David Oistrakh - Khachaturian Violin Concerto (1st mov p1-2)

[CosmosTales]

Straight to my top 5 violin concertos :)

[DeutschMusiker]

This is one of the most beautiful melodies i've ever heard!

[assu333]

I think that this concert is absolutely wonderful! I love it so much! <3

[miltsar]

wow ...know I know where Bernard Herman took the driving/rain music (when Janet Leigh is drving at night just before she finds the Bates Motel ) in Pshyco !

[teny04]

Let's listen to the other version played by Jean Ter-Merguerian who was Oistrakh disciple in USSR and which is the best one ever. His performance is divine.

This man was a genius sent by God to show us what music is and what modesty is.

[jlim4132]

anyone know where i can get sheet music for this piece? i really want to play this piece after hearing oistrakh

[moshiko7701]

TWO geniuses of the last century at work and TOGETHER rthat pas any imagination GREAT

[MusicalVickyGirl1902]

Such a fantastic concerto! It is such a shame that it is not as played as often as it should be. Thank you for posting this up!!! :)

[armmusic1993]

Aram Khachaturian- greatest Armenian composer!!! Aram Khachaturyan this concert is dedicated to David Oisrakh!!!

[MrGramophone]

My all-time favourite piece of classical music. I first heard ti on Radio Singapore in1974, and have been "in love" with it ever since. The Russian Oistrakh/Khachaturian recording was re-released earlier this year. If you haven't got it, you must have it! A video recording was made: can someone pease, please release that on DVD.

[MrBeethovenfan]

Remember that the first movement of a piece is more often used to embed in other forums and blogs to use as an example in discussion or to try championing the piece. So it's only natural the first movement would get a lot more views. Thanks for posting.

[miamegjs]

I just started this piece. I cant believe i hadnt heard of khachaturian until today

[DrParkMD517]

I really despised this piece as a "poorly written concerto," that is, until I listened to Oistrakh's performance and my opinion of this piece did a complete 180. This is great :)

[NORMALisSooOVERRATED]

I am starting this song soon!!! YAY!!!

[123khyde]

The best part of this for me is that the ratio of likes to dislikes is 325:3

[concertviolinist]

great stuff!

[keghamminas]

Majestic performance of Master Oistrakh playing a very sensational

piece of the great compositor Khachaturian, a Titan of classic Armenian music.

Thank you for sharing dearest friend.

[ireneleon1991]

I play this now and it's amazing!!!I l love it!!!!!!!!!!!!And David Oistrakh....I haven't words!!!

[actorshmactor]

I heard Khachaturian play his concerto with the Honolulu Symphony a month before he died. He broke a string about halfway through and grabbed the concermaster's violin who grabbed the second chair etc. and it went down the line. He didn't miss a full measure... just kept going like nothing happened. Very memorable concert indeed.

[esther8495]

this a very interesting piece for me after hearing Oistracks recording.

the first time i heard this piece was played by my friend and it.was.nasty.boring.really sound like an etude.

But this one is TRUE ART le yo

[Vakant]

this is my favorite

full armo

[ikmarchini]

I am buying a copy of this! And I have 3 others already!

[967Capricho]

Se non esistono più uomini capaci di tale suono allora il mondo è alla fine

[burimom]

Sorry, I don't like and will never do Khachaturian..now DAVID OISTRACK it is another matter....Best Violin virtuoso in the XX and XI century...I mean until no

[joejoe4812]

@burimom

LOL

[iAsteroidPlanetSmash]

A True Masterpiece of Genius in interpretation

Think the Moscow Radio Symphony Orchestra Production

Is about one of the best

[TheSquirrel43]

i wanna know who the three people are that disliked this!!!! seriously there is no way you can not like oistrakhs playing!!!

[UltimateViolin]

Wow, 100,000+ views! Now if only everyone would hear the rest of the concerto...

[oxsaphiraxo]

Oistrakh was without contest the best violonist of his time (ever maybe?). One of the best inerprations you can find

[motreby]

I had the LP while ago...a SOB stole it from me....actually a SOB with very good taste. I love this version....it is the best.

[tachuman]

I love this concerto and David Oistrakh plays it beautifully!

[JazzLoverKhurram]

@violin15895 it is rather savagely beautiful probably better suited to a plectrum- wielding electric guitar virtuoso who would love "shredding" all those lovely staccato pentatonic runs lol ;-)

[canilecananlar]

Çok etkileyici!

Haçaturyan'ın eserleri bana nedense hep 1.Dünya Savaşı ve Anadolu'yu hatırlatıyor. Hüzünlü, buruk neşeli, yok sayılmışlıklarla dolu...

[Ithzascheifetz]

wonderful interpretation by the better violonist of his century, maestro Oïstrakh.

[violingurl37]

@ mkzh..it is most likely that mic was far too close. It mentions in "Art of the Violin" that Oistraikh preferred the mic very close to his instrument when he was recording and so often you can here the scratch of the strings without the depth that can be found when something is recorded far away. It's a bummer that he wasn't willing to record it with a mic at a bit of a distance to really open up his sound.

[UltimateViolin]

@violingurl37 Sorry, but you're thinking about Heifetz, not Oistrakh. Go and watch that part of Art of the Violin again.

[soccerfreakaddict]

@UltimateViolin Art of the Violin is amazing

[friditaaviolin]

@soccerfreakaddict totally agree, Art of the violin is the best thing ever!

[violingurl37]

@UltimateViolin Woopsies, yep yep, it's Heifetz not Oistrakh just like you said. Thanks for the correctoin =)

[Sorcerer2k]

@UltimateViolin: But this mic is definetely close! The balance is somehow unreal. But on the other hand one can hear every detail of oistrakhs playing, what is a good thing. In a concert hall it would be far more into the orchestra. Nice Recording anyway!

[violingurl37]

@violingurl37 Oopsies! Thanks for the correction =)

[agentnull1]

Whooaahh... my ears are pleased for the next week.

[tomenicus]

YOu know, I always considered violinists as parted in two kinds: one, whose violin is moaning all the time, like - exuse me - whore, and others, whose instrument is the lighting of the great sound, by which even stratoduster sounds dull. And Oistrakh was the last type. I've got that recording of course, but why not listen? Amazing. Aram was great, and David was great. Both were communists, but who cares?

[Nijmegen1955]

David Oistrakh 4 ever... wonderful !!!

Thanx UltimateViolin for uploading this piece of music !

[jzpatelut]

@Nijmegen1955 YES I AM VERY MUCH AGREE WITH YOU AND SAME IS WITH 'IGOR OISTRAKH'.....VERY GOOD COMBINATIONA OF FATHER AND SON...THANKS FOR POSTING.....jzpatelut.....

[FAIRBOY11]

This is why Armenian people are so proud of Khachaturian.

He made Armenian music worldwide and classical...

[jzpatelut]

@FAIRBOY11 How many people in the world  knows armenian Khachaturian..???.....jzpatelu­t......

[jzpatelut]

@FAIRBOY11 How many people in the world knows armenian Khachaturian..???.....jzpatelu­t........

[wkzh]

It feels as if the microphone was a little too close to the violin... so Oistrakh's effort to play out as a soloist got a bit overdone.

And as for the flute version, I feel that the flute lacks the fury and sonority the violin possesses, especially in the low range. And the double stopping is all lost! Of course, the violin could do with some fluidity only wind instruments.

Still, a beautiful concerto.

[SexyNerd4u]

"And as for the flute version, I feel that the flute lacks the fury and sonority the violin possesses, especially in the low range. And the double stopping is all lost!"

This.

[PAZZLE100]

I think it sounds Armenian from the beginning to the end ... Great composer,great violinist!!!

[lardolicious]

0:23 to 0.37 sounds very Armenian.

[squelchy451]

@lardolicious Khachaturian IS armenian...Oistrakh was from the Soviet Union which may help explain the Armenian-ness of this piece.

[raoultak]

Nobody better.....Oistrakh is the greatest ever.

[mafajardo]

I so love this concerto

makes me imagine a feature film

it would be such a great score for a movie

[bodrik2000]

Oistrakh is without any doubt the most complete violinist

[Ragondinlibre]

... And for the violin version, after compairing I still prefer the Oistrakh version, which is, for exemple, more powerfull than Perlmann's even if it's not th best Oistrakh I have ever heard...

But for many other recordings, I cannot agree with you, for me Oistrakh is the best.

[Ragondinlibre]

There is something thankless in this concerto, something trespassing the limit of what can be played while keeping some kind of musicality... Even if the music is one of the most beautiful I know, I can imagine what kind of sport it can be, for the violonist! This concerto, after all, sounds better when adaptated for flute, but I only accept one recording, even in flute version: the one with J. P. Rampal which is available on Youtube and which I find, from my point of view, fantastic.

[JazzLoverKhurram]

@Ragondinlibre Kind of music electric guitar virtuoso John McLaughlin would really shine at playing lol

[OriginalMoonbeam]

It's brilliant..both the composition and the performance..I love it.

[wabitgirl]

I love this piece...and I get to play it! Oh lovely lovely. The emotion is incredible and the tonal progressions through out are just lovely...amazing. Can't wait!

[palcsi]

During the height of the "Cold War," this very recording was one of my first introductions to classical music as a child. I almost felt like I was partaking in forbidden fruit.

After all these years, this music still sounds wonderful to my ears.

[FinaleFantasy]

to each his own

[RaRaLandTV]

Not my favourite piece, but,...don't worry violin15895.

You're still young. Hang in there and who knows,

maybe one day you will actually grow up and develop

a refined taste in music, like Oistrakh's, Perlman's, Kogan's etc.

Just to name a few people who's opinions contradict yours.

I wonder whose opinion will be of any real value. Yours? or Theirs?

[KindFurryBoy]

1 Being able to play well does not mean you have good taste in music. 2 My violin teacher plays principal second in a rather well known ballet orchestra(trained by ivan galamian) but some how hates paganini's caprices (which most people really enjoy) especially the 24th. Just because you are a brilliant musician doesn't mean your highly subjective oppinion(taste) has any more value than any one elses. Anyways those people you listed would of never played those pieces if no one would pay to watch

[RaRaLandTV]

@not so KindFurryBoy: I categorized those artists whose tastes coincided with most!!

I enjoy reading about their lives and do not voice unwritten opinion.

But don't worry, it's quite alright if you couldn't see that in 500characters or less.

Forgive me if I find your innocuous "my teacher says" anecdote rather insipid.

People trained by Heifetz himself, still ended up artistically void.

Thank you for proving my point though young man.

PS. Inferring or debating superlative taste is folly.

[violin15895]

my opinion is my opinion and i am entitled to it, and by the way Heifetz, and Milsein commented on on how much they dispised this concerto and refused to play it. I myself was set to play this concerto with the midland symphony until i listened to a recording of it and refused to play it. Heifetz and Milstien are also far far superior violinist the Oistarsk

[noirdez667]

you make me sad.

[yami8221]

@violin15895 Even if this, in your opinion, isn't the greatest concerto on earth, Oistrakh took it in because hes a warm hearted individual that happened to have this concerto dedicated to him. I don't think he had a choice.

Before being cocky about refusing to play this concerto, I consider you think long and hard before dissing Oistrakh for having bad taste in music.

[XallyX941]

amazing recording though

[XallyX941]

i love how violinists don't think this piece is hard

the flute version is soooooooooooooooooooooooooo difficult

[prayformercy4]

this piece is hard, not the most difficult, but definitely not easy

[ChieftainFish]

i am very annoyed because i can't play this piece. Does anyone know how i can play improve my articulation while playing the fast passages? As in, how to make it sound cleaner?

[jimqa2]

you gotta go through each and every note VERYYY slowly. Again and again. Then practice in dotted rhythms. After that if you play the passages both backwards and forwards it will be a lot better. It really works...give it a shot

[wabitgirl]

@ChieftainFish If you use a metronome, take the fastest, hardest passages and set the metronome to a very slow speed, generally somewhere around 8th note = 60, then go up one or two clicks at a time and you keep doing that it will improve your speed and articulation. Also, "snake strikes" as my teacher calls then, snapping your fingers down onto the strings instead of just placing them can help a lot with articulation. Other than that, dexterity exercises, especially by schradieck can help.

[Cranebird]

one of my favorite concertos ever written for violin! Have to play it myself soon! Oistrakh plays it so unbelievably beautiful!!!

[edog101]

This remains the best performance of this piece I have ever heard. Oistrakh owns this.

[wabitgirl]

@edog101 The piece was written for Oistrakh as I gift I think...it was at least dedicated to him.

[Jctankk]

@edog101 Well Khachaturian dedicated this piece to Oistrakh, so this recording is how Aram wanted it to be.

[RollingShit1234]

@edog101 Kogan's interpretation is also a great one.

[PENNSY671E]

@edog101 I've had the original MONO LP recording of this for over 40 years. It is still such a treat to hear: Oistrakh & Khachaturian together.  Will there ever be a better recording ? I cannot imagine it.

[amowa1]

Это лучшее что я когда либо слушал и слышал!!!

[atennisbum12]

У меня раскрытие для ойстриха

[marianaosorio16]

realmente no encuentro la palabra para expresar lo que provoca en mi este concierto!! INCREIBLE, FANTASTICO, HERMOSO, oistrakh todo un maestro !

[MrReinadelasnieves]

Me parece increíble que haya gente que no sepa apreciar este tipo de música. Sin duda prefieren el popo de perro, como el reguetón o como quiera que se escriba el nombre de esa basura musical, que algo verdaderamente HUMANO.

[ranita405]

guau!!!! ese concierto está espectacular!!!!! gracias por subirlo!!... thanks for upload it!!! ;)

[KlimViolinov]

Какая красота.Особенно кантилена и разработка....

Балдею.....

[1weenhayek]

De muy excelente altura, Perlman, Accardo, Mitz, Mutter, Menuhin, glorias del violón, ah un ruso muy bueno Vangerov, creo...?

Lástima que perdimos ya a Oistrakh, pero tenemos muy buenas grabaciones.

Venga, a disfrutar del violín.

[cattleman6420012000]

This is fabulous playing. David Oistrakh was the greatest violinist I ever heard.

[jorsitoh]

toca bien culo!! wakala!! y el concierto es popo de perro

[ZsoltMagyar]

oiga usted quien se cree para decir eso? que desgracia muy probablemente los paises latinos estamos tan mal por culpa de personas poco cultas y con muy poco sentido de estetica en la musica comousted se nota que nunca a estudiado musica y menos un intrumento como el violin el dia que usted pueda tocar como David Oistrakh (nunca) usted podria tener el derecho de decir algo de esa indole por favor tenga la decencia de borrar su comentario y instruirse un poco antes de hablar de lo que no sabe...

[anpra2]

pobre hombre o lo q sea , mejor dicho no creo q lo sea.

y menos con tan bajo nivel de apreciacion...mejor dicho nulo.

los q tienen popo de perro son pero tus oidos..

[wivip]

wow ese concierto esta hecho para david oistrakh

[albatrosscrow]

The best music that I ever listen...

it is impossibleto hear it without tears in my eyes..

[persianprincess96]

I think something's wrong with me. LOL. Cause when I hear a song by a composer, the first song I hear seems to me the best. When I hear other songs by that composer after that, they NEVER seem as good to me. It's SO weird! Like with Dmitri Shostakovich's Waltz 2, I heard another song after that and I'm like... uh... and then with Aram Khachaturian, first I heard the Masquerade suite or whatever (sorry) and now I heard this and it just doesn't sound as good!

[garnanvard]

Oh my God! I was waiting for someone to put this one up on YouTube! Perfect performance!!!

[diacaviolinista17]

Bello, perfecto...indescriptible la verdad! EL GRAN MAESTRO OISTRAKH!!!

[violistaluis]

dios.. personalmente no se kien es mejor si heifetz o Oistrakh

[Elmaestropeado]

El más Grande virtuoso tocando el Concierto más bello de la historia

[beethomozart]

premiered on november 16, 1940, by this same extraordinary ucranian violinist Oistrakh, we find echoes from the composer's homeland Armenia, as always this virtuoso gives a wonderful performance.

[zograp1]

Mer hayeri tsava tanem!!! Giten vonts urakhanan yev giten vonts urakhatsnen!

[apsurfa02]

shit dude, my teacher is making me play this concerto.

[theanswer00]

it's freakin hard, i'm studying it on the flute [rampal edition]... but it's so beautiful that you want to play it all the day

[HIkeda126]

I always loved how the violin and clarinet traded off near the end of this vid.

[molecram]

As usual David Oistrakh surprices us with his fantastic interpretations, he was really a master of masters, such a beautiful sound and clear sound, perfect use of vibrato. He is by far my favourite fiddle player. Cheers!

[MyLordLoke]

W-woooow!! That.. t-that was.. it was.. I.. woooww! Really amazing!! :D

[Fideldidel]

Die beste Chatschaturjan-Aufnahme die es gibt...Odessa ist ein ganzes Stück von Armenien entfernt, aber trotzdem kommt das "Feeling" rüber :))))

[FinaleFantasy]

Love it!

[jorgealbertobaron]

GRAN CONCIERTO

[BLACKVIGOUR]

sampah!! bordow..tahi!

[amrachow]

i think Aram Khachaturian is conducting here.but there is a better recording which Oistrakh made later,and i have listened a lot this concerto ,but he is still the best...

[algormortis1987]

how in the world can u compare this guy with such as piece a s°°t as EA ??????

[glun]

There is no need to swear, Mortis. I'm already aware that not everybody can 'get' avant-garde / post-modern art. Stick with your pedestrian taste if you want; fap over a portrait of Rostropovich every night! - I. Don't. Care.

[Cavaradossi1981]

i have a rare radio recording from a "live" performance in Athens with Khachaturian conducting his violin conerto!! soloist is Viktor Pikaisen, who stil lives in Moscow! hehehehe.

[leoncioviolin]

GRANDÍSIMO

[Amz10190]

We're playing this in orchestra, for my friend's senior solo. Personally I like the way she plays it better. It's much cleaner.

[amrachow]

please tell me you are kidding....

[ddviolinist]

uh, yeah, right.....lmao...what a liar. David O. is one of the best violinists of ALL TIMES...and your friend plays it better in your school orchestra......lmao...

[ddviolinist]

Used to listen to this in my car back in the 80's after my lessons, getting all pumped up to practice! What an amazing violinist. Jeez...it just never gets boring listening to this genius.

NO ONE, but no one will ever have that sound. That unmistakable sound!!!!!!!!!

[SierraNeef]

I have this recording conducted by Khachaturian, the orchestra is perfect; but Oïstrakh's tone is better heard in this one. I love this concerto.

[UltimateViolin]

Uhh...this is the same exact recording.

[SierraNeef]

Yes, I noticed it inmediatly after posting my coment. I gues I was hearing louder, or something... So I gues orchesta and Oistrakh are both perfect in this one.

[poseuresque]

Ricci recorded an excellent version of the khachaturian in the mid to late forties. I listened to it as a kid. It's probably been 15 years since i heard it. But even though Ricci played it well, what really struck me was the power of the orchestra. Really forced the gypsy pathos onto the piece. I love kogan, and i think he was more of a master than oistrakh, could play more technically demanding pieces, etc, but this is the finest performance i've come across. it's like a morning vitamin for me

[mshakhz]

gypsy pathos?!

[ak47andawp]

LOLOLOL, warplan your comment made my day.

I have officially listed yours as "the quote of the year 2009".

Haven't found a better interpretation of this piece after hearing different people playing it.

Now flame on.

[Malbyf]

Зачем нужен комментарий,когда исполнение великолепно.Хачатурян прекрасный концерт написал

[moses1489]

is there a video version of this?

[UltimateViolin]

There is a good chunk of the 3rd mov. in Art of the Violin, in color, but unfortunately, I don't think the entire footage has been released.

[Lux019]

i prefer the early version with Kubelik, more tight.

[KlimViolinov]

warplan ha ha ha,you are very funny

[Underheifetz]

"This fiddler is almost as good as Vanessa Mae"

You just needed that comment to prove that you know aboslutely nothing about real good violinists

[h4xXx0r]

Fairly sure Vanessa Mae can't touch Andre Rieu. Andre does Paganini 5 with one finger - his pinky.

This work was dedicated to Oistrakh for a reason. If he had his Marsick strad in this recording I'd be on the floor.

[yowazzupyo]

dude! is it on youtube?

[doofmann0]

Haha, you sir are either an idiot or a very good troll.

[happybunny213250]

Fiddler? Almost? Vanessa Mae? What are you talking about???

[willdenayer]

There is a recording of this concerto with Oistrakh and the Moscow Radio Symphony Orchestra. I have the double LP. The first is Oistrakh conducting Harold in Italy; the second is this violin concerto. To me, this is the best version I have ever heard.

I just listened to a version with Mihaela Martin and Kuchar conducting which is extremely mediocre at best.

[cattleman6420012000]

I heard the recording of the first performance ever of this piece live in Russia in 1940 with David Oistrakh.He was absolutely superb.Nobody comes near him!!

[ilean2theright]

thank you so much for uploading! when i was playing this piece last year, i was searching for a recording by oistrakh, but never found one.

[Sinfoniette]

This is a great performance (maybe the only 'great' one) of the Khachaturian Violin Concerto. I love that, you know, strong Russian feel to this piece.

[Sinfoniette]

I actually take that back. Sounds more like Armenian folk music.

[usernamehopeful]

kogan has a pretty good rendition of this piece.

[Sinfoniette]

Never knew Kogan a rendition of this piece. But I do like Oistrakh over Kogan. Maybe I should buy both!

[iwillshowyou]

No doubt, Oistrakh plays this piece incredibly well... but if you get to listen French-Armenian violinist Jean Ter-Merkerian's recording (who actually was a student of Oistrakh), I believe that will put you on your knees as it did to me.

[Sinfoniette]

I never heard of him! I should listen to him soon.

[Sulalee]

I think I know what you are saying: This piece demands the kind of post-traumatic "pathos" that both Armenians and Jews are, unfortunately, only too familiar with.

[calloffthedogs]

Give Szeryng's version a spin. Wonderful too.

[paolomenconi]

Fantastico!

[rotkrox1521]

wow, it sounds pretty darn cool on violin (yeah, the original version, i know).. i wish someone would post a vid of the flute version of the 1st mvt (yes, i know it's a transcribed version)... i really want to learn it!

[BalthasarMA]

This in my opinion demontrates that Oistrakh was one of the most distinguished violinists of the 20th century.

[usernamehopeful]

I agree.

I would say all that Oistrakh plays does likewise.

[albatrosscrow]

Thank you very much! The best music that I ever listen in my life... it is there everything that we can never say with words...Everything unspoken..I would like to communicate with anyone that he/she likes also with the same way that music.

[scottbos68]

kogan and szeryng recorded this also, i encourage you to get them

i like all 3 recordings for different reasons but id have to say the szerying i liked best

[climmenestras]

Yes , the 3 recordings are great, each one in

different style but all 3 amazing and great performances...I love Oistrakh and Kogan

I agree with you about Szerying´s performance, really fantastic...!! perhaps the best...!

[ipril]

you should hear the 1947 rec. of oistrach live from the prague spring festival with r. kubelik cond. its the best ever!!!!!!!!!!!

[climmenestras]

I believe you 100%!!!!!!!!

Oistrakh, one of the best violinist of the history of music!!!!!

Thanks for the information!!

[VegliaBorletti]

Yes!!! I have that one.. fantastic!! The sound quality is poor though.. :)

[imusiciki]

Oistrakh delivers a genuine performance in this recording. Thank you.