Fritz Kreisler plays his Caprice Viennois Op# 2

[peterlunow]

Kreisler himself and Ruggero Ricci are the two masters that make me cry with this

piece

[PaperGrape]

This is the first time I've ever listened to Kreisler actually play. Incredible.

[cclementi6]

The best interpretation probably, since it's from the composer...

[wehatchanyegg]

Thanks for this - did you know that the WW1 fighter pilot ace Edward 'Mick' Mannock used to play this piece on his violin to help his mind escape the trauma of war?

[plk25425]

Beautiful...

[dududevynidu]

This is the most beautiful playing I ever heard

[dududevynidu]

Wow. This is just brilliant! Thank you very much for uploading this

[Rowland107]

Wonderful, just wonderful. Does anyone know whose orchestration this is?

[BeatrixPotterer]

I believe that there is no existing video of Kreisler - I have a dvd of old masters and the only footage they could find of him for the disc was a news reel of him with his wife getting off an ocean liner and waving to the crowds.

[pianosemigod]

anyone knows if we have any video recordings of kreisler? thanks.

[thepianoforte]

oh... the very first performance of this piece I really  do LOVE!!!!

[Operalover12002]

I have just shed tears with this clip.

I agree with the comment of robotnik77.

And all works of Fritz Kreisler heal us a lot.

[Operalover12002]

How fabulous to see the composer himself play his own work! But frankly,

I had not recognized the title of this piece

until I browsed a few You Tube websites.

This is melodious and deserves the title

of a masterpiece! Thanks for posting this clip!!

[ipmoic]

This slow melody is still just as beautiful as his more youthful performances. BUT: Kreisler's wife was mercenary and it is she that prompted Fritz to continue to perform long after his technical abilities had faded.

(His being hit by a truck (!) in 1941 also caused a more precipitous decline).

My father, a professional violinist, heard Kreisler at Carnegie Hall in 1950. (age 75) He told me that this was a heart-wrenching, sad event for all those who knew and had enjoyed Kreisler in his prime.

[melomansarasatiste]

wow great violonist

an artist is not the one who can can be fast, everybody can play fast when one practise, but not a lot of violonists have this warm sound beautiful

thanks for posting

[robotnik77]

This is from his last recording session when

he was an old man. He knew how to keep your

eyes moist, didn't he? he had a touch no one

else ever had.

[bubbles9816]

oh my god !!!

[picmeco]

Kreisler keeps us human!

[Violinjunky]

Thank you!

[firesong75]

This is so beautiful. My father used to play it on the violin. Brings back many lovely memories.

[scratchybow]

corne1999, Thank you for the post. a beautiful piece by a

master violinist.

[cornel999]

interesting - he played different notes than what's published, in the sixteenth note section just before the reprise. did he rework this later?

[woll2502]

Different dynamic and time too, perhaps he was makeing joke to his own composition.(just a kidding, he is one of my favourite violinist) It shows how difficult to play every thing correctly as written, even master like Kreisler! You can call its 'Rubato', as long sound beautiful, that's important!!!!

[YTM021807]

Great lyricism and "nostalgia". Absolutely beautiful!!