NO DOUBT players like Heifetz and Perelman come once in a lifetime....he learned the finger board backwards and forwards there wasn't any note he didn't know or play and his bow arm was superb always straight across the strings.
I have listened to this many times but recently tried to find a different performer playing this piece just to hear it with more advanced recording technology. I listened to several and just couldn't stand them. It's hard to listen to Heifetz play this piece and then try to hear someone else play it, he sets the bar too high. Once you go Heifetz, you never go back!
He had phenomenal musical memory and grasp and beautiful hand formation. Started learning at 3 and by the time this video was taken, he estimated he spent not less than 66000 hours playing and practicing the violin. He still had about 50 years of violin playing left... that's 5.5 h/day average
Not to mention learning the piano, being fluent in 4 languages and all the other studies while hectically touring. Gifted yes, but how many would even consider working so hard and make it look so easy?
After re-watching this 20 times, I noticed something. He's not just playing those artificial harmonics at 3:00. He's playing them all over the damn place. You know how hard it is to play those cleanly on a violin? To sprinkle them about in a masterpiece like this, spitting them out left and right like sunflower seeds, at that tempo, is inhuman.
@MrStrangeSensation But wait...then comes 3:03!! I never play that part for violinist colleagues without first making sure there are no sharp objects lying around. Fiddle players often become suicidal after listening to Heifetz.
For anyone how knows a little bit about playing the violine, this performance is shocking. Never before has the world seen a violinist so brilliant. Will we ever be able to hear a violinst playing this good again? I doubt it.
he made it look so easy that I printed it out with my last pieces of paper that I needed for school. I thought I would be able to play it just like him. I then realized that I was trying to play god thinking that I could perfect this piece in an hour. Now the pages are just sitting on my desk. XD
@Pvviolinist no im talking about those ppl who always criticize him and compare him to other violinist for themselves look good, i love sir Heifetz from the very bottom of my heart....
@randomdude1020 Not to mention how incredibly efficient his practice techniques were. According to Eric Friedman his student, he was a phenomenal practice machine (not in a negative sense), but in quality work and knew how to extract the absolute maximum benefit possible from even the smallest bit of input.
@randomdude1020 By the time this video was made (1939), Heifetz estimated that he had spent 66,000 (SIXTY SIX THOUSAND) HOURS playing and practicing the instrument not to mention the amount of thought and study that went into developing his musicality.
Which comes out to an incredible 5 hours and 20 minutes of AVERAGE practice per day since he took up the instrument. He was at this point roughly midway through his career and played the violin till his death for ANOTHER 48 years. Satisfied?
Being a New England Conservatory of Music Graduate back in 1978, I would have to rate Heifetz as one of the best musicians of all time :) I also know his Granddaughter and she is really a nice person and quite talented as a dance instruction teacher in the Boston area
Heifetz - nonpareil - paragon of perfection!! There are many other great violinists also in the exalted ! Heifetz Celestial Sphere ! but in my humble opinion there was something extraordinary in the playing of Heifetz. When one is judging violinists at the highest of level , personal opinions are formed by our own terms of references and often our subconscious emotions react instinctively when some extraordinary playing is manifest!! Even Perlman was dumbstruct !!
Yeah, I hate those comments! When I grow up... I just hope that I won't grow confidence of my violin skills to the point that I criticize these great musicians.
to the 24 people that disliked this why did you even bother? You're way out of your league even being here, fuck off back to your squirrel holes of popular culture and don't come back, fuckers.
Man! Is that bow arm made of steel or something ? Perfect double stops and the stacatto and spicatto are just unreal. The rhythms and expressions and range of tones and emotions is unbelievable. And that finger vibrato.. What control ! And he looks so calm throughout. But man it's harsh, I expect sparks to fly off the strings where I hear music.
If he can do that much on stage, he should be capable of MUCH more overall as a musician. Stage music is only one part of being an artiste.
@Sungize Not that I don't agree with your sentiments, that we shouldn't judge so harshly, but if you watch interviews and documentaries that talk about the top violinists of the time, it really was everyone's opinion, those of people like Menuhin, Milstein and the like, that Heifetz was undoubtedly the top guy at the time.
i think this is the best display of heifetz's playing technique, even better than in the video where he plays the paganini caprice No. 24, anyone else agrees?
Anyone that doesn't get it just doesn't get it! No splicing, or fixing in the mix in those days. Either you could do it all the way through or not. And Heifetz could.
Anyone who says Heifetz is cold or unmusical is an idiot. It's one thing not to like his tone or interpretations, but to actually objectively criticize his playing/musicianship is moronic.
@yscslim Why does there always have to be a hierarchy? They were all wonderful violinist, and there are countless other violinist of the same caliber that you can't just give the cold shoulder to.
omg omg omg god bless the person that put this vid on youtube! It is SOOO AWESOME! Idk about everyone else, but Heifetz plays it in the best style that I could possibly picture for this piece; showy, and all this tempo up and down!! It is such a cool interpretation!! I play it as I close as I can right now, but WOW his sound and technique and vibrato etc-- GODLY!!!! Love Heifetz cuz he is totally a master at the violin!!! And even more wieniawski the best violin concerto composer EVER!!! Thanks!
@Macmerrill Wow you are awesome! and I totally agree with you! The style of the piece, and Heifetz's play-- yeah I've agreed since forever haha Well it's too bad that you didn't get to learn from Heifetz-- but you must be like a prodigy to have been that closee!!!! Wow I am so inspired haha thanks for sharing!
@laase132 I understand where you're coming from, however, Heifetz was a true master. He had no need to prove his talents to anyone, I think he plays it this fast because that's just his style, He really plays it with an intensity like no other, and I think that's what he attempts to express more than anything.
AAAAAAAAAAAAAA!! yo Amo esta canción!! es tan happy!!! ademas es con la que len dejo boquiabiertos a todos en la primera selección del concurso!! jajajajajaja es demasiado hermosa!!
jajajajajajaja no!! no toco tan bien como el eske te confundiste con lo que dije jajaja ^-^ yo me referia a ke Len (Len es el nombre de una persona que toca demasiado bien como jascha) los dejo a todos boquiabiertos en la primera seleccion del concurso en un programa....ojala yo tocara asi!! soy re mala pero voy majorando!!!
I have learned the Accolay, Mozart 3, Symphonie Espagnole (Lalo), Mendelssohn, and Mozart 5 (in order). I have played for only 4 years. What do you suggest next? I am interested in Vieuxtempts 4/5,Saintsaens 3, and Barber, etc. What do you suggest?
This is perfection in the best sense of the word! And look at the angles --of his bowing arm, elbow, wrist and hand, the incredible suppleness.... The variety of tone and the incredible energy are just without parallel.
It would be nice but even with this inferior recording, it's still breathtaking and I have to say that the particular sound that the recording equipment used presents adds something that I like. Hell of a run on sentence.
For Heifetz, apart from his impeccable technique on the left hand, the amazing control on pressure and bow speed he uses on the right hand is what makes his tone unique and incomparable. I love it!!
@mariannexdenisse You got that right!! The only other violinist I ever saw in my life who could move so much bow, so quickly over the strings was David Oistrakh. But then, there you have it : Heifetz and Oistrakh - the two greatest violinists of the 20th century. Of course who one likes the most is always a matter of personal taste, but ask any professional violinst which two were the greatest, and 9 times out of 10 you'll get this answer.
@pspoverdrive My father was the same way. He was concert violinist. If I made him angry at 1 and he went to practice a few minutes later it sounded he was trying to rehearse his concerto on a jackhammer. But had the same type of deadpan Heifetz used. Dad would always calm down in time for the evening performance
When I was a kid, I was taken to a Heifetz concert at the Hollywood Bowl by my violin teacher who also studied with Leopold Auer...... we sat in a box some 20 yards from the stage ...... Heifetz played the Tchaikovsky violin concerto. He was a real dead pan. He never cracked a smile. The playing was brilliant!
I tried playing this like last year but stopped once I heard him play it.... He's totally amazing... I wish I could play half as well as he can...
ChristianMichel107 7 hours ago
...........Perfect
KyeongJooShin 1 day ago
must be scary to play like that,this man is GOD.
milstein91 6 days ago
Vengerov's version sounds sloppy after listening to this.
patrckhh20 1 week ago in playlist Favorite videos
NO DOUBT players like Heifetz and Perelman come once in a lifetime....he learned the finger board backwards and forwards there wasn't any note he didn't know or play and his bow arm was superb always straight across the strings.
plee13821 2 weeks ago
I have listened to this many times but recently tried to find a different performer playing this piece just to hear it with more advanced recording technology. I listened to several and just couldn't stand them. It's hard to listen to Heifetz play this piece and then try to hear someone else play it, he sets the bar too high. Once you go Heifetz, you never go back!
TopRameen13 3 weeks ago
Where can I get the sheet music online for free someone please tell me
kikisuite223 1 month ago
@kikisuite223 4shared pal ;D
kaynanLisboa 1 week ago
heifetz doesn't need to sway dramatically to show his greatness
hetaobeast 1 month ago
I’m going to play that but now I listen him and I feel I don’t deserve it :(
blancamgv 1 month ago
Extreme relaxation here...
oldgoat5 2 months ago
i am a master at this up until 0:03
mrbeng111 2 months ago
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mrbeng111 2 months ago
incredible....almost no rubatis and he still doesn't collaps...
amazing!
liavyou 2 months ago
I got through the first 8 lines without dying then came 0:30 ...
mrbeng111 2 months ago
SEE WHAT YOU CAN DO WITH A CHEAP CHINESE FIDDLE, ONE STRING, AND A BOW WITH ONLY THREE HORSE HAIRS!
ROFL!
:^)
BOW ON DEAR YASCHA, WE LOVES YA!
jehovahuponyou 2 months ago
<3!!!!!!!!!!!
brendamendiola 2 months ago
He had phenomenal musical memory and grasp and beautiful hand formation. Started learning at 3 and by the time this video was taken, he estimated he spent not less than 66000 hours playing and practicing the violin. He still had about 50 years of violin playing left... that's 5.5 h/day average
Not to mention learning the piano, being fluent in 4 languages and all the other studies while hectically touring. Gifted yes, but how many would even consider working so hard and make it look so easy?
ksviewerx 3 months ago
This guy is the Chuck Norris of violin.
1bateleur 3 months ago 35
And again
vokuheila 4 months ago
I just came
vokuheila 4 months ago
After re-watching this 20 times, I noticed something. He's not just playing those artificial harmonics at 3:00. He's playing them all over the damn place. You know how hard it is to play those cleanly on a violin? To sprinkle them about in a masterpiece like this, spitting them out left and right like sunflower seeds, at that tempo, is inhuman.
MrStrangeSensation 4 months ago
@MrStrangeSensation But wait...then comes 3:03!! I never play that part for violinist colleagues without first making sure there are no sharp objects lying around. Fiddle players often become suicidal after listening to Heifetz.
assindiastignani 2 months ago
lmao. this man is just going for a walk in the park. too easy.
sirphilipgreen 4 months ago
An absolute master of the violin playing a master piece. I am yet to see the like!
Studenthb 4 months ago
2:59
Catch those artificial harmonics? SICK
MrStrangeSensation 4 months ago
this guy was fucking GIFTED. It comes so naturally to him, he actually looks bored.
MrStrangeSensation 4 months ago
yeah.. wdf dude. Y U SO GOOD.
lol seriously D:
MrAgentCooki 5 months ago
I just think.... If this guy were alive his fingers and his bow arm + hand should be classified as legal weapons.
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ArhkXi 5 months ago
:O. No comments.....
lemaykimbakura 5 months ago
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mrcraigjohnsonful 5 months ago
I FIGURED IT OUT!!! EXTRA FINGERS SURGICALLY PLACED UNDER HIS ORIGINAL FINGERS>>> GENEOUS Jascha Heifetz but I gotcha.
beastn13 5 months ago
he makes it look easy b/c it is easy for him
hohoemi1294 5 months ago
For anyone how knows a little bit about playing the violine, this performance is shocking. Never before has the world seen a violinist so brilliant. Will we ever be able to hear a violinst playing this good again? I doubt it.
TheOlsen3600 5 months ago 6
@TheOlsen3600 You are absolutely right! It isn't just the brilliance and astonishing technique, it is the EASE. Unbelievable. The best.
wichitazen 1 month ago
how does he play this!!!!
007kiy123 6 months ago
he made it look so easy that I printed it out with my last pieces of paper that I needed for school. I thought I would be able to play it just like him. I then realized that I was trying to play god thinking that I could perfect this piece in an hour. Now the pages are just sitting on my desk. XD
Pvviolinist 6 months ago
i hate ppl who criticize sir Heifetz,
he is the best that's just it...
TheHeretor 6 months ago
@TheHeretor I hope you aren't talking to me because I LOVE Heifetz. He is my role model
Pvviolinist 6 months ago
@Pvviolinist no im talking about those ppl who always criticize him and compare him to other violinist for themselves look good, i love sir Heifetz from the very bottom of my heart....
TheHeretor 6 months ago
@TheHeretor ok just checking. I am his fan too. XD
Pvviolinist 6 months ago
That violin is getting the hell beaten out of it. It is now pure. XD
Pvviolinist 6 months ago
You don't get people this good nowadays. It is sad, really. : (
Pvviolinist 6 months ago
@randomdude1020 Not to mention how incredibly efficient his practice techniques were. According to Eric Friedman his student, he was a phenomenal practice machine (not in a negative sense), but in quality work and knew how to extract the absolute maximum benefit possible from even the smallest bit of input.
ksviewerx 6 months ago
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ksviewerx 6 months ago
@randomdude1020 By the time this video was made (1939), Heifetz estimated that he had spent 66,000 (SIXTY SIX THOUSAND) HOURS playing and practicing the instrument not to mention the amount of thought and study that went into developing his musicality.
Which comes out to an incredible 5 hours and 20 minutes of AVERAGE practice per day since he took up the instrument. He was at this point roughly midway through his career and played the violin till his death for ANOTHER 48 years. Satisfied?
ksviewerx 6 months ago 3
The power at 1:34 is awesome. It is amazing how amazing Heifetz is.
Pvviolinist 6 months ago
my inspiration.
thedeathskittle 6 months ago
how the heck did he do those 10ths so well at 4:14?!?!
randomdude1020 6 months ago
Freaking awesome
bechic21 7 months ago
25 people don't understand what is real music
cartoonangel1 7 months ago in playlist *Jascha Heifetz 4
he is everything a violinist needs to be... amazing :)
EvaSimplesz 7 months ago
Jascha Heifetz is a legend.
Simsonsimsons 7 months ago
25 people heard this, tried to play it like Heifetz and then felt they too had to "break their fiddles across their knees".
ksviewerx 7 months ago
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ksviewerx 7 months ago
I have to practice more often.....
noctis11223344 8 months ago
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srinitaaigaura 8 months ago
好有型
he214abc 8 months ago
Being a New England Conservatory of Music Graduate back in 1978, I would have to rate Heifetz as one of the best musicians of all time :) I also know his Granddaughter and she is really a nice person and quite talented as a dance instruction teacher in the Boston area
DowntownScotty 9 months ago
Просто фантастика!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
VioLil1 9 months ago in playlist Яша Хейфец
Heifetz - nonpareil - paragon of perfection!! There are many other great violinists also in the exalted ! Heifetz Celestial Sphere ! but in my humble opinion there was something extraordinary in the playing of Heifetz. When one is judging violinists at the highest of level , personal opinions are formed by our own terms of references and often our subconscious emotions react instinctively when some extraordinary playing is manifest!! Even Perlman was dumbstruct !!
OEDBrowser 9 months ago
@Sungize thank you
GlooStikk1 9 months ago
If only there were a modern day Heifetz I think I would pay every penny I ever had to be able to take lessons from him!
sethssmallengine 9 months ago
Yeah, I hate those comments! When I grow up... I just hope that I won't grow confidence of my violin skills to the point that I criticize these great musicians.
xultradragonslayerx 9 months ago
to the 24 people that disliked this why did you even bother? You're way out of your league even being here, fuck off back to your squirrel holes of popular culture and don't come back, fuckers.
PizzatheHutt78 10 months ago 2
I guess if there were any such thing as a 'touchdown' in music, this would be it.
PizzatheHutt78 10 months ago
@Sungize you just won the internet
PizzatheHutt78 10 months ago
@Sungize I know right?
Saying this person or that person is horrible is not something one should say, especially if they can't even pick up an instrument themselves.
BloodyLily703 10 months ago
I just love the way this guy plays. I wish i could have met him cause i'm sure he would have been able to teach me so much on the violin.
TheViolinmaniak 10 months ago
soy yo o la siento muy rapida XD
zoemahegirl 10 months ago
How is it possible to play like this!! It's always so thrilling to see these videos. The energy level is unreal! I wish I could have seen him live.
mylittleliam 10 months ago
ELE É UM DOS TRÊS MELHORES VIOLINISTA DE TODOS OS TEMPOS....... OS OUTROS DOIS ERAM DO SÉCULO XVII E XVIII.
AlexandreMessias3000 10 months ago
>: volume won't go high enough
ALySSa7h 10 months ago
The best version of Polonaise I've ever heard :O
nessi096 10 months ago
This man is God
milstein91 11 months ago 31
@Sungize We are the public - those who the music is really meant to please.
(But I still can't understand the nature of those "terrible comments" here, lol...)
LordMgls 11 months ago
Man! Is that bow arm made of steel or something ? Perfect double stops and the stacatto and spicatto are just unreal. The rhythms and expressions and range of tones and emotions is unbelievable. And that finger vibrato.. What control ! And he looks so calm throughout. But man it's harsh, I expect sparks to fly off the strings where I hear music.
If he can do that much on stage, he should be capable of MUCH more overall as a musician. Stage music is only one part of being an artiste.
ksviewerx 11 months ago
this is way too fast... yeah promise-the violin. the piano is just keeping up tempo with the violin.
Fi2pianist 11 months ago
@Fi2pianist Try moving your ears a bit quicker!!
mrwasbesonders 10 months ago
this isn't polonaze!!
aig97523 11 months ago
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ksviewerx 11 months ago
Superb, in every aspect. And yes, I also wish I could hear a better recording.
juanmlleras 11 months ago
fucking hell how is it possible to play like this!
milstein91 1 year ago
piece of cake for him.
impossible far far away dream for me.
CookiiOreos 1 year ago 10
has anyone heard a version of this song where they do a largamente at the part close to the thirds?
aZnCuTiE16933 1 year ago
This is just perfect...
112233someone 1 year ago
Heifetz' interpretation of this piece has always been my favorite, bar none!
TimeStrider 1 year ago
Winiewski najlepszym skrzypakiem!
VariousVariety 1 year ago
Najwyższe mistrzostwo!
majazmuda 1 year ago
@Sungize Not that I don't agree with your sentiments, that we shouldn't judge so harshly, but if you watch interviews and documentaries that talk about the top violinists of the time, it really was everyone's opinion, those of people like Menuhin, Milstein and the like, that Heifetz was undoubtedly the top guy at the time.
And, you know, I'm a Heifetz fan :D
elfslay 1 year ago
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No mistake at all lol.
112233someone 1 year ago
i play this whit my violin and heifetz is the best ive ever seen hes just perfect!
TheDevilQc99 1 year ago
.............but this is wonderfuuuul! and makes this old man smile!
outoftunefiddler 1 year ago
i think this is the best display of heifetz's playing technique, even better than in the video where he plays the paganini caprice No. 24, anyone else agrees?
BadBlueBoy213 1 year ago
Anyone that doesn't get it just doesn't get it! No splicing, or fixing in the mix in those days. Either you could do it all the way through or not. And Heifetz could.
BikeWise1 1 year ago
3:01 holy fuck. :D
MrAgentCooki 1 year ago 3
lol that looks like fast motion
Zhyhm 1 year ago
Wow......Omg... What a fantastic Musician :)
DowntownScotty 1 year ago
Great !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
MrLucio199 1 year ago
Great !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
MrLucio199 1 year ago
At 4:22 heifetz is like "LOL THAT WAS EASY"
AbsoluteZ3R0 1 year ago 2
pcakesxl
I agree with u
so nice
nudistnara 1 year ago
Anyone who says Heifetz is cold or unmusical is an idiot. It's one thing not to like his tone or interpretations, but to actually objectively criticize his playing/musicianship is moronic.
AbsoluteZ3R0 1 year ago 2
@Sungize It's because we are petty and they are not
AbsoluteZ3R0 1 year ago
He's still the king of the violin.
In my opinion, Heifetz its the best and followed by Oistrakh and Menuhin (young). LOL
yscslim 1 year ago 4
@yscslim Why does there always have to be a hierarchy? They were all wonderful violinist, and there are countless other violinist of the same caliber that you can't just give the cold shoulder to.
malikrox 1 year ago
Heifetz is wondrous as always but uhh why does he have to have a hammerman as accompanist…?
vivvpprof 1 year ago
omg omg omg god bless the person that put this vid on youtube! It is SOOO AWESOME! Idk about everyone else, but Heifetz plays it in the best style that I could possibly picture for this piece; showy, and all this tempo up and down!! It is such a cool interpretation!! I play it as I close as I can right now, but WOW his sound and technique and vibrato etc-- GODLY!!!! Love Heifetz cuz he is totally a master at the violin!!! And even more wieniawski the best violin concerto composer EVER!!! Thanks!
musicmaniac489 1 year ago
People, this is a encore showpiece. The whole idea is to showoff what you are capable of.
I am a violinist who has studied with 4 of heifetz's assistants. I was getting ready to go in his class when he died.
Wieniawski was a great violinist composer who succeeded Paggini.
No one can play with the speed and accuracy that is displayed here.
If you've got it flaunt it!
Macmerrill 1 year ago 2
@Macmerrill Wow you are awesome! and I totally agree with you! The style of the piece, and Heifetz's play-- yeah I've agreed since forever haha Well it's too bad that you didn't get to learn from Heifetz-- but you must be like a prodigy to have been that closee!!!! Wow I am so inspired haha thanks for sharing!
musicmaniac489 1 year ago
If you have nothing nice to say; don't say anything at all!
ExtremeBogom 1 year ago
@laase132 I understand where you're coming from, however, Heifetz was a true master. He had no need to prove his talents to anyone, I think he plays it this fast because that's just his style, He really plays it with an intensity like no other, and I think that's what he attempts to express more than anything.
malikrox 1 year ago
@laase132 that's the tempo of the music..
mariannexdenisse 1 year ago
AAAAAAAAAAAAAA!! yo Amo esta canción!! es tan happy!!! ademas es con la que len dejo boquiabiertos a todos en la primera selección del concurso!! jajajajajaja es demasiado hermosa!!
tokutoxmitsukimew 1 year ago
@tokutoxmitsukimew Entonces ya tocas como Jascha?
DUNOZKR 1 year ago
jajajajajajaja no!! no toco tan bien como el eske te confundiste con lo que dije jajaja ^-^ yo me referia a ke Len (Len es el nombre de una persona que toca demasiado bien como jascha) los dejo a todos boquiabiertos en la primera seleccion del concurso en un programa....ojala yo tocara asi!! soy re mala pero voy majorando!!!
tokutoxmitsukimew 1 year ago
@Sungize ..Certainly one of the most sensible and truest opinions expressed on these pages!
Ivanhoe2 1 year ago
My IDOL,My Shining Star,My GOD
cartoonangel1 1 year ago
omg. its old. but it sounds SO high def! he probably was the greatest player of the time!!
firecat225 1 year ago
Indeed the God of violin!
navonil666 1 year ago
Thanks for this. One of my all-time favourites. Is this the 1937 recording?
RWBHere 1 year ago
omg! i envy him!
TheHaengbok007 1 year ago
What a superb fiddler he was!
tachuman 1 year ago
LOVE HIS WAY OF PLAYING AND IS JUST LIKE THE RUSSIAN SCHOOL...
I JUST LOVE IT AND HES ONE OF THE REALLY BIG ONESON VIOLIN...
OKRAM33 1 year ago
now if they can get the toyota robot to play violin like this.. lol :)
Featherpaw21 1 year ago 3
I have learned the Accolay, Mozart 3, Symphonie Espagnole (Lalo), Mendelssohn, and Mozart 5 (in order). I have played for only 4 years. What do you suggest next? I am interested in Vieuxtempts 4/5,Saintsaens 3, and Barber, etc. What do you suggest?
lezare2012 1 year ago
@lezare2012 bruch g minor. Also couldn't hurt to throw some bach in there.
chrillionare 1 year ago
This is perfection in the best sense of the word! And look at the angles --of his bowing arm, elbow, wrist and hand, the incredible suppleness.... The variety of tone and the incredible energy are just without parallel.
scriabiniste 1 year ago
I still can't believe there are people who don't like Heifetz. What isn't there to like about his playing?
brainwasher9876 1 year ago
@brainwasher9876 because some people like the violin and some people don't, not everyone has to like it, if they don't want to.
koreadain 1 year ago
If I use my bow that hard I always snap several hair strands off of the bow.
harino45 1 year ago
I wish I could hear this recorded with modern technology.
pcakesxl 1 year ago 44
@pcakesxl
I don't know about that.
GuidedFireWind 1 year ago
@pcakesxl
I wish I could go back in time and hear it live :( or maybe resurrect Heifetz...God are you listening?
akhoucharmouta 1 year ago
@pcakesxl
It would be nice but even with this inferior recording, it's still breathtaking and I have to say that the particular sound that the recording equipment used presents adds something that I like. Hell of a run on sentence.
wowdanalise 11 months ago
@pcakesxl This is one of the best way to hear it. Brings authenticity to the mixture of the lovely music.
TheExquisiteMusic 11 months ago
@pcakesxl I wish I heard this live
21346678467875AWS 10 months ago
@21346678467875AWS I'm just glad I heard it.
PizzatheHutt78 10 months ago
@pcakesxl heifetz plays this piece so well he goes beyond the limits of technology; perhaps we could all aim for that in our playing.
PizzatheHutt78 10 months ago
@pcakesxl I wish I could hear this live.
alaineth 8 months ago 2
@pcakesxl I wish I could have heard Jascha play live!
thesidewindersleeps 8 months ago
For Heifetz, apart from his impeccable technique on the left hand, the amazing control on pressure and bow speed he uses on the right hand is what makes his tone unique and incomparable. I love it!!
clashtitans2 1 year ago
looks like he is board in the break :D - looking at his figernales
Friedus94 1 year ago
Heifetz's playing is so graceful O.O
rapter9800 1 year ago
His tone is quite clear though. Its simply wonderful, violin has lost this art.
broadripple 1 year ago
For me, it's perfect. That tempo, that agression, that Heifetz-style many don't like... Perfect.
LordMgls 1 year ago
0:33 amezing spitando and pizz. Generally PERFECT he is one of a Kind!
GiannisVP 1 year ago
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GiannisVP 1 year ago
the fastest hands of a violinist I've ever seen!
mariannexdenisse 1 year ago
@mariannexdenisse You got that right!! The only other violinist I ever saw in my life who could move so much bow, so quickly over the strings was David Oistrakh. But then, there you have it : Heifetz and Oistrakh - the two greatest violinists of the 20th century. Of course who one likes the most is always a matter of personal taste, but ask any professional violinst which two were the greatest, and 9 times out of 10 you'll get this answer.
assindiastignani 1 year ago
GO HEIFETZ!!!!!
MissSuperGenius 1 year ago 2
Musicality through virtuosity on display here. Wish he'd slowed down on certain passages though.
killerecho 1 year ago
too fast.. though fantastic:-) brilliant technic and musicality
Bellyspin 1 year ago
初めて聴いた曲だけど・・・・・めっさ感動した
I didn't know this song but moved deeply
yatsufusa2010 1 year ago
Incredible.
FloEndlessSummer 1 year ago
he's like the Christopher Walken of Violin.
pspoverdrive 1 year ago
@pspoverdrive Why is he like him.?
gibsonpaddy 1 year ago
@gibsonpaddy deadpan appearance while playing the violin. The emotions are conveyed through his playing.
pspoverdrive 1 year ago
@pspoverdrive Why should he show emotion he is doing his own thing.
gibsonpaddy 1 year ago
@pspoverdrive My father was the same way. He was concert violinist. If I made him angry at 1 and he went to practice a few minutes later it sounded he was trying to rehearse his concerto on a jackhammer. But had the same type of deadpan Heifetz used. Dad would always calm down in time for the evening performance
duroche53 1 year ago
When I was a kid, I was taken to a Heifetz concert at the Hollywood Bowl by my violin teacher who also studied with Leopold Auer...... we sat in a box some 20 yards from the stage ...... Heifetz played the Tchaikovsky violin concerto. He was a real dead pan. He never cracked a smile. The playing was brilliant!
Karen41872 1 year ago
Never fails to bring my spirit up.(way up)
hedonism147 1 year ago
I don't know, it is nice but it does not have the passion, magnificence and broadness of Zukermann, Vengerov etc. Cannot help.
violinoamore 1 year ago
Вълшебство!!!
margoto101 1 year ago
Pianist gets into the action. Heifetz is so serious in all of his performances
ive watched this on dvd so many times
3:47 is my favourite part
vuth94 1 year ago 2
Truly inspirational!!! Truly stunning!!! LOVE Heifetz!!!!!
Closeups are GREAT! ! When I was performing this piece way-back-when wish I had seen this. I may have changed some fingerings.
jtrstrings 1 year ago
Menuhin was a pygmy compared to Heifitz.
marcxopoco 1 year ago
@marcxopoco Any thoughts on Kogan?
mpc999STEP 1 year ago
@mpc999STEP
Have to admit I know little of Kogan
Would be interested in your comments on him.
marcxopoco 1 year ago
@mpc999STEP Thanks for getting me to take a look at Kogan. He is great.
But I have to become a lot more familiar with him before I really get to know him.
marcxopoco 1 year ago
Untouchable--I know of no better rendition of this once very famous Polonaise--anywhere--even those not on YouTube!
All violinists worth their salt played it in the '30-50's
Immaculate fiddle playing. Astonishing intonation.
ipmoic 2 years ago