Zino Francescatti - Saint-Saëns Violin Concerto #3 (3rd mov)

[Peanutbuttrluv]

Sounds soooo cool! Anyone know where j can find the music for this? All the sites I found don't have the right part

[raoultak]

Saint-Saens with Francescatti is like France with French people. Unconditionally united and a rare experience of solidarity. It makes this rendition one of a kind: a jewel of a kind.

[lslew123]

PERFECT

[careinn10]

can i have someone's opinion? my teacher gave me the choice to either learn this movement or the first one of this concerto, and I don't know which one to pick (they both sound amazing!) I've been playing for 6 years and just finished playing Banjo and Fiddle by Kroll.

[assindiastignani]

@careinn10 Start at the beginning.

[lmfviolet78]

@careinn10 you should probably do the first movement. It's just as wonderful and has more slow expressive passages, which are almost harder than the fast runs in a way.

[Subtitles00]

@lmfviolet78

It's funny that you say that becauseg the fast passage in the middle of the first movement was a gamebreaker for me, whereas the slow ones made up for my wounds. 

[assindiastignani]

@careinn10 Play the whole thing!

[DualThunder]

@careinn10 third movement is i think a bit easier than the first movement and is probably the one to learn before the first movement. Technically the first movement is much harder to pull off and it requires a lot more of the soloist in terms of command of the instrument, especially on the G string. but in any case you'll have to buy the music so you can look at both anyway and choose which you think would be better to do

[careinn10]

@DualThunder haha my teacher ended up making me play the first (i've been playing it for like seven months) and i just played it for a competition. in my opinion, those annoying fast runs were more difficult than the g string stuff, but i loved the movement a lot! my teacher said he's going to make me learn movements 2 and 3 too, haha.

[rapter9800]

When a piece is recorded, much of the energy, emotion, power, etc is taken out of the recording.  Which makes me scared about how good Francescatti really is, if his recordings are already so passionate....

[assindiastignani]

@rapter9800 He was my favorite violinist when I was a kid, and you guessed right - he was electrifying live. I heard a Symphonie Espagnol from him in Carnegie Hall (I think it was Cleveland with Szell) in the middle 60's. That performance would have made your hair stand on end. I forget how many times he was called back to the stage afterwards. We in the audience just would not leave. Funny thing, he only played 4 movements. In those days it was not uncommon to leave off the Scherzo.

[raoultak]

Francescatti and Saint Saens #3...........nobody better! A huge rock to mankind.........

[cclementi6]

The best recording of the song on the internet.

[personof11777]

was there a cut?

[nzmft85]

@personof11777 yeah a few

[scientistpatrick]

@personof11777 you mean around the cantabile? i think so too

[themusicdr]

truly gobsmacked!!!

[raoultak]

Saint Saens in optima forma. I guess there is no better. The old this performance is, the awesome and profound it is. An example for ever ............ God bless Francescatti.

[Dogaradodia]

Certified Intergalactic!

[interpolantic169]

I like Francescatti's recording, but I feel as though its a little too liberal.Personally, I like Silvia Marcovici's recording the best.

[OriginalMoonbeam]

The opening is fabulously electrifying!

[themusicdr]

oh yes!

[ipmoic]

And I prefer Francescatti. It's a matter of taste. I find Francescatti's playing more sophisticated and just plain more beautiful than Perlman.

Take the second theme in this 3rd movement. Perlman vomits all over the G string as do many other contemporary violinists. Francescatti plays it powerfully but lyrically, not forcing the tone of the G. Gorgeous violinism.

[Buh9Atreyu]

I play this concerto. This is a masterpiece of emtion and it is very difficult. He played it very well. But I like Perlman's version more than this.

[cogermax91]

wonderful !!!!!!!!!

[cschan369]

Have you heard Alfredo Campoli played this concerto? I think he played very well too.

[rogerrouse]

we seem to have a lot of experts without recording contracts and unknown who can offer expert advice on performances

i like this very warm performance

ps

i cannot play the violin

i cannot conduct

i have not been invited to either play or conduct a world famous orchestra

[eutuve]

Nor can I

I think we common people do not deserve to enjoy any performance on youtube

There is always a " would be " genius who knows better.

[Zigeunerweisen]

I don't like the cuts, but generally the playing is superb! I love Zino!

[OriginalMoonbeam]

I have this on a CD reissue but your audio quality is SO much better--I absolutely love this recording by Mr. Francescatti! Is this from a 331/3 recording?

[bountyhanz]

Hey, i juz want to knw which 2 concertos-saint-saens violin concerto no. 3 in b minor and Sibelius Concerto in D minor , is 'harder' to be played?

[OriginalMoonbeam]

I have not played this particular Concerto--so I can't speak with personal experience--but my guess is going to be that Sibelius has more difficulty. Thinking about the fingerboard gymnastics alone like jumping from 1st postion to 7th at the end of the 1st movement, the harmonics passage--I think this is probably by comparison a much easier piece--Sibelius is generally considered to be just under Paganini 1 in difficulty--

[bountyhanz]

Oh thx for ur information[:

[UltimateViolin]

In terms of technique, Sibelius is extremely advanced; very few good concertos are harder. However, in terms of musical sophistication, I have to give props to the Saint-Saëns. Sibelius was a great symphonist, and his Violin Concerto really shows that; the orchestra really drives the concerto, to the point that even some virtuosos don't sound completely in-control playing it. Saint-Saëns makes a point of putting the soloist in control, which is why a truly great performance of this is so rare.

[OriginalMoonbeam]

Just a note to you UltimateViolin..I FINALLY got a copy of Zino's Sibelius VC..I am trying to get it uploaded but running into some difficulties :) It is marvelous! I got his Brahms VC as well..I hope I get these issues worked out so I can share! I have done fine with the short pieces and the uploads but these longer works prove to be troublesome...(sigh)

[ipmoic]

And of course, Saint Saens--a brilliant orchestrator--knew fully the demands of violin playing--and how to make it sound its best.

There's not a hint of vulgarity in Francescatti's playing. How many violinists hammer the E string in this movement's second theme! NOT Francescatti.......

[OriginalMoonbeam]

Well said!

[remusrimbu2]

@ipmoic can you show me where?at 1:07 seems a bit too much for me

but it's my favorite saint-saens version

it sounds very good but we can't forgot what strad he plays!second after menuhin's!

[AndrewLimMusics]

so good....

dalam bahasa Indonesianya: "keren"

ngarti kagak lo???

[Aftarar]

I heard this recording for the first time in 1955; on the other side of the record Francescatti played Paganini 1. I never could decide which performance I liked most, and never came across better ones: Francescatti shaped my brain.

[floydboy73]

I have that recording myself! and I couldn't agree with you more, both of the peices on that record blew my mind absolutely out of my head.

[dxhaloxc]

what fantastic audio quality

[acumen321]

omfg...I think I orgasmed listening to that. sht.

[makihirotamina]

he is so fantastic ! ! ! ! ! !

[sup2069]

HOLY SH|T!

[OriginalMoonbeam]

FANTASTIC!!!

[kevaughn1030]

absolutely amazing. that's about all one can say about both player and composer of this piece