This version is longer by some 3 minutes to add the virtuosity of Heifetz. The piece is very demanding for the most accomplished player such as the great Anne-Sophie Mutter. This arrangement may be because it was a Hollywood film after all. (Carnegie).
@xbasket12x This really isn't the forum for differences of opinion, as I have stated the 'extra' put in by Heifetz more than Anne Sophie Mutter. The fact you know this piece by heart and you are a better player than I, even greater than Mutter, I look forward to hearing you on the world stage, and buying your latest album.
@MrAustina60 It's not even my battle, but I must say that you clearly lost the argument by being petty. Regardless of if it's a forum for differences of opinion or not, one should maintain a polite way of debating, which you clearly didn't.
@MrAustina60 I'm not quite sure what you mean about the arrangement. It's true that Heifetz plays some variations to the original that highlight his virtuosity, but this version is actually shorter than most. Some parts of the orchestral scores and even the solo parts have been omitted in this version - probably, as you say, because it was part of a movie. But it's not 3 minutes longer than it ought to be - it's shorter.
this is weird, i've listened to this version and other people playing it like Itzhak and Sarah Chang, but some of the parts that Heifetz plays in this are different from the parts they play, for example, 5:06 is played differently from him than from other people, the part with the octaves directly after that around 5:14 aren't octaves for other players there just practically scales. someone please answer with a reasonable answer! please!!!!!
@mrbeng111 There are lots of different variations of this piece. It was originally composed for Leopold Auer, who said it was impossible to play in its original form. This piece is so incredibly difficult. It is so difficult that even masters tend to rearrange some passages.
This must be from the movie "CARNEGIE HALL" which introduced me to excitement and beauty of the classical music - Tchaikovsky,many other composers, players, conductors, opera, and so on. It was in late 1940's or early 1950's. The story of the movie was trivial but the musicians appeared in this movie were the top of the world.... wonderful movie. Of course, this concerto, the player, are my best favorite ever since.
@imranbug81 The man is called maestro. I think that the ups of the stick is make the music louder, the downs more quiet, and when the hand closes it means stop. I am not sure, though.
@imranbug81 He's the conductor, maestro, regent, all used interchangeably. The conductor's part in an orchestra is to indicate the correct interpretation of tempo, dynamics and expression of a musical piece. What all those gestures can mean, well... one must actually take years in conservatoire and more years of practice and study to dominate it. As I'm merely a listener, it's impossible for me to say.
I can't believe that when you type the letter J into the search box, the first suggestion that comes up is "Justin Bieber" and NOT Jascha Heifetz. I am extremely appalled and Pissed off. jeez
@p1nkUn1c0rn Well yeah, his original rendition was composed for Leopold Auerr, the teacher of Heifetz. Upon seeing this concerto, Auerr told Tchaikovsky that some passages won't sound good no matter how perfectly they were played. Another virtuoso premiered this piece but the concerto received lots of bad criticism, so Auerr revised the concerto into the edition that you are hearing right now, and it was a success.
Loved this in "Le Concert", wonderful movie of 2009. Live is always better - I was blown away by Kwadrofonik three nights ago in Krakow: Rite of Spring performed on two pianos with two percussionists - Wow.
Why blame modern music worse than classical music? I like both, maybe I prefer modern music a little, but classical music is also good. Music can be good also with simple chord progression.
This is un-freaking real. Absolutely some of the most mind blowing violin playing I've ever heard. On top of that, this violin concerto is an absolute inspiration. Thank you for the upload. It made my day.
honestly, i can't even imagine a day when heifetz wasn't amazing. i can even see his 4 year old self with that same posture rippin away at like a sarasate or mendelssohn. when he was born he probably motioned for a violin then played like 1 of paganinis caprices
@conrado091993 sabe hablar ingles? yo hablo espanol un poco porque tengo una clase de espanol en la escuela. quiero hablar espanol bien. tengo que terminar la tarea ahora! hasta luego :DD
This clip is from the movie (1947) Carnegie Hall. The conductor was Fritz Reiner.
In this movie, Heifetz played the 1st movement. The actress (pretty one at 8:40) was Marsh Hunt. Incidentally, she died rather recent 2008, at 94. Very charming.
Every time I listen I wish Tchaikovsky would have done something with the theme he presents for maybe 5 seconds at 3:28..It is so beautiful and I just feel something awesome coming. Love this concerto...
I like how he is playing , so smart and the technique. Maybe not the best in the world but ofcourse the most populair and all the stuf in all , but listen to Pinchas Zukerman , I actully think he is the best !!
Jascha Heifetz is by far the best violinist in the world I have ever known of. He may be better than Niccolo Paganini, had he lived in this time. Regardless, Heifetz remains the pinnacle of violin playing that all violinists, including myself, would love to play as.
Three generations of players have murmured his name with reverence and he remains their model , still unsurpassed. American writer Henry Roth summed up the situation perfectly : ' Had Heifetz never lived, violin playing might never have attained the pinnacle of perfection it now enjoys - Oistrakh -' there are many great violinists but Heifetz is in a class by himself ! Toscanini when he first heard Heifetz that he reported - ' I nearly lost my mind' ! I REST MY CASE !!!!!!!
me parece que heifetz hizo un par de cambios ad libitum. Suenan ben, y le dio su toque personal sin ofender los puritanos. Este performance es increible!
That woman at 8:40 makes me wish I lived back then, where music like this actually meant something to people more than a few lyrics and a simple chord progression.
@SuddenlyIseepickmeup ...music like this 'actually means something' to very many MORE people NOW, than in those days - thanks to having more access to it - whether live or cd or internet. In those days, only the minority elite would go to that type of concert.
@n0iwont He/she is not saying that no one cares about this kind of music today, he/she is just trying to say that maybe MORE people back then in the early 1900's cared about classical music than today where as people like Justin Bieber and Eminem are taking over. Different kind of music
@mrbeng111 ...well I can't agree with you....actually FEWER people back then cared about it, as the general populus wouldn't even have known about it because of having less access to it, naturally.. Also, as another commentor has mentioned, there would've been the equivalent rubbish to Justin Bieber ( whoever he is ) and Eminem....there would've been music hall and other popular forms of ' music' in ale houses etc. I'm not trying to be disagreeable. Just saying.
@SuddenlyIseepickmeup and when people knew not to clap between movements. God that drives me nuts: every time I go to a CSO concert people are clapping between movements. Seriously, if you're going to a concert at least educate yourself. If a 17 year-old kid and his friends can, why can't you?
@Lardawan ....I agree. ....and had it not been for the blues of the deep south and the birth of rock, we 'd all still be listening to either the same classics or, as you say ' mainstream crap'
Really superb, probably my favorite, even if the interpretation isn't to your taste. Always tempo forward, powerful and pushes the instrument right to the edge in the FF passages, almost scratchy. I'll be a brat and point out that his pinkie unintentionally dings the e string at 7:28. In lessons my teacher is fond of saying "everybody makes mistakes, even Heifetz".
I love the dramatic lighting--I don't know whether this is on purpose (ie for tv/for a movie)--but it sure is spine chilling--and, oh ya, the violin playing aint too shabby either!
to all the people arguing, how can we compare them, they played with different techniques, heifetz's is 200 years more advanced, but most of all, how the hell can you compare people you've never heard, we don't have a clue if Heifetz isn't the greatest violinist of all time (i'm not suggesting he is), but you just can't compare these violinists, compare violinsts of the same era yes, but not of different eras.
Once you hear Heifetz play the Third Movement of this piece (e.g., the RCA Red Seal recording), it's impossible to listen to any other version. I wish I had been able to see him in-person. The man was a paragon.
A great performance (despite being cut) by the 5th greatest violin player of all time. He is one of the few if not the only one who can actually hit the high note at the end of Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto and give it vibrato in the fifth of a second or so of its playing time.
@MrMagas23 I totally agree with your opinion on the rendition of the lat not of this conerto, but if Heifetz is the 5th greeatest, who is in front of him?
@hedonism147 Oistrakh? Just kidding. Well, it doesn't make sense at all to create rankings like that. I guess each one of us has their favorite violinists, and the choice probably differs from one piece to another ;)
Don't listen to hedonism147. He doesn't know anything about violin. His comment is word-by-by copy-and-pasted from Listverse's ranking of the "top 10 violinists of all time" (search on Google "Listverse top 10 violinist").
Did you just copy-and-paste what you wrote from Listverse's ranking of the "10 greatest violinists of all time"? Your comment is word-by-word exactly the same as what they wrote on that website. However, if you play any violin yourself, you will immediately realize that Listverse's review is ridiculous. Corelli ranked ahead of Heifetz, seriously? If you want to plagiarize someone else's review, then at least pick a reliable source.
@SkrPchr3 No I didn't, my english teacher translated a frace from Greek to English cause I didn't know how to translate it, she might has done what you say. As for the list, this is the ranking we gave in my music history lessons in a project. No I don't play(only a little so I can judge the basic) violin but I play guitar and piano. Corelli ahead of Heifetz? I don't agree personally but I can't say anything, I am sure about the first three.
@MrMagas23 Tell me, have you ever heard Corelli play the violin? I'm pretty sure you haven't because he died long ago before your grandparents existed.
@MrMagas23 You're joking aren't you. He lived in the 16th century and you're telling me right now that recording equipment existed back then? The light bulb didn't even exist back then. Get your facts right.
That Listerverse review site is in English, not Greek. Your comment about Heifetz is exactly word-by-word copied from that review. You didn't write that yourself. This reminds me of somebody copy/pasting a Wikipedia article and trying to pose as an expert.
When you referred to that "high note" at the end of the Tchaikovsky, do you even know WHICH note that is? Which movement are you referring to? Have you even played this concerto yourself?
@SkrPchr3 You missunderstood I am greek, not the site and cause I didn't know how to translate it I gave it to my english teacher, if she happens to have seen it how can I possibly know anything! I Don't play the violin, I am not the expert, I am the expert at guitar matters.
So your original review was in Greek, and your teacher translated into English for you, and you've copied that translation here? What a coincidence that it happens to match the Listverse review word-by-word. Your teacher's fault you say...
Alright, so you refer to this "high note at the end of Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto." Where is this high note? Which movement is this? Or was this not part of your original review?
@SkrPchr3 The original review was in greek, my mother language. I wrote it with my classmates for my music class. When I wanted to write something in the internet I couldn't translate it so I gave it, If you want I can gladly give you the original text if you know greek and then you might understand the note and movement cause you are right it's not written in here.
If you wrote the original review, then which movement is that "high note" found? Movement 1, or 2, or 3? You definitely know enough English to tell me that, since you've been talking all this time in English.
You do understand the Arabic numerals 1, 2, and 3, right? It's not English, it's just numbers. So which is it: 1, 2, or 3?
And yes, send me the original Greek version if you want: kmc.msa@gmail.com
So, how about that "original review" of yours in Greek? You still haven't sent it.
This is what you wrote:
"He is one of the few if not the only one who can actually hit the HIGH NOTE at the end of Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto and give it vibrato in the fifth of a second or so of its playing time."
Where exactly is this "high note" that lasts 1/5 of a second? Movement 1, 2, or 3?
Or were you just pretending to be an "expert" all this time?
Fabulous Jascha! The virtuosity is staggering. And Fritz Reiner doesn't conduct this slow. The sound this man could draw from his violin was beyond this world. No wonder some of Heifetz's colleagues wondered how he could even do some of his playing.
When this concerto was premiered, it received more than a mere 95 dislikes - it was, almost universally, blasted with severe criticism and considered vulgar. Crazy how time changes our ears, except those 95 who probably generally consider Tchaikovsky too commercial or are homophobic.
@MyShadowsBlood Good luck. I'll tell you what, the only way you'll ever play like this is if you never doubt yourself even for a second. If at any point you begin to lose faith in yourself you will fail. Always seek to improve and climb higher and higher. I know it seems cliche to say never give up, but in reality that's the only way you will ever reach this level. Work your hardest every single day and always look forward. I know this because my own doubt was the cause of my destruction
nodame cantabile brought me here. what a wonderful sound.. :3
andengluvsblue39 13 hours ago
Heifetz is my 2nd favorite violinist ever. I still like Itzhak Perlman best.
abviolin2 20 hours ago
WOW! ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL!
Excodisal 3 days ago
Point taken, it's just that I have 2 recordings of 9 and something minutes.
MrAustina60 4 days ago
HI xbasket. Point taken. I just wish I could play as well as her, let alone Heifetz.
Samuel Johnson said something like, 'if I could fiddle I'd do nothing else'.
Catch up another time as we seem to have attracted some attention :/ best wishes.
Austin A60
MrAustina60 6 days ago
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MrAustina60 6 days ago
Battle? not really.
MrAustina60 6 days ago
This version is longer by some 3 minutes to add the virtuosity of Heifetz. The piece is very demanding for the most accomplished player such as the great Anne-Sophie Mutter. This arrangement may be because it was a Hollywood film after all. (Carnegie).
MrAustina60 1 week ago
@MrAustina60 "great" Anne-Sophie Mutter? You must be joking
xbasket12x 1 week ago
@xbasket12x This really isn't the forum for differences of opinion, as I have stated the 'extra' put in by Heifetz more than Anne Sophie Mutter. The fact you know this piece by heart and you are a better player than I, even greater than Mutter, I look forward to hearing you on the world stage, and buying your latest album.
MrAustina60 1 week ago
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xbasket12x 1 week ago
@MrAustina60 It's not even my battle, but I must say that you clearly lost the argument by being petty. Regardless of if it's a forum for differences of opinion or not, one should maintain a polite way of debating, which you clearly didn't.
For the record, I love this piece.
Abysmaltormentor 6 days ago
@MrAustina60 I'm not quite sure what you mean about the arrangement. It's true that Heifetz plays some variations to the original that highlight his virtuosity, but this version is actually shorter than most. Some parts of the orchestral scores and even the solo parts have been omitted in this version - probably, as you say, because it was part of a movie. But it's not 3 minutes longer than it ought to be - it's shorter.
Kathilisi 4 days ago
Not to sound like a modern, insensitive punk, but
O.O MAD SKILLZ
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27mrmusic 1 week ago
Seems like this was the arranged ver. of Auer, there's some minor changes on violin solo compared to Tchaikovsky original one ^^
susuwatari3 2 weeks ago
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27mrmusic 2 weeks ago
i literally gasped at 0.56...
ennasy97 2 weeks ago
that girl in the video reflects the piece...beautiful
ChordN 2 weeks ago
this is weird, i've listened to this version and other people playing it like Itzhak and Sarah Chang, but some of the parts that Heifetz plays in this are different from the parts they play, for example, 5:06 is played differently from him than from other people, the part with the octaves directly after that around 5:14 aren't octaves for other players there just practically scales. someone please answer with a reasonable answer! please!!!!!
mrbeng111 3 weeks ago
@mrbeng111 There are lots of different variations of this piece. It was originally composed for Leopold Auer, who said it was impossible to play in its original form. This piece is so incredibly difficult. It is so difficult that even masters tend to rearrange some passages.
bongobonga 3 weeks ago
5:15 must've been the scariest octave scale EVER!! but when the orchestra came in with the main theme after that i had chills
mrbeng111 3 weeks ago 2
@mrbeng111 Those are tenths btw, MUCH harder =)
dchenviolinist 2 weeks ago
This must be from the movie "CARNEGIE HALL" which introduced me to excitement and beauty of the classical music - Tchaikovsky,many other composers, players, conductors, opera, and so on. It was in late 1940's or early 1950's. The story of the movie was trivial but the musicians appeared in this movie were the top of the world.... wonderful movie. Of course, this concerto, the player, are my best favorite ever since.
MrJaxyagi 3 weeks ago
what do we call the guy who directs the symphony..... and what dose it means when he waves his stick ???
imranbug81 3 weeks ago
@imranbug81 The man is called maestro. I think that the ups of the stick is make the music louder, the downs more quiet, and when the hand closes it means stop. I am not sure, though.
oneofthosefreaks 3 weeks ago
@imranbug81 He's the conductor, maestro, regent, all used interchangeably. The conductor's part in an orchestra is to indicate the correct interpretation of tempo, dynamics and expression of a musical piece. What all those gestures can mean, well... one must actually take years in conservatoire and more years of practice and study to dominate it. As I'm merely a listener, it's impossible for me to say.
EdwardACS 3 weeks ago
@EdwardACS thanks a lot for the info :)
imranbug81 3 weeks ago
@imranbug81 You're welcome.
EdwardACS 2 weeks ago
@MichelleSeven I am proud to be alive to listen, even as a recording, this masterpiece, and, to listen to Heifetz =]
Also, to be a violinist ;D
gregogr 4 weeks ago
wonderful wonderful..! I am proud to be a violinist =')
MichelleSeven 1 month ago in playlist rondo
Bravo....bravo!!!!
cesarciro24 1 month ago
i just got chills, i still had my chills after he ended, wow...
mrbeng111 1 month ago
this music fits him so well 9:54 wow!
mrbeng111 1 month ago
I can't believe that when you type the letter J into the search box, the first suggestion that comes up is "Justin Bieber" and NOT Jascha Heifetz. I am extremely appalled and Pissed off. jeez
mrbeng111 1 month ago 38
100 people who don't know love ;)
kaynanLisboa 1 month ago
Wow... Big fan!!!!! :)
ThePokemongal123 1 month ago
eso es de alguna pelicula??? o es heifetz tocando en verdad???
Irenedelatorre96 1 month ago
I heard that tchaikovsky sucked at writing violin music because he didn't know how to play the violin himself. sad sad sad. True or false?
p1nkUn1c0rn 1 month ago
@p1nkUn1c0rn Well yeah, his original rendition was composed for Leopold Auerr, the teacher of Heifetz. Upon seeing this concerto, Auerr told Tchaikovsky that some passages won't sound good no matter how perfectly they were played. Another virtuoso premiered this piece but the concerto received lots of bad criticism, so Auerr revised the concerto into the edition that you are hearing right now, and it was a success.
myrddraalmack 1 month ago
@myrddraalmack Jascha Heifetz told my teacher Erick Friedman that Tchaikovsky actually liked the Auer revisions.
NRob84 1 month ago
@p1nkUn1c0rn still i'd say this is some pretty damn good violin music
mrbeng111 1 month ago
who is the conductor?
08mcrisp 1 month ago
@08mcrisp Fritz Reiner
gotham61 2 weeks ago
@08mcrisp Fritz Reiner
gotham61 2 weeks ago
Divine music!
danlan88it 1 month ago 2
Jascha Heifetz was the about perfect violinist.
exrick182 1 month ago 25
Loved this in "Le Concert", wonderful movie of 2009. Live is always better - I was blown away by Kwadrofonik three nights ago in Krakow: Rite of Spring performed on two pianos with two percussionists - Wow.
kwadrofonik.pl
onehipdad 1 month ago
Very pretty, sweet, shows technique, well of course it is Jascha Heiftz
rosyposyoh 1 month ago
Is this from a movie? The bit at the end makes it seem so.
problemrazor 1 month ago
@problemrazor From the movie Carnegie Hall
gotham61 2 weeks ago
First few minutes: Pretty sweet...Later:Whoa, badass...Near the end: Okay, that's hot. By the end of the song: *brains blown all over my keyboard*
Ishidalover 1 month ago
Look Ma, NO frets.
Brilliant!
photonpharmer 1 month ago
I BET HE COULD PLAY THE HELL OUTTA 'THE ORANGE BLOSSOM SPECIAL' OR ' BILE DEM CABBAGES DOWN' - SAY, ANYBODY GOTS A VIDEEO OF DATS?
PLAY DEAR JASCHA, YOU WERE WONDERFUL - BRAVO!
jehovahuponyou 2 months ago
Why blame modern music worse than classical music? I like both, maybe I prefer modern music a little, but classical music is also good. Music can be good also with simple chord progression.
jorreism 2 months ago
This is un-freaking real. Absolutely some of the most mind blowing violin playing I've ever heard. On top of that, this violin concerto is an absolute inspiration. Thank you for the upload. It made my day.
arkady714 2 months ago
Wasn't he using a should rest in this video, was he?
svheavymetal 2 months ago
honestly, i can't even imagine a day when heifetz wasn't amazing. i can even see his 4 year old self with that same posture rippin away at like a sarasate or mendelssohn. when he was born he probably motioned for a violin then played like 1 of paganinis caprices
carmyvinci 2 months ago
I LIKE TCHAIK
DrBelser12 2 months ago
FABULOSOOOOOO!!!!!
ROSITASROCOCO 2 months ago
lo mejor es poner este concierto a todo volumen cuando estoy sólo en casa :D e imaginar que eres el director de la orquesta, lo máximo :D
conrado091993 2 months ago
@conrado091993 sabe hablar ingles? yo hablo espanol un poco porque tengo una clase de espanol en la escuela. quiero hablar espanol bien. tengo que terminar la tarea ahora! hasta luego :DD
rexJEEPguy073 2 months ago
@rexJEEPguy073 I don´t know so much about English, just the basics words and expressions what I learned in school xD sorry for my poor english xD
conrado091993 2 months ago
昔のしょぼい音響でこれだけの音色なんだからやはりハイフェッツは凄い
Staak1994 2 months ago
How do you cant like it ??
alon2612 2 months ago
Jascha Heifetz...Sencillamente uno de los mejores de los mejores
MILAGROSCAHUINA 2 months ago
Yes, this is why everything is called a "song" nowadays!!
Bluetooth6483 2 months ago
Beam me to the Carnegie Hall for an evening of Classical Music.. Thank You.
apassionante 2 months ago 2
Correction: not Marsh Hunt, but Marsha Hunt. Sorry.
1997schow 2 months ago
This clip is from the movie (1947) Carnegie Hall. The conductor was Fritz Reiner.
In this movie, Heifetz played the 1st movement. The actress (pretty one at 8:40) was Marsh Hunt. Incidentally, she died rather recent 2008, at 94. Very charming.
1997schow 2 months ago
0:19 Is that Richard nixon conducting??
SuperHappypsycho 2 months ago
@SuperHappypsycho LOL Actually I also thought it looks like him a bit (No offence to the great conductor Fritz Reiner).
Adorado31 2 months ago
Best performance of this concerto I have ever heard. Is this from a movie?
darkrevel 2 months ago
That's what you call an explosion on the violin! Slam dunk!
topspin316 2 months ago
The best yet, says Tread GLVT. 2011
gregorytreadwell 2 months ago
Every time I listen I wish Tchaikovsky would have done something with the theme he presents for maybe 5 seconds at 3:28..It is so beautiful and I just feel something awesome coming. Love this concerto...
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I like how he is playing , so smart and the technique. Maybe not the best in the world but ofcourse the most populair and all the stuf in all , but listen to Pinchas Zukerman , I actully think he is the best !!
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anniechen22 3 months ago
i personally think Tchaikovsky is better then mozart or bach
BLUEFIRE444 3 months ago 2
@BLUEFIRE444 I totally agree!
naboogolenshvik 3 months ago
@BLUEFIRE444 yeah me too
i think romantic music is so much better than baroque or classic
lamboaudi4 3 months ago
@BLUEFIRE444 bach debatable. Mozart, probably.
brainwasher9876 2 months ago in playlist Classical
Who's the woman? Is this an actual concert or an excerpt from a movie?
quentasian 3 months ago
Heard this with the Cleveland Orchestra last night. So beautiful!
Holfti 3 months ago
but nora, you are carnegie hall
Kht2012 3 months ago
He's boss
trappedbymusic 3 months ago
Jascha Heifetz is by far the best violinist in the world I have ever known of. He may be better than Niccolo Paganini, had he lived in this time. Regardless, Heifetz remains the pinnacle of violin playing that all violinists, including myself, would love to play as.
RickTheViolinist 3 months ago
Three generations of players have murmured his name with reverence and he remains their model , still unsurpassed. American writer Henry Roth summed up the situation perfectly : ' Had Heifetz never lived, violin playing might never have attained the pinnacle of perfection it now enjoys - Oistrakh -' there are many great violinists but Heifetz is in a class by himself ! Toscanini when he first heard Heifetz that he reported - ' I nearly lost my mind' ! I REST MY CASE !!!!!!!
OEDBrowser 3 months ago
me parece que heifetz hizo un par de cambios ad libitum. Suenan ben, y le dio su toque personal sin ofender los puritanos. Este performance es increible!
mafajardo 3 months ago
hypnotizing.
ilybEhbz 3 months ago
98 people disliked this? What happened? Did they allow computers at the School for the Criminally Stupid?
MiloArc 3 months ago 4
Hmmm idk he's really good, but I prefer Sarah Chang's style.
heathersvan 4 months ago
That woman at 8:40 makes me wish I lived back then, where music like this actually meant something to people more than a few lyrics and a simple chord progression.
SuddenlyIseepickmeup 4 months ago 86
@SuddenlyIseepickmeup ...music like this 'actually means something' to very many MORE people NOW, than in those days - thanks to having more access to it - whether live or cd or internet. In those days, only the minority elite would go to that type of concert.
n0iwont 3 months ago 60
@n0iwont Live music is 1000000 times better than recordings... ^^
Hoplite0001 2 months ago
@Hoplite0001 ...I know...
n0iwont 2 months ago
@n0iwont...And a lot of then went to socialize with the elites and not for the music.
npetrello 1 month ago
@n0iwont He/she is not saying that no one cares about this kind of music today, he/she is just trying to say that maybe MORE people back then in the early 1900's cared about classical music than today where as people like Justin Bieber and Eminem are taking over. Different kind of music
mrbeng111 1 month ago
@mrbeng111 ...well I can't agree with you....actually FEWER people back then cared about it, as the general populus wouldn't even have known about it because of having less access to it, naturally.. Also, as another commentor has mentioned, there would've been the equivalent rubbish to Justin Bieber ( whoever he is ) and Eminem....there would've been music hall and other popular forms of ' music' in ale houses etc. I'm not trying to be disagreeable. Just saying.
n0iwont 1 month ago 2
@SuddenlyIseepickmeup can't you see it was scripted?
DERFVEDA 1 month ago
@DERFVEDA Yes, actually, I can see that. But that still doesn't change the fact it she portrays real human emotions.
SuddenlyIseepickmeup 1 month ago
@SuddenlyIseepickmeup and when people knew not to clap between movements. God that drives me nuts: every time I go to a CSO concert people are clapping between movements. Seriously, if you're going to a concert at least educate yourself. If a 17 year-old kid and his friends can, why can't you?
theNATTTTTT 1 month ago
@SuddenlyIseepickmeup You are very naive... Do you honestely believe that people did not have a mainstream crap back then?
Lardawan 1 month ago
@Lardawan ....I agree. ....and had it not been for the blues of the deep south and the birth of rock, we 'd all still be listening to either the same classics or, as you say ' mainstream crap'
n0iwont 1 month ago
music like this is to good for human beings
BLUEFIRE444 4 months ago 3
96 personas son sordas !!
Lelouch3d 4 months ago 3
96 personas son sordas !!
Lelouch3d 4 months ago 2
this woman looks like she's about to faint just from talking to him...
nousernamewhatsoever 4 months ago
What movie is this from?
evalongorialover 4 months ago
@evalongorialover It's the film Carnegie Hall [1947]
uranrising 4 months ago
I can't stop replaying video. Wonderful!! Perfect performance!
Jej621 4 months ago
b(^^)d
Jej621 4 months ago
96 Juggalos have watched this video.
noonerofl 4 months ago
Heifetz and Horowitz. There would not have been a 20th century of music without them.
Devoraak 4 months ago
i like
ari17small 4 months ago
knuckle draggers LOL!!! xD
nousernamewhatsoever 4 months ago
this piece is impossible T_T
BozoMeFatty 4 months ago
se escucha hermoso en el minuto 01:00
ari17small 4 months ago
Beautiful playing..very much enjoyed it.
wolffox1231 4 months ago
Really superb, probably my favorite, even if the interpretation isn't to your taste. Always tempo forward, powerful and pushes the instrument right to the edge in the FF passages, almost scratchy. I'll be a brat and point out that his pinkie unintentionally dings the e string at 7:28. In lessons my teacher is fond of saying "everybody makes mistakes, even Heifetz".
jbstrader 4 months ago
that's impossible, he died in 1713, there was no recording equipment then, so you didn't
klpj123 4 months ago
Amazing, wonderfull, unbeliveable, I never heard any person playing like him.
duzunyan 4 months ago
This is perfection, absolutely fantastic. :')
blazeballer1 4 months ago
I love the dramatic lighting--I don't know whether this is on purpose (ie for tv/for a movie)--but it sure is spine chilling--and, oh ya, the violin playing aint too shabby either!
windstorm1000 4 months ago
to all the people arguing, how can we compare them, they played with different techniques, heifetz's is 200 years more advanced, but most of all, how the hell can you compare people you've never heard, we don't have a clue if Heifetz isn't the greatest violinist of all time (i'm not suggesting he is), but you just can't compare these violinists, compare violinsts of the same era yes, but not of different eras.
klpj123 4 months ago
Is this part of a movie?
hfleung100 4 months ago
temazo techo brutal
corazondeleon33 4 months ago
INTENSE
pablop40 4 months ago
Jascha Heifetz is my favorite violinist(along with Henryk Szeryng)but,belive me or not,there is a false note at 03:48-03:49
remusrimbu2 4 months ago
@remusrimbu2 well IT SOUNDS GOOD
xultradragonslayerx 4 months ago
GREAT!!!!
123brioni 4 months ago
i was thinking he is kinda fast, but then again this vid is taken from a movie ryt? so maybe that's y he plays fast.....
TheHeretor 5 months ago
What wonderful artistry, he is simply incredible. Not only the poetry he realizes but the velocity he is capable of.
kevinkevinkevinize 5 months ago
Once you hear Heifetz play the Third Movement of this piece (e.g., the RCA Red Seal recording), it's impossible to listen to any other version. I wish I had been able to see him in-person. The man was a paragon.
1998saw 5 months ago
A great performance (despite being cut) by the 5th greatest violin player of all time. He is one of the few if not the only one who can actually hit the high note at the end of Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto and give it vibrato in the fifth of a second or so of its playing time.
MrMagas23 5 months ago
@MrMagas23 I totally agree with your opinion on the rendition of the lat not of this conerto, but if Heifetz is the 5th greeatest, who is in front of him?
hedonism147 5 months ago
@hedonism147 Oistrakh? Just kidding. Well, it doesn't make sense at all to create rankings like that. I guess each one of us has their favorite violinists, and the choice probably differs from one piece to another ;)
inextinguishable00 5 months ago
@hedonism147 I am glad that you agree with my opinion about this video. As for who is in front of him:
5.Jascha Heifetz
4.Arcangelo Corelli
3.Antonio Vivaldi
2.Pablo de Sarasate
1.Niccolo Paganini
MrMagas23 4 months ago
@hedonism147
Don't listen to hedonism147. He doesn't know anything about violin. His comment is word-by-by copy-and-pasted from Listverse's ranking of the "top 10 violinists of all time" (search on Google "Listverse top 10 violinist").
SkrPchr3 4 months ago
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SkrPchr3 4 months ago
@MrMagas23
Did you just copy-and-paste what you wrote from Listverse's ranking of the "10 greatest violinists of all time"? Your comment is word-by-word exactly the same as what they wrote on that website. However, if you play any violin yourself, you will immediately realize that Listverse's review is ridiculous. Corelli ranked ahead of Heifetz, seriously? If you want to plagiarize someone else's review, then at least pick a reliable source.
SkrPchr3 4 months ago
@SkrPchr3 No I didn't, my english teacher translated a frace from Greek to English cause I didn't know how to translate it, she might has done what you say. As for the list, this is the ranking we gave in my music history lessons in a project. No I don't play(only a little so I can judge the basic) violin but I play guitar and piano. Corelli ahead of Heifetz? I don't agree personally but I can't say anything, I am sure about the first three.
MrMagas23 4 months ago
@MrMagas23 Tell me, have you ever heard Corelli play the violin? I'm pretty sure you haven't because he died long ago before your grandparents existed.
xbasket12x 4 months ago
@xbasket12x Yes I have heard what they say to be a recording but it's too bad and I can't be sure if it's truly him!
MrMagas23 4 months ago
@MrMagas23 You're joking aren't you. He lived in the 16th century and you're telling me right now that recording equipment existed back then? The light bulb didn't even exist back then. Get your facts right.
xbasket12x 4 months ago
@xbasket12x You are right, I got confused, violin isn't my best like guitar and piano that's why. But I still know the basic.
MrMagas23 4 months ago
@MrMagas23
That Listerverse review site is in English, not Greek. Your comment about Heifetz is exactly word-by-word copied from that review. You didn't write that yourself. This reminds me of somebody copy/pasting a Wikipedia article and trying to pose as an expert.
When you referred to that "high note" at the end of the Tchaikovsky, do you even know WHICH note that is? Which movement are you referring to? Have you even played this concerto yourself?
SkrPchr3 4 months ago
@SkrPchr3 You missunderstood I am greek, not the site and cause I didn't know how to translate it I gave it to my english teacher, if she happens to have seen it how can I possibly know anything! I Don't play the violin, I am not the expert, I am the expert at guitar matters.
MrMagas23 4 months ago
@MrMagas23
So your original review was in Greek, and your teacher translated into English for you, and you've copied that translation here? What a coincidence that it happens to match the Listverse review word-by-word. Your teacher's fault you say...
Alright, so you refer to this "high note at the end of Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto." Where is this high note? Which movement is this? Or was this not part of your original review?
SkrPchr3 4 months ago
@SkrPchr3 The original review was in greek, my mother language. I wrote it with my classmates for my music class. When I wanted to write something in the internet I couldn't translate it so I gave it, If you want I can gladly give you the original text if you know greek and then you might understand the note and movement cause you are right it's not written in here.
MrMagas23 4 months ago
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@MrMagas23
If you wrote the original review, then which movement is that "high note" found? Movement 1, or 2, or 3? You definitely know enough English to tell me that, since you've been talking all this time in English.
You do understand the Arabic numerals 1, 2, and 3, right? It's not English, it's just numbers. So which is it: 1, 2, or 3?
And yes, send me the original Greek version if you want: kmc.msa@gmail.com
SkrPchr3 4 months ago
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@MrMagas23
So, how about that "original review" of yours in Greek? You still haven't sent it.
This is what you wrote:
"He is one of the few if not the only one who can actually hit the HIGH NOTE at the end of Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto and give it vibrato in the fifth of a second or so of its playing time."
Where exactly is this "high note" that lasts 1/5 of a second? Movement 1, 2, or 3?
Or were you just pretending to be an "expert" all this time?
SkrPchr3 4 months ago
@MrMagas23 that's funny, i just saw the same review of this piece on listverse...
careinn10 3 months ago
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95 people are retards!!!!!!1
necco903 5 months ago
Fabulous Jascha! The virtuosity is staggering. And Fritz Reiner doesn't conduct this slow. The sound this man could draw from his violin was beyond this world. No wonder some of Heifetz's colleagues wondered how he could even do some of his playing.
MrZeitun 5 months ago
When this concerto was premiered, it received more than a mere 95 dislikes - it was, almost universally, blasted with severe criticism and considered vulgar. Crazy how time changes our ears, except those 95 who probably generally consider Tchaikovsky too commercial or are homophobic.
fourstar99 5 months ago
concerto per violino
MsNichelino 5 months ago
my favorite violinist!!! jascha!!!
jenlovemicky 5 months ago
Very very perfect!!!!!
rafaelffnokio 5 months ago
Absolutely perfect!
beautifuldana 5 months ago
I wish the whole concerto was done but this is still an amazing interpretation nonetheless
ViolinistZach218 5 months ago
@ViolinistZach218 the whole first movement I mean
ViolinistZach218 5 months ago
94 people doesn't know the true music
MrMcFer1 5 months ago
I love Jascha Heifetz, he was and will be one of the best violinists of all times.
Thank you Heifetz for giving us (all the violinists) such a perfect ambition, be just like you.
eduhyuuga 5 months ago 3
HIT IT, MASTER!!
0casteloencantado0 5 months ago 3
This is my dream. When i grow up i dream i want to play this with an orchestra and make my parents and my teacher proud. :)
MyShadowsBlood 5 months ago 64
@MyShadowsBlood Good luck. I'll tell you what, the only way you'll ever play like this is if you never doubt yourself even for a second. If at any point you begin to lose faith in yourself you will fail. Always seek to improve and climb higher and higher. I know it seems cliche to say never give up, but in reality that's the only way you will ever reach this level. Work your hardest every single day and always look forward. I know this because my own doubt was the cause of my destruction
AbsoluteZ3R0 5 months ago
@AbsoluteZ3R0 THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE ADVICE AND THE ENCOURAGEMENT!!
MyShadowsBlood 5 months ago
@MyShadowsBlood im sorry to say no orchestra plays like this anymore =(
insomniawheesung 4 months ago
how can anyone dislike this!?!?!
971217helen 5 months ago
Film with a woman!! She has shown me love
cookout1688 5 months ago
youtube com/watch?v=UMFEp5LCM1Y
Check out this Violin Concerto in C minor.
ChristopherMPiercy 5 months ago
Control at the service of passion! Intensity without losing musicality! And never sacrificing tone for ANYTHING!
Also there may have been some edits as this is from a movie, but not the 800 or so used in a modern recording
MrAlfredButts 5 months ago
perfect!
beautifuldana 5 months ago 2
beautiful! *o*
kidaniland 5 months ago