Menuhin/Enescu play Bach Double Concerto in D minor - Part 2

[shinobunyc]

Wow! The boy at left side is Menuhin?

[MrAluminox]

@ imusiciki Thanks for the upload of this rare and delightful interpretation of the the BWV 1043. Menuhin the disciple plays the first violin part and Enescu the master the second violin part; it's heaven...

[jayadsilva67]

Only old Yehudi can produce sound like that. I can tell instantly when he comes on. Not to discount the great George Enescu

[JOSEPHINE21752]

During the Cold War I was a travel rep. Carpati (Romanian Tourist Office) gave me a gift of Enescu on record. Arriving London Airport it was confiscated because of the name Enescu. This was because the Customs Officer said his wife was fond of Enescu. I got my record back 3 days later on the way back to Romania. HA! HA!

[udayanchandra]

This Student & Teacher duo playing together with one mind, with the disciple's spirit one with the heart of his mentor & that of the composer, produced one of the most deeply heart warming renditions of this sublime music.

[felixmoga]

Here I am proud to say I am romanian. Enescu, performing together with Menuhin goes to my heart.

[DraqMaster]

I LOVE THIS SOOOOOO MUCH. THANK YOU!!!! I hope to play this on the big stage soon!!!! JERSEY here I come!!!!

[jantigercat]

I listened to this again as am suffering from melancholia. This music really has the power to restore one's faith in humanity and in God.

[ilioniu]

minunat !

[ciciwahwah]

am vrut sa scriu si eu un laudatio dar l-am citit pe bulá si.... minunat de ascultat in orice imprejurare:)

[rgieschen10]

billbell7744; menuhin used to say that nowadays violinists play all the notes, but have only ONE vibrato. Menuhin vibratos vary.

[rgieschen10]

Poulha: The difference in speed (3.07 on) is due to the recording in 78 records, now remastered. They had to speed up the last part so as to fit it into the record. I can imagine the tecnicians asking them to play it a bit faster.

[tsbsartini]

Não foi apenas um encontro de gerações e de gênios, mais que isso demonstra o quanto é possível respirar a eternidade, vendo o passado em moinhos de vento do presente.

[ipmoic]

Heavenly music played at the highest level of love, reverence and joy. Truly moving and profoundly touching.

[themusicdr]

absolutely fantastic interpretation. others have already said it - the 2 violinists blending toghether perfectly in total accord w each other complimenting each other letting the music do the talking

[natacha45]

No words to describe how beautiful this music is, especially this interpretation of it.

[marking19]

This is beautiful!! I guess they blend so well that I can't tell who's playing first or second violin! imusiciki, do you want to let us know who plays which part? Thanks!

[cleopatra11]

Menuhin plays first violin and Enescu plays second.

[seahyimin]

comparable to heifetz's, it really reaches deep into my heart

[billbell7744]

This is the way I remember music played as a child. Why no one plays like this today is a mystery.

I like some younger artists but they don't touch the heart like this.

[eppurs1muove]

great comment - when I listen to the old vinyls I have inherited I feel the musicians played like in a church. Metaphorically. The music seems to them so much more 'holy' and other things irrelevant.

[garrrynec]

@billbell7744 It's because they don't play from the heart. They play from the mind; calculating their next move according to the suzuki method. They are forged to the confines of what classical music SHOULD be and not what they feel it to be. None of them have the courage to be daring in their performances. They lack colour but possess a great deal of masterful technique. Our greatest moments in music as a civilization is long past. Although I do enjoy Giles Apap; he is full of colour lol

[jantigercat]

@garrrynec We have became too scientific I suppose. Too much inclination to science will kill classical music in a few years' time.

[garrrynec]

@jantigercat Science is just as much an art as painting and music. Humans are nothing without arts and science.

[jantigercat]

@garrrynec : Schools these days are becoming obsessed with science instead of the arts. Look at how schools foster science-based subjects instead of music. I think this drive is usually related to science being quantitative and not subjective as music or art.

[themillionchildren]

@billbell7744 I think I know why. Nowadays things have to go faster. Almost no one wants to practice 6 to 8 hours everyday except for a very few. They do not understand that after years of work you can let go and just play with your heart unstead of your hands...This is so beautiful. Have you ever hard this concereto with Menuhin and Christian Ferras??

[PandabeerMEISTER]

@billbell7744 The difference is mainly in the tuning. Most recordings before 1938 use A = 430.5 Hz (Philosophical pitch). The newer ones are at 440 Hz or higher, which is much harsher and misses the sweet timeless sound you can especially enjoy on this track.

[jantigercat]

@PandabeerMEISTER I am curious why musicians has raised the tuning to 440 Hz...maybe somebody can shed light on this?... :-)

[Fietsbel25]

@billbell7744 The trick is in the mastering of the sound. Nowadays we use a lot of compression on recordings. Also music schools try to create the perfect musician rather than an authentic one

[shinobunyc]

@billbell7744

You know what? It's very simple.

NO ONE CAN PLAY MUSIC AT THIS HIGHEST LEVEL ANYMORE...

[yttrium55]

wonderful! two soloists in an ideal accord with each other...

[poulha]

I like particularly from 3:07 and forward - violins (almost) stumpling upon one another, faster pace and adding a sense of extreme urgency. Very special - haven't heard it in other interpretations.

[gxgfree4rhyme]

absolut superb