Amazing. I am simply awestruck every time I listen to this piece. I think Heifetz plays this exceptionally well, opposed so Sarah Chang or others I have heard play this. Regardless, Sarasate is one of my favorite composers. Another work to look it is his Navarra for Two Violins if you like this too.
Сказать,что Яша Хейфец играет гениально,прекрасно...-ничего не сказать.Ах! Нет таких слов, чтобы выразить как берёт за душу до слёз эта музыка! Именно в исполнении Яши Хейфица.
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A true masterpiece, given the time it was recorded (I believe in 1937, I think it's not even stereo!). But, the Grand Virtuoso, maestro Heifetz, manages to eliminate the minuses with his magical performance! What a vibrant, brilliant, resonant, rich sound he delivered! Mr Rabin... is not a match for such grandiosity! Talented, yes! But not divine! Mr Rabin achieved to play exceptionally the Heifetz's Instrument (that's how violin must be renamed!)
Unquestionably the most beautiful rendition of this piece in existence.The slower, lyrical 'middle 8',(played 'con sordini'),in particular, is heartrendingly expressive.Heifetz manages to capture the very essence of Gypsy temperament. in every way.
@LOTSW2 Heydrich - ' Infamous Nazi' had a name as a competent violinist ! There is a story about him arriving at Kiel Naval Base carrying his violin. He was viewed with suspicion by his fellow cadets as to his pretensions to culture. His high-pitched voice earned him the nickname 'billy-goat' He was regularly routed from his quarters to play the Toselli serenade on the violin, a ritual humiliation which gave him a lifelong aversion to the piece! There is irony there somewhere !!!
Zigeunerweisen (Gypsy Airs), Op. 20, is a musical composition for violin and orchestra written in 1878 by the Spanish composer and virtuoso Pablo de Sarasate and premiered during the same year in Leipzig. It is based on themes of the Roma people, specifically the rhythms of the csárdás.
Sarasate's most popular composition and a favorite among violin virtuosi, the work has remained a staple on records at least since Sarasate himself recorded it in 1904.(From Wikipedia)
@unnoticedpasserby Well said !!!., Your comment on Paganini is interesting ! Of course there are no recordings to audibly validate his ! genius! however, we can only speculate as to his greatness by his musical manuscripts and how marvelous and spectacular his technique must have been especially with contemporary descriptions of his !dazzling display! The obvious question is ! - what were the standards of that particular time and how clean and articulate the execution !!
Everybody talks about Heifetz, Perlman.... you put Zigeunerweisen in youtube and appear : perlman, chang, cello .... .but there not appears the composer who was SARASATE!!! and the real name isnt Zigeunerweisen, its "Aires de Gitano" !!
No one cares for Sarasate, everybody forgot him...
@ShagohodArkan which is just the spanish word for the german word zigeunerweisen. i got no idea why everyone uses the german one i guess it got something to do with the publisher... i find some sheet music often has the title translated into 2 or 3 languages on top of the piece...
@ShagohodArkan You're talking about nobody remembering De Sarasate. I think you're making a crucial mistake yourself here mate. The person you're talking about is called De Sarasate, not Sarasate.
Also, when I hear a piece on the radio the first thing I do is look up the composer, not the artist. So no, De Sarasate isn't forgotten at all: his name's just not mentioned in the title (or sometimes in the description) because everybody already knows who composed Aires de Gitano.
@xaviervandepoll I dont know if you actually speak german but I do. My spanish might be a bit rusty but I'm pretty sure that Aires -> die Art und Weise. Gitano -> Zigeuner. So where is the problem?
And so? Can you name the people who discovered the GMR effect, which is entirely responsible for modern hard drive technology, something you rely on so much every day? Actually, do you even know what GMR is without checking Wikipedia? I don't think so. There're a million unsung heroes in science, people that actually changed the ways the world works, so quit ya bitching about superfluous art shit and just enjoy the music.
Can I just say has everyone forgotten these are meant to be comments about this piece??? Being an injured violinist and never having a chance to play this only makes me want to indulge in music, not some silly argumental "ping pong". Grow up guys! This is wonderful! :-)))
2 genis reunis alors nous pauvres gens ils nous faudra des années pour saisir une parcelle de toute cette beauté, et encore c'est pas du direct il manque les couleurs et les odeurs de la salle, la comunion du public
@grab1piece I don't know about that. This interpretation is truly beautiful, but there is something I find much more entrancing about Sarasate's version
I am playing this piece in school and after hearing this recording i simply feel wholly inadequate. I must admit that before watching this video I had never heard of Heifetz but now, however, he has, in the course of nine minutes, become my utter and complete musical idol. Thank you to marius312 for posting it and thank you to Jascha Heifetz for producing the single most beautiful and impressive piece of musical art I have ever heard.
@utra1337 you have got the biggest troll that i have ever seen in my internet history. and to all you guys who bagged him, you just got trolled to the maximum
@tranquilizer17 I actually disagree. I think 5:02-7:02 is the most sublime section of the piece, in regards to not only the music but especially Heifetz's playing.
@AbsoluteZ3R0 .....Shame,you didn't realise he was being facetious....One cannot disagree with a joke!!!....And I see you missed the 'E' and hit '3' instead.You ARE the weakest (missing) link...Fuck awf.
@ToneDeafecation He wasn't being facetious, he was saying that the performance was so amazing that it's impossible for him to pick out any one part as his favorite. That happens very often with performances like these, and it's very common for people to say "the whole thing was amazing" when asked to choose a favorite part in a good movie or piece of music. Anyway, your irrelevant and pointless insults towards me make you look like an idiot.
I KNOW ALL THAT silly billy,I'm not insulting you but giving you a gentle ribbing but if you took me seriously then I am justly castigated and will seek to make amends.
@ToneDeafecation Whatever man, your overly bombastic style of writing is slightly offensive, whether you're kidding or not. Regardless, the purpose of my original comment was simply to express my opinion (a positive one), and two people seem to agree with me. I remember several years ago I let my high school orchestra director (who hates Heifetz) listen to 5:02-7:02 and even he admitted that Heifetz's playing was exceptionally beautiful and expressive in that section
I suppose 'soul, dynamics and tone' are just shorthand for 'prancing around like an idiot and contorting your face to see what new expressions you can invent', like Joshua Bell or Andre Rieu right?
I'm starting this piece in private lessons, and every time I listen to this, it's like, "Hi, I'm going to lock my self in my room and practice for seven hours. Kbye."
My goodness, this is perfection. Interpretation, rich sound, unbelievable pitch control, even on the insane frilly parts. Best recording of the Zigeunerweisen I've heard, by a long, long shot.
Ultimo confronto e scusami tanto. Perlman è grandissimo ma un pochino gigioneggia. Heifetz mi sembra troppo lucidamente perfetto;.Sarasaste in definitiva è quello che preferisco anche forse per il fascino dell'incisione a 78 giri, fanè ma malinconicamente splendida.
My orch is playing this! It is absolutly Beautiful!!! He is way better than we sound.. But it is still beautiul!! I think I should get off youtube and practice.....
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man heifetz is the shittiest violinsit ever. His phrasing sucks ass. He plays like a monotonous shit. I hate his tone. His technique is overated, I dont think its that good. He lacks power. He's got that crunchy sound in his bowing. And his strad sounds like a piece of shit.
Lots of people follow the pied piper and praise Heifetz, but I agree with you, I far prefer many others and think that many of the modern artist's sound far better than his robot playing. To me he lacks depth of tone and his music on the whole is lacking in emotion.
@utra1337 First place it's not a Strad; Heifetz always played a Guarnerius. So right off you have your facts all balled up -- not surprising you follow this with a series of inane comments
@paperboy438 Heifetz was only popular in America... and maybe Israel. After he departed from Auer, he never got any respect from Europe. His students lost all the competitions, and he never performed there. He got alotta fame in the US because they started popularizing him in the media. Tons of Soviet, German, Italian, French, English, violinists could pwn heifetz anyday.
@paperboy438 It really depends on the piece being played. For example, Kogan is the guy you should listen to, for all Paganini pieces. Oistrakh plays a killer 1st movement for the mendelssohn concerto. You can't just say, well this guy is the best, because everyone's style is matched up with a different piece.
@utra1337 But that is not to say I cant play all the Mozart Concerto's, the Mendelossohn Concerto, Beethoven Concerto's etc, Bach etc. I've mastered these concerto's when I was younger, and so its stuck with me.
@paperboy438 For this particular piece, my favorite would have to be Leila Josefcowicz's, her technique isn't as good as heifetz's, it hav to say. But she plays with so much passion, and warmth, it feels like the spanish-gypsy style. Heifetz's version feels like a trip to the arctic.
@utra1337 Are you fucking kidding? You're such a moron! Heifetz toured Europe numerous times, recorded with LSO and other British orchestras. Every influential European musician I know, has had respect for him. Some of his students like Yaron, and Fodor won first prizes at the Tchaikovsky and Sibelius Competition. I've never heard a violinist 'own' Heifetz in any way. It's actually the other way around. Think about what you have to say before you put your foot in your mouth.
@Prickterow When Heifetz made his London debut in 1920 G B Shaw was sitting the audience. He wrote to him making a forecast which has an uncanny veracity about it: My dear Heifetz, Your recital has filled me with anxiety. If you provoke a jealous God by playing with such superhuman perfection , you will die young. I earnestly advise you to play something badly every night before going to bed instead of saying your prayers. No mortal should presume to play so faultlessly !!!!!.
@OEDBrowser All u heifetz fanboys need to get listening to some real violin players... heifetz is bandwagon...period, I kno Im gonna get negative votes, but fuck all of you, u guys are retarded anyways!
@utra1337 You have very little interest in violin music do you? Are we supposed to think that the piece of music on your profile is somehow superior to Heifetz? Deluded little boy. It seems your only interest on YouTube is trying to piss people off and get a reaction, mostly by talking bullshit - the sure sign of a troll. Well you can waste your time replying to this with a torrent of abuse and bullshit, because I won't even read it or reply to it. Reading badly spelt bullshit isn't my thing.
@TheMG63 I WAS a fan of heifetz... i use to play the violin, and played all the major concertos, and yes i use to be a fan of heifetz... that was before when I jumped on the violin bandwagon... but if u even listen with ur ears, heifetz has no soul, his tone sucks sounds crunchy, there's practically no phrasing, no dynamics, he plays as the sheet music tells him to, plays like a robot... music critics (like you) are bandwagon idiots, real violinists will kno wut im talkin bout just by listening
@utra1337 alright man quit trolling, if you don't like heifetz then just leave, instead of trying to piss other people off by trashing him. heifetz is very extremely well respected, and even though i do admit he isn't the most expressive out there, he is still extremely gifted and has great clarity with his playing. and where does he sound "crunchy" at all during his playing? honestly just shut up
@utra1337 It's funny you say "bandwagon", because that would mean that everyone just praises Heifetz because he is "supposed" to be the best...not because they actually love his playing. The first violin recording I ever heard was a man I had never heard of playing the 3rd movement of Tchaikovsky's Violin Concerto. It was the most amazing thing I had ever listened to. I then found his other recordings on my own, and realized that no one comes close to him. The man? Heifetz. No "bandwagon" douche
@tennisballer17 again, another typical heifetz bandwagon idiot, who blurts quotes like
" Heifetz, the first record I heard... It was the most amazing thing I had ever listened to. " But fails to give any reason why heifetz music is so amazing,... besides the fact that he has been featured on many awards (not in eastern europe though)... shut up fool, go actually play some violin or at least develop some taste in music...
@Jozhx14 lol paganini owns everybody he's the geretest violinist to ever lived he didn't just was able to play perfectly but he also composed amazing pieces with some pretty feaking strong dificulty
@Prickterow usually I don't stoop to expletives, but this has got to be said. utra1337 is a fucking idiot kid with no brains or hope of being anything but a cockroach.
@utra1337 First of all, Strads are the best instruments are in the world, it would take some skill to make a strad sound like shit. Also, he never played a Strad, so that's messed up... and do you think you could play this any better?
@ChucklezTM Ok, first of all, Strads are overated, seriouly, its just about the name brand. You can really 'hear' the difference between a Strad and a non-strad. So correction, I meant to say, heifetz's violin sounds like shit. All strads have is antique value, is doesn't posses any amazing sound qualities, compared to any other violin out there 20k and up. 2nd of all, no i can't play this Sarasate, because there are some really difficult runs, which I dont want to spend 7 hrs a day mastering.
@utra1337 Personally, I play on my $500 shitty violin, I got since I was child. Its grown with me over the years, and I dont want to throw it out. The actual violin only makes a 10% difference in sound quality, 90% is technique. But then again, some violins have distinctive sounds, that you can hear right off the bat.
@utra1337 im sorry. i cannot agree with you on this. if strads were not that good in overall tone, then maybe makers would not try to imitate them...but that is not the case. most makers have been trying to capture the essence of the strad since their sound potential was realized. and strads have an incrediblly superior sound compared to other violins in the price range you specified. thats a reason why they are priced so much higher than other violins...and why ppl pay that much for them.
@hi123456789011 Yeah, it is amazing, hence: "do you think you could play this any better?" And who said I'm Heifetz? That's not what I meant, I'm not a prick, don't worry. Heifetz is one of my favorite violinists. I'm saying that utra1337 probably can't play like that, not that I can. :P I don't even play violin, I play cello, and I'm nowhere near anything like this at all.
@ChucklezTM i will have to disagree with you on that. strads and guarneri are the best. strad cannot be singled out as the best. but as for your opinion on utra1337's comments...ya. well, his/her opinions are greatly fallacious.
@jim4pam yeah of course both makers were fantastic and made truly wonderful instruments. it's just that Heifetz played on a Strad, so that's why I said that specifically-- Strads are also the most well known, and the most acknowledged as the best (and I personally prefer the Strad sound over the Guarneri). Guarneris are wonderful too, as are many other makers and families of instruments.
@jim4pam well u know Strads are most famous and acknowledged to be the best standard instrument. I also personally prefer Strads over Guarneris, but the latter are still fantastic.
@ChucklezTM Heifetz actually preferred n performed mostly on his Guarnerius Del Gesù. His Dolphin wasn't often used...just thought I should bring tat up..haha
@ss032010310103 I agree !. Time Magazine 1962 ! Heifetz is considered by many of his associates to be the greatest violinist living. Says Oistrackh - ! There are many great violinists but Heifetz, he is in class by himself ! Ever since he made his astounding debut at Carnegie Hall at 17 yrs, two generations of fans have luxuriated in his luscious tone Toscanini was astounded when he first heard Heifetz, said ! I nearly lost my mind ! I REST MY CASE !!
@ss032010310103 well, you know, when you have both, you're kind of the most badass person ever so it doesn't matter which one you use because you can get great sound out of either. also, you know, they are comparable and some guarneris are better than some strads, but you know it differs in the eye of the beholder and everything.
@ChucklezTM true..well..from personal experience, strad players are mostly delicate and del gesu players can actually apply much more pressure. like Zukerman vs. Ehnes i found it especially true when i saw the video where a violinist played a strad using too much pressure, it sounded so wrong...anyway personal opinion
I think that you are the dumbest person in YouTube. And that is a looot to say.
You know? I personally think that you are a frustrated guy that failed miserably at the violin and all you can do now is talking absolute Bullshit about the greats of this instrument.
You can say whatever you want, its obviously that you are ratarded but at least realize that Heifetz is one of the greatest violinists in history.
Larva 72 sent me here... o.o
HushBelleRosalite 1 day ago
sarasate... what a genius
jojos255 6 days ago
Beautiful
tigerarmyrule 1 week ago
Amazing. I am simply awestruck every time I listen to this piece. I think Heifetz plays this exceptionally well, opposed so Sarah Chang or others I have heard play this. Regardless, Sarasate is one of my favorite composers. Another work to look it is his Navarra for Two Violins if you like this too.
dahking14 3 weeks ago
ADVERTISEMENT ON A HEIFETZ VIDEO? you must be kidding me! I thought advertisements would only be on videos of artists like Lady Gaga
shirusubemonaku 4 weeks ago
Сказать,что Яша Хейфец играет гениально,прекрасно...-ничего не сказать.Ах! Нет таких слов, чтобы выразить как берёт за душу до слёз эта музыка! Именно в исполнении Яши Хейфица.
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ourkids12341 2 months ago
who were those 38 ...s that dislike this?? I mean just out of curiosity!!!
hmansour2300 2 months ago
@hmansour2300 poles
tylkopolak 2 months ago
流れがいいですね。オーケストラとも合ってます。
midlton88 2 months ago
Love is over.
VictorLeSong 2 months ago
Bravo! Superb! Astounding, actually.
SarahOstrin1 2 months ago
Perlman and Heifetz= the best violinists in history
Gordontrek 2 months ago
I see one rather obscene looking "dislike" up there....must be from a Suzuki teacher.
jhglobal1 2 months ago
Introduced to this from the game "Catherine". Now I'm sad. D8
TetsuXDD 3 months ago
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Xyoris 3 months ago
just incredible
Xyoris 3 months ago
本当の名人というものは、変に力んだりしません。また、わざとらしい大げさな演技もしません。
余計なものは全部そぎ落とし、肝心な所は絶対のがさないのです。
心に沁みる名盤ですね。
H2QY38 3 months ago in playlist Liked
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私は同意する。
kingofcobwebs 3 months ago
Astonishing!!!
TheOlsen3600 4 months ago
全体のテンポは良いですね、体が自然に動きます。さすが、第一人者。ただ録音の問題で、音色が、音色だけに、複数回聴くと、頭が痛くなってきます。比較して聴いた、録音良好なマイケル・レビン盤は、１楽章＋２楽章で、約１分ほどスローテンポ。好みの問題ですが、少々気だるい感じもしましたが、３楽章ではハイフェッツと同一スピードで、たぶん、技巧的にも大差ない感じがしました(あくまでも素人の感覚)。両者ともヴァイオリン自身が踊っているような印象で、弓が弦をなぞっている感じがしないのがスゴイ。このＣＤも歴史的名盤の一つなのでしょうね。
hotarugenzi 4 months ago
@hotarugenzi ???!?!?!!! ... same opinion
TheTayX 4 months ago
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So, you thought the recording quality gives you a headache when you hear it multiple times as well? How do you feel about the Michael Levin recording? Is that the same as well? wwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww ばかやろ
kingofcobwebs 3 months ago
holy crap
TheElvissimo 4 months ago
There is only one thing I will never understand about YouTube - it's all these dislikes on the unsurpassed performances like this one.
pianoholic89 4 months ago
Heifetz must have been the musical god of his era o-o
ptdrawoh 4 months ago
My musical ideal. If I could play like Jasha.
Michaelviolin1982 4 months ago
makes me cry and i did coz got a heart full of sorrow
sayedkhalideshaq 4 months ago
A true masterpiece, given the time it was recorded (I believe in 1937, I think it's not even stereo!). But, the Grand Virtuoso, maestro Heifetz, manages to eliminate the minuses with his magical performance! What a vibrant, brilliant, resonant, rich sound he delivered! Mr Rabin... is not a match for such grandiosity! Talented, yes! But not divine! Mr Rabin achieved to play exceptionally the Heifetz's Instrument (that's how violin must be renamed!)
metropolsynodgoc 4 months ago 4
誠に端正な演奏です。正にお手本ですね。お見事です。
H2QY38 4 months ago
@H2QY38 WHAT!?!?
beastn13 4 months ago
Lol at the arguments on classical music videos XD
Firenmage433 4 months ago
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Heifetz was amazing, but a younger Rabin did it better.
4DavisesInGa 5 months ago
Heifetz was amazing, but a younger Rabin did it better.
4DavisesInGa 5 months ago
Love is Over
akiratrooper 5 months ago
@akiratrooper NOW'S NOT THE TIME TO BE DEAD!
TheRustedHeart 4 months ago
Unquestionably the most beautiful rendition of this piece in existence.The slower, lyrical 'middle 8',(played 'con sordini'),in particular, is heartrendingly expressive.Heifetz manages to capture the very essence of Gypsy temperament. in every way.
How's that for bombastic?
ToneDeafecation 5 months ago
it's hard to believe that this music was composed and performed by members of the same species that is responsible for daily atrocities...
LOTSW2 5 months ago
@LOTSW2 Heydrich - ' Infamous Nazi' had a name as a competent violinist ! There is a story about him arriving at Kiel Naval Base carrying his violin. He was viewed with suspicion by his fellow cadets as to his pretensions to culture. His high-pitched voice earned him the nickname 'billy-goat' He was regularly routed from his quarters to play the Toselli serenade on the violin, a ritual humiliation which gave him a lifelong aversion to the piece! There is irony there somewhere !!!
OEDBrowser 5 months ago
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Ana61201 5 months ago
PERFECT!
beautifuldana 5 months ago
Zigeunerweisen (Gypsy Airs), Op. 20, is a musical composition for violin and orchestra written in 1878 by the Spanish composer and virtuoso Pablo de Sarasate and premiered during the same year in Leipzig. It is based on themes of the Roma people, specifically the rhythms of the csárdás.
Sarasate's most popular composition and a favorite among violin virtuosi, the work has remained a staple on records at least since Sarasate himself recorded it in 1904.(From Wikipedia)
MrFerminleon 5 months ago
36 dislikes are you kidding me? The last two minutes should be mandatory listening for anyone who's ever touched a violin
bigjtdx 5 months ago
cold as a refrigerator
ThyrmBloodaxe 6 months ago
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I can't believe my ears ...
mallory161 6 months ago
@unnoticedpasserby Well said !!!., Your comment on Paganini is interesting ! Of course there are no recordings to audibly validate his ! genius! however, we can only speculate as to his greatness by his musical manuscripts and how marvelous and spectacular his technique must have been especially with contemporary descriptions of his !dazzling display! The obvious question is ! - what were the standards of that particular time and how clean and articulate the execution !!
OEDBrowser 6 months ago
so sublim music tnks sarasate,tnks heiftz
moshiko7701 6 months ago
son los mejores violinistas del mundo nunca los olvidaremos
Dagonini 6 months ago
チゴイネルワイゼンはやっぱり後半がいいね！
tatsuya672 6 months ago
Everybody talks about Heifetz, Perlman.... you put Zigeunerweisen in youtube and appear : perlman, chang, cello .... .but there not appears the composer who was SARASATE!!! and the real name isnt Zigeunerweisen, its "Aires de Gitano" !!
No one cares for Sarasate, everybody forgot him...
ShagohodArkan 6 months ago 25
@ShagohodArkan which is just the spanish word for the german word zigeunerweisen. i got no idea why everyone uses the german one i guess it got something to do with the publisher... i find some sheet music often has the title translated into 2 or 3 languages on top of the piece...
Xenitic 1 month ago
@Xenitic Not exactly true. Zigeunerweisen means The Way of the Gypsy Would Play It, freely translated.
xaviervandepoll 1 month ago
@ShagohodArkan You're talking about nobody remembering De Sarasate. I think you're making a crucial mistake yourself here mate. The person you're talking about is called De Sarasate, not Sarasate.
Also, when I hear a piece on the radio the first thing I do is look up the composer, not the artist. So no, De Sarasate isn't forgotten at all: his name's just not mentioned in the title (or sometimes in the description) because everybody already knows who composed Aires de Gitano.
xaviervandepoll 1 month ago
@xaviervandepoll I dont know if you actually speak german but I do. My spanish might be a bit rusty but I'm pretty sure that Aires -> die Art und Weise. Gitano -> Zigeuner. So where is the problem?
Xenitic 1 month ago
@ShagohodArkan one minute man,when you write "bach" what do you find?
glen gould or bachs biography :)
yes we all know about sarasate :) he was great composer and greatest violinist in early 20th century.he was a friend of pablo casals :)
bach2984 1 month ago
@ShagohodArkan merely a translation, nothing more, nothing less
McSplat 1 month ago
And so? Can you name the people who discovered the GMR effect, which is entirely responsible for modern hard drive technology, something you rely on so much every day? Actually, do you even know what GMR is without checking Wikipedia? I don't think so. There're a million unsung heroes in science, people that actually changed the ways the world works, so quit ya bitching about superfluous art shit and just enjoy the music.
haitianxu 3 weeks ago
@ShagohodArkan Why are all his works titled in German?
Bobman4671 3 weeks ago
@ShagohodArkan sarasate is awesome
superionoptimus 2 weeks ago
Can I just say has everyone forgotten these are meant to be comments about this piece??? Being an injured violinist and never having a chance to play this only makes me want to indulge in music, not some silly argumental "ping pong". Grow up guys! This is wonderful! :-)))
LitahAtans 7 months ago
Bravó Heifetz játsza
legjoban sarasate zigeunerweisent!!!
tonigezu12 7 months ago
2 genis reunis alors nous pauvres gens ils nous faudra des années pour saisir une parcelle de toute cette beauté, et encore c'est pas du direct il manque les couleurs et les odeurs de la salle, la comunion du public
MsVerlinden 7 months ago
36 people are fools!
saracita77 7 months ago
Heifetz could have understood this piece better than Sarasate himself. Best interpretation, especially the slow part.
grab1piece 7 months ago
@grab1piece I don't know about that. This interpretation is truly beautiful, but there is something I find much more entrancing about Sarasate's version
xtraordinarymachine0 6 months ago
The Great Composers were Angels who came and left their footprints here. The remaining Angels play faultlessly the Harps, the Violins ......
Judexy22 7 months ago
To summarize, he wasn't human.
billace90 7 months ago 2
grande heifetz
leoncioviolin 7 months ago
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DIGIMONJK 8 months ago
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DIGIMONJK 8 months ago
Not a fan of this one
ralec114 8 months ago
I am playing this piece in school and after hearing this recording i simply feel wholly inadequate. I must admit that before watching this video I had never heard of Heifetz but now, however, he has, in the course of nine minutes, become my utter and complete musical idol. Thank you to marius312 for posting it and thank you to Jascha Heifetz for producing the single most beautiful and impressive piece of musical art I have ever heard.
redmarquis2 8 months ago 6
@redmarquis2 Heifetz tends to have that effect on people ;)
dchenviolinist 2 months ago
This is beautiful, but Perlman's is sheer perfection.
kimp401 8 months ago
I absolutely adore Heifetz, but I honestly am more impressed with Itzhak Perlmans version/interpretation of Zigeunerweisen.
AnarchyIsNotChaos319 8 months ago 2
-3 *
flutewarrior1 8 months ago
Heifetz xoxoxoxoxo -3
flutewarrior1 8 months ago
@utra1337 you have got the biggest troll that i have ever seen in my internet history. and to all you guys who bagged him, you just got trolled to the maximum
hjacobslim 8 months ago
the most impressive part is from 0:00 to 8:57
tranquilizer17 9 months ago 46
@tranquilizer17 I actually disagree. I think 5:02-7:02 is the most sublime section of the piece, in regards to not only the music but especially Heifetz's playing.
AbsoluteZ3R0 5 months ago 2
@AbsoluteZ3R0 .....Shame,you didn't realise he was being facetious....One cannot disagree with a joke!!!....And I see you missed the 'E' and hit '3' instead.You ARE the weakest (missing) link...Fuck awf.
ToneDeafecation 5 months ago
@ToneDeafecation He wasn't being facetious, he was saying that the performance was so amazing that it's impossible for him to pick out any one part as his favorite. That happens very often with performances like these, and it's very common for people to say "the whole thing was amazing" when asked to choose a favorite part in a good movie or piece of music. Anyway, your irrelevant and pointless insults towards me make you look like an idiot.
AbsoluteZ3R0 5 months ago
@AbsoluteZ3R0
I KNOW ALL THAT silly billy,I'm not insulting you but giving you a gentle ribbing but if you took me seriously then I am justly castigated and will seek to make amends.
ToneDeafecation 5 months ago
@ToneDeafecation Whatever man, your overly bombastic style of writing is slightly offensive, whether you're kidding or not. Regardless, the purpose of my original comment was simply to express my opinion (a positive one), and two people seem to agree with me. I remember several years ago I let my high school orchestra director (who hates Heifetz) listen to 5:02-7:02 and even he admitted that Heifetz's playing was exceptionally beautiful and expressive in that section
AbsoluteZ3R0 5 months ago
the part i like most is starting from 5:20 onwards, so touching!
ChiuEnoch 9 months ago
This really is the standard of comparison
and none have come close .
dziady1 9 months ago
FASTER Z!!!! =D
DAKASAMA 9 months ago
I suppose 'soul, dynamics and tone' are just shorthand for 'prancing around like an idiot and contorting your face to see what new expressions you can invent', like Joshua Bell or Andre Rieu right?
claniraq 9 months ago
this is one of the pieces that I can legally say "I cannot and will not play this!" XD
Toshirokun3 9 months ago
мастер!!!
fatka74 9 months ago
I don't know what's harder, playing this song or pronouncing its name.
MrStealthNacho 10 months ago
@MrStealthNacho
im pretty sure playing it is harder z-gu-ner-wise-en
yuepon13 9 months ago
@MrStealthNacho
(to play)
yuepon13 9 months ago
impecablemente hermoso! **
Nemraciram2306 10 months ago
I'm starting this piece in private lessons, and every time I listen to this, it's like, "Hi, I'm going to lock my self in my room and practice for seven hours. Kbye."
tanikawfpck 10 months ago
My goodness, this is perfection. Interpretation, rich sound, unbelievable pitch control, even on the insane frilly parts. Best recording of the Zigeunerweisen I've heard, by a long, long shot.
tskrobola 10 months ago 2
if you dont like the violin... why are you watching this video?
dancingrl5678 10 months ago
I'm a pianist, but Jascha is the one violinist that honestly makes me question my choice of instrument.
ProkofievRules 10 months ago 3
Pure genious!!
nico22059 10 months ago
i like menhuin much more, it has more feeling, Heifetz often feels a bit rushed for my taste, still great obv.
baalshin 11 months ago
Nicollo Paganini...
Jascha Heifetz....
the order of the Best
JuniorBrasil18 11 months ago
@JuniorBrasil18 yeah, cuz you've surely heard what paganini sounded like! xDDD
heeerro 9 months ago
I love this song ♥
pablobarrera100 11 months ago
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Hi hate violins.. they sounds so wailingly and whinly.. good people dont play this devils instrument.
BeatBay 11 months ago
@BeatBay Why don't you just fuck off and go listen to modern crap like Lady Gaga or Justin Bieber dumbfuck
xbasket12x 11 months ago
@BeatBay hi retard get lost if u dont like violin
bach352 11 months ago
@BeatBay hi retard get lost if u dont like violin
bach352 11 months ago
@BeatBay then why are you listening to this?
bengardnerify 10 months ago
@BeatBay go suck Bieber's dick if u don't like listening to violin music
juvennino 10 months ago
This is great song!!!
Jamo6ful 11 months ago
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THE BEST E V E R!
woodyaan 11 months ago
Wow O_O This is amazing. I know someone who's playing this in his private lessons
Thank you for putting this up :)
missviolingirl93 11 months ago
GUT
hristip 1 year ago
it is said that this piece is Heifetz personal favorite... as such, he recorded it more times than he did any other piece
TempoFurioso 1 year ago 3
Ultimo confronto e scusami tanto. Perlman è grandissimo ma un pochino gigioneggia. Heifetz mi sembra troppo lucidamente perfetto;.Sarasaste in definitiva è quello che preferisco anche forse per il fascino dell'incisione a 78 giri, fanè ma malinconicamente splendida.
123must 1 year ago
O interpretare exceptionala:vioara aceea plange cu lacrimi adevarate.
bragadobrogeana 1 year ago 2
Very good interpretation, but my favorite is Nigel Kennedy version
mccm1976 1 year ago
He can make his Violin "sing" "cry" "laugh" just bautiful, amazing and gorgeous. Thank you .... from California
kiwistrudel 1 year ago
Wow, finally I found it! Loved this music since I was a teenager.
Jubinne
jubinne 1 year ago
спасибо
MsRagazzino 1 year ago
he is no 1
dinodelmonte 1 year ago
its a nice tune why ruin it with sh!tty comments like the strings are off some more BS
lullobiertje 1 year ago
My orch is playing this! It is absolutly Beautiful!!! He is way better than we sound.. But it is still beautiul!! I think I should get off youtube and practice.....
myemochicken123 1 year ago
awesome
godly
magnificent
this rules
classiccandle27 1 year ago
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man heifetz is the shittiest violinsit ever. His phrasing sucks ass. He plays like a monotonous shit. I hate his tone. His technique is overated, I dont think its that good. He lacks power. He's got that crunchy sound in his bowing. And his strad sounds like a piece of shit.
utra1337 1 year ago
@utra1337
Lots of people follow the pied piper and praise Heifetz, but I agree with you, I far prefer many others and think that many of the modern artist's sound far better than his robot playing. To me he lacks depth of tone and his music on the whole is lacking in emotion.
cherrytime22 1 year ago
@cherrytime22 ?
unetotaleincognito12 1 year ago
@utra1337 LOL you're so funny! stupid but funny :-)
unetotaleincognito12 1 year ago
@utra1337 First place it's not a Strad; Heifetz always played a Guarnerius. So right off you have your facts all balled up -- not surprising you follow this with a series of inane comments
serafinichess 1 year ago
@serafinichess actually, heifetz did play on his dolphin strad apart from his famous guarneri.
duhhh86 1 year ago
@duhhh86 Oh I'm sure he played the Strad sometimes, but the Guarnerius was the one used most often in concerts
serafinichess 1 year ago
@duhhh86 sure, sometimes; but the Guarnerius was his main concert instrument
serafinichess 1 year ago
@duhhh86 oh sure, once in a while
serafinichess 1 year ago
@serafinichess
you are wrong right there.
heifetz used the tononi, then the strad,then til 1947, he used a guarnerius.
please. get your facts right.
stupidstorm 11 months ago
@utra1337
keep in mind any youtube audio sounds shitty to a good ear. this is only 128kb bitrate. try listening to heifetz in lossless, orgasmic.
paperboy438 1 year ago
@paperboy438 Heifetz was only popular in America... and maybe Israel. After he departed from Auer, he never got any respect from Europe. His students lost all the competitions, and he never performed there. He got alotta fame in the US because they started popularizing him in the media. Tons of Soviet, German, Italian, French, English, violinists could pwn heifetz anyday.
utra1337 1 year ago
@utra1337
i'm russian myself :D what's some violinists that can own heifetz in your opinion? i'm curious and wouldn't mind hearing more talent.
paperboy438 1 year ago
@paperboy438 It really depends on the piece being played. For example, Kogan is the guy you should listen to, for all Paganini pieces. Oistrakh plays a killer 1st movement for the mendelssohn concerto. You can't just say, well this guy is the best, because everyone's style is matched up with a different piece.
utra1337 1 year ago
@utra1337 But that is not to say I cant play all the Mozart Concerto's, the Mendelossohn Concerto, Beethoven Concerto's etc, Bach etc. I've mastered these concerto's when I was younger, and so its stuck with me.
utra1337 1 year ago
@paperboy438 For this particular piece, my favorite would have to be Leila Josefcowicz's, her technique isn't as good as heifetz's, it hav to say. But she plays with so much passion, and warmth, it feels like the spanish-gypsy style. Heifetz's version feels like a trip to the arctic.
utra1337 1 year ago
@utra1337 That's a ridiculous comment from someone extremely ignorant and just a opinion not fact.
Prickterow 1 year ago
@paperboy438
Rabin XDXD
just kidding, everyone has their own style
hi123456789011 1 year ago
@utra1337 Are you fucking kidding? You're such a moron! Heifetz toured Europe numerous times, recorded with LSO and other British orchestras. Every influential European musician I know, has had respect for him. Some of his students like Yaron, and Fodor won first prizes at the Tchaikovsky and Sibelius Competition. I've never heard a violinist 'own' Heifetz in any way. It's actually the other way around. Think about what you have to say before you put your foot in your mouth.
Prickterow 1 year ago 25
@Prickterow When Heifetz made his London debut in 1920 G B Shaw was sitting the audience. He wrote to him making a forecast which has an uncanny veracity about it: My dear Heifetz, Your recital has filled me with anxiety. If you provoke a jealous God by playing with such superhuman perfection , you will die young. I earnestly advise you to play something badly every night before going to bed instead of saying your prayers. No mortal should presume to play so faultlessly !!!!!.
OEDBrowser 10 months ago 64
@OEDBrowser All u heifetz fanboys need to get listening to some real violin players... heifetz is bandwagon...period, I kno Im gonna get negative votes, but fuck all of you, u guys are retarded anyways!
utra1337 9 months ago
@utra1337 You have very little interest in violin music do you? Are we supposed to think that the piece of music on your profile is somehow superior to Heifetz? Deluded little boy. It seems your only interest on YouTube is trying to piss people off and get a reaction, mostly by talking bullshit - the sure sign of a troll. Well you can waste your time replying to this with a torrent of abuse and bullshit, because I won't even read it or reply to it. Reading badly spelt bullshit isn't my thing.
TheMG63 9 months ago
@TheMG63 I WAS a fan of heifetz... i use to play the violin, and played all the major concertos, and yes i use to be a fan of heifetz... that was before when I jumped on the violin bandwagon... but if u even listen with ur ears, heifetz has no soul, his tone sucks sounds crunchy, there's practically no phrasing, no dynamics, he plays as the sheet music tells him to, plays like a robot... music critics (like you) are bandwagon idiots, real violinists will kno wut im talkin bout just by listening
utra1337 9 months ago
@utra1337 alright man quit trolling, if you don't like heifetz then just leave, instead of trying to piss other people off by trashing him. heifetz is very extremely well respected, and even though i do admit he isn't the most expressive out there, he is still extremely gifted and has great clarity with his playing. and where does he sound "crunchy" at all during his playing? honestly just shut up
th3man12341 9 months ago
@utra1337 It's funny you say "bandwagon", because that would mean that everyone just praises Heifetz because he is "supposed" to be the best...not because they actually love his playing. The first violin recording I ever heard was a man I had never heard of playing the 3rd movement of Tchaikovsky's Violin Concerto. It was the most amazing thing I had ever listened to. I then found his other recordings on my own, and realized that no one comes close to him. The man? Heifetz. No "bandwagon" douche
tennisballer17 9 months ago
@tennisballer17 again, another typical heifetz bandwagon idiot, who blurts quotes like
" Heifetz, the first record I heard... It was the most amazing thing I had ever listened to. " But fails to give any reason why heifetz music is so amazing,... besides the fact that he has been featured on many awards (not in eastern europe though)... shut up fool, go actually play some violin or at least develop some taste in music...
utra1337 9 months ago
@utra1337 Lol. You're a joke dude.
tennisballer17 9 months ago
@utra1337 Lol. You're a joke dude.
tennisballer17 9 months ago
@OEDBrowser lols! just had to comment :)
TheAnatomyofLove 7 months ago
@Prickterow Paganini definetly owns Heifetz.
only him!
Jozhx14 8 months ago
@Jozhx14 lol paganini owns everybody he's the geretest violinist to ever lived he didn't just was able to play perfectly but he also composed amazing pieces with some pretty feaking strong dificulty
rebirthofgodrics907 7 months ago
@Prickterow usually I don't stoop to expletives, but this has got to be said. utra1337 is a fucking idiot kid with no brains or hope of being anything but a cockroach.
thesidewindersleeps 7 months ago
@utra1337 Do you play violin or not?
stupidstorm 11 months ago
@utra1337 come on...heifetz is the reason why playing the violin today is so difficult...his skill level raised the bar for violinists worldwide.
i cannot say that heifetz is my favorite violinist. by any means. i like milstein myself.
but to discount heifitz as just the average soloist is foolish.
jim4pam 9 months ago
@utra1337 First of all, Strads are the best instruments are in the world, it would take some skill to make a strad sound like shit. Also, he never played a Strad, so that's messed up... and do you think you could play this any better?
ChucklezTM 1 year ago
@ChucklezTM Ok, first of all, Strads are overated, seriouly, its just about the name brand. You can really 'hear' the difference between a Strad and a non-strad. So correction, I meant to say, heifetz's violin sounds like shit. All strads have is antique value, is doesn't posses any amazing sound qualities, compared to any other violin out there 20k and up. 2nd of all, no i can't play this Sarasate, because there are some really difficult runs, which I dont want to spend 7 hrs a day mastering.
utra1337 1 year ago 2
@utra1337 Personally, I play on my $500 shitty violin, I got since I was child. Its grown with me over the years, and I dont want to throw it out. The actual violin only makes a 10% difference in sound quality, 90% is technique. But then again, some violins have distinctive sounds, that you can hear right off the bat.
utra1337 1 year ago
@utra1337 sorry, I disagree.
violin does matter.
Otherwise all the great violinists would use $100 instruments.
stupidstorm 11 months ago
@utra1337 another one who's never played on a strad, or knows how to play a strad.
seriously, how can you such a thing?
stupidstorm 11 months ago
@utra1337 im sorry. i cannot agree with you on this. if strads were not that good in overall tone, then maybe makers would not try to imitate them...but that is not the case. most makers have been trying to capture the essence of the strad since their sound potential was realized. and strads have an incrediblly superior sound compared to other violins in the price range you specified. thats a reason why they are priced so much higher than other violins...and why ppl pay that much for them.
jim4pam 9 months ago
@ChucklezTM
but you have to agree that this is pretty good playing though
btw, im not a fan of heifetz, but saying that is stupid, can you play like that??
hi123456789011 1 year ago
@hi123456789011 Yeah, it is amazing, hence: "do you think you could play this any better?" And who said I'm Heifetz? That's not what I meant, I'm not a prick, don't worry. Heifetz is one of my favorite violinists. I'm saying that utra1337 probably can't play like that, not that I can. :P I don't even play violin, I play cello, and I'm nowhere near anything like this at all.
ChucklezTM 9 months ago
@ChucklezTM i will have to disagree with you on that. strads and guarneri are the best. strad cannot be singled out as the best. but as for your opinion on utra1337's comments...ya. well, his/her opinions are greatly fallacious.
jim4pam 9 months ago
@jim4pam yeah of course both makers were fantastic and made truly wonderful instruments. it's just that Heifetz played on a Strad, so that's why I said that specifically-- Strads are also the most well known, and the most acknowledged as the best (and I personally prefer the Strad sound over the Guarneri). Guarneris are wonderful too, as are many other makers and families of instruments.
ChucklezTM 4 months ago
@jim4pam well u know Strads are most famous and acknowledged to be the best standard instrument. I also personally prefer Strads over Guarneris, but the latter are still fantastic.
ChucklezTM 4 months ago
@ChucklezTM Heifetz actually preferred n performed mostly on his Guarnerius Del Gesù. His Dolphin wasn't often used...just thought I should bring tat up..haha
ss032010310103 4 months ago
@ss032010310103 I agree !. Time Magazine 1962 ! Heifetz is considered by many of his associates to be the greatest violinist living. Says Oistrackh - ! There are many great violinists but Heifetz, he is in class by himself ! Ever since he made his astounding debut at Carnegie Hall at 17 yrs, two generations of fans have luxuriated in his luscious tone Toscanini was astounded when he first heard Heifetz, said ! I nearly lost my mind ! I REST MY CASE !!
OEDBrowser 3 months ago
@ss032010310103 well, you know, when you have both, you're kind of the most badass person ever so it doesn't matter which one you use because you can get great sound out of either. also, you know, they are comparable and some guarneris are better than some strads, but you know it differs in the eye of the beholder and everything.
ChucklezTM 2 months ago
@ChucklezTM true..well..from personal experience, strad players are mostly delicate and del gesu players can actually apply much more pressure. like Zukerman vs. Ehnes i found it especially true when i saw the video where a violinist played a strad using too much pressure, it sounded so wrong...anyway personal opinion
ss032010310103 2 months ago
@utra1337
WTF are you babbling about?
I think that you are the dumbest person in YouTube. And that is a looot to say.
You know? I personally think that you are a frustrated guy that failed miserably at the violin and all you can do now is talking absolute Bullshit about the greats of this instrument.
You can say whatever you want, its obviously that you are ratarded but at least realize that Heifetz is one of the greatest violinists in history.
Who are you? Exactly, a nobody.
Underheifetz 1 year ago 4
@utra1337 you are so funny!!!!!!! you made me smile! that was a good joke.
caradeescusado 1 year ago
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@utra1337 same person... do you play violin or not?
stupidstorm 11 months ago