Itzhak Perlman plays Bartok Violin Concerto 2 (1/5)

[Bristlehoth]

Heard this by The Halle at Bridgewater hall this evening. Absolutely amazing. Mark Elder and Nikolaj Znaider <3

[LadyAlenida]

a great piece of music. I am listening to Yehudi Menhuin playing it in 1946 with the Dallas Symphony Orchestra. Just great!

[cartoonangel1]

WOW

[misterbg1]

workin on this now! cant wait to perform!

[antalmatyi]

Listen to Kristof Barati (on YouTube)

[index0101]

this concert is not human

[greglemond1]

again, thank you! your music saves me on a daily basis.

[greglemond1]

you saved this christian. i cannot thank you enough. 

[ipmoic]

Please listen to Szekely--the violinist for whom Bartok wrote this concerto--play the premiere performance. It's here on YouTube and, for me, is the best interpretation from start to finish.

Quite different from this or any other performance I've heard.

[yangyin09u]

Just 30 seconds and the passion hooks you and doesn't let go. Great music for action or abstract expressionist painting; making is best but for looking too.

I know little about classical and nothing of what inspired Bartok but the discordant, foreboding and sweet combined are compelling and deeply moving.

Thanks for posting so I could find it. I heard the Menhuin version often growing up and have searched all over , but this is as good as my memory. That so rarely happens, lol

[thebloads]

can anyone who knows mr perlman in person refer him to the taub clinic (USA) It may help him regain use of his legs

[Madrid1230]

@thebloads ha ha no.

[auerstadt06]

It's criminal that EMI has not issued this on CD. But then EMI is incompetent in almost every way.

[thebloads]

Even if it did, few contemporary cd shops would stock it. Thats whats criminal

[auerstadt06]

In the U.S. there are no more CD shops. I have to buy everything on the internet.

[Farnik01]

Places like Barnes and Noble have pretty good classical selection. And there are a few CD shops that survive here in the Twin Cities...

[JohnDuex]

Cos you're a real DUMBFUCK!!!

[nabooster]

@auerstadt06 they ain't called 'Every Mistake Imaginable' for nothing!

[Lwrctyres]

itzhaks the man