En mi propio idioma: Pablo Neruda escuchaba esta sonata de Frank en los mismos días de Ceylan, Colombo, cuando leía "En busca del tiempo perdido", (por cuarta vez, dijo), y escribía algunos de esos extraordinarios poemas de "Residencia en la tierra". (La única música que tenía y escuchaba en un viejo gramofono). Dijo: la Sonata, (ésta), es una fuerte influencia en "Residencia en la tierra".
En realidad llegué aquí a escucharla por aquello de Neruda.
I am Chilean. I'm gratefull to ViolinVideos and Youtube for this possibility of looking at, listening to, hearing what Pablo Neruda, while at Colombo, was able to apreciate only from an old gramophone. Did you, good friends, know that Neruda said that Cesar Franck's Violin and Piano Sonata was the music he listened to, the only piece of music he had, in those times he wrote things like "Monzon de mayo" and some other poems that belong to "Residencia en la tierra"?
I love this piece. I'm trying to play it now because I love it so much but the sound is really hard to sound good. for it is a warm sound but it starts really soft but it shouldn;t sound fragile. it's so hard!!!!!!
This is a fine example of Yehudi on an off night, I think. Some would say after his twenties, every night was an off night. But still, he says so much. He, along with Heifetz, Oistrakh, and few others can truly make the violin sing. A genuinely operatic quality the violinist must possess in order to compete with the piano in this piece. So even if not at his best here, appreciate the ravishing vibrato, the suave phrasing, the subtle and overt position changes and portamenti, the passion.....
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This is the most tentative violin playing I have ever heard, except in undergraduate student recitals. And the pianist sounds careful. In the short introduction - she does not establish a steady pulse. Freedom? No. Ineptitude - yes.
lol, the first times Gould appeared in public, he sat so low that the keyboar was about... what, his shoulders? still, was the result any bad?
and about that decline youre talking about... i seriously dont see it in any musician. Well, the finger's bones get old and rusty? sure. But if i close my eyes, i cant say the diference, and the music - what really music is, that line that sets notes from masterpieces - oh, that only gets better.
Very good overall, but IMHO not as exceptional as Menuhin's reputation would lead you to expect. The bowing is lacking intensity, comes across as a somewhat indifferent, unplanned and hurried brushing exercise. It's as if he has some irrational aversion against the utilization of the "frogmost" 30% of his bow. The penalty for the accumulation of continual small bowing quality risks is paid at 04:26 with the unfortunate climax note.
whoever wrote these two comments has absolutely no sense of musical integrity or understanding of musical thought. Menuhin's phrasing, sound, musical architecture, the purity of his tone are just some of the qualities of this musical giant has offered. don't look whether his bow was not straight or some idiotic technical problems. shut up and listen.you might even learn something.
don't write stupid comments until you can play a quarter like this.
Please stop and think before you try to characterize something as core as someone's "musical integrity / understanding". If you read my comment again you will see that I am merely trying to describe an oddity in Menuhin's technique, a visible inhibition. I don't believe in Saints, someone whose every dimple should somehow be excused by his generally accepted Mastership. Every performing artist has his peak, after which technique seems to only go downhill.
(continued) So how should we judge the performances of these old masters? Should we somehow post-credit them with the superior skills that they once had, combined with the wisdom of lifelong musicianship? Clearly there's a line behind which the inescapable regression detracts noticeably from the result. Old Masters with a big cushion of public credit are perhaps more vulnerable to inadvertently cross that line.
Huh, only on a video such as this would the arguments in the comments be so written with proper spelling and grammar. I find this somewhat funny, but a sad comment of youtube overall.
Also, imperfections aside, I really enjoyed this performance.
Wonderful music!
gerardbedecarter 2 weeks ago
Who is this amazing pianist?
pianoart2011 1 month ago
violinists cannot get enough of this sonata--it has all the colors of the rainbow, emotionally, in it.
windstorm1000 9 months ago
Stunning.
GrooveOnDown 1 year ago
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MrFunxy 1 year ago
En mi propio idioma: Pablo Neruda escuchaba esta sonata de Frank en los mismos días de Ceylan, Colombo, cuando leía "En busca del tiempo perdido", (por cuarta vez, dijo), y escribía algunos de esos extraordinarios poemas de "Residencia en la tierra". (La única música que tenía y escuchaba en un viejo gramofono). Dijo: la Sonata, (ésta), es una fuerte influencia en "Residencia en la tierra".
En realidad llegué aquí a escucharla por aquello de Neruda.
Gracias a Youtube y ViolinVideos, y Menuhin
FernandoArturo19 1 year ago
I am Chilean. I'm gratefull to ViolinVideos and Youtube for this possibility of looking at, listening to, hearing what Pablo Neruda, while at Colombo, was able to apreciate only from an old gramophone. Did you, good friends, know that Neruda said that Cesar Franck's Violin and Piano Sonata was the music he listened to, the only piece of music he had, in those times he wrote things like "Monzon de mayo" and some other poems that belong to "Residencia en la tierra"?
Fernando Reyes Franzani
FernandoArturo19 1 year ago 3
Working on this piece myself, always loved Menuhin.
Thanks for the upload!
ThePolandball 1 year ago
my favourite sonata - an he plays it with all his heart..............
daxdax500 1 year ago
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what the fuck?
TheCaremonda 2 years ago
iths soo sentimental ...
domisoldo12 2 years ago
I love this piece. I'm trying to play it now because I love it so much but the sound is really hard to sound good. for it is a warm sound but it starts really soft but it shouldn;t sound fragile. it's so hard!!!!!!
culticmusicfan 2 years ago
is Menuhin playing on the soil violin in the preformance
violin15895 2 years ago
This is so beautiful, the best performance of Frank's Sonata ever.
NewYorkCritiC 2 years ago 2
I have to do agree with you. For me Jacques Thibaud the best player of Frank's sonata.
takhirviolinest 2 years ago
Hefzibah Menuhin plays fantastic!
gugolq 2 years ago
This is a fine example of Yehudi on an off night, I think. Some would say after his twenties, every night was an off night. But still, he says so much. He, along with Heifetz, Oistrakh, and few others can truly make the violin sing. A genuinely operatic quality the violinist must possess in order to compete with the piano in this piece. So even if not at his best here, appreciate the ravishing vibrato, the suave phrasing, the subtle and overt position changes and portamenti, the passion.....
daddy2foots 2 years ago
unbelieveable piece of art... great performance.
Snuggelz220290 2 years ago
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This is the most tentative violin playing I have ever heard, except in undergraduate student recitals. And the pianist sounds careful. In the short introduction - she does not establish a steady pulse. Freedom? No. Ineptitude - yes.
organman52 2 years ago
lol, the first times Gould appeared in public, he sat so low that the keyboar was about... what, his shoulders? still, was the result any bad?
and about that decline youre talking about... i seriously dont see it in any musician. Well, the finger's bones get old and rusty? sure. But if i close my eyes, i cant say the diference, and the music - what really music is, that line that sets notes from masterpieces - oh, that only gets better.
like wine!
pendragon402 2 years ago
Aaaahhhh...those harmonies...had to be Franck!
anjulirobin 3 years ago
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This was rly boring played of Menuhin. really
Baugzors 3 years ago
LOL XD
So sincere...
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XxwolfZrainxX 3 years ago
Very good overall, but IMHO not as exceptional as Menuhin's reputation would lead you to expect. The bowing is lacking intensity, comes across as a somewhat indifferent, unplanned and hurried brushing exercise. It's as if he has some irrational aversion against the utilization of the "frogmost" 30% of his bow. The penalty for the accumulation of continual small bowing quality risks is paid at 04:26 with the unfortunate climax note.
kgskaug 3 years ago
whoever wrote these two comments has absolutely no sense of musical integrity or understanding of musical thought. Menuhin's phrasing, sound, musical architecture, the purity of his tone are just some of the qualities of this musical giant has offered. don't look whether his bow was not straight or some idiotic technical problems. shut up and listen.you might even learn something.
don't write stupid comments until you can play a quarter like this.
szeszterk 3 years ago
Please stop and think before you try to characterize something as core as someone's "musical integrity / understanding". If you read my comment again you will see that I am merely trying to describe an oddity in Menuhin's technique, a visible inhibition. I don't believe in Saints, someone whose every dimple should somehow be excused by his generally accepted Mastership. Every performing artist has his peak, after which technique seems to only go downhill.
kgskaug 3 years ago 3
(continued) So how should we judge the performances of these old masters? Should we somehow post-credit them with the superior skills that they once had, combined with the wisdom of lifelong musicianship? Clearly there's a line behind which the inescapable regression detracts noticeably from the result. Old Masters with a big cushion of public credit are perhaps more vulnerable to inadvertently cross that line.
kgskaug 3 years ago 3
anyway on a positive note, who is the pianist?
ealing40 2 years ago
The pianist is Menuhin's sister, Hepzibah.
szeszterk 2 years ago 2
Huh, only on a video such as this would the arguments in the comments be so written with proper spelling and grammar. I find this somewhat funny, but a sad comment of youtube overall.
Also, imperfections aside, I really enjoyed this performance.
nietzschelion 2 years ago
you said it, blue-bones.
Bolinas1971 2 years ago
@kgskaug I know you! You are a famous digital era generator of high quantities of stupid words
assa123assa123 10 months ago
Splendida pianista che con le sue mani tesse la melodia di accompagnamento al dolcissimo e appassionato motivo del violino.
tissi53 3 years ago
Correct me if I'm wrong, the piano line is slightly different in some places from the original?
Anyway, it's purely marvellous. Many thanks for the poster.
myse1f 3 years ago
It's Yehudi Menuhin and his sister Hephzibah!Marvellous pianist!!
asteri383 3 years ago 7
Marvellous. Thanks to the poster. Could you please give us the name of the pianist? She's also playing without a score.
musicdivinemusic 3 years ago
Sublime, grazie.
MacApp1966 4 years ago
Est-ce l'oeuvre dont Proust a fait l'un des éléments importants de La Recherche?
hadrien45 4 years ago