Is it normal that he played better the most difficult moments? The ending part is really perfect even if it's extremely difficult, but other easier parts could be played better...
@ClassicalGuitarRulez That's not surprising. The "easier" something is, the harder it is to musically capture it. He probably spent so much time trying to master the harder parts and didn't do quite the same with the "easy" parts. Happens to me all the time.
I know that fortune has favored Mr. Kaplan more than once: in the seventies while in Italy he bought "an interesting violin" from a shop for $5 thousand. The instrument turned out to be the 1685 "Le Marquis Doria" Strad that had been lost in WW2, worth maybe 500 times what he paid for it. Or more. Moral of the story: trust your violinistic instincts.
I'd like to suggest that if you're forever measuring one performance against another, one player against another, then you've moved very far off from the direct musical experience. Playing of this caliber falls in the "personal preference" category: you may prefer another rendition, but you can't be "righter" than those who like this one. You can even appreciate differences without having any particular preference. So lighten up, all you sour, jealous critics . . .
I am not sure about the comment that calls this "merely good." I play this caprice and it is quite difficult. Aside from Kaplan's version being one of the best available technically, I have rarely heard it performed (live!) with such pristine control and dynamic control. Most people just gliss through the tenths and you hear every one of them in this recording. There are some crunchy chords at the end due to his bow arm getting tired. I absolutely love his tone!
@Stringy007 Ah, so if we'd all had a sitdown with him before hand, we'd understand why this sounds so unpolished? Aiming for 'madcap' doesn't get you a free pass on overwrought errors and unpleasant sound.
Why are people so adamant about defending his precious violinist honour? Are violinists an endangered species? He's a professional musician. Criticism molds his work. If everyone had told him he was fantastic and unchangeable from his first string crossing, then he'd be an accountant by now.
As a current student of Professor Mark Kaplan, I can assure you that everything (minus what didn't go according to plan because of being on stage) was planned out extensively. The character he decided to employ was, I'm sure, exactly what he thought would best fit this piece, and that if you discussed this caprice with him you would understand what his intentions were.
comparing violinists it is as absurd as saying someone has measured sucessfuly how deep each ocean is and which one has a greater amount of water.
They simplly are talented and thank God they were and are a gift to the world. Dead or alive they are special and their names will always be remembered, admired and respected.
Why is everyone here leaving a negative comment and w'hat's all the argument. Mr. Kaplan is extremely a good violinist, otherwise he wouldn't be given this wonderful concert for the audiences. I don't understand this and what's make you think you people better than Mr. Kaplan. Are you guy music teacher or just jealous....because you got no talent and wanting to be musician yourself but you don't have the opportunity for.
Unlike Markov (and Paganini), he does not have a particulaly captivating stage presence, which I think is very important for any virtuoso, on any instrument. His execution of the argeggiated passages is also not as refined or at-ease as Markov's is, and his left-hand pizzicato is pathetic in comparison.
OMRLPdedicate....whats amusing is the amount of music Kaplan has to have under his hands for the tons of concerts he had/has...and yet his paganini is still this good...give him 3 days where all he has to work on is paganini 24 and it would be THAT much better....lol...
You may criticise him in another pleasant way, but it seemed that you're seriously unsatisfied about Mark Kaplan's paganini's interpretation , so i think, you're able to do a better job.=)
I hate it when someone puts up a criticism and then someone else is like "well why don't YOU play it?" because that is such a weak retort. It doesn't sound like he's really putting a lot into this, like people are saying. It's a difficult piece so I respect anyone who can play it, but I like to hear something spectacular and this is merely...good.
the "well why dont you play it? replay" is because the criticism like yours is totally unnecesary and not constructive, so, if you want to show someone´s mistakes just because you are boring, at least do something better than him
hotwaiter gave excellent constructive criticism. Just because someone can't do what someone else did, doesn't mean they can't contribute constructively.
most of the people who are like "well why don't YOU play it?" couldn't play it themselves anyway so i'm not sure why they feel like they should have anything to say at all. if we're going by the argument against my comment. being all unnecessary and not constructive and all...
Hey whoa there!!!!! What's up with all the criticism! He's great so shut up! None of you can play that!!!! So don't criticize on something you can't do. MY GOODNESS!!!!!!
Good for a student.Not for a pro.Where is the talent I did not see.Oh,and Heifetz's version SUCKS.Zimmermann is the only one who plays this with emotion.All others(even my favorite Kavakos) play it like a mere study.
Hmm. He's definantly very good. Very, very, very good. Of course, as far as violinists go, he's no where near the top yet. (Eh, but who am I kidding? I've only been playing eight years.)
Be that as it may, though, he's still youngish in this video it seems. In a decade or so, he'll be even better.
I don't mean to be a hater but he doesn't play it very fast and even thought the tonality is good and on the mark even in the double chords, he doesn't communicate much emotion. I'd rather see someone make a few more mistakes but actually evoke some emotion and not "play something hard well". It's so academic it makes me yawn :/
takes like 15 years to play like that,, i have 4 and i dream just even playin the begining of the Bach´s Partita... there for my violin theacher has 16 years playing and he is stuck at the middle of this caprice
i play violin and the whole plucking part in this piece is my favorate...One person that can play this better then him is Rachel Barton Pine...I saw her in person and she taught our orchestra class ♥♥♥ She is really good! She played this for us!!! ♥♥♥♥
i'm a cellist and i've heard countless musicians attempt to play this piece, everyone from violin to cello to guitar..and this guy is pretty flawless!
I didn´t hear these mistakes, but I´m not a music-genious :)Although, I think he´s very talented, and I don´t know a lot of persons, who can play this better tan he :)
Mark Kaplan has a fantastic recording out - Paganini first concerto in D. Incredible dare-devilish playing, like Gitlis. It would be nice to post it here. Bravissimo.
The orchestra i'm in at Las Vegas Academy is playing the orchestral arrangement to this and it's INSANE. I'm a viola so i have it easier but those poor violins :[ lol
I agree, poor violins, I'm a violin myself and this song is crazy I'm sure I won't be able to play it for many years. 6 years experience wouldn't cut it for this song. And I'm also glad to hear there's and orchestral version, that has to be interesting.
someone said if this is the best caprice # 24 player. but, someone else said that paganini must be better. Then, I really wonder and wanna look paganini playd this song himself.
I think this is the best version of Caprice 24 on youtube. He plays nice. Complete romance. Just like Paganini is supposed to be. I can play this stuff too, it would take at least half-a year to learn it and play it correctly. 1:39 - 1:42 the only 2 mistakes i heard in his play. They are REALLY "hearable", you can't miss them.
I JUST FARTED.. IT was kinda smelly too :O( oh how do I wished all of you could have in this enclosed room with me so as to partake in odoriferous experience :O)
I guess you don't play any classic instrument yourself, and if you say this was out of time, you simply don't know the rythm of this caprice yourself.( please don't post negative comments on something if you don't know anything about it... thx :) )
and what time signature is that in?cus i play just about well not every but most time signatures ...4/4 3/4 5/4 6/8 7/8 9/8....and i cant link this to any time signature!so if you know please tell me what time is it in?
Why must music be played within the boundaries of music signatures? This particular caprice is written in 2/4, but it's supposed to be played with more freedom, like cadenzas.
Kaplan isn't exactly "new great talent." He has been the professor of violin at UCLA for many years. If you are looking for a good recording of Viotti Concerto #22, buy Kaplan's. There aren't many other good recordings of this masterpiece.
you have understand all... i'm italian, i have done some lesson whit old teacher in direct line whit paganini teacher. i have some record from 1920 and i can say that teh interpretation is not this.. is better.. the interpretation, the handle, the speed..
When a musician looks as if they do not struggle with a piece (save the progedy's) it is only an illusion come about with great practice. Of course he's struggling, its paganini. But he is playing it, and playing it very well, I might add.
Oops,sorry,I hit the "post comment" by mistake in the middle of my comment. So, I was saying that some people hold the violin a little tight between the collar bone and their chin.that makes the violin to be in a very close contact to the skin and irritate the skin too. i myself used to use the cloth before, but then I started to hold the violin more loosely, so now, even though I still have my mark but it's not as bad as before.
are you teasing? I don't see the drool. tell me what minute. one of my students sometime drool when she plays but she is very young. I myself don't use cloth, and I was very surprised when I saw you mentioning it for drooling reason! haha...
well, some people use it because they have sensitive skin. violin's varnish or wood can really irritate the skin under or around the chin. I myself have a mark on the left side of my chin. it's also related to the technique too. some people hold the violin between the coloar bone
" heifetz does it better " -with this violinist you can very easy forget heifetz without any problem....and because i never read replays -dont waste your time.Ω
I guess. Heifetz's rendition is so clean and beautiful, it's hard to compare anyone to him. Someday maybe someone will play better, but I'm still waiting.
Kaplan is obviously an accomplished violinist, however his version of the Pag 24th just doesn't make my hair stand on end like Heifetz, Rabin (my favorite), and Markov. Also, using right- and left-hand pizzicato simultaneously instead of the much more dynamic left-hand pizzicato (alternating with bow) made this part of the piece lose some of it's pizzaz.
Mark Kaplan was briefly my violin professor at UCLA. He's actually a wonderful musician and this video proves it. He's also the funniest man ever. I still remember him yelling at me for playing a Bach Partita a half step off. He would smile and say, "Half step up, this ain't Fiddler on the Roof!"
God. Heifetz's Paganini 24 is pretty atrocious. Just because it's Heifetz doesn't mean it's the best. I like Rostropovich but I know he wasn't the best cellist for every single piece. Try Midori, Repin, Accardo, Gitlis, Grumiaux, Szeryng etc.
I don't like this: The phrasing is bad, the intonation isn't nearly perfect, it's not clean, and who the hell uses their right hand instead of the bow in left hand pizzicato? P.S. Thanks for killing my favorite variation at 2:30 by playing it as fast as you can and then taking pauses between shifts. That completely ruined it. Thanks a lot Mr. Kaplan
if i played violin i would use my right hand to bow it or whatever only because i play guitar its all preference thats like saying because one man rights left handed which i do would be wrong because its non-conformed you know what no one gives a shit anymore
having seen him as a kid (teenager) this is extremely easy for him. He's a straight up genius regardless of if you like it or not.
muken48 1 week ago
very nice i will study at this speed ,i need slow motion like this to learn fast.thank you.antonio.F.
francobrosmariachi 3 months ago
Is it normal that he played better the most difficult moments? The ending part is really perfect even if it's extremely difficult, but other easier parts could be played better...
ClassicalGuitarRulez 3 months ago
@ClassicalGuitarRulez That's not surprising. The "easier" something is, the harder it is to musically capture it. He probably spent so much time trying to master the harder parts and didn't do quite the same with the "easy" parts. Happens to me all the time.
atoafriend 1 month ago
wooo!!!! Realmente sorprendente ...una melidia inigualable..xD
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juanchiviris 5 months ago
I know that fortune has favored Mr. Kaplan more than once: in the seventies while in Italy he bought "an interesting violin" from a shop for $5 thousand. The instrument turned out to be the 1685 "Le Marquis Doria" Strad that had been lost in WW2, worth maybe 500 times what he paid for it. Or more. Moral of the story: trust your violinistic instincts.
solowinterwolf 7 months ago
@solowinterwolf The seller must have wanted to kill himself when he found out it was a strad
Wishrachi 5 months ago
I'd like to suggest that if you're forever measuring one performance against another, one player against another, then you've moved very far off from the direct musical experience. Playing of this caliber falls in the "personal preference" category: you may prefer another rendition, but you can't be "righter" than those who like this one. You can even appreciate differences without having any particular preference. So lighten up, all you sour, jealous critics . . .
solowinterwolf 7 months ago
@andro12341 Yes he did
ricaard 10 months ago
paganini is a hard composer
SuperDiva2345 11 months ago
0:30
RUIXXComics 1 year ago
I am not sure about the comment that calls this "merely good." I play this caprice and it is quite difficult. Aside from Kaplan's version being one of the best available technically, I have rarely heard it performed (live!) with such pristine control and dynamic control. Most people just gliss through the tenths and you hear every one of them in this recording. There are some crunchy chords at the end due to his bow arm getting tired. I absolutely love his tone!
mvoce135 1 year ago 3
@mvoce135 I agree, his tone is great.
oOMakotoOo 7 months ago
Playing so fine must be very very difficult.
Quinzio 1 year ago
Wow that is incredible
albertolongo2 1 year ago
уже 3 видео с шипением с телека что ли записываете эти видео.
adeliya989 1 year ago
Why do I have the headphones hissing music? Beautiful music and a bad sound quality.
adeliya989 1 year ago
An interesting choice to not do the arco at teh same time as the pizz.
crazycellist973 1 year ago
I LOVE the first note! Great performer! Wish to hear you live soon.
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1classicalmusic 1 year ago
it sounds awfully low... the girl in the other video plays it more vividly!
biordao 1 year ago
@biordao you mean Hilary Hahn?
crazycellist973 1 year ago
He makes it look so easy !
1037pm 1 year ago
whats great about youtube ... all coments are welcome ... so the internet has triumphed in its splenderous squelching of controlled past media
videosouthafrica 1 year ago
Sarah Palin could play this piece way better.
FatherWarhol 1 year ago
@FatherWarhol
Sure, with her mouth.......
Arisacepana 1 year ago
@Stringy007 Ah, so if we'd all had a sitdown with him before hand, we'd understand why this sounds so unpolished? Aiming for 'madcap' doesn't get you a free pass on overwrought errors and unpleasant sound.
Why are people so adamant about defending his precious violinist honour? Are violinists an endangered species? He's a professional musician. Criticism molds his work. If everyone had told him he was fantastic and unchangeable from his first string crossing, then he'd be an accountant by now.
Jabberpocky1 1 year ago
As a current student of Professor Mark Kaplan, I can assure you that everything (minus what didn't go according to plan because of being on stage) was planned out extensively. The character he decided to employ was, I'm sure, exactly what he thought would best fit this piece, and that if you discussed this caprice with him you would understand what his intentions were.
Stringy007 1 year ago
comparing violinists it is as absurd as saying someone has measured sucessfuly how deep each ocean is and which one has a greater amount of water.
They simplly are talented and thank God they were and are a gift to the world. Dead or alive they are special and their names will always be remembered, admired and respected.
guanacadecorazon12 1 year ago
Why is everyone here leaving a negative comment and w'hat's all the argument. Mr. Kaplan is extremely a good violinist, otherwise he wouldn't be given this wonderful concert for the audiences. I don't understand this and what's make you think you people better than Mr. Kaplan. Are you guy music teacher or just jealous....because you got no talent and wanting to be musician yourself but you don't have the opportunity for.
siemreap791 1 year ago
Paganini
the devil plays the violin
...more in the video EXCLUIDODIGITAL !
lamplola 1 year ago
and how he can play that with so much expression and feeling is beyond me
StopTheMoti0n 2 years ago
Maravilloso.
anzdf 2 years ago
hes not getting all out of the stradivari ...
AnimeXler 2 years ago
he plays perfectly good!!! but i actually prefer the Jascha Heifetz' version because of the music there
megaNickolas 2 years ago
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Unlike Markov (and Paganini), he does not have a particulaly captivating stage presence, which I think is very important for any virtuoso, on any instrument. His execution of the argeggiated passages is also not as refined or at-ease as Markov's is, and his left-hand pizzicato is pathetic in comparison.
OMRLPdedicate 2 years ago
OMRLPdedicate....whats amusing is the amount of music Kaplan has to have under his hands for the tons of concerts he had/has...and yet his paganini is still this good...give him 3 days where all he has to work on is paganini 24 and it would be THAT much better....lol...
holmesau 2 years ago
seriously?....I'd like to see you make an attempt to play this
yesiplayviola 2 years ago
Please explain to me why I have to be able to do better to be able to criticise him.
OMRLPdedicate 2 years ago
You may criticise him in another pleasant way, but it seemed that you're seriously unsatisfied about Mark Kaplan's paganini's interpretation , so i think, you're able to do a better job.=)
bountyhanz 2 years ago
How much and how long do u have to practice to be this good! WOW! he haz skillz
Irockthebach 2 years ago
lol reading all these arguments are funny.
You can go on saying you prefer someone else's but simplying saying it's "meh" isn't valid because you really can't play it.
Jaesango 2 years ago
OMG!! I love the sound of the violin!!! It's a beautiful violin!!!
Crystilwyn 2 years ago 2
Beautiful.
magyarman24 2 years ago
I was like, O__O how the.
AznPde33 2 years ago
So excellent. I love it.
taiyama87 2 years ago 5
he's great!!! if he's a new talent...
Phormio88 2 years ago
I hate it when someone puts up a criticism and then someone else is like "well why don't YOU play it?" because that is such a weak retort. It doesn't sound like he's really putting a lot into this, like people are saying. It's a difficult piece so I respect anyone who can play it, but I like to hear something spectacular and this is merely...good.
hotwaiter 2 years ago 16
I agree with you
bundac1906 2 years ago
the "well why dont you play it? replay" is because the criticism like yours is totally unnecesary and not constructive, so, if you want to show someone´s mistakes just because you are boring, at least do something better than him
maturanesa 2 years ago
hotwaiter gave excellent constructive criticism. Just because someone can't do what someone else did, doesn't mean they can't contribute constructively.
cellosuperfreak 2 years ago 2
most of the people who are like "well why don't YOU play it?" couldn't play it themselves anyway so i'm not sure why they feel like they should have anything to say at all. if we're going by the argument against my comment. being all unnecessary and not constructive and all...
hotwaiter 2 years ago 2
@hotwaiter snob.
necrofagg0t 1 year ago
@hotwaiter maybe you could find Nigel Kennedy giving it a go :)
damodrummer1 9 months ago
Hey whoa there!!!!! What's up with all the criticism! He's great so shut up! None of you can play that!!!! So don't criticize on something you can't do. MY GOODNESS!!!!!!
AdultCello 2 years ago
By the same logic, one needs to smoke drugs before knowing that they are dangerous.
chriseok 2 years ago 3
you don't have to necessarily smoke them.
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Good for a student.Not for a pro.Where is the talent I did not see.Oh,and Heifetz's version SUCKS.Zimmermann is the only one who plays this with emotion.All others(even my favorite Kavakos) play it like a mere study.
MIchaelYiochalas 2 years ago
really???....wy don't u put a video of YOU playing this...lets see how much u would suckthis guys ballls
U SUCK BIG TIME
leomitz 2 years ago
LOL!You're a fucking retard!Check the other comments to see why.You shithead.
MIchaelYiochalas 2 years ago
Hmm. He's definantly very good. Very, very, very good. Of course, as far as violinists go, he's no where near the top yet. (Eh, but who am I kidding? I've only been playing eight years.)
Be that as it may, though, he's still youngish in this video it seems. In a decade or so, he'll be even better.
lakesidemourning 2 years ago 3
This is Ilya Kaler... not Mark Kaplan.
unclefreizo 2 years ago
This version does not even get close to Jascha Heifetz's version :/
devota 2 years ago
heifetz edited it...
jonahkwok 2 years ago
I don't mean to be a hater but he doesn't play it very fast and even thought the tonality is good and on the mark even in the double chords, he doesn't communicate much emotion. I'd rather see someone make a few more mistakes but actually evoke some emotion and not "play something hard well". It's so academic it makes me yawn :/
imperio59 2 years ago 3
what does NEW TALENT mean? Is there anything special of him?
sunyuloveu 2 years ago
is it DIFFICULT?! Uh...yeah
metalnymph79 3 years ago 3
I love the beginning part!! its hard to play like that.
violina2 3 years ago
perfecto
gelmari65 3 years ago
Tremendous player. Paganini would like it.
ronoman88 3 years ago
Is playing the violin really difficult?
ArchCaRxXX 3 years ago
try and see! :)
v222v2v222v2 3 years ago
rigth man , i'ts very difucult ,
JMRG2992 3 years ago 3
Quite difficult and he is very good.
Brewhahh 3 years ago 3
takes like 15 years to play like that,, i have 4 and i dream just even playin the begining of the Bach´s Partita... there for my violin theacher has 16 years playing and he is stuck at the middle of this caprice
osmo222 3 years ago
you dont have to study 15 years to play like that.. you can play it in less than 8 or 7 years if you study very hard..
pablogriggio 2 years ago
i play violin and the whole plucking part in this piece is my favorate...One person that can play this better then him is Rachel Barton Pine...I saw her in person and she taught our orchestra class ♥♥♥ She is really good! She played this for us!!! ♥♥♥♥
jennandcarrot 3 years ago
i'm a violinist....and i assure that is fantastic.........
looooooooolok 3 years ago 10
lovely , so pure
musicequaloxygen 3 years ago
wow, the high notes at 3:08 are so clear! its beautiful
Jeffster09 3 years ago
i'm a cellist and i've heard countless musicians attempt to play this piece, everyone from violin to cello to guitar..and this guy is pretty flawless!
prettyblkftgurl 3 years ago
I didn´t hear these mistakes, but I´m not a music-genious :)Although, I think he´s very talented, and I don´t know a lot of persons, who can play this better tan he :)
ithilianoctis 3 years ago
Mark Kaplan has a fantastic recording out - Paganini first concerto in D. Incredible dare-devilish playing, like Gitlis. It would be nice to post it here. Bravissimo.
violinhunter2 3 years ago
ya lets REALLT see you play better. You must realy play it better with all the critisizing
TheSlowRiders 3 years ago
ClassicSteinwayJonas 1.40 wrong string. 2.07 2.12 2.18 2.29 2.43 3.02 3.05 3.30 3.34 3.50 It was wrong intonation moment's. But He play really good.
takhirviolinest 3 years ago
let's see you do better
droidean 3 years ago
You can listen my playing (Auer version)
takhirviolinest 3 years ago
I play Paganini caprice in 11 year's old in internationaly competition (Originale version)
takhirviolinest 3 years ago
lol, you powned them really hard XD.
chocolademan5ET 3 years ago 2
Pwned!!!
knootya 3 years ago
I think he made a mistake around 1 :45
ClassicSteinwayJonas 3 years ago
The orchestra i'm in at Las Vegas Academy is playing the orchestral arrangement to this and it's INSANE. I'm a viola so i have it easier but those poor violins :[ lol
and we're only practicing excerpts right now.
evrythngtkn 3 years ago
Why in the world would you arrange this for orchestra?
Lesolin 3 years ago
cause it's so pretty :]
it's a nationally recognized, grammy award winning orchestra so we should be able to do it justice.
evrythngtkn 3 years ago
I agree, poor violins, I'm a violin myself and this song is crazy I'm sure I won't be able to play it for many years. 6 years experience wouldn't cut it for this song. And I'm also glad to hear there's and orchestral version, that has to be interesting.
Bofay42 3 years ago
someone said if this is the best caprice # 24 player. but, someone else said that paganini must be better. Then, I really wonder and wanna look paganini playd this song himself.
Must be cool.
adDqboardsuckz 3 years ago
I think this is the best version of Caprice 24 on youtube. He plays nice. Complete romance. Just like Paganini is supposed to be. I can play this stuff too, it would take at least half-a year to learn it and play it correctly. 1:39 - 1:42 the only 2 mistakes i heard in his play. They are REALLY "hearable", you can't miss them.
Randomness65535 3 years ago
I agree
jepdez 3 years ago
markov is better!!
theromanpraetorian 3 years ago
omg insane harmonic work after the high notes at 3.10
missingwink 3 years ago
Everybody who can play this caprice is a talant.
uiuyftfd 3 years ago 4
friggin awesomee
pnaysoridiculous 3 years ago 2
i juastcan play it fast i just cant
i mean i van but his figuers are like...
i think, i really think he is related to flahs
xD
casseendedans 3 years ago
my mouth dropped open at 3:10ish 0_0
haray 3 years ago 2
search " Anton Polezhayev " he is amazing too.
mynameiZroma 3 years ago
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I JUST FARTED.. IT was kinda smelly too :O( oh how do I wished all of you could have in this enclosed room with me so as to partake in odoriferous experience :O)
communistjesus 3 years ago
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what the FUCK
aymfuck 3 years ago
wow!!! impresionante
stevebecker001 3 years ago 2
Nice!!
Chavikb 3 years ago
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does any classical player ever play on any time signiture?everything i watcched is out of time everywhere!
petar870602 3 years ago
ja, stimmt. I am agreeing totally: this man should play with metronome at home more.
JurgenMeisterschmidt 3 years ago
I guess you don't play any classic instrument yourself, and if you say this was out of time, you simply don't know the rythm of this caprice yourself.( please don't post negative comments on something if you don't know anything about it... thx :) )
Filiusnox 3 years ago 3
and what time signature is that in?cus i play just about well not every but most time signatures ...4/4 3/4 5/4 6/8 7/8 9/8....and i cant link this to any time signature!so if you know please tell me what time is it in?
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2/4
Filiusnox 3 years ago
tap the time signature with your hand or foot and be honest in your head and thing if this is in time!dont answer me just tap it and think!
petar870602 3 years ago
Why must music be played within the boundaries of music signatures? This particular caprice is written in 2/4, but it's supposed to be played with more freedom, like cadenzas.
Artakserksis 3 years ago 3
It s Beatyfull!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
siuru31 3 years ago 2
amazing
rfillmor 3 years ago 2
4:21. Wow
Inigobalboa 3 years ago
Jack Glatzer plays all Paganini extremely well.
but unfortunately he's not on youtube :(
chiara123 3 years ago
Kaplan isn't exactly "new great talent." He has been the professor of violin at UCLA for many years. If you are looking for a good recording of Viotti Concerto #22, buy Kaplan's. There aren't many other good recordings of this masterpiece.
aimson 3 years ago
This caprice has one master...Alexander Markov.
maestrovivaldi 3 years ago 4
this caprice has one master, paganini himself, no one can play it better than paganini probably could.
leifman7 3 years ago
you have understand all... i'm italian, i have done some lesson whit old teacher in direct line whit paganini teacher. i have some record from 1920 and i can say that teh interpretation is not this.. is better.. the interpretation, the handle, the speed..
paoloviol73 3 years ago
Recrod of who? Paganini was born in 1782 and died in 1840.
Randomness65535 3 years ago
He's trying to play it off, but if you look closely, you can see that he's struggling. Not at all like Alexander Markov.
XEA6L 3 years ago
When a musician looks as if they do not struggle with a piece (save the progedy's) it is only an illusion come about with great practice. Of course he's struggling, its paganini. But he is playing it, and playing it very well, I might add.
manmanster 3 years ago
incredible...perfect
skimped on the left hand pizz a bit though
whoathere69 3 years ago
Perfect? This is a sucky interpretation. One of the worst ones I`ve ever heard.
1courage 3 years ago
Everyone's entitled to an opinion. Except you, obviously.
FredilYupigo 3 years ago
i kind of agree
some parts he does very well but i have heard better
MFRedeemerp2 3 years ago
This was too fast... really fast -- and the phrasing is all messed up. Tone production problems, but the runs in the end were nice!
cageynerd 3 years ago
lovely. that was beautiful.
iliketowatchny84 3 years ago
la verdad increilbe
cuando yo puedsa tocar eso me voy a emocionar de una manera,ja
un saludo a todos
rafaa
rafamoste93 3 years ago
he's good, watch my solo on my page
peacemaker987 3 years ago
Oops,sorry,I hit the "post comment" by mistake in the middle of my comment. So, I was saying that some people hold the violin a little tight between the collar bone and their chin.that makes the violin to be in a very close contact to the skin and irritate the skin too. i myself used to use the cloth before, but then I started to hold the violin more loosely, so now, even though I still have my mark but it's not as bad as before.
musique55 3 years ago
search " Paganini 18 Anton Polezhayev "
mynameiZroma 3 years ago
he is nervous, I can say. the end bowing was really interesting.... lol I am sure he is much more musical than what we can see in this performance.
musique55 3 years ago
Very beautiful! I love this version!
AndreiKrylov 3 years ago
I suppose violinists put that rag under their chins to catch their drool...
arcentei01 3 years ago
and i suppose your a viola player? HAHAHA zing!
tyKi27 3 years ago
yep... violas r so much better than violins lol
arcentei01 3 years ago
hahahaha... OMG, what kind of comment is that? where did you get that idea? haha
musique55 3 years ago
Where do u think? Watch the drool fall onto his rag and ull see...
Although I would like to know y violinists use that cloth and violists don't...
arcentei01 3 years ago
are you teasing? I don't see the drool. tell me what minute. one of my students sometime drool when she plays but she is very young. I myself don't use cloth, and I was very surprised when I saw you mentioning it for drooling reason! haha...
musique55 3 years ago
Yes I'm just teasing. It's fun to see the replies, but I am interested as to y it's used...
arcentei01 3 years ago
well, some people use it because they have sensitive skin. violin's varnish or wood can really irritate the skin under or around the chin. I myself have a mark on the left side of my chin. it's also related to the technique too. some people hold the violin between the coloar bone
musique55 3 years ago
Thx for that... quite interesting to know...
arcentei01 3 years ago
very, very good!
s0sao 3 years ago
toca bem mais muitos erros
denomulos 3 years ago
heifetz's and milstein's renditions are much better. maybe someday he would reach their lvl, just someday
suicidemusical 3 years ago 4
I am very impressend. As good as Heifetz. But I like David Garretts caprice #24 as well!
Kerbwirkung 3 years ago
Very very nice!
dmelkumo 3 years ago
this is the best
PianistDoGuSS 4 years ago
Eddie Van Halen is the best violinist of all time.
unchained1978 4 years ago
no NIcolo Paganini is the greatest violinist of all time
bb0yfresn0 4 years ago 3
no Im the greatest violonist of all time.
Tripoodo 3 years ago
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Jimmy Page is the best use of a violin bow user of all time :p.
hairmetal18 3 years ago
well played.
MasterK1ller123 4 years ago
to those who stuck in the past ,with this junk
" heifetz does it better " -with this violinist you can very easy forget heifetz without any problem....and because i never read replays -dont waste your time.Ω
1212818181815 4 years ago
I guess. Heifetz's rendition is so clean and beautiful, it's hard to compare anyone to him. Someday maybe someone will play better, but I'm still waiting.
emanueljones 4 years ago
yea, heifetz does it better
idioticmonkey43 4 years ago
Kaplan is obviously an accomplished violinist, however his version of the Pag 24th just doesn't make my hair stand on end like Heifetz, Rabin (my favorite), and Markov. Also, using right- and left-hand pizzicato simultaneously instead of the much more dynamic left-hand pizzicato (alternating with bow) made this part of the piece lose some of it's pizzaz.
legman36 4 years ago
absolute zr30 thanks for saying michael rabins version is good. i love his version of all 24
violaplayer1995 4 years ago
Workmanlike performance; liked Markov's version a lot more.
DanielSong39 4 years ago
Mark Kaplan was briefly my violin professor at UCLA. He's actually a wonderful musician and this video proves it. He's also the funniest man ever. I still remember him yelling at me for playing a Bach Partita a half step off. He would smile and say, "Half step up, this ain't Fiddler on the Roof!"
grnslves4 4 years ago
still he is very very goog\d. espacially his tone
hatulya 4 years ago
Not as good as Heifetz's version.
hatulya 4 years ago
No version is as good as Heifetz's.
gangstanerd135 4 years ago
God. Heifetz's Paganini 24 is pretty atrocious. Just because it's Heifetz doesn't mean it's the best. I like Rostropovich but I know he wasn't the best cellist for every single piece. Try Midori, Repin, Accardo, Gitlis, Grumiaux, Szeryng etc.
John11inch 4 years ago 3
My favorite rendition of this caprice is either Heifetz's or Michael Rabin's, but not this guy's at all.
AbsoluteZ3R0 4 years ago
New talent? If I'm not mistaken, Mark is a contemporary of Perlman and Zuckerman - this video must be over 20 years old.
winrx 4 years ago
That's because this is over 20 years old.
foodxisxgood 4 years ago
Mark Kaplan is the BEST violinist EVER!!!! His technique is flawless and he plays perfectly. He is a brilliant person!
davidkimball2000 4 years ago
offf pagani offff betifull ı lowe you you You are only
mohican1453 4 years ago
You people are crazy!
He's good
mafiadragon5988 4 years ago
estan todos en pedo, el tipo toca bárbaro,yo le pongo un 20/10.
pablogriggio 4 years ago
I don't like this: The phrasing is bad, the intonation isn't nearly perfect, it's not clean, and who the hell uses their right hand instead of the bow in left hand pizzicato? P.S. Thanks for killing my favorite variation at 2:30 by playing it as fast as you can and then taking pauses between shifts. That completely ruined it. Thanks a lot Mr. Kaplan
AbsoluteZ3R0 5 years ago
if i played violin i would use my right hand to bow it or whatever only because i play guitar its all preference thats like saying because one man rights left handed which i do would be wrong because its non-conformed you know what no one gives a shit anymore
JesseS420 4 years ago