don't harm heifetz! gitlis is a miraculous violinist and so is Heifetz. Both have a warm and vibrant spirit and this is what gives them something magic and profound in these hollow times.
@Coolcat607 Some 30 years ago I interviewed him for the radio. He let me go follow him for many hours. At 2'00 at night he was ready for the interview in a Jerusalem hotel. Has a bitter funny restless sense of humor, Talked to me about violin playing. Opened the case, banged the violin on his shoulder: this is earth! banged the bow on the violin, emitted a very short crack: this is earth! Closed the violin, looked at me straight in the eyes and said: you see, this is a Stradivarius! Answered?
@Coolcat607 the violin is a Stradivarius and the strings I think Pirastro Eudoxa.If you are searching for the source of his sound,it is not not the violin or the strings.Is his very fast and accelarating vibrato(combined with nonvibrato)and the speed of the bow combined with pressure
@remusrimbu2 yes, that's true i know, but his violin has a specific sound—as do all violins— and it's a really bright one and I thought that the strings added to the brightness, and the uniqueness of his violin
@Coolcat607 yes,you're right.his violin is the sancy Stradivarius of 1731 and I bet the strings are Pirastro Eudoxa because most of the 20th century violinist used Eudoxa.so the violin is a little factor,but his vibrato and bo-warm technique are much more important.
@remusrimbu2 yeah you're absolutely right, but that's not what i'm focusing on lol i'm not focusing on his technique. i guess i could have said that before lol >.<
@Coolcat607 Well I thing at the time Eudoxa where the best strings.You see,over time the strings is one of a few thing in a violin that is getting better with the progress of technology.You now the Strad and the Guarnieri are very old,and even today technology can't produce such violins.But today I would say that the Pirastro Evah Pirazzi or Pirastro Passion or something like that are a lot better than Eudoxa,but at the time Eudoxa where the best.
@arielsonnenberg Stunning, but tasteless. A random combination of beautifully intense vibrato, and dead fingers. To be fair though, I hated Heifetz the first time I heard him, and now I think I must have been insane not to like him immediately. Maybe this guy is also more of an aquired taste. Definitely on the same planet as Heifetz violinistically.
Thank God for this guy. I am a big Heifetz fan, now I have somebody to get my Heifetz hating friends to listen to so they will actually see that Heifetz was actually quite tasteful in fact. This is truly horrible.
Plenty in that to keep one on the edge of one's seat! There is great character here,,and I, for one, thoroughly enjoyed it. My respects to the accompanist too. Many thanks for posting.
@winrx wtf!!!! you know that heifetz respected this guy!!!!! this guy has nothing to be jealous of heifetz for ......really!!! this guy speaks with the violin!!!!
maestro, sogno di incontrarla dal primo momento in cui l'ho sentita suonare e da quando l'ho sentita parlare! a parte questo, la migliore interpretazione di questo brano!senza dubbio è una leggenda vivente ed un genio assoluto di tecnica infallibile e musicalità! imparo più a guardarlo che a studiare per una settimana! tra i miei preferiti di sempre
as always... Ivry the innovator... he is never afraid to sound different, and in the process, make the piece his own... not always a method or style of playing that I am fond of... but I do recognize its profoundness
Più lo vedo e lo ascolto e più mi dico che,sì,bravi tutti gli altri..Shlomo,Hilary,Jascha,Isaac,Gil,Itzhak,Ruggero,Victoria,Vladimir,Maxim,David,Igor e tutto il gotha del violinismo passato e attuale.
Ma,signori,qui, come in qualche altro pezzo,IVRY...li mette in riga tutti,quei bravoni. Questo è il violino, la quintessenza del virtuoso, della musicalità sfolgorante mai uguale a se stessa,umorale,comunicativa,stordente se vuoi,mai noiosa e prevedibile.
@mantiglia tutti quelli che hai nominato ma soprattutto maxim david itzhak e isaac per me sono assolutamente degli straordinari talenti e geniali musicisti, ma quando ascolto ivry ho la netta sensazione che possieda quel violino come mai nessuno! ne fa quello che vuole anche ora alla sua età! lo ascolti e dici.. questo come CAZZO FA!
This man is the most imaginative musical genius I have ever heard play the violin, and his tone is at once masculine and uniquely compelling; nothing is predictable here and it sounds as though he's composing the music on the spot, a rare talent indeed and a quality reserved for only the greatest performers: Furtwangler, Richter, and Maria Callas come to mind.
i met ivry gitlis a couple weeks ago, i watched him give out masterclasses to my friends. i also heard him play. he is getting old, but he still has that skill, and the face when he plays. he is amazing guy
He is a great violinist,but I find his vibrato to be unwholesome.He uses such strong vibrato at times that his finger actually shifts position resulting in a shift in tone as well.Again,I would have liked his performances much better if he had used a more subtle vibrato...
this piece is an exhausted rhetorical device for violinists; it means nothing, except to showcase the competency of the performer. why mr gitlis would have played it, then? well, speculate. but as far as what he did in playing it, who can blame him? the work is so overdone. some unbounded eccentricity is welcome here in my opinion. technical flaws here and there, but who cares. the accompanist errs close to the 6th minute as well. maybe they were drunk.
i for one, love this piece. maybe this is me, but i do not like overplayed pieces if they're played badly (the def. of "badly" is up to opinion). that's why i like beethoven 5 and rach 2. anyways, why criticize mistakes when they're all part of making music? (unless you're hilary hahn, in that case, mistakes don't exist). i don't care about the pianist's "drunkenness." i think he played well nevertheless.
@imsleepyanddead 'If you're Hilary Hahn mistakes don't excists' ?? The reason people say that because she works harder than anyone to correct her mistakes..
Don't misunderstand me, I don't mean to start a discussion, just want to say she's a very very hard worker and not gifted or anything:P
wonderfully creative playing, but the same fast-paced vibrato ALL the time, not much grace or many changes in color, scratchiness, and quite frankly, this type of wild imagination should be given a blank score and a pencil and not mid-romantic notes to interpret
I think you just made this comment because you wanted to use the phrase "given a blank score and a pencil and not mid-romantic notes to interpret". I also think any performer is not doing anything good for the world of music when they play a piece without their own unique interpretation. And Gitlis is probably the most passionate violinist I've listened to.
@Nistacular I genuinely feel my comment to be true (at least to myself), admittedly maybe I was being too artful with the part you quoted, but I also think his uniqueness in playing does not come from a deep or even sound understanding of the musical text, rather it stems from some eccentric need to be, well... eccentric. if you hear someone like Heifetz play the same piece while you yourself browse (and hopefully understand) the score, you'll pick up on *why* he plays some things... cont'd
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@Nistacular ...differently than others. Gitlis? hardly. he's unique simply because he insists on being totally unpredictable and erratic just for the sake of being so. his playing is not interpretation, it's an act of imposing his iron clad personality on something else, but in all the wrong amounts and placements. true beauty comes from freedom *within* an understanding of an existing structure, not blatant randomness
@badcloud56 Yeah that's simply not true. Gitlis, first of all, I think has an amazing understanding of the "existing structure" of this piece and actually just takes it to another level. And it's not unpredictable, it's just unique. And there is no crime whatsoever straying from conventional ways of doing things. True beauty is often created from creativity and honestly I can't think of a better example of this, than the playing style of Ivry Gitlis.
Although sometimes controversial, Mr. Gitlis is one of a kind. Close your eyes and listen. In a row of great violinists like Heifetz, Oistrakh, Francescatti, Milstein and Stern, Mr. Gitlis can be distinguished from others quite clearly. According to my opinion Mr. Gitlis is a living legend who should be mentioned in the same row as the great performers above. Mr. Gitlis has given music an unforgettable dimension.
i understand that if saint saens heard this he'd probably smack somebody lol. playing music involves being creative, but while while respecting what the composer intended. this is HIS interpretation, and he has a right to interpret it as he pleases, but, personally, I think it is too loose of an interpretation.
I think my favorite part of Gitlis's playing is his vibrato. I've never heard anything like it. Hearing him play Wieniawski's 1st concerto with that crazy vibrato is so awesome!
Gitlist gives the right values of each notes,he is able to bring music to its magical high speed as written resulting in more drama,all notes are played with precision,he puts perfect and just enough roughness to the sound to " punish the violin" as people were saying Paganini was doing to the instrment. My compliments to the accompanist. They are in league with the fastest fingers who could play 100 notes in 1 second, Paganini's claim, very discouraging to me though, a violinist also.
The Sorcerer of the Violin! Gitlis, Ferras, and Igor Oistrakh, all had that inhumanly fast, thrilling vibrato. How'd they do that? You don't here that kind of sound or get this kind of style anymore. The feeling is 100% in the playing. Nowadays: be a pretty teen, grimace, hop around the stage, wear a sexy dress (the ladies I hope), win some competition, and bingo! You're a genius! Four years later, you're forgotten as the next jumpy, pinch faced kid takes all your gigs!
Wow. I'd never heard this one, and I'm glad I did. Ivry Gitlis may not be as squeaky-clean as Heifetz or Milstein, but he could sing a piece to you - he and Menuhin both. It's great to have the classical perfection of a model like Heifetz, but also good to knock it out in the sack like Gitlis, as it were.
the best version ever. incredible sound and expression.... i have the luck to know this great man personally and he is the best musician ive ever met.
Ivry Gitlis is so exciting to listen to. In that Perlman cannot compare and neither can anyone else. Gitlis is a great even if he hits a few wrong notes sometimes.
It just depends on how you interpret the piece. I know people who think this captures the style more than Perlman, although that is not my personal belief. Perlman's recording just sounds more romantic.
Did I hear that right? You thing Gitlis' playing is a disgrace?!
If so, I won't argue with erratically strong-opinioned, or rather, strongly erratic-opinioned persons like you - but only ask to keep such extreme views to yourself...
Allright, let me put this in an less extreme way: -cause you're obviously right I shouldn't express myself that way- I really can't stand his way of playing, but you won't ever hear me saying that his technique isn't perfect or that he's a 'bad' violinist, I just really can't stand his interpretation, but of course I shouldn've put it this way and not the other one...sorry for that
He's too underrated, even by himself. Perlman's and Heifetz's vibrato more intense than Gitlis's? No way.
I will admit that I interpreted this piece differently, and more in the fashion of Perlman, but regardless, this is one of the most interesting and, by far, one of the best interpretations of this piece.
He seems to me to be capturing the atmosphere of the piece very well. Also, the French feel. There is alot of finess. I think this clip is very instuctive, at worsed.
esto es tocar el violin!!!... y no la porqueria insensible y desafinada que me sale a mi...porque no podre toca asi?... si yo estudie un monton!!... y doy pena.
Gitlis could play the music as printed on the page-he certainly has the technique to do so if he wished, but part of what makes him Ivry Gitlis is how he takes artistic license with the music and adds his own unique stamp. His interpretations might not always be my favorite but I always love hearing what he has done, it's interesting, its fresh, creative and artistic-he has amazing talent. If you can find a teacher who plays as well as he you should hire them.
I love this guy. He plays so differently compared to Heifetz and Stern (only 2 I've listend to so far but sound very alike), yet so beautifully - I don't see that a lot in modern musicians who I think are inferior. His vibrato is a literally once-in-a-lifetime pleasure to see. The coarseness or scratchiness of some parts, in my opinion, adds only texture to his awesome playing.. it's so skillfully done - enough for you to notice, and when you do you can only appreciate his genuis intentions.
No, let's pretend none on you just said that, for your sake. It's a romantic piece concerto, and in this case without an orchestra. Tempo Rubato, hello?
Let's leave the tempo to Bach, and really play the notes! like Mr. Gitlis does here.
Watch Heifetz's version. His interpertation is much better. I still don't deny the technical skills, but I think Heifetz uses the power of a silence a bit more in his interpretation. We arre literally hanging on the tip of his bow waiting for him to play the next note, which isn't the case with Gitlis' version.
Yeah, I like his interpretation the best, even if he needs to buy a variable speed vibrato and his bowing is flawed. He plays with a spark, a flame, a passion, and of course that Israeli chutzpah!. I think even Saint Saens himself would admit that.
Gitlis' intonation, sound and absolutely unique interpretation make him one of the greatest. You can hear it is Gitlis playing from the first note... wonderful.
In response to 'carloslaran', I have to say that by my ear, all Gitlis does is play the music. The ink on the page in nothing more than that until the artist makes it his own.
my old teacher strongly disagrees with me about gitlis. she told me that by today's standards playing like gitlis is not tolerated. she also said that to hear some1 who really just plays the music gitlis is definately not the choice.
I don't think my bow has ever been straight all the time, though I'm improving. It's nice to know that you don't have to have completely flawless technique to make a beautiful work of art.
I always thought a good violinst should have a parallel bow at all times. Then I got more advanced and learnt that most of the time it doesn't have to be, in fact it's better if it varies more for different tones. It's a bit like learning in physics that the electron is the smallest particle, then you get a level higher and learn that it was a temporary lie until you could cope with knowing more!
I've wasted so much time and have gone through so many shoulder/chin rests in the attempt at keeping my bow/scroll parallel/perpendicular to this or that imaginary ideal...whatever. Technique serves the musician, not the other way around. Gitlis kicks ass.
oh my god.. i never tough i would listen a sound like this.. i mean, it doesn't matter if is exagerated as this people say, i can feel this is his own and unic interpretation.. i feel nobody can confuse a sound like that... (sorry for my bad-speaked english?
This vibrato is the best for romantic or XX century pieces. Listen to Sibelius concerto. In my opinion the best interpretation. Especialy third movement. But I agree that in some pieces this vibrato is not good.
BTW I,ve never heart Gitlis playing Bach. I hape, that he don't using this fast vibrato.
just to add, is it me or does Ivry put lots of vibrato on 90% of the notes, and then leaves the rest completely cold with no vibrato? Check it out...eg 0:15- 0:16???? I think its a french thing... i really like it!!! darkhunteron- i agree...the best interpretation ive ever heard...bravo!
Gitlis to indywidualność najwyższej próby. Wykonanie wszechczasów. Originalne i doskonałe. Niesamowicie ekspresywna wibracja. Z bardziej współczesnych wykonań niedoścignionym wzorem dla mnie jest interpretacja Wadima Brodskiego.
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this guy is trying to be too unique. the artist has to respect the wishes of the composer. there is a fine line between schmaltzy/over-sentimentality and a good/tasteful interpretation. this is unfortunately the former. just listen to heifetz.
It's not true. This 'guy' is not trying to be unique. He is unique but in good way. His music is true artistic. Gitlis puts his soul to every note, he played. And it is tasteful.
I agree with Draziw777... He is making music, that's all. I suppose that Ivry Gitlis (that's the name of the "guy") plays in the spirit of the piece and that's already enough. Is that too hard for the people to stop comparing every violonists to Heifetz? Yeah, ok, Heifetz had an excellent technique and played with a lot of passion blahblahblah. BUT, he isn't the only one on Earth who was "perfect"! This is an enormous mistake to believe this!!
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Hey Draziw777 Gitlis has the most anoying vibrato in the history of violin, NEVER BUT NEVER, HE SLOWS IT DOWN, DID I SAID NEVER? TOO MUCH OF A GOOD THING IS A BAD THING TOO. And why so freaking show offish? 1 million volts EVERY FREAKING TIME so don't say that he plays tasteful because is just FREAKING HYPER PLAYING not TASTEFULL, GIVE THAT VIBRATO SOME VARIETY, NOT ALWAYS FAST!!! and we all get it you could play fast FAST VIBRATO, FAST TEMPOS too hyper men I HAVE A HEADACHE
I agree with you, that fast vibrato is anoying, if it is using permanent. But Gitlis is a master of fast vibrato. You can liked it or hates. This is his own way to show the emotion. It is the case of individual taste. Today i want to listen Gitlis, tomorow I will listen for example Heifetz. Both are genius. But very different persons.
This performance is without a doubt the best I've ever heard. Dont give me that "His bow is crooked" nonsense. It sounds AMAZING, I've listened to this piece about the number of notes that are in this piece.
Whoever said that this performance is better than Heifetz's, I have to disagree. It's a little sloppy at parts, and the tempo alterations are a bit over done. Stylisticly, I prefer a bit more discipline, and I'm usually in favor of the opposite.
Damn, that pianists is so good o.0
and ofcourse, as expected from the legendary Ivry Gitlis, stunning performance by the violinists = D
SomeAnimeOtaku 1 month ago
Ivry Gitlis knows how a piece should be translated. Every composer should be honored for his aid.
Yeshulion 1 month ago
cette virtuosité compense toutes les laideurs que l'Humanité a pu porter
Aetiusflavius1 2 months ago
@dadamanou I think that Perlman, Oistrakh or Menuhin are better than Heifetz ^^
Mr1Ragoo 2 months ago
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Mr1Ragoo 2 months ago
Just sampled a few notes.. Think I got a winner wit it!
rapperdoom 4 months ago
Crazy!!!!!!
judigagu 9 months ago
GREAT MASTER Mr. Gitlis !! I send all respect and praise to you.
ichirouminami 10 months ago
lame without orchestra
Paultheman1989 10 months ago
don't harm heifetz! gitlis is a miraculous violinist and so is Heifetz. Both have a warm and vibrant spirit and this is what gives them something magic and profound in these hollow times.
sorinion61 10 months ago
what instrument does he play on i wonder (and what strings does he use) ?
Coolcat607 11 months ago
@Coolcat607 Some 30 years ago I interviewed him for the radio. He let me go follow him for many hours. At 2'00 at night he was ready for the interview in a Jerusalem hotel. Has a bitter funny restless sense of humor, Talked to me about violin playing. Opened the case, banged the violin on his shoulder: this is earth! banged the bow on the violin, emitted a very short crack: this is earth! Closed the violin, looked at me straight in the eyes and said: you see, this is a Stradivarius! Answered?
eliyaguy 8 months ago
@Coolcat607 the violin is a Stradivarius and the strings I think Pirastro Eudoxa.If you are searching for the source of his sound,it is not not the violin or the strings.Is his very fast and accelarating vibrato(combined with nonvibrato)and the speed of the bow combined with pressure
remusrimbu2 7 months ago
@remusrimbu2 yes, that's true i know, but his violin has a specific sound—as do all violins— and it's a really bright one and I thought that the strings added to the brightness, and the uniqueness of his violin
Coolcat607 6 months ago
@Coolcat607 yes,you're right.his violin is the sancy Stradivarius of 1731 and I bet the strings are Pirastro Eudoxa because most of the 20th century violinist used Eudoxa.so the violin is a little factor,but his vibrato and bo-warm technique are much more important.
remusrimbu2 6 months ago
@remusrimbu2 yeah you're absolutely right, but that's not what i'm focusing on lol i'm not focusing on his technique. i guess i could have said that before lol >.<
Coolcat607 6 months ago
@remusrimbu2 oh and why do most of them use pirastro eudoxas? what's so good about them?
Coolcat607 6 months ago
@Coolcat607 Well I thing at the time Eudoxa where the best strings.You see,over time the strings is one of a few thing in a violin that is getting better with the progress of technology.You now the Strad and the Guarnieri are very old,and even today technology can't produce such violins.But today I would say that the Pirastro Evah Pirazzi or Pirastro Passion or something like that are a lot better than Eudoxa,but at the time Eudoxa where the best.
remusrimbu2 6 months ago
@remusrimbu2 ohhh ok. i get evah pirazzis for my violin, so i was curious about the eudoxa. i didn't know the history. thanks!
Coolcat607 6 months ago
alla zingara!!!!!! Vive Gitlis!!
doctormagix 11 months ago
the best interpretation i´ve ever heard!
landei00 11 months ago
oh yeah, this guy!... so unique, definitely.. not sure how to describe him and his sound and musicality (it's just.. his own)...
Coolcat607 1 year ago
to me, gitlis is most unique violinist every captured in recordings and on video. absolutely hypnotic aurally and visually.
jasonkrick 1 year ago
why always compare Ivry with Heifetz or another violinist? This guy is absolutely unique, not comparable with anyone.
Either you like it or not.
Woriviol 1 year ago
Ivry is realy one of kind!!someone listen to his pianist..oh my god!!..so perfectest duet!!
mekuchika 1 year ago
Hey....I diddn't know Edith Piaf played the violin. ....No ,seriously though Jon, I think this pretty stunning playing.
arielsonnenberg 1 year ago
@arielsonnenberg Stunning, but tasteless. A random combination of beautifully intense vibrato, and dead fingers. To be fair though, I hated Heifetz the first time I heard him, and now I think I must have been insane not to like him immediately. Maybe this guy is also more of an aquired taste. Definitely on the same planet as Heifetz violinistically.
mrwasbesonders 1 year ago
@arielsonnenberg Just been watching this again.......Shit, I was wrong, this guy is as good as Heifetz!
mrwasbesonders 1 year ago
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perhaps even better ! He has something more, He is not as cold as heifetz ... at all.
dadamanou 1 year ago
Thank God for this guy. I am a big Heifetz fan, now I have somebody to get my Heifetz hating friends to listen to so they will actually see that Heifetz was actually quite tasteful in fact. This is truly horrible.
mrwasbesonders 1 year ago
Plenty in that to keep one on the edge of one's seat! There is great character here,,and I, for one, thoroughly enjoyed it. My respects to the accompanist too. Many thanks for posting.
Ivanhoe2 1 year ago
God, Stradivari, Gitlis
MalyFox 1 year ago
Absolutely fearless!!! A maverick who plays how he wants - fusion of mind and heart!!! A genius, no doubt.
violinhunter2 1 year ago
nobody is like gitlis,he do whatever he wants and still convince us all with his music.
the others are afraid of getting out of the standards....that s why i like him and also as a personality he is so crazy!
milstein91 1 year ago
He does a pretty good parody of Heifetz. Does he perform at circuses or late-night shows also?
winrx 1 year ago
@winrx wtf!!!! you know that heifetz respected this guy!!!!! this guy has nothing to be jealous of heifetz for ......really!!! this guy speaks with the violin!!!!
carloslaran 1 year ago
maestro, sogno di incontrarla dal primo momento in cui l'ho sentita suonare e da quando l'ho sentita parlare! a parte questo, la migliore interpretazione di questo brano!senza dubbio è una leggenda vivente ed un genio assoluto di tecnica infallibile e musicalità! imparo più a guardarlo che a studiare per una settimana! tra i miei preferiti di sempre
killer200g 1 year ago
as always... Ivry the innovator... he is never afraid to sound different, and in the process, make the piece his own... not always a method or style of playing that I am fond of... but I do recognize its profoundness
TempoFurioso 1 year ago
Più lo vedo e lo ascolto e più mi dico che,sì,bravi tutti gli altri..Shlomo,Hilary,Jascha,Isaac,Gil,Itzhak,Ruggero,Victoria,Vladimir,Maxim,David,Igor e tutto il gotha del violinismo passato e attuale.
Ma,signori,qui, come in qualche altro pezzo,IVRY...li mette in riga tutti,quei bravoni. Questo è il violino, la quintessenza del virtuoso, della musicalità sfolgorante mai uguale a se stessa,umorale,comunicativa,stordente se vuoi,mai noiosa e prevedibile.
E' iui la leggenda vivente. God bless!
mantiglia 1 year ago
@mantiglia tutti quelli che hai nominato ma soprattutto maxim david itzhak e isaac per me sono assolutamente degli straordinari talenti e geniali musicisti, ma quando ascolto ivry ho la netta sensazione che possieda quel violino come mai nessuno! ne fa quello che vuole anche ora alla sua età! lo ascolti e dici.. questo come CAZZO FA!
killer200g 1 year ago
This man is the most imaginative musical genius I have ever heard play the violin, and his tone is at once masculine and uniquely compelling; nothing is predictable here and it sounds as though he's composing the music on the spot, a rare talent indeed and a quality reserved for only the greatest performers: Furtwangler, Richter, and Maria Callas come to mind.
billyguns2 1 year ago
i met ivry gitlis a couple weeks ago, i watched him give out masterclasses to my friends. i also heard him play. he is getting old, but he still has that skill, and the face when he plays. he is amazing guy
kevinjoe9 1 year ago
Wow... his vibrato- it almost hurts to watch. Does he have arth now? Auftragsmorder. Closed.
Sungize 1 year ago
magnifique!!!
sabinette7 1 year ago
GENIUS!
monka1236 1 year ago
I disliked this video cause its too good. He should go to hell. No really, he is freakin good.
vargas4l 1 year ago
beautiful
nelsonvitz 1 year ago
I would really,really like Gitlis were it not for his horrible vibrato......
It sounds dubiously oriental,and with all due respect to Ivry,just doesn't work,here or in any of his performances........
HeifetzRanew 1 year ago
do you listen with your ears ?
chosta88 1 year ago
@chosta88 I think I do!!!
He is a great violinist,but I find his vibrato to be unwholesome.He uses such strong vibrato at times that his finger actually shifts position resulting in a shift in tone as well.Again,I would have liked his performances much better if he had used a more subtle vibrato...
HeifetzRanew 1 year ago
Wow!!!
travonprince 1 year ago
i like at 1:26 where he does the chord at the end of the phrase. never heard that done before
carrottoponcrak 1 year ago
3:25 look at the pianist's face. Ivry made a mistake and the pianist is like, "Don't hurt me! It wasn't my fault!"
clubpenguinmanful 2 years ago
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There's no mistake... I think the pianist looks because Ivry stops. Which also is no mistake if u know the piece.
:)
dagll 1 year ago
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I don't like his interpretation...
but other than that, its sounds okay
clubpenguinmanful 2 years ago
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this piece is an exhausted rhetorical device for violinists; it means nothing, except to showcase the competency of the performer. why mr gitlis would have played it, then? well, speculate. but as far as what he did in playing it, who can blame him? the work is so overdone. some unbounded eccentricity is welcome here in my opinion. technical flaws here and there, but who cares. the accompanist errs close to the 6th minute as well. maybe they were drunk.
poseuresque 2 years ago
You're point then?.....
i for one, love this piece. maybe this is me, but i do not like overplayed pieces if they're played badly (the def. of "badly" is up to opinion). that's why i like beethoven 5 and rach 2. anyways, why criticize mistakes when they're all part of making music? (unless you're hilary hahn, in that case, mistakes don't exist). i don't care about the pianist's "drunkenness." i think he played well nevertheless.
imsleepyanddead 2 years ago 5
@imsleepyanddead 'If you're Hilary Hahn mistakes don't excists' ?? The reason people say that because she works harder than anyone to correct her mistakes..
Don't misunderstand me, I don't mean to start a discussion, just want to say she's a very very hard worker and not gifted or anything:P
SomeAnimeOtaku 1 month ago
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PREFERISCO L' interpretazione della AKIKO!!
bgchim 2 years ago
wonderfully creative playing, but the same fast-paced vibrato ALL the time, not much grace or many changes in color, scratchiness, and quite frankly, this type of wild imagination should be given a blank score and a pencil and not mid-romantic notes to interpret
badcloud56 2 years ago
I think you just made this comment because you wanted to use the phrase "given a blank score and a pencil and not mid-romantic notes to interpret". I also think any performer is not doing anything good for the world of music when they play a piece without their own unique interpretation. And Gitlis is probably the most passionate violinist I've listened to.
Nistacular 2 years ago
@Nistacular I genuinely feel my comment to be true (at least to myself), admittedly maybe I was being too artful with the part you quoted, but I also think his uniqueness in playing does not come from a deep or even sound understanding of the musical text, rather it stems from some eccentric need to be, well... eccentric. if you hear someone like Heifetz play the same piece while you yourself browse (and hopefully understand) the score, you'll pick up on *why* he plays some things... cont'd
badcloud56 2 years ago
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@Nistacular ...differently than others. Gitlis? hardly. he's unique simply because he insists on being totally unpredictable and erratic just for the sake of being so. his playing is not interpretation, it's an act of imposing his iron clad personality on something else, but in all the wrong amounts and placements. true beauty comes from freedom *within* an understanding of an existing structure, not blatant randomness
badcloud56 2 years ago
@badcloud56 Yeah that's simply not true. Gitlis, first of all, I think has an amazing understanding of the "existing structure" of this piece and actually just takes it to another level. And it's not unpredictable, it's just unique. And there is no crime whatsoever straying from conventional ways of doing things. True beauty is often created from creativity and honestly I can't think of a better example of this, than the playing style of Ivry Gitlis.
Nistacular 2 years ago
Although sometimes controversial, Mr. Gitlis is one of a kind. Close your eyes and listen. In a row of great violinists like Heifetz, Oistrakh, Francescatti, Milstein and Stern, Mr. Gitlis can be distinguished from others quite clearly. According to my opinion Mr. Gitlis is a living legend who should be mentioned in the same row as the great performers above. Mr. Gitlis has given music an unforgettable dimension.
raoultak 2 years ago
il joue comme on nous dit de ne pas jouer, mais ... j'adore! La meilleure version sur youtube à mon avis. La plus émouvante: ca, c'est du violon!
littlemarcelito 2 years ago
"Gitlist gives the right values of each notes" ??
he changes tempi from bar to bar in some passages. and it doesn't really make sense....
musicalmonkee 2 years ago
Yes, yes he does. That's because he plays music. Just because you don't understand it, doesn't mean each of his notes lacks an idea behind it.
Nistacular 2 years ago
i understand that if saint saens heard this he'd probably smack somebody lol. playing music involves being creative, but while while respecting what the composer intended. this is HIS interpretation, and he has a right to interpret it as he pleases, but, personally, I think it is too loose of an interpretation.
musicalmonkee 2 years ago 2
... interesting interpretation....
musicalmonkee 2 years ago
I think my favorite part of Gitlis's playing is his vibrato. I've never heard anything like it. Hearing him play Wieniawski's 1st concerto with that crazy vibrato is so awesome!
fazetti 2 years ago
Gitlist gives the right values of each notes,he is able to bring music to its magical high speed as written resulting in more drama,all notes are played with precision,he puts perfect and just enough roughness to the sound to " punish the violin" as people were saying Paganini was doing to the instrment. My compliments to the accompanist. They are in league with the fastest fingers who could play 100 notes in 1 second, Paganini's claim, very discouraging to me though, a violinist also.
mearogelio 2 years ago
Je suis une très grande admiratrice de Philippe Hirshhorn, grand violoniste mais
quand j'entends Ivry Gitlis c'est aussi un des meilleurs volonistes de notre temps
j'adore le violon, et je salue Monsieur Gitlis pour son immense talent, il est sublime dans le film "La 7ème Cible"
musique composée par Monsieur Vladimir Cosma. Je remercie tous les bons musiciens et bravo Monsieur Gitlis
Paulette1703 2 years ago
The Sorcerer of the Violin! Gitlis, Ferras, and Igor Oistrakh, all had that inhumanly fast, thrilling vibrato. How'd they do that? You don't here that kind of sound or get this kind of style anymore. The feeling is 100% in the playing. Nowadays: be a pretty teen, grimace, hop around the stage, wear a sexy dress (the ladies I hope), win some competition, and bingo! You're a genius! Four years later, you're forgotten as the next jumpy, pinch faced kid takes all your gigs!
daddy2foots 2 years ago
Wow. I'd never heard this one, and I'm glad I did. Ivry Gitlis may not be as squeaky-clean as Heifetz or Milstein, but he could sing a piece to you - he and Menuhin both. It's great to have the classical perfection of a model like Heifetz, but also good to knock it out in the sack like Gitlis, as it were.
ssg04c 2 years ago
que vibrato,me encantaria dominarlo,creo que es de muñeca,maravilloso,a parte la interpretacion es bella,e inimaginable
PIPE3GUTI 2 years ago
Il piu' grande violinista di tutti i tempi.
FANTASTICO
Benebea 2 years ago 2
gosh, what an outstanding ORIGINAL interpretation... I assume it wasn´t that easy for the pianist following him :)
dantheophil 2 years ago
I must say, the pianist didn't mess it up too much :D!!!!
Yeshulion 2 years ago
What an amazing guy...
Nistacular 2 years ago 3
just 3 weeks ago i had masterclass with him and.. he still plays as he plays here..
ivancheviolin 2 years ago 2
the best version ever. incredible sound and expression.... i have the luck to know this great man personally and he is the best musician ive ever met.
ivancheviolin 2 years ago
Ivry Gitlis is so exciting to listen to. In that Perlman cannot compare and neither can anyone else. Gitlis is a great even if he hits a few wrong notes sometimes.
jjwstar1 2 years ago
good, but not like perlman
buna esecuzione, ma non arriverà mai ai livelli di perlman
FabioSmeraldo 2 years ago
It just depends on how you interpret the piece. I know people who think this captures the style more than Perlman, although that is not my personal belief. Perlman's recording just sounds more romantic.
cjh37878 2 years ago
But in the original score isn't wrote "staccato", it's more "legato" !!!!
FabioSmeraldo 2 years ago
he is in his late 80s but gosh he still plays the same... and tht smiley face its still there
Phifi17 2 years ago
I went to his master class at the Stellenbosch Chamber Music Festival a few days ago
steadric 2 years ago
I love when he at 00:38 plays purpouslly out of tune,it sound great.
milstein91 2 years ago 2
nobody could ever duplicate Ivry! he is one of a kind! great man and extra ordinary violinist.
calloffthedogs 2 years ago 26
how can you not be moved by this sound and interpretation...
gnatural 2 years ago
totally agree..this is a disgrace..I heard him once 5 years ago in France and I left the concert during the break...
flashgordo91 2 years ago
Did I hear that right? You thing Gitlis' playing is a disgrace?!
If so, I won't argue with erratically strong-opinioned, or rather, strongly erratic-opinioned persons like you - but only ask to keep such extreme views to yourself...
If I misunderstood, my apologies of course.
M145A5V9836E 2 years ago
Allright, let me put this in an less extreme way: -cause you're obviously right I shouldn't express myself that way- I really can't stand his way of playing, but you won't ever hear me saying that his technique isn't perfect or that he's a 'bad' violinist, I just really can't stand his interpretation, but of course I shouldn've put it this way and not the other one...sorry for that
flashgordo91 2 years ago
Probably the Greatest violinist ever to play this piece.
bountyhanz 2 years ago 2
unbelievable
zachdellinger 2 years ago
listen to the one with isaac stern he performs this piece the best
pavelbaez 2 years ago
His is second only to Perlman's in my opinion.
cjh37878 2 years ago
they are good. but i think heifetz plays it amazingly in they shall have music.
sportsfan1937 2 years ago
I agree, but I think it was still played a little fast.
cjh37878 2 years ago
He's too underrated, even by himself. Perlman's and Heifetz's vibrato more intense than Gitlis's? No way.
I will admit that I interpreted this piece differently, and more in the fashion of Perlman, but regardless, this is one of the most interesting and, by far, one of the best interpretations of this piece.
cjh37878 2 years ago
i love his vibrato! what makes it more intense is his masterful choice of using fast, wide vibrato or not using any at all! i love it!
jazzonkim 2 years ago
genial violinistaaa! aguante Gitlis! loco lindoop.
zuzanazuzanita 2 years ago
acojonante
achantado 2 years ago
amazing performance, he looks like liszt.
TheManSAberi 2 years ago 3
God, this guy is the essence of genius!!
soundviewbx 2 years ago 27
Dear Ivry, we love You forever !
12345vzplvhvg 2 years ago 4
His vibrato killing me
Hexid87 2 years ago 4
his vibrato killing me.
So Touching
Hexid87 2 years ago 2
Ivry Gitlis version of this piece is considered one of the best!
kannaa 2 years ago 2
it is awesome but I prefer the last 30 seconds and the last note before the chords is wonderful i really like it!
mimiklunique 2 years ago
I just love it!!!
ItalianPolka 2 years ago
Smooth page turn at 0:52.
XEA6L 2 years ago 2
He seems to me to be capturing the atmosphere of the piece very well. Also, the French feel. There is alot of finess. I think this clip is very instuctive, at worsed.
violin614 2 years ago 2
esto es tocar el violin!!!... y no la porqueria insensible y desafinada que me sale a mi...porque no podre toca asi?... si yo estudie un monton!!... y doy pena.
loup07 2 years ago
アルペジオが弾けていないのがわかった。
でも音楽として楽しめるのでいいでしょう。
ハイフェッツと比較したら大人と子供だけど。
norichka777 3 years ago
youd have to be a good accompainist ot follow this hes v liberal w the timing in certain places. still thats the beauty of artistic lisence
themusicdr 3 years ago 2
Gitlis could play the music as printed on the page-he certainly has the technique to do so if he wished, but part of what makes him Ivry Gitlis is how he takes artistic license with the music and adds his own unique stamp. His interpretations might not always be my favorite but I always love hearing what he has done, it's interesting, its fresh, creative and artistic-he has amazing talent. If you can find a teacher who plays as well as he you should hire them.
OriginalMoonbeam 3 years ago
HIs violin looks small for him...don't you agree?
Violinater 3 years ago
cheat! he used a harmonic in the B D F A B D A Fsharp B D Fnatural A E E C place
AlexanderWung 3 years ago
since when is using harmonics "cheating"?
McSplat 3 years ago
I love this guy. He plays so differently compared to Heifetz and Stern (only 2 I've listend to so far but sound very alike), yet so beautifully - I don't see that a lot in modern musicians who I think are inferior. His vibrato is a literally once-in-a-lifetime pleasure to see. The coarseness or scratchiness of some parts, in my opinion, adds only texture to his awesome playing.. it's so skillfully done - enough for you to notice, and when you do you can only appreciate his genuis intentions.
telavasapela 3 years ago 5
He sure doesn't seem nervous but dang that vibrato is really fast.
Violinater 3 years ago
haha he has the "profesor vibrato" lol but i like it it seems well suited for this piece :D
xXLeafXNinjaXx 2 years ago
Ivry plays it, you wish you could, hey h4xxxor - let me hear your recital of it im sure the word scratchy would get a new meaning
cgrecores 3 years ago 2
seen it yesterday! lets chat
great vid mI
5316765 3 years ago
Tempo... hard to follow because of tempo?
No, let's pretend none on you just said that, for your sake. It's a romantic piece concerto, and in this case without an orchestra. Tempo Rubato, hello?
Let's leave the tempo to Bach, and really play the notes! like Mr. Gitlis does here.
Still my favorite interpretation!
He is truly an Extraordinary Musician!
Bravo
BFL0W 3 years ago
Watch Heifetz's version. His interpertation is much better. I still don't deny the technical skills, but I think Heifetz uses the power of a silence a bit more in his interpretation. We arre literally hanging on the tip of his bow waiting for him to play the next note, which isn't the case with Gitlis' version.
waso1234 3 years ago
has to be the scratchiest violinist ever - just loves his upbow digs at the tip
h4xXx0r 3 years ago
u havnt heard Sarah Chang...shes even more scratchy...
vlhere 3 years ago
true that but at least I like the way she plays and she doesn't insult the composer's idea
flashgordo91 2 years ago
Very very smooth.
BRAVO Gitlis!
singinginachurch 3 years ago 4
The Finale (Coda) is very fast and very clean. (a not speak about high notes (becuse in this tempo to hard to listen all notes)
takhirviolinest 3 years ago 2
He play only like hem.
takhirviolinest 3 years ago
simplemente
perfect¡
xolotlzocoyotzin 3 years ago 4
This guy's a cowboy- wildest, most soulful, the best interpretation I've heard of this. He really feels the music.
2ndAveLine 3 years ago 15
my goodness that vibrato!!! ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!! soo expressive, i love his style
gnatural 3 years ago 8
Yeah, I like his interpretation the best, even if he needs to buy a variable speed vibrato and his bowing is flawed. He plays with a spark, a flame, a passion, and of course that Israeli chutzpah!. I think even Saint Saens himself would admit that.
hakmirchai 3 years ago 3
Gitlis' intonation, sound and absolutely unique interpretation make him one of the greatest. You can hear it is Gitlis playing from the first note... wonderful.
marcvdm1111 3 years ago 5
In response to 'carloslaran', I have to say that by my ear, all Gitlis does is play the music. The ink on the page in nothing more than that until the artist makes it his own.
Imachedel 3 years ago
my old teacher strongly disagrees with me about gitlis. she told me that by today's standards playing like gitlis is not tolerated. she also said that to hear some1 who really just plays the music gitlis is definately not the choice.
carloslaran 3 years ago
Who on earth is your teacher?
stradivari147 3 years ago
May I ask who is your teacher?
amati2009 3 years ago
why the big deal? lol
carloslaran 3 years ago
Because who could not love Gitlis?
amati2009 3 years ago
colorful, rubatic,....unique
oizsie 3 years ago 2
Best ever for Saint Saens
issavestheworld 3 years ago
He is good! He is so talented, and I can tell that he is so creative and genious!!
takamori400 3 years ago
I don't think my bow has ever been straight all the time, though I'm improving. It's nice to know that you don't have to have completely flawless technique to make a beautiful work of art.
the4toedjoe 3 years ago
I always thought a good violinst should have a parallel bow at all times. Then I got more advanced and learnt that most of the time it doesn't have to be, in fact it's better if it varies more for different tones. It's a bit like learning in physics that the electron is the smallest particle, then you get a level higher and learn that it was a temporary lie until you could cope with knowing more!
crankycaz 3 years ago 2
I've wasted so much time and have gone through so many shoulder/chin rests in the attempt at keeping my bow/scroll parallel/perpendicular to this or that imaginary ideal...whatever. Technique serves the musician, not the other way around. Gitlis kicks ass.
throbbingguru 3 years ago 4
oh my god.. i never tough i would listen a sound like this.. i mean, it doesn't matter if is exagerated as this people say, i can feel this is his own and unic interpretation.. i feel nobody can confuse a sound like that... (sorry for my bad-speaked english?
Mnacuspia004 3 years ago
Factastic! He is brilliant! His interpritation is so wonderful that I can see his great musicality. Amazing!!!!
takamori400 3 years ago
he makes heifetz sound boring
nathanarthur 3 years ago 2
Yes, he does. I love Heifetz, he is so perfect and so great; but Gitlis is so brilliant! And, so is your comment! Gitlis is very talented, isn't he.
takamori400 3 years ago
no puedoo creer lo rapido que mueve los dedos!!!nunca lo habia visto de joven...y yo estuve en una de sus clases!!!
vananpesa 3 years ago
This vibrato is the best for romantic or XX century pieces. Listen to Sibelius concerto. In my opinion the best interpretation. Especialy third movement. But I agree that in some pieces this vibrato is not good.
BTW I,ve never heart Gitlis playing Bach. I hape, that he don't using this fast vibrato.
Draziw777 3 years ago
hmmm, like a modest vibrato better. Compare this with for instance on YouTube: Stern - Saint-Saens - Introduction & Rondo Capriccioso
There you truly see the power of modest vibrato...
Find Gitlis very sympathetic though.
Regards.
amehoelahoep 3 years ago
just to add, is it me or does Ivry put lots of vibrato on 90% of the notes, and then leaves the rest completely cold with no vibrato? Check it out...eg 0:15- 0:16???? I think its a french thing... i really like it!!! darkhunteron- i agree...the best interpretation ive ever heard...bravo!
cgd147 3 years ago 3
fantastic!!!
Doctor550 3 years ago 2
i Love it
cgd147 3 years ago 2
Gitlis to indywidualność najwyższej próby. Wykonanie wszechczasów. Originalne i doskonałe. Niesamowicie ekspresywna wibracja. Z bardziej współczesnych wykonań niedoścignionym wzorem dla mnie jest interpretacja Wadima Brodskiego.
Draziw777 3 years ago
This is the best interpretation of Rondo Capriccioso I've ever heard
darkhunteron 3 years ago 2
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this guy is trying to be too unique. the artist has to respect the wishes of the composer. there is a fine line between schmaltzy/over-sentimentality and a good/tasteful interpretation. this is unfortunately the former. just listen to heifetz.
j1ckynik123 3 years ago
you basically took the words out of my mouth.
totally agree.
byngrepresent 3 years ago
It's not true. This 'guy' is not trying to be unique. He is unique but in good way. His music is true artistic. Gitlis puts his soul to every note, he played. And it is tasteful.
Draziw777 3 years ago 3
I agree with Draziw777... He is making music, that's all. I suppose that Ivry Gitlis (that's the name of the "guy") plays in the spirit of the piece and that's already enough. Is that too hard for the people to stop comparing every violonists to Heifetz? Yeah, ok, Heifetz had an excellent technique and played with a lot of passion blahblahblah. BUT, he isn't the only one on Earth who was "perfect"! This is an enormous mistake to believe this!!
Fabit3 3 years ago
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Hey Draziw777 Gitlis has the most anoying vibrato in the history of violin, NEVER BUT NEVER, HE SLOWS IT DOWN, DID I SAID NEVER? TOO MUCH OF A GOOD THING IS A BAD THING TOO. And why so freaking show offish? 1 million volts EVERY FREAKING TIME so don't say that he plays tasteful because is just FREAKING HYPER PLAYING not TASTEFULL, GIVE THAT VIBRATO SOME VARIETY, NOT ALWAYS FAST!!! and we all get it you could play fast FAST VIBRATO, FAST TEMPOS too hyper men I HAVE A HEADACHE
BH1827 3 years ago
Hey BH1827
I agree with you, that fast vibrato is anoying, if it is using permanent. But Gitlis is a master of fast vibrato. You can liked it or hates. This is his own way to show the emotion. It is the case of individual taste. Today i want to listen Gitlis, tomorow I will listen for example Heifetz. Both are genius. But very different persons.
Draziw777 3 years ago
you play it for us then ill show you the "fine line." trying to be to unique. Someone's jealous...
Violinater 3 years ago
He's fast, supremly fast,faster dhen any violinist could play ,he's indeed a excellent violniist.
bountyhanz 3 years ago
This performance is without a doubt the best I've ever heard. Dont give me that "His bow is crooked" nonsense. It sounds AMAZING, I've listened to this piece about the number of notes that are in this piece.
Violinater 3 years ago
The bow seems airy.
omgitsnaruto 3 years ago
Great bowing technique and nice delicate style of playing, but I don't like his vibrato.
olga2809 3 years ago
Whoever said that this performance is better than Heifetz's, I have to disagree. It's a little sloppy at parts, and the tempo alterations are a bit over done. Stylisticly, I prefer a bit more discipline, and I'm usually in favor of the opposite.
9031879134 3 years ago
This is just a matter of taste and liking I guess... In my opinion, I widely prefer this interpretation to the Heifetz's one.
olderthanworld 3 years ago