Menuhin plays Bach Violin Concerto in A minor - Part 3/3

[pesto801]

someone hacked into god's i pod

[nudistnara]

I'm practicing this music now, and he's a great teacher!

My sis said it is quite slower than when she played it.

The most difficult part (On the third page), he played so beautifully

[themusicdr]

imusicik thanks for posting such great music

[blubfudgeserg]

a bit slow, but more beautiful... What a terrible recording; all scratchy and gritty. Of course, since it was from 1936...

[worldentropy]

God, what a depressingly slow interpretation. Virtuoso is technically perfect offcourse, needless to say of someone of Menuhin's calibre, but still .. listen to the same being played by Oistrakh, in the Royal Festival Hall with Colin Davis conducting. Something else.

[victorianguy]

@worldentropy Yes, but the world in 1936 was a much slower paced world and to 1936 ears we in 2010 would probably sound desperately frantic. At least here you can hear every single note...

[VibratorDefibrilator]

@victorianguy it sounds slow in our ears, but compared with previous two parts is in the right pace. In fact, with this speed the interpretation is more lyric and profound.

[Querencias]

Bach ... Bach. Menuhin, marvelous. Thank you Imusiciki.

[HankQuinIan]

I like the bit when he kills that big dragoon with the saber!

[andrew11121]

A bit too slow and heavy for my liking, but the phrasing is better than in most versions. Great intonation of course, and a clear, crisp tone. It just seems to labored for my liking.

But his runs are amazing!

[ariomcheme]

es magnifico el timbre de menuhin es tan de el y el tempo es perfecto odio esa moda de tocar todo tan rapido

[mymymyweb]

a grand one for me!

[mrquat]

Good Bach, like good ragtime, should not be railroaded. Festina Lente: Make Haste Slowly

[animegurluver]

itz a bit slow. but im glad. now i can play along XD

[zetasan]

Too slow. Period.

[pulguita110]

whats up with the slides... i mean, ts a good performance, but the slides are out of placee...

it bach...

[Yuriy21]

It absolutely agree with your estimation of rate: Albert Schweitzer spoke, that the more execute Bach, the are more convinced, that at it is not present too slow, or too fast tempo, and there are various gradation moderated.

[polymath7]

The tempo and phrasing strike me as absolutely perfect, lending the piece a very fitting sense of ponderous gravity.

I'm sorry my musical vocabulary is inadequate to say anything moe lucid or specific than this.

[tjsr21]

bit slow for my likeing, bach needs to flow a bit more, but at least this could never be said to rush, the other cardinal sin!

[musicaergosum]

Wonderful!