Ning Feng plays Paganini Caprice No.5 (Original Bowing)

[muslit]

the problem with the original bowing is that no one can do it without making more noise than pitch - probably paganini could -

but bravo for trying!

[mrgeronimo36]

he will be needing a wantan noodle soup after that

[damianc80]

What violin do you play on? it sounds like a great strad or Guanieri

[belovedpeartree]

@damianc80 Stefan-Peter Greiner, violin maker in Germany.

[SharikTheReal]

nice attempt

[hellosir95]

markov's better

[zhujun516]

@hellosir95 then, you ask him to use the same bowing technique and compare them again.

[mophoplz]

bravo!

[zhujun516]

if players don't use original bowing to play this piece, paganini caprice no 5 would be the easiest one to play, even comparing with no 16.

[dududevynidu]

Wow, this was amazing :)

[ericgable]

Why should it matter if its the original? For paganini your suppose to do fingerings that your comfortable with doing not copying what a man did, that obviously had a hand condition of some sort

[mlckfip]

@ericgable Not fingering, it is the original "bowing". Multiple notes slurred, which makes it significantly harder that separate staccato. Compare his bowing with that used by Shlomo Mintz, for example.

[diafiro]

THIS IS THE MOST AMAZING RENDITION I'VE EVER SEEN OF THIS CAPRICE!!!!!!

THIS IS TOTALLY AWESOME!!!!!!!!

Thanks for posting this video, Mr. Feng!!!!! :)))

[mufty1qwer33]

this is not completely original bowing as he plays 3+1 combination all the time.Check Alexander Markov performance-also not completely original bowing,but he plays much more bowing combinations than this one.However this is fantastic performance....

[diafiro]

@mufty1qwer33 What do you mean "not completely original" !?!? This IS the original bowing!!

And why does anyone have to play more "bow combinations" ??

Go check the manuscript! The original says 3+1 for the entire Agitato part.

[mufty1qwer33]

@diafiro By "not completely original" I mean that this IS NOT the original bowing.The original manuscript that I know has written combinations 3+1,3+1, 4 , 4 in first two bars, and then it says "simile". So if you say original bowing I would expect him to play this combinations in each bar, and not only 3+1 as he does. However,I say again - this is absolutely incredible performance.

[diafiro]

@mufty1qwer33 I would like to know what your source is for the 'original manuscript"?? I go by the one found at the website IMSLP-"dot"-ORG. In this one it's written (3+1)(3+1) - Simile.

Not that I intend to have a spirit of contention, but I'm actually working on this very caprice and am trying to do the 3+1 throughout, and it's working quite nicely so far... so (3+1)(3+1)(4)(4) would mean a new headache!!! :))

[tjpark0420]

@mufty1qwer33 you are mistaken.. 3+1 is what Paganini wrote. He writes first 8 16th notes 3+1,3+1, and then writes simili - I have the copy of his handwritten manuscript.

[martyr2005]

very good when you dont compaire it to something better,

but when you compare him with kavakos playing paganini's 5th caprice....he gots owned

5 stars for this video cause i dont want to underrate him, but using this scale.....then to kavakos performance....should be 6 or 7 stars

/watch?v=fijI_fyRwik

[zhujun516]

martyr, there has no comparison between NingFeng' s original bow and kavakos one ,for they are two different techniques

[martyr2005]

thanks for the explanation i tried to find out the difference of the bowing thing

then i understood

: )

anyway i love kavakos speed !!!

and meng faces

: )

the conbination would blow up the universe

xd

[martyr2005]

so the question is doing the original bowing kavakos couldnt go much faster than feng's right?

what you think?

thanks

for the enlighteninig

: )

[zhujun516]

@martyr2005

 For this question you may go ask kavakos himself`````

[martyr2005]

: )

[SkrPchr3]

@martyr2005

But remember, violinists usually don't perform at their top speeds, so the way to judge a player's technique is not by speed, but by accuracy: their intonation, the clarity and evenness of their notes, etc.

This is why Kavakos' technique, while astonishing, is not quite Heifetz or Kogan. He goes fast but he keeps making mistakes: I've listened to his Paganini 5th, 24th, and his Sauret cadenza, and he messes up in all of them. Speed alone is not technique. Accuracy is.

[SkrPchr3]

@martyr2005

Are you only judging by speed? Kavakos went off-tune on the high E natural near the beginning. And he used the much easier bowing. Remember: just because someone plays it slower, doesn't meant they can't go faster. This is not a race. I bet both of them can go faster, but it would sound ridiculous. I judge technique by accuracy, not by speed, and Kavakos consistently makes inaccuracies, despite his speed.

[KosteckiAdam]

Uff!

[steven961302]

GOD!!

[tweetyvogel]

Absolutely brilliant!!!

[TannerW1982]

In. Sane.

[ghettowizard]

Outstanding playing. Love it how you keep to the original bowing throughout the piece, even in places where it is acceptable to play down/up-up-up.

By the way, what would make the bowing even more "original" (or, rather, authentic) is if you would play the arpeggios in one bow, like it's written, rather than divide in order to get more sound. It's a bit of a challenge, but worth trying.

[takhirviolinest]

no word's. Bravé!

[cdq68jgr]

He was the winner of Paganini Competition.

[kzh1000]

Real virtuose! Bravo:!

[patkany1]

YES YES YES !!!!!!!! Brilliant, virtuos technic and performance. . . Respect...Respect...Respect...­Respect...Respect...Respect...­Respect...Respect...Respect...­Respect...Respect...Respect...­Respect...Respect...Respect...­Respect...Respect...Respect...­Respect...Respect... !!!!

[microsoftico]

Yo le enseñé

[jdg1987]

jeje la cara de jacky chan que pone cuando hace las notas altas

[putzzybelyzz]

love it.!

[takhirviolinest]

Fantastique.

[chaogts]

yeah! amazing!!

[sivery70914]

Good stacatos, sounds as clear as Kogan's. high 5.

[cantide]

watch?v=amfCqFUMBkY&feature=re­lated

[beleniumoxide]

hell yeah

:D

[Fafikaviolin]

its very hard play riccochet in that speed afterwards this is a very good performance

[DGProDuckshon]

the faster the easier to do ricochet

[xiaoxiayu]

not clearly though

[mesavox]

good heavens that was like WOW. :) Oh and critics... please don't forget that there is NO such thing as a perfect performance... that's why we play live... it's always different and exciting. Perfect performances are done in studios with a net. That's great... we all love a great album production... but this isn't that. My money says most of the people criticing little things like it ruins the whole thing can't play a quarter as well anyway. Oh and, Paganini would not have played it smoothly.

[jazztom86]

yeah, man! I think Paganini would have played it as fast as he could...

[freeops]

u r ningfeng???

[FlickinPickin]

One of the best I've heard. (check out Kavakos)

[hamwhacker]

In my opinion this guy is one of the best violinists we will ever see.  It is very rare to see someone so technically outstanding and yet one of the most musical.

[Rcoppin91]

haha. you can't play that any cleaner. riccochet bowings is the hardest bowing to do besides for slured spicatto. Nobody plays these bowings because they are to hard to play. and what is this melody you speak of? the only thing happening in this pieces is sequencing. there is no melody, just notes.

[phozk]

Does anyone what that 'ticking' sound is at 2:02?

I don't think it came from the audience, cause I heard the same thing on Itzhak Perlman recording of this piece from his 1972 album.

[ningfengviolin]

yes, that's from the left hand, like a pizz. but of course, unwanted.

[phozk]

Oh, ok.

Still, awesome playing.

[FodorPupil]

@ningfengviolin Excellent job with the original bowing! Great sound...superb playing. Thank you!

[muffinhead80]

those are the left fingers, slapping very hard on the fingerboard. in many cases, like when descending quickly on arpeggios, very hard to avoid -- it's instinct to keep the taught string down between notes. one of the very few times you'll hear the "percussive" elements to a violin! and unintentional, of course... but like I said, hard to avoid.

[violin03]

Bravo!!!

[arsenstepanyan]

its good, bat ther is no original bowings....

[jx88jx]

that is the original bowing. Yuou obviously dont know much about this caprice

[arsenstepanyan]

I know everything about this caprice...

if you want to see original bowings, you can look at Markovs record... that is original bowing of this caprice::: 3-1, 3-1, 4-4.....

in this record is onli 3-1, 3-1, 3-1.......

[genevln]

The original bowing is 3-1 3-1 simili. Check Paganini's autograph manuscript available for free on the IMSPL site.

[VanessaMaeFan18]

i never heard this version at all. really interesting. hmmm.

[jepdez]

this music is so shit its just for showing off and i dont like showing off coz it makes other less abled people feel bad about themselves

[jx88jx]

you idiot, its a study to develop technical skill

[jepdez]

no one cares what you think you self-richeous little shit!

[jx88jx]

nice comeback, i see you have nothing to say, haha

[jepdez]

what...unlike you who must be a fountain of knowledge lol

[jx88jx]

more then you atleast "i hate showing of =(" go hav ea cry

[bballstar51213]

the original bowing IS 3 downs and 1 up.

[clark007e]

good............ bored

[wubbie12]

well done! But this is NOT the original bowing. But that is still one of the most dificult caprices.

[JSE160595]

What is the original bowing then?

[tttoscanini]

three down and one up for each group of semiquavers

[dbassman09]

i believe that is what hes doing

[tttoscanini]

it is the original

[JSE160595]

It IS the original bowing.

[Violincrazy]

Thats clearly not the original bowing, but its not seperate either. looks like 3 downs, one up one on every beat. Which is not the original bowing. Look on my page for the best version of this, with totally original bowing throughout.

[themontyshow]

wow it's so clean! i made a video of myself doing it with the bowing as well, but i cant get it as vlean. you are cleaner than even ricci and markov!

[chinggggggggg]

good

[jeremiahchonger]

WHOA