J. Heifetz Plays "Sabre Dance" (Khachaturian)

[RumbleC]

@Sinfoniette there is definitely col legno in the part, and it's a blast to play.

[TheSalamalanala]

incredible

[abracadabranque]

Une version très imagée.Certains semblent ne pas comprendre le parti-pris de ce son très boisé,poutant très évident !

[Hasmik42]

Perfekt ,Tack !

[Karen41872]

when I was a kid, my music teacher took two of us to see Heifetz perform at the Hollywood Bowl.... Se sat in the teacher's box about 20 feet away from Heifetz .... I had chills running up and down my spine during the performance.  The thrill of a lifetime.

[nareksaribekyan]

Sure Heifetz has a great technique. But this interpretation is awful. Heifetz didn't get it right. And this piece is not funny at all as many may think of it, viewing it in a wrong context.

The transcription missed a lot of things - only noise is left, no music. They lost the light melody moving above rhythmic structure...

[hnk777]

@nareksaribekyan You should try to listen. You may not like the transcription but the musicianship is undeniable. A marvellous interpretation by Heifetz.

[cassandra5322]

wow, it's like a two man symphony.

[wambui37]

I have heard all really big violinists and also have compared them with each other. For me the best of all and all times --- is HEIFETZ!!

This is my opinion!!

[georgeharper1]

Is this like wood? or is it rly bad bowing.

[Sinfoniette]

Really? Heifetz had impeccable technique. (It does sounds like it has some col legno in there)

[stino22]

@georgeharper1 Even if it did sound bad (which I don't think it did) Heifetz would have done it on purpose for effect.

[RollingShit1234]

@georgeharper1 Heifetz wanted his violin to sound that way,my friend.

[tommy9882]

This is As great as Cziffra's piano transcription and the original version!

[mahlerite]

Wonderful piano and violin transcription. I never knew who composed the original piece until now. One hears this merely once and NEVER forgets it thereafter.

[Sinfoniette]

But forgets the title and the composer. When I first heard this (6 months ago, when I first got into classical), I knew I heard this somewhere. That Tom and Jerryish tone... Khachaturian was a genius.

[RabidCh]

Heh... personally I think the Sabre Dance is on the level of Pops.  Extremely fun to listen to but there isn't much depth to it.

[RabidCh]

And play, too.

[imusiciki]

Thank you for this wonderful interpretation by Heifetz. I love the quick tempo here!