David Oistrakh Beethoven Violin Concerto Mvt. 1 Part 1

[Rickriquinho]

The orchestra is a little bit soft for my taste…

[Itisnanful]

I prefer this than Heifetz's version

[goodchessactor]

No females in the orchestra. A different era.

[240soundwave]

needs more cow bell

[240soundwave]

i want me one of them drums

[danimal24585]

Just because you can play Fur Elise doesn't mean you can play Beethoven

[dghuggs]

Fliptop, that's the point of the whole movement. The soloist only get bits and pieces of the melody, the rest is pure obligato. Again, groundbreaking by Mr. Beethoven. Only at the very end of the movement does the soloist get a solid line of the melody, the rest of the time it belongs to the orchestra. Fantastic.

[FliptopTwister]

Im playing this at the moment. I want to know how do people feel when they listen to this concerto. Does it sound really great or just a whole heap of arpeggios and scales going up and down?? Cos thats the feeling i get when im learning the notes at the moment.....Please discuss with me. :)

[gnatural]

@FliptopTwister That is the hardest part of the concerto, is making music with the scales and arpeggios. this is why it is considered to be one of the hardest concertos in the repertoire. sure the notes are easy, but the music is not.

[Teregliff16]

@FliptopTwister listen to hilary hahn play it then you'll get it

[leonardotmcosta]

Even though I prefer Heifetz, technically speaking, I'd rather listen to Oistrakh missing 100 notes, because of his feeling

[AcademiaDeSeduccion]

yeah, two out of three on my first comment

[dlaacord]

divine !!! oistrakh se queda oistrach.....

[xultradragonslayerx]

I like men

[grab1piece]

This conductor maybe too old? He had the orchestra go too slow.

[lvbopus61]

beethoven is divine!



[tomorocko]

Thanks for the upload. I looked Boult (the conductor) up and turns out he premiered holst's brilliant Planet suite.

[MrCBK3000]

One word: wow

[RogXander]

one of the greatest XD

[connorross123]

That's not a baton, that's a fucking sword.

[zeroalpha112]

that is one big baton

[louw123]

I HALLUCINATED BIRDS SINGING DURING THIS PIECE

[navonil666]

why is the baton so long?

[sevcik2]

One of the most beautiful violin concertos on earth!

Oh! David Oistrakh... great musicianship and artistry! There are no words in any vocabulary to describe the beauty of his violin playing... and also the purity of his soul.

The finest violinist of all time!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[stickitupyapipe]

@sevcik2

Oh dear, must we really listen to such nonsense? How would you know who the, "FINEST VIOLINIST OF ALL TIME", is? He´s not even the best of the ones on youtube LOL . Zimmermnn knocks him into a cocked hat for a start.

And about the purity of his soul, where oh where do you get that crap from? What has playing a violin got to do with purity of soul? He might have been a pervert or a child molester for all you know. I´m not saying he was cause I didn´t know him, but neither did you..

[orbzeit]

@stickitupyapipe The anonymity of the internet does not allow one to know your true identity

but for all means and purposes you might very well be a blabbering idiot.

[stickitupyapipe]

@orbzeit

Whereas you, by attacking me personally, leave no one in any doubt as to your intellectual short comings. Fool.

[AcademiaDeSeduccion]

@stickitupyapipe You must surely be the finest violin connoiseur of all times. Seems like you think you know what makes music great. What you do not seem to know is how to enjoy fine music.

[stickitupyapipe]

@AcademiaDeSeduccion

I agree wirth your opening statement, as well as your second. Your third is wrong however.

Hey, well done. Two outta three ain´t bad.

[CLEMENTE316]

WHAT A PITY.....AAD....NOT A  DDD...DIGITAL RECORDING

[1401JSC]

Well at least it STARTED Allegro, but soon became molto non troppo!

Sir Henry Wood had a big stick too. Once Ethyl Smythe borrowed it in order to direct one of her works. She broke it in half saying "I can't imagine how you manage with such a BIG one". The orchestra took some time to settle down... :)

[SaturnVGuy]

How would you fine folks compare him to Kogan?

[1401JSC]

@SaturnVGuy

Why bother?

[MuchSmarterThanYou]

This is very interesting. 50 years ago Oistrakh was considered a god by professional violinists. By today's standards, this performance would not measure up to those by Joshua Bell, Midori, Hilary Hahn, etc.

50 years ago, NFL place kickers used to make about 1 kick out out of every ten from outside the 40 yard line. Today, it's well over 8 in ten.  Today's athletes are just better trained and better conditioned. The same holds true for violinists.

[gurelura]

@MuchSmarterThanYou

Jeesus how stupid and ignorant of you..First of all, Oistrakh is even by "todays standard" a very good violinplayer. And second, you cannot speak of a development similar to that of sports. Personally, I prefer the playing of the "old-timers" because I think they kept in mind to play with emotion and personality, in opposite of many of todays young lions who are technically monsters but somewhat autistic when it comes to expression.

[Ercaos]

Hahahaha, saying that Oistrakh is making a mistake or is out of tune (as in it being accidental) is just like saying that Jimmy Page messed up the Stairway to heaven 's solo in a LIVE concert (cause it's not exactly the studio version). IT'S JUST AN INTERPRETATION, each time is different, and when musicians are truly great they just add what they feel right whenever they want to. In Classical music it's much more restricted but after all it's a Violin SOLO.

[tlcooper93]

Yes, Oistrakh makes mistakes. But all humans do. What IS perfect is the spirituality in this music, and the way Oistrakh makes it.

Dusi Mura, a 96 year old musical genius, who all revered musicians came to for advice, told me that he makes music. He simply makes music, and that is the highest compliment you can pay to any musician.

[jhonwica]

interpretation at the highest state of spirituality, sound control in its glare. the best ever existed

[hatemorethanyou999]

I think the girl does it bettor . . .

[Devoraak]

A beautiful piece of history. Without an Oistrakh there wouldn't be a Hahn...and without Ludwig we'd have neither. Count your notes and your blessings, pilgrims.

[mrwasbesonders]

@Devoraak Thank you. It's amazing what you can learn on youtube. I had no idea that Hilary Hahn was descended from David Oistrakh and he himself a descendant of Beethoven.

[GrimmjowJJ331]

So, would this be the concerto Juliek played in "Night", by Elie Wiesel? Apparently it's Beethoven's only violin-specified concerto...

[crazy77town]

do we know the year of the concert?? seems like seventies

[burimom]

The orquestra performing is sloppy...I am sorry, but I don not think that a "vistuoso" such DAVID OISTRACK could get more from this orquestra

[ciaconne90]

is 4:36 right?

[FreeTruthShow]

thank you

[laughingsashka]

Sublime.

[sebtemple]

bravo !!!

[violinistcomposer]

I have a recording of Heifetz live with the Bell telephone hour and there are missed notes and chords in the cadenza, and not all perfectly in tune... Oistrach is by far superioir to Heifetz in the Beethoven...He was the king and still his even if he passed away

[mitashiki]

Look where those basses are!

[MissSuperGenius]

definitely one of beethoven's worst compositions.

[LordMeMo92]

@MissSuperGenius you are an idiot

[m3hdim3hdi]

@MissSuperGenius whaaaaaaaaatttt ?

[clarinetato]

i can't tell which is longer, the baton or Oistrakh's bow.

[myron1415]

i found part 2 of the 1st movement but where is part 3

[cutepossession]

the baton is almost phallic

[TheGaetano62]

magnificent sound

[kolibet]

thanks to the guys who pointed the mistake !

of course, for some, it's so much more delightfull to write again and again, ad nauseam : how wonderfull, genius, perfect, these musicians are...

nobody will deny that oistrakh was a genius - why not admit that some mistakes be pointed ?... i feel that it adds to my knowledge (and sense of measure)

[tatboi1]

Beethoven made mistakes too - some of the manuscripts bear testament to this. It's part of the human conditoin.......er............­.. condition (see what I mean?)

[DimitriAdamou]

its disheartening reading comments of 'mistakes', whats with this absolute perfection all of a sudden? Why are people nit-picky...?

[SYSREV76]

siempre bravísimo

[metalheadlass]

the violin looks so tame in his hands...

[mauricio131948]

grande entre los grandes.

[Oistrakhfollower]

I'm a follower of Oistrakh.

He is my idol...He is like the warm sun on the day and bright moon on the night.

Thanks you God to send him to earth...

[mysticmansion555]

It's not his best shot of Beethoven. Still so good though.

[travonprince]

One of the absolute most wonderfulistic (not a word) ways of playing the Beethoven Violin Concerto!!!!!!

[grahamhsu]

Beautiful piece and well played by Oistrakh but a couple things seem to stick out to me 4:06 seems like the Orchestra is a bit shocked and comes slightly late. 5:40 Did Oistrakh mess up his bowing? It also sounds like maybe a couple notes are added in and it's a bit muddy.

[pianowink]

It is funny to see how amateurs think they are oh-so-good by pointing out what they think are mistakes.

[LuisXVILostSoul]

@grahamhsu HO SHUT UP SON OF BITCH!!!

[spinoza1111]

One two three four

Open the door

On a morning in spring,

And step out on the forest floor.

[gnatural]

that guy could conduct from space, and the orchestra would still be in time.

[rumblmuck]

I admired this guy so much 35 years ago and I still do .... he is immortal, sort of ..

[AdeliaGabyashi]

Is it his last performance?

[degenericni]

this concerto is immense!

[NetOwl]

Oistrakh plays this better than anyone who ever lived, and yes, I'm counting Joachim even though I (obviously) never heard him. Oistrakh's playing is as flawless as anyone can expect and his interpretation of the piece is perfect in every way.

Oistrakh with Ehrling will cost you $25 to order online, but it'll be the best $25 you ever spent. If I could only listen to one CD for the rest of my life, I'd pick either that or that one Heiftez album with Sibelius and Bruch's Scottish Fantasy.

[IDidntComeUpWithName]

@NetOwl You Include Jascha Heifetz ? Hes also Uber Fantastic.

[JPizzle1490]

lol, Adrian Boult and his HUGE baton.

[AdvocateToTheAccuser]

ZOMG, it is huge. I wonder whether he's compensating for something. :P

[maxibusch]

look at the top on the right. there is written the name of the guy who posted the video: "morph47" and unter that you can see "21. May 2009" and thats what i meant (sorry for my english^^) xD

[maxibusch]

It was a joke... look at the date when this video was posted -.- I KNOW WHEN HE LIVED AND WEHN HE DIED. lol

nobody understood it ^^

[mybad823]

Guys, stop pointing out mistakes in the performance. No one plays perfectly! Just enjoy what this master has to show despite his mistakes 0.01% of the time.

His interpretation is brilliant.

[135yearswaiting]

What does it matter if there is a small mistake which 99,99% of the public would not spot, NO EXCEPT GOD IS PERFECT. In a live concert mistakes happen, a very famous pianist the first time she played with Sir Henry Wood conducting went from the 1st movement to the 3rd, realised her mistake quickly and continued with the 1st movement . apoligising to Sir Henry afterwards , he told her not to worry and said "You could have gone from Beethoven to Mozart"

[Silkmeister]

@mybad823 yea. daniel knows his shit

[FreeTruthShow]

@mybad823 i agree

[zzfinance]

which year was this?

[maxibusch]

21. Mai 2008

[mshakhz]

thank you very much for the post btw :)

[ohohgaga]

are there some mistake at 5:40???

I think it's impossible he will make mistake!

who can give me an answer...

[issavestheworld]

he played a few wrong notes. no one is perfect. but it's a wonderful performance nonetheless

[atic01]

you're right: there is a mistake (i know the score)

[mshakhz]

OH NO. >_>

[Eckbolsheim]

You are right. It's very surprising, because he is well known for it: never to make mistakes, but here, he did. I know an other interpretation from him, which is simply perfect in terms of technique. But this one is very beautiful anyway.

[darioaltro]

mmmh i hear misake at 5:39

[JoeySunB]

Wonderful . And I think spot-on conducting of L.vB.-- good orchestral pulse ...

interesting set-up of musicians (tmpts. in back ) HOW LONG is his bow ???

[manouchehr7]

The best performance ever, splendid, magnificent and Wonderful

[arturogama1000]

gracias por el video

[medre]

i prefer kogan's beethoven.

but notwithstanding, OISTRAKH IS THE KING !!!

[shamrock929292]

no, he's the god

[alcabre]

Go to listen Joshua Bell

[mrbennetts]

Thank you so much for your postings. Nice to see Sir Adrian's famous stick technique in action. It works !

[scottbos68]

wow this is rare

[issagele]

what do you think of Oistrakh's playing in this piece?

[issagele]

A lot of notes out of tune

[violin03]

Thanks!!!!!!!!!!!

[morph47]

no worries :)