has tutored me a few times, and i knew he was really good, but i had no idea he was that good, im speechless. from now on, i take him way more serious....
The melody is too great for my ears :O!
shifting on fleek!
+Ikoikjji didn't know somebody who knows about cello also knew how to use such a dumb word. congratulations
just goes to show you that musicians can be obnoxious and annoying too
WHAT R THOSE?!!??! LOL
Impressive...
And the preview to the book looks good too!
Mind-blowing, I want more
this is fantastic,
one of few cellists able to pull one of the most hardest violin pieces of all time, on cello!
hahah i'm struggling through it my self - maybe in a few more years i'll be able to play it :P
when are you going to do another cello video??!, this is so good, it makes me want to buy cello for seriously, i think i will.