paganini caprice no.24

[bpfastfeet25]

2:53 made my brain explode...

[Albert0Jazzmaster]

Twelve dislikes?? Who is this people

[xbasket12x]

@Albert0Jazzmaster "who are these people

[jetbest4]

I got to hear him play this at my high school for our orchestra. It sounds even better in person!

[Aderemi111]

i like his the most

[Jimmytuba08]

His vibrato is a little much for me in the slower octaves section towards the beginning, but, other that my personal opinion getting in the way, it's just about as flawless a performance as any human can produce...AWESOME!

[BARASHAKESHU]

MASTERFUL MAESTRO MARKHOV MARVELLOUS Mmmm

[62erPrecision]

w00t 0o this is frickin awsum chaps 0o

[lepelek]

really amazing play, sound is so perfect

[Lisztlovers]

amazing'

[30123288]

No Sound-

[fredsale1]

odish shit

[AuroraLove1]

VERY GOOD VIDEO..

[Nightshot1]

He is a PERFECT violinist.

[qwerfa]

I like Heifetz's interpretation better, but this one still is great.

[S3Suggs]

Is he spinning or is it the camera?

[orlyorlywtf]

this version is absolutely perfect

[gnulen]

@orlyorlywtf its the best version i have heard yet.. it beats slomo and pealman versions by miles.

[amorediuncappuccetto]

a me piace questo cantante musicista, ma come si chiama in quale locale si esibisce.

[JustinK078]

Paganini would win in this day and age...if they were to compete in the time of Vivaldi, people would favor Vivaldi more, because even Paganini was ahead of his time...but just a few years.

[Antiting]

Wonderful <33

[dlsrngns]

No, you mistook. Antonio Vivaldi was both player and composer for violin.

[dlsrngns]

Wow! He looks like a GOD~!! I love Nicolo Paganini's music. Especially, 'Caprices no.24'!!!!!!

[DragonShami]

Yea. I liked playing Vivaldi music. It is just cool!!! ♫♪

[masked1one]

Hmm...wonder if that's Venegrov

[kahuna390]

paganini is most likely the deffining point of the instrument but all his caprices would have been easy to him as thats the way he naturaly arranged his fingers. the style came naturally to him so its alot harder for someone today to replicate that, but no one alive has ever heard him play but he is the greatest. he invented the techniques

[frdrcksncn]

wtf? lol!

[ClassicSteinwayJonas]

is he paganini?????!!!!!!!

[teddybear5304]

no.

[sijas]

HAHAHAHHA!

srry but that just made my day

[ClassicSteinwayJonas]

Yeah I was just kidding but he really looks like paganini

[American767]

no Paganini died in 1840 - sorry if you missed it

[happyfunnyfoo]

If I tried playing all 24 in a row I think I'd die of exhaustion

[Fullperson]

that's how paganini died lol

[ClassicSteinwayJonas]

yes!!!

[sarsTOTHEmax]

are you serious?!?

[Fullperson]

are you serious?!? Of course it was a joke duhhhhhhhh

[kk47animations]

Great player i must admit..just wondering, what is he doing at 2:57 onwards, is he plucking the strings with his fretting hand or something else?

[xephyr417]

left-hand pizzacato... imo its really hard...

he plays one note then flicks the finger pressed down on the string off to the side plucking the note behind it... reallllly fast

im assuming u play guitar so i believe there is a video of a lady playing this song on the guitaru might get it better if u see her... or i may be wrong

[sijas]

i thought it'd be hard

but then i tried it and it actually wasn't that bad.

[brootalxlust]

Please marry me, you brilliant man.

[felipemomo]

fuck he's good. paganini was a genius, but anyone capable of playing just one entire caprice (and even better, all of them, like markov) is a superb violinist (or guitarrist or whatever instrument he is ineterpreting with)

[Quinzio]

What the problem if there's one more wrong notes ?

The music is there to entertain and amaze people.

I liked this piece and that's all.

[kramotakra]

left hand pizzicato...out of this world, inhuman, abnormal, crazy, wtf!, epic...just how many burnt offering he made???

[ichdrehelangsamdurch]

funny video, i think, he needs a haircut, lool;-D

[mixailaggelos2004]

I dont accept comments by users that signed in few days before proving that they are clones of others who are created to insult.

I never said that Markov is the best violinist...Apparently u misunderstood just because you are extremely jealous.

[violindiablo69]

Listen to the variation in double stops or the one with broken octaves just before (they aren't even close). The following variation in triplets are completely out as well, the half steps are not even close. The coda contains a wrong note (C#) instead of C-natural in the arpeggiated section. It is not good playing, any top violinist with a good set of ears will tell you that.

[MarkWilson1987]

Should we assume you're better?

[Jimmytuba08]

@MarkWilson1987 When violinists are involved, yes...

[mixailaggelos2004]

and please Mr violindiablo stop commenting on my page about Markov... i told my opinion...

apparently u r so jealous of him...ur page is blank why dont u fill it with your (funny) violin videos ?

please stop throwing your level in the bottom of the toilet.

THANK YOU

[violindiablo69]

I have the right to comment. This is a democracy on cyberspace. Maybe you should STOP commenting and listen to the experts. There is in tune and out of tune which is something you can't debate over.

[mixailaggelos2004]

I dont care if u comment or not !

I was refering to the comments you made in MY PAGE (that i deleted)

[mixailaggelos2004]

Some violinists do play in diferent pitch flatter or sharper for example watch the Intro and rondo by Heifetz and then by Perlman...

anyway the fact is that the person is that he played all those caprice at once and played with HIS style not like many who play as trying to immitate their favourite recording...

Have nice time with your practise.. i finished with it in the morning... :)

[mixailaggelos2004]

PLEASE stop wearing the mask of a "civilized" person who can however insult indirectly via his/her messages..

Please dont underestimate our intelligence..

Thank you

[mixailaggelos2004]

1- The misspelling has no meaning in expressing our ideas.

2- The person who plays in the video has the guts to show his talent. You or me or anyone who comment can also easily pretend that he/she is the world's best virtuoso. Its totally meaningless to me.

3- YOUR phrase "Ask any top player, they either don't know him, or will tell you he is vulgar and out of tune" is actually an indirect way of insulting towards the player and a NOWAY subjective comment.

Cheers

[theViolinDreamer]

Agree!

[mixailaggelos2004]

Those guys who critisize it aparrently are people who sit all the day in their pc and pretend to be the critic armchair...

At least he CAN play.. please stop being jealus... and consider that he played all the caprices in one performarnce... u need 3 lifes of practise to play them..

Thanks

[PLviolin]

ROFL he kinda plays/dances, but it still is very good. I mean, tell me, how many of you giving bad comments can play like that?? I sure can't =/

[violindiablo69]

This performance absolutely sucks. Every pizz is out of tune as are many other sections. Good lord those other caprices on here are just as bad. His "recording" of No. 5 is about the worst I've heard it played.

[theViolinDreamer]

Ciprian Porumbescu - Balada Op. 29 -look for thks on internet .you will love it

[sonofagitar]

good lord, i had to listen to this to keep myself from puking after i heard vanessa mae butcher this - i think markov is quite the beast =]

[Valdinsh]

Although I don't play any instrument but I really like classical music and my favorite peace is Paganini's caprice no. 24

I've heard lots of variations of it and this variation is the first one that doesn't rise any emotions in me. Every time I listen to it a chill runs through mu body but this time - no emotions. Possibly that people who were sitting and watching this performance live experienced unforgettable feelings watching this marvelous violin play but as for me - not impressed at all.

[Itachi1846]

ma smettila di banfare va'...vorrei sentirti suonare e vedere se lo sapresti eguagliare...

[theViolinDreamer]

Hey ,kusokosla, I looked for some videos of yours ,but I didn't find any.While ,this "guy " ,who happens to be one of the greatest violonists of our time ,winner of Paganini Price , hasn't got a good intonation to you.Strange ....right ?

[theViolinDreamer]

However ,I recognize quality music when I hear it ,and this is one .I stick to my opinion.

[theViolinDreamer]

He is extraordinar!!!

[flioshk87]

yeah....wright...:P

[teticekthant]

var.9! O_o wow

[flioshk87]

...well, if you say so...put some videos on youtube :P

[flioshk87]

you probably are a pianist, or a student of alberto lysy...if you play violin just for perfect intonation, then you miss the hole point...just tell me you play better than this guy...

[theViolinDreamer]

Genious....he is one.Of all the performances I have seen on Youtube ,with Paganini caprice no 24 ,this is the one I consider the best.

[tubbie0075]

Paganini came to life again? The showmanship is incredible!

[flioshk87]

brilliant! good intonation, spirit, temperament, control...

[saxyscotty]

legendary.

[mynameiZroma]

search "paganini 18 Anton Polezhayev"

[rhodesie12]

erm... who is he?

and how did they do those close ups of his fingers without the camera getting in the way?

brilliant though

[crustspikes]

LOL, Zoom.

No offense though xD.

[mort2003icia]

amazing

[demix500]

xxxx

[dt10825]

i agree

[Bigstan2000]

He did, but only a little.

[LuciferOuAnge]

His recochet and left hand pizzicato were incredible! o_o

[TOOTHFAAIREE]

This one's amazing, and he knows all 24.. Have you guys seen Heifetz's? That one was perfect. This one's so much entertaining, especially around 3:00 when he's just at it... Wish I was there.. Whoa, then there's also this woman who plays it on the guitar!!

[JAldwin]

Yes! There's a video of an oriental woman on guitar performing this piece. Quite the job too! (Though, James Ehnes performance on violin keeps me more interested than this young man.)

[Winnders]

im like, maybe what you guys would call a metal head? but um, this is jsut amazing! i love classical music but this and number 5 both really capture me, i dont know what it is about it! the only other songs that have the same effect are summer and a bit of spring (vivaldi's) and the start of adagio for strings (no offence, but 9 mins is a bit too long) but i think this is my favorite of everything

[drgodiva]

Actually, he did.

[cherrylove01]

amazing

[andrebrait]

this guy = insane

[tom34ato]

He messed up at 00:43, the string crossing...

[fiddlinmatt]

Of course I'm not saying I don't like what Heifetz does, I actually would think it foolish to not hear Heifetz's recordings when studying a given piece of music. I was just trying to further propagate interesting interpretations of a well known piece.

[MasterK1ller123]

yup, hefeitz rules.

[fiddlinmatt]

I swear I laughed my guts out when I saw the pizz section! Then I think I went into shock. when i get around to learning that one, I will be trying to flail wildly like he does it's so utterly daring- has the audience on the edge. Heifetz may have been perfect, but live... nowhere near as exciting (of course I mean on video when I say live- I guess not technically live)

[AbsoluteZ3R0]

Yeah right, Heifetz is much more interesting to watch/listen to than Markov

[joanna4659]

You are right about the devil - he is in every Paganini composition. They are just...so magic and unusual. And Paganini himself was supposed to be a charlatan. But I love him anyway :)

[pgwoosterhouse]

Must be quite hard to play spinning round like that, huh?

Listen to the Heifetz performance of this. I think the LH pizz are more effective that little bit slower...

[eltem0]

devils is on his right hand, otherwise it wouldnt be so... perfect?._.

[racerxfanfrenzy]

left hand!

[Javier1690]

Espectacular!!!!

[virtuoso18]

lmfao !!!! i agree with vokuheila

[armonici]

brilliant!!!best version i've heard

[vokuheila]

I think the devil took over Markov's body when he executed that left hand pizz part.

[DanielRivasMusic]

Markov's musical take on the variations are great! Few live performances contain such few errors. Heifetz' performance is almost non-human; best I've seen or heard NOT on a recording (Rabin's recording is simply stunning). Markov's left hand pizzacato is REALLY something else - certainly the climax of this performance...although the camera work makes me feel like I'm watching Vertigo.

[lego720]

Markov is my hero. That LH pizz is amazing. Im playing this tomarrow for a recital. And playing all 24 in the future

[jakaput]

honestly good luck, i can't imagine how markov learned 24 caprices

[TOOTHFAAIREE]

yeah that's amazing

[Suponomadox]

Espectacular lo que hace este chabon...

[kando1900]

hát el megy nem nagy szám a gyerek ojan 2 talán sok jo indulatal gyakorolj még drága gyerököm

[davidvilla0717]

OOOhhhh, he uses 1-3, 2-4 for octaves!

Sik!

[BunnyBabyMushroom]

he never repeated.

[Jaesango]

that ending spinning crap is gay as hell

[DanielSong39]

The left hand pizzacato is the highlight; it's about as good as it gets.

In case you're wondering, part of the trick is to produce a pizzacato-like sound with the bow - it's done by hitting the string with the tip of the bow.

[Jaesango]

So is he hitting the bow on the string for every note he plays? or is it just some of them cause it doesn't look like he's doing that for every note, maybe every other 3 notes

[cottonshrinks]

you dont get mcuh better... cant*

[Jaesango]

damn, he's so expressive! i love it!

that pizzacato part was insane

[misslaurak]

Marcov is amazing...

[antony270b]

wow... amazing! especially the pizzicato part

[AEGM10]

con madres

[ThecitizenofTheworld]

T-T beautiful T-T

[PaganiniAlive]

Paganini alive?

[mariopaul]

paganini is dead...

[Trebleviolin16]

No... Paganini is deceased.

[Bigstan2000]

Who is that?

[ferencs90]

not worlds

[Mikinator]

He's got the cliche curly locks.

[Polivanov1]

I have a great amount of respect for this man. To me he posseses the essence of performance without passing as indecent or ridiculous, although many of his gestures are somewhat overblown! I can totally allow this as it's a veritable addition to the performance! T

[ProfessorHoffman]

So thats what talent looks like

[megger06]

He looks like Paganini!!

[Cloudsorrow256]

Now im think..........if he is not human.Bullshit he is human and i dont believe that.

[mcvanby]

Unbelieveble....

[mikebee06]

That pizzicato was not human!

[Natalejo]

Alexander markov is wonderfull!!!

[purpleswangin]

dayummmmm

[smmitchell2]

That was amazing. The pizzicato part was incredible! Left hand pizzicato is not one of the easiest of things to do but at that speed they're seemingly impossible!

I'm jealous of his intonation, his octaves were perfect

[legman36]

Sweet Jesus!

[edquin]

wow amazing

[rilsen]

What is his name?

[GGGUUUSSSTTTAAA]

Alexander Markov

[TriDen1234]

Playing all 24 pieces has to be Paganini's intent for these Caprices. Because just playing one is a bit easy for virtuosos I think. So playing all the Caprices would drain every single ounce of virtuosity out of any viruoso who didn't practice it alot

[cenolbaj]

It is how it should be played: with beauty, phantasy and incredible breath taking energy ... Not like a decent routine ( how we see from most of other violinists). He is the MAN.

[drurylane5]

the pizzicato parts sounds like (quoting...) "an explosion at a rubber band factory"

[tyr12345yurty]

I think that the pizzicato part is too fast, but i think is good.

[variousweetie]

He doesn't have to imitate Pagnini's cloth and hair though.

[spikesterg]

someone who can play like that can wear anything he wants to; who cares what he wears? his artistry is superb

[Xpenguinstrikex]

O yeah Im sure he planned on doing that.

[lebouski]

5 stars

amazing.

[indianmonkey92]

damn ive been playing for 6 and a half years and i still can't play this piece.

[allegrettoms]

What? 6 and a half years? I am playing violin double of years you have played. I still do not risk to even think about this piece. This piece is too precious to be performed with poor technique. it is like a diamond- born only to shine.

[YSBCITTAR]

Sell your soul to rock n roll, more like to pull this madness off, amazing...

[bulboflight]

epic left hand pizz indeed... that was crazy lol!!

[ppppplllll555]

Can someone please tell me what are the hardest variations in this music piece

[mshakhz]

The challenge of this caprice is too handle all of those different techniques and connect them all together.

The variations themselves are challenging but they are not THAT TOUGH. The tough part is to play em all together ;)

I liked the performance, but there were couple intonation issues...

[allegrettoms]

I agree with you the tough part is to play them all together.

[ppppplllll555]

Oh My aching back. My sore throat healed when i heard this guy played a challenging piece

[saveren]

you're is the man

[happyfunnyfoo]

Epic left-hand pizzicato, and the only known violinist to play all of these caprices in succession live from memory.

[KoganSvetlanov]

No, that's not true...Viktor Pykaizen did the same ( Student of Oistrakh and his assistent and Winner of Paganini competition in the 50 or 60 ...don't remember ) , and he did more than twice, with his own variations and that stuff.

[happyfunnyfoo]

nice

[Rainbowheartguns]

Wonderful playing talent these days are growing though.

I know a young girl that can play this song almost as well as him and she is but 12 years old

[allegrettoms]

Hmmmmm. would be interesting to hear. Can you post it?

[byrus1]

just inhumane

[ArMaNdooooooo]

wonderfull pizzicato...

[zuantuba]

woww

[KoganSvetlanov]

Great violin player, he also had a great violin master...Albert Markov !! His father, Second prize in Queen Elisabeth competition during the 60's ( I think ) he went to America after receiving and invitation from Heifetz to study with him in California, I think after Amoyal left his tuition.

[squigleypig]

This is why comments on videos are completely pointless.

[kristeenviolinest]

waw i wish i had a bow like this this is amazzing and ya YOU ARE AN IDIOT and so as any body who thinks that Alexander markov isnt amazing

[tiroso]

PIZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ­ZZZZZZZZZZZ...hes a rockstar =P

[Nilesev]

that variation of the pizzicato is just increidible,he plays it incredibly fast and...just no words

[ringworm47]

could of been better

[breakneckblues]

that man may not be human

[fabetima]

You are an idiot

[katzga]

this is pathetic!!

[zrngrkm]

i thnk not prfect

[ahjot]

you, sir, are an idiot.

[zrngrkm]

not as much as you.

[ahjot]

maybe you could post a video of yourself playing capriccio no. 24? the we will see who's playing "not prfect".

[zrngrkm]

you shouldnt have said me "idiot",ahjot.everybody can comment on videos;why are you still dealing with me,ahjot? I said my comment and it is not about "you" . I am not playing violin;I play classical guitar,and singing. I am repeating again;I did not like. I think it is NOT perfect. true or not. It is not your business.

[ellegin88]

IT'S A GUARNERI

[genmaximus110]

Markov is possessed!!! I've never seen anyone attack this caprice like he does. I really do believe the spirit of Paganini may have visited him.