Heifetz plays Prokofiev Violin Concerto No. 2 - Part 1/3

[dispellerr99]

what a powerfull concerto man. the worlds it travels me in!

used to listen to it along with ritual of spring!

Fucking power combo!

[mydarlingfilms]

It is beautfuly played by Heifetz. Just discovered in wikipedia that the concerto was premiered in 1935 in Madrid with the French violinist Robert Soetens . And that "Prokofiev gave Soetens a year's exclusive right to perform the work"

[daflowerbomb]

Is it sped up because of the recording quallty at the time?

[gabriellewison]

Heifetz's technique is AMAZING, but I think that he should have slowed down the slow parts and then we could hear it better. This concerto is beautiful. I love how old orchestras sound on the record.

[chessmeister]

Heifetz is pretty much untouchable in almost every way. They said he was perfect at age 20... then he kept getting better and better.

[flowforms]

@chessmeister good comment. I had not heard that one about him. I did hear that when he gave his first performance in the USA (Carnegie Hall?) a famous violinist said at half time " Its very hot in here isnt it?" and the famous pianist sitting beside said " Only for violinsts....."

[guitarfan01]

Wow, what a fast tempo! It definitely gives it a different feel from the Stern/Ormandy recording.

[musicaaugusta]

this is THE performance when Prokofiev could play violin himself. Heifetz THE greatest...not to forget Koussevitzky ! I have other recordings with them both. Brahms Concerto and Double but not this pure genial one! THAX a lot ! Could you forward the label recorded it, please? Is it RCA as usual ? Is to be tranfered to cd ? Many Thanx in advance

[AytidaRed]

we did this in a concert a couple of days ago its such an interesting piece!

[stradrools]

i am starting tomorrow this conzert and i am so happy hearing it from the master!!thanks imusiciki!

[CelloRosin]

Amazing!!!!

[heckya105403]

Thanks so much for posting!!!!

[Khu827]

thank you!

man, i would love to hear heifetz playing Prokofiev's 1st violin concerto.

[messengercalleddeath]

yea me too! i absolutely adore that concerto!

[adelaidebunny]

THANK u SOOO MUCH

[ztefieh]

I concur. Many thanks for sharing this amazing recording of Heifetz.

[ellyunfortunetly]

Wow this was a hard song to find. I applaud imusiciki for uploading this. Danke.

[imusiciki]

Your welcome spitzenleiter!

[spitzenleiter]

I'm so grateful for your sharing us a great

piece. Can't thank you enough.