Gidon Kremer plays PAGANINIANA

[cello39mn]

He was to busy practicing to get a haircut.

[YOUthTUBETEAM]

This is really impressive. i wish i could play my violin like this

[pavobaxter]

watch Kupkovic Suvenir...there is video of kremer playing this on youtube!

[shineelover16]

Love this piece soooo much (pagnini caprice no.24). One of the hardest violin music piece ever made.

[sitarooman]

i miss that hair...

[rendilkraesin]

Thanks for this! Looks like Kremer is deliberately giving us a rockstar interpretation of Milstein's rockstar remix of Paganini's rockstar bits/caprices. How far can you push the envelope? Really far if you're Gidon Kremer :> I love his mad swoops and swells and his thunderous playfulness with this. I found Kremer through Piazolla's Fugata (w. Andrei Pushkarev), another great mad bit.

[mackey883]

取り憑かれていますね。

[juliethegirl520]

Love Him!!

[bazz991]

Errr... You forgot to mention its been sped up?

[KevosMagic]

Im not a racist but jewish people are really good at the violin, maybe the best

[StarRadiance]

I got goose bumps.

[Abaze100]

oh...so correct..so nice...he is really talanted!! just SUPER!!

[COSMICBUM]

Ahh..the first CD I bought in 1983, just coming into the market at that time. SUPERB!

[sitarooman]

i think he sold his soul a long time ago...

[princegarbsen]

HfM&Co. - music high_school college of germany

HfM&Co. - musik hoch_schul college of germany

[Graveraider666]

jesus christ those octaves... just jaw dropping

[NextenBlade]

The only person compared to Gidon is Paganini himself

[Robibi84]

Absolutely STUNNING performance!!

[pierspectro]

Increíble. Bravo..! Les saluda pier desde venezuela...

[parfy1000]

Gidon Kremer!!!

[Jiatianyun]

I've NOTHING to say about his playing, just AMAZING!!!!

[matthieupz]

Gidon rocks!!!

[yukhotse]

Bravo!!

[crazy77town]

I would say that i prefer kremer's performance than its composer's itself...

[maicalviola]

年轻是真丑。。。。

[domisoldo12]

Great

[violinromero]

Saludos desde Mexico, soy un gran admirador de este gran artista, que junto a Itzhak Perlman y Pinchas Zukerman, son mis heroes.

[kartoffelbanane]

when did he played this song

[chessmeister]

In complete and serious honesty, I would murder someone to play like this. However, since murder won't make me play like this, I'm stuck practicing. :-(

[carrottoponcrak]

i heard selling your soul works but who knows

[enalevets]

That's probably the best comment I've read on Youtube!

[blkbeltmage]

@chessmeister

if you murder every violin player, you'd technically be the current best violin player, so just sayin'

[leomulder]

Why is it called "Paganiniana"? It's simply Paganini Capricce No. 24, isn't it?

[madaboutvoice]

Actually this is a set of variations composed by Nathan Milstein based on the theme from that caprice by Paganini. As you probably know this theme was used by several composers as the basis for their own variations, Brahms and Liszt to name a couple.

[leomulder]

Thank you very much. I watched to another video, that called "Paganini Caprice No. 24" in fact, and realized my confusion. What happens is that this set of variations also sounds familiar to me, and for a moment I didn't diferenciate Paganini from Paganiniana!

Thank you.

[txmusician13]

No.

This is actually a different piece if you listen all the way through.

This was composed by Nathan Milstein on themes of Paganini.

[txmusician13]

Never mind that. I didn't read the comments all the way though.

My fault :-)

[huisclos123]

...no

[Lenquiza]

what no. . . ? what do you want to criticize ?! don´t like his composition. . . ?

[stradplayer614]

Very good!

[spdlight7]

this player is probably one of the best if not the best player in the world right now, i have no doubts about it, it is a shame that the media promotes all these other players that really don´t even match the level of this genius

[bedetrick]

these "other" players are good, of course..and some better than others. But you're exactly right. Kremer is above them. Of course he's much older now, but he still remains great. It's a shame that his career is not more known in the USA. In Europe I know plenty of accomplished teachers who love him.

[spdlight7]

heifetz doesn´t match oistrakh yet he gets all the media attention, why promote the wrong people, maybe because oistrkah remained in russia, may be a political thing, you know, the media is corrupted

[oldgoat5]

Heifetz plays his own way, more active in the notes...instead of hanging/letting the violin ring, thats all. if youll see the whole of heifetz' recordings, theres mozart all over..as for the vibrato, he played the way he wanted to, not how people wanted him to. but yea all this media to players who arent near the greats that are left.but then again todays players cant compare.their feeling is in dancing around in pajamas and making bathroom faces.instead of putting it into the music like kremer

[soond1456]

well i think hes not famous like some other violinist cuz his intrepertation on other music does not really match most of the people's taste.. i mean listen to his mozart.. it has no technical problem.. "but" his intrepretation is "different"... its not the matter of technique but is matter of his musical quality.. not that it is bad but rejected by many people cuz its diff

[spdlight7]

but heifetz doesn´t play mozart that much, most likely because of his vibrato, he never developed a good quality vibrato, now oistrakh plays mozart with a beautiful interpretation, i really doubt that people find it "different" and for the record, in europe oistrakh is way more popular than heifetz and many other violinist, USA is just low on that, doesn´t want to admit the good players europe offers specially russia, same with perlman, and average player yet all the media attention for him!

[spdlight7]

he gets out more than milstein i think...interesting

[xXLeafXNinjaXx]

haha i love his hair back then lol

[Hannes594]

hm he isnt ugly, he only looks like a real artist xD

[signorpaganini]

I listen to this and... wow... this is pure fucking metal! 5 stars

[leonidocska]

komoly, nagyon komoly

[shirusubemonaku]

why does he look like that? I prefer Joshua Bells cuz he's handsome......

[redhotchiliangel]

your comment sucks

[g81atherton]

Amazing. And now people are paying big money to look like this! But I wish there was a way to better sync the video and audio.

[kempff95]

one of the best violons of our time.......

[jasonform]

@kempff95 violin ok?violin not violon

[MIchaelYiochalas]

Wow...he is truly a virtuoso!And propably the ugliest one,only comparable to the great master,Paganini himself!

[TheArtistOfCherries]

Dude, he looks so young! This is sure an old vid!

[mophoplz]

He could probably use his own hair to rehair his bow... lol.

[BLACKVIGOUR]

guess i have to agree with molphoplz~

maybe they could produce such blonde sound? ahhaha

[zencz]

I saw the whole concert. It was performed in Munic-Herkules Saal,Germany-at 1978.Kremer performed it with his first wife Tatjana Grindenko.Then it was in TV (Bayerischen Fernsehen )1979+1982/83.Of course it was in radio "Bayern 2 and 4", too. I had recordet the complete concert, but sombody had stolen it. It is one of my faforit pieces. In this concert they performed Ysaye Ballade, Reger, Paganini Carnival of Venice Duo, Mozart Duo... it was one of the best concert performence what I ever seen.

[russianbee]

luckyy!

i saw him once live too

but that was about 3 years ago... and i have his autograph

Real musician. great respect

[themusicdr]

this is so so good

[busta49]

great

[OriginalMoonbeam]

well worth getting past that little damaged portion! enjoyed this greatly! Wish we had more of Kremer playing Paganini--he sounds great!!!!

[themusicdr]

superb playing -passin + immaculate technique = (near)perfection. only paganini can be considered perfect althogu none of us have ever heard him.

btw you know kremer had (not sure if he still has) the reknowned Guarneri del Gesù

[jin12345678]

and a strad and an amati. among other great violins. just to add.

[themusicdr]

yes i know. bu tell me do these violinsts OWN these instrument or do rich patrons loan them out to them. and what happens when one violinst is no longer playing does he give it to a newer artiste. and what if the instrument gets damaged

[jin12345678]

I guess I don't know any better than you do :/

violinists could puchase antique violins for themselves, and I THINK the collection of violins WIKI mentions is his. I def know that violinists do own and purchase violins and also that certain violins are not owned by certain individuals but organizations for loan, and that also patrons loan violins.

[OriginalMoonbeam]

You can go to the Cozio website and prowl around a little bit and find out who owns which instrument. When Francescatti retired he had no children; he auctioned his Strad and set up a foundation for violinists. Accardo has his Hart Strad now. Some foundations see that promising players get good instruments. (or benefactors) Yo Yo Ma loaned Rachel Barton the "Brahms" Guarneri, but he selected it for his student. Lots of great stories behind these instruments!

[themusicdr]

thanks v much ill do that

[OriginalMoonbeam]

your welcome..I see I cut some of my own words..the "Brahms" violin has another name but I can't think of what it is It was called Brahms because Brahms selected it for his student. I am no great authority but I have fun exploring and looking around on the Cozio site. Some photos are available. :)

[themusicdr]

ok no probs btw i love ur log in name :-)

[jasonform]

How can you consider paganini perfect if you didn't heard him??

[themusicdr]

its just a givne amongst a majoirty of violinsits that paganini is assumed to have been the greatest player that ever lived. plls felt he was possessed by the devil/magical etc otherwise there was no way he played the way he did

i think i read somewhenre he was IN THE MIDDLE OF A CONCERT and his string (?G or E string)broke and yet he cont playing as if nothing had happened and no-one was any the wiser

[Silkmeister]

paganini intentionally would cut 3 of his strings very slightly with a knife, so that in concert they would snap. making it so he would finish it all on the G string.

:)

[themusicdr]

i never knew this - what a genius!

[NASHARYABA]

for jasonform

How can you consider bach, bethoven, mozart, brahms, dvorak, haydn, chopin, schubert, schuman, tchaikovsky, rachmaninov, perfect if you didn't heard

him??

you are realy crazy

[milstein91]

That is what I am saying nasharyaba....

[NASHARYABA]

best violinist ever

[sharonch217]

always loved his playing.....

never quite like his hair though.....

[yanpan16]

amazing playing!

not amazing hair... haha

but who cares, this is *italics>* music.

[Shankovich]

Stop complaining about the VHS whiners. Actually, I love the way it makes it sound slightly odd. Adds such a feeling of originality :)

[bassfreak919]

eww i hate rosin stains!!

[navescouto]

puuuuta que paaaariu!!!!!!!!!!!

[mussorgskyj]

He looks like a monkey... He has terrible mouth! :DD And it is not a big pleasure to see him...But he plays good

[gazelle101060]

bloody idiot!!!but you may look like the young robert redford, but you talk completely bullshit. Just a little hint: keep on eating flies- so you might get some brain in your head!!

[bellonny]

muito bom

[happyfunnyfoo]

I love YouTube scrubs that complain about intonation of famous players (who are playing in tune) just because a damaged VHS recording made said player sound out of tune.

Bravo to the uploader for this video.

Shame on people that don't understand basic science.

[EndangeredLogic]

@happyfunnyfoo - Actually in this instance there are quite a lot of missed notes (and it's not due to the recording - preservation of rhythm & tempo together with duration and tonality of the notes is incompatible with this).

That said, and whilst perfect intonation is normally essential for me to shower high praise on a performance, this is a rare exception - I think it's sensational.

[mariusfelix]

Wonderful sound! Fantastic intonation, a rich sound and distinct feeling for rythmical energy! He's so good!

[yjhong78]

I think Gidon is not one of the greatest violinist in this century BUT THE BEST and GREATEST violinist.

Joshua Bell and Sarah Chang are not comparable to Gidon Kremer in terms of musicality, techniques and also playing.

[Rinhos]

I agree absolutely with you, yihong!!!!! Gidon is THE violinist!!!

[Zhou9]

What about Vengerov? Perlman?

I could understand you grouping Perlman with last century's violinists, but not Vengerov. Kremer's also old enough to be grouped with last century's violinists.

[branhs2002]

Gidon is my favorite violinest ever, but its kinda hard to call anyone the greatest violinist ever, isn't it? even though I'm not a huge fan of Heifetz, his technique is almost flawless from what i've seen (which, admittedly, isn't that much); i hesitate to call anyone, even Kremer, the best violinist ever, since there are so many amazing players that are good for different reasons

[Afrikitty]

Yes, Gidon Kremer is my favourite violinist ever too. He is like the Carlos Santana of classical music. You just know his sound when you hear it. His violin has a sound like no other. Then couple that to the passion which shines through when he plays. I would say that would make for the greatest violinist ever, wouldn't you? :-) If today was his hey-day, there wouldn't be enough CDs to hold the music he would be asked to play. He is way ahead of his time and sadly underated.

[soscatSJ]

To me it seems like Kremer always tries to be true to himself when approaching music. If you listens to other people playing the same songs they always seems to play it in the tradional style like everyone who came before them. Kremer gives his music a unique flavor. If you disagree just listen to him play Bach's partita in E major. Mischa Elman is also one of my favorites.

[Afrikitty]

Hey there soscatSJ,

Ohhhhhhhhhhhh, I agree with you wholeheartedly. I started to work in the audio field in the early 1980's and I had to develop a love for classical music in a hurry. I remember listening to him playing Beethoven's Triple Concerto. I clearly remember an instant of time, when Gidon Kremer took me from an apathetic wannabee to a full blown classical music fundi. To this day, I have not heard another violinist with quite his panache and passion. He absolutely delights my heart.

[violatione]

@yjhong78 Kavakos, Ehnes and Mullova are as good as Kremer.

[bountyhanz]

Hey guys, there actually isn't any 1st or 2nd of best violinist, all the violinists(exam: Joshua Bell,itzhak perlman,sarah chang and even Gidon Kremer) are the best, and who dunt make a mistake ? In terms of notes? Why recording company want to record thier violin playing? It's becos they ,good, in fact is excellent !

[Kasienia1756]

Why did you write "...even Gidon Kremer"? He IS the best!

[fkoldpupil]

comparar sarah chang con KREMER es como comparar a Beethove con un carrito de la compra

[fkoldpupil]

comparar a chang con KREMER es igual que comparar a Mozart con el carrito de la compra

[milstein91]

You are absolutly right.

[meminmemo]

BRAVO

[Rinhos]

In my opinion, Kremer is, for several reasons, the best violinist in history. And I'm not exagerating!

[ellieamati]

His violin is out of tune...

[allfre2]

have some respect. for god's sake

[ellieamati]

allfre2, I have a huge respecct for Kremer. He is one of the best violinist alive.

[allfre2]

ok, it's good to know, it's just that i think he is a master, one of the greatest of all time, and even if your coment has some degree of truth, i wouldn't say it like that.

maybe we could learn a lot from him. peace.

[Doctor550]

milstein is much better and hillary hahn also

[Mortimer123]

Doctor550: would you mind providing some reasoning to support your assertion?

[Doctor550]

sure,the reasons are the better intonation,articulation and also the musicality in milstein's case.

[Kasienia1756]

You must be joking, really...

[roadwarrior1981]

Did you guys see the movie he was in it was totally awesome. I liked the part where he said Tina, come eat some ham! TINA! EAT SOME HAM!

[loviiiiellz]

brilliant!

[cromulentinnoc3nce]

he looks like a rock musician :D

[Jamillerviolino]

wow, look at that hair!!

[dunedain0507]

the first cd i recieved as a gift was Gidon Kremer playing A Paganini. Thanks for the video.

[betablocker72]

Thanks for posting this wonderful video !!!!

[93Nash]

Really amazing :O

[eeeduarrrd89]

He sounds really great!!!Amazing...