Francescatti: St Saens, Introduction & Rondo Capriccioso

[plee13821]

His sweetness makes me cry...wow listen to his Bach Chaccone It's incredible...just incredible.

[DualThunder]

the photo is very telling. is it just for the purpose of the photograph, or did he not play with a shoulder rest?

[petrof4056]

@DualThunder lol, actually, he used to play with his elbow up but he still have his left shoulder

[amiblevy]

This humble gentle giant violinist was my source of inspiration when I started and his playing is grooved in m mind forever.

[plee13821]

@amiblevy Me to I was just 18 when I heard and I was in awe along with Perlman, and Heifetz .

[amiblevy]

This humble gentle giant violinist is my source of inspiration and the very reason I started the violin in the first place.

[wtfpwndzor]

francescatti

heifetz milstein oistrakh had the passion emotion and the technicality

but he had the ultimate and most godly precision of any violinist

noone came close

years later and the gap is only getting further and further

[rapter9800]

@wtfpwndzor what about heifetz?

[rapter9800]

@rapter9800 I'm stupid, ignore that last comment

[yscslim]

2nd best interpretation at my taste :P

you guys should listen to Gitlis playing this! It's AMAZING!

[damiangrey3]

Los años han pasado, ni Saint-Saens ni Zino Francescatti han podidop con la muerte, mas la muerte no ha podido con esta soberbia interpretación del Rondo capriccioso. Grande Zino!!!!!

[raoultak]

My heart melts........how can this be?

[Dogaradodia]

Certified Intergalactic! The Francescatti Star! No one equals his intense vibrato at the beginning.

[mennekein]

gitlis does!!!but you re right, francescatti is one of the best!

[themusicdr]

is there a better piece of violin music - not as far as im concerned. is there a better violinist to play this............. now theres a debate.

fantastic version of intro and rondo

[mesoman4]

Mr. Bernstein snagged a real winner with this 1964 classique, of the 800 versions I have this is clearly at the top.

[themusicdr]

that is amazing - 800 versions - i would love to be privvy to ur collection :-)

[ipmoic]

What's with the celli and basses throughout? They sound so heavy handed. For example at 8:24-8:38. They sound like hippos!! Could it be the horrible acoustics that plagued Avery Fisher Hall in its early years?? The Timpani too has a very rattling sound.

Francescatti brilliant as always. And he does not exaggerate as so many other soloists do. He keeps the flow of the entire piece going, going and going. Exciting and memorable.

[cogermax91]

splendid !!! I love this video thank you

[mayuoka1001]

Thank you for posting this !!!

[billyguns2]

It would be wonderful to have Francescatti and Bernstein's marvelous Sibelius Concerto uploaded to YouTube; their opening movement is one of the best ever.

[billyguns2]

Perfect introduction, wonderfully created by Francescatti and Bernstein; I love Francescatti's wonderfully passionate and stylish playing of this piece, which finds all of the music in it.

[OriginalMoonbeam]

I was hoping someone would post this!!! Even though I only recently found it again reissued on a CD I hoped it would be posted so others could hear how remarkable it is! Zino is supreme when it comes to Saint-Saens!

[extraway]

改めて。色んな演奏家の「序奏とロンド・・・・・」を聴いていま­すが、フランチェスカッティのものを聴けて良かったです。好きな­ヴァイオリニストです。

[merrihew]

My second favorite version of this piece (after Campoli's). Francescatti was one of the few violinists who could do justice to Kreisler's compositions.