Fritz Kriesler was my great-great-grandfathers best friend. My great-grandma knew him very well and he would play for her all the time when he was little. He would come to their home and play with her stepdad. I have a home video of him playing with her stepfather in their home. I only now this because shes 102 now and tells me all the time. And yes, I am being serious--not lying here for those who think I am.
My grandfather played the violin and this was his favorite piece to play. Listening to any type of violin music like this and others (like Itzhak Perlman) reminds me of my grandpa.
Fritz Kreisler (more rarely, Chrysler , there. Fritz Kreisler ; February 2 1875 , Vienna - 29 January 1962 , New York ) - Austrian violinist and composer.
Fritz Kreisler was born in Vienna on February 2, 1875, the family doctor , his father was Jewish, his mother - a German. Received baptism at the age of 12 years.
In four years he studied the violin with Jacques Auber, and quickly achieved great success. In seven years, received the right to study at the Vienna Conservatory (now the Vienna University of Music and Performing Arts), becoming the youngest student in its history, admitted as an exception - according to the rules adopted in the conservatory faces at least 14 years.
In nine years, Kreisler madehis first appearance in public, and a year later he graduated from the Conservatory with a gold medal. Continued to improve in the Paris Conservatory with Joseph Massara (violin) and Leo Delibes (theory and composition). In 1887 , the Kreisler won first prize at the final examination, and then decided to start an independent career.
In one thousand eight hundred and eighty-nine - one thousand eight hundred ninety Kreisler performs a concert tour in the U.S., along with pianist Moritz Rosenthal , but the public takes it very cautiously.
Back in Vienna , he entered the gymnasium and then studied for two years at the medical department of the University, then served in the Army. In 1896 , the Kreisler trying to enter the orchestra of the Vienna court opera, but it does not pass the competition because of its poor ability to read from a sheet that does not prevent him, however, to pursue a solo career.
Within two years, he gives a concert with the Vienna Philharmonic, ironically, formed by musicians from the very composition, which was not accepted. The present international recognition comes to the violinist in 1899 , when he madehis debut with the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra under Arthur Nikisch .
The following season (1900-1901) Kreisler toured the U.S. and May 12th 1902 , gave the first concert in London . The English musical public enthusiastically took a violinist, in 1904 he was awarded the Gold Medal of the London Philharmonic Society, and the composer Edward Elgar dedicated his own Violin Concerto, first performed Kreisler November 10th 1910 , under the composer.
Since the beginning of World War Kreisler went to the front in the Austrian army, but was discharged after being wounded in October 1914 and soon moved to the United States. In 1924 , the violinist returned to Europe, where he lived first in Berlin and then in France .
After amplification, the Nazi sentiment in Europe Kreisler in 1938 again went to the USA, where in 1943 received U.S. citizenship. Despite serious car accident in which he got in 1941 was, he soon returned to active live performances.
. Last public appearance Kreisler held November 1 1947 at Carnegie Hall , in the next few years he has appeared on television, but soon decided to quit the career as a musician because of the progression of blindness and deafness (the consequences of a car accident). His unique collection of violins of the XVIII century Kreisler sold, leaving himself only instrument of Jean Viyoma 1860 year. The last years of his life violinist spent in New York.
Creativity -- Survived quite a number of its records relating mainly to the 1920 - 1930s, among them - concerts of Bach , Mozart , Beethoven , Paganini , Mendelssohn , violin sonatas by Schubert and Grieg (with Sergei Rachmaninoff ), etc.
Creativity -- Kreisler was a talented composer, among his works - string quartet, operetta, and works for violin - cadenzas to the concertos of Brahms and Beethoven , numerous plays, in our time, often perform "Encore" - "Chinese Tambourine," Vienna Caprice "Wonderful Rosemary, "" pangs of love, "" Joy of Love "and many others, including numerous musical hoaxes attributed to the composers of the past.
This song is so cosy! Imagine sitting in a dark house, only lit up my candles, with your eyes closed and listen to this song, with your husband or wife <3 Or beeing an old couple dancing to this while playing it on an old gramophone! But I also get the picture of an old couple sitting on a white bench in a forest, or a park, feeding pigeons!^^
Thank you very much for posting this, @aimson - it's wonderful to hear a composer's own performance of his piece when preparing to perform it oneself. Sometimes I love living in the 21st century...this is one of those times.
I just did a small amount of research on Kreisler tendency to credit works to other composers. I didn't find out the reason he did it, but the article stated that he was so beloved that "all was forgiven" very quickly.
I always heard that the reason that Kriesler didn't take credit for his works at first was that he felt it would seem to be immodest go up on stage and play works that he wrote. Does anyone know if this is true. Thanks
@RoHanseat Thank you for your answer, and you must be very proud to have had such a wonderful grand unkel! My father was a violinist with the NY Philharmonic from 1946 to 1979 and heard Kriesler play several times. He admired him very much, both as a great violinist, and from what he had knew about him, as a very fine person.
@JuliJujube Agreed ...I'm not a violin player...but who can hear the small nuances that make the rendition what it is ....just listen to some of the others and see how they fall short ...or consider some world class classical players who try a traditional Irish piece....frequently dreadful ...but I won't go on ....have to live here!!
you know how intimidating new yorkers could be! remember how elvis was snubbed several times? is your rendition of "vitali" chaconne on utube? lucky you! i wish i played the violin!
i wonder how new yorkers reacted when kreisler admitted that this piece was his own and not a newly discovered dvorak! kreisler must have been so flabbergasted when his work was entusiastically welcomed as dvorak's!
@lonsi64 I'm sure it's not the first time the classical community has gotten punked. Kreisler was brilliant and had every right to lie and misrepresent Dvorak. Another example that comes to mind is the "Vitali" Chaconne. I love this piece and play it from time to time. Milstein's recording of it is of the Gods. Yet, nobody named Vitali wrote the piece! Jokes on all of us, isn't it?
@aimson : But this piece could not possibly be passed off as Dvoraks because it is in the form of a landler : a folk dance in 3/4 time which was popular in Austria, south Germany and German Switzerland at the end of the 18th century.
@MusicPredominates - Good point! You made me curious, so I started searching. At first Kreisler presented Liebeslied as an "arrangement" of a piece by the real Viennese composer Joseph Lanner (1801-1843), along with Liebesfreud and Schon Rosmarin.
If you do a Google search for "Kreisler and Lanner and Liebeslied" - you'll find a great excerpt about these pieces from David Ewen's _Listen to the Mocking Words_ .
@corax176 wait i dont recall writing that! i think i was talking about devil's trill and got mixed up on wich video this is when i was writing the comment.
yea this piece is easy, only took a few days to master it, but devil's trill was hard. took me 3 months to learn it. sorry!
@nughaga xDDDDDD yes, devils trill is so hard, I didnt play it yet... im playing prokofiev violin concerto n2 and sarasate introduction and taratelle, with too many dificulties xD
@nughaga This piece is technically easy, but I would never bandy around the word easy with any Kreisler piece. I've dabbled with Liebeslied and Liebesfreud, and to make them sound the way you want, with proper expression and timing, breathing life into every note, probably took the greats as long as it took to learn a Paganini piece, who's pieces were known to flow naturally and take on a life of their own.
fluteHinsata, If ds was recorded btwn 1904-1919 then its a Guarneri del Gesu as he used it for hs cncrts & recrdngs made in ds period. sd goh (malaysia)
I first heard Kreisler's violin on an acoustically recorded Victor disc when I was 14, this was 1958 and the record was old then! Even with such limited sonics the famed Kreisler tone and feeling came through. I hear a lot of this quality on recordings by Violinist and Conductor Marek Weber. A name many here probably would not be familiar with. Not quite a Kreisler, but deserving more attention than he has received. Any more Kreisler? Is there any sound films with Kreisler?
Nobody can play this piece as well as Kreisler himself . Modern great performers who I have heard play this , totally miss the subtle expression. ( actually Kresiler is wearing his heart on his sleeve )...No two bars are even played at the same tempo... the accompanist is remarkable as well ! This is the best performance of EVER... too bad nobody can replicate it...
I wouldn't be so strict, but this is the best rendition. agree with that. which is somewhat surprising. I also like Menuhin and Tretyakov playing of this piece. Maybe they wanted to be just a bit different and that's what you call missing expression. And I love this tune!
Not as good as Mr. Kogan. Kogan beats all of them. I would place Josef Hassid , a man who died young in his twenties as second to Mr. Kogan. Kreisler is probably third. But yes one of the best.
such an elegance to his playing. its just perfect. you can hear the sadness and joy....ah....its just these little things that make it impossibly great, simple, and his-own.
My teaher always talk about him that one day he went to drive with his wife on the hill(?) and he saw that it was great view and he raised his hand cuz he got hyper and looks like his wife never wants to have drive with him :D
This piece is so beautiful! Every time I hear it I just feel I am completely into another world...And it is even more awesome when it is played by Kreisler himself... Thank you for sharing this precious recording!
I love the hardest of heavy metal, but this is beautiful and better than all the metal in the world And i am proud to say that. A legend Mr. Kreisler was.
Am I the only person to find Kreisler's music and playing saccharine-sweet and kitschy. OK, this performance is technically spot-on if of questionable taste, but have you heard his intonation in his transcription of the kitschy (London)Derry Air? I for one would not have been proud of it.
Fritz Kriesler was my great-great-grandfathers best friend. My great-grandma knew him very well and he would play for her all the time when he was little. He would come to their home and play with her stepdad. I have a home video of him playing with her stepfather in their home. I only now this because shes 102 now and tells me all the time. And yes, I am being serious--not lying here for those who think I am.
20BLARG10 1 day ago
I love the way he gives this song a soul. Sometimes musicians play very "flat" but this feels very warm. Really inspiring.
qwerty93C 6 days ago
I before e except after c.....
ugisanu 3 weeks ago
dios kreisler tocando ????, de que año es eso? existian grabadoras?
Eloybb1 1 month ago
My grandfather played the violin and this was his favorite piece to play. Listening to any type of violin music like this and others (like Itzhak Perlman) reminds me of my grandpa.
Jennifer750806 2 months ago
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Shine860530 1 month ago
@Shine860530 I know it's Kreisler's work. I was just saying this was my grandfather's favorite piece of music to play. :)
Jennifer750806 1 month ago 2
@Jennifer750806 sorry, i replied to the wrong person - -
Shine860530 1 month ago
@Shine860530 Oh haha, that's ok. :)
Barlad11 1 month ago
Fritz Kreisler (more rarely, Chrysler , there. Fritz Kreisler ; February 2 1875 , Vienna - 29 January 1962 , New York ) - Austrian violinist and composer.
Molto Bello!!! Thank you for sharing this video.
MrGer2295 3 months ago 3
Fritz Kreisler was born in Vienna on February 2, 1875, the family doctor , his father was Jewish, his mother - a German. Received baptism at the age of 12 years.
Molto Bello!!! Thank you for sharing this video.
MrGer2295 3 months ago
In four years he studied the violin with Jacques Auber, and quickly achieved great success. In seven years, received the right to study at the Vienna Conservatory (now the Vienna University of Music and Performing Arts), becoming the youngest student in its history, admitted as an exception - according to the rules adopted in the conservatory faces at least 14 years.
Molto Bello!!! Thank you for sharing this video.
MrGer2295 3 months ago
In nine years, Kreisler madehis first appearance in public, and a year later he graduated from the Conservatory with a gold medal. Continued to improve in the Paris Conservatory with Joseph Massara (violin) and Leo Delibes (theory and composition). In 1887 , the Kreisler won first prize at the final examination, and then decided to start an independent career.
Molto Bello!!! Thank you for sharing this video.
MrGer2295 3 months ago
In one thousand eight hundred and eighty-nine - one thousand eight hundred ninety Kreisler performs a concert tour in the U.S., along with pianist Moritz Rosenthal , but the public takes it very cautiously.
Molto Bello!!! Thank you for sharing this video.
MrGer2295 3 months ago
Back in Vienna , he entered the gymnasium and then studied for two years at the medical department of the University, then served in the Army. In 1896 , the Kreisler trying to enter the orchestra of the Vienna court opera, but it does not pass the competition because of its poor ability to read from a sheet that does not prevent him, however, to pursue a solo career.
Molto Bello!!! Thank you for sharing this video.
MrGer2295 3 months ago
Within two years, he gives a concert with the Vienna Philharmonic, ironically, formed by musicians from the very composition, which was not accepted. The present international recognition comes to the violinist in 1899 , when he madehis debut with the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra under Arthur Nikisch .
Molto Bello!!! Thank you for sharing this video.
MrGer2295 3 months ago
The following season (1900-1901) Kreisler toured the U.S. and May 12th 1902 , gave the first concert in London . The English musical public enthusiastically took a violinist, in 1904 he was awarded the Gold Medal of the London Philharmonic Society, and the composer Edward Elgar dedicated his own Violin Concerto, first performed Kreisler November 10th 1910 , under the composer.
Molto Bello!!! Thank you for sharing this video.
MrGer2295 3 months ago
Since the beginning of World War Kreisler went to the front in the Austrian army, but was discharged after being wounded in October 1914 and soon moved to the United States. In 1924 , the violinist returned to Europe, where he lived first in Berlin and then in France .
Molto Bello!!! Thank you for sharing this video.
MrGer2295 3 months ago
After amplification, the Nazi sentiment in Europe Kreisler in 1938 again went to the USA, where in 1943 received U.S. citizenship. Despite serious car accident in which he got in 1941 was, he soon returned to active live performances.
Molto Bello!!! Thank you for sharing this video.
MrGer2295 3 months ago
. Last public appearance Kreisler held November 1 1947 at Carnegie Hall , in the next few years he has appeared on television, but soon decided to quit the career as a musician because of the progression of blindness and deafness (the consequences of a car accident). His unique collection of violins of the XVIII century Kreisler sold, leaving himself only instrument of Jean Viyoma 1860 year. The last years of his life violinist spent in New York.
Molto Bello!!! Thank you for sharing this video.
MrGer2295 3 months ago
Creativity -- Survived quite a number of its records relating mainly to the 1920 - 1930s, among them - concerts of Bach , Mozart , Beethoven , Paganini , Mendelssohn , violin sonatas by Schubert and Grieg (with Sergei Rachmaninoff ), etc.
Molto Bello!!! Thank you for sharing this video.
MrGer2295 3 months ago
Creativity -- Kreisler was a talented composer, among his works - string quartet, operetta, and works for violin - cadenzas to the concertos of Brahms and Beethoven , numerous plays, in our time, often perform "Encore" - "Chinese Tambourine," Vienna Caprice "Wonderful Rosemary, "" pangs of love, "" Joy of Love "and many others, including numerous musical hoaxes attributed to the composers of the past.
Molto Bello!!! Thank you for sharing this video.
MrGer2295 3 months ago
who could play this better than him?
Shine860530 3 months ago
@Shine860530 My son plays this better, but Ihave to admit, I might be slightly biased.
circusitch 3 months ago 3
best looking violinist of all time--drop dead looks, really!
windstorm1000 4 months ago
I loved everything about this performance except the mis-interpretation ;) kidding - brilliant!!
RichieLeone 4 months ago
Please listen tot the version with textes of Herbert Grönemeyer sung by Max Raabe.
It is very beautiful.
neenennaam 4 months ago
das lied hat in dem buch die physiker von dürrenmatt einstein am ende des buches gegeigt
LordPiccolo1996 7 months ago
Thank you so much
Mamasan41 7 months ago
I'm so glad that they were able to record him somehow...otherwise we would have lost a lot of life's joy!
metalheadlass 7 months ago 3
who will dislike this? this is wonderful to be dislike!!!
cHiiCaBabES 8 months ago
kreisler is awesome...
i want to be like him in the future!!!
cHiiCaBabES 8 months ago 2
really beautiful music! Awesome....
Syde
Syde7 8 months ago
What a beautiful sounds..
i appreciate..composition and playing himself..
i really love this music...
1115youha 8 months ago
This guy was a friend of my great grandfather, pretty damn cool.
b0ondockz 8 months ago 2
He sings with his violin... Unbelievable feeling!!
Firestoner46 9 months ago
This song is so cosy! Imagine sitting in a dark house, only lit up my candles, with your eyes closed and listen to this song, with your husband or wife <3 Or beeing an old couple dancing to this while playing it on an old gramophone! But I also get the picture of an old couple sitting on a white bench in a forest, or a park, feeding pigeons!^^
Mumzzen 9 months ago 4
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jasdaman2 11 months ago
Magic!!
veimar15 11 months ago
OMG THE STATIC IN THE BACKROUND!!! I loved itt!!!! oh wait there was a violin playing?
dreamov2D 1 year ago
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bass109 1 year ago
Thanks for sharing this beautiful music.
camelot03 1 year ago
Thank you very much .
Who play piano?
gcm793 1 year ago
this is epic
chow150 1 year ago
this is the most beautiful piece of music i have ever heard. that man was brilliant.
mg426426426 1 year ago
Thank you very much for posting this, @aimson - it's wonderful to hear a composer's own performance of his piece when preparing to perform it oneself. Sometimes I love living in the 21st century...this is one of those times.
EIL0NWY 1 year ago
I always have liked this number in particular & Kreisler as an artist.
Beevac 1 year ago
NO WORDS FOR THE EXPLOSION OF EMOTIONS THAT THIS PIECE CONTAINS AND THE WAY KREISLER EXPRESS IT!!!
skunk69666 1 year ago
FANTASTIC !
luigiperso 1 year ago
I just did a small amount of research on Kreisler tendency to credit works to other composers. I didn't find out the reason he did it, but the article stated that he was so beloved that "all was forgiven" very quickly.
nidurnevets 1 year ago
I always heard that the reason that Kriesler didn't take credit for his works at first was that he felt it would seem to be immodest go up on stage and play works that he wrote. Does anyone know if this is true. Thanks
nidurnevets 1 year ago
@nidurnevets Indeed its true.-Like it is in our family normal.-Never show what did but be happy foryour self.--He was my grand unkel
RoHanseat 1 year ago
@RoHanseat Thank you for your answer, and you must be very proud to have had such a wonderful grand unkel! My father was a violinist with the NY Philharmonic from 1946 to 1979 and heard Kriesler play several times. He admired him very much, both as a great violinist, and from what he had knew about him, as a very fine person.
nidurnevets 1 year ago
anybody that claims this piece is easy has not learned it correctly.
JuliJujube 1 year ago
@JuliJujube Agreed ...I'm not a violin player...but who can hear the small nuances that make the rendition what it is ....just listen to some of the others and see how they fall short ...or consider some world class classical players who try a traditional Irish piece....frequently dreadful ...but I won't go on ....have to live here!!
Lisnageeragh 1 year ago
you know how intimidating new yorkers could be! remember how elvis was snubbed several times? is your rendition of "vitali" chaconne on utube? lucky you! i wish i played the violin!
lonsi64
lonsi64 1 year ago
i wonder how new yorkers reacted when kreisler admitted that this piece was his own and not a newly discovered dvorak! kreisler must have been so flabbergasted when his work was entusiastically welcomed as dvorak's!
lonsi64 1 year ago 22
@lonsi64 I'm sure it's not the first time the classical community has gotten punked. Kreisler was brilliant and had every right to lie and misrepresent Dvorak. Another example that comes to mind is the "Vitali" Chaconne. I love this piece and play it from time to time. Milstein's recording of it is of the Gods. Yet, nobody named Vitali wrote the piece! Jokes on all of us, isn't it?
aimson 1 year ago 13
@aimson : But this piece could not possibly be passed off as Dvoraks because it is in the form of a landler : a folk dance in 3/4 time which was popular in Austria, south Germany and German Switzerland at the end of the 18th century.
MusicPredominates 1 year ago
@MusicPredominates - Good point! You made me curious, so I started searching. At first Kreisler presented Liebeslied as an "arrangement" of a piece by the real Viennese composer Joseph Lanner (1801-1843), along with Liebesfreud and Schon Rosmarin.
EIL0NWY 1 year ago
@MusicPredominates -
If you do a Google search for "Kreisler and Lanner and Liebeslied" - you'll find a great excerpt about these pieces from David Ewen's _Listen to the Mocking Words_ .
EIL0NWY 1 year ago
@EIL0NWY : Shall do ! And, thanks !
MusicPredominates 1 year ago
@aimson Really?!!!!! I didn't know that , who's the real composer of Chaconne
gaswmskkorymva 1 year ago
@aimson So, who DID write that Chaconne??
SabineViolin 11 months ago
@aimson who wrote it then?
legoinaboat1 8 months ago
@aimson As dat smart guy E=mc squared or sumftin... well wateva, ""The secret to creativity is knowing how to hide your sources."
ninjafarmer420 3 months ago
PS: Enya - Evening Falls
ninjafarmer420 3 months ago
@lonsi64 ... like all noo yorkers, I s´pose ... . But why does this piece get to me so badly ? ´Cos it is so simply beautiful ... .
MusicPredominates 1 year ago
@lonsi64 Dvorak was flabbergasted too!
edcircusitch 2 days ago
Is there any video of Master Heifetz playing this piece..???
gibsonpaddy 1 year ago
Why can nobody else play these pieces like Kreisler? And don't say because he wrote them!!
His playing is so moving, so telling without the need for over-dramatization nor false expressiveness.
He is constantly moving forward with an inner energy and sense of time. Yet freedom and humanity glows throughout.
Magic.
ipmoic 1 year ago
wonderful piece. The noise from the early recording makes the sound even more nostalgic, in my opinion. Thanks for sharing this jewel.
jmsantander1 1 year ago
i am going to learn violin just to play this beautiful piece
solidysnake1 1 year ago 4
@solidysnake1 good luck doing that. im pro at violin and it took me 3 months to learn it.
nughaga 1 year ago
@nughaga no desanimes al chaval, que es fácil de tocar xD
corax176 1 year ago
@corax176 ?
nughaga 1 year ago
@nughaga en inglés no sé decirlo... a ver si soy capaz: its not the hardest piece in the repertory... i think solidsnake1 will be able to play it
corax176 1 year ago
@corax176 wait i dont recall writing that! i think i was talking about devil's trill and got mixed up on wich video this is when i was writing the comment.
yea this piece is easy, only took a few days to master it, but devil's trill was hard. took me 3 months to learn it. sorry!
nughaga 1 year ago
@nughaga xDDDDDD yes, devils trill is so hard, I didnt play it yet... im playing prokofiev violin concerto n2 and sarasate introduction and taratelle, with too many dificulties xD
corax176 1 year ago
@nughaga This piece is technically easy, but I would never bandy around the word easy with any Kreisler piece. I've dabbled with Liebeslied and Liebesfreud, and to make them sound the way you want, with proper expression and timing, breathing life into every note, probably took the greats as long as it took to learn a Paganini piece, who's pieces were known to flow naturally and take on a life of their own.
malikrox 1 year ago
great quality considering the age
perfect obviously jajaja its Kreisler.....
xy5454 1 year ago
how wonderfully, fearlessly emotional. this is what arts needs to communicate to people to be loved. modernism is a curse!
kasyapa 1 year ago 2
this should be watched much more!!!
sinancans 1 year ago
the melody sounds a bit like the nursery song hush little baby, doesn't it?
licoricestic 1 year ago
Perfection aired!
mesoman4 1 year ago
I'm studying this piece! =D
thathaviolin 1 year ago
everyone, your watching one of the greatest compositions being played by THE composer
liebesleid played by kreisler....stunning, beautiful and kreisler
he started it all
heifetz, milstein, oistrakh all came after him
wtfpwndzor 1 year ago
I'm playing this for an exam on Thursday.. thanks for posting this video . it really helped!!
XxLarz2k8Xx 1 year ago
it;s perfect
japscottable 1 year ago
What a beautiful playing!!!.. It takes you back to a time when music playing still had so much style and intergraty
888violinlover 1 year ago 35
The pianist is Carl Lamson.
How Kreisler could waltz! Just one intimate circle after another.
Endless..................
ipmoic 1 year ago 8
Its the truth!
007tiptoe 1 year ago
one of the most underrated classical pieces on youtube
sinancans 1 year ago 55
@sinancans
Kreisler is severely underrated as a composer...
hellomate639 1 year ago
@sinancans who cares about youtube?
milstein91 7 months ago
fluteHinsata, If ds was recorded btwn 1904-1919 then its a Guarneri del Gesu as he used it for hs cncrts & recrdngs made in ds period. sd goh (malaysia)
301250 2 years ago
I wonder what sort of violin he's playing. I don't think it sounds like a strad...and can some violin strings be made of gut?
fluteHinata 2 years ago
The player in this recording has seized nothing of the composer's intentions!
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flutendancelover 2 years ago
@flutendancelover And I thought that the joke was too obvious to be missed! ;-P
GrumpyOldTroll 1 year ago
A true genius of his time. I am completely won by this piece. :)
sinnexz 2 years ago
he is violin
henrykkingdom 2 years ago
Who is the pianist?
willspires 2 years ago
wonderful!
Okadita 2 years ago 2
Just listen to nikolaimadoyev (first in video response) unbelievable!!!
violinmaster64 2 years ago
@violinmaster64 Thanks, merci, NIKOLAI MADOYEV joue divinement bien. J en ai encore des frissons!!!
gilia07 2 years ago
This is a very interesting piece. I love it!
MoriMaris 2 years ago
He has the most gentle touch to what he plays that I've ever heard! O.o
malikrox 2 years ago 4
@malikrox
you have ears of music
MoGotMilk 1 year ago
Such an amazing artist.His sound is so magnificent.
Laserflip1011 2 years ago 2
dancebandleader 2 years ago
Nobody can play this piece as well as Kreisler himself . Modern great performers who I have heard play this , totally miss the subtle expression. ( actually Kresiler is wearing his heart on his sleeve )...No two bars are even played at the same tempo... the accompanist is remarkable as well ! This is the best performance of EVER... too bad nobody can replicate it...
TomSueLuke 2 years ago 2
I wouldn't be so strict, but this is the best rendition. agree with that. which is somewhat surprising. I also like Menuhin and Tretyakov playing of this piece. Maybe they wanted to be just a bit different and that's what you call missing expression. And I love this tune!
assa123assa123 2 years ago
Just listened to Tretyakov ... wonderful interpretation as well , great bow ... I like Menuhin's too . however - Kreisler is still my fave ....
TomSueLuke 2 years ago 3
You probably missed my comment on Tretyakov ;) totally agree
assa123assa123 2 years ago
I feel the same way you do. Kreisler is the best and my favorite!
takamori400 2 years ago
Not as good as Mr. Kogan. Kogan beats all of them. I would place Josef Hassid , a man who died young in his twenties as second to Mr. Kogan. Kreisler is probably third. But yes one of the best.
jayadsilva67 2 years ago
Yea id say Kogan is the best but after him id probably put heifetz and then probably david oistrakh
fishpig20 2 years ago
Only immature people try to rank violinists of such caliber.
malikrox 1 year ago 7
well said.
cowlikesbeef 1 year ago
@malikrox
amateurs in general
MoGotMilk 1 year ago
First heard this in 'Cobb' biopic of Ty Cobb legendary baseball player...acted by Tommy Lee Jones
passjay 2 years ago
The golden coffee house times before the age of Starbucks
fj5a017 2 years ago 2
He is amazing. Just listening to him and some pianist called Rachmaninoff! Not a bad duo really.
mymusicdiscovery 2 years ago 2
Fritz is my great great uncle.
cheryllynnmc 2 years ago
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mg426426426 2 years ago
GOOD
carylai1992 2 years ago
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this version is ...interesting. very quaint and cute(?!) general tone. :D:D I prefer the range shown by Joshua bell tho
shintee 2 years ago
This comment is bad and you should feel bad.
captainears 2 years ago
how dumb is THIS comment
shintee 2 years ago
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U S A! U S A! U S A! U S A! U S A!
Danman917 2 years ago
makes one forget the troubles of the world
BNHxxxooo 2 years ago 6
such an elegance to his playing. its just perfect. you can hear the sadness and joy....ah....its just these little things that make it impossibly great, simple, and his-own.
fluffynamedkimba 2 years ago 6
Rips out your heart with a velvet glove!!
My personal favorite! Thank you for
posting such a treasure from the past!
Kievest 2 years ago 3
The emotion overflows！
bayleaf0929 2 years ago 3
I could be wrong but is it prejudice to assume most (all) swearing on the comments is done by AMURICANS?
acermusika 2 years ago
Well I'm an American, and honestly it wouldn't surprise me...
JHendrix18 2 years ago
I think Rachmaninov's piano transcription is better.
scriabinetude 2 years ago
i´m not a musician
...sigh, i guess...
but the violin seems kinda ultimate to me.
kehlkopfkrebs 2 years ago 4
Beautiful. So sharp, so exactly right...
ninanina189 2 years ago
of course, because he wrote it...
Bspeder 2 years ago 5
I don't think composers are necessarily the best performers of their own works
ninanina189 2 years ago
stop commenting and listen
melomansarasatiste 2 years ago 2
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ninanina189 2 years ago
Sublime.
opossumd 2 years ago 3
His playing sounds like I imagine honey would sound, if indeed honey had one. -|:{
GoNikkiFTW 2 years ago 5
Thank you for posting this work of one of the great romantics. No one plays like this master.
sfbonedoc 2 years ago 6
Nikolaj Znaider plays Kreizlers Guaneri-violin which Kreisler played on from 1904 to 1920.
What a beautiful, sensitive sound.
BalthasarMA 2 years ago 3
My teaher always talk about him that one day he went to drive with his wife on the hill(?) and he saw that it was great view and he raised his hand cuz he got hyper and looks like his wife never wants to have drive with him :D
LuckyAnimeGurl7 2 years ago 2
trembling, outstanding .
pawnee1984 2 years ago 7
После Гениального Паганини и Феноменального Генрика Венявского...Фрица Крейслера ставлю на третье место ..в своем топе ))
1.Paganini
2.Wieniawski
3.Kreisler
CKOPOXBAT 2 years ago
@CKOPOXBAT хммм...У нас нет записей первых двоих.
symfotroll 1 month ago
This piece is so beautiful! Every time I hear it I just feel I am completely into another world...And it is even more awesome when it is played by Kreisler himself... Thank you for sharing this precious recording!
hezixiao 2 years ago 6
This piece does seem like another and another place, in the sweet memories of days gone by! Beautiful and nostalgic as only Kreisler can play it.
goldie0800 2 years ago 4
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hezixiao 2 years ago
this song is so nice, i like how mr. kreisler plays his piece, sounds good
plutonium142 2 years ago 5
КРУТО
Trulashka 2 years ago
So beautiful, unlike anyone else since.
picmeco 2 years ago 5
Da, foarte frumos.
pamfilmihai 2 years ago
anyone praeludium und allegro? please let me know
chanterellesympa 2 years ago
genial,extra ordinaire
chanterellesympa 2 years ago
I love the hardest of heavy metal, but this is beautiful and better than all the metal in the world And i am proud to say that. A legend Mr. Kreisler was.
MetalChicano 2 years ago 22
then we are 2 my friend \m/
RiderOfParanoia 2 years ago
@MetalChicano amen to that, made me feel like crying n listen to extreme screaming of dethklok and lamb of god (to name a few)
emofun21295 1 year ago
Bravo 5/5
Crosstica 3 years ago 2
I only have a Nigel Kennedy version of this.. hearing from the master himself is absolutely incredible! Thanks so much for posting!
jessiechuang 3 years ago
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Hey when 3NUNS makes a comment. Dat's a true and worthy comment. Folks like cheeselove shouldn't use naughty words on Youtube.
3NUNS 3 years ago
you're just about the same...
wanflove 3 years ago
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All ye who look at Youtube should bow down to the wisdom of 3NUNS.
3NUNS 2 years ago
"Liebesleid" means something like "love pain"
pleased to hear him playing himself!
Allesgute6 3 years ago
love's sorrow
yapimster012 2 years ago 4
Kreisler had such a sweet charming sound. Beautiful
Poliakin1 3 years ago 3
but czech out the thickness of the D string! Gut strings rule OK.
richtrophicherbs 3 years ago
Am I the only person to find Kreisler's music and playing saccharine-sweet and kitschy. OK, this performance is technically spot-on if of questionable taste, but have you heard his intonation in his transcription of the kitschy (London)Derry Air? I for one would not have been proud of it.
richtrophicherbs 3 years ago
i am related to fritz:)
NME315 3 years ago
das every deutsch is da fritz
so a mis-statement
for information this ppiece is a transcription ... what charcterises its performance is the portamento
3NUNS 3 years ago
AWESOME if you're telling the truth
FUCK YOU if you're bluffing
The end :)
cheeeselove 3 years ago