MOLTO BELLO!!! Thank you for sharing this Great Performance of Great Navarrese Spanish violinist and composer PABLO MARTIN MELITON DE SARASATE Y NAVASCUES (10 March 1844 – 20 September 1908) .
...So, my violin teacher told me I could choose my next piece that I wanted to play. I've been surfing around the internet for a while looking for pieces that I could actually play, and WHY THE HELL AM I HERE!?
We are so priveledged to be able to hear this. Such a luscious tone- you can almost grab it. Contemporary violinists cannot seem to capture this in their interpretations.
Thank you for posting. This is so wonderful to listen too. It is always important to hear how a composer interprets his own work. What a rare gem. Again, thank you.
@Lacicorneta1941 Esto no es del todo cierto. La parte central (la que no está en esta grabación) es recopilada de otro tema, pero el resto es original.
this is the best interpretation,because this is natural.In our days we didn't find natural interpretation like this,because the professors ,teachers are shits.So this is my opinion....When somebody wanna to play this piece,is better ''to memorised'' before this interpretation....;)
@asmzzz of course Paganini is credited by creating things like, public imagery, had been a great show man and...(here it goes!) the "art" of "shredding". But, about his techniques, he'd only inspired in and used what the violinist of the time and befor had reproved, like, did u hear the 24 caprices by Locatelli? Well, it's that i'm talking about.
He seems very wooden, in fact I don't see him moving at all. I joke. The recording technology of the day does not lend itself to digital facsimile. Hearing this on a 78 horn turntable would give the listener a bit more to go on but I just am grateful to hear the composer playing his own music.
this, my favorite version! not because he composed it, but the flow, the dynamics... seems modern musicians no longer dare such an interpretation due to the new age. But anyhow, this was 100% so enjoyable.
Pablo de Sarasate en este audio, no esta dando una indicación al pianista, sino dedicando la canción. Diciendo en perfecto español: "Para Pepito (diminutivo de José) y para Celiaca". Marca los pizzicatos como nadie lo haría.
It's one thing to criticize a performance for imperfect intonation or cleanliness of technique, but to say one's interpretation is better than another's....it's all personal. If anything, I would think the composer would know best what he meant when composing a piece. Each of the great violinists who prepare this piece may interpret some aspect of the piece in their own way, and that is what makes listening to so many different versions enjoyable, but not "better" than another, in my opinion.
@craisslayer What I like to tell myself is that maybe he recorded this on a bad day, especially since since he was really close to the time of his death when this recording was made, though I actually enjoy his interpretations. :-0
Carl Flesch, the great violin teacher (of Szeryng among others), who knew Sarasate well, said that, by this time, Sarasate's playing had deteriorated.
@tristan01101 Well, hers is probably the most accurate, except for this one of course. She respects the time signature of this piece, because other violinists tend to rush through it but she does not. She plays it perfectly and so beautifully, that's why I think it's your favorite. But I like Sarah Chang's the best, because she puts so much feeling into it!
well i dont think any reasonable person who knows about classical music would say this is the best recording, but keep in mind that when sarasate, the majority of people, especially the spanish/gyspy people, cared almost only about showcasing, not musicality, but i understand ur point
That's probably because you have been unwittingly conditioned by the players of today who all try to outdo each-other with theatrics and swells, and pyrotechnical flourishes.
One of the most egregious changes oft seen is to destroy the rhythm of the piece for the sake of embellishing. Some other interpretations literally stop the flow cold.
It is already a time-honored tradition to be prickly on youtube comments. Haven't you noticed this? Of course you have! You _called _me_ prick, dude:;-)
Seriously, it's all in fun. Too bad you can't hear my voice or see my facial expressions when I say this stuff.
But in all seriousness, I do not like every interpretation and it may not match your favorites either. That's OK.
@craisslayer Here is the thing when we hear a composer play his own work. Whether it is our "favorite" or not is of no importance at all! What we have is a lesson from the composer and a rare and wonderful thing. Listen to the way he bends the beat...is rubato is exquisite and rich and varied. His use of the bow is staggering and supple. His ability to languish and enjoy every moment is a lesson to us all. Oh if only we had a recording of Chopin or Boccherini or...
Sorry,but you maybe not take in count the absolutely poor recording , It´s difficult to hear what Sarasate is doing. But take for sure that if listened with better sound, no matter if Heifetz, or Menuhin, or Milstein...Sarasate would sound better.
@craisslayer I do not want to criticize musicians, maybe you are a musician, but this document is like as an old scroll, needs a different approach then a high-definition recording.
Je suis très heureux de trouver ici cet enregistrement dont je pensais que seul mon père avait un exemplaire. En effet le pianiste qui accompagne Pablo de Sarasate est mon arrière grand père Otto Goldschmidt, le père de ma grand mère paternelle. Il était également son ami et son agent artistique. Bien cordialement. Guy Montagné
Je suis très heureux de trouver ici cet enregistrement dont je pensais que seul mon père avait un exemplaire. En effet le pianiste qui accompagne Pablo de Sarasate est mon arrière grand père Otto Goldschmidt, le père de ma grand mère maternelle. Il était également son ami et son agent artistique. Bien cordialement. Guy Montagné
@TempoFurioso but no one would ever know how the best is supposed to be played, except the composer? i mean, this could be how the perfect ziguenerweisen should sound because the composer wrote this piece and he thought of how it should be played.
@dogpaw814 that is why there is such a thing called innovation. the first guy who invented the bulb did not create the best bulb in the world. innovation continues
WOW!! How in the world did you get this recording? It sounds very crisp and fluid the way Sarasate played it, this is the way EVERYONE should play it.
I didn't even know they had recording equipment in 1904! I'm amazed that he played it so well at such an old age...he died in 1908 at the age of 64, so he must have been around 60 years old when he made this recording.
5 stars. If I see another Rabin or Heifetz is better than a player of Sarasate's ability I think I'll lose it. All these deaf people. I guess elegance, style, beauty, sensitivity, accuracy, rhythm, articulation, and, of course, no pressed notes counts for little in these comparisons. Can't believe 11 people don't like this. This not Mozart, Beethoven, Mendelssohn et. al. but is one of the most played show pieces since it's composition. Must have some redeeming qualities. TY
i wonder how bad ass it would have been to see Sarasate and paganini compose a song together that would have proubaly been the hardest damn thing ever
@ceckviolinist As I said before, an idiomatic mistake, what I want to say is that is an awesome playing of his piece "Aires Gitanos", not an interpretation
There is something magical about this recording.. yes it was by the original, perhaps it was the grainy sound of the recording, but something else.
I like playing Sarasate's pieces way more than Paganini's as far as showing off technical skill. Maybe because I'm Eastern European I find a piece like this more interesting than Pag's Caprice24
¡¡¡Que obsesión tiene el personal con "es el mejor" " ninguno como tal o cual" .El arte no es una competición y cada cual tiene su espacio y su público.
Man, why we're so stucked to interpretation,skills,speed etc.This is what we learn? But he is one of the guys who built a whole violine school....C"mon. I'm speachless...
OH MY GOODNESS! I agree with Sergio0s - different than any other version (my favourites were rabin and Shaham) but OH! Hearing what Sarasate intended it to be - took my breath away! He played those strings to life. Bravo Bravo Bravo!!!!!!
Incredible, if you can't distinguish how incredible this man's tone is from the low quality of the recording yourself, you don't know how to listen to music. As a violinist myself, I'm in total awe.
Absolutely unbelievable technical command!!! He's extremely fast! I can't say I like his interpretation, it's too fast and flat, Rabin's version suits best my taste, but it was thrilling to be able to hear Sarasate!
Perhaps it is "fast" to fit in the time available on primitive recordings.... but otherwise he wrote it and surely can decide how fast his own music should go ??? He doesn't rush the slower passages to make up time so we can probably assume his speed is as he wanted it.
Incredible! All the little themes sound so different than any other version, his fast passages are amazing. One of the greatest masters of the violin.
@ericgable: how dare could u say so? w/o Sarasate, Itzak or Heifetz may be a beggar now! I think sarasate's version is worse just because the record sucks. so,shut up!
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wow im not going to shut up becaus eim saying my opinion.... what a noob you sound so stupid getting mad at me when all is that it hink Jascha is better and he could of played louder... it doesnt matter if its old recxording i know were not stupid enough to listen to it over and correct the bad things.. like if i were him i'll listent o it and notice that its to low and make it louder DUR so bye and dont bother to reply because i dont got time to waste on a lame like you and is sooo cry baby
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wow hes not that good i mean he could of played out more... Jascha Heifetz sound wayyyyy BETTER than him.... lol he made a piece and someone else sound better than him on it
I've listened for Heifezt recordings and he is not as good as you can imagine. Sarasate in those days maybe have only one recording time due to a price of recording in these days. Maybe he has a lot of wonderful days playing this piece better than anyone. Heifezt recorded many of his works several times in order to get the best interpretation.
To finalize: Dont judge a composer for one old recording, and remember he is very old here, near to his dead in 1908. The best of the best maestros has a bad day or not the better day of their lives.
De acuerdo con T-Ninja: es fabuloso tener acceso a un virtuosismo como el de P-S aunque haya errores minimos en la grabacion. Gracias por darnos ese placer. Es un gozo grande para el buen aficionado al arte y al artista.
I don't care about the recording quality; this is awesome. We played this in orchestra last year with our first chair doing to solo part. I think it's def. one of my favorite pieces of music. Thanks for posting this!
@aria099 Rabin's is rather nice, very orchestral. But Pablo's is just really sweet, and not prettied up, but simply his own sound, with little else to amply the atmosphere. Older instrumentation and recordings. Like Rabin's, but love Pablo's.
Undoubtedly, a great document of a great work. In my opinion, just this. We have great performances of it for our days, with good quality.
Will you tell me, "Over The Rainbow" is the most wonderful song ever? What is beautiful is timeless; just a matter of learning how to perform it according to time conditions. Baroque musicians didn´t play the piano; anyway... OMG!
Very nice recording. It is amazing to listen to something over 100s years old and find out how the man did it. Is was interesting to hear how he did quicker runs and didn't hold notes as long than the way its played today, and how he skipped the whole last phrase before the presto!
Maybe as an interprator it is not all perfectly played, but aren't we all human beings? No robots, this kind of people we are filled with...robots...hm
He skips notes. He misses notes. He skates through passages. But I feel like I'm witnessing some kind of secretive genius---as though the grandeur of the piece is still up in his head, waiting to be revealed. He KNOWS how it's meant to sound. Hearing that brilliance in its first stages here is...breathtaking.
I like to think somewhere in violin heaven Sarasate heard Perlman's rendition and jumped out of his chair, saying "That's it! That's it! By God, that's exactly what I meant!"
Keep in mind that Sarasate was very old during the recording. It is the unique recording of Sarasate, can you Imagine a 20 years old Sarasate playing?. Maybe Perlman would miss notes if he performs a Zigeunerweisen with 70 years old. (I 'am the #1 fan of Perlmam of course)
"several takes" .....EXACTLY, maybe Sarasate didn`t know that he was recording the unique version of this piece for the whole mankind. Maybe his mood wasn`t the mood to record a piece to the rest of the world. Maybe in XIX they didn`t have the concept of "recording a disc in order to expands or made perpetual the Sarasate's music". Maybe He did not want to play at that time. There are so many conjetures....
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Incapable of rendering his own composition decently--wretched stuff! The trills are weak and nauseating. It is woefully out of tune. I must take my leave before this rubs off on my perfect intonation. This is revolting. Bell sounds like a genius next to this. Uncle Junior would have convulsions if he had to hear this.
What a career this man had! More than forty works written for him by (amongst others) Saint-Saens, Bruch, Dvorak, Wieniawski, Joachim, Sauret, and Lalo (just look at those names!), and streets named after him in Paris, Pamplona, Biarritz, and Madrid.
Nice song. But it would be even better if he added some lyrics, and a drum track. That would be sooooo bitchin!
gavrilo2007 1 day ago
MOLTO BELLO!!! Thank you for sharing this Great Performance of Great Navarrese Spanish violinist and composer PABLO MARTIN MELITON DE SARASATE Y NAVASCUES (10 March 1844 – 20 September 1908) .
MrGer2295 3 days ago
Wow. This recording was made four years before he died!
xaviervandepoll 1 month ago
My God, such technique.
louisemiriam 1 month ago
this playig has a particular tender feeling,despite to its bad sound.shows the personality of the composer...? it is moving heart!
nnmrllk 2 months ago
船村徹先生が「乱れ髪」をお唄いになるように、サラサーテご本人による演奏は何と素晴らしいことでしょう。
音源がよく残っていたものですね。
H2QY38 2 months ago
How touching.....to hear the real Sarasate playing Zigeunerweisen more than 100 years ago.
43ellewoods 2 months ago 5
Hermoso. Piel de gallina desde el comienzo hasta el final de esta pieza de arte. Qué tristeza y desazón ha debido sentir Sarasate.
kvds08 2 months ago
I like Sarasete's music, it is simply amazing et beautiful, and I like the Wu-Tang Clan.
BuddahJones1 3 months ago
Autentica Canción!! Simplemente Hermosa!!
WolffgangIraeLuon 3 months ago
I am listening to a thought, a voice; sincere, honest, without the theatricals
pusher1668 4 months ago 2
love is over...
LaionPapaMagnum 5 months ago
Thanks .... really ... I don't care if you can play this better ...
mallory161 6 months ago
I can't believe I'm listening to Pablo de Sarasate! The man who composed Zapateado! He was born in 1845.
Joseph Joachim has recordings too from around 1902. He taught Leopold Auer (who also has a couple recordings).
stringscgda 6 months ago 2
...So, my violin teacher told me I could choose my next piece that I wanted to play. I've been surfing around the internet for a while looking for pieces that I could actually play, and WHY THE HELL AM I HERE!?
Topwatch288 7 months ago 4
brilliant, thank you for posting.
sssatrunnn 7 months ago
how come it's missing the romantic part in the middle... o.o
c830124 8 months ago
@c830124
wax cylinders only recorded so long so something had to be cut out.
xMANBEARPIG2011x 4 months ago
We are so priveledged to be able to hear this. Such a luscious tone- you can almost grab it. Contemporary violinists cannot seem to capture this in their interpretations.
MadAuralSkills 8 months ago 3
I assume this was recorded on wax cylinder? Anyone know for sure? And when, and by whom was this digitization done?
Thanks for the post - you can still hear "a lot" through the fuzz!
jnurin 9 months ago
Thank you for posting. This is so wonderful to listen too. It is always important to hear how a composer interprets his own work. What a rare gem. Again, thank you.
MaximoHudsonable 10 months ago 19
@MaximoHudsonable You're welcome!
aimson 10 months ago
in 1904 he was already 60 years old!
plerimest 10 months ago
lol in that picture he was like, "Playing notes here? Why isn't possible?"
Zhyhm 10 months ago
Pablo Sarasate no es el compositor de este tema, sino que hizo una recopilación de temas del folclore húngaro.
Lacicorneta1941 11 months ago
@Lacicorneta1941 Esto no es del todo cierto. La parte central (la que no está en esta grabación) es recopilada de otro tema, pero el resto es original.
Fastopen 6 months ago
this is the best interpretation,because this is natural.In our days we didn't find natural interpretation like this,because the professors ,teachers are shits.So this is my opinion....When somebody wanna to play this piece,is better ''to memorised'' before this interpretation....;)
petfej 11 months ago
@asmzzz of course Paganini is credited by creating things like, public imagery, had been a great show man and...(here it goes!) the "art" of "shredding". But, about his techniques, he'd only inspired in and used what the violinist of the time and befor had reproved, like, did u hear the 24 caprices by Locatelli? Well, it's that i'm talking about.
bbssp2x1I 11 months ago
I bet he had no idea his piece would get so famous.
JeremyImp 11 months ago 2
He seems very wooden, in fact I don't see him moving at all. I joke. The recording technology of the day does not lend itself to digital facsimile. Hearing this on a 78 horn turntable would give the listener a bit more to go on but I just am grateful to hear the composer playing his own music.
ChavezRey 1 year ago
Tra i più belli e rari!
Grazie
123must 1 year ago
He is saying something.
az0403100 1 year ago 3
I hope I am still able to play this well when I'm 60!
Prelude1383 1 year ago 5
And pianist Otto Goldschmidt (1829-1907).
3intelligents 1 year ago
this, my favorite version! not because he composed it, but the flow, the dynamics... seems modern musicians no longer dare such an interpretation due to the new age. But anyhow, this was 100% so enjoyable.
narulovehina 1 year ago 4
ヤバい!!フルで聞いたけどムチャクチャ有名だった
kurenai0karasu 1 year ago
Pablo de Sarasate en este audio, no esta dando una indicación al pianista, sino dedicando la canción. Diciendo en perfecto español: "Para Pepito (diminutivo de José) y para Celiaca". Marca los pizzicatos como nadie lo haría.
franmaci987420453 1 year ago 3
gracias
FuguPop373 1 year ago
I like this version. Sarasate is saying something during play. It's interesting,isn't it?
--A mi me gusta esta version. Sarasate dice algo en la esta. Me parece muy interesante.
az0403100 1 year ago
What a treasure. TY.aimson
paulostroff99 1 year ago
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у меня есть его запись без шумов и треска;)
vesta1946 1 year ago
у меня есть его запись без шумов и треска;)
vesta1946 1 year ago
It's one thing to criticize a performance for imperfect intonation or cleanliness of technique, but to say one's interpretation is better than another's....it's all personal. If anything, I would think the composer would know best what he meant when composing a piece. Each of the great violinists who prepare this piece may interpret some aspect of the piece in their own way, and that is what makes listening to so many different versions enjoyable, but not "better" than another, in my opinion.
Elainelps0421 1 year ago 5
@craisslayer What I like to tell myself is that maybe he recorded this on a bad day, especially since since he was really close to the time of his death when this recording was made, though I actually enjoy his interpretations. :-0
LeJohnDuc 1 year ago
@LeJohnDuc
Carl Flesch, the great violin teacher (of Szeryng among others), who knew Sarasate well, said that, by this time, Sarasate's playing had deteriorated.
richygm16 1 year ago
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I don't wanna criticize the composer, but this is definitely nowhere near my favorite interpretation of this piece.
craisslayer 1 year ago
@craisslayer I wouldn't say it's my favorite either but I'll tell you what I told myself: keep listening to it anyways, it doesn't get any better :)
aimson 1 year ago
@aimson Anne Sophie happens to be my favorite interpretation. =X
tristan01101 1 year ago
@tristan01101 Well, hers is probably the most accurate, except for this one of course. She respects the time signature of this piece, because other violinists tend to rush through it but she does not. She plays it perfectly and so beautifully, that's why I think it's your favorite. But I like Sarah Chang's the best, because she puts so much feeling into it!
zucchini2007 1 year ago
@zucchini2007 That makes a lot of sense.
tristan01101 1 year ago
@aimson :-)))))))))))))
jambogamba 1 year ago
@craisslayer
well i dont think any reasonable person who knows about classical music would say this is the best recording, but keep in mind that when sarasate, the majority of people, especially the spanish/gyspy people, cared almost only about showcasing, not musicality, but i understand ur point
yangsta72 1 year ago
@craisslayer
That's probably because you have been unwittingly conditioned by the players of today who all try to outdo each-other with theatrics and swells, and pyrotechnical flourishes.
One of the most egregious changes oft seen is to destroy the rhythm of the piece for the sake of embellishing. Some other interpretations literally stop the flow cold.
vibratingstring 1 year ago
@vibratingstring no, i just dislike the tone of his playing, hear messy runs quite often, and sometimes hear intonation problems.
craisslayer 1 year ago
@vibratingstring Jeese, you guys are some pricks!
tristan01101 1 year ago
@tristan01101
It is already a time-honored tradition to be prickly on youtube comments. Haven't you noticed this? Of course you have! You _called _me_ prick, dude:;-)
Seriously, it's all in fun. Too bad you can't hear my voice or see my facial expressions when I say this stuff.
But in all seriousness, I do not like every interpretation and it may not match your favorites either. That's OK.
vibratingstring 1 year ago
@craisslayer Are you saying the composer does not know how to interprete his own work?
grab1piece 1 year ago
@craisslayer
Well, recording technology was hardly at its best then, too, take that into account -
anyway - what don't you like about the composer's own interpretation? How do you like it better?
spraguesprague 10 months ago
@craisslayer Here is the thing when we hear a composer play his own work. Whether it is our "favorite" or not is of no importance at all! What we have is a lesson from the composer and a rare and wonderful thing. Listen to the way he bends the beat...is rubato is exquisite and rich and varied. His use of the bow is staggering and supple. His ability to languish and enjoy every moment is a lesson to us all. Oh if only we had a recording of Chopin or Boccherini or...
FourNationsEnsemble 10 months ago 2
@craisslayer
Sorry,but you maybe not take in count the absolutely poor recording , It´s difficult to hear what Sarasate is doing. But take for sure that if listened with better sound, no matter if Heifetz, or Menuhin, or Milstein...Sarasate would sound better.
Kolnikov 10 months ago
@craisslayer I do not want to criticize musicians, maybe you are a musician, but this document is like as an old scroll, needs a different approach then a high-definition recording.
ndodro 10 months ago
IDA HAENDEL Plays it best and SARASATE himself ofcourse
ArbelBashLoberant 1 year ago
btw does anyone know, are there any recordings made by Wieniawski?
dududevynidu 1 year ago
@dududevynidu he died in 1880, so unfortunately no
jin12345678 1 year ago
his fingers are SO FAST!
dududevynidu 1 year ago
mh? wath does he says at the minute 3:26?
BeethovenOp125 1 year ago
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Je suis très heureux de trouver ici cet enregistrement dont je pensais que seul mon père avait un exemplaire. En effet le pianiste qui accompagne Pablo de Sarasate est mon arrière grand père Otto Goldschmidt, le père de ma grand mère paternelle. Il était également son ami et son agent artistique. Bien cordialement. Guy Montagné
guymontagne 1 year ago
Je suis très heureux de trouver ici cet enregistrement dont je pensais que seul mon père avait un exemplaire. En effet le pianiste qui accompagne Pablo de Sarasate est mon arrière grand père Otto Goldschmidt, le père de ma grand mère maternelle. Il était également son ami et son agent artistique. Bien cordialement. Guy Montagné
guymontagne 1 year ago 2
WOAHHH!!! AMAZING!!! I LOVE THIS! :)
AbbiAdams247 1 year ago
Increible por primera vez escucho al Grandioso Pablo de Sarasate!
Edmumtz 1 year ago
Ruggiero Ricci - Zigeunerweisen, 1959:
watch?v=xKQxnVIkvow
Thanks and regards
classicvinylbiz 1 year ago
Better than every other version here on youtube. That's because it's played with heart and soul.
chessclarinet 1 year ago
I guess, jsut because you composed it does not mean you will play it best...
TempoFurioso 1 year ago 2
@TempoFurioso but no one would ever know how the best is supposed to be played, except the composer? i mean, this could be how the perfect ziguenerweisen should sound because the composer wrote this piece and he thought of how it should be played.
dogpaw814 1 year ago
@dogpaw814 that is why there is such a thing called innovation. the first guy who invented the bulb did not create the best bulb in the world. innovation continues
TempoFurioso 1 year ago 2
@dogpaw814 Art is subjective and there isn't only one way to interpret it...
tcassermonvieux 1 year ago
Owned... by all means!
omatu1 1 year ago
Wanderfoll classical music....Thank you Sarasate..........
beatlerman 1 year ago
MMhh se oye algo en el minuto 3:27 ?? Can you hear something, i think is a voice in the minute 3:27 ??
maybe asking for water while playing???
iolalla 1 year ago
@iolalla Yes, you are right! But this doesn't sound like Sarasate, more like Ovide Musin. Are you sure this is Sarasate?
ZWorldOwesYouNothing 1 year ago
La dulzura de Sarasate es única!
gabrieladebernardi1 1 year ago
if this is true this is a 24 karat diamond masterpiece recording, just imagine 1904!!!!! Sarasate playing his own piece!!!!!
beethomozart 1 year ago 3
Edgar Meyer's version is absolutely beautiful
MyBigjay 1 year ago
WOW!! How in the world did you get this recording? It sounds very crisp and fluid the way Sarasate played it, this is the way EVERYONE should play it.
I didn't even know they had recording equipment in 1904! I'm amazed that he played it so well at such an old age...he died in 1908 at the age of 64, so he must have been around 60 years old when he made this recording.
zucchini2007 1 year ago
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great composition but he sucks at playing it
MrTheviolindude 1 year ago
5 stars. If I see another Rabin or Heifetz is better than a player of Sarasate's ability I think I'll lose it. All these deaf people. I guess elegance, style, beauty, sensitivity, accuracy, rhythm, articulation, and, of course, no pressed notes counts for little in these comparisons. Can't believe 11 people don't like this. This not Mozart, Beethoven, Mendelssohn et. al. but is one of the most played show pieces since it's composition. Must have some redeeming qualities. TY
2ndviolinist 1 year ago 7
....man's passion.... in full blast !!!!!
wonderingworlds 1 year ago 2
Haha I love how clear the g string is, while you can hardly hear the high notes. Its a shame that the technology wasn't violin specialized
A4440HZ 1 year ago
and how quickly they dismiss Paginini. He who jerked the violin out of the gutter by its bootstraps.
barquester 1 year ago
There's no doubt Sarasate was one of the greatest violinists of his era and what a privilege to hear the master play his own work!!!
legman36 1 year ago
Sarasate's play, If it is true this record is a genuine treasure
kaio1022 1 year ago
wow... the noise makes the music more touching
kindricher 1 year ago
i wonder how bad ass it would have been to see Sarasate and paganini compose a song together that would have proubaly been the hardest damn thing ever
spartanjaws 1 year ago 6
so different as i have ever heart!
Qpwoeirualskdjfhymxn 1 year ago
An awesome interpretation...for me one of the best ever!
Fastopen 1 year ago 2
its not really an interpretation its how its supposed to be played since he wrote it LOL :P
fishpig20 1 year ago 6
Yes, I know. I came from the same country that Sarasate. Idiomatic mistake.
Fastopen 1 year ago
@fishpig20 haha, that's so true xD
SomeAnimeOtaku 1 month ago
Hello dude this is not an interpretation this is the composer playing this
ceckviolinist 1 year ago 4
@ceckviolinist As I said before, an idiomatic mistake, what I want to say is that is an awesome playing of his piece "Aires Gitanos", not an interpretation
Fastopen 1 year ago
is the second or third movement more like a Polka, or Rhapsody? Please answer it to the best of your knowledge.
waddleduckie1 1 year ago
@waddleduckie1 Csárdás
Sallelaschi 1 year ago
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Buster19291936 2 years ago
There is something magical about this recording.. yes it was by the original, perhaps it was the grainy sound of the recording, but something else.
I like playing Sarasate's pieces way more than Paganini's as far as showing off technical skill. Maybe because I'm Eastern European I find a piece like this more interesting than Pag's Caprice24
246trinitrotoluene 2 years ago
Totally kick arse. I think this version really is my favourite. Lots of life and sparkle. No mean feat to get across on 1904 era recording equipment.
blktauna 2 years ago 5
¡¡¡Que obsesión tiene el personal con "es el mejor" " ninguno como tal o cual" .El arte no es una competición y cada cual tiene su espacio y su público.
Y hay tantos gustos como personas...
pepenomedestormento 2 years ago 2
Sarasate is the BEST violin composer to live. End of story.
asmzzz 2 years ago 29
@asmzzz DEFINITELY. I'm speechless.
theviolinmusicfan 1 year ago
@asmzzz I disagree, I think the best violin composer is Niccolo Paganini.
zucchini2007 1 year ago
@asmzzz
what abotu paganini?!?!
yuepon13 10 months ago
@yuepon13 i would looove to hear him too on recording!!
JKS2macd 8 months ago
Man, why we're so stucked to interpretation,skills,speed etc.This is what we learn? But he is one of the guys who built a whole violine school....C"mon. I'm speachless...
ntanny76 2 years ago 2
Thank you so much for uploading this. I finally listened to the legendary Pablo de Sarasate play. Breathtaking to say the least.
BobBobGobGob 2 years ago 3
heyy u guys cant crap bout this...he wrote it, he'll play however the hell he wants =]
dogpaw814 2 years ago 2
OH MY GOODNESS! I agree with Sergio0s - different than any other version (my favourites were rabin and Shaham) but OH! Hearing what Sarasate intended it to be - took my breath away! He played those strings to life. Bravo Bravo Bravo!!!!!!
RoshChodesh13 2 years ago
I prefer Heifetz's version to Sarasate's too, but I wouldn't go so far as to say Heifetz is "way better."
craisslayer 2 years ago
wow, a real rare recording!
ssc70402 2 years ago
i dont think anyone can criticize this guy playing his own piece. he wrote the piece, he can play however he wants.
prayformercy4 2 years ago 3
Incredible, if you can't distinguish how incredible this man's tone is from the low quality of the recording yourself, you don't know how to listen to music. As a violinist myself, I'm in total awe.
malikrox 2 years ago 3
Absolutely unbelievable technical command!!! He's extremely fast! I can't say I like his interpretation, it's too fast and flat, Rabin's version suits best my taste, but it was thrilling to be able to hear Sarasate!
MIchaelYiochalas 2 years ago 3
Perhaps it is "fast" to fit in the time available on primitive recordings.... but otherwise he wrote it and surely can decide how fast his own music should go ??? He doesn't rush the slower passages to make up time so we can probably assume his speed is as he wanted it.
hugothebear 2 years ago 5
I like Rabin's too, but Sarasate can play it however he wants, since he is the composer.
jakethepianist 2 years ago 3
Incredible! All the little themes sound so different than any other version, his fast passages are amazing. One of the greatest masters of the violin.
Sergio0s 2 years ago 4
To think I'd be granted the opportunity to listen to the legend Sarasate himself. Thank you Aimson, thank you YouTube. Thank you Sarasate!
Waeweas 2 years ago 6
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His playing is absolutely incredible, especially his technical command.
He also has a very pleasant tone, although possibly lacks variation in his tone.
It's a shame he wasn't a good composer too, this piece he is paying is absolute crap.
wks1978 2 years ago
this is one o f my favorite violin pieces ever! great!
beoufd 2 years ago 7
@ericgable: how dare could u say so? w/o Sarasate, Itzak or Heifetz may be a beggar now! I think sarasate's version is worse just because the record sucks. so,shut up!
toantuoitho 2 years ago 3
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wow im not going to shut up becaus eim saying my opinion.... what a noob you sound so stupid getting mad at me when all is that it hink Jascha is better and he could of played louder... it doesnt matter if its old recxording i know were not stupid enough to listen to it over and correct the bad things.. like if i were him i'll listent o it and notice that its to low and make it louder DUR so bye and dont bother to reply because i dont got time to waste on a lame like you and is sooo cry baby
ericgable 2 years ago
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wow hes not that good i mean he could of played out more... Jascha Heifetz sound wayyyyy BETTER than him.... lol he made a piece and someone else sound better than him on it
ericgable 2 years ago
I've listened for Heifezt recordings and he is not as good as you can imagine. Sarasate in those days maybe have only one recording time due to a price of recording in these days. Maybe he has a lot of wonderful days playing this piece better than anyone. Heifezt recorded many of his works several times in order to get the best interpretation.
Fastopen 2 years ago 5
To finalize: Dont judge a composer for one old recording, and remember he is very old here, near to his dead in 1908. The best of the best maestros has a bad day or not the better day of their lives.
Fastopen 2 years ago 3
WOW! I didn't know there were recordings of Sarasate! When I was a child I dreamed about listening him, I thought I never could.
He was one of the greatest violin players of all times, along with Paganini. And always is illuminating to hear the composer himself.
Thank you very much aimson!!
DelfosMX 2 years ago 4
omy look at the bow in the pic, so long or is my imagination?
brother234 2 years ago
First, thanks for this opportunity of listening Sarasate. Second, the quality is enough to listen the interpretation well. :-)
shibumi007 2 years ago 3
De acuerdo con T-Ninja: es fabuloso tener acceso a un virtuosismo como el de P-S aunque haya errores minimos en la grabacion. Gracias por darnos ese placer. Es un gozo grande para el buen aficionado al arte y al artista.
Pablo Barreto
phallotes 2 years ago
I don't care about the recording quality; this is awesome. We played this in orchestra last year with our first chair doing to solo part. I think it's def. one of my favorite pieces of music. Thanks for posting this!
TannenNinja 2 years ago 2
y luego ...
YavneTapia 2 years ago
Thanks so very much for posting this video.
skycastles79 2 years ago 2
its kind of hard to hear.
kuvhlubkojibleegxwbo 2 years ago
....They didn't have professional recording devices back then...
aria099 2 years ago
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I know THey should have some. because this song he played in 1904, and they should have professional recording.
kuvhlubkojibleegxwbo 2 years ago
AHAHA, in 1904?!
The phonograph, the FIRST device able to record sound was invented in the late 1880's...
aria099 2 years ago 4
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check out sarah chang's version...man that's beautiful...
rukia2010 2 years ago
...Sarah Chang's version is REALLY choppy.
Rabin's version is the BEST rendition ever performed.
aria099 2 years ago 8
I agree Rabin´s interpretation is the best. Sarah Chang can´t play spiccato, flageolets and pizzicato in the ending like Rabin. He is wonderful.
osmixmk 2 years ago 3
I would rather like Heifetz's version.Rabin was too young to interpretation sorrow in this song, though his skill was perfect
qyy920 2 years ago
@aria099 Rabin's is rather nice, very orchestral. But Pablo's is just really sweet, and not prettied up, but simply his own sound, with little else to amply the atmosphere. Older instrumentation and recordings. Like Rabin's, but love Pablo's.
ParadoxIcon 1 year ago
Undoubtedly, a great document of a great work. In my opinion, just this. We have great performances of it for our days, with good quality.
Will you tell me, "Over The Rainbow" is the most wonderful song ever? What is beautiful is timeless; just a matter of learning how to perform it according to time conditions. Baroque musicians didn´t play the piano; anyway... OMG!
bramarant 2 years ago
Wow, did I hear someone speak at around 3:25? I wonder what they were saying?
michaelmartind 2 years ago
it is sarasate himself speaking. asking the pianist to skip the rest of the middle section and go onto the final section.
DualThunder 2 years ago 4
Very interesting. It makes me think a little bit about how much our music has changed. Modern music = DIFFERENT
punchaloo 2 years ago
interesting to see how modern violinists have interpreted this v differently to the original
if only there were some magic way we could here the grand master paganini
themusicdr 2 years ago 4
For some reason listening to this old recording of zigeunerweisen gives me a better appreciation for it.
footballfan3332 2 years ago 5
Very nice recording. It is amazing to listen to something over 100s years old and find out how the man did it. Is was interesting to hear how he did quicker runs and didn't hold notes as long than the way its played today, and how he skipped the whole last phrase before the presto!
Dansback21 2 years ago 2
素晴らしい！！幻の動画。
是非、今の録音技術で聴いてみたいですよね。
本家の演奏には、無理がありません。
hananusubito841016 2 years ago
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although some parts he sounds mediocre, some passages just say he's a violin genius.
thecandyman86 2 years ago
Maybe as an interprator it is not all perfectly played, but aren't we all human beings? No robots, this kind of people we are filled with...robots...hm
mjatv 2 years ago
..I know, but what i wrote basically said what you just did. I said some parts sound average, but some parts sound amazingly good.
thecandyman86 2 years ago
this song sounds like the changes in Kenny Dorham's 'Blue Bossa'
xoide 2 years ago
i know not much about Classical music, but i know this song is making me sad.
MonsterSandwich99 2 years ago
It's so genteel in his hands. The bluster of perlman and bell is just not part of the piece. Resigned contemplation instead. Amazing.
MikeDrewYT 2 years ago
He skips notes. He misses notes. He skates through passages. But I feel like I'm witnessing some kind of secretive genius---as though the grandeur of the piece is still up in his head, waiting to be revealed. He KNOWS how it's meant to sound. Hearing that brilliance in its first stages here is...breathtaking.
I like to think somewhere in violin heaven Sarasate heard Perlman's rendition and jumped out of his chair, saying "That's it! That's it! By God, that's exactly what I meant!"
candidnt 2 years ago
Keep in mind that Sarasate was very old during the recording. It is the unique recording of Sarasate, can you Imagine a 20 years old Sarasate playing?. Maybe Perlman would miss notes if he performs a Zigeunerweisen with 70 years old. (I 'am the #1 fan of Perlmam of course)
Fastopen 2 years ago 3
Also, of course, modern recordings are often so perfect because they have been recorded in several takes.
richygm16 2 years ago
"several takes" .....EXACTLY, maybe Sarasate didn`t know that he was recording the unique version of this piece for the whole mankind. Maybe his mood wasn`t the mood to record a piece to the rest of the world. Maybe in XIX they didn`t have the concept of "recording a disc in order to expands or made perpetual the Sarasate's music". Maybe He did not want to play at that time. There are so many conjetures....
Fastopen 2 years ago
how rare is it to actually hear the original writer of a timeless classic play his own music!!! you take care of whatever yougot that from!!!
amargeaux 2 years ago 2
Bravísimo Maestro!!!! cuántos violinistas del siglo XXI quisieran tener esa articulación y afinación!!!
amcgula 2 years ago
WOW! how long is his bow in this picture? Looks like a viola bow. haha
surfboy 2 years ago 2
Wow, his a string is REALLY flat!!! (You can totally tell in the plucky bits of the last page)
wieniate 2 years ago
What is funny is how modern violinsts' versions differ from his. When I play this, I try to keep it as close to this recording as I can.
cjh37878 2 years ago
wow how conceited. "perfect intonation"...
ragglefraggle10 2 years ago 4
Agreed. Why hasn't the world hear of this violin genius?
richygm16 2 years ago 4
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Incapable of rendering his own composition decently--wretched stuff! The trills are weak and nauseating. It is woefully out of tune. I must take my leave before this rubs off on my perfect intonation. This is revolting. Bell sounds like a genius next to this. Uncle Junior would have convulsions if he had to hear this.
mercilesscallousness 2 years ago
What a career this man had! More than forty works written for him by (amongst others) Saint-Saens, Bruch, Dvorak, Wieniawski, Joachim, Sauret, and Lalo (just look at those names!), and streets named after him in Paris, Pamplona, Biarritz, and Madrid.
richygm16 2 years ago
Casals said that Sarasate did not play in tune. And Casals was a great, great authority on intonation. Listen and learn!
tgchicot 2 years ago