@andrewyick all instruments go out of tune quickly. Changes in humidity and string stretching happen constantly. Strings go out of tune the moment you finish tuning them.
One other comment: My teacher always told me that Heifetz would play almost nothing but scales before performing. I'm sure that's an exaggeration but probably not by much. Once you know exactly how you want to play, it is the beauty in the scales and intervals that ultimately provides the foundation for beauty in the music. Kind of makes scales seem like more than just finger warm-ups or technique building. Food for thought...
@gibsonpaddy Isn't the tononi his practice violin? Yeah, the tononi was that! :)
here's wiki. . .
Heifetz owned the 1714 Dolphin Stradivarius, the 1731 "Piel" Stradivarius, the 1736 Carlo Tononi, and the 1742 ex David Guarneri del Gesù, the last of which he preferred and kept until his death.
@MeshiX3 Get a decent audio setup including an SACD player and get all the RCA Living Stereo SACDs featuring Heifetz. They were recored over 50 years ago, but close your eyes, and it's like having him play in your living room.
i recently bought an old violin that has a short bridge, compared to these in the video, and compared to another violin i had. do you guys know of any difference in tone quality if a violin has a shorter bridge?
@v3zah Well, I'm guessing that a shorter bridge creates lower tension in the strings, which would lead to lower sound volume and maybe clarity of tone. It might depend on the length of the violin or strings used though. Obviously, a tall bridge isn't better than a short bridge, but a bridge too short could dampen the sound too much. I'm totally guessing though, I'm not an expert.
@Flaminggential oh im sorry! i havent looked for them but im sure that you can find a rare recording somewhere (id assume its rare ??) i think there is someone on youtube "rareviolintreasures" who uploads really nice recordings that are very hard to find, look at his channel (assuming i got it right)
@AbsoluteZ3R0 "Please, for the sake of good, please make some mistakes so that we know you are human!" I can't remember who said that but it makes me smile every time. Oh, maybe Ivry Gitlis in the Art of Violin. You know, in a way, I get mad at Heifetz for his perfectionism sometimes. Before he came on the scene, making mistakes was a part of performance and no big deal. Now, we have musicians who exchange creativity and ingenuity for safety, convention, and technical perfection.
Nah. My teachers never do, my orchestra never does, no virtuoso i know does, so you're wrong. Sorry. Either your E string is made of razor wire or you shouldn't be a moron.
anyone know where to find or buy the full video of him playing the Vitali Chaonne? I mean if someone taped the last ten seconds, im sure he taped the whole piece.
what's the piece at 5:03? he is really awesome. He is the greatest violinist ever lived in the 19th century... even until now no can be compared to him... his teacher, Leopold Auer, is also really great by developing Heifetz into something... :)
i heard it was a sort of prank by david to do that... and he credited vitali not even in the era and that it wasn't in his handwriting...but im probably wrong but that what i though i knew...
Yeah, it's just opinion. Most people use shoulder rests to keep the violin closer to your chin and give you more support, but it's fine to go without one as well.
If by some miracle I ever ended up in a violin duel with Heifetz, he would crush me like a bug underneath an 18-wheeler, but I bet I could beat him in ping pong!!
As a native speaker of Hebrew I'm constantly annoyed by both the transcription and the pronounciation of the name. The name is the more poetical word in Hebrew fo "will, wish, desire" and should be pronounced "Chefetz" (Ch as in Bach", both e's as in "bed").
The common way of pronouncing the name reflects the Russian accent (Russian has almost no e's) but it really sounds funny. No small thing when dealing with the greatest violinist ever. Remember also Y. Menuhin's sister's name. More to come
Wow! Thanks for the great footage. I can't believe he would sometimes take a month off between tours! I love seeing such great performers enjoying daily life like this.
Heifetz was indeed relentless, more than a bit stubborn, and I know from personal experience that he could be very tough to deal with in real life, although he wasn't always that way.
That said, who is better or worse than somebody else is a matter of personal taste.
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Heifetz was relentless; perhaps a little stubborn. Nevertheless Maxim Vengerov has succeeded him to be what I deem the greatest ever violinist.
Sometimes Heifetz's oozy vibrato is just over-kill; it's an old sound from an old era. Maxim brings a deep musicality and emotion to his playing, as well as having an equally formiddable technical facility. Heifetz was a God, but Maxim is 1!
I disagree. I feel that differences at this ridiculous level of playing are solely subjective. Both are truly fantastic players and deserve the highest level of praise imaginable. Preference is just down to taste. For example attitude towards "oozy vibrato" is an entirely personal thing. There is no technical difference between them.
Thanks alot for this video, its amazing. If you could post more of this video or even the Chaconne by Vitali (which I haven´t found it yet in video but instead as a recording) we will all be more than thankful.
Isn't he playing the Beethoven Violin concerto, not a scale in Thirds? I'm playing it right now as a piece, and it sounds like the part on the first page (thats why he switches over to the high G or whatever note it happens to be [can't remember])
The rest of it has been posted by various users on Youtube so I didn't want to be redundant. Girl with the Flaxen Hair, Scherzo Tarantella, the 24th Caprice, and a slew of others as well.
Heifetz's instict was that shoulder rests were an unnecessary addition: if the player's neck were too long, then he/she should play the viola; too long again and they were a potential cellist. What's more, his grasp on the instrument was, maybe surprisingly, featherlight, dispelling theories that a rigid hold is needed to keep the fiddle from moving during downshifts. So, the sound was paramount.
Hehe, maybe I should have been a cellist then. Having a long neck has always been one of my problems because I need to use my left arm to simply hold the violin in place when shifting. Maybe I should start using three socks instead of two!
I only studied it for awhile but I've always found the shoulder rest more uncomfortable, believe it or not... I felt that it held more or less fine as it was... and it wasn't very uncomfortable...
haha I'm sorry but that makes utterly no sense, a shoulder rest does not in any way hinder your ability to play the violin - it just requires the proper set up (which is not such a difficult thing to attain)
That is a segment of the Chaccone in D Minor by Bach. The piece immediately after that one with the piano is the 4th movement of the Brahms violin sonata No. 3 in D Minor.
i dont think he does. uhm why not? i mean, there are some people like me who practices without a shoulder rest. it sorta gives us an advantage though. a person who practices without a shoulder rest can normally play with/without a shoulder rest. but a person who practices without a shoulder rest would not be able to play smoothly without a shoulder rest.
Although shoulder rests were around 100 years ago, Leopold Auer and others despised them because they were unnatural and dampened/altered the sound resonating from the soundbox. As such, most of the older violinists (pretty much every "great" violinist in the past) didn't use a shoulder rest and instead used a small cloth on the collarbone underneath the shirt. Personally, I just use a folded up sock and it works just fine for me.
i personally find it interesting that a slim guy like heifetz doesnt use one while on the other hand a chubby little fellow like oistrakh is using one.
Oistrakh did use a shoulder rest, check some of the videos posted here very carefully, in some places the camera shows his back and you can see it. Or get the video "David Oistrakh: Artist of the people", and at the end of the video there is a picture of him changing the strings of the violin and he is showing the back of the instrument, so you can see clearly what kind of shoulder rest he used.
how do you know he used it all the time? That picture in the video if only one time... Check the other oistrakh videos to see if he is using a shoulder rest
Oh come on Absolute Zero, who are you kidding? Pagani
ni was a perfectionist.
Crashof2008 2 months ago
How was his violin so out of tune when it was in the case?
andrewyick 8 months ago
@andrewyick all instruments go out of tune quickly. Changes in humidity and string stretching happen constantly. Strings go out of tune the moment you finish tuning them.
punkypenguin321 5 months ago
where is the other part to this?
flutewarrior1 8 months ago
@avenging209 At 4:49, it's from the Bach Chaccone. Just listen to it you'll get it halfway through the first part or so...
ksviewerx 9 months ago
One other comment: My teacher always told me that Heifetz would play almost nothing but scales before performing. I'm sure that's an exaggeration but probably not by much. Once you know exactly how you want to play, it is the beauty in the scales and intervals that ultimately provides the foundation for beauty in the music. Kind of makes scales seem like more than just finger warm-ups or technique building. Food for thought...
aimson 9 months ago 5
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shellymclean450000 9 months ago 40
5 JB fans =[...
gvn933 11 months ago
very interesiting!
TheCommodore1989 1 year ago
The five (5) who did not like this video had to have been visiting us from the planet Klingon...
outoftunefiddler 1 year ago
wow! a practice violin, a strad & a guarnerius! can I please have one of them PLEASE? the guarnerius or Strad please ; ).
OCUBOX 1 year ago
@OCUBOX There is no strad in the double case its his Guarnerius and his Tononi
gibsonpaddy 1 year ago
@gibsonpaddy Isn't the tononi his practice violin? Yeah, the tononi was that! :)
here's wiki. . .
Heifetz owned the 1714 Dolphin Stradivarius, the 1731 "Piel" Stradivarius, the 1736 Carlo Tononi, and the 1742 ex David Guarneri del Gesù, the last of which he preferred and kept until his death.
OCUBOX 1 year ago
@OCUBOX Im reading his book at the moment and it says in the book that they were the Fiddles in the double case
gibsonpaddy 1 year ago
@gibsonpaddy cool, thanks for the heads up, care to give the book's title, might find it to be an interesting read too! : D
OCUBOX 1 year ago
@OCUBOX 'As i knew him' by Ayke Agus.
gibsonpaddy 1 year ago
@gibsonpaddy Thanks! will check it out.
OCUBOX 1 year ago
@OCUBOX He was a very cross man who dispised 2nd best
gibsonpaddy 1 year ago
Oh My God, he's from Lithuania!
Awesome.
It makes me proud.
AkvileAlex 1 year ago
Extraordinary
gibsonpaddy 1 year ago
The MISTAKES someone talks about ,arn't even worth trying to find!!!!!
The man was brilliant!!!!
stuballs42 1 year ago
Why couldn't I be born to live back then so I could be there to watch him PLAY?! oAo
MeshiX3 1 year ago
@MeshiX3 Get a decent audio setup including an SACD player and get all the RCA Living Stereo SACDs featuring Heifetz. They were recored over 50 years ago, but close your eyes, and it's like having him play in your living room.
yankeeshogun 1 year ago
This is so high class.
dozemix 1 year ago
hey what piece is he playing at 4:49?
avenging209 1 year ago
@avenging209 Is J.S. Bach's Chaconne in D from Partita 2, and next one is Brahms Violin Sonata No.3 in D, the 4th movement
DHcello 1 year ago
@DHcello Thanks mate!
avenging209 1 year ago
omg Heifetz smiling... I don't think I'm gonna be able to sleep tonight..
fryfry377 1 year ago
@fryfry377 hahaha you got that right XD
thedeathskittle 1 year ago
thanks for posting this
gimaru1 1 year ago
i recently bought an old violin that has a short bridge, compared to these in the video, and compared to another violin i had. do you guys know of any difference in tone quality if a violin has a shorter bridge?
v3zah 1 year ago
@v3zah Well, I'm guessing that a shorter bridge creates lower tension in the strings, which would lead to lower sound volume and maybe clarity of tone. It might depend on the length of the violin or strings used though. Obviously, a tall bridge isn't better than a short bridge, but a bridge too short could dampen the sound too much. I'm totally guessing though, I'm not an expert.
aimson 9 months ago
i should learn from him how to do exercises after a long break
cartoonangel1 1 year ago
Fascinating video!
emilygclarinet 1 year ago
just wondering what song is that, that opens for the begging of this footage?
mindstatekrew 1 year ago
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Jctankk 1 year ago
Why dose the piano sounds like organ? Oh wait, It sounds organ
leonlixinfong 1 year ago
theres no complete video of him playing the chaconne is there?
Flaminggential 1 year ago
@Flaminggential yea there are many, even one recent in a recording studio
CornDoctor 1 year ago
@CornDoctor really? I mean Vitali's not Bach if so can you tell me where to get it
Flaminggential 1 year ago
@Flaminggential oh im sorry! i havent looked for them but im sure that you can find a rare recording somewhere (id assume its rare ??) i think there is someone on youtube "rareviolintreasures" who uploads really nice recordings that are very hard to find, look at his channel (assuming i got it right)
CornDoctor 1 year ago
@CornDoctor thank u
Flaminggential 1 year ago
@Flaminggential sure
CornDoctor 1 year ago
It's worth watching this over and over just to hear Heifetz make mistakes. Maybe he is human, after all!
aimson 2 years ago 11
Right.
sunnymur20 1 year ago
The mistakes this man makes,are out of my range ,so I just enjoy listening to the Greatest !!!!!
stuballs42 1 year ago
@aimson
where do you see him making mistakes??
NOalRAZZISMO 1 year ago 4
@aimson i didn t hear any mistake...
milstein91 1 year ago
@aimson Heifetz never made any mistakes, he did them on purpose. He was just testing you
AbsoluteZ3R0 9 months ago 7
@AbsoluteZ3R0 "Please, for the sake of good, please make some mistakes so that we know you are human!" I can't remember who said that but it makes me smile every time. Oh, maybe Ivry Gitlis in the Art of Violin. You know, in a way, I get mad at Heifetz for his perfectionism sometimes. Before he came on the scene, making mistakes was a part of performance and no big deal. Now, we have musicians who exchange creativity and ingenuity for safety, convention, and technical perfection.
aimson 9 months ago
Onde está a orquestra?
rruppik 2 years ago
I know everyone has been waiting for this:
the complete "Heifetz & Piatigorsky" documentary
/watch?v=RJ_4bZKDdzw
/watch?v=ZqB8-f9u2us
telavasapela 2 years ago
It's said Heifetz practiced 6-8 hours a day. He practiced 2 hours of scales before even looking at music.
Sergio0s 2 years ago
but in an old interview he did talk about the dangers of over-practising. haha.
duhhh86 1 year ago
how many hours did he practice per day?
charmingemily 2 years ago
He didnt practise much he was givin de gift of music. If it was possible to play like that practicing millions could do it
gibsonpaddy 2 years ago
Does anyone know the make of de fiddle he takes out at 3.25. Its hardly a chinese fddle is it haha
gibsonpaddy 2 years ago
tononi, something like that.. its the one he plays in his maserclasses
violinist102 2 years ago
Tell my please,someone,where can I find the next part of this film?
janek13able 2 years ago
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gibsonpaddy 2 years ago
the E string draws blood? since when? I've played the violin for 14 years and that's never happened to me.
brainwasher9876 2 years ago
Only time I drew blood was when I did too much left handed pizz the first time I attempted the technique. Elsewise, I share your sentiments.
masael255 2 years ago
@brainwasher9876 14 years and ur still not playin it rite so
gibsonpaddy 2 years ago
Nah. My teachers never do, my orchestra never does, no virtuoso i know does, so you're wrong. Sorry. Either your E string is made of razor wire or you shouldn't be a moron.
brainwasher9876 2 years ago
hey folks anyone know whats the song he starts playing at 4:50?? thanks
ElCaza89 2 years ago
It is a part of Bach's Chaconne for solo violin.
heifetzcollection 2 years ago
anyone know where to find or buy the full video of him playing the Vitali Chaonne? I mean if someone taped the last ten seconds, im sure he taped the whole piece.
carrottoponcrak 2 years ago
people, he lived in the 20th century. Not the 19th.
cgijfk 2 years ago
what's the piece at 5:03? he is really awesome. He is the greatest violinist ever lived in the 19th century... even until now no can be compared to him... his teacher, Leopold Auer, is also really great by developing Heifetz into something... :)
SkyXCloud23 2 years ago
Brahms Violin Sonata No. 3 Dm, op.108 (4th mvt, presto agitato)..?
(i'm not a musician at all, just a listener.)
gillyflowersdainty 2 years ago
Chaccone bach
ericgable 2 years ago
Probably the only vid that you can see him smile :]
leonlixinfong 2 years ago 4
Incredible at 4.50. Totally crazy .his fingers...omg.Greatest violinist in the 19th century:)
bountyhanz 2 years ago 2
After all the videos I've seen of this man playing...it's nice to see him do such normal things (ping-pong, tennis, etc.).
Rudreax 2 years ago 3
He should have held his gun sideways, like they do in the area surrounding USC.
matheme 2 years ago 3
jascha heifetz....is my hero
Abrfitch1892 2 years ago 3
Mr. Heifetz is also my hero. It is a true shame that he past away in 1986.
JaschaHeifetz1902 2 years ago
@JaschaHeifetz1902 he died in 1987
gibsonpaddy 2 years ago
hey that is what I was told a long time ago, so I may be wrong, but anyways he is a great violinist that all should look up to.
JaschaHeifetz1902 2 years ago
the best he is. De best of all eternity
gibsonpaddy 2 years ago
4:48
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iToucheverything 2 years ago
OMG! i accidentally gave this vid a 4 out of 5 instead of 5!~
taylorzhnag 2 years ago
Shame you :P OK I give him 5 Stars ;)
AlicanYilmaz1991 2 years ago
vitali chaccone heifetz-charlier, sounds nearer by the one arr. by charlier. But i havent seen leopold aeuer arr.
What scale do you think he's using? Is it carl flesch? anyone knows?
SkyXCloud23 2 years ago
carl flesh's urstudien is the part he uses at the beginning without the bow
FitzyOreilly26 2 years ago
Does anyone know the name and composer of the piece you hear at the very start of this video?
Libertein818 2 years ago
vitali chaconne by ferdinand david.
oldgoat5 2 years ago
No, chaconne by Tomaso Vitali, edited by Ferdinand David
Newtacious 2 years ago
i heard it was a sort of prank by david to do that... and he credited vitali not even in the era and that it wasn't in his handwriting...but im probably wrong but that what i though i knew...
oldgoat5 2 years ago
everything he does is awesome, even when he tauts his bow, and tunes his violin!
taylorzhnag 2 years ago
Well, I guess it's not rare now. Nice upload!
elfslay 2 years ago 8
vitali chaconne
first piece
pspoverdrive 2 years ago 5
May I know where to get this DVD? Damn, I wanna watch more about the life of this man.
TulipsFaith 2 years ago 6
Is it me or at 1:33 did he raise his shoulder up?
TwistingWays 2 years ago
i think its the angle.
brainwasher9876 2 years ago
I think he did BUt its because he doesnt use a shoulder rest
dokeyali 2 years ago 4
Yes Heifetz doesn't use a shoulder rest, like myself. I find that shoulder rests are really uncomfortable, so I use nothing. What about yourself?
eudoxas 2 years ago 3
Yeah, it's just opinion. Most people use shoulder rests to keep the violin closer to your chin and give you more support, but it's fine to go without one as well.
NejiHyuuga777 2 years ago
thank you!
musicdevotee4life 3 years ago
4:50 bach chaconne d minor partita, 6:33 bach preludio e major partita
LegionMCR 3 years ago
mooooooooore please!
BirdLives88 3 years ago 5
it is vıtali chaconne but there is no pıanıst
oybechiki 3 years ago
there's organ
45980803 3 years ago
hes playing the organ part too. thats how good he is. XD
Arccos230 2 years ago 5
i think there is organ and it's on backstage
DHcello 2 years ago
What song is at 0:50 - 1:04 ?
alostsoul01 3 years ago
i tihnk its the vitali chaconne.
violaplayer1995 3 years ago
Yay! That's the song, thanks! :)
alostsoul01 3 years ago
lol ok. i dont kno the other one tho.
violaplayer1995 3 years ago
Lol, I just found the sheet music :) It's a sad but beautiful song.
alostsoul01 3 years ago
What piece is that at 5:05-5:10?
IPASCALI 3 years ago
Brahms Violin Sonata No.3 Its the 4th mvt. op 108. There is an outstanding recording of Heifetz playing it on youtube.
violinist102 3 years ago
I owned this once, it is both very interesting and painfully hoaky.
AdamWho 3 years ago
thank you so much for posting this- is there more of the documentary available? Pleeeease??!!
violinchick25 3 years ago 5
wow
this is very interesting!
Thanks!!!
kelly0216 3 years ago
Ya, but I could beat you both in woodturning!!lol!!!!
stuballs42 3 years ago
i liked watching him play paganini
he's the greatest musician !!
ycats1000 3 years ago
i wonder what kind of instrument was his practice violin?
xXLeafXNinjaXx 3 years ago
It was a Carlo Annibale Tononi (1675-1730).
violinist102 3 years ago
Heifetz was a gun enthusiast huh? That's my kind of man.
IsaacDelarge 3 years ago 2
If by some miracle I ever ended up in a violin duel with Heifetz, he would crush me like a bug underneath an 18-wheeler, but I bet I could beat him in ping pong!!
AbsoluteZ3R0 3 years ago 22
super fast bach chaconne section
seahyimin 3 years ago
As a native speaker of Hebrew I'm constantly annoyed by both the transcription and the pronounciation of the name. The name is the more poetical word in Hebrew fo "will, wish, desire" and should be pronounced "Chefetz" (Ch as in Bach", both e's as in "bed").
The common way of pronouncing the name reflects the Russian accent (Russian has almost no e's) but it really sounds funny. No small thing when dealing with the greatest violinist ever. Remember also Y. Menuhin's sister's name. More to come
ernent 3 years ago
Interesting, I never knew that. I like the hebrew way better, but that would probably be too difficult to pronounce for standard audiences lol.
AbsoluteZ3R0 3 years ago
someone post the whole vid i love it~!!!!
hersheysrulez 4 years ago 2
omg a strad?
i wonder how much they were back then
gojunhogo5 4 years ago
In the movie "they shall have music" (1939) his strad. was stolen and it cost around $70,000.
violinist102 4 years ago
in todays dollars that would be 1,029,736.84 using an inflation calculator....
w00tmjb 3 years ago
lmao a lot cheaper :D
xXLeafXNinjaXx 3 years ago
I have this DVD also. I listen to Heifetz every day. Sometimes I think that great Jascha was not from planet Earth.
likemyviolin 4 years ago 2
hmmm....
if only the world still appreciated music like they did back than :(
xXLeafXNinjaXx 4 years ago 23
Wow! Thanks for the great footage. I can't believe he would sometimes take a month off between tours! I love seeing such great performers enjoying daily life like this.
dripdropchic 4 years ago 2
Heifetz was indeed relentless, more than a bit stubborn, and I know from personal experience that he could be very tough to deal with in real life, although he wasn't always that way.
That said, who is better or worse than somebody else is a matter of personal taste.
TomBarrister 4 years ago
you are right.
musique55 3 years ago
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Heifetz was relentless; perhaps a little stubborn. Nevertheless Maxim Vengerov has succeeded him to be what I deem the greatest ever violinist.
Sometimes Heifetz's oozy vibrato is just over-kill; it's an old sound from an old era. Maxim brings a deep musicality and emotion to his playing, as well as having an equally formiddable technical facility. Heifetz was a God, but Maxim is 1!
LevonCoates 4 years ago
I disagree. I feel that differences at this ridiculous level of playing are solely subjective. Both are truly fantastic players and deserve the highest level of praise imaginable. Preference is just down to taste. For example attitude towards "oozy vibrato" is an entirely personal thing. There is no technical difference between them.
Shades2Of1Grey 4 years ago 5
You don't know a shit about violin.
KoganSvetlanov 4 years ago
Thanks alot for this video, its amazing. If you could post more of this video or even the Chaconne by Vitali (which I haven´t found it yet in video but instead as a recording) we will all be more than thankful.
videsdavs 4 years ago
I think I have made a mistake,
it should be bach's chaconne..!
djyoru 4 years ago
marvelous! the last rose of summer!!
is it possible to get the full version??
djyoru 4 years ago
Please post more. PLEASE !!!!!!! anybody know the name of the song he was playing during 38 seconds 2 about 55 . amazing
MOOTANGMAN 4 years ago
its chaccone by vitali. and yes its very amazing
perlman7wannabe 4 years ago
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what a violin motherfucker...
KoganSvetlanov 4 years ago
LOL!! funny
squintzzz 4 years ago
It's not the Beethoven Concerto.
The woman you see with Heifetz at the beginning of the video is his second wife, Frances Speigelberg.
TomBarrister 4 years ago
It most certianly is a fragment of the Beethoven Concerto.
nodrog71 4 years ago
Isn't he playing the Beethoven Violin concerto, not a scale in Thirds? I'm playing it right now as a piece, and it sounds like the part on the first page (thats why he switches over to the high G or whatever note it happens to be [can't remember])
admiralthrawn999 4 years ago
I think it is that moment of Beethoven concerto.
Dondinin 4 years ago
sorry, i meant the chaconne from the 2nd partita in d minor by bach.
viola989 4 years ago
which ones the song after he does his scales i love it please tell me?
akhadivi 4 years ago
do you mean the chaconne? he plays it after the third-scales!
viola989 4 years ago
This is absolutely fabulous! Where is the rest of it, please? Thank you for posting it.
Vlasta4444 4 years ago
The rest of it has been posted by various users on Youtube so I didn't want to be redundant. Girl with the Flaxen Hair, Scherzo Tarantella, the 24th Caprice, and a slew of others as well.
aimson 4 years ago
Thank you for pointing this out. I am new to Youtube, and, as a musician, find it an incredible resource, thanks to people like you.
Vlasta4444 4 years ago
Thanks for putting this up :) it's fascinating, I'm going to get this DVD now!
thelightisahead 4 years ago
Heifetz's instict was that shoulder rests were an unnecessary addition: if the player's neck were too long, then he/she should play the viola; too long again and they were a potential cellist. What's more, his grasp on the instrument was, maybe surprisingly, featherlight, dispelling theories that a rigid hold is needed to keep the fiddle from moving during downshifts. So, the sound was paramount.
Sititalei 4 years ago
Hehe, maybe I should have been a cellist then. Having a long neck has always been one of my problems because I need to use my left arm to simply hold the violin in place when shifting. Maybe I should start using three socks instead of two!
aimson 4 years ago
I only studied it for awhile but I've always found the shoulder rest more uncomfortable, believe it or not... I felt that it held more or less fine as it was... and it wasn't very uncomfortable...
t1racyjacks 4 years ago
Heh...me too. I dropped the shoulder rest after about 2 weeks. Been playing for 3 years now without it.
GreatPianists 4 years ago
haha I'm sorry but that makes utterly no sense, a shoulder rest does not in any way hinder your ability to play the violin - it just requires the proper set up (which is not such a difficult thing to attain)
sonofagitar 4 years ago
How about the name of the piece at 4:49?
AbsoluteZ3R0 4 years ago
That is a segment of the Chaccone in D Minor by Bach. The piece immediately after that one with the piano is the 4th movement of the Brahms violin sonata No. 3 in D Minor.
RagingBull777 4 years ago
beautiful pieces I've ever heard!
hasancihatorter 4 years ago
What is the name of the piece playing right at the begining?
1419829 4 years ago
Vitali Chaconne, one of my favorites. Check out my recording on Youtube of Milstein playing it to get a better sense of how great it is.
aimson 4 years ago
He did'nt touch the violin for so much?!How could he?I leave my violin for two days and i feel like i'm one week back!
liviern3 4 years ago
that was amazing
DualThunder 4 years ago
i dont think he does. uhm why not? i mean, there are some people like me who practices without a shoulder rest. it sorta gives us an advantage though. a person who practices without a shoulder rest can normally play with/without a shoulder rest. but a person who practices without a shoulder rest would not be able to play smoothly without a shoulder rest.
teraboi 4 years ago
dang such a bad place to cut off...grumble. my main question is if he uses a shoulder rest or not? if he doesnt then how does he do it w/o one???
SweetMisery01 4 years ago
Although shoulder rests were around 100 years ago, Leopold Auer and others despised them because they were unnatural and dampened/altered the sound resonating from the soundbox. As such, most of the older violinists (pretty much every "great" violinist in the past) didn't use a shoulder rest and instead used a small cloth on the collarbone underneath the shirt. Personally, I just use a folded up sock and it works just fine for me.
aimson 4 years ago
i personally find it interesting that a slim guy like heifetz doesnt use one while on the other hand a chubby little fellow like oistrakh is using one.
BengoFett 4 years ago
oistrakh did not use a shoulder rest. Please find a picture showing him playing with one
nathanbob12 4 years ago
Oistrakh did use a shoulder rest, check some of the videos posted here very carefully, in some places the camera shows his back and you can see it. Or get the video "David Oistrakh: Artist of the people", and at the end of the video there is a picture of him changing the strings of the violin and he is showing the back of the instrument, so you can see clearly what kind of shoulder rest he used.
molecram 4 years ago
how do you know he used it all the time? That picture in the video if only one time... Check the other oistrakh videos to see if he is using a shoulder rest
nathanbob12 4 years ago
i dont have a photo album of oistrakh but if you watch his videos you can see that he is using one.
BengoFett 4 years ago
What's that piece at the beginning of the video? It's one of the most beautiful pieces I've ever heard!
AbsoluteZ3R0 4 years ago
Vitali Chaconne. I have a great clip of Milstein playing it on my channel. Check it out.
aimson 4 years ago
anyone know who made his "practice fiddle"?
fiddlefeind18 4 years ago
I dont believe he lost 3 pounds during a concert though.
firebreathone 4 years ago