Wachsmann - Carmen Fantaisie, Leonid Kogan

[komidrama]

the beginning sounds in B-dur, instead of A.

[ThyrmBloodaxe]

i simply cannot stop watching this. this is the best version of this piece i've ever heard. kogan's interpretation is just so powerful and dramatic.

[altofortuna]

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[saintmichael104]

I think this is a better rendition of the Opera than Sarasates Carmen Fantasy. It starts better and sounds more epic.

[milstein91]

from min 00:35 to 00:42 are the most amazing 7 seconds in youtube

[bunkydunks]

Yikes! This is ONE WHOLE TONE SHARP!!!!!! It really should have been corrected in the transfer.

[jayadsilva67]

He is themaster of all melodies

[Rnfile]

For the record: This recording of Kogan is not true. It casts a false shadow on Mr Kogan. This recording is running faster than recorded, thus changing the key of the work, and the speed of everything, including the vibrato which brings so much life to a work. It is untrue and unfair. If this were VSO's to the proper key, it would be fair to judge. It is not.

[lezare2012]

Thanks

[lezare2012]

How long will it take for me to play this song of I just played lalo symphonie espagnole? My progress is 4 years. I'm not bragging. Please reply?

[ItzhakRoxMySox]

I'd say you'd be ready to start it in 2 or so years.

[stupidstorm]

@lezare2012 thats quite slow progress

[Apalexpe]

Wow. way to great. Not only a violino virtuoso but also a great musician. Bravo!!!!

[Melusineviolon]

OMG Simply the best ever! This extreme virtuosity with such an elegance! This perfection is out of this world!

[jayadsilva67]

I agree. There is no equal to Mr. Kogan.

[Dogaradodia]

Certified Intergalactic! Kogan had the hands of Paganini. 8:13-9:11

[jayadsilva67]

I would say a little better than Paganini himself.

[jefftam1234]

OMG

how did the violin not caught on fire.... 8:15

BRAVOOoootissimo

[OriginalMoonbeam]

Thank goodness someone else posted this!!! Kogan learned most of this before he had the music because he was unable to get it--but I think it makes the phrasing and expressiveness absolutely his--it's such a marvelous interpretation I don't know that I will ever enjoy another as much as this one, especially after knowing how much he wanted to play it and how much he worked on it.

[themusicdr]

the definitive interpretation!

virtuosity at the highest level as 'calloffthedogs ' says.

btw did zino record this

[OriginalMoonbeam]

If he did I have not heard it or don't own it--

this is my favorite thing that Kogan recorded. As I touched on below, I think his extreme desire to play it and not having the music and having to work through it made it almost like a child to him

[leonidocska]

na ezmán tuddáss

[frago1]

GENIAL.....

[FERViolin2010]

omg finally, this video from another dude got suspended,!!! and i missed this video of kogan pling this peace, love it!

[th3xcaus3]

i know what you mean

[rostis1927]

I have never heard a better recording of this peace!!

[maxhansendk]

This is the best piece of violin virtousity I have ever heard!

[loveplayingviolin]

Just wondering; did Kogan play the beginning a whole key higher than usual??? Maybe I'm wrong...?

[violin1158]

no, you're right. it's a half-step higher

[loveplayingviolin]

Did he transcribe it the way, or is it just another version??

[robertvgupta]

it's a bad dub from a VHS. it's playing at the wrong speed.

[8beathoven8]

it's like paganini's first concerto: he wrote it in another key for the solo violing than for the orchestra. Kogan tuned his violin a half-step higher so he heard other notes then he played what makes it another bit harder to play

[calloffthedogs]

True Paganini wrote the #1 concerto for E flat. But this is just a bad tape - which somehow sounds a little more than a quarter tone higher. Listen to Kogan's other recording of this on Youtube. The fact remains- virtuosity at the highest level.

[voiceru]

its ok, in europe and other world note a 1st octave is 440 ripplings in 1min, in russia little more higher 442-443.

Sry 4 my english :)

[pazusheeta]

I made a version of this from the Kogan: Interpretations DVD source, which has better picture quality and re-encoded it at a slower speed which sounds more correct. I'm not sure if it can be posted on YT without getting in trouble though, as I don't see any other clips from that DVD posted.

[loveplayingviolin]

speechless... best waxman carmen fantasie I've heard so far!!!

Such outstanding sound he makes!!!

[themusicdr]

such superb mastery

[Unemployed76]

musical genius!i can listen to him whole days and nights...

[Waeweas]

Bravo! Kogan is the master of Waxman!

[Neishapour]

Magnificent account of Wachsmann's arrangement of Bizet's tunes played superbly by Kogan. This is also a testament to George Bizet's genius. If you get a chance you may want to seek out Rodion Shchedrin's Carmen Ballet too (with Rozhdestvensky conducting). Thanks again to EspaceArtPluriel for posting this rendition.