Tchaikovsky violin concerto - 1st movement - 1st part

[prodipe23]

She is from Romania not Bulgaria.

[roxyocasta]

ella y Jasha H. comparten una tecnica similar y a mi parecer son los dos unicos que le dan ese matiz no tan "ruso" (o como lo han intentado hacer los interpretes rusos y que a mi parecer han tergiversado el original significado de esta composicion) yo creo que Tchaikovsky hubiese estado satisfecho de haberla escuchado!!

[asuboff619]

Bravo to the Bulgarian Babe --what passion!!--but what's up with the cartoons?

[5paulap]

wow.... The more you listen to her, the more you like it.

[bughitza]

I listen also on youtube and other playing the same master piece, they are all good, but this one... it has something... quelque chose... it is special and I think is the best interpretation of this piece of music. I am just an amateur, is my humble opinion

[supercalavagilistic]

oh my :') silvia marcovici really does deserve more recognition as a violinist.

[menusis]

hermosa morocha

[afternoonish]

this is beautiful.

[alcool]

meraviglioso...



[coraltuber]

I was lucky enough to see her perform the concerto at Ravinia with CSO, probably around 1975. I also think she mastered it, I liked her interpretation as well as any violinist. And I remember her tossing her long black hair in the cadenzas.

[GerardDrozd]

Great rendition!

[Wishrachi]

All the artists have their own way of expressing music. I like silvia's way of playing.

[MT22202]

She is the best and standard of how Tchaikovski should be played. Not perlman not zukerman not bell not hahn. simply the best I have ever heard in my entire music career. listen to her dynamic sound and intonation and perfect tempo progression of music. bravo! Magnificent performer. I just wish I had chance to see more of her performance in USA . when she was younger. must have been great then she is all time best. this is one piece no one can top.

[333mrwill]

She was 28 years old at the time of this performance. My word, she was beautiful.

[unclejuniorsoprano]

The only bad thing about this video is the annoying art work that kept popping up when all I wanted to see was the violinist at work.

[supisto]

I think she should feel the music more and let the violin vibrate naturally and nor forcefully. I'm not an expert in music and I just started playing the violin, but the passion when you play is very important to me ;)

[1983Corcho]

Amazing and pretty girl

[mrwasbesonders]

Fantastic. Passion, power, and devoid of histrionics.

[8kt8]

that's about what i mean

[jtrstrings]

this is an INCREDIBLE performance!!! Be sure to find Tchaikovsky violin concerto - 1st movement - 2nd part.

[henryprost]

Damn... the little snowy village appeared just in the damn part i wanted to watch closely ¬¬

[ursamajorks]

Silvia Marcovici's style and fingering is such a joy to watch, I wish there was a version of this vid without the interruption by scenic displays.

[forcesorcery]

Epic, I can't figure out why there're 31 poor people unable to understand this masterpiece.

[AfroPoli]

She is the woman of my dreams (because of her playing and her looks)... ;) Perfection!

[DDTriumph]

Poesia....pura poesia ;)

[Felespiller]

Just great wow!

[Funksobraza]

Yes guys, we are Russian, not only are able to drink =)

[yscslim]

wow absolutely fantastic !

[BCS34]

Silvia Marcovici can do no wrong, in my book. The folk art is pretty brilliant too.

[hmmmmusic]

she has an excellent singing voice!

[grabagoodone]

Many people can play this, but few have your strength, especially women players. Thank you.

[Rakericc]

This is really great! you're so beautiful

[Jedum]

She was 28 here...and hot...;)

[Kapputschino12]

Everything loud and always the same.Loud and pseudopassionate.

[ehjail]

wow

[gpelaez]

Very good song, knew about it from a reference from The fountainhead book.

[KosteckiAdam]

Bravo !

[milfil2000]

very nice sound...everybody plays slower than Heifetz...

[GreenCirclesx]

wow, i didn't know she's romanian...

[trendypity]

WONDERFUL

[jerome399]

Musique du film pfff ça déchire mais bon faut aimer quoi

[amigos170989]

esta tan sorprendente que odiiie las imagenes jejjee...

pues estaba tan emocionada viendo la habilidad de sus manos y su expresión .....

wow!!

[BCS34]

oody marvellous - if you'll pardon my ffrench

[Verbal2007]

she is ^^

[yellotheemcee]

apart from the little screw up at 542ish this is i think my 2nd favorite interpretation of this concerto

[Ting10192]

what's your favorite then? curious....^^

[yellotheemcee]

i've been liking suwannai alot lately

[lovemetu]

To yellotheemcee ....What is your favourite ? I like Sarah Chang the best amazing for 11 years old as an youtube ,but so many fine versions on youtube ,I agree this artist is wonderfull

[rjkbuny]

If you like Sarah Chang, you can find her all over youtube, there are a lot of her performances as an adult, too. I like both performers a lot, but I think, with Sarah, you can usually see from her experssion that she just loves music.

[lovemetu]

Thanks for your comments,yes I know and love her work as an adult too !!

Yes as you say I also notice the love of her music by her little looks and expressions on her sweet face ,Love Van Cliburn as well ,master of tchaikovsky piani concerto no 1

[1990spartan]

simplemente magnifico, cuando escucho esa parte me da vueltas la cabeza, y me hace viajar a otro mundo, y con solo ver la violinista expresar la musica de tal manera me vuelve loco...

[1990spartan]

7:53!!!! bonito

[yamamshu]

So beautiful! The music is beautiful too.

[anachoretta]

love it!

[quartercherries]

he's thinking, "why aren't they listening?"

[marrieter08]

O.O

[lugo1997]

hermoso muy hermoso todo

[anfrisio]

Fantastic!!

[harukailoveyou]

5:16 !!!!

[ParanoidAndroid696]

I want to have her babies

[dsm2240]

This was in 1980, when she was 28. She is 57 now. :)

[OriginalMoonbeam]

Absolutely lovely rendering--I like the relishing of those particularly beautiful passages, no need to hurry over those gorgeous notes so that they are just a "blur"...I would rather savor them a bit

[elvisfernandes]

At 2:03~2:04 she played an A that didn't sound very well ... someone else heard that? Or am I being crazy?

[MIchaelYiochalas]

Yeah,a little lower.But great overall performance!

[kger101]

you are correct there...Although other than that she did very well..

[Violincrazy]

@elvisfernandes no its a tad sharp :D better than i could do tho

[charlierome]

Thanks for posting this!  I heard and saw Ms. Marcovici performing in Bucharest in 1972-1974, when I was there as a Fulbright scholar. One minor gripe though: I would rather look at Ms. Marcovici than at the naive art you have interspersed throughout this video.

[SonoPortoricano]

Yeah, that art kinda screwed up the video.

[2007wesman]

It's impossible in the sense of being the most "annoying" concerto ever, because of the extremely outstanding solo part. Every mistake is heard loudly, and noticeably.

[ydrapdivad]

Love it. Absolutely love it. And I just love Tchaikovsky in general. A few of his pieces bring me so close to tears every single time I hear them. I just can't help it.

[eutuve]

and you are jealous of him or her ?

[trantor41]

I have no idea what the specialists are talking about , I just love the music for what it is ---,superb .

[mangoman500]

why is it called the impossible violin concerto?

it doesnt look impossible, like it doesnt seem insanely fast or extreme octave stuff

[44Bigs]

The first perfomance of this concert was intented for Leopold Auer, however he declared it impossible to play after which it was premiered by Adolph Brodsky.

I'm not a violinist, but I think this is pretty much one of the hardest pieces for violin in existence.

[Evaelin]

It's called the impossible violin concerto, because if you don't play it exactly right, each note perfect, everyone will catch it. Other songs, when you play them, they can have a wrong note, and most people won't notice. Of course, this piece also has to be very emotionally beautiful as well, or it's nothing. Most people think that fast songs are hardest, but the truth is, with fast songs, no one will catch your mistakes. With long notes, there's longer time for others to hear your errors.

[PeerlessWonder]

This is an AWESOME violin piece.

I thought I was all gangsta playing Saints Row listening to rap and shit but when I heard this on Saints Row! ....it changed my WHOLE LIFE. Now I quit the gangsta crap! for real!

[Nefacius]

Then check out "Cunninlynguists" with their amazing song "lynguistic" it's the best hiphop i've ever heard based on this concert (7:58)

[gretchenne]

@PeerlessWonder are you just trying to get thumbs up or something ??! Rap is not crap it's just a different kind of music ! i bet you couldn't say what you just wrote to your ''gangsta'' friends out there ... anyways you're saying shit man

[SkrPchr3]

@gretchenne

I'm not sure if he said that rap is crap. He said: "Now I quit the gangsta crap!"

Maybe he was referring to rap, maybe to that game he was playing, or maybe just to the idea of being "gangsta"

[ericgable]

@gretchenne Rap is not art, to me it's not even considered music. It is just a bunch of crap words and loud bass to entertain people who listen. In my opinion rap is over rated and have no meaning. Half the stuff people say on rap songs make no sense, and majority of the time their talking about sex, drugs, and violence. That is not art to me, and if people listen to this and actually understand it they will never go back to that crappy low class music. Sorry people that is the truth.

[8kt8]

@ericgable you are crappy

[ericgable]

@8kt8 No, I am just a person who consider high class music to be great. And low class music like rap to be very annoying and very un-artistic.

[outoftunefiddler]

@ericgable Yes, I agree....The difference, perhaps, is here we have rhythm, harmony and melody..Such a thing does not happen in rap :(

[gretchenne]

@ericgable an Opinion is not the truth... I pity all of you narrow-minded people who can't appreciate different kinds of art

[jonjonz91]

@gretchenne well as the nickname suggests, he probably can't anyway since he's 'peerless' and is wonderful at that.

[zerozen2108]

@gretchenne No, he's right. Rap is pretty shitty music. Come back and post here when you're tired of listening to tacky dudes speak in rhyme about how much money they spend and how many hoes they banged

[gretchenne]

@zerozen2108 I don't know how to say that in english but : «les goûts sont dans la nature..»

[CroniCP]

@PeerlessWonder have you (or anyone here for that matter) checked out cunnilynguists- lynguistics? uses a sample from this song. sick beat and great lyrics. AUDITORY OVERLOAD!!!

[Mrlojo69]

@PeerlessWonder check the newmovie"the concert" awesome

[TK2008BEST]

@PeerlessWonder LOL

[dodiezresibemol]

@PeerlessWonder Similarly, my life changed completely 10 years ago, after downloading accidentally! from the primitive, slow sharing networks we had in Romania a J.S. Bach piece. I was also rapping. But it was that one Bach song that changed my life. Now I am working with Baroque music and organizing concerts and a lot of beautiful cultural events!

[selina4]

Reply to BeammeupSpotty part IV:Silvia Marcovici plays in a fuller,rounder and introverted way and Midoro Goto in a more staccato, extroverted way.Both however are great musicians in their own way.I like Midoro Goto better but this piece is and stays Tschaichovsky, not Mozart. I think you misinterpret the movements of the conductor as well:the intensified movements of his arms are meant as guide for the other musicians to join in and for crescendo. The smile on his face 0.50-0.52 says it all.

[selina4]

Reply to BeammeupSpotty part III: Both however are great musicians in their own way. I like Midoro Goto better but this piece is and is Tchaichovsky, not Mozart. If you play these two versions simultaneously (start with the first note until the last note of the 1st part), youll see that theres merely a difference of 1-2 seconds. If it would be that slow as some suggest, the difference would be much bigger.

[Avelyn81]

Although I like other versions of the 3rd movement better, I really like her rendition of this movement. She has a really nice full sound.

[latrampakematolosito]

beautiful

[Chateautje]

this is probably my favorite piece of classical music, it's so intense.

[guldklimp]

I totally agree!

[whenultra]

She is a young violinist, approaching the cantabile qualities of the melodic strain is in her favor, she will no doubt bring it up to speed with time.

[musicobrasil]

Foi este concerto que me fez descobrir o fantástico mundo da música erudita...muito linda essa interpretaçao , bravo!!!

[BeammeupSpotty]

I got thumbs down on my comments below so I listened to it again today and I've got say it still seems too slow. This is a concerto, not a romance. It should be pyro technical, impossible to play, but this playing (though nice) is just too slow. See the conductor in the intro, he seems to be gesturing, come on, let's go, but alas it stays stuck in slow gear. Although the playing is very beautiful it doesn't strike me as a concerto when played at this speed. The hard parts don't sound hard.

[SpritesRawesome]

Do you play violin? Do you even play an instrument? Violin is pretty much crazy hard. And yes, I don't suck. I've played 7-8 years I think maybe 7 years private lessons. And this music sounds like a concerto. Even for the first movement. But I guess they could have played it a bit faster. But the 3rd movement is supposed to be the fastest!

[selina4]

Reply to BeammeupSpotty part I: I listened to several other versions of the 1st movement part 1 and they all have about the same speed. There's hardly any difference. The major difference is in the art of playing: this version tends to a more legato way of playing whereas e,.g. the version with Midori Goto is more staccato. That's why it sounds much slower whereas there's hardly any difference. Because of the legato everything sounds not only slower but also heavier. It isn't slower, though.

[selina4]

Reply to BeammeupSpotty part II: If you play these two versions simultaneously (start with the first note until the last note of the 1st part), youll see that theres merely a difference of 1-2 seconds. If it would be that slow as some suggest, the difference would be much bigger. Both have their own interpretation and style, Silvia Marcovici playing in a fuller, rounder and introverted way and Midoro Goto in a more staccato, extroverted way.

[BeammeupSpotty]

Thanks. Good comments.

[selina4]

Thanks for your reply BeammeupSpotty (great name, by the way!) and for the fact that you don't feel offended. Some people do unfortunately although my comments are always meant in a positive way. Thanks. Cheers.

[meomr]

Mi concierto favorito... gracias por tenerlo aqui !!! Espero que muchos lo disfruten !

[BeammeupSpotty]

too slow

[carrottoponcrak]

i think this ones slower than oistrakh's lmao

[BiffTheUnderstudy]

lol

[cleaverp]

And you of course could play it faster? Blindfold and with only one hand.

[dhm0325]

it's a bit slow, however, everyone has different interpretations.

& I don't really like her style.

[bbacio]

I think,If Tchaikovsky would have seen this performance, he would smile of compassion with what he had wanted to tell us

[nekobane2279]

最高の作品の一つ

アメリカ映画でこの曲をパクったものがあったが

あれもまたよい

[kiroualekou]

for me tchaikovsky and brahms violin concerto's are unbeatable and marcovici on this interpretation is my favourite; perlmann on brahms (no video of marcovici on brahms); they are heavenly beautifull!!!thank you sooo much-merci tellement!!si j'arrivais a le jouer moi-meme ce serait encore mieux...mais c'est pas facile...

[franksta1391]

7:57 Lynguistics!!

[shwarts]

boo! half the song? wtf is with that, compile it if your going to post it noirespirit2004!

[amanjahaha]

there's a second part, just look in noirespirit2004's videos-

[nezykaangel]

Perfect! heavenl¨y!

[Tappinfool66]

Who is she? Whoever she is she's stunning tho. I love this piece and i think she plays it better than anyone I've heard so far. Beautifully done! I especially love from 7:44 to the end of this clip

[DrLuu1972]

Very touching and remarkable performance. A well-accomplished violinist ever lives.

[jotaeme14]

que alucinante ...............

[pacoare]

A partir de 7:44 viene la parte más emocional de la interpretación. Es realmente hermosa.

[Tappinfool66]

Estoy de acuerdo completemente - me encanta!

[haykhhh]

very very beatuiful sound!!! VERY!!!

[takamori400]

Superb!!　This is breath taking! I cannot find a word!

[apache302]

Hermosa interpretacion de un Tchaikovsky que siempre me duele.Personalmente es el dolor de una partida, Es mi mas grande ausencia

[Amarutito]

awesome !

[pasu11]

bravo!!! *clap clap*

thanks for sharing :P

[Gogulancelot]

I see (pt) Her when she had 20 yo in my city (romania) was very beatiful with more talent and temperament

[altonoir]

such a balanced and poised interpretation!....bravissimo!­!!...

[qwer830103]

She is very good at violin!

So beautiful

it is very touching

[olderthanworld]

Wonderful piece !

... Sometimes, it reminds me of "The Right Stuff" especially at 06:35-07:00 ^^

[elperronegro]

I thought the very same thing. During the dancer, and when Chuck Yeager crashes in the cutaway scene? I love this, I liked it even as kid and couldn't figure out why.

[jimmy90292]

great talent.  wonderful

[iamwjy]

fabulous!

[dsm2240]

kengino: This concerto is brutal, no doubt. Have you mastered the Mendelssohn, Bach, and Beethoven concerti yet?

[kengino001]

im practising this for the moment.....

it's just so hhaarrddd ......

[adrivaz1]

Silvia Marcovici tiene para mí la técnica más depurada que se puede tener con un violín. Su presencia en el escenario es increible.

[maurice0773]

Peccato che spesso non c'è sincronia tra audio e video, ma l'interpretazione e il violinismo della Marcovici è meraviglioso,anche se l'intonazione dei passaggi più difficili non è sempre perfetta, è paragonabile alle grandi interpretazioni di questo concerto. Il violino della Marcovici sembra di taglio leggermente più piccolo, potrebbe essere un Amati? E' una ragazza molto bella, qualcuno sa cosa fa oggi?

[wuhanhe]

I love her performance. Also, she looks very beautiful, slightly like Monalisa from one angle, but more beautiful than her. The violin is an old Italian or French one, I believe.

[wuhanhe]

Who can tell me what instrument she uses? Strad? It makes a great sound!

[trumpet1977]

bravo SILVIA! SHE IS FROM ROMANIA......AND SHE IS BRILLIANT!

[menusis]

Qué morocha tan interesante! (disculpen lo poco musical de mi comentario pero me resulta muy sexy)

[theoceanave]

Her playing is splendid as usual - very large, robust tone, and the conductor does a good job with the orchestra.  But she doesn't do enough with the dynamics. It's all just kind of 'forte'. And yes, the video is often not in sync with the music. What the hell is with those annoying paintings?!

[OrchDork500]

I agree about the paintings. i never even noticed that she is inall forte because of all the stupid paitings. but none the less, she is very sharp and precise about the music. I think she's awesome.

[tommasone85]

Questa ragazza è bravissima,grande espressione,potenza di suono,precisione e ha pure un gran bel violino.Questa è una delle interpretazioni più belle di questo concerto,non ha nulla da invidiare ai grandi nomi del violino.COMPLIMENTI!

[bioken007]

heavenly beautiful very powerful i like her version

[Vittorello]

Love this piece. Love the way this woman plays.

[sailoupette]

It's great I love this concerto

but it's kind of annoying to watch because the video is delayed from the music.

[breakout0175]

her vibrato is so friggin fast its amazing

[Siminaaaaaaa]

Yes ..She is romananian...so what???!!!....you think that romanians are not good enough to be genious musicians ...in this case...violonists...?....well.­..let me tell you smt....you are really ingnorant if u think that!!>:P

[YsayevBach]

Brilliant, Bravo!

[marrieter08]

lovely concerto

[jimmy90292]

no kidding

[marrieter08]

lovely concerto

[nogita1000]

She's romanian??!!

[cleopatra11]

yes, she is

[chazzunusmaven]

Interesting body movements throughout the piece or is it my imagination, like the backward movement?

Other than that she is fantastic. Where is the 2nd Movement?

[belowsabove]

wow i sat through almost the whole video thinking wow this orchestra is sweet cause they are lagging behind the conductor so much until i realized that the audio was not in synch.

anyway, this is one of the best versions of this song that ive heard

[184928237]

haha. imagine a conductor a full two bars ahead of the fricking orchestra.

Gotta say the soloist sounds a little sharp, unrefined. maybe thats because I've been listening to Perlman lately.

[Beffnay]

haha ye i thought here bow changes were kinda smooth!...

[marccreate]

This girl moves me. She also does not jump around like a maniac as does Pine and Bell, not to mention Miriam Fried who looks like a prong. Beautiful tone, great technique--but it all comes out as music.

[dsm2240]

Did she defect from Romania when it was a Communist country, or move to France after 1989?

[tangasescu]

what's with the excessive reverb on the violin?

[whoreofhearts]

Not to mention Aaron Copland ;]

[Violinfanatic]

Yeah, How could I forget to mention him? I guess because there are so many successful artists American and non-American, you just can't name them all. George Gershwin, I forgot to mention him as well.

[OrchDork500]

Can sumone plz explain why cartoon characters r in this thing?

[DualThunder]

yeah. she was known for he big wide and romantic vribrato. After playing internationally she learnt to control it and she developed a more contained vibrato. There are very few decent female players.

[BeammeupSpotty]

wow, I listened to Perlman, Heifitz and Oistrakh and had fun looking at the differences between their left hands when I clicked this one on. Very nice. She's got a great vibrato. Well done.

[dsm2240]

Look under "About this video" on the right side :)

[mantomasz]

great! whats name of this women?

[LaTaula]

mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm!

[BenChanViolin]

(oops, posted twice... sorry!)

[dsm2240]

I love this performance. I listen to it every day I can!

[jdwalker84]

saxon...you are a complete moron.