Technically very impressive, but amateur compared to Heifetz. Maybe that's unfair, every violinist's interpretation of everything seems amateurish when compared with Heifetz.
@Acruz9301 its pitch. heifetz is better because he can articulate the fast part after the high bars in the repeating tune. but one thing i like about Menuhin's version is the ritartando/rallentando at certain places!
I wish I had formal musical education but I don't. So I can't really understand what you mean, but I can grasp concepts by intuition. I've listened to a lot of music since I was very little so I have a feeling for it, but I can't really know what you mean by ritartando/rallentando. Sorry
@Acruz9301 nice to hear that ur interested in music even if u dont play! ritartando and rallentando are basically synonyms that mean slowing down. if u listen to menuhin, he slows down at this certain phrase that comes up i think a few times.
@Acruz9301 That's your opinion. not mine. if i wanted Heifetz to be 10000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000x better + 1 you still can't criticize me for it.... so there. (p.s. i wasn't being sarcastic/kidding)
Of course, everyone is entitled to an opinion... that doesn't mean your opinion is well formed, or educated at all. Some things don't go down to opinion, they're facts, and you can have points of view regarding them, but ultimately an idiotic opinion is precisely that, and yours doesn't earn my respect. But by all means, go ahead, have an opinion, any one you wish.
@Acruz9301 I'm sorry that you don't think that my opinion is "...well formed,..." but i do not base my opinions only on logic, but the emotion of the person playing. This person did not strike me as emotionally conscious, therefore I believe Heifetz is better. the last thing you should know is arguing is a sport with me, this could go on forever if you never decided to quit. I enjoy it.
Did I say I based my appreciation of Heifetz and or Menuhin on logic? Besides what the fuck is up with every smartass nowadays? Every feels so deep and profound when they disregard logic as something purely scientific... and hence spiritless and plain. The most beautiful things in life have involved logic! Music is PURE logic, stupid people don't see the logic of it, but it's there!
@Acruz9301 Heifetz is: 1. more precise ; 2. more accurate ; 3. balances tempo's better, and even that part is becoming subject
But in my opinion, there are moments, not in this particular case but still, times, when Menuhin strikes the feeling of the music better than Heifetz, who sometimes, obsessed with technicality, will speed up and ruin it for me. So, although Heifetz is technically superior and in most cases stylistically brilliant, there are times when I prefer Menuhin.
@Acruz9301 yes. there is logic in music. but music does not mean one thing to a person if it doesn't have feeling in it. Mozart is the best composer (by popularity) and even though his music may be logical it was all based on feeling, not logic. I enjoy logic very much, but it can not be the base of all reason. Mozart was heavily criticized by the Austrian critics because they thought his music genies illogical. but now he is loved by every one. Heifetz does the same -the critique. enjoys it....
@Clee98 i think its because when this was recorded, at the time the camera was hand cranked (i think) so maybe the dude that did it was a bit fast. Or it got messed up by age.
I've noticed that 170,000 more people have listened to this than to the posting of @edwinfischer1886. PLEASE do yourself a favor and listen to the other posting of a younger Menuhin playing this even more incredibly--and also, the other is at the correct pitch.
@tristan01101 Yehudi Menuhin was one the greatest violinists of the 20th Century along with Heifetz, Rabin . is a legend in his own time and his interests range far outside the world of music ! Adolph Baller his pianist is from Poland and is jewish. He studied piano in Vienna where he was caught be the Nazis after the Anchluss !. As soon as they heard he was a pianist , they broke all his fingers , He managed to escape to US with his wife ! where he got his hands working again !
Is there any way to correct the speed at which the film and music is being heard. The key is altered due to this sped up playback. It makes all the Menuhin recordings/film of this sort, untrue in key and speed which is faster than was performed at the time. Can it be corrected?
@violinoamore dude what the fuck ever man. i'll bet you the sheet music had it written at this tempo. there's a reason for that. musical. fucking. genius. go listen to bieber or gaga if you want slow.
@Xyc1993 Listen to for example Vengerov's performance that is on youtube as well and maybe you will perceive the basic difference ... in musicality, passion, soul personal involvement etc. ,,,
@violinoamore Thanks to you I listened Vengerov's performance and I know what you meant. While Menuhin played it like an etude - showpiece, Vengerov played it more sublime and added more feelings to it. Still I prefer Menuhin performance but that's just my opinion. Everyone has different taste, right?
esta version es una fallada por la calidad del video
yo he visto la version original q salio poco antes del año 2000 cuando menuhin murio. DEJAME DECIRTE Q ME HAS MAL INTERPRETADO por q yo he escuchado la version original y te puedo decir con toda certeza q menuhin toca como los dioses y es muy superior a jascha heifetz
failure! no one else has failed quite as hard as you. god, lets see you do better. I played this piece 2 years ago... my fingers still havent recovered... its sooo difficult. Its a marvelous piece and he plays it brilliantly.
There is a feeling that fast temp is caused by Heifetz's influence; some sort of competition with the "Imperator". Menuhin proved himself here for absolute, but he looks like he is emotionally exhausted , you can feel watching this inside him , like he is overtaking himself and playing , say, without pleasure?
Those who saw Kogan not long before he died, told he was pulling himself from inside, overcoming some not weakness, but something exhausting-like, what you can see here.
It would help if you didn't call it a song, and if you knew that no composer puts a set number of time on their piece. (At least not that I know of) they just give you a ballpark, like prestissimo etc.
Yes it is from the movie, Concert Magic, which consists of Menuhin playing many great pieces. Menuhin recorded for the movie at the age of 31/32, he said it was a fresh idea because the movie was purely music. "Menuhin talks about Concert Magic" can be found on YouTube where he sees his own movie for the first time 50 years later.
For the record, Scherzo means "joke" or, in musical terms: light, full of fun. Sure, most scherzi are NOT slow, but the word is an indication of mood, not of speed.
no, non credo sia velocizzato (i don't think it was speeded up). Vai a sentire la versione di heifetz ed è uguale, anche se un po' più lenta. (go and listen to heifetz version: heifetz one is equal, even if it is a bit slower than this one)
Heifetz plays this piece very fast as well. He might play faster than Menuhin. Scherzo means fast dance, but actually it is too fast and cannot dance...
People rip Menuhin apart for his technical mistakes, but really, do notes really completely define a musician? It's not like he played every note incorrectly; he had some mistakes here and there. A musician should be judged by enthusiasm and spirit, in which case Menuhin scores high.
then one has a question: why play that fast when one knows that he/she would make mistakes at that tempo? I love Menuhin's slower pieces because they show, like you said, the "enthusiasm and spirit". Even in this video he shows such qualities in the slow part but I don't see any spirit in the fast part. He doesn't seem to care whether he is playing correctly or not. that's why people are criticizing menuhin.
so far corey cerovcek's way of playing wienewski has attracted me more than all others; he plays so naturally and without any pressure in the fast parts.
I agree. Menuhin's tone is very unique. I love how he holds his bow. It is so easy, and in the fast parts it just flies. His hands are so big it is interesting to me to watch his hand go up and down the fingerboard like it does. Overall I like Menuhin for his stance and ease. Great to watch even though sometimes I don't agree with interpretation.
I love to watch his performance. He is so graceful! Wonderful tone. Pearlman said that Menuhin's sounds of violin is so unique like one's finger print that he can tell it is Menuhin. His violin has many layers of colors, and he is a genious musician like Mozart.
Menuhin is very unique but so is Pearlman himself. They both have a grace of physical performance, a wonderful full tone, and amazing interpretations. Yet both are unique. As to Mozart, will there ever be another one with such talent and skill?
I love Pearlman. I have a CD of his Beethoven concerto.
After I listen to his, I listened to Heifetz's. Of course, he is so good, and he makes everything so easy. It was excellent, but I sill love Perlman and Menuhin. He reaches my heart.
Menuhin's Ave Maria and Hungarian Dance #4 are also my favorite.
personally, I think that Menuhin is better at playing slow, expressive pieces than technically demanding pieces like this.
Yes, he can play it perfectly, but it doesn't show his uniqueness. his tone kinda gets lost. On the contrary, when he plays slow pieces, his real special tone can be enjoyed to the fullest extent.
Actually, this is evidenced by such as that the video shows the pianist playing a half tone lower than the tone we're hearing. This is only really clear when his pinky reaches up for the Bb(s).
scherzo is playful. its quick witted. this is a suitable speed. It only seems fast because you get second-rate violinists today not being able to play it at such velocity while maintaining the technical side at the same time. Tarantella was the term given to a dance that people did after they were bitten by a deadly spider. Many of them died of exhaustion. So to be fair, this speed is fine. Aprt from it being personal taste about what tempo you choose.
You seem to be calling Heifetz second rate. Heifetz's interpretation is much more measured, and more technically proficient and slower than this - if only a little. Methinks Menuhin could have learned a little from the Heifetz recording, as his bowing suffers from the speed.
I said violinists of today. Not those of last century. I dont recall mentioning heifetz?
Unless you can quote me. I know heifetz plays this slower than menuhin, but heifetz is heifetz. He did it his way. It was his interpretation. But heifetz isnt the person in question. Im saying that menuhin's speed is acceptable because its within the ranges of the marked tempo. It's also a well known virtuosic piece so you can expect violinists to take it at a fast pace. Its meant to wow the audience.
I wasnt really commenting on the technical proficiency either. I was commenting on the tempo, but i know what you mean. And tbh i couldnt call heifetz a second rate violinist. It wouldnt make sense.
Menuhin is angel of god. I can only listen and listen becouse Pla with vibration like Menuhin is m dream. All people pla wit big texnic but with vibration like he no never people.
Technically very impressive, but amateur compared to Heifetz. Maybe that's unfair, every violinist's interpretation of everything seems amateurish when compared with Heifetz.
QGfk1 1 month ago
so off!!! bad compared to heifetz
ConquistadorAlfred 2 months ago
@ConquistadorAlfred
Off in what sense, please enlighten me.
Acruz9301 2 months ago
@Acruz9301 its pitch. heifetz is better because he can articulate the fast part after the high bars in the repeating tune. but one thing i like about Menuhin's version is the ritartando/rallentando at certain places!
ConquistadorAlfred 2 months ago
@ConquistadorAlfred
I wish I had formal musical education but I don't. So I can't really understand what you mean, but I can grasp concepts by intuition. I've listened to a lot of music since I was very little so I have a feeling for it, but I can't really know what you mean by ritartando/rallentando. Sorry
Acruz9301 2 months ago
@Acruz9301 It means slowing down
Violincrazy 2 months ago
@Acruz9301 nice to hear that ur interested in music even if u dont play! ritartando and rallentando are basically synonyms that mean slowing down. if u listen to menuhin, he slows down at this certain phrase that comes up i think a few times.
ConquistadorAlfred 2 months ago
Bravo Menuhin
Acruz9301 2 months ago
Heifetz is 10000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000x better than this guy.
ReallyrRandomVideos 2 months ago
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Are you kidding, or are you just plain ignorant? Menuhin was a genius of proportions brutally close to Heifetz's
Acruz9301 2 months ago
@Acruz9301 That's your opinion. not mine. if i wanted Heifetz to be 10000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000x better + 1 you still can't criticize me for it.... so there. (p.s. i wasn't being sarcastic/kidding)
ReallyrRandomVideos 2 months ago
@ReallyrRandomVideos
Of course, everyone is entitled to an opinion... that doesn't mean your opinion is well formed, or educated at all. Some things don't go down to opinion, they're facts, and you can have points of view regarding them, but ultimately an idiotic opinion is precisely that, and yours doesn't earn my respect. But by all means, go ahead, have an opinion, any one you wish.
Acruz9301 2 months ago
@Acruz9301 I'm sorry that you don't think that my opinion is "...well formed,..." but i do not base my opinions only on logic, but the emotion of the person playing. This person did not strike me as emotionally conscious, therefore I believe Heifetz is better. the last thing you should know is arguing is a sport with me, this could go on forever if you never decided to quit. I enjoy it.
ReallyrRandomVideos 2 months ago
@ReallyrRandomVideos
Did I say I based my appreciation of Heifetz and or Menuhin on logic? Besides what the fuck is up with every smartass nowadays? Every feels so deep and profound when they disregard logic as something purely scientific... and hence spiritless and plain. The most beautiful things in life have involved logic! Music is PURE logic, stupid people don't see the logic of it, but it's there!
Acruz9301 2 months ago
@Acruz9301 Heifetz is: 1. more precise ; 2. more accurate ; 3. balances tempo's better, and even that part is becoming subject
But in my opinion, there are moments, not in this particular case but still, times, when Menuhin strikes the feeling of the music better than Heifetz, who sometimes, obsessed with technicality, will speed up and ruin it for me. So, although Heifetz is technically superior and in most cases stylistically brilliant, there are times when I prefer Menuhin.
Acruz9301 2 months ago
@Acruz9301 i can appreciate that
ReallyrRandomVideos 2 months ago
@Acruz9301 yes. there is logic in music. but music does not mean one thing to a person if it doesn't have feeling in it. Mozart is the best composer (by popularity) and even though his music may be logical it was all based on feeling, not logic. I enjoy logic very much, but it can not be the base of all reason. Mozart was heavily criticized by the Austrian critics because they thought his music genies illogical. but now he is loved by every one. Heifetz does the same -the critique. enjoys it....
ReallyrRandomVideos 2 months ago
i wonder what this would have sounded like if it wasn't sped up so
dchenviolinist 2 months ago
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It is so great when Polish Jews can feel Polish soul. Congratulations.
JulianRulko 2 months ago
It is so great when Polish Jews can feel Polish soul. Congratulations.
JulianRulko 2 months ago
He doesn't play that fast, it's just the recording that is speedier than it should (almost a whole tone too high).
halneufmille 3 months ago
Wow, didn't know that Charlie Sheen played violin so well :)
MrLimtindsay 3 months ago
20 people enjoy smoking lovely crack rock. :))
RichieLeone 4 months ago
20 people missed the like button :s
etonrocks 4 months ago
Why is it transposed up?
Clee98 5 months ago
@Clee98 i think its because when this was recorded, at the time the camera was hand cranked (i think) so maybe the dude that did it was a bit fast. Or it got messed up by age.
ZapdosKim 4 months ago
wauw.
zaar0206 5 months ago in playlist klassiek
i feel bad for all the people that never heard to good music..
lecheparavaka 6 months ago 3
I've noticed that 170,000 more people have listened to this than to the posting of @edwinfischer1886. PLEASE do yourself a favor and listen to the other posting of a younger Menuhin playing this even more incredibly--and also, the other is at the correct pitch.
maxreger100 6 months ago
Is there a flaw at the beggining in the piano part? And why is this faster than Maxim Vengerov's interpretation? Thank you in advance.
ddknm 7 months ago
Damn, even the piano part is a bitch! Awesome piece! Brilliantly played!
DwindleDwellandDwarf 7 months ago
look at the pianist, he's just chillin' and listen to the beauty of music
esther8495 7 months ago
muy bonito pero el tono esta subido asike la velocidad del video tb..no muestra la realidad
sacialtopica 7 months ago
@sacialtopica si...claro....por eso está muy mal!!!!!!!!!
gmsanna25 5 months ago
pretty good!
MrIronBunz 7 months ago
Sencillamente magestuoso,gracias por compartir tan esplendido video.un abrazo.
ADMIRAT1 8 months ago
DDDDDDDDDDD:
bagitaxitax 10 months ago
I play the violin and I know how it is and he's beautiful game
1899alexis 10 months ago
totally perfect. how could anybody dislike that??
Milenteor 10 months ago 2
the best
lidi0071 11 months ago
OMG at 1:50 is impossible...(I mean to us younger players) It's like off the finger board already!
kuvhlubkojibleegxwbo 11 months ago
Вот это темп !!! Аж дух захватыввает !
lorelea131 11 months ago
Dedicated Jewish musicians are always the best.
tristan01101 1 year ago
@tristan01101 Always is a long time.
1HiMimi 11 months ago
@tristan01101 Yehudi Menuhin was one the greatest violinists of the 20th Century along with Heifetz, Rabin . is a legend in his own time and his interests range far outside the world of music ! Adolph Baller his pianist is from Poland and is jewish. He studied piano in Vienna where he was caught be the Nazis after the Anchluss !. As soon as they heard he was a pianist , they broke all his fingers , He managed to escape to US with his wife ! where he got his hands working again !
OEDBrowser 10 months ago
Menuhin is a good violin player, thumbs up or else you think its bad.
kiop9000 1 year ago
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Perlman is a good violin player, thumbs up or else you think hes bad.
kiop9000 1 year ago
Heifetz is a good violin player, thumbs up or else you think hes bad.
kiop9000 1 year ago
When I remember he´s death I almost cry...thank you menuhin , thank you for your music and thank you for making the world a better place :)
justfallen516 1 year ago
Is there any way to correct the speed at which the film and music is being heard. The key is altered due to this sped up playback. It makes all the Menuhin recordings/film of this sort, untrue in key and speed which is faster than was performed at the time. Can it be corrected?
Rnfile 1 year ago
@Rnfile no its a stylistic trademark of the era in film.
keepitacrime 11 months ago
Mehuhin was good when he was young. This is true.
grab1piece 1 year ago
wtf that's fast! I've heard many versions but this one's definitely the fastest! Can't tell whether it's better or not...
judzineck 1 year ago
para mi esta version es muy superior a la jascha heifetz, sin duda menehin es el violin del siglo!!!!!! xDDDDDDDDDDD
wexinger159quemier 1 year ago
even though the pice is intended to be this fast Id prefer it to be a little slower... just a preference but amazing vid thanks for the upload :)
ps. beast skills.
DIDICOYFUL 1 year ago
is that richard nixon on the piano?
daoguode 1 year ago 12
@daoguode looooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooool
giorgiocosmin 1 year ago
It is so extremely fast that it loses any beauty ... Rather a robotic performance
violinoamore 1 year ago
@violinoamore dude what the fuck ever man. i'll bet you the sheet music had it written at this tempo. there's a reason for that. musical. fucking. genius. go listen to bieber or gaga if you want slow.
jodere7 1 year ago
@violinoamore A scherzo is supposed to be that fast...
LysFlower13 1 year ago
@violinoamore Then what am I? A robot? Because I found real beauty in this piece.
Xyc1993 1 year ago
@Xyc1993 Listen to for example Vengerov's performance that is on youtube as well and maybe you will perceive the basic difference ... in musicality, passion, soul personal involvement etc. ,,,
violinoamore 1 year ago
@violinoamore Thanks to you I listened Vengerov's performance and I know what you meant. While Menuhin played it like an etude - showpiece, Vengerov played it more sublime and added more feelings to it. Still I prefer Menuhin performance but that's just my opinion. Everyone has different taste, right?
Xyc1993 1 year ago
superb! something to listen to believe it could exist
sorinion61 1 year ago
lol sped up
stickexjr 1 year ago
@stickexjr totally!!!!
violatione 1 year ago
Be sure to listen to Menuhin's younger version here on YouTube. (Uploaded by edwinfischer18860.
The pitches are correct and , for me, it is even better. In fact--the best ever!
ipmoic 1 year ago
Listen closely this is not fast but sped up. The pitches are a wholestep high.
violatione 1 year ago 6
ooooh.... fastness and awesomeness.
shadowolfloner 1 year ago 2
Out of this world...!
pow382 1 year ago 2
aunque la entonacion nno este perfecta miren la tecnica para tocarlo tan rapido!!!
menuhin es un gran genio!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
wexinger159quemier 2 years ago
@wexinger159quemier
toca tu komo el y despues critikalo subnormal de mierda!!!!!!!!!
Jameselwai 1 year ago
@Jameselwai @Jameselwai mira kerido amigo
esta version es una fallada por la calidad del video
yo he visto la version original q salio poco antes del año 2000 cuando menuhin murio. DEJAME DECIRTE Q ME HAS MAL INTERPRETADO por q yo he escuchado la version original y te puedo decir con toda certeza q menuhin toca como los dioses y es muy superior a jascha heifetz
wexinger159quemier 1 year ago
@wexinger159quemier
pues entonces no digas que desafina pk de puta madre.
Jameselwai 1 year ago
@Jameselwai
cuando dije mi comentario anterior no me referia a q desafina sino q esta en un semitono mas alto q lo normal!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!XD
wexinger159quemier 1 year ago
@wexinger159quemier
a ok , pues entonces no te entendido.perdon.XD!!!!
Jameselwai 1 year ago
@Jameselwai
XD
wexinger159quemier 1 year ago
As some have noted, this is 1/2 a step too high (the tape, not the performance).
Be sure to listen to Menuhin's younger interpretation (here on YouTube) anyway. As close to perfection as humanly possible.
ipmoic 2 years ago 2
I dont think so, its just unbelieveble, how quick it is;)
c1HuK 1 year ago
this piece in under four minutes.. dang.
pyroticmaniac 2 years ago
check out the tempo!!!! insane. this should teach all the people, who say, menuhin did not have that much of a technique, to just shut up.
gaypianisti 2 years ago
alguien me puede dar un pagina donde se pueda descargar gratis la partitura de esta pieza??
wexinger159quemier 2 years ago
Would it be so hard to buy it? Sheet music is dirt cheap.
Although you could torrent it, I guess...
ChickenDownloads 2 years ago
@wexinger159quemier
búsqueda imslp on Google; búsqueda
Scherzo Tarantelle, Op.16 (Wieniawski, Henryk)
:)
enalevets 1 year ago
@wexinger159quemier
busqueda para imslp sobre Google; y sobre IMSLP busqueda:
Scherzo Tarantelle, Op.16 (Wieniawski, Henryk)
enalevets 1 year ago
I have this on my Heifetz Encores album, tasty
grabngonuts 2 years ago
Disculpen el mensaje anterior no era para esta video!!!! hubo un error con mi computador.
djdmviolin 2 years ago
Yehudi Menuhin is the Father of all violinists!!!!Yehudi Menuhin es el Papá de los violinistas!!! Ехуди Менухин это папа скрипача!!!
djdmviolin 2 years ago 3
Heifetz is
gibsonpaddy 2 years ago 21
@gibsonpaddy Heifetz is what?
kiop9000 1 year ago
no im afraid he hit the right d note man
gibsonpaddy 2 years ago
Amazing
Oistrakh3 2 years ago 2
Grande Yehudi,amigo...!!!
Jorge Liebermann
jorgeliebermann 2 years ago 2
wtf??
he's the best!!
killah620 2 years ago
i would say that Mehunin and perlman are the only ones that comes the closest to be as good as Heifetz
jazzecca2007 2 years ago 2
Kogan?
seanchanq 2 years ago 3
i agree with that one too
jazzecca2007 2 years ago
closest compared to other violinist...but not close at all
shawnscool 2 years ago
yes
jazzecca2007 2 years ago
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Wrong, Kogan was better than Perlman is.
OriginalBasaliskos 2 years ago
It depends on who was playing what. Paganini goes to Kogan 100%. But stuff like Saint-Saens and other slow stuff go to Perlman.
cjh37878 2 years ago
ahaa i dont know why your comment has already got 5 thumbdowns?
i agree, kogan was better than perlman. perlaman willl never be the violinist that kogan was.
DualThunder 2 years ago
This comment has received too many negative votes show
Maybe it's cause we are the only ones who know what we're talking about? :D
OriginalBasaliskos 2 years ago
haha n1
cawa15a 2 years ago
I hate comparative people,just listen to both and shut the hell UP
rawautube 2 years ago 2
I think it looks odd because the video and sound are out of sync. And it does sound a semitone out. He's so fast!
claireransome13 2 years ago
haha it hurts listen to it in [almost] G# minor xDDD
mshakhz 2 years ago
He? The whole piece is played one halftone higher. I'm not quiet sure, but I think, it's fast-forwarded. If I'm wrong, please tell me.
NaomiGigi 2 years ago
i think you're right, it's not that he can't do it but he's kinda jerky...and it is a halftone higher. I'm betting this is fast-worwarded.
cellista54 2 years ago
that's exactly what I was thinking o_O
RandomMuch1337 2 years ago
whats the tempo marking on the score?
keepitacrime 2 years ago
on the score is presto... but there is no specific tempo marking on mine... there are fast and slow versions though
ViolinSpaz 2 years ago
failure! no one else has failed quite as hard as you. god, lets see you do better. I played this piece 2 years ago... my fingers still havent recovered... its sooo difficult. Its a marvelous piece and he plays it brilliantly.
ViolinSpaz 2 years ago
There is a feeling that fast temp is caused by Heifetz's influence; some sort of competition with the "Imperator". Menuhin proved himself here for absolute, but he looks like he is emotionally exhausted , you can feel watching this inside him , like he is overtaking himself and playing , say, without pleasure?
Valerii1985 2 years ago
Those who saw Kogan not long before he died, told he was pulling himself from inside, overcoming some not weakness, but something exhausting-like, what you can see here.
Valerii1985 2 years ago
I get what your driving at!
Wasn't this time of his life very emotional for him in general? Just after the war and jews being at the centre of many storms around then..
The 1950s apparently saw him take up a more structured approach to his music. (Read up at wikipedia)
agsudarshan 2 years ago
the "ROOM" :) for all his masterpieces to be recorded :o
slimbullet96 2 years ago
yeah...its really fast..but so genial...yes..it could be little bit slower: )
GANAKKK 2 years ago
I think it is the recording...the pitch is higher too.
TwistingWays 2 years ago
this puts my violin skills to shame.
mazdar 2 years ago 56
stop the criticism, you try to play that fast! Anyway, this is fantastic, but there's something with the key...
goodcommentguy 2 years ago
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nertin123 2 years ago
Ten Wieniawski to potrafił grać...
ToiToiSA 2 years ago
bun
aszor08 2 years ago
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blichilde 2 years ago
Oh,my beloved Yehudi,amazing genius...
blichilde 2 years ago
Amazing slurs. as well as absolute majesty and genius.
HwangMyungShin 2 years ago
good job
joseph922571 2 years ago
13 years of playing I hope to some day be able to play this well. God it's amazing!
Sashimi061610love 2 years ago
I agree... His technique has always left me in awe...
jaylinn57 2 years ago
In fact, this is one of the best interpretations of Menuhin to my liking. Straight virtuosity.
fullargon 2 years ago
It would help if you didn't call it a song, and if you knew that no composer puts a set number of time on their piece. (At least not that I know of) they just give you a ballpark, like prestissimo etc.
And this is not so far fetched from the score.
PlatypusofCalifornia 2 years ago
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PlatypusofCalifornia 2 years ago
Fooly & cooly...
Cacophony89 2 years ago
No he called his Bach E Major Preludium performance a 'good student performance'
adamwas 3 years ago
You are right, I'm sorry.
PlatypusofCalifornia 2 years ago
Yes it is from the movie, Concert Magic, which consists of Menuhin playing many great pieces. Menuhin recorded for the movie at the age of 31/32, he said it was a fresh idea because the movie was purely music. "Menuhin talks about Concert Magic" can be found on YouTube where he sees his own movie for the first time 50 years later.
telavasapela 3 years ago 2
perfection. *-*
Apoca82 3 years ago 2
I hear that old recordings make things sound higher than they are. Not sure if it's true. but it would explain the pitch difference.
werq34ac 3 years ago
It's because the video is playing faster than it was originaly recorded
MrSaN92 3 years ago 2
Henryk Wieniawski (1835 Lublin, Poland - 1880 Moscow) was a Polish violinist and composer.
Great Menuhin!
Amatherasu1789 3 years ago
For the record, Scherzo means "joke" or, in musical terms: light, full of fun. Sure, most scherzi are NOT slow, but the word is an indication of mood, not of speed.
ipmoic 3 years ago
when i record with poor battery powered recorder, it happen like this poor quality. sad.. sad..
joosangbai 3 years ago
it is speeded up...In normal tone he doesnt play it that fast.this is one tone higher,is like a-minor-it should be g minor...
paganviodio 3 years ago 2
no, non credo sia velocizzato (i don't think it was speeded up). Vai a sentire la versione di heifetz ed è uguale, anche se un po' più lenta. (go and listen to heifetz version: heifetz one is equal, even if it is a bit slower than this one)
Fluzza89 3 years ago
ITS FAST FORWARDED
ronnyweasle 3 years ago
no its not ....just look at other recordings of this peace....he really is playing it at this speed......
peej216 3 years ago
Heifetz plays this piece very fast as well. He might play faster than Menuhin. Scherzo means fast dance, but actually it is too fast and cannot dance...
takamori400 3 years ago
People rip Menuhin apart for his technical mistakes, but really, do notes really completely define a musician? It's not like he played every note incorrectly; he had some mistakes here and there. A musician should be judged by enthusiasm and spirit, in which case Menuhin scores high.
DarthKrattus 3 years ago 2
then one has a question: why play that fast when one knows that he/she would make mistakes at that tempo? I love Menuhin's slower pieces because they show, like you said, the "enthusiasm and spirit". Even in this video he shows such qualities in the slow part but I don't see any spirit in the fast part. He doesn't seem to care whether he is playing correctly or not. that's why people are criticizing menuhin.
dodddd29383 3 years ago 2
sorry I spammed your comment by mistake :(
BTW I do like Menuhin's slow pieces. he should've stuck to them.....
dodddd29383 3 years ago
Such an amazingly intelligent reply, demonstrating your hugely superior lexical ability. Thank you for your enlightening and original contributions.
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zeronecrostarmozart 3 years ago
I know, especially at the start, it sounded like as if the piano was out of tune. Nice playing anyway! (i'm suppose to give a good comment)
goodcommentguy 3 years ago 2
ma che cazzo c' antra???ma svegliati e vai a farti un tuffo dell' immondizia...napoli capitale degli incivili... ah a proposito menuhin the best!!
Itachi1846 3 years ago
so far corey cerovcek's way of playing wienewski has attracted me more than all others; he plays so naturally and without any pressure in the fast parts.
Shaghayegh11 3 years ago
You mean like a stratavarius?
goodcommentguy 3 years ago
Grrrr I keep struggling to do the big chords at measure 52
goodcommentguy 3 years ago
There were none like Heifetz. But Menuhin was definitely among the greatest.
The pianist is Menuhin's longtime accompanist Adolph Baller.
TomBarrister 3 years ago 2
I agree. Menuhin's tone is very unique. I love how he holds his bow. It is so easy, and in the fast parts it just flies. His hands are so big it is interesting to me to watch his hand go up and down the fingerboard like it does. Overall I like Menuhin for his stance and ease. Great to watch even though sometimes I don't agree with interpretation.
tdm1685 3 years ago 2
You think that Menuhin's hands are big? Look at Perlman's hands.
takamori400 3 years ago
I love to watch his performance. He is so graceful! Wonderful tone. Pearlman said that Menuhin's sounds of violin is so unique like one's finger print that he can tell it is Menuhin. His violin has many layers of colors, and he is a genious musician like Mozart.
takamori400 3 years ago
Menuhin is very unique but so is Pearlman himself. They both have a grace of physical performance, a wonderful full tone, and amazing interpretations. Yet both are unique. As to Mozart, will there ever be another one with such talent and skill?
tdm1685 3 years ago
I love Pearlman. I have a CD of his Beethoven concerto.
After I listen to his, I listened to Heifetz's. Of course, he is so good, and he makes everything so easy. It was excellent, but I sill love Perlman and Menuhin. He reaches my heart.
Menuhin's Ave Maria and Hungarian Dance #4 are also my favorite.
takamori400 3 years ago
personally, I think that Menuhin is better at playing slow, expressive pieces than technically demanding pieces like this.
Yes, he can play it perfectly, but it doesn't show his uniqueness. his tone kinda gets lost. On the contrary, when he plays slow pieces, his real special tone can be enjoyed to the fullest extent.
dodddd29383 3 years ago
Though that's not to say that he wasn't an amazing violinst. He's just wasn't playing as fast as we hear it.
Cllstnvlnst329 3 years ago
Actually, this is evidenced by such as that the video shows the pianist playing a half tone lower than the tone we're hearing. This is only really clear when his pinky reaches up for the Bb(s).
Cllstnvlnst329 3 years ago
Yeah that might be it...
henzwang 3 years ago
this is a great achievment menuhin is so good
hepatitas 3 years ago
i not say like that. because he play with excellent quality. I take 50% from Mr. Menuhin and 40 % from Mr. Heifetz
takhirviolinest 3 years ago
To all of the people who think it is played to fast.
How fast did you play it...?
Fast...Slow.
Isn't it just great that people can play it to fast and to slow.
Bloody lovely.
I repeat...
HOW FAST DID you PLAY IT....?
aubreyaub 3 years ago
Why does he play everything at such fast tempo?
STOLZEandSTOLZE 3 years ago
scherzo and tarantella.
scherzo is playful. its quick witted. this is a suitable speed. It only seems fast because you get second-rate violinists today not being able to play it at such velocity while maintaining the technical side at the same time. Tarantella was the term given to a dance that people did after they were bitten by a deadly spider. Many of them died of exhaustion. So to be fair, this speed is fine. Aprt from it being personal taste about what tempo you choose.
DualThunder 3 years ago
You seem to be calling Heifetz second rate. Heifetz's interpretation is much more measured, and more technically proficient and slower than this - if only a little. Methinks Menuhin could have learned a little from the Heifetz recording, as his bowing suffers from the speed.
Shades2Of1Grey 3 years ago
I said violinists of today. Not those of last century. I dont recall mentioning heifetz?
Unless you can quote me. I know heifetz plays this slower than menuhin, but heifetz is heifetz. He did it his way. It was his interpretation. But heifetz isnt the person in question. Im saying that menuhin's speed is acceptable because its within the ranges of the marked tempo. It's also a well known virtuosic piece so you can expect violinists to take it at a fast pace. Its meant to wow the audience.
DualThunder 3 years ago
I wasnt really commenting on the technical proficiency either. I was commenting on the tempo, but i know what you mean. And tbh i couldnt call heifetz a second rate violinist. It wouldnt make sense.
DualThunder 3 years ago
Menuhin is angel of god. I can only listen and listen becouse Pla with vibration like Menuhin is m dream. All people pla wit big texnic but with vibration like he no never people.
takhirviolinest 3 years ago
Jesus.
cromulentinnoc3nce 3 years ago 3