David & Igor Oistrakh- Bach Double Concerto (2nd mvt.)

[fenderrom]

WOW!

[sayff1]

This is wonderful. Thank you very much.

[bababamoto]

@JNyilas, I got the Deutsche Grammophon recording as a gift when I was young boy and still a beginner on the violin. It was like a role-model for me... and I share your sentiments entirely.

[JNyilas]

The Deutsche Gramaphon recording of the Oistrakhs playing the Double violin concerto is, in my opinion, the most alive and compassionate of the many that have been recorded. The interplay between the two and the understanding they have of Bach's work and their own intimate harmony is unearthly. It is not just a testimony to their own playing but the many years they have played together.

[Xytech88]

@JNyilas

I must absolutely agree. I recently acquired this recording. The advantage of this recording is that the sound quality is phenomenal, as well as the playing and chemistry between the two Oistrakhs. Whilst for me the Bach double concerto is the highlight, it is (in the set I got) nicely accompanied by the Beethoven Romances, as well as the Tchaik/Brahms concertos! What a wonderful compilation.

[BedboundME]

hwvr forgive my ignorance but to me it didn't feel like a conversation between equals but a 1st & 2nd part, is that how it was written? other performances feel more of a dialogue. unless here the recording quality is a factor.

[BedboundME]

Love watching the senior of the pair :-)

[BennyGoodman1977]

Mr Oistrack...You are the best...

Thank you...

[Palomablanca2008]

Breathtaking!!

[stoklund]

Start at 0:42!!!

[cowlikesbeef]

igor oistrakh's sound is so ridiculously sweet! furthermore this is an old recording which means the sound quality is compromised... if i was there listening live, i would have gotten a ear-gasm.

[billace90]

What a perfect execution of Bach. Superb. Igor is still alive and is eighty years old.

[MsJessiesFibreArt]

This is the very best performance of this music ever made. There will never be another. The Oistrakh's "got it". It is, indeed, priceless.

[davidhertzberg]

Priceless, incredible footage. Thank you so much.

[glennlie]

Immaculate! They play with a sensitivity and intensity that is in a class of its own!

[gattocarpediem]

a cellist from italy is cryng listening to it!!

[seaside0rock]

Amazing. One of the best version I have heard.

[iamemod]

like father like son

[unicum861224]

This is one of my most awesome videos. Absolutely wonderful, no doubt!

Peace!

Zs from Hungary :)

[davehshs]

This slow movement is the most sublimely beautiful expression of a contrapuntal "conversation" that I've ever heard or can imagine hearing. 

[naumandolphin]

Dad sounds like a viola, second chair. He is so supportive of his son here.

I do not know more intimate music.

[ddviolinist]

Unreal. I miss this type of timing. Everyone today plays like a machine, no movement, just like a rigid box. There is so much give and take in the timing of soloists from that era. Wish D.O. was still around. Nothing like him left.

[StephenMulhall]

This blew my mind completely! From Bach to Oistrakh, an argument for the existence of G_d!

[floydrharper]

David did teach him

[Skylight1663]

Wowza!! Such an impressive pair of violinist!!! Love the duet!!

[wefasdf23]

They are so close to eachother... when they play. Even key phrases in the music tend to draw them closer together.

[wefasdf23]

David Oistrakh must've taught Igor, they have nearly identical technique.

[gmtoomey]

I heard Igor Oistrakh in the 1980s, playing a Borodin quartet if I remember correctly.

[raoultak]

What a beautiful moment...Oistrakh Sr. and Oistrakh Jr. and Bach put together. Beautiful music played so outrageously well. Our master of masters Oistrakh must have been so proud of his son. What can a father wish more?

[dereczynski]

Igor was at that time one of the greatest living violists in the world and still considered "the son of oistrakh"

The way he sings on the violin brings tears to my eyes even today.

[dogtransport]

Where is the third movement, you... you... you BRUTE!!!

[doremicde]

It's a great document...who know how many people know about the genius of oistrakh? ....it's a really pity.... but this video recording is a piece of history in violin life XD. And it's so touching how the two oistrakh is IN the piece and In the violin, and how, especially the father knows ALL PARTS OF THE BOWS...

he didn't have perfections beacause he MADE every time a "BETTER" perfection, overpassing the limits every time he played his instrument: BRAVO

[romeouhr]

moc krásné... moje duše zní"))

[bourbakis]

Thanks for uploading this one, there was a version before but it was removed by youtube.

This is sublime playing!

The other one is by Chung & Lin.

[plutonium142]

david is so nice to let his kid igor play as 1st solo thats so sweet, that touches my heart :*)

[billyguns2]

This is one of the most sublime compositions I know, so gorgeously played here by these two masters.

[franco96544]

@billyguns2 rispetto i suoi sentimenti e opinione , ma , per me la musica più SUBLIME è il CUM DEDERIT di Vivaldi.....provi ad ascoltarlo e se è ateo come me, ti può afr cambiare idea!!!. a questi due sublimi violinisi, la UNESCO dovrebbe dichiararli PATRIMONIO DELLA UMANITA' !!!

[rhopen]

Very beautiful. -Ron

[TanteA]

Oh I have an old record from that concert, played by David and Igor Oistrach - I never heard it so touching again like from these two artists. Thank you for this recording! It is terrific!

Anette

[rhopen]

Thank you for sharing this Anette :o) I have heard this piece before but not this particular performance. -Ron

[TanteA]

I never heard it this way again... I´m so sad because my record player is broken. I must buy a new one.

Anette

[rhopen]

I still have my record player from 1972, It still works! :o) -Ron

[TanteA]

Really? From 1972? Uih... Made in USA?

Anette

[rhopen]

Yes, it was made for classroom use actually and was very sturdily built for that purpose. I will send you a pic of it later :o) -Ron

[TanteA]

This will be interesting fom me. And I will retire now. Good night!

Anette

[kirid23]

same here wownowser! Never heard anyone else approach their performance of it since.

[blondjames2002]

So excellent performance! can you post the 1the movement?

[Mnacuspia004]

Oh my god. I thought i would never see them in color. hahaha!

Amazing recording, by the way. Oistrakh rules.

[wownouser]

The best performance I've heard of this beautiful piece by Bach! I first heard this in a record I bought of David & Igor Oistrakh playing this Concerto, and I never heard a better performance of it than theirs!