Bartók: Contrasts for Clarinet, Violin & Piano (Mvt I + II)

[iscarfe]

Always amazes me to see Menuhin with his face completely buried in the score. Maybe just because the camera was on and he didn't want to look up?

[kenny13890]

hahahaha awesome glad i heard this before i died

[KLR77700]

love it!

[Tarcila62078]

anyone knw wher i can get sheet music for this?

[Tarcila62078]

wow. i play clarinet too. i hope i can play as good as her someday.

[princhornrhs]

is Meuhin using the Soil here?

[marcohorowitz8]

sounds Jewish to me, was that the intention?

[MrFpam]

@marcohorowitz8 not Jewish at all.

Bartok was strongly influenced by the folk music of Hungary and surrounding countries which he collected over many years.

[rakewell2]

@marcohorowitz8 it's understandable. though it wasn't Bartok's intention. It probably sounds "jewish" because of the clarinet and the east-european feel.

[Frankineti]

Qué maravilla!!

[Tech502]

Anybody know where I can find the sheet music for free if possible?... I really just want to play this, amazing composing... just amazing

[spidersrepublic]

@Tech502 check IMSLP (international music score library project) they may or may not have it depending on copyright

[1case123]

@Tech502 I know your comment is about 8 months old but in case you haven't got hold of it I can email it to you.

[KosteckiAdam]

Fantastic!

[Maryak12]

Menuhin is best chamber music violinist!

[mansittingherenow]

I remember looking for this on YouTube every day!

[psabiora]

Hello, I need contact with the person who post this video as soon as possible...

Someone knows how can I do that?

[cinnamonkitties]

@psabiora Try clicking on the poster's username, and then clicking "send message." Other than that, I don't know.

[davitogrubba]

2:37 that is ungodly high on the clarinet...

[kryzang]

It's not that is too high... It's that it keep high for a while. A real suffering!

[Edenhyde246]

Don't really like it

[pelodelperro]

Never been much of a Menuhin fan, but this I like!!

[pirnonero]

Awsome Trio! Love it so much!!

[dmytropiano]

I am so pleased to play in front of Jeremy next November 2009. And I have to play this music in May 2010

[xHuntedGunzPCGx]

This piece is amazing.

[p2p4all]

What a good atmosphere on this recording (both in the picture and in music)

[Boozbiiz]

It may not be true, cause i'm a cellist, but i think the worst sound was he.

(Violin)

[jmuzic77]

In his older age his sound became more inaccurate and unsteady, but a great musician nonetheless.

[zeganasu]

The sound is the way, not the destination

[atmeneti2]

I'm Hungaryan!!!!

[OrchDork500]

You realize its " Hungarian" ? Bad spelling.

[blerocs]

Ezúton is gratulálok.

[peles73]

Others have already been this misadventure ...

[ToneKicker007]

I might not have played the clarinet, but I've played the alto saxophone. This piece has some very animated phrases and classy harmonic modulations. However, the overall effects feels slightly novel to my ears... maybe I simply lack an expanded palate.

[jorgealbertobaron]

GRAN COMPOSITOR

[ch252525]

the rhythm.. the beat... just impossible to count...

[meyoquito]

AMAZING

[fuckingharpsichord]

my favourite bartok compositions !

[clairannette]

Oh my god... what is Thea doing!??!!?!?

[gaystereotype]

Even if her staccato *does* suck, the preoccupation with it to exclusion of all other issues is pathetic. But amusing!

[HUBAGAFAKA]

Has anyone herd her play the Brahms Clarinet Quintet? Her staccato in the first movement doesnt match the style, too dry and sounds bad as opposed to a more seporated, resonant tone.

[aeatme121]

Three world class players playing this music at this standard is just so amazing : )

[klarinetta]

You call the "clarinetist with the ugly staccato" world class player. Hope you don't play the clarinet :)

[eleirbag89]

Classy.

[helloimapianist]

The piano is not too loud at all.

[friendant72]

Slightly bizarre argument going on here... Menuhin is generally agreed to be one of the greatest violinists of the 20th century, and as such isn't it expected that he'd interpret it as a great, not simply technically proficient, musician does? As for Thea King - well she was one of the greatest clarinetists of her time. I think the ensemble work here is fantastic and it's a sensitive performance.

[oldjarhead]

There is an error in bar 30 Thea plays an F natural on the Bb clarinet, sounding Eb. Whereas the correct note is an E (a G natural on the A clarinet, as in the score), and so should be an F# on the Bb clarinet

Some people say so what? The whole thing is such a crock of bartok!

[Rinhos]

oldjarhead, I'm sorry but Thea doesn't make a mistake. On bar 30 in my score it's written a F# on the A Clarinet, so the Eb, or D#, is correct.

[oldjarhead]

There is an error in 2nd movement.

In bar 30 Thea plays an F natural on the Bb clarinet, sounding Eb. Whereas the correct note is an E (a G natural on the A clarinet, as in the score), and so should be an F# on the Bb clarinet.

The error is because the B&H 'alternative' Bb part is mistransposed at that point. (In fact, there is another mistransposition on the fifth quarter note of bar 37, which Thea also plays wrongly -- on the Bb clarinet it should be a G natural, not a G#.)

[Rinhos]

i'm sorry but I can't understand what you're saying. In the ORIGINAL A Clarinet part at bar 30 there's a F# in the score, not a G as you say. And again on bar 37 the note you say in the A part, so the original one not the alternative one, the note is a G, so to be played as a G# as Thea does. But what score do you have?

However, even Goodman with Bartok and Szigeti plays it as Thea does, so......

[Rinhos]

OMG, oldjarhead I DO apologise. You're completely right, there's an enormous mistake in that point. I thought you were talking about the 1st movement.

[AndreLucLevesque]

beside critic them for each mistake start by applause them for each good note they do

[viewbody]

piano is always too loud, i am a pianist, i know this too well,

[theRedPilll]

for one thing the piano and clarinet are too loud - over running the violin!

[claireenet]

i agree with klarinutte..

Especially since this piece's title refers to the contrast between the folk traditional side vs the west(benny goodman) thus , it's "appalling"ness and "approximations" sound pretty damn fine to me ! :P

ignorance is bliss eh? hehe

[klarinutte]

Rhinos, so your group plays this piece yet Menuhin has bad musical taste?? Ha . . . good one!

[Rinhos]

you don't even know how we play it, what can you say so? What about Menuhin changing everything Bartok wrote on the score?

[naumrenato]

post it then!!!

[777cc777]

Hi Rinhos ~ I don't disbelieve you. I'd like to hear your performance of this. I agree that this isn't really a great peformance. It's rather slow for a start. There's no doubt that Menuhin was great and deserves all the respect he gets, but that doesn't mean that this is a super performance. For my ears and IMO it's just too slow by far. But that's their interpretation on the day and I enjoyed listening. Anyway, we can all agree that Bartok is great I'm sure!

[optimusito]

Ignorance is daring!

Congratulations Rinhos, you are stupid but you have courage!!!!

[Rinhos]

yes yes, i'm stupid. i've not listened to more music than probably you all together, and I don't study violin with a finalist at "Paganini" prize. In addition to that, I don't know this piece "like my pockets".

[optimusito]

If you know your limitationes, why do you dare to write you thinkings here?

[Rinhos]

-_-'

take away the "don't" from my last post and you'll have the answer, my dear ;)

[benedetti]

ware woorden spreekt u mijn goede vriend; Jeremy Menuhin is een Heer en een fabelachtig plezierig mens...

(onderschat uzelve evenmin)

[klactv]

Tonight I spent some time with Mr Jeremy Menuhin after a concert he gave; I found him one of the kindest people I've ever met.