J. Heifetz Plays Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto (1/4)

[plee13821]

He is God of the violin...everything just perfect...nobody played technically better...

[seahyimin]

6:39 onwards played with insane speed and precision!

[tridentmovies]

Needs more Snoop Dogg...

Just kidding. This is real music.

[Montanarus]

POR QUÉ NO SE DEJAN DE ROMPER LAS BOLAS CON LOS TECNICISMOS Y SE ENTREGAN AL VERDADERO PLACER DE LA MÚSICA...EEHHH...????

[immaculatecc]

I've been obsessed by this piece for weeks now. Can't get out of it, it's like a voluntary curse. Since I can't stop listening to it, the only freedom I have is switching between different interpretations. This one has to be my favorite.

[Sinfoniette]

@immaculatecc Ever heard Francescatti with Munch? I have been marinated with the recording for months.

[immaculatecc]

@Sinfoniette No, now trying to find it. Thank you for the tip!

[speedy2343]

2 ppl need a foot up their ass

[haiz369]

he's tenths and thirds ... is there even a single double stop thats not intune.....

[iSkylla]

Incredible. The part at 5:29 was incredible, rarely do you hear that Auer part played well.

[xbasket12x]

So golden....Heifetz was surely the master!!

[elzbieta52]

5.28 to 5.39 - I have never heard any other violinist give this part of the allegro moderato its due - not even my beloved Oistrakh!

[TheHelihero]

5.00 that's difficult!!!!! with spiccato :(

[Jadeismycolor]

Ah, beautiful!

[jjjuliets]

Ah lovely... very dynamic and exhilarating. It's great for writing essays to. :)

[JohnEBPiano]

op 36 / 35? Uh, I think there's a mistake with the opus number.

[claniraq]

I despise the new schooling of violin teachers that eschews virtuoso technical perfection and restrained subtle emotion of heifetz for overdramatic wringing like terribads who look like they're passing peach pits. Thats how we end up with pretty boys like bell prancing around on stage instead of people who can actually play

[vibratingstring]

@claniraq

Ouch, that's harsh.

[Aeolius4]

@claniraq

You do have a point. I can attribute several factors to that. One being the effect that of `pop` music from this era. Whether people are aware of it or no, the two genres (for better or worse (probably the worst D: )) are branching towards each other. Thus the effect of over dramaticising the music that is played.

On the other hand. If played right, virtuoso techincality can be substituted (to a degree) by pure, undulated emotion.

@Razatambleny Haters dide,

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let em hate.

[Razatambleny]

Who on earth disliked this?

[MrNewZealandGuy]

It is impossible not to enjoy Tchaikovsky.

[radiootoo]

. . . brings tears to the eyes for many reasons. . . .

[TRNATO1]

This song reminds me of Sherlock Holmes (a la Jeremy Brett) playing in his studio after successfully solving a mystery.

Rest in peace Tchaikovsky!

[MrNewZealandGuy]

@TRNATO1 Oh my stars, yes! Isn't it also played in the opening credits?

[Telefonino505]

semplicemente meraviglioso... 0_0

[djngdhn]

the audio quality is remarkable!

[nitrousn2o]

great recording, thank you Sinfoniette.

[TheEmotionalAngel]

the beauty of violin concerto is taking over my heart...

[monorey13]

to be short. the sound is magic .

[KevinYohanUm]

It's really a shame that only 3,000 or so people have experienced something this great and magical. It really doesn't do a magnificent composition like this justice.

[mrviolinman]

HEIFETZ #1.

[Sinfoniette]

But can we really give a ranking for Heifetz? :)

[walkingwithlordfusaw]

@Sinfoniette haha! Heifetz is kinda like Only One!

[mcglp]

@Sinfoniette Please, Op. 35 not Op. 36

[Sinfoniette]

@mcglp ah screw it

[rapter9800]

This song is so Russian. This was one of its main criticisms when it premiered, but I like Russian music

[carrottoponcrak]

well it was written by Tchaikovsky

[2ndAveLine]

I actually prefer this recording over the Barbirolli.

While his tone is sweeter in the earlier recording and sounds a bit more flowing, I like the "edge", the bite and grab on this one. It's a bit drier sounding, more bittersweet, almost as if Heifetz applied a bit more rosin to the bow.

It's the perfect example of a violin beaten "black and blue, as Hanslick might say, yet in the most beautiful and electrifying way.

[chazzunusmaven]

Does anyone have a clip of him playing the entire piece from beginning to end?

[Sinfoniette]

It would be nice if there even was one. Is there?

[chazzunusmaven]

if you search here on YT for Heifetz and this piece, you can see him playing with Fritz Reiner, but it is a condensed version of the 1st part. Try it or i will send u the url

[DHcello]

@Sinfoniette There's Grumiaux, Milstein, and Stern

[theViolinDreamer]

I used to prefer a different version of the first movement of the Tchaikovsky , but the more I listen to Heifetz's version , I come to the conclusion that he is my favorite in this one too.Musicality , sensitivity , clarity , expression , personality ....Yes , it has everything..

[bbiguy]

Kogan...

[theViolinDreamer]

well , he is my second preference :)

[Sinfoniette]

And the third for me is Oistrakh. :) However, he lacks the sharp vibrato and clarity that Kogan and especially Heifetz had.

[theViolinDreamer]

That's exactely what I was thinking .:)

[2ndAveLine]

Ah, I remember listening to this on vinyl- I must of have played this over 200times. Sadly, my dad threw away another priceless gem. :(

Listen at 5:09, his bowing so clear and etched while others make such vague hazy noises, and again at 6:39, the speed he carries at the correct tempo while others must slow down considerably, ruining the rhythm.

Another definitive recording, like Horowitz-Reiner 1951.

Thank you again!

[Sinfoniette]

How could your dad dispose this truly beautiful piece of music! :(

Heifetz is really the Richter/Horowitz of violin. He can take on any speed, but his sound is so clear, unlike any other, Hahn, Perlman...etc. But I really like Oistrakh as much as I love Heifetz. I really want to listen to his version of the Tchaikovsky!

[AbsoluteZ3R0]

Oistrakh's Tchaikovsky is amazing. IMO it's the only recording I've heard that rivals Heifetz's.

[Sinfoniette]

Mmm. I just heard it and the sound is very sweet, unlike Heifetz. Heifetz's has that edge that no one else has.

[chazzunusmaven]

idk but i'll try to find out

[rapter9800]

I thought I liked the part at 6:39 slow... I thought wrong. I loved that part the way Heifetz played it

[zefir00]

6:39 - 7:37 The idea was to fit whole concerto on one side of 78-rpm vynil disc.