Amazing control in such a long crescendo . The tiny dramatic pauses are very telling. I wonder if they are written in the music the way he plays them. He makes the pressure build before bursting upwards.
Now get hold of the large book of photographs about the Russian Goolags. More terrifying are the prison guards in Siberia staring into the camera . Oistrakh narrowly missed being sent there . He just happened to be out that day when they banged on his door.
Now get hold of the large book of photographs about the Russian Goolags. More terrifying are the prison guards in Siberia staring into the camera . Oistrakh narrowly missed being sent there . He just happened to be out that day.
he kogan heifetz and some other great musicien could do with the bow what ever they want when they want a pity we dont have today any artist at this level
Leonid Kogan was beyond reproach, but David Oistrakh was beyond belief.
Both had remarkable technique and musical articulation but ( in my opinion ) David Oistrakh had a refinement to his soul that was simply unique and made his playing unsurpassed in beauty.
There is a story that if not true, should be true. Shostakovich composed the concerto with Oistrakh in mind. They were close friends. Shostakovich had the reputation of NEVER changing a note to suit a musician. When Oistrakh previewed the piece, he told Shostakovich that he was exhausted, and asked for a couple of "rests." So Shostakovich broke his rule and put in a two measure rest somewhere in the score. First and only time he ever did this!
There is a story that if not true, should be true. Shostakovich composed the concerto with Oistrakh in mind. They were close friends. Shostakovich had the reputation of NEVER changing a note to suit a musician. When Oistrakh previewed the piece, he told Shostakovich that he was exhausted, and asked for a couple of "rests." So Shostakovich broke his rule and put in a two measure rest somewhere in the score. First and only time he ever did this! fiddlerlaw
Oistrakh always plays the music as if he is living it in this moment! he is extraordinary! this is a beautiful piece... check out his take on clair de lune, it is magnificent<3
@emoemoemo13666 hey, a cadenza is a virtuoso solo passage inserted into a movement in a concerto or other work. it used to be that the soloist could write his/her own cadenza, but many composers after the classical era started writing out their cadenzas.
I don't know the exact technical term to describe the bowing in the beginning of this, but I feel like Oistrakh did it in a completely different way than Kogan. I don't know if it's right or wrong, but I preferred Kogan's particular bowing and phrasing on the run.
plz stop this nonsense no one can play better than oistrakh when it come to shastakovich some of shasties pieces were written for the virtuoso himself =)
That says nothing at all, it doesn't give an special dimension to his rendition or a special authority to the notes he's playing on the violin, it was dedicated to Oistrakh, but music does not belong to anybody.
This is the most terrifying/psychotic music ever. This is the kind of music that is so emotionally deep and honest that it's actually disturbing to listen to. In my opinion it's the best cadenza ever written. so true
@giorgiobaronu i totally agree about this cadenza being the best ever written. every time i listen to it, i think that. it is just such a huge part of the piece!!!
This is the most terrifying/psychotic music ever. This is the kind of music that is so emotionally deep and honest that it's actually disturbing to listen to. In my opinion it's the best cadenza ever written.
You, Sir, AbsoluteZ3RO, are absolutely and completely right, your words are correct, but I wouldnt say terrifying/psychotic music, I would say the most sadness, sorrowfulness and desperate wonderful music,,of course, one of the best performance of one of the best
Cadenza written by one of the best composer of the XX cen
You, Sir, AbsoluteZ3RO, are absolutely and completely right, your words are correct, I do not know why people put you in negative.....!!!!, I give to you a million +++++...., but I wouldn ´t say terrifying/psychotic music, I would say the most sadness, sorrowfulness and desperate wonderful music,,of course, one of the best performance of one of the best
Cadenza written by one of the best composer of the XX cen
If anyone here really likes all the violinists you should get the moovie THE ART OF VIOLIN it has this clip and more. It has loads of info on Elman Enescu Ferras Francescatti Goldstien grimiaux Hassid and more great violinists!!!!!!!!!!!!
Per Jeddee's comment, I'd like to say you are an utterly ignorant commentator, and rude to boot. Worthless. Save your hot air for the mirror. Oistrakh, in so many ways, was one of the most profound violinists of all time. I return to his recordins far more often than to any other violinist except Heifetz. They have something to say, with great technique and each with a unique vision. Period. Many of these posts are so immature that I'm surprised their acne doesn't overwhelm their comments.
Okay maybe not forever - but Oistrakhs intonation and technique is outstanding. I appreciate Sitkovetsky, Goldberg, Grumeaux, Taschner, Martzy, Kogan, Menuhin and Milstein. Oistrakh is to me the embodyment of beauty.
This genious violinist remains untouchable. He displayes his suffering throughout this amaaaazing cadenza. Simply the best. Russian Jewish Power for Ever.
i can't believe this video only has 4 stars . . . this is like, the definitive shostakovich . . . and oistrakh is amazing. this video always gives me chills.
god. amazing and deeply moving. alot of cadenza's are merely "showy" so my old viola teacher used to say though this is something completely different. tho not the showiest cadenza in regards to complete technical prowess certaintly one of the most passionate and moving
Oh my, that is absolutely brilliant. I have a CD of Oistrakh playing this concerto but watching him get into it is incredible. Thanks for posting. Love it.
After intonation, dynamics, tempi, and phrasing, if one has any brains left to spare, interpretation then comes into view. I would rather hear an impassioned, imperfect player over the disaffected performers I hear. Very little is communicated. If everything comes too easy in one's life, one has nothing to say. To speak of suffering, one cannot be isolated: one has to be able to EXPERIENCE it to communicate it. Oinstakh and Kogan had two different experiences.
What made Oistrakh so great was not only his technical brilliance, it was his tone, his presence, the pure strength of his musicality...not to mention of course, that when he made the recording, Shostakovich was sitting right there. BBC Radio 3 recently nominated the Vengerov recording as the best, but for me, Oistrakh remains untouchable. I'm sure Vengerov would agree.
cloverahhh, I dont blame you for your comments. If you have only played the violin for 10 years then you still know nothing about the violin. I have been playing it for 20 years and have been playing concertos with orchestras since I was 7. Looking for perfection in others is unnecessary; it is only necessary to look for perfection in yourself.
What made Oistrakh so great was not only his technical brilliance, it was his tone, his presence, the pure strength of his musicality...not to mention of course, that when he made the recording, Shostakovich was sitting right there. BBC Radio 3 recently nominated the Vengerov recording as the best, but for me, Oistrakh remains untouchable. I'm sure Vengerov would agree.
Personally , this performance is amazing, Oistrakh at his best , his sounds, technique, control, everything , is just....incredible, but I prefer Kogan way of play this concert.
In my Symphonic band at my High School, we have a student teacher who has bad rythym. He always starts conducting when we practice, and he stops the band every 15 seconds or so, he then blames us for being off count [the band]. We all know that he has bad rhythm. Our real band conductor is old and senile and doesn't realize that it is the student teacher that has bad rhythm and not us, so he just goes along as if the student teacher is not mistaken.
Does anyone here even understand Shostakovich in the first place before discussion how he portrayed Shostakovich's music, out of tune notes have nothing to do with the portrayal of this composers work. Have you seen the music??? Lol I love Shostakovich and anyone who plays his works is part of something bigger than any of you or I can comment about.
I'm just curious who are you to judge oistrakh? The shift was perfect, maybe you need ear training, and it's not always but perfect intonation look at his projection and his technique it's god!, and no heifetz is the angel oistrakh is the god.
yea i guess ur rite, if he's ur fav. u wouldn't offend him like that though, hey besides other than heifetz there hasn't been a single violinist that has perfect intonation, I like oistrakh cause of his sound it's stunning, just stunning, not even heifetz could play like him.
Oistrakh , dear friends, is a genius of the music, and nowone can play so well this cadenza, because the music it's make of sentiments and not just to be in tune. Could somone of you play so good like him? Then I would like to here.
Idol worship; it brings out the worst in people's personalities, especially when that worship is blind of logic. Oistrakh would tell you himself he played that passage out of tune, and to say anything otherwise would be undermining him.
music is not just about playing all the notes perfectly every time. It is about conveying the human emotion, especially human suffering, as Oistrakh did under the Soviets. Shostakovich, after hearing Oistrakh played this, was noted for saying that his interpretation is how he would have played it.
iagree with this to an extent,but music is not ALL about conveying human emotion,bcuz emotion has a great tendancy to interefere with the music that you play,and the music that's on the page.i meen its great to be pasisonate,but how can you think about phrasing,bow control,sound projection etc wen u are overwhelmed by emotion?now there are a bunch of people who are going to critisize this,but the real players know wat im talking about.horrowitz once said playing is controlled emotion.controlled.
Yeah I'd say that in many ways you are right. At the highest levels of violin playing, the balance of technical thinking and musical care should be as pristine as possible. At a certain level, technique shouldn't be an issue in and of itself- but I certainly doubt that great artists aren't (somewhere in the back of their mind or subconcious) focused on the technical execution. For me, instrumental music delivery encompasses the technical bravoado and the emotional/interpretive discharge at work.
cloverahhh... even Heifetz can't play in tune flawlessly, that's what makes violin interesting - it's an equal-tempered instrument. It's impossible to play "perfectly" in tune anyways, if you understand how intonation works you will know this to be the case.
Beyond a certain level criticism just sounds stupid my friend
Pssh Oistrakh was a flabbergasted pompous violinist, if you can even call him that, that only got his audience's attention because of his chubby cheeks.
And speaking of which, this Cadenza is so easy, that I can play it with my hands tied behind my back!!!
As for you, OistrakhMilstein, if that is your real name,
Please don't ever post anything again. You're so ignorant it's pathetic, and I would love to see you play the shosty cadenza just so I can laugh in your face.
HAHAAH wow. you really don't know what the hell you are talking about. i'm playing this concerto, and i can say that this cadenza is freakin hard. if it's so easy for you, why don't ya put up a video of yourself playing it?
Because I doubt he even plays the violin. In fact, I even doubt his musical knowledge is enough to tell what's the difference between a violin and a flute=D
please, please, please, please tell me you have the whole concerto and will post it. Did I say please? ;) Perlman's live performance of this is surprisingly good probably my fave for the more recent recordings, but Oistrakh is just too perfect.
i would, i have a recording of his bach sonatas and partitas, and ive noticed many intonation faults, of course i make many more, seeing im not nearly as good as heifetz
if you think 10 years of violin playing gives you the ability to criticize Oistrakh's intonation, then ik4us is right, and you really should try to hide your stupidity better
practice intonation for the next 30 years and then say some shit
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Oh my god, you are all fucking stupid.
None of you know anything you are talking about.
I have about 100% more reason to critisize here than probably all of you dumb asses together.
He was out of tune. Get the fuck over it. Every famous violinist plays a few notes out of tune here or there (except maybe pearlman...). Any violinst would tell you so. Oistrakh himself would tell all of you that he was out of tune, it just happens.
Dude, you are so fucking wrong. I know what parts you are talking about, and there are actually some tritones and major 2nds in there. It is supposed to sound harsh at points.
After intonation, dynamics, tempi, and phrasing, if one has any brains left to spare, interpretation then comes into view. I would rather hear an impassioned, imperfect player over the disaffected performers I hear. Very little is communicated. If everything comes too easy in one's life, one has nothing to say. To speak of suffering, one cannot be isolated: one has to be able to EXPERIENCE it to communicate it. Oinstakh and Kogan had two different experiences.
Yes, every violinist plays some out of tune notes every now and then, but "except for perlman"? You must be tone deaf: compared to other virtuoso violinists at his level Itzhak's Perlman isn't that great, Perlman plays out of tune a lot more often than say, heifetz, szeryng, or even Oistrakh did
your number of years playing an instrument is like your age when it comes to musical knowledge; if you've been playing for 10 years then you're like a 10-year old.
intonation is the easiest thing to listen for for novice players but it not nearly the only indicator of a great musican. after playing for another 20 or 30 years, hopefully you'll realize that intonation is not what makes this a truly incredile performance
i kind of disagree. i mean, you DEFINITELY need emotion and energy and all that, but without dead on intonation ( most of the time ) the performance loses brilliance. intonation on the violin, all in tune with the strings really makes a violin ring, and an intune emotion filled performance is obviously better than an emotion filled almost intune one.
After intonation, dynamics, tempi, and phrasing, if one has any brains left to spare, interpretation then comes into view. I would rather hear an impassioned, imperfect player over the disaffected performers I hear. Very little is communicated. If everything comes too easy in one's life, one has nothing to say. To speak of suffering, one cannot be isolated: one has to be able to EXPERIENCE it to communicate it. Oistakh and Kogan had two different experiences.
even Heifetz can't play in tune flawlessly, that's what makes violin interesting - it's an equal-tempered instrument. It's impossible to play "perfectly" in tune anyways, there are so many different intonation systems. if you understand how intonation works you will know this to be the case.
"violin is an equal tempered instrument"? What are you talking about do you understand what you just said? violin is not even tempered..no talk for equally...! This is why you can play more in tune with a violin than with a piano. you adjust the intontaion to the scale you are in, to the music you are playing. intonation in this video is more than perfect, bow technique too. possibly the best violin playing in a video ever.
much of a big deal as everybody does it. but this video touched something inside of me. heres an idea, y dont all u stupid fuckheads who play ur instrument and call yourselves musicians, that never listen to your own playing or strive for something more, that spend all your time writing stupid comments youtube shutup, and enjoy the fuking video. you'll never see playing like this again.
i never understood why people argue about these things. yes it is impossible to play perfectly intune all the time, any stringed instrument player will tell you that. even the relative "brightness" of a note can be adjusted by bending the finger. my viola teacher is insistent that intonation and technique are something you struggle with your entire life. any REAL musician will tell you that intonation, or rather playing some notes out of tune, isnt that
Amazing control in such a long crescendo . The tiny dramatic pauses are very telling. I wonder if they are written in the music the way he plays them. He makes the pressure build before bursting upwards.
amezcuaist 5 months ago
Now get hold of the large book of photographs about the Russian Goolags. More terrifying are the prison guards in Siberia staring into the camera . Oistrakh narrowly missed being sent there . He just happened to be out that day when they banged on his door.
amezcuaist 5 months ago
Now get hold of the large book of photographs about the Russian Goolags. More terrifying are the prison guards in Siberia staring into the camera . Oistrakh narrowly missed being sent there . He just happened to be out that day.
amezcuaist 5 months ago
This cadenza makes me want to go practice
dududevynidu 5 months ago 4
the best violin performances ever of the human beings..
archvile9 6 months ago
is this oistrakh´s , Shosta´s or somebody else´s
bonsema1 7 months ago
he kogan heifetz and some other great musicien could do with the bow what ever they want when they want a pity we dont have today any artist at this level
moshiko7701 7 months ago
wow this is intense
baroque2 9 months ago
lol the guy behind seems to be very disturbed by this cadenza...
slateflash 9 months ago
1940s punk rock
slateflash 9 months ago
Oh my goodness. BOW CONTROL.
InfinitiveForm 10 months ago 5
8 dislikes=
Yeltsin, Khrusichov, Lenin, Zhdanov, Khryuchkov, Pavlov, Pugo, and Stalin
I am 100% sure
Oistrakhfollower 11 months ago 14
@Oistrakhfollower ahahahahahahhahahahah
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Leonid Kogan was beyond reproach, but David Oistrakh was beyond belief.
Both had remarkable technique and musical articulation but ( in my opinion ) David Oistrakh had a refinement to his soul that was simply unique and made his playing unsurpassed in beauty.
Isospinsymmetries 11 months ago
Oistrakhs technical equipment and musical articulation was superior.
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There is a story that if not true, should be true. Shostakovich composed the concerto with Oistrakh in mind. They were close friends. Shostakovich had the reputation of NEVER changing a note to suit a musician. When Oistrakh previewed the piece, he told Shostakovich that he was exhausted, and asked for a couple of "rests." So Shostakovich broke his rule and put in a two measure rest somewhere in the score. First and only time he ever did this!
fiddlerlaw
fiddlerlaw 11 months ago
There is a story that if not true, should be true. Shostakovich composed the concerto with Oistrakh in mind. They were close friends. Shostakovich had the reputation of NEVER changing a note to suit a musician. When Oistrakh previewed the piece, he told Shostakovich that he was exhausted, and asked for a couple of "rests." So Shostakovich broke his rule and put in a two measure rest somewhere in the score. First and only time he ever did this! fiddlerlaw
fiddlerlaw 11 months ago
this is so metal
tanakarf 1 year ago 2
First video I've favorited in 2 years.
zombie3785 1 year ago 3
what a right arm!
iamemod 1 year ago
Shostakovich was a genius
mpj9696 1 year ago 2
@mpj9696 bravo
guidolinarnaldo 1 year ago
@mpj9696 bravo mpj9696
guidolinarnaldo 1 year ago
Oistrakh always plays the music as if he is living it in this moment! he is extraordinary! this is a beautiful piece... check out his take on clair de lune, it is magnificent<3
ThereseSang 1 year ago
in Soviet Russia, you dont play violin, violin plays you !
MANwhoamI 1 year ago
And there's Kogan's Cadenza which happens to also be Shostakovich Op.99!
cello4ever 1 year ago
Shostakovitch has my heart <3
ForsakenPhantasm 1 year ago
If members of the Pink Floyd took up the violin, I imagine their pieces would have sounded something like Shostakovich #1
squelchy451 1 year ago
can anyone give me a definition of a "cadenza" I've come across them in band however never played them and i NEED to know, i feel stupid
emoemoemo13666 1 year ago
@emoemoemo13666 hey, a cadenza is a virtuoso solo passage inserted into a movement in a concerto or other work. it used to be that the soloist could write his/her own cadenza, but many composers after the classical era started writing out their cadenzas.
mybad823 1 year ago
Oistrakh masterfully captures the venom and sheer fire of this demonic cadenza.
heilogif 1 year ago
I don't know the exact technical term to describe the bowing in the beginning of this, but I feel like Oistrakh did it in a completely different way than Kogan. I don't know if it's right or wrong, but I preferred Kogan's particular bowing and phrasing on the run.
mathemagician1729 2 years ago
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Iths not perfect :-) Bat great
domisoldo12 2 years ago
Beautiful and perfect.
sheaisbetterthanyou 2 years ago 3
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Heidiqi is an idiot
BeneBon 2 years ago
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The cadenza is extremely awful, though Oistharkh played it interesting
heidiqi 2 years ago
Oistrakh is the greatest ever.
If you haven't heard his Beethoven with Ehrling, you need to order it NOW.
NetOwl 2 years ago 15
Yes, you are right, Do you see his Brahms violin concerto?
takhirviolinest 2 years ago 4
Truly inspirational. This performance is on the 'Art of Violin' documentary, and it is a real stand out.
Raskolnilov 2 years ago 8
plz stop this nonsense no one can play better than oistrakh when it come to shastakovich some of shasties pieces were written for the virtuoso himself =)
xchaosblade0 2 years ago 8
and this was too
Fisherdec 2 years ago 3
That says nothing at all, it doesn't give an special dimension to his rendition or a special authority to the notes he's playing on the violin, it was dedicated to Oistrakh, but music does not belong to anybody.
Bautisnemo 2 years ago 2
Oïstrakh's cadenzas are just... perfect.
SierraNeef 2 years ago 6
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Lol no offense, but his improvisation at the beginning isnt particularly amazing, the rest is great though
z0mby 2 years ago
Improvisation?
Would you mind elaborating?
John11inch 2 years ago
i think hes talking about where oistrakh plays on the low G at the very beginning
gsbreath2 2 years ago
retard zOmby
hoopboywjn 2 years ago
Fantastic!!!!
There is a Vinyl of this permormance?
hdemico 2 years ago
beautiful !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
CSimeviolin 2 years ago
Nobody performes this better than Oistrakh. The musical articulation is unparable in beauty.
BalthasarMA 3 years ago 2
Im not sure, I love both his an Kogans.
bbiguy 2 years ago
great cadenza...I personally don't like how he plays it, but it's my taste I guess...
Rinhos 3 years ago
If you don't like this, then who would you suggest? I honestly can't imagine anybody else playing this better than Oistrakh lol.
AbsoluteZ3R0 3 years ago 4
he plays too good for you to understand
dmelkumo 3 years ago 5
I agree with you. The fact that you do not like the artist is not bad but neither does good, but simply do not like.
DarkLoveFashion 2 years ago
King of the Kings... BEST of the Bests ! There isn't another violinist as natural as Oistrakh, as melodic and dynamic as him.
iwillshowyou 3 years ago
He totally looks at the camera and raises his eyebrows suggestively at around 0:38
NegOedipal 3 years ago 4
I'm pretty sure that's a glare directed at the person who coughed right then.
Though I like your interpretation more.
theyodeloflife 3 years ago 2
lol yeah he def stares that person down thatll teach em to cough while hes cadenzing
LegionMCR 2 years ago 5
Lol. To all the ladies in the audience
robotchicken415 2 years ago
Words are inadequate.
aesthetic1950 3 years ago 2
insufficient
iluminada333 3 years ago
both
this recording is, in my opinion, definitive in many ways
fiddlinmatt 3 years ago
This is f#cking awesome ... one of the best violin concerti. Please upload the whole thing!
mprm86 3 years ago 3
this concerto is the most painful violin concerto in the history of music in my opinion.
farzadvengerov 3 years ago 52
Absolutely. I saw this concerto live with my mom. After the 1st movement, she was as close to fetal position as one can get in a chair.
cberez 3 years ago 13
I think your mom and me are the same person.
edgefire125 3 years ago 3
Your mom has probably never been to a heavy metal concert.
SatanicCommunism 3 years ago
Well, that's the beauty of the classical music; no one has to move maniacally and unnecessarily to feel the emotions...:D
iluminada333 3 years ago 5
This is the most terrifying/psychotic music ever. This is the kind of music that is so emotionally deep and honest that it's actually disturbing to listen to. In my opinion it's the best cadenza ever written. so true
giorgiobaronu 3 years ago 48
@giorgiobaronu i totally agree about this cadenza being the best ever written. every time i listen to it, i think that. it is just such a huge part of the piece!!!
dunjalavrova 1 year ago
@giorgiobaronu Lmao, I like how you quoting my original comment ended up getting more thumbs up than mine did.
AbsoluteZ3R0 1 year ago 2
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@giorgiobaronu true... if you are psychotic! :p
crazy77town 4 months ago
This is the most terrifying/psychotic music ever. This is the kind of music that is so emotionally deep and honest that it's actually disturbing to listen to. In my opinion it's the best cadenza ever written.
AbsoluteZ3R0 3 years ago 22
You, Sir, AbsoluteZ3RO, are absolutely and completely right, your words are correct, but I wouldnt say terrifying/psychotic music, I would say the most sadness, sorrowfulness and desperate wonderful music,,of course, one of the best performance of one of the best
Cadenza written by one of the best composer of the XX cen
climmenestras 3 years ago 5
You, Sir, AbsoluteZ3RO, are absolutely and completely right, your words are correct, I do not know why people put you in negative.....!!!!, I give to you a million +++++...., but I wouldn ´t say terrifying/psychotic music, I would say the most sadness, sorrowfulness and desperate wonderful music,,of course, one of the best performance of one of the best
Cadenza written by one of the best composer of the XX cen
Brunildilla 3 years ago 7
@AbsoluteZ3R0 Well, my thumbs up are also for your comment, very well said.
giorgiocosmin 1 year ago
Is a realy great cadenza ..
FANTASTIC and unforgetable..!!!
Brunildilla 3 years ago 13
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tiny slip at 2.47, overall great performance
jimmyd8844 3 years ago
It starts out of nothing and then it's like a tornado! amazing.
issavestheworld 3 years ago 7
The guy behind Oistrakh looks like he has a bone to pick with him.
waxenwings89 3 years ago 8
By the way, where and when was this recorded?
davidhung8 3 years ago 3
1967,Berliner Philharmonic
ilkolli 3 years ago 4
I have two versions by him. This is the first time I 'see' him in action.
Still the one and only for this piece. The way he bows, the emotional involvement....ah
davidhung8 3 years ago 2
Simply the best
Lovetoalemon 3 years ago
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TejanoChimbo 3 years ago
I put my foot so far up TejanoChimbo's ass, it's ridiculous.
alnakba 3 years ago
If anyone here really likes all the violinists you should get the moovie THE ART OF VIOLIN it has this clip and more. It has loads of info on Elman Enescu Ferras Francescatti Goldstien grimiaux Hassid and more great violinists!!!!!!!!!!!!
Ziphos77 3 years ago 2
power and polish personified. unfreaking believable! What a profound artist Oistrakh was. He could play anything.
NestorAudinotviolins 3 years ago 2
What a treat to watch and listen to this. Oistrakh is one of my all time favourites. Those who criticise his playing are so plain childish..
kwcfan 3 years ago
Per Jeddee's comment, I'd like to say you are an utterly ignorant commentator, and rude to boot. Worthless. Save your hot air for the mirror. Oistrakh, in so many ways, was one of the most profound violinists of all time. I return to his recordins far more often than to any other violinist except Heifetz. They have something to say, with great technique and each with a unique vision. Period. Many of these posts are so immature that I'm surprised their acne doesn't overwhelm their comments.
wichitazen 3 years ago 2
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search " Anton Polezhayev " he is amazing too
mynameiZroma 3 years ago
Nessuno sarà mai in grado di suonare i concerti di shostakovich meglio di te !!! semplicemente mitico...
clichy10 3 years ago
I love it!
By the way im fangblade lv200 in maplestory
noblove 3 years ago
David Oistrakh, the king of the violinist!
djyoru 3 years ago 5
Okay maybe not forever - but Oistrakhs intonation and technique is outstanding. I appreciate Sitkovetsky, Goldberg, Grumeaux, Taschner, Martzy, Kogan, Menuhin and Milstein. Oistrakh is to me the embodyment of beauty.
hiddensensitivities 3 years ago 2
This genious violinist remains untouchable. He displayes his suffering throughout this amaaaazing cadenza. Simply the best. Russian Jewish Power for Ever.
hiddensensitivities 3 years ago
My teacher said I can pick my own piece for graduation solo...this and the Sibelius are on my list of favourites so far.
dagdas01 3 years ago
It seems like he's expressing his entire life struggle through this piece
issagele 3 years ago 5
amazing!!!!!
but could you please send the complete version?
thanks!
noach12345678 4 years ago
people it doesn't matter just enjoy the Shostakovitch.....
4444matthew4444 4 years ago
i would like to...
the cadenza is (2 Me)
the "flattest" passage
of this opus magnus
this is a concerto and the violin
must be experienced against a most
somber and frightening background
only so can the torturous violine lines
of pain and madness be fully "appreciated"
((give me my full op. 77 man !!))
MONO1D 4 years ago
i can't believe this video only has 4 stars . . . this is like, the definitive shostakovich . . . and oistrakh is amazing. this video always gives me chills.
twiggymunchkin 4 years ago
wow, longest cadenza I have seen
flutelearner12 4 years ago
god. amazing and deeply moving. alot of cadenza's are merely "showy" so my old viola teacher used to say though this is something completely different. tho not the showiest cadenza in regards to complete technical prowess certaintly one of the most passionate and moving
CampanellaDaemon 4 years ago 3
..trascend the violin!Oistrakh could
tubeleonardo 4 years ago 2
A gift! Thank you so much for sharing this. His recording, made the day after the premier of the concerto, is gorgeous.
jkircher314 4 years ago 3
Wonderful....thanks!!
Jeandebolanos 4 years ago
Wow genious he was one of the best violinists in the world!
violingirl33 4 years ago 3
frye where the fuck do you get those videos???
perfect!!!
kotomalamitsosos 4 years ago 2
WONDERFUL!
Rinhos 4 years ago
le roi de violon comme les autres personnes disent?
elisabeth717 4 years ago
it's like the freakin devil, scares me but it is SOOOOOOO COOL... to just let go and be willing to break a string or two.
cageynerd 4 years ago
Oh my, that is absolutely brilliant. I have a CD of Oistrakh playing this concerto but watching him get into it is incredible. Thanks for posting. Love it.
maestro8bowser 4 years ago
After intonation, dynamics, tempi, and phrasing, if one has any brains left to spare, interpretation then comes into view. I would rather hear an impassioned, imperfect player over the disaffected performers I hear. Very little is communicated. If everything comes too easy in one's life, one has nothing to say. To speak of suffering, one cannot be isolated: one has to be able to EXPERIENCE it to communicate it. Oinstakh and Kogan had two different experiences.
violdick 4 years ago
What made Oistrakh so great was not only his technical brilliance, it was his tone, his presence, the pure strength of his musicality...not to mention of course, that when he made the recording, Shostakovich was sitting right there. BBC Radio 3 recently nominated the Vengerov recording as the best, but for me, Oistrakh remains untouchable. I'm sure Vengerov would agree.
monster0129 4 years ago
cloverahhh, I dont blame you for your comments. If you have only played the violin for 10 years then you still know nothing about the violin. I have been playing it for 20 years and have been playing concertos with orchestras since I was 7. Looking for perfection in others is unnecessary; it is only necessary to look for perfection in yourself.
monster0129 4 years ago
What made Oistrakh so great was not only his technical brilliance, it was his tone, his presence, the pure strength of his musicality...not to mention of course, that when he made the recording, Shostakovich was sitting right there. BBC Radio 3 recently nominated the Vengerov recording as the best, but for me, Oistrakh remains untouchable. I'm sure Vengerov would agree.
monster0129 4 years ago
BBC Radio 3 has no fucking idea about violinist and classical music
KoganSvetlanov 4 years ago
KoganSvetlanov , what do you think of this video?
abburidotakaria 4 years ago
Personally , this performance is amazing, Oistrakh at his best , his sounds, technique, control, everything , is just....incredible, but I prefer Kogan way of play this concert.
KoganSvetlanov 4 years ago
Amazing!
Russian/Jewish power!
SladenkiyBoy 4 years ago
In my Symphonic band at my High School, we have a student teacher who has bad rythym. He always starts conducting when we practice, and he stops the band every 15 seconds or so, he then blames us for being off count [the band]. We all know that he has bad rhythm. Our real band conductor is old and senile and doesn't realize that it is the student teacher that has bad rhythm and not us, so he just goes along as if the student teacher is not mistaken.
OorvakanSar 4 years ago
Does anyone here even understand Shostakovich in the first place before discussion how he portrayed Shostakovich's music, out of tune notes have nothing to do with the portrayal of this composers work. Have you seen the music??? Lol I love Shostakovich and anyone who plays his works is part of something bigger than any of you or I can comment about.
Vostavas 4 years ago
How politely air-headed of you, tee hee hee.
OorvakanSar 4 years ago
Shostakovich's music is amazing, he changes the keys so many times in the music and the accidentals are amazing!!!
dagdas01 4 years ago
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waxenwings89 4 years ago
I'm just curious who are you to judge oistrakh? The shift was perfect, maybe you need ear training, and it's not always but perfect intonation look at his projection and his technique it's god!, and no heifetz is the angel oistrakh is the god.
typicalmusiclover 4 years ago 2
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waxenwings89 4 years ago
yea i guess ur rite, if he's ur fav. u wouldn't offend him like that though, hey besides other than heifetz there hasn't been a single violinist that has perfect intonation, I like oistrakh cause of his sound it's stunning, just stunning, not even heifetz could play like him.
typicalmusiclover 4 years ago
I think oistrakh is the violin god, heifetz is the violin angel.
typicalmusiclover 4 years ago
oistrakh is so fascinating.
consentofheaven 4 years ago
oh yes yes yes yes yes.
oistrakh is my life in its entirety.
this cadenza is sickeningly incredible.
lyricalsibelius 5 years ago
Oistrakhs version is fenomenal!
There is a very, very slight mistake - Look at the man to the left of David! He reacts to the (slight) mistake.
But overall this is a true masterpiece!
Anyone want to improve on this creative interpretation?
If you only want 100% in tune - Listen to computer music!
Sadly the lack in any "life" what so ever!
Bravo maestro Oistrakh!
maxhansendk 5 years ago
Oistrakh , dear friends, is a genius of the music, and nowone can play so well this cadenza, because the music it's make of sentiments and not just to be in tune. Could somone of you play so good like him? Then I would like to here.
lucafio 5 years ago
Oistrakh is a badass man look at his face haha.
typicalmusiclover 5 years ago
Idol worship; it brings out the worst in people's personalities, especially when that worship is blind of logic. Oistrakh would tell you himself he played that passage out of tune, and to say anything otherwise would be undermining him.
Hes a violinist, not a god.
cloverahhh 5 years ago
so you think heifetz is a god?
OistrakhMilstein 5 years ago
heifetz is also a violinist too, not a god...
OistrakhMilstein 5 years ago 3
also, please indicate which passage is out of tune, instead of trying to pull crap out of your fucking ass...
OistrakhMilstein 5 years ago
There are too many intonation 'mistakes' to point out. If you can't tell what is out-of-tune, I suggest you start practicing with some sort of tuner.
kaikobird 5 years ago
at 2:22 he hits 3 different E's. Also, some chords are out of tune. - and Heifetz is God.
HeifetzBeatsOistrakh 4 years ago
I don't hear or see what your talking about.
OorvakanSar 4 years ago
music is not just about playing all the notes perfectly every time. It is about conveying the human emotion, especially human suffering, as Oistrakh did under the Soviets. Shostakovich, after hearing Oistrakh played this, was noted for saying that his interpretation is how he would have played it.
InternetMusic 4 years ago 5
iagree with this to an extent,but music is not ALL about conveying human emotion,bcuz emotion has a great tendancy to interefere with the music that you play,and the music that's on the page.i meen its great to be pasisonate,but how can you think about phrasing,bow control,sound projection etc wen u are overwhelmed by emotion?now there are a bunch of people who are going to critisize this,but the real players know wat im talking about.horrowitz once said playing is controlled emotion.controlled.
CampanellaDaemon 3 years ago
Yeah I'd say that in many ways you are right. At the highest levels of violin playing, the balance of technical thinking and musical care should be as pristine as possible. At a certain level, technique shouldn't be an issue in and of itself- but I certainly doubt that great artists aren't (somewhere in the back of their mind or subconcious) focused on the technical execution. For me, instrumental music delivery encompasses the technical bravoado and the emotional/interpretive discharge at work.
fiddlinmatt 3 years ago
cloverahhh... even Heifetz can't play in tune flawlessly, that's what makes violin interesting - it's an equal-tempered instrument. It's impossible to play "perfectly" in tune anyways, if you understand how intonation works you will know this to be the case.
Beyond a certain level criticism just sounds stupid my friend
happyfunnyfoo 4 years ago
David Oistrakh was the most fantastic violinist. He had a superbly beautiful tone and a very polished technique.
cattleman6420012000 5 years ago
JEDEE SHUT UP
chichinno 5 years ago
Pssh Oistrakh was a flabbergasted pompous violinist, if you can even call him that, that only got his audience's attention because of his chubby cheeks.
And speaking of which, this Cadenza is so easy, that I can play it with my hands tied behind my back!!!
As for you, OistrakhMilstein, if that is your real name,
Jeddee 5 years ago
Please don't ever post anything again. You're so ignorant it's pathetic, and I would love to see you play the shosty cadenza just so I can laugh in your face.
seriously, people these days...
sofly09 5 years ago
you are a fucking idiot. I agree with sofly09, get the fuck out of youtube
OistrakhMilstein 5 years ago
Go ahead then, post a video of urself playing this cadenza ya cocky litl shit !
MrBrightside1987 5 years ago
HAHAAH wow. you really don't know what the hell you are talking about. i'm playing this concerto, and i can say that this cadenza is freakin hard. if it's so easy for you, why don't ya put up a video of yourself playing it?
blobsgosplat 4 years ago
Because I doubt he even plays the violin. In fact, I even doubt his musical knowledge is enough to tell what's the difference between a violin and a flute=D
lolol
sephiroth999999 4 years ago
please, please, please, please tell me you have the whole concerto and will post it. Did I say please? ;) Perlman's live performance of this is surprisingly good probably my fave for the more recent recordings, but Oistrakh is just too perfect.
mexicomed 5 years ago
umm, yeah. Kogan plays this concerto equaly as good, if not better depending on tastes.
mtava002 5 years ago
oistrakh actually worked directly with Shostakovich when preparing this concerto, so its the most "true" to the composer's original intentions.
OistrakhMilstein 5 years ago
No other violinist plays this concerto like Oistrakh. This is his piece!
sherom 5 years ago
i would, i have a recording of his bach sonatas and partitas, and ive noticed many intonation faults, of course i make many more, seeing im not nearly as good as heifetz
do you even play the violin?
cloverahhh 5 years ago
you are stupid and should hide it from people
ik4us 5 years ago
and you are ignorant and shouldnt speak that way to people without reason
ive played violin for 10 years and have heard many oistrakh recordings aaaand many recordings of the shostakovich cadenza, and studied it
he was out of tune, get the fuck over it
cloverahhh 5 years ago
stop making stupid shit up in an attempt to look smart you dumbass
OistrakhMilstein 5 years ago
10 years?
if you think 10 years of violin playing gives you the ability to criticize Oistrakh's intonation, then ik4us is right, and you really should try to hide your stupidity better
practice intonation for the next 30 years and then say some shit
SMLRN 4 years ago
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Oh my god, you are all fucking stupid.
None of you know anything you are talking about.
I have about 100% more reason to critisize here than probably all of you dumb asses together.
He was out of tune. Get the fuck over it. Every famous violinist plays a few notes out of tune here or there (except maybe pearlman...). Any violinst would tell you so. Oistrakh himself would tell all of you that he was out of tune, it just happens.
Now shut the fuck up, you are alllll wrong.
woahjackie 4 years ago
Perlman*
And btw, this is cloverahhh, I forgot to sign out of my sisters account.
woahjackie 4 years ago
Dude, you are so fucking wrong. I know what parts you are talking about, and there are actually some tritones and major 2nds in there. It is supposed to sound harsh at points.
Look at the music.
MoreThanHeroez 4 years ago
After intonation, dynamics, tempi, and phrasing, if one has any brains left to spare, interpretation then comes into view. I would rather hear an impassioned, imperfect player over the disaffected performers I hear. Very little is communicated. If everything comes too easy in one's life, one has nothing to say. To speak of suffering, one cannot be isolated: one has to be able to EXPERIENCE it to communicate it. Oinstakh and Kogan had two different experiences.
InternetMusic 4 years ago
Yes, every violinist plays some out of tune notes every now and then, but "except for perlman"? You must be tone deaf: compared to other virtuoso violinists at his level Itzhak's Perlman isn't that great, Perlman plays out of tune a lot more often than say, heifetz, szeryng, or even Oistrakh did
AbsoluteZ3R0 4 years ago
monster0129 is right.
your number of years playing an instrument is like your age when it comes to musical knowledge; if you've been playing for 10 years then you're like a 10-year old.
intonation is the easiest thing to listen for for novice players but it not nearly the only indicator of a great musican. after playing for another 20 or 30 years, hopefully you'll realize that intonation is not what makes this a truly incredile performance
SMLRN 4 years ago
i kind of disagree. i mean, you DEFINITELY need emotion and energy and all that, but without dead on intonation ( most of the time ) the performance loses brilliance. intonation on the violin, all in tune with the strings really makes a violin ring, and an intune emotion filled performance is obviously better than an emotion filled almost intune one.
concertolover81291 4 years ago
After intonation, dynamics, tempi, and phrasing, if one has any brains left to spare, interpretation then comes into view. I would rather hear an impassioned, imperfect player over the disaffected performers I hear. Very little is communicated. If everything comes too easy in one's life, one has nothing to say. To speak of suffering, one cannot be isolated: one has to be able to EXPERIENCE it to communicate it. Oistakh and Kogan had two different experiences.
InternetMusic 4 years ago
even Heifetz can't play in tune flawlessly, that's what makes violin interesting - it's an equal-tempered instrument. It's impossible to play "perfectly" in tune anyways, there are so many different intonation systems. if you understand how intonation works you will know this to be the case.
InternetMusic 4 years ago
"violin is an equal tempered instrument"? What are you talking about do you understand what you just said? violin is not even tempered..no talk for equally...! This is why you can play more in tune with a violin than with a piano. you adjust the intontaion to the scale you are in, to the music you are playing. intonation in this video is more than perfect, bow technique too. possibly the best violin playing in a video ever.
JVQ8Y 3 years ago
much of a big deal as everybody does it. but this video touched something inside of me. heres an idea, y dont all u stupid fuckheads who play ur instrument and call yourselves musicians, that never listen to your own playing or strive for something more, that spend all your time writing stupid comments youtube shutup, and enjoy the fuking video. you'll never see playing like this again.
CampanellaDaemon 3 years ago
i never understood why people argue about these things. yes it is impossible to play perfectly intune all the time, any stringed instrument player will tell you that. even the relative "brightness" of a note can be adjusted by bending the finger. my viola teacher is insistent that intonation and technique are something you struggle with your entire life. any REAL musician will tell you that intonation, or rather playing some notes out of tune, isnt that
CampanellaDaemon 3 years ago