Beethoven Concerto violon op.61 Leonid Kogan - 1

[daniel3231995]

Kogan is the true star of the Russian school of violin-playing,not Oistrakh.He embodies the Russian ideals of stoic reservation and overwhelming power.The cadenza,later in the movement,emphasizes his intergalactic mastery.He truly invigorates this concerto in that he really brings the notes to life.

He plays it like no other.He sounds like no other.He is Leonid Kogan,the master.

[fatoven]

gostei da performance , penso que a anna sofhie mutter se inspirou nesse cara , por que ficou bastante parecido...

[al7leaopt]

Is THIS the concert he gave two days before his death? Wikipedia says "Kogan died of a heart attack in the city of Mytishchi, while travelling by train between Moscow and Yaroslavl to a concert he was to perform with his son. Two days before, he had played the Beethoven Concerto in Vienna.

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[violinhunter2]

Beyond extraordinary.

[kocharova]

@violinhunter2 absolutely true! He was The Best ever - to me!

[reqon444]

Kogan was genius

[kocharova]

@reqon444 He was God of violin. His sounds were pure joy. Fantastic!

[LordMeMo92]

i love this

[paulcatalin]

5:23 hmmm ????

[MrLindenson]

My ears are gonna explode from the awesomeness

[DearMrT]

Une grande justesse de ton, une grande précision dans les attaques, un jeu virile et sensible dans une conception plutôt classique que romantique, c'est ce qui caractérise l'interprétation de Leonid Kogan.. Une version digne de figurer parmi la petite panoplie des versions de référence.

[voxhunden]

Always good to run into a Kogan recording - he never disappoints. On the other hand, is it just me or is Beethoven's music really dead boring? I guess that after Bach and Mozart they thought that everything coming from Germany must be great. What a totally overrated composer.

[paulcatalin]

@voxhunden David Oistrakh said that this is the greatest and most beatifull violin concerto , i belive the same :) !

[johntwebbjr]

@voxhunden I completely respect your opinion as your own but I offer that to me Beethoven is the ultimate composer. He is my favorite. I think I completely understand why he might be thought of as boring but I feel like he brought all these wonderful musical concepts together cohesively and although his music might be a bit pedantic at times, it never fails to find the perfect note or perfect chord at the right time. It's always just what the doctor ordered for me.

[voxhunden]

@johntwebbjr Beethoven will probably never be my favorite composer, but I do have to admit I was completely astonished when I heard der Grosse Fuge for the first time. Which may serve to cancel everything I wrote earlier:) (Kreutzer sonate is also among my favorites)

[emhguy]

@voxhunden "is it just me or is Beethoven's music really dead boring?" "What a totally overrated composer."

I think it's safe to say that it's just you since nobody else agrees.

[voxhunden]

@emhguy I wrote that as a reaction to people who feel it's ok to mention Beethoven and Bach in one sentence (there, I did it too!). Compared with Bach's music, Beethoven's sounds tame and totally predictable, even his supposedly "wild" pieces. No, with the exception of Der Grosse Fuge, not my piece of cake. Not even when performed by Leonid Kogan, obviously the greatest violinist of the 20th century (now I'm making even MORE enemies:).

[NakedPlanet1]

@emhguy Dead Boring? He's generally known for introducing the oomph into classical music! He was no Stravinsky, but listen to his predecessors like Mozart & Hayden. Whereas they were elegant, he was definately more brash & dynamic.

[jayadsilva67]

Did you see that bow of his ? It is curved rather like on one angle and the other. But regardless, his playing is out of this world. A true seed of God. The sound appears to come from the very center of the universe, the seat of creativity.

[matjordster]

@jayadsilva67 all good violin bows should be like that :)

[stefanniemen]

Przewspaniałe wykonanie !!!

[stefanniemen]

Przewspaniałe wykonanie !

[momeiyo7]

He plays this really nice, beautiful toen and this is the great beethoven at his grandest.

Kogan fans- If you haven't heard his tchaikovsky, you never heard tchaikovsky's Violin concerto

[RICPOIRIER1]

Très bien articulé, tempo net et juste.

[gonzal0999]

yo creo que el mismo BEethoven si hubiera estado en esa sala y ver la interpretacion de kogan no se que haria pero tal vez al terminar fuera a darle la mano y felicitarlo por la gran interpretacion de kogan oistrakh y heifeitz otros 2 grandes ni que decir pero kogan esta a su altura

[kiroualekou]

ya era acostumbrado a dar manos sin escuchar nada beethoven pobre pq hubiera escuchado kogan de verdad!kogan no es solo paganini en perfection, tambien beethoven!!

[the1yage]

His tone is just so ridiculously good. Hell, every aspect is. It's funny, when I forst noticed how the video was bending his bow Iat the top of the screen, I thought he was using some kind of special equipment.... hehe.

[gonzalrc]

I used to listen to this very interpretation of Kogan on my dad's old Мелодия

vinly LP - around 35 years ago - Incredible sound quality only surpassed by Kogan's extraordinay performance. Thanks for sharing this treasure.

[themusicdr]

kogan truly a master of violin

as said by KoelscheAdler -so masterful and masculine playing but also he could do equisite and delicate equally well

[sakuraikeitaro]

just... amazing...

[KoelscheAdler]

Incredible how strong Kogan was playing. Such a force, such a determination - unique, as well as his hard, masculine sound. Thanks to Espace Pluriel!J'ai le plaisir de faire la connaissance de ce grand violoniste grâce à ce video.

DANKE! Klaus

[felixmendelssohn]

Wow, thanks for posting this.

[arsenstepanyan]

This is the Best Beethoven concerto performence that I have ever heared!!!! Geniusly!!!!!!

He is GOD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

P.S.

After him I can hear only Sergei Khachatryan´s Beethoven concerto!!!!!

[MIchaelYiochalas]

Kogan is a god but I prefer Oistrakh for this concerto.Although their views are somewhat similar.After all they have come from the same musical school.

[AbsoluteZ3R0]

This is the best Beethoven I've ever heard. I really loved Menuhin's before but I'm pretty much positive this is my new favorite interpretation.

[OriginalMoonbeam]

I thought the same thing about the conductor for a second when I got a full face view..Cary Grant who once played a Maestro in film. Thanks SO much for sharing this..it is overwhelmingly beautiful!!!!!!!!

[medre]

conductor looks like "cary grant" :)

[2ndAveLine]

Tho I prefer Heifetz/Munch, this rendition is passionate, exacting, meticulous and has no weaknesses. Kogan serves only the music- imo, the most noble of all concertos- and he does it splendidly. BRAVO!

[cromulentinnoc3nce]

Thank you so much for posting this. Kogan's recordings are always a real treat, not only because they are difficult to find, but because they are all fantastic.

[IVANKOVALE]

Fairy play!

Note, that in the beginning Kogan plays even tutty. As far as I have read this was his style: he tried to penetrate in music and often played tutty.

[mexindian1]

The first recording and the first time I ever heard Beethoven's violin concerto was by Leonid Kogan. After that, I could not get used to anybody else's rendition. Thank you for posting this!!!

[NestorAudinotviolins]

when was this recorded? early-mid sixties?

[EspaceArtPluriel]

Hello NestorAudinotviolins! Where are you from? The answer is: 1966

Best regards. Patrick

[NestorAudinotviolins]

Arizona. Thank you for posting this rare treasure. This is my favorite violinist and i try to watch all of his videos.

[kocharova]

@EspaceArtPluriel Paris, 1958

[angus24402870451]

A recording full of passion and emotion.Thanks for posting these rare videos.