Itzhak Perlman - Tchaikovsky Valse Scherzo op 23

[cglogical]

Perlman in a real pearl...a true gem. Brilliant.

[quarrion100]

A nice performance. Pity it's the cut version and not the complete 9-minute version though...

[anesaribiarte]

Sin palabras!!!!

[manjusaka92]

Why does he always make difficult things easy?! T_T

[Ellidegg]

Mega Swagger~

[nielssen9]

that guy doesn't need a fucking director

[guillejau]

good thing hitler didn't win the war.

[perlmanthebestiknow]

He plays the violin like god, he is the best and he will be the best ever!!

[tonicanellas]

great!!!

[MrBentyWenty]

He had his eyes closed the entire time.

I want to cry.

[leparditas]

@MrBentyWenty why ?

[MrSwankification]

Definitely a student teachers would clamor over to have as their concertmaster... I'm so jealous.

[letmebe79]

i never said i liked rap. i just said i wouldnt pay to listen to this. i guess its an acquired taste. shrug.

[federer4life]

I want his godly talent....

[letmebe79]

i would never pay to listen to this

[vela953]

@letmebe79 What do like Rap ?????

[CartmanKicksAss11]

@letmebe79 this is culture and an art form that takes a very long time to learn and rap is crap.

[crisgpires]

I've never "saw" and listened something like this... 4:06-4:12 it is amazing, absolutely unexpected!!!!!!!

[droche009]

How does he remember all of it?!!!!!

[violover1]

i dont know why 14 dislikes maybe justin bieber fans's they cant even touch the emotions of these kinds of pieces awesomee perlman very great violinist after heifetz

[daggerofblack]

Sure.... playing the violin is easy as he makes it look like..... show off XD

[welshpollypanad]

One of the best violinists! I studied him for my dissertation! AMAZING!

[Gadapaj]

13 people tried to click in thumbs up with the nose and missed.

[ravenfyhre]

mmm my master knew perlman, although... Itzhak looks like a good guy, im not really sure why he doesn't like him. does someone have any idea if he had any trouble with another violinist? I don't think my master's gonna ever answer me, and being kinda deaf with 93 years old doesn't help at all -.-;

[Lechegoth]

12 "personas" no saben lo que es musica

[papavb]

In soviet russia, audience claps you, what? This is amazing

[1812Beethovens9th]

It's opus 34 not 23...just saying....lol :)

[Ragtime44Films]

I love his face at 1:30. It's like he's saying, "I'm having a great time! How are you?"

[noxrubbish]

How could anyone dislike this?

[alexjavierlds]

Majestuoso....



[RuntofGallifrey]

I have front-row tickets to see this brilliant artist in October. I AM STOKED. :D

[muslit]

A walk in the park for Perlman.

[DarthenosThePride]

@wilkinsonviola I wanted to show that i wasn't some random person commenting on a video/post. And yes, I agree that needed was to strong a word. I appreciate you apology and hope I didn't come off to strongly, although I fear I did

[DarthenosThePride]

@wilkinsonviola I wanted to show that i wasn't some random person commenting on a video/post. And yes, I agree that needed was to strong a word. I appreciate you apology and hope I didn't come off to strongly, although I fear I did

[DarthenosThePride]

@wilkinsonviola Well, you guys honestyl plrobably learned the Suzuki way I guess. He used his pinky and many gerat violinsts got their musical roots from them, anyways, the whole point of using your pinky is to help you balance your bow. After practicing for a while, it is no longer needed to help you balance, as it just hinders your bowing. By the way, I am touring Europe this year in namy places, specifically Vienna Germnay France, and some places in Italy

[DarthenosThePride]

@wilkinsonviola You are

not supposed to use your pinker finger after like one year. Lol /fail

[DarthenosThePride]

@wilkinsonviola You are not supposed to use your pinker finger after like one year. Lol /fail

[TheLaurel345]

AMAZINGGG~

[Mannugrela]

Grande técnica musical! *_*

[margalinam]

Just beautiful music and he's the Best at the Violin! Love Tchaikovsky

[esther8495]

wow, I'm in love with this piece

[blackmnmpink]

Hahaha, this puts a smile on my face! he makes it look easy. God I love him!

[Un1234l]

Surely I can't be the only one in awe of his technique and artistic output.

[ksong44]

hes always smiling even when hes serious

[lepepelepube]

Lol, the conductor is conducting the orchestra to compliment Perlman, not the other way around.

[onehotmom100]

sitting here in awe...wondering what sets him apart from the others...is it dedication? practice...or just a gift from God...i played for about 7 years beginning in kindergarten, and I quit when I got old enough to...what a loss...I'm 32 now and I promised myself that I WILL perform again!!!!!

[alastorskye]

is that his stradivarius? o.O

[lazel445]

his technique is so beautiful and graceful. Hes going to give a concert in san antonio, and my school's orchestra managed to get a few tickets. We feel really privileged for this. Its going to be awsome!

[leenador]

Пилит, пилит... Гений! И я обожаю его гениальную музыкальность! Смычек и скрипка - как собственные пальцы! БРАВО!!!

[Makson4ikful]

я  его обожаю!

[3drican]

now i know who i been listening to when i watch black and white cartoons,lol hes sickipoo

[CucciCadet]

So sad that the young generation loves the artists on MTV but know nothing of this.

[firedrake523]

@CucciCadet I said the same thing not 45 minutes ago. Those ignorant little fuckers.

[firedrake523]

@ROflurmom1 Love you<3

[OllyHiggs]

@firedrake523 perhaps the majority... but theres a lot of us who massively appreciate this and strive every day to be better musicians so i would appreciate the lack of sweeping generalities. thanks mate.

x

[1HiMimi]

@CucciCadet Since PBS, the only source, has radically cut back offering concert music and opera performances, no one will know about this in a generation.  I'm questioning my support of PBS.

[ambikk]

god, can anybody fix the lated sound? :D It's horribly spoiled when you watch this, and the sound comes when he isn't playing actually..

Anyway, this guy rules..

[fergifyed]

@ambikk or maybe he is so good that he plays when he doesnt 0.o

[uchihasasukeyouko]

He looks to happy and relax when he plays violin

[richvai]

His the best!! And he is playing a Stradivarius from 1714, the sound is impressive!! :D

[Jewlian23]

That nappy headed fat boy can play his fanny off! and balls to!

[mjohnson1947]

Sorry for this question but which concert hall is this? Thanks

[wahoomb]

how does he play?! lolz, his fingers are so fat!

[Zombpocalypse]

every note is perfect...

[Sylvain894]

Yeah; remarkable hands and strength; wish i had a violin like his ! What a wonderful little Palace man !

[ydoron]

wow wow wow!!! I actually clapped for him!!

[MAGALYDECHILE]

he´s the best

[Seanze329]

Perlman should try to write his own music. I'm sure it would be amazing. By the way, his wife probably loves him for his big delicate fingering.

[Blackdesperado91]

@Seanze329 LMAO

[7777Scion]

Opus 34, not opus 23 - twenty-three is the Piano Concerto in B-flat minor

[rachelmay44]

absolute genius. nothing more to say.

[EdouChar16]

He play with a real facility, that's beautiful!

[IntentoDeBohemia]

parece que sea tan fácil de tocar viéndolo...

[xbox552]

omg!!! i love that guy in the background rubbing his nose at 1:25

god i love this music

[gnatural]

it makes me sick!!!!! he makes 4:06- 4:12 look like utter cake , and then he plays with the harmonics like he has a toy in his hands! perlman is the greatest!

[Clementina01]

im so in love with perlman

[josephlaushulai]

Sheer beauty

[LadyInDaHouse88]

incredible how he brings that strong, beautiful and clear sound. i mean, he holds his bow like a feather. great master itzhak!

[etonrocks]

i have to say it just brilliant

[themusicdr]

lovely to watch those podgy hands move with such consumate ease up and dwon the fingerboard :-)

[thedeathskittle]

Perlman is over 9000

[brightlight0110]

Thank you Sis for sharing this with Me, The Lovely Sound filled my persona !! Excellent violinist !!! Thank you for posting(ballettheatre)5 *****

[randallmckay]

Ah... i think i heard a flub at 2:13 by Perlman lol. he just stopped playing!

[weenerwallet]

@randallmckay No u dumbass...he did that because there was something called a diminuendo and a fermata

[randallmckay]

@weenerwallet ,

ahh...

it was a joke, silly.

[zeldaiik]

The beginning sounds too modern.

[vinnypimentel]

GREAT!!!!

[tool987ja]

oh whatever itzhak, make everything look so damn simple!

[powerwhich]

perlman is a very talented person it makes me fell so good when i watch him play

[carmyvinci]

and the scary part is that he can just look at this stuff spend a little time on it n go "ready 2 go when do i perform?"

[Cheskkay]

What a champion! look at him...he makes it all look as simple as a stroll in the park! He's incredible! That's just all there is too it. Perlman is simply the best.

[absurdplanet]

Outstanding!

[almeronfilms]

Wonderful!!!!

[skadihelias]

What I love most about watching Perlman's performance (aside from his genius skill itself) is that he always looks like he's enjoying what he's doing so much. Bravo!

[incendiastella]

WHY DOES HE MAKE THIS LOOKS SO EASY X.X

[JapaneseModernist]

@incendiastella Because he's spent most of his life doing that and only that. Practice and Obssession leads to perfection.

[MinnesotanViolinist]

@incendiastella because he's Itzhak :)

[lanarv]

@incendiastella

..he DOESN'T MAKE this look easy..:-)

It IS EASY...for him!..

Isn't HE - ITZHAK PEARL- man?! ;-)

[JillyTanner]

@incendiastella Amen to that!!!! I will play like this in a million years ;) I love his facial expressions too and the absolute joy he has while playing.

[VioletaDeCivil]

no se vale sólo escuchar.... T.T ahora entiendo.... :P

[edipo09]

Itzhak o melhor de todos os tempos

[Jeannexxx5]

i'm amazed!

[ovyboiax]

the more i learn about violin playing the more amazed i end when i finish watching any video of any trully skilled violinist like him.

[corax176]

Realmente tiene un violín mas pequeño que un 4/4, pero es porque los Stradivari son un poco más pequeños que los violines actuales.

[boing3887]

isn't the name of this piece actually op. 34, not op. 23? isn't op. 23 the piano piece?

[JobJoris]

nope, it just looks a bit of size because of his unviolinistlike hands

[dedwards0117]

Ok, thanks.

[dedwards0117]

Does Perlman play a smaller than full size violin?

[antechambre]

i wonder if he snipped out those parts in rehearsal or right on the spot --- for the orchestra's sake i hope in rehearsal :)

[NuovoCurioso]

...Grande Violinista...!!!!

[brother234]

his bow style makes him what he is, yet, he is so much what he conveys that i hate to take that away by simplifying it, for in the end, he is better than the rest, and he is what he beautifully is.

[JaponMan07]

I wish I had is bow control =[

[BaRToLoMaSi]

isnt it op. 34?

[leonlixinfong]

Yar, op. 23 is the piano concerto

[Eguenidias]

his hand looks like an octopus gently latched onto the bow... amazing

[brother234]

JUST MASTERFULLLLLLL!!! God is wonderful to have given the gift of music, and thanks to Perlman, he used it for all its worth.

[brother234]

oh, how stupid a comment you have made on this earth, so intelligent, yet so stupid.

[AkMastamind]

I agree. All humans can imagine great things like this. But only some can get it down with the pen and paper

[AkMastamind]

Yeah...they are basically the forefathers of Romantic music and that type of composition. Them and countless others ( Handel, Haydn, Rameau, Corelli, etc...)

[helouz]

waooouh

[violaplayer1995]

the violin is mightier than the sword ! I love Itzhak

[boomer4666]

anything is mighter then a sword. but if u were to fight in a arena with a violin vs some guy with a sword i asure u, ull probaly lose. unless ur some asian karate master or soemthing

[shadowboxer2024]

just think david and goliath

[boomer4666]

what about it =\

[evilpsyko]

It's a shame there's a little jump from 4:42 to 4:42 where a little gets skipped =/

great performance though!

[JulleFjollan]

Just for the record everyone can become this good by training if the will :) the will is powerfull but he truly is amazing

[gnatural]

you can be this good technicaly speakig yes, but not musicaly. that comes from within and is individual.

[gnatural]

and nobody will ever have this tone.

[daiviko]

The violin was made for his hands. Not all of us have such a gift. Will power alone could never propel you or I to the musical mastery of Itzhak Perlman.

[searay32]

splendid

[GregHuismans]

There's a guy who has command of his instrument.

[amirrotem]

sublime

[7805mimo]

he must have signed something..............

[natzjustlookinaround]

his hands are so big lol HE'S THE BEST!

[BarbaraPloyer333]

Tchaikovsky was a true genius, his music forever will shine! But man, how often do you hear a musical genius playing the musical of yet another musical genius?

A true treat there!

[immerism]

@BarbaraPloyer333 very true!

[MadeInKorea02]

@BarbaraPloyer333 to tell you the truth, about everyday on the radio :P haha

[wingman210]

i seen this guy live. he is truly amazing. he is funny and he loves what he does!!

[AznEricaa]

this is insane

[buddyfio]

legendary

[robinstigator]

I will see him this wednesday!!!

[sarevilo31]

how lucky you're!!! He makes it look simple :D

[kcgenius]

What the......? A kungfu conductor lol

[tenglee2]

Tchaikovsky makes the best music ever!

[mjp13rockon]

he makes it look like it's a piece of cake

[TheItalianmafiaman]

H is INSANELY GOOD!

He is THE best violinist in the world.

enough said

[draganalex85]

trully unique his sound...

[danielwowman]

hes amazing

[BarbaraPloyer333]

^0^

He's the master.

[NuovoCurioso]

Grandioso...Itzhak Perlman ....complimentissimi!!!

[bejiuli]

amazing

[lytovcas]

Is that a 4/4 violin he's playing? Looks quite small in his hands :)

[Zhyhm]

Yeah, lots of violinists have big hands :D

[sweatinggrundle]

jesus the articulation!..

[HeiligZorn]

impressive :O

[64f100bill]

in any conducting class you take if you have the instructor is always explaining how to conduct is "less is more" a good conductor can use as little motion as possible because the group knows what is coming and they dont have to be all big with their motion. Thats just what i think and im sure a majority of ppl also but i dont expect everyone to agree with me.

[64f100bill]

i dont see how people like this conductor get these jobs how is it possible for someone to follow them at times and this guy isnt even that bad? It baffels me

[porkyfry]

I agree with you; too many conductors try to draw the audiences attention to them. Their job on stage is to keep the orchestra together not have overly flamboyant beat patterns, especially on simple passages like the beginning. The audience came to see Itzhak!

[fuguesofamnesia]

Wow, would ya get a load of that crowd.

[johnthedarkwingduck]

4:44

...Sweet Golly Moses!

[calloffthedogs]

Ive never seen a violinist who bows at the frog as well as Perlman. Sooo silky smoothe.

[Shizukasama22]

This is the most amazing performance I have EVER seen! I'm surprised he didn't snap a string, haha.

[PoesSoul7]

The best interpreter i've ever seen.

[amieesaigon]

hey i like it at first :D

[Korsair777]

omfg, so effortless playing... if only i was as half as good as him T_T

[leontud]

i love the conductor.

[mkond]

it's a young yuri temirkanov...so it is almost certainly the st. petersburg phiharmonic playing.

[tjw21bath]

I really love this!

[ItzhakRoxMySox]

I love him. If you nnotice, he plays with his WRIST. JUST HIS WRIST. He only uses his arm for longer notes, for longer bows. Just the wrist. Yet his sound is SO HUGE. And so BEAUTIFUL.

[schostaievski]

u re right,i wish i could do that haha my teacher makes me play with my arm sticked to the wall to use my wrist haha ( sorry for my english)