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  • The same old Williamsian flamboyance.

  • Hey! Is that a mustache with a face?

  • All i want for Christmas is that Gene Shalit mustache.

  • The narrator looks like a dick in a box with a mustache...

  • perlman its awesome, also john williams... but that its very distorted tango.. i dont know why they made it so hispanic/mediterranean... in hollywood th best example of tango is in moulin rouge

  • @bettuxx How is it distorted? 1! 2 3 4, 1! 2 3 4.... >> The composer is french, which is quite near Spain and the mediterrenian. The composer also died in Columbia which is... hispanic. It is no stretch of the immagination to play a tango, in a hispanic style... The tango itself is hispanic in origin(Argentina). What else would you make them have it be? Klezmer?

  • Who thinks the moustache looks fake?

  • @lamentofthelost uhmm you...

  • Por Una Cabeza is available on beemp3.com

    BUT... It is done by 'Pedro's Heavy Gentlmen' and it only goes for like 2:08 :(

  • Some people are never happy. This is an outstanding performance - jealousy is a terrible thing!....

  • Love this piece! is it available in iTunes?

  • @boaz2001 If you use firefox you can rip it from youtube as an mp3/mp4/flv/mpeg.

  • Anyone who thinks that Lee Che-Yi did a better job is insane. Lee Che-Yi did a good job, but it's not better than Perlman's. Itzhak's had more musicality. Lee sounded rushed at times and off-balance in certain passages.

  • What's with the moustache?!?!

  • How anyone could find fault with this performance by Perlman is beyond me.

  • not intense enough...i came to feel this song's flames...instead i got a nightlight

  • METZUIAN, TOV ME'OD ITZHAK!!! MAZAL TOV!

    SHALOM.

  • WHO IS THE MAN OF MOUSTACHE GROUCHO MARX

  • Beautiful Tango

  • Hahahaha love the guy's moustache!!! xD

  • 26 people disliked the first 1:45 minutes, but liked the rest

  • @histfanatic at 1:53 I guess its more of a tone then an actual note. But the jump before that was pretty ugly... It sounded as if Perlman was trying to cover his previous mistake...

    Well. Im judging him based on his reputation. Before I listen to his pieces, I always expect to hear the best. I criticize him when I find same pieces done better by other players. For this tango, I feel like Lee Che-Yi version is better then perlman's version

  • WOW! Is that mostache fake? It's not possible...:))

  • good but not the best... too rough on the beginning solo 1:45-1:55. The mistake at 1:53 is crucial. I dont see any color changes in his solo. The same tone at 1:55 is the one I've already heard from his schindlers list ost. It doesnt fit in this light piece of music.

    Otherwise, a fantastic performance.

  • @pzowndizzle1 this might sound a little dumb but what mistake at 1:53? If you are talking about the divisi then I dont think any of the tones nor rhythms nor dynamics nor interpretation are wrong. however, he does seem a little tense during the first phrase as you say. also what do you not like about the tone? do you not like how it fits in the chord or do you not like the tone itself?

  • use mustache for violin strings

  • 26 pessoas infelizmente são surdas

    26 personas, lamentablemente son sordos

    26 people unfortunately are deaf

  • ohhh que hermoso .... la musica es vida y esto es musica ... tan hermoso que me hace llorar!!!!! magnifico nada igual.... gracias

  • mr satan XD ahhahahha but the music is soo awesooome

  • !! MAGNIFICO, !!! Brillante ejecucion, sublime , solo me queda cerrar los ojos y disfrutarlo..Es un regalo para mi alma...por mas que lo escuche varias veces siempre se me eriza la piel en el 3:26 y 3:34...gracias por subirlo...

    ! MAGINIFICA HERENCIA ARGENTINA PARA EL MUNDO.. GRACIAS GARDEL !!!

  • Impresionante.

  • Preciosa interpretación! super lograda!!!

  • en algún lugar... escuché que las canciones son creadas para traer recuerdos a la personas.... para crear sentimientos al escuchar algún tema...

    la verdad... que con esta canción, me hace recordar a mi abuelo fallecido que la tocaba y cantaba con su guitarra.

    buenísima versión, y gracias por hacerme recordar bellos momentos...

    :D

  • Curiosamente, el compositor de esta singular pieza, Carlos Gardel, no sabía solfeo. Él inventaba la línea melódica y luego se la tarareaba al maestro Tucci, quien se encargaba de la notación y armonización. Después venía la parte del letrista, normalmente Alfredo LePera. Finalmente, el Zorzal Criollo --Gardel-- ponía su voz, instrumento supremo.

  • AWESOME!

    this version - perlman - i mean, he owns it!

  • 26 people dislike moustache.

  • se me cayeron las lagrimas...gordo no podes tocar asi! por dios!

  • To make SURE no hater says...

  • Desagradable es el facto de siempre tener algum para reclamar... John Williams refers Carlos Garden to make no hater says he is taking ownership... sorry for my poor Spanish...

    The song is really beautiful...

  • Qué desagradable abrir un video esperando escuchar tango, y en vez de eso encontrarse con una conversación competitiva con semejante acento yanqui.

    Menos mal que Perlman después confirma aquello de "la música calma a las fieras" :o)

  • @idaspe --- Algunos esperan que el tango siga siendo la vieja habanera española, interpretada con aire milongón por los morenos del Buenos Aires de finales del XIX. Olvidan que el tango se define modernamente como síntesis evolutiva, en la que intervienen la valse de musette, el schotiss austríaco, el bolero latino, el klezmer ashkenazi... Y con Piazzola, incluso el jazz. Yo personalmente me quedo en el tango de los 20 a los 40: Firpo, D´Arienzo, Di Sarli, Pugliese... y Canaro.

  • @MrPsychopompos Desde ya que la versión es preciosa, yo simplemente expresé mi desagrado por las pavadas que se oyen antes. El tango fue es y será una expresión popular y, como tal, no tiene un punto final, ¿no? saludos :o)

  • I pressed the like button before they started playing because I knew it was going to be epic ... and I was right!

  • Carlitos viejo mira hasta donde llegas.!!

  • CARAJO Y MIRA HASTA DONDE AH LLEGADO EL ARRABAL .... LARGA VIDA A GRADEL `¡¡¡¡

  • I like perlman, but he overcomplicates this piece, which i enjoy for it's simple, yet enticing melody

  • @stillthesam Toally agree with you. I have huge respect for him too but he makes it too fancy

  • @stillthesam those little nuances he did weren't actually of his making. the composer wrote all of them out for him to play i believe

  • @stillthesam

    Perlman does not overcomplicate this piece, but - in your opinion - Williams did. The piece played has everything to do with the composer. The artist, in this case, Perlman, just performs it.

  • @xaviervandepoll I think Williams made a very good job by arranging this piece. The way he composes for violin is just wonderful and amazing. He has made so many good pieces for violin (the two concerti, Schindler's list, Memoirs of a Geisha etc.).

  • @GGbreizh

    That is very true, but the discussion here was about Williams overcomplicating this piece, and I partly agree. This piece was meant with a simple melody, and Williams took away the simplicity and exanged it for brilliant and technically not easy stuff, which takes away the magic a bit, in my opinion.

    Of course, he's a brilliant composer, bust in my opinion, he's overdone this piece.

  • What this man lacks in lower limb movement he certainly makes up for in upper limb movement. I have nothing but absolute respect for Perlman.

  • No me canso de ver este video. Es puro gusto y arte amalgamado deliciosamente.

  • por la pt que es para llorar demasiado genial

  • Superbe !!!

  • Perfect!

  • Чистейший звук! Разговор скрипкой. Жаль только пиндосы 30% времени моск промывали... - очень некрасиво!

  • Perlman is playing a 1700s Soil Stradivarius. Such a beautiful instrument.

  • @viwanton Thanks ...

    My knowledge is so litle ( like my english :) ) but , yes the sound of the violin is very beautiful ..the music too , of course ...

  • @Rapoutch Your English is just fine! Glad you like his music.

  • Of course you can't "[k]now him", Williams! Carlos Gardel died in a plane crash, along with three (3) of his guitarists, on June 24,1935. and, yes, He was called "The King of Tango" or "The Magician" by his contemporaries.

  • Perlman makes the violin look so easy

  • Pero qe hermoso Tango & violin♥

    Nunca llegare a tocar algo asi de bello

  • I'm performing this piece next saturday.

    ....in second Violin, obviously.

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  • gene shalit rulez !!!

  • How are the 22 tone deaf morons who dislike this???

  • @McVerify , quizás no sepas castellano, pero hay gente muy tradicional, que conoce la versión vocal de Gardel, y tiene derecho a creerla insuperable, igualmente, a mi me gusto este video, pero soy violinista...

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  • @m3xikanolokoruiz whose name? the violinist's is Itzhak Perlman.

  • OMG!!!! THIS IS AMAZING!!!! I ACTUALLY FOUND A MISTAKE OF ITZHAK'S!!!! He pressed to hard with his bow for like a second :3 hahahaha (: I love Itzhak <3

  • You're intelec talks ;)

  • BRILLANT!!!! This is Art!

  • wow, how strong of him not to let him his downs get in his way of his violin playing!

  • @Lejnus

    Um, it's not down syndrome - he had polio when he was a child.....

  • @bardess5

    didnt know polio cancels out downs, seems like a fair trade it you ask me. too bad it didnt work.

  • thats no way of playing a tango

    

  • @diemattadam Agreed! Jews playing French music imported by Argentinians. WTF do you expect? LOL!

  • @MagnetoMasterOfEvil

    this is somewhat better

    search this

    Por una cabeza (tango) Sori1004jy

  • @diemattadam Merci, mon ami! Search it out, I will do now!

  • @MagnetoMasterOfEvil let me know if you like it

    .

  • @diemattadam Merci beaucoup! I liked very much. I actually followed Sori1004jy throughout youtube upon your suggestion. I commented too. Whenever an asian person playing strings, or piano, or anything really, I am enchanted. American performances too often, not all but a lot, seem forced and pressured. Asian performances seem appreciative and respectful. Russian, European, and South American performances seem passionate.Hillary Hahn being the exception, to me at least. I started a war here! LOL!

  • @MagnetoMasterOfEvil

    lol i have most of sori1004jy's song favorited she amazing aint she

  • @diemattadam Yes she is awesome! Funny looking electric violin though! Do you listen to Bond? Another of my favorite in strings music groups, and they are beautiful women too, which ain't bad!

  • @MagnetoMasterOfEvil

    haha yeah she own alot of violins a 5 sting one too xD

  • @diemattadam I am TRYING to learn violin. Amazing I feel that I have learned skills in languages, science, history, archaeology, but have NO talent or skill whatsoever in music! I guess because i am left handed (making excuses now, LOL!) I will never learn violin. Even piano increasing octave scale and Bass note ranges are opposite to my brain as lefty. But, I cherish and love music, all types and kind, as evidenced by my channel!

  • @MagnetoMasterOfEvil haha i suppose it should be easier for u to play because you will have more control of your left hand and play the notes more accurately

  • @diemattadam Well I definitely appreciate your confidence in my ability! ( Cough, laugh!), But a lefty always has a coordination, or syncopation problem with the other hand. I wish I could do it. It requires a brain concentration that causes a skip when playing. Does that make sense? If I eat with my left hand it is fine. If I eat with my right hand, I wear the food on my shirt! LOL!

  • @MagnetoMasterOfEvil

    hmmm yeeeeaaahhh i think. o.o

  • @diemattadam Hey did you know or listen to BOND quartet?

  • fantastic! i saw perlman play in peoria a few years ago and he was absolutly amazing. He is really an inspiration for me. This tango shows Williams' the length of composing, rather than just for the movie themes we know him for. Even though William didnt write this piece, and the arrangment is still great.

  • excelente

  • masterpiece!

  • 2:20 Look at the old guy leering at Itzhak Perlman

    HAHAHA

    Beautiful piece, I must say <3

  • sheesh. he is playing that violin!

  • you guys clicked on this video...and all you noticed is the mustache?!!! Ridonkulous this is

  • Someone should edit the video and erase the first 1:45 minutes, seriously

  • @Lexuslja perhaps Arnold Schwarzenegger should since he is the Eraser. and this song is in one of his damn movies

  • It is very difficult to take Gene Shalit seriously with the Jerry Colona look a like get up and the mustache that overwhems one with a hysterical laughing fit ....man I am glad they took him off the air.....

  • Dog shit style mustacheo.

  • Oh yeah baby!!!

  • 2:06

  • How can people NOT like this? I guess they just pressed the wrong button! This is perfection! (not talking about the mustach, that mustach really sucked!)

  • @chiefen75 Ya crazy dudeh, that mustache is frkin awesome!

  • Gene shalit, John Williams, Perlman and Gardel ! amazing !

  • POR DIOS, ME PONE LA PIEL DE GALLINA...

  • @mrsluciana1 ami tambien.. kreo k es una de las grandes composiciones que hay...

  • mustache

  • vorrei conoscere i 19 idioti che hanno affermato nn mi piace

  • the best :) super like! ill play this at my recital:)

  • go opening!! fat guy!!well done!!!<3

  • Magnificent

  • Oh my... joining John Williams, Itzhak Perlman and Carlos Gardel is pure beauty. Thanks for posting this jewel.

  • Oh my... joining John Williams, Itzhak Perlman and Carlos Gardel is too much beauty. Thanks a lot for posting this pearl.

  • Muy bueno (un mùsico argentino)

  • Hooah!!

  • Perlman again shows why he was, is, and shall be the best.

  • This song, every time I hear it my heart wants to explode. Everybody has a song that gets to them and for myself this masterpiece by Gardel is it.

  • Oh my god Perlman is amazing.

  • Bravoo!!!

  • simply beautiful...

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  • damit i cant stop crying.

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  • I love how Perlman plays so intensely you can see the perspiration on his forehead.

  • @dslmse john williams ooooo i love your stupidity, you must be a brave man to claim your foolness in public.... hoho that was so many years before john williams... however the song en español es una mierda!!! but this song souds so well played instrumental.

  • Perlman is absolutely incomparable!

  • Muito perfeito!

  • incredible the scale hes using from 3:01 to 3:05

  • instrument mistrzów... mistrzowskie wykonanie..

  • vamos Argentina para todo el mundo carajo

  • HOLY SHIT:

    EL TIPO DEL VIOLIN, ESTA TENIENDO ORGASMO, AL TOCAR ESTA PIEZA, QUE PASION QUE LE METE EL GUACHO..

    ESE VIVE, PARA LA MUSICA..!

  • por q dice en el video tango de la pelicula esa, es de carlitos gardel.

    Aguante carlitos

  • such an event!

  • yes!!!

  • IMPRESIONANTE!!!!!!!

  • pero que gente tan imbecil.... los que inaron que no les gusta... deben temer materia fecal en la cabeza.

  • Who is the "muppet" that appear with Jhon Williams?..je,je,je....

  • cHEERS?iTS CARLOS GARDEL'S MUSIC, MATE

  • A real master piece.

  • Sinceramente, Ninguno suena como el original de Carlitos Gardel. Aunque admiro a Itzhak

  • Music like this makes me so happy :)

  • That moustache should be donated to the Smithsonian when he die!!!!!!!

  • What kind of huge moustache is that man?????? WHAT THE FUCK????

  • @agapoula he wants so hard to be a muppet

  • @agapoula He wants so hard to be a muppet

  • @agapoula He's dead! His mustache killed him!

  • @agapoula Is Graucho Marx!

  • @agapoula do u know what the name of that man is?

  • @agapoula I think the SAME. Receive my very loud AHAHAHAHAHAH I WRITE FROM BRAZIL....

  • @agapoula - hahahahahha, i thot it was some kinda joke!! till i l realised they were all serious!

  • Who can't love this song especially when it is done so well as this!!!

    It is a truly timeless piece of music that will be as fresh and beautiful 100 years from now as it was when Carlos Gardel wrote it 75 years ago...

  • arrebatador

  • I like his musical flow

  • una verdadera chingoneria, esta anion es una de las mas bellas que se han tocado

  • ¡Bravo! Extraordinario, sin duda alguna la mejor versión para violín que yo jamas he escuchado.

  • holyshit

  • Williams for ever

  • Does John Williams say "Carlos Gardel, I don't know him"?... Williams was 3 when Gardel died in an plane crash, in 1935...

  • @fdvirtudes i can't understand how he direct the orquest, and plays Carlos Gardel tango without knowing nothing about him! Thats just ridiculus.! _(Srry for my engl)

  • @desapariciones You are ridiculus... If you don't know the composer, you cannot conduct one of his piece ?? In that case, nobody would conduct Beethoven Saint-Saëns, Tchaïkovsky etc...

  • @GGbreizh no, im not saing that, i think if you wanna understand better his music, you have to know a little of the composser. bye

  • @desapariciones This video proof that you're wrong. John Williams has more than perfectly conducted this piece.

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  • gene shalit a stupid jew !!!!

  • really amazing............

  • I enjoyed this piece but not as much the version I first heard. Always was a fan of John Williams and I was shocked that we liked the same music piece enough for him to conduct it. I wish I knew the significance of the expression "For A Head." My Spanish teacher always did tell us when it comes to music not to take it so literally.

  • @TheEmissaryofCheese Wikipedia: "The lyrics of the song talk about a compulsive horse-track gambler who compares his addiction for horses with his attraction to women. [...] It translates to "by a head [of a horse]".

  • @TheEmissaryofCheese: For A Head signifique "for a while" becase the man who sing loose all his money (and all the proyects about many) in a horse ride, but diferece betwen first horse and second whas just a head....

    hugs

  • Hi: for a head is "hardly " because singer man bets all his money in a horse ride, and loose all, but diference betwen first horse and second is minim, just a head.

  • @TheEmissaryofCheese Im from Argentina. I don't know really what is the pure meaning of the song, but "for a head" sometines we used that for say "We loose the match for only a head!" Anyway, is like a very old expression here, we don't really use it to much.

  • What an interpretation, thank you Itzak Perlman and John Williams for reviving the music of Gardel and Le Pera...and also Mozart

  • !!!!!!!! all i can say :) Perlman is my idol!

  • Horse races are very popular in Argentina. In the 1930´s jockeys were popular heroes as today´s football (soccer for americans and elsewhere extraterrestrials).

    This Tango tells the sad story of a man who bets and loose at the horsetrack. He promises himself not to bet again; but admittes that if he has a good tip of a winning horse for the next race, he will bet all again...