Kogan -- Shostakovich & Prelude N.24 in D minor

[miguale]

Magnifique... puissant et expressif... c'est toujours un plaisir de l'écouter..

Merci pour ce moment magique. Michèle

[beinggreenisbetter]

my new role model i believe

[calloffthedogs]

Watching this performance I was almost expecting flames to come from the end of Kogan's bow. Awesome.

[danielwowman]

this music is like composed for him

[eugenevez]

what opus number is this, please?

[fB0009]

24 Preludes Op. 34, not to be confused with the 24 Preludes and Fugues Op. 87

[pulse84]

Absolutely fantastic

[Glinkaism1]

@pulse84 Indeed! Thanks to our friend for sharing this performance.

[CknSalad]

Personally I find his phrasing better than heifetz, while technique wise both are at the same level. i miss hearing kogan playing. amazing player. much thanks for uploading this video.

[albachteng]

I think they are just so different, one not necessarily better or worse than the other. Kogan has a sort of... i hesitate to call it a rough style. It's not bad though! he just uses the instrument more percussively. heifetz is all about that fantastic vibrato and portemento.

[calloffthedogs]

Interesting observation about Kogan. Yet when you look at his bow arm, it is hyper smoothe.

[calloffthedogs]

He moves the bow faster than anyone. His sound production comes from the speed of his bow, and not the weight of his bow arm. Does that make sense? I think on the big works (Shost VC, Tchaik VC, Brahms VC and Paganini) he cannot be touched. As for his Bach, I think others like Szeryng and Milstein provide valid alternatives. I too cannot say anything critical of Kogan's playing. For a guy only

5'5" tall, his playing of more physical and muscular than anyones.

[calloffthedogs]

Kogan is considered by many to be the gold std on paganini.  I dont always like to listen to paganini but when I do, I choose Kogan. Dont care at all for sonnenberg and wouldnt dare put her name in the same sentence (or paragraph) as the aforementioned Heifetz, Kogan, milstein or Szeryng.

[calloffthedogs]

didnt mean to sound disagreeable. sorry

[poseuresque]

this guy had some huge paws for someone that short!

[waxenwings89]

Very intense sound. Sounds very angry, but fantastic still.

[Violonpourtoujours]

Hi!

Such a great man. Does anyone know how he was in terms of personality? Shy? Outgoing? I am curious.

N.

[mexindian1]

Leonid Kogan was a supreme artist - words can barely describe how incredibly well he interpreted everything he played. Here was a violinist with the deepest sensitivity. We shall never see someone like him again.

[Zlicin1992]

wow I like this piece. Well done Kogan! i also like the piano version but I can't find it on youtube. Anyone has sheet music?

[acousticore]

It has been alleged that he was killed by the KGB at the train station because he wanted to defect from the USSR.

[lonestargirl500]

I believe he had a 'heart attack' on board a train, on his way to play a concert in Moscow with his son...

sad.... so sad....

[cromulentinnoc3nce]

Depends who you ask. I know that some of his students believe he was murdered.

[scottbos68]

in a series of books called the way they play pavel kogan says he had a heart attack in his sleep on the way to a concert, the people sitting next to him didnt know he died until they arrived at the station

[acousticore]

What they failed to mention in the book was the fact that his drink was poisoned and therefore he went into cardiac arrest.

[ichliebegeige]

I LOVE the way he plays :) Thank you so much for this.

[achantado]

Incredible. No words.

[guilobcast]

so full of personality

[bryanmurray]

ive never been a big fan of shostakovich

only when kogan plays it

[havesome888]

Awesome Playing, Ideal Style, I have no words to say.

[klimpzor]

unbeliveble

[waxenwings89]

merci beaucoup.

[Krantll]

Thanks for sharing