Heifetz plays Lalo Symphonie Espagnole Mvt 1

[RyanLokan]

And/or other important humane functions...

[RyanLokan]

If Heifetz is like beer, then does he cause you to lose some levels of perception?

[amihalov]

How great it is a pleasure and a enjoyment to hear jascha heifetz ,i have most of his recordings that i play regulatry

Abraham Aby mihalovich

[FinlandKun]

4 people do not understand quality violin playing/were too lazy to look at the uploader comments

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[carrottoponcrak]

5:20, sounds like he's just making it up as he goes along. The genius of both Heifetz and Lalo

[mattkim824]

at about 2:00 the picture flickers a little.. lol, but still, a great performance

[THEMOVIEMAKER202]

@mattkim824 the picture's always flicking.

[MySistersUglyFace]

hes amazing. Nobody today plays like the violinists of the 20th century

[MySistersUglyFace]

hes sooo fast its not even funny

[mattkim824]

@MySistersUglyFace its supposed to be a fast as that, the quarter note is about 164, and their are sixteenth notes and soforth

[jdducut83]

@mattkim824 hahaha i have an original copy and it says half not is like 94.

[cutnhaul]

Sweet!!!

[cutnhaul]

This video is pretty amazing.

[cherry0212]

Heifetz is always famous for his emotion (fire) and this Lalo is no doubt another of this full of spirit and emotion. Well, no doubt, Kogan has fantastic details in interpretations.Both are very good performance

[cherry0212]

Heifetz is always famous for his emotion (fire) and this Lalo is no doubt another of this full of spirit and emotion. Well, no doubt, Kogan has fantastic details in interpretations.Both are very good performance

[Rusalka1975]

Great orchestra too, isn't it?

[E15VIOLIN]

He's the master!!! This is great!

His whole expression = wonderful!

[yangsta72]

i actually think this is his most expressive performance or recording when it comes to vibrato and musicianship, not saying tht hes not a great violinist. hes in my opinion the best violinist ever

[euch27]

I'm in a dilemma-I have to learn this song in a week for PYO auditions. Luckily, this is my spring break :)

[euch27]

Somehow it sounds "cute". In other words, it doesn't sound like a serious heavy mood.

[JaniceJLee]

this interpretation isnt really my taste but either way hes really good :)

[Milky111wtf]

@IgneousWarrior: Just listen to him when he gets to the second melody at about 1:15... it makes me want to weep! His playing is the highest aspiration of any violinist.

[IgneousWarrior]

Ooooh...burn

It is a song. Granted, there are more suitable terms, such as concerto, symphony (although this is really a concerto in disguise), or masterpiece, but the character limit on here forces me to adopt less correct terms than I otherwise would use.

Elitist.

[JoFrSc]

Snippily defensive when someone points out you don't know your brass from your oboe, aren't you?

[IgneousWarrior]

I wasn't going for snippy. You've called me an idiot twice. I ignored you the first time, but trying to call me out for calling this a song rather than some other term twice in a row is just rude. I might not be an expert in classical composition, but being a prick about me (perfectly acceptably, albeit less appropriately) a song seems to me like someone thinks he's the smartest little boy in the room.

[frankcisyarmi]

Jascha Heifetz genio ,porque no hay imagen de esta genialidad .

[achung205]

some parts of this recording is missing...

[LPCLASSICAL]

This comment has already been made - see my reply.

[OriginalMoonbeam]

Wonderful recording! Thank you for sharing!

[xXMusicxlover93Xx]

I love Heifetz! Listening to this made me feel incredibly happy and kind of depressed at the same time... It's just amazing to listen to him play, but I also know that I'll never be able to play this piece like that. =\

[systemofcrux]

I agree with WolfGirl about the passion of Heifetz's playing, but when I made that comment to my mother, she put on a recording of one of his pieces, and there was true 'fire' as you put it, so I do not that that Heifetz always lacks this per se.

[henrykkingdom]

the best lalo and his best lalo recording

[silentrdc]

i noticed that in this video, there were cuts in this thing. there was one in the beginning as well as in the middle part. despite that thing, it was a beautiful experience to hear heifetz play lalo.

[LPCLASSICAL]

It is not easy to squeeze this movement into the 10 minute slot allowed by youtube - and it is a very fiddly process to digitise/edit from an LP - there are one or 2 tiny slots which I clipped out due to the quality of the vinyl.

[kroqgar78]

@LPCLASSICAL You should have made another video! Would've loved to hear it :(

[Bevincenzola]

There is no fire, like we gypsies say it" blood" in it I guess......but I might be wrong......

[wolfgirl21]

I agree. I am not trying to be rude so please don't make mean comments. I am an enormous fan of Heifetz. I think he has an amazingly incredible technique, but he lacks something musically that makes his listener feel the music more than hear it. But that's often how it works for many musicians. You're better at either technique or musicality, it's rare for someone to be excellent in both.

[devilexi]

Except for Perlman, who is just incredible at everything. But I agree with your comment about Heifetz.

[theViolinDreamer]

Well, maybe you don't hear the fire because you didn't listen hard enough for it. I think it has passion and spirit.

[wolfgirl21]

I shouldn't have to listen hard to hear the passion in someone's music, it should be right there for me to breathe in. I did not say it to be rude, as I'm a great fan of Heifetz, so please don't insult me by saying I don't listen. This is a matter of personal preference and I don't personally go to Heifetz for musicality of a piece. For that I would go to Perlman or Gil Shaham. But I always listen to Heifetz for clarity of technique and notes.

[AbsoluteZ3R0]

Lol you call yourself a Heifetz fan and yet you say he is better at technique than musicality? That's sad. Any true Heifetz fan knows that the least impressive thing about Heifetz's playing is his technique. His technique is flawless, but that's not what makes him Heifetz. What makes him Heifetz is the incredible passion and musical fury that he puts into his playing. For me and all of his true fans, he is the MOST musical/emotional violinist.

[IgneousWarrior]

Technique wise, he is the imag of perfection, but several other musicians have performed this piece far better than this recording evidences. Heifetz is an amazing musician, but I felt that even the orchestra behind him was playing more emotionally; it lacks something that his other performances gives. Also, if I have to listen carefully for something that ought to self-evident, like fire in a song, then it is not there in enough quantity to warrant acting like it is.

[AbsoluteZ3R0]

That's your opinion. I think the only other recording of this piece that compares in terms of fire/passion is Menuhin's. I never said you had to listen for it, that was somebody else. I think the "fire" is very evident in this and all of his recordings. Like I said, any true Heifetz fan knows that the best thing about his playing is how emotionally he plays, not his technique.

[IgneousWarrior]

Why do you turn this into a "true Heifetz fan" thing? That's just saying that some people are more worthy of liking him, isn't it? The thing I hear others do is take this at their own tempo, not just play straight through. His technique and clarity are perfect, but the dramatic playing style just isn't here.

Let me just say that again:

His technique is absolutely flawless, but to say that there is emotion here is silly. I cannot find any evidence of playing it with drama or feeling. Sorry

[AbsoluteZ3R0]

It IS like saying that some people are more worthy of liking him, that's EXACTLY what I'm trying to say. True Heifetz fans appreciate his aesthetics, not his technique. There is plenty of emotion here, I understand that you can't hear it and I'm sorry about that, but I and many others can hear it.

[Ernesto7608]

I AbsoluteZ3 agree. The violin can convey emotion by its vibrato, it does not depend only on rubatos and intensity changes like the piano does. It can be very dramatic even if it "plays straight through".

I am a fan of Heifetz, of course. How can one not be?

[scientistpatrick]

@IgneousWarrior How can you say that? Even if you stripped it down and took away all dynamics and rubato, it would still be wonderful. And the rubato and dynamics convey his emotions. For example: 4:45 5:07

[IgneousWarrior]

I can say that because I don't feel his emotions when I hear this. With others, I can feel that they are really getting into the song, but Heifetz isn't doing it for me. Technically perfect, absolutely, but I don't get anything out of this aside from the melody. If you get something more out of his playing then I do, wonderful. But I simply cannot feel him playing it.

[scientistpatrick]

@IgneousWarrior Well, if you don't hear it, then you hear things differently from me. I hear a mountain of emotion in there.

[IgneousWarrior]

@scientistpatrick

Then I am happy for you.

[JoFrSc]

So do I. IgnoramusWarrior hears a 'song'!

[sijas]

heifetz is like beer.

it's an acquired taste.

[IgneousWarrior]

That is a surprisingly good analogy.

[charmingemily]

maybe i need to get used to him

i find him harsh

what do you hear, after acquiring the taste for him?

[craisslayer]

@sijas I don't think he's an acquired taste. Most of the people I know like him from the start.

[ArnoldAmador]

the Kogan one was pretty amazing!

by far my favorite recording of it.

[themusicdr]

i would agree but then im "a kogan fan" but this recording is still magnificent

no-one can dispute that heifetz brought something new to violin virtuosity but he is not (IMO) undiputably the best

THERE IS NO SUCH THING.

[AbsoluteZ3R0]

Thanks for uploading this!

[theViolinDreamer]

His style is unique.