Handel-Halvorsen - Passacaglia - Jascha Heifetz, Gregor Piatigorsky

[Juom3n]

Who wrote this Passacaglia?

[RWW124]

@Juom3n Johan halvorsen

[Juom3n]

@RWW124 I thought that this was wroten by Handel. Sorry my poor english.

[Nime64]

@RWW124

Isn't it the Handel-Halvorsen Passacaglia?

[nicolotar]

Great Performance by Legends , Thank you for sharing the Clip and very educational description .

[aldomasi]

Mi piace questa musica-Bellissima

[KyotoMelody]

I love this piece! Thank you!

[DasMastaduke]

Heh, when I listen to this masterpiece I think the music is evolving backwards, how else could something awesome like this turn into modern bullshit like Lady Gaga and the like? (Of course I'm not saying everything that is new or mordern sucks, but for me 80% or more of the charts and "top songs" just suck and this has been true for quite some years now.. though I have to admit the number seems to be increasing a little bit over the time.)

[dileizhan]

I cried listening to the ending.

[BombedNevada]

I just heard this played for a viola recital live as a violin viola duet. I don't think I have heard anything more powerful. Absolutely amazing piece.

[berituka]

so much soul, wonderful!!!

[MrCello1912]

ok now 1:30 just looks wrong

[SomeAnimeOtaku]

@MrCello1912 lol = D

[chenywyun01]

it makes me homesick

[b3north]

LIstening to this pair (they were in their 60's) after listening to newer very much younger players. This recording does not lose in the comparing. Their playing is controlled, passionate without being loud, rough, and brash, and they match their style of playing so much better than many of the much younger, modern pairs. For a pair of old men, they kick ass.

[paulostroff99]

Superb! TY C.R.for posting

[Patruki09]

Fantastic♥

[Delcini]

Great playing of course but the sound is not wonderful. Try the Sammons/Tertis version (the original, with viola); one gets a real impression of the beauty of Sammons' playing. (It's on youTube)

[TomBarrister]

The pianist at 4:40 is Leonard Penarrio, and I believe the photo is from the early to mid 1960's. Penarrio was one of the few pianists that Heifetz got along with (his longtime accompanist Brooks Smith was the other), and they and Piatigorsky recorded and performed extensively for many years, as well as meeting informally when all were free (which was rarely). Supposedly, at least one of their recordings has never been released.

[ClassicalRecords]

@TomBarrister If you search my channel, I have posted an excellent version of Dvorak's Trio in F minor with all three of them.

[612curtis]

I want cello lessons now O.o 

[ralfyrules]

best version on youtube

[Schtofenbach]

Beautiful. Thanks for posting this.

[Cellolife97]

@hkobb7 um...could you explain what the "molto energico" and the "allegro con Fuocco" are?

[JFKWT]

@Cellolife97 very energetically & fast with fire

[hkobb7]

(Though that could totally be the recording)

[hkobb7]

I liked the whole thing very much (but for the sound quality), save for the Molto energico before the allegro con fuoco. I didn't like the sound of the doublestops very much at. That said, the Allegro con Fuoco that follows is likely the best I've ever heard. All in all, definitely not a "thumbs down".

[Cellolife97]

2:14 - 2:31 Wow!! that part is just wonderfull!!!

[nymjenny]

Watching Perlman play this piece, I didn't feel a thing. But just listening to Heifetz, I'm definitely beyond moved.

[SomeAnimeOtaku]

@nymjenny I think that says something about you and not about Perlman, I was definitely moved by Perlman's playing..

[blazer2800]

It is just me, or is Heifetz's sound unusually thin and flims sounding in this recording?

[xfallenfornarutox]

If there is such thing as soul music... this is it.

[concertviolinist]

Wow! So excellent! Absolutely lovely! I've never heard the Passacaglia violin part done with the cello before. I played this work (on violin) obviously with viola during my teens and onwards but I'd never known it to be alternatively scored until today,

25th January 2011.

[Th3R3M1nd3r]

@concertviolinist You're late! :D

[concertviolinist]

@Th3R3M1nd3r Just saw ur comment - not understand it

[xX0maRta0Xx]

i want to play it !! :D

anybody have got the sheet?

[Th3R3M1nd3r]

@xX0maRta0Xx I saw someone post free sheet music, but unfortunately the video is down. Try Google.

[ViolinistZach218]

@xX0maRta0Xx go to petrucci.com its a public domain site for all instruments and type in passacaglia in the search bar down the page on the left

[xX0maRta0Xx]

@ViolinistZach218 oohh thanks! :) I got it ! ^^

[themusicdr]

love it

[HeadfulOfHollow]

Beautiful... I grew up with the Heifetz-Primrose version, but this is equally great!

[Aiglea]

I've heard many versions... but this one is the best!

God, Heifetz is too good! So pure!!! I shiver everytime I hear 1:24!

[cellomaniac94]

BRAAVOOO

[ericgable]

NOOO, hes smoking! the smell will get into the cello...!

[angelonktk]

Hhhmmmmmm, delicious! I listen to some of the heaviest bands of metal, but this song ALWAYS will stay in my top 5 (L)

[hotrodda413]

O wow.. Heifetz was 62 and Piatgorsky was 60.. Both way past their primes.. Imagine if they eamed up at 35 or 40.. Holy amazing!!! And I love how they basically rewrite the molto energico at the end haha. Halvorsen did not write that lol

[kyokotag]

Thank you very much for uploading this... gives me goosebumps!

[MrAlexbradley]

ive got to say, the wells cunningham version is a bit more...inspired

[100violinista]

hermoso!!



[Arrtak]

BRAVISSIMO

[spind]

Magnificent, it was available on CD as partf the 65-volume Heifetz Collection

[NagihikoCantabile]

Awesomeness in its purest form.

[ibv56]

thanks for share this audio document.

[Domuu]

Heifetz and Piatigorsky bring an intensity that only adds to the performance and really leaves their own personal mark on the music.

[Morphae]

This song is most agreeable.

[skraisorn]

Beautiful.

I love this piece so much and this performance is a phenomenon.

[elfcon11]

this is one of my favorite versions of this piece that ive ever heard. The level of playing and ensemble in this recording makes it unreal to listen to. Chills every time i hear it, despite the fact that ive heard it so many times. I can't wait to play this duet myself

[AbPanormo]

Thanks for this. I have the original LP, but some of the photos were new to me.

A few thoughts: the sound quality of both artists is instantaneously recognizable; this cannot be said of any string player now before the public; both Heifetz and Piatigorsky played with physical restraint--no mugging for the audience, no theatrical emoting. Just sublime playing.

The connection between the modern-day made-for-TV visual style and a the lack of any recognizable tonal profile is striking to me.

[celloman]

Thank you for posting!

[speedybabyface]

Superb, great, fascinating !!!