Isaac Stern: Mendelssohn

[classicalmusic1000]

what violin is that

[sijas]

sometimes i love his playing, but other times it annoys me.

he seems sloppy at times and other times, so magical.

[minor7b5b9]

That's a contradictory statement if I ever heard one.Stern was anything but "sloppy."Do you think you could even tell the difference between Stern, Heifetz, Kreisler, Oistrakh, Lin....if you heard them all playing the same piece? I think not.Why don't you take up miniature golf?

[symfotroll]

Hi, just can't imagine anyone mistaking Kreisler for Heifetz for instance. If there are such people they are simply deaf and thus irrelevant.

[nbaum0]

Are you serious?? Anyone with an ear can tell each of those artists apart within a couple bars or less.

[mstakkrid]

he's my favorite violinist

[watzegjemedaarnouvan]

Somebody that has footage or music of Isaac Stern playing Sibelius? Thats incredible!

[vlhere]

i have an audio cassette of stern playing the mendelssohn concerto n it is the best among all the other violinists like sarah chang, perlman, mutter...etc..etc

[amehoelahoep]

true, among other recordings like on YouTube: Stern - Saint-Saens - Introduction & Rondo Capriccioso

Stern was just was tha best...ánd his Ysaye del Gesu!

[minor7b5b9]

If anyone has played Mendesohn's Violin Concerto in E minor "better" than Stern, I'd certainly like to hear it.

[OriginalMoonbeam]

@minor7b5b9 Stern did have a magical touch and I love his playing..but take a listen to his mentor, Shlomo Mintz play this piece..he definitely got something from his close association with Mr. Stern..Mintz is something else. I also love Stern's Tzigane and Rondo and Caprissioso, his Geminiani

[erichon00]

@minor7b5b9 mintz

[violonistchris]

@minor7b5b9 Perlman and Vengerov in the same level with stern but these are realy high levels of playing there are realy small diferences they all play extremly well and then it is how each of them see the piece how he understands music so i think the corect expresion is that you like sterns aproaching to this piece better !! he is really very musical!!

[charlemagne762]

@minor7b5b9 What do you think of the version by Heifetz?

[shimizu99]

violinの神　アイザックスターン　の　メンコン

日本人のコメントがないのが悲しいｗ

まあ、うちにあるのもレコードだしなぁｗ

ひっぱりだしてくるかぁ？

[sawyer10j]

there was another (full-length) recording of the mendelssohn with an older stern. WHere's it gone?

[Ankhsnammon]

One of my favourites violin concertos....

and one of my favourite masters...

thanks for to have been existed, my beloved Master Isaac Stern!!!!

ankhsnammon

[HEADBANGING69]

Oh I own this DVD. it is great! It is called the art of the violin. IT HIGHLIGHTS ALL of the great violinist of the past. Stern is one of my favorites.

[minor7b5b9]

What is the DVD called? I would like to get a copy.

[violinist102]

the art of violin.

[minor7b5b9]

that's all?

[violinist102]

its a clip from it.. its about all violinists.

its on youtube, the art of violin.

[schdradtwari]

oh mann, was soll man dazu noch sagen, es is einfach genial, in der heutigen zeit wird teillweise leider zuviel wert of brilliante technik gelegt, er hat aber noch das gespür für den perfekten ausdruck!

[stradivariusone]

reminds me of John Garfield playing the violin in a movie ... mommie dearest jumps in the ocean and dies. Boy that john Garfield can play what a talented actor...

[coolguy3155]

I saw "Art of the Violin" and im not old

[jeongalex]

robotnik77 must be an old person

[robotnik77]

Note: the reason this video is so short is that it is an excerpt from 'Art of the Violin' a video showing only short takes from all the great violinists of the 20th century. Isaac Stern performed on Eugene Ysaye's violin.

[robotnik77]

Isaac Stern was one of the greatest violinists. This

video dates from 1967. I prefer the live performance he

did on CBS in 1962, at his peak as a performer. Too bad this video is so short! He has a nice rhythmic bite here. I give this video a 4. The 1962 CBS performance was a high-five!

[BengoFett]

are you going to post it?

[robotnik77]

I don't even know if the CBS performance is

extant. I watched it live. (To another poster:

yes Robotnik is an old person 61. LOL)

[catchersmitt0]

you could just as well write "mature" as well as "old"

[minor7b5b9]

I'm 66 & I am NOT an old person.(:

[jlviolist]

Isaac Stern was a wonderful violinist! Too bad he's dead...

[minor7b5b9]

Luckily his music is not.

[arnak]

ok thats i am the mastah and i will tell you all about this, his violin is 8 million dollars, and its a guarneri del jesu mauahahhah!!

[minor7b5b9]

Cut out the bullshit & go crawl underneath the rock you came from.You can buy a Strad for less than 1M.Asshole!

[bagradian]

masterful... yet, too short

[minor7b5b9]

That's the understatement of all time.

[trevorpinnocky]

song32290,

it's the mendelssohn violin cocerto in e minor.

i'm not a stern fan, but he was a truly a compelling performer.

[minor7b5b9]

If you're not a Stern fan, I doubt very much you have a real appreciation of violin. It's a contradiction in terms. People likie Stern, Heifetz & Paganini ARE the great masters of this instrument.

[song32290]

do you know what song he is playing""" ??

[marking99]

v. sweet tone (though not my favorite version of Mendelssohn)