Kristof Barati plays the 1741 Giuseppe Guarneri (del Gesù), ex-Henri Vieuxtemps violin

[danitzaedithmejia]

he makes it look so easy!!!

[danitzaedithmejia]

That...was...amazing!!!!!!!!



[Leviathan1185]

ugh!! that is talent..how gorgeous

[IDyourself1]

I love how he isn't afraid to "saw"! :D Awesome!

[darvasvili]

KITŰNŐ! Ezzel a darabbal több, jónevü fiatal hegedüs próbálkozik "de" megsem közelítik

Baráti Kristóf nagyszerü előadását.

[firedeathterror999]

who composed this?

[fandoro1]

@firedeathterror999 w.h. ernst it`s called the elrkonig

[ValterVioLinist]

bom desempenho em tecnicas sim

!!

mas poxa isso não precisa exatamente ser tão rápido o soar dos galopes de cavalo não soou o cavalo não corre tanto assim né ele é tecnicamente brilhante mas acho que se ele quer mostrar tecnicas deveria tocar paganini!!

[Soothsayerman]

That is insane. I don't really care for the piece, but the performance is amazing!

[goofeyviolinist1]

this is alright, but i prefer the one by hilary hahn :)

[Bshow1212]

You have to appreciate the amount he puts into the double stops, much more than Hilary I'm sad to say, but hers will always be my personal favorite. But The last few notes symbolizing the boy being dead weren't what I was hoping for, I wish they were more legato but I guess you can't always get what you want :)

[LuminaFlux]

Everyone berates him for taking it too fast, but if you actually read the poem, it's about a galloping horse... I think the tempo is relatively accurate.

A sublime performance, in my opinion. Not exactly immaculate, but impressive nonetheless.

[fineartca]

Beautiful!

[MrTreylynch]

Sloppy

[lolturtle13]

Back to this video I like this interpretation of the Grand Caprice. :)

[lolturtle13]

@VIPOF2010 according to the description in this video the violin is for sale "asking price is US$18 million." :[

[outoftunefiddler]

@lolturtle13 No Problem.Can I get a "senior-citizen" discount?

[JACQSOL]

Bravo!

[u05bd6]

Never realised that his pinky is so long! I thought I had long fingers but that's just insane! :) Lucky!

[gediminaspl]

He plays well, but it looks like his head is going to blow up from tension

[winrx]

What on earth is that he has on?!

[rebecsound]

If only he kept the same tone he started out with at beginning

[jfkoz0822]

Not impressed at all. Such an amazing piece and he trashed it. He's a great violinst but his tempo is crazy. I've never heard the original this fast so I don't know where he got that. I think he needs to rethink his "interpretation" of this and sit down with hilary hahn, then try again. There are supposed to be 4 distinct voices. Where are they? It's scratchy and out of tune. WOW.

[bitcheznhos]

@jfkoz0822 Who is to say that your opinion on the renditions you've heard are 'correct' ?

[rebecsound]

@jfkoz0822 lol....gees!

[GeorgeOfZala]

Kristof Barati put the Erlkonig into a new dimension, bravo ! The Guarnerius is absolutely great !

[killersax]

Certainly exciting. I'm not very familiar with this piece, but doesn't he add some double stops? Empty calories, though--doesn't characterize the different voices at all. As someone else has remarked, Hahn actually plays the song, not just 4 minutes of fast staccato.

[violinistcomposer]

Bach would be the best music to enhance the quality of this violin... Mr. Fulton owns violins as good if not superoior to this one. The Vieuxtemps is victim of exagerated publicity. Bein and Fushi wants to create a myth...Money is their main goal...

[MoesTube1]

I think he plays beautifully. Is it me or does he have the longest fourth finger ever?

[MrFpam]

Like Heifetz he really enjoys fast tempi! (Which is not always the most musical solution).

[moldyoreo]

@MrFpam You're right about the fast tempi. However unlike Heifetz, Barati sounds stingy and antsy.

[MrFpam]

@moldyoreo I agree. I don't like this at all.

Hilary Hahn's slower version is much more expressive and more enjoyable.

Barati is occasionally out of tune too!

[moldyoreo]

@MrFpam Yes, Hahn's is much better. One can actually hear the different voices. Barati's Erlkonig needs some ritalin.

[n2motocross]

The sustain is immaculate.

[dkurgano]

that is the best violin i ever had the chance to try. makes strads sound like 1/4 size fiddles

[NicoleRuMusician]

Great performance!!

[exo762]

I wonder was any double-blind tests of Stradivarius and Guarneri violins ever made?

[rwocmo]

Actually, I believe that it is on sale now for $18 million. Yes, 1-8-million. Not 1.8 million. No kidding. At Bein and Fushi's. I think.

[moonkasnow]

@rwocmo yes you´re right. 18million

[moldyoreo]

For my tastes his tempo is a bit fast. The Erlkonig has had a bit too much coffee it seems...

[MagicalTalesOfWolves]

This violin is amazing...

How much does it cost?(1milllion?)

[compmeist]

fantastic ... a bit of a historical perspective as well

[henrykkingdom]

great playing!!great violin!!

[galexwong]

This piece is SO HARD!

[dziady1]

A superb performance -but should lay this to rest

once and for all - he is too good to keep this calling

card in his bag of violin tricks -there is other beautiful

violin music awaiting his talents .

[dkurgano]

@dziady1 see the problem is of time. the amount of hours he had to practice that slowly in order to perform it consistently perfect at any time, theres just no time to learn anything else :)

[likemyviolin]

Thanks for posting the 4th version of the Erlkönig played by Kristóf. :)