Jascha Heifetz plays Tchaikovsky Serenade Melancolique

[spdlight7]

bad version, heifetz, like always like a machine, no feelings, why always appears on top of my searches? like an awful nightmare, there so many amazing violinist out there, Mikhail Kopelman is t least 100 times better, and that is only one of many that are way better than Heifetz, i hate people because they don´t have ears to listen for good music, or is the stupid media that favors one against others....i hope not

[trollkors78]

Heifetz still rules...

[Na9rawi87]

0:30  - 1:00

[brigid88]

while my (violin) gently weeps... :-)

[wwweddynu]

@brigid88

George Harrison man!!

[twgirl1]

applause ! veri good nice

[violinlurrve]

this piece is so beautiful and sad... a bit like reflective music to me

[mtown78]

Heifetz' as well as Perlman's interpretation both pale in comparison to Aaron Rosand's command of this piece. Rosand plays this piece the way it was meant to be played. you can find Rosand's version on iTunes.

[visualart139]

One of the greatest violinists ♫

[concertviolinist]

It takes enormous technical & musical ability to play such a piece as this so well

[mtown78]

@concertviolinist this well? not nearly as well as Aaron Rosand plays this piece. have you heard Rosand's version? it's like night and day.

[concertviolinist]

@mtown78 HULLO I don't recall whether I've heard Mr Rosand's version or not - would tend to think then that I probably haven't if I don't recall it - where do you get Mr Rosand's version please? I very much liked Mr Rosand's recordings of Sarasate pieces when I listened to them countless times years ago!!

All the best to you. I still believe (even though I don't yet have the evidence of Mr Rosand's version handy) that it is unlikely anyone's was/is better than Mr Heifetz'...let's see?

[mtown78]

@concertviolinist the interpretation is completely different. there are different kinds of "sad." Heifetz plays "I'm so depressed, I'm so angry and bitter, I don't care and I want to kill myself" while Rosand is more "I'm sad but there's still hope, because I am worth it." I prefer the latter lol.

You can find Rosand's on Amazon MP3 Downloads. That's where I got it from now that I remember, not iTunes. message me your email, and I'll send you the direct link.

[brainwasher9876]

@mtown78 heh. I disagree with you but I know what you mean.

[concertviolinist]

@ThaiMike2010 Agreed

[SunSerenity]

God, this was beautiful.

[concertviolinist]

@SunSerenity So how about publicly thanking GOD for this gem?!

[szareleven]

Beautiful......

[concertviolinist]

@szareleven  True

[himmelblumen]

Так глубоко!Русских композиторов, это чувство очень личный ...

[wejsunek]

because Jascha feel Slovian spiryt.....

[elesayth]

One of the most beautiful pieces I've ever listened to. Thanks for posting it!

[123must]

What a shame! Jascha is not the name of a woman! He was one othe most stunning violino players of the last century an I am sure he ( not she, you idiot ! ) had two balls and a dick between.

[nicolotar]

Thank you for Posting this masterpiece , Maestro plays from another universe ..

Could anybody tell what year it was recorded ?

[scriabiniste]

magnificent -- so moving, and without any trace of sentimentality. What an artist!

[peterwdeng]

The best to my ears. What can I say? He was Heifetz...

[chirurgumare]

good

[gdlgma]

good

bien

好

[gdlgma]

100 % amazing :) !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[ShoshekCs]

prefiero morir en el sonido de las cuerdas q en la cuerda de la vida

[johnclones]

Great est short piece for vilin and orchestra!

I like the Isaac Stern Version also!

Christ is in our midst!-he is and shall always be!

This is great along with Tchiakovsky's Violin concerto!O My God I trust in you do not let me be put to shame do not let my enemies triumph over me!Psalm25:2

IC XC

NI KA

[zudoko]

Beacause, I am drinking vodka. I think when I listen Serenade Melancolique, I am fliying and I am coming back my past, memories. I am a Melancolique and I am accused of being Melancolique by people.

note: I am sorry for my english. if there is a mistake, please you correct the mistakes

[shazam15]

hurray for drunk people on the internets!

[PhilipLu3]

does only vodka work in doing this?

[zudoko]

I am so sorry "kmennie" I accidentally said poor comment. So sorry. I completely agree with you.

[kmennie1]

Who cares where he is from? Music transcends borders.

[chinchonchinchon]

@kmennie1

What matters is the way in which he plays.

[chipes21p]

my heritage is lithuanian! woo hoo

[stuballs42]

Personaly I don't care where the heck he was born!! Fact is he was the greatest violinest to ever pick up the instrument!!!!

[MrAnnaMF]

Друзья, такие люди - граждане мира!..

[arvumbrasas]

heifetz was not born in Russia, he born in Lithuania !! :)

[susancarter1766]

Heifetz, was he of German decent born in Russia and moved to the US?  He's flawless, did the impossible, and the best violinist ever I believe!

[gibsonpaddy]

i agree he is but we mite meet people who think Menuhin is but im with Heifetz...

[UmbrellaAcad3my]

tan llena de sentimiento...

es hermosa, auqnue me da ganas de llorar

[AprilSkye143]

is this by any chance played in the movie gone with the wind?

[Lukecash12]

Does anyone know of a recording where Richter played Tchaikovsky with Heifetz?

[Lukecash12]

Point taken. It truly is sad that history screwed with music. Can you imagine what so many different avante garde composers would have come up with during the Soviet's reign?

[CrazyJimKU]

wtf? Heifetz was born in Russia.

[yellotheemcee]

lithuania techincally

which was then part of the russian empire

bla bla bla

[JackDanielsFinest]

He was jewish people!

[leonlixinfong]

@CrazyJimKU He lives in USA.

[kittyluvr12]

@leonlixinfong Heifetz is NOT an american. ?!

[marcorp87]

This make me cry...It's so beautiful

[theViolinDreamer]

Thank you for your inegalable legacy to the violin world, great master.

[themusicdr]

ppl may find this hard to believe but there are those who think tchaikovsky was too full of sentimentality too "sickly sweet" how anyone can say that after hearing things like this (rendered here by a true master) is beyond me - superb piece superbly played here

[thesilvershining]

How can anyone say that? Sickly sweet? What?? Most of Tchaikovsky's music is absolutely horrifyingly SAD or the complete opposite--utterly Triumphant! His only "sweet" stuff is The Nutcracker and Sleeping Beauty!!

[themusicdr]

yes it is absolutley laughable. however i heard this v discussion on R4 a couple of yrs ago. julian lloyd webber was defending tchaikovsky, whilst someone else was saying his work was oversentimental etc etc.

for me he was a master of melody, as this piece (and the others you mention) proves.

[JadeWeapon]

Indeed, I only wish kids today were getting more classical music in their lives, if you asked a kid on the street who Tchaikovsky, Paganini, or Saint-Saens is, they can't tell you.

[concertviolinist]

@themusicdr  Yes you're right

[AnaJilK]

What a sad serenade... Heart breaking... Splendid performance... Thanks Kostas for sharing...

[gdlgma]

good

[stradplayer614]

happy birthday~

[allstarmark12345]

His vibrato is so controlled and magical.

How wonderful would it be to have the understanding of the violin as he did!

[Lukecash12]

Truly his only contemporary ever must have been Oistrakh. This piece definitely belongs to Jascha...

[samaeljin]

RIGHT I ONLY CRIED FOR HIS.

[BLAZINBEATS123]

this song is dope.. now is it good becuase of the player or is it good because of how the composer wrote it?

[spikedardens]

both but especially the performer... check out other renditions by other people and u can see the diff

[salilacks]

absolutely wrenching.

[zodiaco37]

ouvir este som,é ampliar os limites de sensibilidade da alma.

[anabel187]

i cant listen to it without crying

[TheLampie]

it's weird...

perlmans vibrato is so full and his way of playing so lovely and warm...

but i only cry listening to heifetz..

no idea why.

[calloffthedogs]

I know why - Heifetz was the greatest violinist to ever have lived. He could do things on the fiddle that nobody else could. He could get sound out of the fiddle that nobody else could either.

[skerbl]

I have to agree on that. But... The term "fiddle" must be the understatement of the year. He owned 2 Stradivaris after all. I don't know if those 2 are still alive, but if they are, they must be well around 300 years old by now.

[jonathancaramin]

His second violin was not a Stradivarius but a Guarneri del Gesu. On most of the recordings he plays that one.

[wangyizhe]

his strad "dolphin" was made in 1715 and is being played by Akiko Suwanai now

[GLXLR]

i thought it was on "display" . (this i heard from documentary on him)

[Seantk1]

what about his Guarneri that he liked more. Who is playing it?

[anabel187]

(sry for my bad english)

tchaikovsky died beacause he drank water of that everyone knew that it was infested with cholera.. so it's not an obvious suicide.

but he surely was homosexual and quite a short time before his death he was threatened by somebody, that his sexual orientation might be puplished soon.. that would have destroyed all of his success, most of his friendshipd all in all his life. and actually tchaikovsky always was manic-depressive....

->

it suggests itself that it was suicide.

[theViolinDreamer]

His Symphony Pathetique ( no 6)is one of the saddest and intense things I have ever listened to . Many think that he anticipated his death in this work, as he died soon after its appearance in public...

[chrichride]

beautiful *

[thuani]

Perfect

Lindo

Perfeito

Maravilhoso

[Wolf786]

fantastic

[iluv2write]

what a beautiful piece! the technique is flawless. it certainly is the great Heifetz himself, it cannot be anyone else with such a great sound, which has always existed, but was found and made especially by him.

[johnclones]

beautifu piece of music. My favorite short piece for solo violin and orchestra. Sts.constantine and helen (on Stoney island Ave) in chicago and haigha sophia (aka Holy wisdom or St.sophia) in Constantinople (aka Istanbul) will be christian again Soon!

This is a beautiful piece of music. There are many good versions on CD.

[thomashj123]

lovely!

[pavel89l]

Sounds good, with pro violin!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[vikramkrishnan]

Is there any option with ten stars??

I am getting goose-pimples

[Lapez13]

Hate to use slang but... ditto!

p.s. I just played this piece a couple months ago. Heifetz was my insparation.

[Firejayway]

5 stars. Period.

[SusiQvenus]

beautyful ^^

luv it

[toyo67]

this is a beautiful but sad piece of Tchaikovsky's masterpiece. you can't play without loads of expression.

[ProfessorHoffman]

Excellent :)

[JasChaZ]

haha my name is Jascha ^_^

[aimson]

We named our German Shepard "Jascha" after Heifetz :) Also, in high school, I knew a girl named Mascha Heifetz, who was a distant relative of Jascha Heifetz.

[bulboflight]

how distant... did she play the violin also :P?

[aimson]

Hehe, think she played viola, which isn't that much different than a violin except that it burns longer. 10 points for you if you can tell me who said that :)

[bigmelt]

Victor Borge

[rapter9800]

@aimson Victor Borge

[aimson]

@rapter9800 Hm, well I didn't say I'd give 10 points to only the FIRST person to answer correctly. Therefore, 10 points to you my cultured friend!

[rapter9800]

@aimson I wasn't the first one? Hmm.... oh well, after 3 years I should've assumed that someone else would have figured it out before. Thanks for the 10 points thought :)

[8Herakleios]

@aimson Victor Borge

[empoleon9999]

@aimson Victor Borge.

[cartoonangel1]

@aimson COOOOOL

[kittyluvr12]

@aimson Hah! We named our cat Jascha after Heifetz !! :D

[milstein91]

@aimson how you can name a dog with the same name of the god of violin?what an insult to heifetz...

[aimson]

@milstein91 What a crock... Jascha is an incredible dog and a vital member of my family. He is the most perfect of the three dogs I have owned and loved in the past. He is beautiful, fun to play with, and loyal. If I were to name anybody after Jascha Heifetz, I would hope they exhibit the same characteristics as my dog. I can't say the same of most people. You know what would be an insult? Naming my favorite pair of socks Jascha or using Jascha as the nickname of my penis.

[concertviolinist]

@aimson "Friend" why do you bother to write such obscene trash ?! Is it not that you're a dirty rotten crook?

[boxpilot]

@aimson why would naming a pear of socks be an insult. i have been wearing a same pair for 15 years... still going. they are my jascha socks... i wear them when i play

[hnk777]

Sad doesn't mean depressing. It can be uplifting. Just like a beautiful love story, perhaps very sad. Great music is never depressing. Listen again.

[gurucow]

listening to such music is depressing...

[aimson]

Well, it's called serenade melancolique for a reason. Melancholy music that doesn't sound sad either isn't played right or is named wrong.

[eshed888]

so clean..so pure..

[stradivariusone]

I've been listening to Midori's version on her cd. I think it's a little slower ... Tchaikovsky .... Did he commit suicide ? why he write this kind pathetique music , Melancolique .... darn tired and weary ... I feel so blue ... no no no this is high class stuff ... I like this piece of music ...

[typicalmusiclover]

indeed tchaik. committed suicide, he was very troubled in life, esepcailly his guilt for his homosexuialty, but don't underestimate that for his music, tchaik. is personally my 1st fav. composer, and yea listing to tchaik. too much can be very depressing and unhealthy especially his 6th symphony, anyways thx aimson for this post.

[fqwhgaaads]

actually, no one knows for sure how he died. most biographers say that he died from cholera, but some say he committed suicide.

it's a mystery.

[urdskuldverdandi]

i sympathise with those who say his suicide and its cover-up were likely orchestrated to minimise shame related to his sexual orientation.

[TomBarrister]

Suicide is only a theory. Tchaikovsky is purported to have died of cholera.

[thesilvershining]

I was just thinking that today--how listening to too much Tchaikovsky can depress you. But then I think of the 1812 Overture, The Nutcracker, and the Violin Concerto and become happy ^_^

[rapter9800]

his violin concerto is awesome

[charlesodevan]

I love classical music! specially Stockhausen, Boulez, Frank Zappa, Pavese, Paganini, John Adams, Steve Reich, Philip Glass, Bach, Mozart, Beethoven, the wonderful Richard Wagner, and others...

[cuzigothighh]

I like how he doesnt overdue this by not making it sound slushy. THis piece sounds like its easy to overplay.

[pchaplo]

Good point. Agreed. Restraint saves it from sentimentality!

[zigeunerviolin]

So beautiful.