Isaac Stern - Kreisler's Schon Rosmarin

[246trinitrotoluene]

amazing performance, bravo.

[maiamamardashvili]

its realy brilliant performance!!!! i have no words!!!

[maiamamardashvili]

its realy brilliant performance!!!!

[rodyspace]

amazing = )

[zwinkychick65323]

i want to see the par at the school whreer the little girl was singing at that school place so cute !!!!

[vln1912]

dude i can hella out play this bag of bones

[wooh88]

This performance is recorded in 1979 during Mr. Stern's first visit of China ( from the Documentary of Mao and Mozart) He was 59 years old at that time. in 1999, Mr. Stern revisited China after 20 years and found some of his old friends he met during his first visit and recorded the same piece again. which can also be found at youtube

[violinoamore]

Nice, but sounds like pure caffee music

[Qcorleonis]

He is charming ^^

Pretty smile~

[ipmoic]

Sorry violinist102,

I confused this with the other Kreisler performance of Stern here on YouTube--where he IS 79. Culpa mea.

[ipmoic]

David Golub supplies wonderful accompaniment to Mr. Stern--who here is well beyond 70 years.

Nobody played this music as Kreisler did. Stern has a wonderful interpretation here but how hard it is to capture the mysterious Kreisler magic?

As Yehudi Menuhin said, Kreisler's music had an un-Russian, un-Jewish sense of sophisticated assurance".

[violinist102]

Stern is only 59 here..

[whattheheckIV]

Good but WAY TO FAST i have heard this song so many diferent ways and this is way to fast slow it down a bit

[kktrumpet]

this guy misses some of the double dotted quarter notes and plays the sixteenth too early

[ItzhakRoxMySox]

"This guy?" Do you even know who "this guy" is? I suppose not, it seems as if you're a trumpet player.

[kktrumpet]

actually i don't i just like the song and strangely you guessed right lol i do play the trumpet

[ItzhakRoxMySox]

Hmm, well this guy is, Isaac Stern, is one of the legends of the violin. He has (had) some of the most musical intelligence you'll ever see. The rhythm changes are merely bits of rubato, this piece was not written for the intention of being played in a linear manner, rhythmically speaking. And surely being a musician you know what rubato is.

[kktrumpet]

yaya what ev

[jayadsilva67]

It is short form of Robert

[ItzhakRoxMySox]

What are you talking about?

[themightymouth]

Too hurried and rushed compared to Kreisler. The listener does not have time to absorb the romantic intentions of the piece. Methinks he is running a race.

[TulipsFaith]

I guess only Kreisler can play Kreisler in such a Kreisler-ish way? The way Kreisler play this piece is so unique and playful. But anyway, Stern ain't half bad as well. I like this as well, though not as much as Kreisler's playing.

[gregnotias]

Now... This is how to play this piece!!!!

[yamelchenko]

is he still alive?

[Slythin]

Nope, dead as the proverbial door nail.

[yamelchenko]

LOL thanks. :)))))

[casiokbman1]

I prefer Kreisler playing Kreisler.

[nokia1242000]

so do I... I don't mean Stern is bad, but Kreisler could reveal something I dunno how to describe which other violinists can't show

[ilviolinorosso88]

it is a unique interpretation of schon rosmarine=)

[wmd10]

Nice suit.

[anhacus]

This has healed my hemorrhoids.

[MarlowStardust]

nice sense of humour...  ;)

[katz640]

I really dislike criticizing Isaac, as he is one

of my favorite violinists, but he just doesn't play

this with Viennese lilt & rhythm. He and his

partner are not even together. You've got to hear

Fritz Kreisler play this to really enjoy it.

[cello4ever]

Yes, he does not does it like an Austrian but he understands the motive of Kreisler's music.  So I think it's pretty darn good seeing that he didn't write the piece and, he seems to develop his interpretation entirely by himself!

[robotnik77]

But he IS enjoying himself!!

[ChickCherub]

I agree. I give Stern props for giving a great rendition of this piece, but I must say it doesn't compare to Kreisler's version.

[classicalmaiden]

Well, Kreisler himself IS the composer of this piece. No one can interpret a piece better than the one who actually wrote it I guess. Stern has his style of playing this piece. I appreciate it a lot :)

[takamori400]

He is a great violinist for sure and a charming and fantastic man as well! Thank you for posting!!

[GreatPianists]

Stern was a master of expression. Whenever he played something, I was compelled to sing along or dance.

As for looking at the audience or something, you see great musicians both look at the audience and other people and stare off into space. Yo-Yo Ma loves to make eye-contact, while others such as Stern or Oistrakh don't really make eye-contact as much.

[cchamp27]

I feel like I'm in a quaint 19th Century Europe haha

[cookiemajorbobby]

He was great!

[hairchangescolor]

he's such a cutie pie!

[princessgirl1493]

all the master violinists play with their eyes closed to feel the music.

[donmeswimee]

Not true haha.

19th and early 20th- century violinists never did.

Heifetz, Oistrakh, Pearlman didn't believe in what you consider master violinship.

[1976alice]

Two videos very very very moved for his momunental violonist.

[yinlin89]

Hey guys , do you realise something special about Isaac Stern when he plays the violin ? He never looks at his violin whenever he plays , his eyes will always be at the audience , unlike other violinist .

[thestrangeloves]

He's not looking at the audience. Musicians look that way when they are listening intently.

[GLXLR]

@yinlin89 he doesn't tilt his head but he will look at his hands with his eyes in that position.

[dancingrl5678]

@yinlin89 haha i do the same. it causes less confusion with my fingering

[246trinitrotoluene]

@yinlin89

When I play violin I always keep my eyes trained on the other members in my group or take a glance at the music to remind myself of the next section.

You shouldn't be needing to rely on visually seeing your violin after a while.

[sherom]

Thanks Yinlin for sharing your video. I have this performance on vhs, however, it is annoying to search the tape for the segments that Stern is playing in.

[yinlin89]

you're welcome

[superdouggy321]

Very nice. It's fun to see each persons own interpretation.

[aimson]

Thanks for posting. Never seen Stern at such an old age before.

[yinlin89]

he is not that old yet in this video , he was only 59 when he perform in this video . I will post another video showing him play the same song when he was already 79 .

[yinlin89]

this is from MAO TO MOZART .