Christian Ferras - rare live Paganini Concerto No.1 - I

[eliyaguy]

@dkurgano I just tried to join the club. I mean chaspo's remark was so weird, your answer so sharp, I found it an opportunity to have fun. see, I admire ferras. heard him almost 40 years ago in a peroformance of Beethoven's concerto in Oslo. he was godly. his suicide is a tragedy. the paganini performance here is stunning. hope you forgive my acidic impulsive sarcastic comment

[dkurgano]

@eliyaguy haha my bad :) my sense of humor leaves me sometimes. you just never know with youtube... :)

[eliyaguy]

@dkurgano ok, you smile again... (=;

[eliyaguy]

wonderful! thanks for posting!

[djangosteph]

Wow...He really brings out the beauty in Paganini! You totally forget that this is considered a virtuoso piece. Is Barbizet playing the accompaniment? He also adds to the performance.

[chaspoll1]

I doubt this is Ferras. What evidence is there that it is him? Playing is scrappy at best. The pianist / piano sound (an upright?) is weak and the recording is definitiely not from 1954. Fake I think

[dkurgano]

@chaspoll1 yes, its actually me playing

[eliyaguy]

@dkurgano you play quite well, dkurgano, not bad at all, though your staccato in 05:30 is a bit tight for the contexted expression, and in 10:53 your vibrato is a bit loose for the temporal requirements. work on it!

[sijas]

@chaspoll1 its ferras for sure.... just listen to that vibrato lol

[DED319]

@chaspoll1 you're an idiot.

[chaspoll1]

I doubt this is Ferras. What evidence is there that it is him? The pianist / piano is weak and the recording is not from 1954. Fake I think

[ellegin88]

when was this recording!?!!????

[DrDereczynski]

After recently discovering Gitlis Paganini I am now totally taken by this raw Performance with the nerves ltotally exposed . Phantastic. truly diabolical in the sense of being posessed. I recommend listening to Hirshhorns amazing performance as well. it is amazing how Paganinis pieces undoubtedly tailormade for his own abilities give so diverse strong personalities a means to express themselves in the process inspiring us mortals to not sell our own individuality to short.

[dkurgano]

@DrDereczynski

yes gitlis and ferras really bring a raw expression to this piece! but for me ferras is even more special. he plays in such a vocal manner, this kind of "enescu" expressivity, but he really makes it his. unmistakable. hirschhorn is also fantastic, a bit more russian :) my favorite recording of his from these queen elisabeth years, though, is the saintsaens-ysaye waltz in the from of a caprice.

[asdfrew45678]

un ejemplo de buena musica y virtuosismo.... que chingon

[strgaltdel]

who wrote the cadenza??????

[AccidentTouristParis]

Oh I forgot to mention that Ferras is the only violinist who made me like Paganini - he made it sound like music. The same applies to Prokofiev's violin concerto - the Ferras version is the only one which sounds like music to my unsophisticated, farmer ears...

[AccidentTouristParis]

"pianist used to be creative and prefer sight reading" - LOL!!! I haven't even realised how creative Barbizet was in this 1954 live recording in Paris.

I mentioned elsewhere that you'd love to strangle the French radio folks, for using such crappy recording instruments for a classical concert. Those who want to hear how Ferras fared in the high notes (instead of GUESSING) pls say something here - I may post another rare recording where you can actually HEAR how he performed...

[Bautisnemo]

THANKS !

[Nathalieviolin]

ferras is amazing!!!!!among the best ever....thanks for posting

cocaine....ahahahh

[Nathalieviolin]

ferras is amazing!!!!!among the best ever....thanks for posting

[rheumer]

Amazing!  Thank you!!

[petrostheviolinist]

what a wonderful performance ! Ideal...

I knew Ferras of course but it is always a surprise to listen to a performance like that.

This Paganini interpretation suits perfectly to my aesthetics.

Thanks for Posting !!

Petros