Paganini #24 Caprice by Heifetz

[racerced]

if paganini would have seen this he would be like '' shit... these guys are locked up in the other side of that window!

[MysteriousStealthMan]

@EDC956 reason why he will stay a boy and never a man like Heifetz. I mean, a beast!!

[metalltier]

And so yngwie was born

[tigerarmyrule]

It's the greatest playing the greatest in a way. Heifetz and Paganini. Virtuosi.

[darkdrageon]

I like how chinese people is dominating of the world, as they are  taking control of youtube videos.

[AlexandreRudah]

beautty..this is a TRUE MUSIC, the human capacity used in your totality...thanks for the vídeo!!

[adiviolin]

INHUMAN...

[srinitaaigaura]

That Heifetz Vibrato (as an example from 1:13 to 1:48) -- it's something unique -- he could convey a virtually infinite variety of colours, tones and emotions with it. And his bowing.... -- He had every gift a violinist could dream of.

The depth of musicality that Jascha the master brings to Caprice 24 is unparalleled. And he does it with such effortless ease !

[darkchater]

that´s is what I call perfection!!

[th3divin3]

In the beginning all the "Paganini Caprices" were called "Violin Rape NR.1, Violin rape NR.2, ecc..." but after some year the name changed.

[hidragon91]

My god he's like the Dimebag of Classical

[polupoker100]

Охуительно

[FullMetalAngelREBORN]

I froth at the precision of the harmonic part.

[88STROBOSCOPE88]

GENIUS

[dragonmaster11000]

@NoelGrassy There are no frets on the violin so they're all harmonics :)

[NoelGrassy]

At 4:18 or so, are those notes all Harmonics or fretted notes?

[catalinovaliente]

Would you change your soul for the world learn wonders like this?

Would it be worth?

[MissionNickGuitarGuy]

I Dont even play violin but this makes me want to learn

[avatar098]

@MissionNickGuitarGuy i've been playing for 12 years and i still can't play this... good luck

[mimmulii]

@avatar098 12 years is nothing if you talk about this level of things....

[mimmulii]

@avatar098 12 years is nothing if you are talking about this level of things...

[milkensiriyo]

this is madness at its best

[violinoscuro]

bueno, es verdad que poca gente preparada podria tocar esto, pero tambien es triste que la gente se heche atras y no lo intente, aver gente, es una obra, si no nos animamos a intentar tocas estas cosas, nunca seremos grandes violinistas, yevo 10 años con el violin, y nose, siempre me a gustado ponerme a prueba con estas cosas, y os animo a que hagais lo mismo.

[ZotMalakhov]

Excellent video and music and very good performance!

[gaivan777]

ese paganini era genial, y decían que tenía pacto con el diablo.

[WindowsFatalError]

The Diablo plays Violin, so the hell is the true heaven and Paganini maybe should be our god. Just i don't know what level of virtuosity should have someone to compose a song like this or toccata e fuga ....

[Trombonauta]

:-)

[kostaVHjovanovic]

@WindowsFatalError my friend i couldn't agree more whit you but you made just one tiny mistake and i only point it out because your sentence would be more perfect...a virtuoso i a person who is PERFECT...by definition....so you can't have a level of virtuosity....otherwise..you have my like =)

[omoshiroidayo]

@WindowsFatalError wow ive never read such a bullshitty comment of like before...

[albeatles95]

aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa­aaaaaaaaah Heifetz <3

[maleada]

amazing... what an amazing peformance!

[expert666666]

true beauty can only be found in the rarest rays of light. this is true beauty.

[vln94]

Jasha secondo me è il migliore in assoluto!!

[GencoG]

heifetz is the best !

[cesarrrosales]

I've heard many others play this melody, but Heifetz is truly exceptional. When he plays it sounds so natural, so well prepared, perfect timing... really amazing. My favorite so far

[todds7]

Such a hard piece...

I wonder if Paganini played it better.

I'll bet with more penache -- break a string and keep going, or some such braggadocio.

[CobHatecrewNor]

Well.. i think he might was better..

Ive heard he was a virtuoso in more than one instrument...

[gibsonpaddy]

Paganini would have suffered a stroke if he heard Mr Heifetz play this...

[siemreap791]

@gibsonpaddy why? are you saying in a good way or bad way about Mr.Heifetz

[gibsonpaddy]

A good way ha ha i always thought of Heifetz as high king

[dirtyviolin]

@gibsonpaddy or he wouldn't care, he'd be more offended by people's snobbery, but the piano is awful and very out of place. Markov makes this his own with his Pizzicato...

[cuchillarockero]

increible

[Lisztlovers]

wonderful'

[qslfnqfnhqeo]

4:57

incredible ending

[empoleon9999]

His staccato is crazy good!

[Shreddfase]

Beyond Crazy Good @.@

and his legato is just as Sickening(Means its amazing ooberly good)

[empoleon9999]

You spelled Uberly wrong, but I agree with you ^_^ Legato isn't as hard for a lot of players as his crazy flying upbow staccato in variation 1 but it's still trancendental.

[Shreddfase]

Timing between the legato and the bow strokes in between it reminds me of Jeff Loomis's legato.

You can see what i mean, look up on youtube, "Jeff Loomis, Chris Broderick Duel" He picks in between the legato runs. All to get the string to start buzzing, the rest are hammers ons and pull offs. My hats off to anyone with this Violin players ability. Its Amazing and Jaw Dropping.

(oober is OOOOOO-Bur, as Uber is UH-Bur, same thing just a different way to say it ^^)lol

-Shredd

[Moniker180]

"Uberly" isn't even a word.

[empoleon9999]

It is in 1337 talk...

[ayumiayu01]

請問一下,從3:51閞始的小提琴技巧是跳弓嗎????囧

[Trombonauta]

sssssssssssooorryyyy?????

[ferrarifxx458]

@ayumiayu01 不是， 他是 在拨 弦。

[ayumiayu01]

@ferrarifxx458

謝謝你

[FloppyOreo]

@ayumiayu01 他打的弓弦，然后用另一只手拨弄它

[09510353]

@ayumiayu01 not only, BUT PLUS LEFT HAND PIZZ.

[jasonman071]

@ayumiayu01 嗯, 不但是跳弓, 還用左手彈...

[BernardMitochondrie]

@ayumiayu01 I hope you get english. From 3:51 it is Variation number 9. Depending on the note, he uses his bow for downstrokes, or uses his left hand to do pizzicato.

坏翻译: 用右手拨弦左手正常，取决于音符。看到乐谱。

[BernardMitochondrie]

@ayumiayu01 右手：正常

左手：拨弦

依赖的音符。

[baks9797]

@ayumiayu01 我想这就是所谓的- Ricochet-saltato

酒吧，机上的绳子踢弓

[FunkyKongo]

@ayumiayu01 It is part staccato and part left hand pizzicato. (Power to the Asians!)

[Yegeda]

heifetz: 170.000 views.

soulja boy: over 20mio

thats a bad world

[avatar098]

@Yegeda there is another user who uploaded the same video as this and got 2 million views.. but still 2 million versus 20 million T.T

[dontcareabout]

Thanks RS, I didn't realized the opening until now.

[jakob400]

1:16 is kinda creepy...

[Trombonauta]

the pitch depends on the length of the string.

I think there he is plucking one (or more) strings with some fingers and fingering them with other fingers...

[Trombonauta]

of course... the pitch of a violin string only depends on its length... so... what point of the video shows what you say?

:-S

[Trombonauta]

what do you refer? plucking different pitches at the same time and on the same string?... i don't know if it is possible, with overtones....but i think it isn't.

[octavine]

what the hell happened on variation 10 and 11?

this is crazy...

[BombdigityCorn]

is he playing without a shoulder rest?

[sucoo4]

yeah. Like Paganini. He also played like this.

[Coccilover]

Check for Alexander Markov version its very good and the better version ever recorded i think but Heifeitz is still my favorite violin player !

[Coccilover]

The piano part suck !!!

This piece is more beautiful in a violin solo interpretation !!!

[mitunobushade]

ピアノ伴奏版って誰の編曲でしょう？

[Trombonauta]

Yyyyes...

I know...

¬¬

[dontcareabout]

asking if there is a piano accompaniment edition ...

I know little about music, maybe someone else know if this arrangement is from Heifetz or from someone else

[txmusician13]

yes heifetzt did write many accompaniments

and candenzas of the sort. he probably wrote the piano part also

[dontcareabout]

Auerはピアノ付随物、Heifetzをしたそれを作った

( In hope my babelfish Japanese can help someone =) )

[LuisXVILostSoul]

Pues no se si decir nuevo paganini muy pocos sabran eso porque no creo que en ese tiempo le hubiesen podido sacar registro de audio pero digamos que es un digno interprete de el.

[TheMusicalGiant]

the last part ( 4:58 onwards) is insane. Ladies and gentlemen, we have a new Paganini.

[ColdWaterUnderSoil]

*ahhh*

I totally agree with your comment.

[txmusician13]

you know he's dead right?

i like itzhak perlman better

[pinkmemories]

I love this!

[MetalGodBasher]

mmmmm....

En verdad que Paganini jamás será igualado...

El talento actual es poco a comparacion de este músico, digo, son extremadamente escasos los géneros de música actuales que en verdad tienen técnica en la ejecución y es verdaderamente triste saber que en México la música más popular sean géneros como el reggaeton...

[alwaritzmi]

No me ha sorprendido en absoluto. El pizzicato está bien, pero no es nada del otro mundo. La insterpretacion esta bien, pero...le falta virtuosismo ! y el piano es innecesario. Son caprichos para violín SOLO, no para acompañamiento de piano (?!). Es el violinista el que debe lucirse, y aqui no veo nada que se aleje de un violinista promedio muy bueno. Esa es mi opinion.

[GARCRY]

para el tiempo en que este tema fue compuesto...

creeme q eso no se habia escuxado antes...

es obvio... si pornoy ahora es considerado bueno... en 150 años no sera mas q un baterista promedio...

ten encuenta la epoca de paganini

[magdelene84]

this is great too..but, there are other violinists that rival Heifetz, such as Oikstrah, Mintz, Sarasate, and so many unknown

[TheEternaut]

David Oikstrah, Yehudi Menuhin, they were great of course, but I think they are a step behind Heifetz in the virtuosism aspect. I have never heard a recording by Pablo de Sarasate (if there is and you know it, please tell me how to get it please!). Shlomo Mintz is, in my personal opinion, a couple of steps behind him.

[TheEternaut]

El más grande violinista del que se tenga registro, en mi modesta opinión. Han habido artistas geniales, pero Jascha no parece de este mundo, desafiando los límites de lo posible en cada nota.

[luchomilla]

tienes razon mas es el mejor!

[tosmaister]

pure magic

[Ser363]

grande andres!! muy grande!! tengo versiones más limpias pero esta está bastante bien...me ha gustado asiq....ya te invitaré a algo...;)

[Trombonauta]

;-)

[burrutan99]

tuve un orgasmo escuchando la rola

jejej no s cierto

[blanca3453]

Simplemente fantastico!!!! Thank-you for this video.

[Trombonauta]

jeje

nadaa..

[VforVendettaz]

La musica di Paganini è semplicemnte ORGASMICA

[thisiskatepark]

Umm. I like it very much. It is perfect!

[icellomello]

Guitar? is that an instrument? Everyone plays guitar, few have originality, let alone talent. Even fewer actually know how to read music, so they wing it, play by ear, or drown their noise with wa wa pedals, lots of reverb, or other crap. I'm not saying all guitar players, just most of em. Personally, I never had the interest, I guess because it's common, and boring to me. Guitar and rock is a fad today but the classics are forever.

[iwasadeum]

Exactly, Kudos to you for realizing that...=)

[jesuslasher666]

do you play guitar? no. so shut your fucking mouth when you don't know what you are talking about.

[icellomello]

fuck off 7 kinds of dick breath, guitar is as easy as your girl friend everyone has had a crack at it, both are easy to play without sheet music.

THE END

[HoshoLegacy]

No musician has the right to reject the integrity of another's instrument. The guitar is a strong instrument. The fact that is accessible and popular does not detract from it's musical value, in fact I feel it adds to it. But then again, youtube comments are famed for their narrow-minded views of anything and everything.

[Randomness65535]

icellomello, i agree with little of what you say, so what if people can't read music? They like it - let them be. Even though guitar is the common instrument in rock it doesn't mean it's bad. To me, guitar classics are very soothing, btw.Like HoshoLegacy said "No musician has the right to reject the integrity of another's instrument." totally true. Besides, I like Linkin Park(rock) and Fort Minor(rap).And don't forget that most of the rock bands always started off with CLASSICS at music schools!

[metheuse]

I always think Heifetz's performance is harsh. His skill is fantanstic, but he just transformed everything into his own style. No matter what it is, Mozart, Beethoven, Paganini, Tchaikovsky..., all you can hear is the same 'Heifetz'.

[nuceria]

hence the term 'style'. every musician should make it their own

[nuceria]

this was directed at metheuse

[Chris93Rock]

If youve never heard this song and close your eyes and listen to this. It kinda sounds like shit :\ I love classical music played on guitar, this song is my favourite, but this Violin(original) version, I dont like. Sounds like its not tuned

[Rodrigo9210]

I agree with you in some aspects. this version doesnt sound very well. but if you listen this song being played by Alexander Markov probably you would like the Violin version. watch?v=cvstMjDkUqQ for the Markov's interpretation

[sganghiforever]

i think the music YOU listen is shit!how dare u! u are very ignorant musically and i think u are not a better person in other cases!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[icellomello]

hi sganghiforever, my musically inclined frined, who are you talking about when you say the music who listens to is shit? Are you talking about guitar, or who is your comment directed at? Just curious is all. Do you play an instrument or the guitar? Thanks.

[averylicious22]

I wish i played the violin unfortunately I play the guitar and I do not know if much classical music can be played on a guitar.

[thekrazykaveman]

are you serious? Everything gets tabbed out for guitar. EVERYTHING.

[PerfectKnight42]

Actually, Paganini, the composer of this piece was also a guitarist and wrote almost equally impressive things for that instrument. Look them up sometime.

[AbsoluteZ3R0]

Paganini was also a guitar virtuoso but his guitar works honestly do not compare in terms of sheer technical virtuosity to his violin works. They are not almost equally impressive.

[sganghiforever]

yeah. u can play many classical things on guitar, obviously u have to do some arrangements to play the classical version.

[StevieLeeRachel]

it is tender as a baby's head yet ferocious as a lion's roar.

[aesfubar]

hahaha love the lag!!

[lotsder9999]

Paganini was the best

[DevilViolinist]

Why do a lot of versions of this 24th caprice have a piano accompaniment?

[musicequaloxygen]

lots of violin solos have accompaniment... almost all of them

[AbsoluteZ3R0]

The caprices were originally written for solo violin without accompaniment. This particular piano part was written by Schumann I'm pretty sure.

[musicequaloxygen]

fine but solos , not only violin solos , are accompained with piano , and i think that that's great!

[erotomaniac13]

i dont know but i have a version on my itunes without piano if you want it.

[DevilViolinist]

I have a version of Julian Rachlin playing it without piano, thanks for the offer though :)

[erotomaniac13]

cool - mine is michael rabin - the 24 caprices - funny the last is my favorite by far

[CradleofMari91]

wow

[5l19a]

Who was writing the piano score? Auer? Heifetz? Who knows that? Thanks!!!

[visamfrumos]

super

[xxxtreme007]

come on jascha, you can play faster than that

[FredilYupigo]

It's not a speed contest.

[Owner46]

Agreed, people need to stop looking at music this way. Virtuosity for the sake of viruosity is meaningless.

[tr0lle32]

Srsly, you can't stress this enough. There's a kid at my school who plays that Solfeggieto piece on the piano, whenever he has a chance, at full temp. It's riddled with a good deal mistakes and just general bad form, but all the classmates are like 'Holy shit! This man is a genius.'

It'll be sad when we're the last people on earth who can enjoy music that isn't prestissimo.

[gkypianou]

Many music pieces get meaningless if played so quickly just to show-off!

[aftermiles]

I think many musicians become accustomed to hearing a performance a certain way, and react by standardizing the piece. I suppose its natural in people, but I think its best to search for the brilliance in a perfomance that irritates you. in an effort to better your own ear. especially in a perfomance such as this in an artist such as heifetz

[aftermiles]

the speed is not all their is to listen to. It's an aspecet of the character as a whole, which makes it difficult to replicate. But if speed is all you hear, I suggest you listen closer.

[ixchel003]

flipping awesome

[Epsilion94]

lol, i can play this on sax...well most of it, the end is kinda hard

[Owner46]

Can you send me the score for that?

[AllegroNonMolto2000]

i think paganini caprice 24 is the best paganini

[darkshadyfigure]

I'm more of a 5th fan myself, but they all kick ass =)

[Oppp2]

no, some of them are not that good imo.

[akikowolf]

That was funny. When you heard the g string or the lower strings you'd see him go to the higher strings and visa versa (sorry 'bout spelling) at some parts. Off sync.

[Trombonauta]

Yes, it happens very frecuently in youtube :(

[danleedree]

OMG! The besst. My sister plays the violin and always watches this!!!  =)

[Trombonauta]

:-)

[claviolino]

does anyone know who wrote the piano part??i knew schumann added a piano part but if u listen to this its not written in early romantic style (schumann period)..thank you

[rafamoste93]

muy bueno

la verda q increible violinista

ojala yo pueda hacr eso

rafaaaaaaaaaa

[signorpaganini]

omg! i cant stop listening to this man! is better then menuhin playing paganini!!!

[amelieS78]

The caprices were intended to be solo's the piano part is just stupid.

[mikzUp]

playing beautifully like that takes a lot of time but it`s worth it... the happiness it could bring is so lasting

[minigalaxy]

awesome!!!!

[pwalexx]

He is the best vilion player ever! Perlman is great too, but would be fair to say if someone rate perlman after him.

[zucchini2007]

Well, I have to disagree with you, there are other violinists that rival Heifetz, such as Oikstrah, Mintz, Sarasate, and so many others.

[poghospetrosyan]

Well ihave to disagree with both of you.

Every great violin player is playing in his own style, so you do not need to say that one is the best,because its only your taste. And btw if you want to know if Paganini didn't write this he would never be able to be this good lol. But he is awesome i like him too.

[Arkhimedes]

Well, I have to agree with you poghospetrosyan.

You can't say one great violinist is better than another simply because you like their interpretation of the song more. It is indeed their own style.

[estudiosinluz]

And Milstein

[mannycabrito]

Hes awesome, the best ive seen!!!!

Is that a strad hes using???

[doezi]

the king!

[psychaotic2]

Kinda hard to find videos in the 17th century. =D

[MasterK1ller123]

best of all time.

[zucchini2007]

I wouldn't exactly say "best of all time." PAGANINI himself was the best violinist of all time!

[MasterK1ller123]

alright, why dont you send me a video of him playing.

[lyragaarder]

You two are both right...XD

[unchained1978]

Eddie Van Halen is the best violinist of all time. :)

[blackdragonwingz]

everything is so amazing about his playing!

but i kind of question the tone of his harmonics. does anybody else think so? maybe its just me.

[psychaotic2]

They're right, I'm pretty sure. Listen to Itzhak Perlman and you'll hear the difference in that section.