David Oistrakh plays Prokofiev Death of Juliet

[h0axbu5t0r]

Doesn't even take his jacket off haha

[haiz369]

its like he just came back after working

[FISTRIG]

WILL SOMEONE TELL ME PLEASE THE MAKER OF THE INSTRUMENT HE IS PLAYING ? I AM NOT SURE IT IS A STRAD, BUT I LIKE THE VOICE OF THIS VIOLIN VERY MUCH. VERY BIG VOICE, VERY LYRICAL SOUND. LOVE THE TIMBRE !

[TonicMike]

@FISTRIG It was made by Stradivari in 1671.

[titusbeertsen]

@unnoticedpasserby Wait till you see Vadim Repin :)

[leoncioviolin]

bravooo

[mikedumais]

What a magnificent piece of music. I was a classical ballet dancer in my youth and would have been TOTALLY inspired by this piece of music. Bravo Master Oistrakh.

Michael

[Olega542]

Очень красиво играет!:)

[cheesycheese54]

Wait is the piece supposed to be played with all strings tuned down a half step?

[LordMgls]

4:30 slight fail, but very emotional rendition. brilliant.

[Tuck213]

Brings a tear to my eye.

[pelajava]

¿no parece un carpintero que acaba de coger el violín pa distraerse? estos ruskis

[Sveccha93]

@pelajava hahahaha but beautiful playing, no?

[concertviolinist]

Such beautiful music and exquisite violin playing - all for a pathetically tragic subject (Juliet's death) , from Romeo & Juliet [after Shakespeare] by Sergei Prokofiev

[Putytand]

that's so beautiful, I just can't stand it

[MsMarino19]

GOD!!!!

[79pirastro]

Who are these three idiots on the planet who don´t like that???

[hbomb2579]

@79pirastro probably three idiots that prefer H.Hahn over Oistrakh, aka clueless!

[liuba724]

SUPERB!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[SickForest]

I really don´t understand, how can 3 people dislilke this? Specially 1:47 to 2:34 and 4:14 to the end. (That piano section at 6:26 and 6:39 are beyond words)...

[Steinweg100]

@SickForest Outstandingly well-accompanied. Yet, in Soviet times, so often, even though the duo partnerships were equal in score and the performance, the pianists were paid less, as they were not the star!

I saw D.O; son, playing Beethoven sonatas...I think, with Nickolaievna (the spelling is wrong, I know) her pedalling was amazing, quarter and half pedal...magical!!

[geminiC88]

Perfection.

[EreZm1]

wrong title

[Jedum]

What a character!!!

[pc20021050]

who wrote this poece?i love this

[cirecsc]

@pc20021050 Prokofiev

[AtelierDeViolino]

My definition to the sound of oistrack is "vitamin avocado with chocolate."

Do you agree?

[Warcaftidiot11]

@AtelierDeViolino wtf??? haha ur weird!

[AtelierDeViolino]

@Warcaftidiot11 Yes, the sound of vitamin avocado! Lou

[NemoProkofiev551]

Ineffible beauty.

It's lovely, it really is!

5*.

[themusicdr]

no i disagree, 10* :-)

[NemoProkofiev551]

lol.

[PSMcL67]

This is great, and I would love to hear

Hilary Hahn play this

[aussie25]

Truly amazing! Took my breath away at the end. It is great to see such an enlightened discussion about classical music and classical violinists in particular.  Thanks you for posting this video.

[EliotKrupa]

This is beyond words.

[Ceciontwoclefs]

I hardly can find something better than this...!

[Zaldidun]

I've had the privilege to socialize with some of the greatest violinists of the 20th century, Isaac Stern, Nathan Milstein, Henryk Szeryng and Maurice Hasson among others on many occasions throughout many years, and every single one of them held David Fiodorovich Oistrakh in the highest regard imaginable.

I heard him live on 3 continents for decades I unequivocally consider him the greatest violinist of all times, period.

He was a consummate musician and a fantastic human being.

[Zaldidun]

PART 2: As Isaac Stern publicly stated "never did a single 'ugly' sound emanate from David Oistrakh's violin."

Forget the nonsense of trying to judge pitch and tempo nuances in this extremely limited medium of YouTube, where your connection plays such a large role.

Even his recording of the Dvorak violin concerto, in which the Russian sound engineers, mangled the sound of the orchestra to a cacophonous puree, FDO's performance of the violin part achieves total PERFECTION.

[Zaldidun]

PART 3:

"Jascha Heifetz was beyond reproach, but David Fiodorovich Oistrach was BEYOND BELIEF!"

[pviola314]

@Zaldidun there is a warmth to his playing i don't get from heifetz. it's just taste though

[kaminskiian]

@pviola314

i get exactly what your saying! i jsut sence so much more emotion from this mans playing compared to heifetz. aside from the fact they play completely different

[mariusfelix]

@Zaldidun Good to read this, I agree completely. Even Celibidache, who dissed a lot of musicians, only spoke of him with the highest respect.

[ipmoic]

Oistrakh, among the greats, had one of the most colorful uses of vibrato. Notice how many different speeds and degrees of shading he achieves.

Just gorgeous.

[cattleman6420012000]

What a heavenly player. I heard him in London and there has never been anyone like him. The man was also a wonderful humble person.

[vstasov]

So beautifully soulful. The most gorgeous playing I've heard from Oistrakh is the first recording of the Shostakovich violin concerto with Ormandy - the passacaglia.

[iwantanothername]

It annoys me that the video is a little bit quicker than the sound. looks weird, I play violin myself.

[izabella92]

he looks very angry...

[zzfinance]

:) no! you are not right.

[RADAMES1983]

Oistrakh is the greatest violininst.

Thank you!

[zzzzzzzzzzzzander]

im not a fan of prokofiev but this is magnificant.

[BenDalmont]

it's spelled magnificent.

[dmelkumo]

why is this half step sharp?

[barelyapianist]

i think its somethign to do with the uploading process? debussys sonata in g minor goes up a half step too on these recordings

[alanleung141]

is half step flat

[yellotheemcee]

its a step sharp because the russian A is set to 442 i believe, its probably more like 445 here which makes everything seem sharper

[theoneandonly9080]

...it is half step flat... and 445 doesnt make the note half step sharp anyway it stays in the range.

[chinkim0077]

hauntingly beautiful

[OriginalMoonbeam]

Absolutely beautiful..while this may appear effortless on his part I think he would tell anyone differently. He said he was not a prodigy and had to work hours and hours a day learning his art/technique through intense work and discipline. He was not at all one to leave his disciplined playing and venture into free form playing, he was quite rigid about his discipline and structure, he developed a formula that was magic for him and he didn't venture far--the Oistrakh sound.

[TheReverseMicrowave]

i dont think this is the music for the actual death of juliet scene.... but either way its beyond beautiful

[ChrissAnderssenSzec]

Great performance...!!!

[LittleCatBead]

anyone named juliet needs to die, anyway...

[Lightning2117]

Excuse me; are you are saying that my sister should die?

[esk848]

maybe...has she been a good girl >[

[leandrusi]

Juliet is a pretty nice name

[rkullberg]

The music is pretty good, too.

[psvvac2]

What most surprise me about those guys Oistrakh, Szering, Milstein is that they were happy and cool person. They seems to have fun on there playing video but when they dont play they are just like im happy i like it that way and that made me feel good because in 13 years of violin ive met people not so nice and they were musician, Nearly "shitting" over the head of those who paid to see them. That made me feel good!

[erikkournikov]

i ve grown up watchin this series of oistrakh videos, im 21 years old now and sooo happy to have achieved all i have into sovietic violin school :) im keen on oistrakh :)

[tubamasta27]

But still an amazing job! *bows*

[tubamasta27]

Sounds more like "Romeo at Juliets Before Parting." Movement 5 or 6 -somewhere in there.

[jennyblacksoul]

EXCELENTE!!!

[leeganstrad]

anyone know offhand where one can get the sheet music for this transcription? don't see it on SHAR or patelson's and a quick google search didn't help

[albachteng]

this is a transposition from the epilogue to the ballet, not the actual scene entitled "death of juliet."

[robosimphonie]

This is the main theme in the Ballet and it is appearing at the end of the ballet when Juliet dies

[hutch44uk]

Lovely playing as always! This is not the Death of Juliet though, the original from the Ballet Suites is one of the most beautiful passages of music ever written. I think this is a collection from Act 2 (interlude maybe?).. a bit cheeky of mr Borisovsky to call it that!

[Zaldidun]

Thank you for catching and commenting on the erroneous title given to this video.

[greenstboy]

Beautiful and effortless! Vibrato so natural.

Where does he stand regarding 20th century violinists?

[JohnBucketHoweVai]

One of the best, without a doubt. Most people put Heifetz at number 1, but some but him there

[Zaldidun]

Heifetz was beyond reproach, but Oistrakh was beyond belief!

[albachteng]

i agree, heifetz and him are definitely at the top. it's a matter of preference for the most part, but for all that is holy, he is a master. Heifetz, i think, has a bit of a jazz influence to him, which is nice, but he tends to come off a little stiff. In comparison, Oistrakh is so free as to be almost melodramatic, which can be refreshing, depending on the piece. sorry to prate on! I just love them both!

[greenstboy]

John and Al--thanks for your input. Both men are great along with some others and that's wonderful. Who's the greatest (in any field) is fun for speculation but not the essential question. But I definitely love how free and natural Oistrakh's playing is. Other musicians with this quality?

[albachteng]

i always loved nadja solerno sonnenberg - she's a little whacky, to be frank, but certainly gives a whole new meaning to the term "liberty."

[richtomes]

Don't forget Henryk Szering

[Zaldidun]

Szerying is indeed unforgettable. In his recordings of the Bach solo works Szeryng gives a frighteningly perfect performance, a scary almost supernatural Bach playing. I knew Szeryng well, he held David Oistrakh in the highest imaginable regard.

[richtomes]

Oistrakh, Heifetz, Stern and Szering were wonderful, I love their recordings as much as anyone, but that was then, and this is now. We have a new generation of fantastic young violinists coming up. Is it impossible for them to stand equal alongside these legends ? Zaldidun - what do you think of James Ehnes's recent unaccompanied Bach ? - I'd be interested to know your opinion.

[guilobcast]

so divine performance...oistrakh makes this music sound so gentle and peacefull BRAVO!!

[rohanviolin]

Outstanding Bowing and awesome playing......

[CampanellaDaemon]

the thing i wanna know is, WHERE ARE YOU FINDING ALL THESE AMAZING VIDEOS, AAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

[kotomalamitsosos]

please, I beg you...Tell me where did you find these 3 videos...please

[Jeandebolanos]

Thanks for the video!!

[eriksyring]

Oistrakh in performance (see Amazon)

[mariusfelix]

THANKS!!!