Mozart Violin Sonata KV301, Hilary & Natalie

[Toasty25000]

She looks like a robot when she plays, but that's ok cause she's sooooo good

[trilulilula]

does anybody know what shoulder rest this is?? it looks so cool & comfy...!

[mingaupulgao]

muito bom...!!

otima !execução!!!

parabens

[MrMamilitas]

This violin sonata (K 301) has ONLY two movementes:

1. Allegro con spirito and

2.- Allegro.

[Darkboy2525]

divine playing .. really wonderfull I enjoy this version very much ! .. really perfect capture of this wonderfull piece .....amazing well played !

[bibinnne]

So easy ! I'd played that … and I'm 12. 8)

[Darkboy2525]

@bibinnne eeuu cool :P ? wow we worship you. you are god

[bibinnne]

@Darkboy2525 Hahahahahahahaha x) I'm not god, i'm a girl !

[bibinnne]

@Darkboy2525 Wanna hear me ? I can make a vid (without my face, it's better)

[bibinnne]

@Darkboy2525 And thanks !

[Darkboy2525]

@bibinnne Don't like it when people think they are soo gooooood -.- ....

so 12 or not .... dont act like you are everything, at the end you are just a human and will die onces like everyone ... -.- ..... so 12 or not ... you are just human as well :D know that !

[bibinnne]

@Darkboy2525 Hey I don't say I'm the best of the world. I just try to tell you that if you train a little bit, this piece is doesn't very difficult ! And Hilary's playing that so gooood ! But it's just an affirmation, it's so easy (or just for me) … :)

[SimonSimonet]

@bibinnne This can says only jerk... Maybe it will play someone, who plays the violin only five years.. But the quality won´t be miserable.

[bibinnne]

@SimonSimonet I play since my 4 y.o. …

[bibinnne]

@Darkboy2525 And I forgot to say that you MUST play the violin (minimum 4-5 years experience) to play this piece haha !

[boomer4666]

@bibinnne probably terribly 

[bibinnne]

@boomer4666 Wanna hear me ?

[boomer4666]

@bibinnne no

[bibinnne]

@boomer4666 As you want.

[boomer4666]

@bibinnne okay

[bibinnne]

@boomer4666 What's okay ?

[0123456789bellita]

6 dislikes? how can someone dont like this??



[panchamkauns]

Yes, it's slow – this is why we like it!

Before they recorded this, there was already a fast version with Mutter and Lambert Orkis, who also has a beautiful tune. But believe it or not many people like slow music

[LogicRising]

I purchased that violin shortly after. I built a CD rack out of it. It currently holds all my Justin Bieber albums.

[MsFlowerelf]

my favourite interpretation of this piece. I could listen to this again and again and again :)

[violinguy100]

Sorry to be annyoying - this is very on the slow side. Also the syncopated minims need to withdraw each time with breath in betweeen. Long notes could be more special.

[hymnofashes]

@violinguy100 I agree. Too slow. No errors, but lacks emotion. By her standards, just okay.

[moldyoreo]

The pianist's arm movements are unecessary and distracting. WACKY WAVING INFLATABLE ARM FLAILING TUBE MAN!

[fayventim0]

@moldyoreo the pianist's my cousin

[fayventim0]

@moldyoreo also that is necessary because it creates power even she said so she taught me before

[Marsupilami1807]

@moldyoreo : It's not unnecessary... Playing Mozart so delicately and perfectly controlled is almost impossible if you only play with your fingers. The arm movements allow the pianist to hit every note very consciously and with just the right touch. How else can you reach this level of perfection (in my opinion)?

[moldyoreo]

For my tastes this is a bit slow. Still excellent as it is!

[apsurfa02]

oh mannn im gonna have fun playing this...lmao

[voxhunden]

How on the planet can anyone have anything negative to say about this?

[sori101gy]

i love the she plays. I just started studying the first movement because i was doing the second movement of k301 and this video can be my guide to how I'm suppose to play it. Love it!

[xXJohnnymac16Xx]

She's been big for a while 0_o. I watched a video of her playing like 6 years ago and she was big then. Besides the radio rarely features soloists, at least not in Nevada or Cali

[Defiant5555]

We are so far away from what Mozart intended it isn't even funny

[benarie8]

like everyone she makes mistake but she is most consistent out of all the rest and who ever doesnt think so is just jealous shes been my favorite for two years now and i finally heard her on the radion which mde me glad that she is getting big because she deserves it

[dropsoffaith]

There is so much heart in her playing. If I wanted perfection and cleanliness with lack of life, I would just listen to Joshua Bell play etudes.

[Muggleman12]

this piece is soooo happy!

[TheJayatkin69]

by the way this is not my account it's my step dads my account is fayventim0

[TheJayatkin69]

natalie zhu is my cousin if you dont belive me then reply to me and i will prove to you how old she is and stuff like that

[jayadsilva67]

Did you see her Yoni as a kid?

[euch27]

@TheJayatkin69

Do you also play an instrument? And where was she born?

[fayventim0]

@euch27 srry yes i do and this is my other acc so srry about the six months i play the flute and piano and she was born in beijing china

[TheJayatkin69]

@euch27 I play Piano and Flute! She was born in Beijing china! sorry can you inboxme on fayventim0 please? it's my accountthis is my daddy's :] s yea!

[violinlova]

bravo

[BBRENTTAGHAPP]

awesome performance! i love Hilary's tone/sound its just so amazing!

[jbrahms1833]

Sheer perfection! Hilary Hahn and Natalie Zhu are both superb musicians. I would like to hear Natalie play as a soloist as well. Can you upload movements two and three? Thank you.

[jys1205]

i'd do it for u :) this coming weekend

[pianodan]

@jbrahms1833 Good luck uploading the third movement. (It's only got two) :)

[TheJayatkin69]

@jbrahms1833 natalie has taught me before! she is my favorite cousin! she recently came to visit! she has a child named clara! i love her! my aunt is my piano teaher too so yea!

[pietalpha2]

she mentions in her blog how much she enjoys playing Mozart. You can definitely feel it coming through here

[schostaievski]

mozart's violin sonatas are so beautiful

[stagesix6]

natalie plays beautifully too

[stevetangmusic]

great

[littledagny]

Perfect. I don't think I've ever heard Hilary play out of tune note, and you can Bach Bach Bach all you want with her, but that fact alone makes her SEVERELY AWESOME!!!!

[Sviolinist]

Then train your ears better. After 1:30, she plays an F# extremely, extremely flat. A - B (trill) - A - B- C# - D- A- F# (VERY flat)

[littledagny]

Seriously, that note goes by so fast you don't even notice it. LMAO. I was just making a point, I know she's not perfect. But she does play in tune very very well. On one of the documentaries where she's recording the Lark Ascending, the technician said they always have to edit violin recordings because there are just so many off notes, but they never touched Hillary's. I thought there wasn't footage of her every missing a note, but look at her Last Rose of Summer video. She is human! Hehe.

[stagesix6]

who cares?

[jayadsilva67]

She must do the Yoni Mudra in order to perfect her playing. Kyung Wha Chung plays much better than her

[baabroma]

the balance is so perfect! Hahn=perfection

[dkurgano]

great etude

[vincenthanff]

I heard this sonata, a long time ago on the radio... I never knew the name of this genious work. Two years long I have been looking for it...

And a few weeks ago I heard it, here on youtube. With the same preformers...

Thanx for posting this :)

[wallygrundle]

Thank you for posting this.

[KamaniKurdi]

Fabulous!

[Malbyf]

tell me please.Where I can find 2 movement of this sonata?

[hihikatamari]

My violin tracher recommend me to watch Hillary Hahn for violin fingering, but wow...looking at her, for me it going to take decades for me to be like her.

[victorfb01]

The sound and intonation is just so incredibly focused... The only violinist I ever heard playing that cleanly and perfectly is James Ehnes. But I feel like there is something lacking in the music, some kind of depth or emotional content that I find in other players that don't have such a flawless playing, like Shaham or Vengerov...

[Sviolinist]

Yes. The sound is good here, but there are some strange choices. For instance, at 1:38, the piano part has a melody that is pure genius, and the violin drones a D behind it. The violinist here plays that D loudly and almost drones out the wonderful piano part behind it. Listen to that piano line - brilliant!

[jomanu]

learn to listen music,.. and no only mistakes....

that's tipical of ignorant musicians which only know how to play his instrument....

[Sviolinist]

She plays her drone D too loud. End of story. It's typical of a musician too "in-love" with their tone, and unable to interpret the music correctly.

[jayadsilva67]

I agree. She is just average.

[Sviolinist]

Aye. I was never intentionally trying to put Hilary down as much as I did in this thread, but there are just too many people talking about how perfect her every note is. She makes mistakes like everyone else, and yes, this is more of an average than a great performance. I'm glad someone else can listen and judge properly!

[BBRENTTAGHAPP]

everybody is entitled to their own opinion plus nobodies perfect :|

[davidemusica86]

I think her D sounded beautiful and I heard the piano just fine.

[JuanCsar]

pretty sexy i think

[baabroma]

ahhh....perfection!

[nakedBison69]

To anybody out there who truly knows a whole lot about truly great music, is it a crime or a sign of my musical ignorance that I prefer Mozart over Bach? Mozart is by far my favorite musical composer of all time, although paradoxically my favorite musical period is the Baroque period

[Liming05]

I enjoy this very much.

The ratio of height and width is not right. I just downloaded it and set it to 155:100

[musicbringsmagic136]

Her playing is very smooth and she played flawlessly. Amazing Job!

[violinmusicfan]

Her tone is so even :O

[182278]

Her playing is so near perfect that I find myself falling asleep to it. Some mistake that for boring but my teacher says that if you can fall asleep soundly to one's Bach or Mozart, it was played perfectly because the music is so heavenly and brings attention to your soul not your body so you fall asleep.

Sorry, just though I'd share a lecture from my teacher.

[musicbringsmagic136]

Interesting Fact. :)

[xxcocoloco]

everything is so perfectttttttttttttttttttttttt

[usernamehopeful]

her playing defines perfect.

she has never played a bad note

[alvincay100]

@usernamehopeful Maybe its just a rumor, but I've heard that she even farts in tune

[AmeyC]

superb

[rajbow1]

"The Twilight Dance"

[AlannahMuriel]

I have to play that piece... It sounds horrible when you play it without piano, I really hate practising it^^ My violin teacher told me to watch it on youtube and now I'm just like ... wow, it sounds actually really NICE =) xD

[Orchadorkcello]

Yeah, I know what you mean. The Brahms and Beethoven cello sonatas are the same way. It gets really awkward playing the same note for so long when the piano is supposed to have the melody and since you're practicing, there's no piano practicing with you. Sonatas like Beethoven's, Mozart's, and Brahms' are really written for both instruments, but the piano is always overshadowed by the other instrument.

[violinmusicfan]

No, I think in many of the sonatas for violin and piano, the latter is the primary instrument such as Mozart's violin sonatas.

[kamshi1]

She IS better than Heifetz, at least I like her playing more. And she looks better ;). But I don't know if she is THE BEST. David Garrett is also extremely good. And there are many other fabulous violinists out there. Oh man, I would love to hear them both together in a duet...

[masael255]

Pretty bold claim, but you're entitled to your opinion. But still, David Garrett? x_x For reason I can't stand him...but to each their own. As long as you enjoy it that's all that matters; everybody hears music differently so none is truly more beautiful than another. Even Kant would agree to that....somewhat.

[kamshi1]

Well, I agree to what you say. I just like her playing the most. David Garrett is, let's say, "different". I have the complete Heifetz collection, and surely it is amazing, but I miss something. Can't say what it is, but I'm not touched by his playing, so I don't enjoy it very much... You said "everybody hears music differently so none is truly more beautiful than another", and you are right with that. If you talk about music, you always talk about opinions. And that was mine.

[kamshi1]

One last word: Enjoyment is, like you said, the most important thing when it comes to music, that's for sure.

[greentomo]

its extremely difficult to expression into Mozart.

[maraxus83]

Nothing to say to her tecnique, but doesn't anybody notice the lack of expression of the whole interpretation? Mainly due to the absence of a phrasing intended to be more than just... cute.

[Slapazoid]

I agree. Listen to her performance of Sibelius' concerto and you will find the same lack of musicality.

[t0kt0k]

So much better than that awful Mutter

[issavestheworld]

She's so cute! How can she have that fantastic tone with very little bow speed? amazing.

[kelly0216]

Amazing.

they are like, one soul when they play this!

AMAZING!

[FinaleFantasy]

Awesome how they work together, really making it a sonata for both instruments, not just violin. They both get the solo and accompaniment aspects down at the right times.

[jiherman]

This is a very pretty Sonata - not one of the pieces I hear often. I enjoy HH's music.

[organboi]

why on earth are they so far apart? this is not normal. HH is the greatest violinist alive by far. she makes minimal movements with her body, face, etc...and she keeps her mouth closed all the time. she knows how to get out of the way of the music. only Mozart exists when she plays.

[organboi]

did we really need that silly smile from the pianist at the start?

[kablamo9999]

Very beautiful and uplifting music!

[kablamo9999]

test

[Atlasivan]

Impecable...!

[tryuker]

This is Mozart at its best.Tonality of instruments is beautiful and sensitivity between players is excellent. A joy to listen to. A comparison with Heifetz is well deserved!May you continue pleasing your fans!!

[Domuu]

I like how she starts with a harmonic D, brings a different color to the theme while staying in the same voice as the B.

[kelly0216]

I luvv this!

[kelly0216]

This is the best!

I love this song because I play both violin and piano.

They take turns playing the melody.

Hilary Hahn is very close to getting to the level of Heifetz!

=D

[organboi]

are you kidding? she has already surpassed the level of heifetz.

[SpikeE88]

no one will ever surpass the level of technique that heifetz had

[mindaflame7]

Even though, i believe the comparison between two violinists from two completely different eras of musical interpretative history, is in itself really out of place, and really pointless...I must say -era stylistic differences aside- that comparing heifetz to miss Hahn, is like comparing red wine to white. One can't just say wich is better, each of them is simply better suited to different ocations and circumstances, still i think i prefer the panache that Heifetz brought to everything he played

[viola989]

has this recording been made during her concert in Munich in 2005? if so, i have been there!!

AWESOME!!!

[springerverlag]

"Listening to you play, I know there must be God in heaven"

-- quote from Albert Einstein in "Einstein's unfinished symphony"

[TaytayDOS]

After a very tiring day of work in the evening I listen to this Mozart sonata played by Miss Hilary Hahn and afterwards I feel it's like early in the morning ready to work again. It's not an exaggeration.

[junevi2000]

This is one of the perfect sonata for violin and Miss Hilary Hahn's playing is refinement and elegance. She is a treasure just like the sonata by Mozart she is playing.

[pabloj08]

parece algo facil..... pero Mozart para nada lo es!! Exelente interpretación.

[asianpride1015689]

i wish i could play da piano and voilin like dem!!

[thelarkascending]

She playes so nicely! She seems to use such little bow and yet it sounds fantastic...!

[freqtrav]

Thank you very much for posting it.

Great play.

[msiu]

Terrific. Wish the video were in sync (the video lags just a little)

[jys1205]

sorry, but i believe it came from youtube cuz theres not in oringinal tape

[msiu]

Perhaps it's a coding format issue. Maybe it'd help to reencode the video in a more compatible format before you upload it?

Btw, all you clips are terrific!

[kaikobird]

msiu, This comes on her "In Portrait" DVD. Enjoy!

[junevi2000]

It's not because of Youtube or coding format. I am sure some slow computers behave that way(unsyncronized). You must have a fast video card with the latest driver and also lots of computer memory RAM to have a quality viewing experience in Youtube.

[twilightflame91]

Thanks! This is great!