Menuhin - Paganini Moto Perpetuo

[Maracangaia1]

Chromatic harmonica: 3:21 min

Edu da Gaita

The best ever.

youtube.com/watch?v=KrriLcEPiO­k

[pokerbarato]

Incrível, já vi esse vídeo uma 20 vezes e não canso, porque ele toca perfeitamente.

[rapter9800]

If you hear a thud during the video it's actually God's jaw hitting the floor in amazement.

[spyroninja]

27 dislikes? i bet 5 of them are from menuhin's fingers

[lolmanlolify]

Sudden movements of Menuhins face make it look sped up. Same for 2:26-2:29.

[MrStealthNacho]

That pianist's name is Adolph Baller, he doesn't need to look interested.

[fandoro1]

I'm playing and if you know that studying is not so difficult. insurance

[TheChiclesClub]

the joy of the pianist's face

[tinyteishy]

lol @ ehlee86.. classic

[danceswithkodos]

that pianist looks bored as fuck.

[yanniesaurus]

haha pianist looks so bored

[anva280]

sencillamente sensacional

[frederickgauss]

tocalo ligado ahora! jaj

[eterrer]

I agree with Cuartetolirice. See Adolf Baller in 0:30. He doesn´t like be recording.

[138111]

definitely that left hand is worth 10,000,000 bucks!

[mateusbelloni]

pianist!

[Cuartetolirice]

It's very funny to look at pianist's faces while playing like: BORING jajajajaja

[ehlee86]

this is the last piece i played while taking violin lessons and all the masturbation in the world couldn't help me play nearly as fast as he did

[ss032010310103]

@ehlee86 awesome n disturbing at the same time

[gt001g]

Could someone slow down the tape to the real speed (1/2 step down that is)? How does the pianist manage to make the stand appear and disappear during the performance? Ah, the magic of movies!

[paulostroff99]

Superb playing. TY a for posting

[DGramusset]

26 people think they can play it better than Mehunin

[vizhtor77]

27..and people are free of disliking one violinist even if they are not as good as him..Look at him..so much tension..how could he play like this..he transmit this tension to the audience, and I wouldn't be happy seeing him play..besides, many notes are not clear..Perlman's, Heifetz's and Rabin's are OUTSTANDING recordings of this piece..the difference between them and Menuhin is gigantical..but if you don't want to understand it don't understand it..

[Markosmcs]

o comentarista do G1 indicou esse video, dizendo da rapidez do violinista,

com razão supreendente como toca, ´´sentir a música e não vestila``

[PrissyJJ]

Wow.

[animelover1y]

Simply Superb playing by Menuhin, but it's sped up quite a bit. It's half a step higher than normal.

[jc28903]

Ha the guy on the piano looks so bored

[foggiapino]

La natura deve aver concesso

a Paganini una predisposizione

fisica che l’esercizio ha poi condotto

alla perfezione tecnica”.

In definitiva un miracolo della natura

piuttosto che un patto con il Diavolo!

[Ulveren]

Dazzling!

[ahpedrami]

i always wonder: did the old masters tend to use shoulder rests, or no? i for one simply cannot play without one.

[hXc232]

@ahpedrami in the majority of cases, yes, though some violinists swear by using just a folded cloth or something similar

[hanblum]

@ahpedrami I can't play my violin *with* one. I think it depends on your neck and your violin.

[remusrimbu2]

@ahpedrami Heifetz and Szeryng didn't use shoulder rest,this I know for sure.But If you have a long neck,you will need one(like I myself do)otherwise you will soon have health problems.

[F1ddlePlayer]

There's no doubt Menuhin's playing of this piece is utterly fantastic. (And what about his Paganini concerto no. 1, flawless and wonderfully musical and the whole thing recorded in one take? Epic playing on an unimaginable scale...)

But in the Moto Perpetuo it is funny to see the evidence of the film-making - for example in the closeup shots the pianist has no music, but in all the long shots he does. Does anyone know if here they are miming to their own pre-recorded performance?

[GrumpyForest]

there are idiots on earth and it seems than 26 of them can do it better

[savioponte]

He may look like Charlie Sheen or Emilio Esteves as you told. But as an old man he's VERY close to Christopher Lloyd, just look at google images.

[ChibiRaikou]

adolf baller

[Superpopprincess111]

Yehudi has very fast hands!It is like a fast forward video.

[davidsmffei]

@Superpopprincess111 That's what she said!

[SAINTsoldi]

how in the freaking heck could some1 ever compose this song?

[An0niempje]

@SAINTsoldi I have though that with multiple pierces by composers like Paganini.

I think it is because he was a extremely talented violinist himself and wrote some things to show that. It is known that Mozart did the same, trying to compose music that only he could play.

[MrArdelco1970]

que tecnica se usa para tocar el moto perpetuo ? es sautille?

[MrArdelco1970]

wow!

[sezgibalci]

I can hardly watch this...

[xDAlexandra]

amazing. looks so easy. (: ^^

[lucilalanderreche]

Don't know who are those 26 insane persons who dislike this video...

[xather13]

great piano

[mastershift18]

THE SLASH IN VIOLIN VIOLIN HERO BUY IT NOW LOL

[torstein1492]

Winning

[SirSebastianWang]

The pianist has such an easy part compared to the violinist!

[jazgeo]

I noticed that this video has over 1,300 people that like it. And that is totally understandable in the fact the Menuhin is a genius among geniuses. But what about the 26 people that said they didn't like it? What kind of glue are they sniffing? LOL

[dancewiththedeath]

0:32 Poooor loooooser!!!! xD

[gycoog]

slow

[WinstonBarlowViolin]

@gycoog so you play it faster?

[gycoog]

too slow.

[Archista]

Charlie Sheen blinked and cured his brain *WINNING*. He also stopped NOT learning and learned how to play the violin perfectly in an afternoon.

[marklovescadaques]

I hope VertousWLF was talking about a valve trombone. Much easier!

[boricuatrumpet69]

That was faster than the tempo suggests but wow that was awesome.

[newFranzFerencLiszt]

Damn boring piece

[VertousWLF]

@compaqsr1610nx ...needless to say, it sucks

[marklovescadaques]

metsoforte asks what the manuscript looks like. Let me tell you. Crowded!

[VertousWLF]

......i have to play this on trombone :/

[TheAtak47]

what is the name of the song from Brigada Part 8 when they entry the opera,tnx

[fardisat]

Miren como se esfuerza ese pianista woow !

[skaudie]

Whew! I'm breathless now. Lol

[Chavezoid]

That Paganini fella was a practical joker

[zazzhands]

timeless and incredible

[xxcarlyxx]

his arm must be aching!

[lucianateodoro]

HAHAHAHAHA...Meu Deus...0-0'

[metsoforte]

I wonder what the manuscript looks like...

[mightyservant]

I didn't know that Charlie Sheen can play violin.

[BaRToLoMaSi]

@mightyservant HAHAHA! he deff should be violinist and not pianist at 2 and a half men! hahaha

[Jonlemaar]

@mightyservant Are you kidding? He's been around since the world was black and white.

Charlie Sheen quote: “I’ve got a 10,000 year old brain and the boogers of a 7 year old.”

[BlackCrowNavajo]

@mightyservant it's not him.. this is Emilio Estevez...

[firebot4]

@mightyservant WINNING

[BlackMasterJoe89]

@mightyservant

You'd be amazed what Tiger's blood can do lol. Nice Observation!

[omygood424]

@mightyservant WINNING!!!

[ShiftyRobot]

@mightyservant I didn't know Charlie Sheen could play the violin*

[LadyInDaHouse88]

lol the guy at the piano looks kinda bored. ;)

[WonderIsGood]

Someone: Can you please compose something for violin and piano?

Paganini: Gladly. What is piano?

[esculapio69]

25 people are as bored as the pianist.

[mcrflyleafdisturbed]

@esculapio69 Hahaha! That made my day.

[paganini1689]

Brillante... 

[arthurmes]

O melhor é a cara do pianista de "Que ego imenso!"

The best part is the pianist's face: "What a huge ego!"

[Javier141145]

¡¡¡Excelente!!!

[lopaaione]

Maybe thats why metal merchants are into classical music..listen to these great violinists ( Menuhin, Heifetz , Oistrakh and perlman to name a few) then listen to the shredmeisters( Malmsteen, Vai, Satriani, Skolnik Freedman etc,etc)

[kaylasdaddy55]

@lopaaione Exactly. I think the classical influence in heavy metal is what drew me to it to begin with, and subsequently led me to my current love of classical today.

[fallinguer]

culiao motivao, le pone weno el compare

[helibarros]

Bravo! Bravissimo! Yehudi Menuhin plays violin easily. By the way, the brazilian Edu da Gaita plays this same tune in a harmonica.

[kaylasdaddy55]

@helibarros you have a link to that?

[hotjellyinthemorning]

the pianist looks very challenged and amused!

[ienjoymusic27]

what great piano, ey?

[thescowlingschnauzer]

This is what speed metal sounded like back in the nineteenth century.

[jast11]

@thescowlingschnauzer How old are you? :)

[sa6uto]

@jast11 id say he's about 150 years old meaning he is hiding his world record for longest living xD

[hotjellyinthemorning]

@thescowlingschnauzer that would be the 20TH

[thescowlingschnauzer]

@hotjellyinthemorning Yes, Menuhin would be the 20th. Paganini would be 19th. He would have recorded it himself, but they didn't have video back then.

[TerrorizerGrindspeed]

Wow....and it looks like he was playing alot of it eyes closed!

[Aikamatsu]

juilliard had this song on their optional requirement list... FOR CELLO

[SirTypingError]

To think that one can play that fast... Wow...

[airvarie]

Damn!!! that it's all finish in 3 minute

[creeloebelle]

The pianist at :30 is like.... "enough already you showoff... can I be done now???"

[mimiaquin]

12 notas por segundo... Grande Nicolo, Grande Yehudi!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[tjpark0420]

This is sped up.. It's a half-tone higher than the original key of C major..

Menuhin was a genious anyway

[thrashmetal4life1]

Question, weren't videos in the 40s speedup? And wouldnt that mean this recording isnt the original speed at it was played?

[Dr3dziQ]

look at the pianist at 0.30 and few seconds further. Is he bored?

[77liszt]

@Dr3dziQ yes!

[markzemusic]

Great video. What a pro!

[LALO4992]

way to take one for the team on the pianists part. the bass player of his day.

[Koganification]

0:32...classic face. He's thinking, 'OK Yehudi, you've proved you're a genius, now can I please play something interesting?'. Great fiddle playing!

[fatherlewis]

LOL at the expression of the pianist at 0:33...he looks soo bored lol

[andviol]

@fatherlewis jajajajajajajajajaja itz amazing....jajaja

[cchamp27]

pianist's face at 0:32 is classic

[SultanKaraMusic]

lol i watched this right after a david garrett video now im laughing :P

[trmn8rusa]

You can see in Paganini where Yngwie found his guitar style.

[shadowknight132]

@trmn8rusa

The only thing different is that Paganini is a composer, Yngwie isn't. Plus Paganini didn't stick to playing only fast.

[wildchild15381]

@Violascry jajajajaja does not look? jajajaja try it !!!

[Violascry]

@wildchild15381 lol I was being sarcastic... hence the capital letters on "ALL"...

[takhirviolinest]

it's true tempo

if you will work you will found his spiccato if no jsut look to my video's...

[nicodagger]

Menuhin should have played this at Woodstock, even Hendrix would have bowed down.

[Alphaplz]

wtf!!!!12 notes per second:D

[kostaVHjovanovic]

uhh fuck :O

[haymarketmassacre]

That is why they said Paganini sold his soul to the devil to create such great works.

[jazztom86]

@Genesis415 I was about to write the same :D

[outoftunefiddler]

....but where's the sheet music..???? .I KNOW it's there somewhere! Too many 16th notes to memorize! Take it from me..:))

[dreamer19990]

-major kowtow x 192387129831238 times-

[anehtannyl]

@NOalRAZZISMO The video IS realistic. The pitch is perfectly fine. This is EXACTLY what it sounds like when I play this myself, and has for years.

[NOalRAZZISMO]

@anehtannyl Do you play the piece in C sharp Major? Congrats, excellent transposing exercise! However on second thought I think the sharpness is due to the age of the recording....

[insaneguitarfreak]

@NOalRAZZISMO I believe something like that, i think the video sped up a llittle during the process of digitalizing the videotape or at some other moment. I had a tape recorder that used to play everything up a semitone that 440, and a bit faster.that usual, so something similar must be happening. I think this also happened with Kazuhito Yamashita´s video of "La boda de Luis Alonso", here on youtube. Best wishes

[mitchimusmaximus1]

paganini was a savage

[akorsos]

legjobb a zongorakísérő arca

[ChronicMetamorphosis]

We tried having sex to this and my girlfriend exploded.

[scrupuleux1]

BENI SOIT MENUHIN ET QU'IL NOUS BENISSE TOUS D'OÙ IL JOUE MAINTENANT: POUR DIEU EN PERSONNE

[harino45]

i love the pianist's face at the beginning hahaha

[s74elena]

adpfiqduv [jpn1oierut1n =]vpo4

[shadowknight132]

How come the pianist looked like man, this guy is getting on my nerves.

[ttcjj]

My grandfather (violonist) is the last descendant of the exact Paganini learn method.

He used to play very good

[firstdance2]

What a pianist, guys!.

[D0g63rt]

@firstdance2

You know what they say about people with big pianists?

Big hands!

[wamadeus]

@alextamuk a woman of a female rabbit? XD

[AnAmericanComposer]

Holy CRAP! That piano part is HARD!!!!!!

[judzineck]

man, that pianist is cool:-D the look on his face at 0:32 xD

[dalecampbl5]

how many notes are in this piece?

[aweitzer1]

@dalecampbl5 approximately 3-4000 consecutive semiquavers

[BWclara2005]

the bored prick on the piano, boomchucking quarter notes while the violinist plays his fingers bloody. hahaha

[GoTFCanada1230]

wow...

[stevenaer]

Impresionante, este tipo fue el mejor del siglo XX sin dudas y uno de los mejores de la historia. Mi padre fue violinista y se hubiese desmayado si ve esto.

[acla9000]

Spectacular!!

[filopaa1990]

eeeeeh si, certo...

[1994FK1]

dove si trova l'URL?

[heartlesschieti]

31122051 scommetto che non è musicista

[m4rr3co2]

wow, insane insane.....o.O

is it very hard to do that with the violin? i never played before

[31122051]

Il buon vecchio Paganini : fenomeno da baraccone per eccelenza. Come al solito una marea di virtuosismo campato per aria senza un minimo di sentimento. Per imparare a suonare il violino sonon molto più utili Bach e Vivaldi.

[31122051]

Violino = A. Vivaldi / J. S. Bach.

[daynelmarzo]

Amazing.

[fraaahsz]

it's not sped up!

[jhenryvln]

It's been sped up. Check the intonation it's now in C#. Still a lot better than I can do it.

[backdooruser]

it hasnt been sped up at all. i think this is just pangs of jealousy

[jhenryvln]

If it wasn't sped up, then they tuned their instruments up a half step. Of course maybe they played it in C# just to show off.

[kittyluvr12]

older recordings tend to be this way. check some heifetz recordings, they are higher than normal. this is definitely not sped up.

[moldyoreo]

It isn't sped up nor tuned funny. The sharpness is an artifact of the recording's age.

[jiasokim]

David Garrett is OWNED by menuhin, heifetz, and perlman. Especially menuhin. Garrett can't even compare to menuhin's scherzo tarantelle

[takhirviolinest]

@jiasokim no, you are wrong

[Kantarranas]

Thanks so much for sharing this amazing performance.

[AdvocateToTheAccuser]

Yehudi Menuhin is one cool cucumber.

[Violinater]

Hey guys. How do I know that this recording isnt sped up?

The higher pitch would seem to indicate that this recording was sped up.

Am I right in assuming this...I mean even his movements look a little..."rigged"...so to speak.

I just can't believe how fast it is.

[viharsarok]

It's not sped up. It's Menuhin's style to play everything faster than usual to show off his mad skillz. The downside of it is that the intonation and the expressiveness are sacrificed. I don't like Menuhin's style to be honest. I prefer Heifetz.

[RatherLargeAllan]

Watch the pianist: the hands are in the right place for the notes we hear. YM made everything look easy - very deceptive!

[sneddley]

Notice that the sound of the pianist doesn't match the picture from the start. His notes are often played short in the sound and long in the picture. The right hand has to come off the keys to make the articulation that is in the sound.

[sneddley]

I believe you are on the right track. With all the different camera angles it's clear they couldn't record sound and picture at the same time. That's why it looks strange and that's why they couldn't show Menuhin from the beginning of the piece. Notice also the crescendo on the last note in the sound but he didn't do it in the picture. It almost cuts off, but you can see it.

[crazy77town]

come on, you can see it is not by the expressions of the piannist!! they would seem as well weirdly fast, but they are just natural!!