A muddy picture, but the sound is good. Francescatti's very powerful singing tone is exactly right for this lyrical, virtuosic, heart-on-sleeve music, and he was a formidable technician too, so it's not surprise that this is a first-rate performance.
fRANCESCATTI, FOR SURE, IS ONE OF THE GREATEST VIOLIN PLAYERS, BUT NO THE ONLY ONE. DONT FORGET OITRACH, MENUHIN, PERLMAN, GRUMIAUX, HEIFETZ, CAMPOLI, MILSTEIN, AND SO ON.
In the newly opened Lincoln center I saw Maestro with Leonard Bernstein in the Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto in Philharmonic Hall, (now Avery Fisher Hall) remarkable warmth and musicality............
Oh, boy, does this bring back memories- I heard him play in Philadelphia with Ormandy doing the Paganini 1st. At the time I was just taking up violin, and his performance floored me. Such attack, yet fine bowing technique when demanded. Inspired me to become first chair of my high school orchestra. While I haven't picked up a violin in many a year, he was and remains the best for romantic interporetation. Does anyone have a copy of the Philly Paganini for posting here? Mine is old and scratchy.
you can see a better version in his web page, with all his discography some pictures, video y recordings. The best violinist ever . I got almost all his recordings in vynil. Too bad one can get them in CD.
This is a timeless piece of a timeless violonist / star performer. I have some original records of that era end will upload one of these days one of them. Watch his bowtechnique. Fantastic control!
Re: Original Moonbeam: recorded in 1959......Zino' admired Fritz Kreisler...violinist, pianist and composer extra-ordinaire...whose silky smooth pallet is dearly missed...Kreisler aged 10, took the top prize at the Conservatoire de Paris.....and the only violinist who did not have to practice continuously in order to maintain his unerring pure sound. Seeing Zino playing his dear friend's Del Gesu......is priceless..and one should hear Fritz's rendition also on this, his own violin.......
Thank you for the date of the video..I was aware of the relationship but thought this video was a bit more contemporary. .due to the color! This film is indeed priceless!
Mr. Kreisler died quite a while before the making of this video. Mr. Francescatti was renouned for being able to produce more depth and tone out of a Strad than many can from a del Gesu..this was part of the mystique of Zino. He is quoted that this tone production, he believed came from his finger pressure--Accardo plays the Hart beautifully but it sounds different. He definitely had a way with this instrument..knew it inside and out, he OWNED this violin HART and soul
I'm can't say it is or is not the Hart Strad here--it does look large like a del Gesu and I don't know for certain if this video is pre 1962--I'm just commenting that part of his reputation was the ability to get incredulous sound out of that Strad--like no one else. I can't see the flame on the ribs like the Hart, but I am not getting a good view.
Re: Zarff: In his last years on earth, Zino sold is very isotaric and rare Strad to the reknowned Italian violinist Salvatore Accardo. This was done in order to fund a contest and it's associated scholarship grant for a talented and upcomming young violinist at the Conservatoire de Paris....
RE: erikcray ...and chazzunusmaven...Zino's Strad was very rare but in larger halls with bigger orchestral accompaniment it like other Strads, does not carry extremely far....it is a larger violin as per your perception...it is a Guanarius del Gesu ....and it belonged to his dear friend Fritz Kreisler, who loaned it to him.......
Themusicdr: "...he also made mistakes and his position is not unassailable and often i feel his playing lacks emotion. " I personally disagree about Heifetz's lack of emotion but this is my opinion. Actually, I completely agree with you about the impossibility of declaring who was the "best" violinist ever heard... and of course... what beautiful sound Francescatti had! Pure Mediterranean!
The best way for Francescatti to attain further fame is through listeners like us. We can now (so thankfully) see what an artist Zino was. He was the entire package--great technique, beautiful tone, insightful musicianship & capable of moving audiences with his heartfelt phrasing. A Francescatti renaissance? Just tell your friends.
Have you heard about Zino's Francescatti's student Gaëtane Prouvost ? I have discovered her interpretation of Prokofiev's sonatas which is exciting ! You may find it on deezer. Another way to discover Francescatti's incredible talent.
who is to say whos the best violinist. all of our opinions are purely subjective. we base what we say on what our ear perceives to be pleasing. yes there is a lot to be said for technical mastery eg mr heifetz but he also made mistakes and his position is not unassailable and often i feel his playing lacks emotion. however francescattis playing always does someting to me inside, much like kogan. at the end of the days lets enjoy the work of all these great masters
OMG!!! WELL I watched thousend of violin videos but THIS blows me away. This is in my opinion better than Heifetzs version OMG!! Please somebody help me to shut my mouth. Thanks a lot for the upload
Diese Aufnahme ist wirklich fantastisch und ich liebe Francescattis Ton--eine der besten und interessantesten, eigenständigsten Tongebungen, die ich überhaupt kenne.
Kann aber BITTE irgend jemand dieses Stück und ALLES, was es von ULF HÖLSCHER gibt, einstellen?--Ich weiß leider nicht, wie das geht...
This maybe the best version I have ever heard of "Zigeunerweisen". Francescatti's violin has such a bold sound. Great tone. This piece requires alot of vibrato and harmonics and Fran plays it just Right!!
Ottimo video. Grande Francescatti(ma non si chiamava Zino anzichè Zeno?). Appartiene ai grandi del passato, signori immortali del concertismo violinistico.
Possedeva uno splendido Stradivari , lo Hart 1727, ceduto in seguito a Salvatore Accardo. Fu allievo del padre, a sua volta allievo di Sivori unico allievo di Paganini e di bassa statura, ma di gandi qualità. Quindi Francescatti si può considerare della filiera di Paganini.
francescatti was definitelly one of the greatest violinist,and i think of him being simply underrated. One compares him occasionally with heifetz. Heifetz was surelly a great virtuoso, but francescatti had also a beatifull tone, and he was an excellent technician.
Absolutely agree. Heifetz was unique, but Francescatti's technical command was near absolute and he had a lovely strong, 'fat' lyrical sound. I always enjoy listening to him.
The mark of a real master..his tempo didn't slow down a bit when it hit the passages with the tricky double stops and harmonics (and his harmonics always have the clarity of bells!) Zino's edition of "Gypsy Air's" is available through International Music Company but it is very challenging to put it mildly. When you see his edits you realize how visonary he was.
ok i've heard heifetz collection of recordings and his accoustic recording of zigeunerweisen was NOT one bit less precise than francescatti, you probably weren't listening well or are just simply trying to sound good, nevertheless francescatti is an excellent virtuoso, definately one of the greatest ever i think he's got the closest style to paganini himself considering he learnt off his dad who in turn learnt from Camillo Sivori, Paganini's only student
i dont say he was a better violinist than heifetz,but there was nothing heifetz could and zino couldnt.But Zino was never a downer level violinist than heifetz,kogan,perlman etc.Any recording i have from him is better than anybody else.You should get the Paganini Concerto No1 from him.You may then understand what i mean.This underration of Zino will always be a secret of Music History.this was truly a great violinist.For me one ofhe Top Five...
i say it ones more....francescatti was very underrated.he was most certainly a better violinist than lets say,a stern,or oistrakh or menuhin,the prejudicies aside,who is a menuhin against this giant.but,menuhin was much more famous.i have the walton concerto with heifetz and francescatti,and technically-(very important-technically)zino plays much preciser than heifetz.he deserved more fame for that what he could.
I am not familiar with the "Aria" piece you refer to but I sure am going to search for it! I have a recording of him playing Vitali's Chaconne which he pretty much resurrected as a solo piece. I love it. His recording of "Tzigane" is knock out; I don't think there was anything he couldn't handle artistically or technically. Hearing him play was like hearing an old friend's voice call from across the room; you always recognized his sound without question! I'm going to search for that piece!
What a masterful performance. Even if you turn the volume down, you can visually feel his soul pouring through his instrument, Turn the volume back up and you hear technical perfection married with pure instrumental poetry the likes of which would give Stradivari goosebumps.
I keep coming back to listen to this..so much I enjoy about his playing..most especially his trills..I always thought his trills sounded like pools of water moving in a circular current..as if they could be painted by a Renaissance artist in a painting..FABULOUS!
to richygym16-from what I have read his parents apparently just called him this as a nick name-I also found out that his Father left Italy because he was a court musician for royalty and was "dating" a much younger girl and would not be allowed her hand. He went to France and later married Zino's mother who was 17--Zino's Father was 42. Zino's mother was an excellent violinist (both parents were) It was clear he was a prodigy but they were careful to never push him
cont. He gave his first concert at age 10. He was close friends with the composer Ravel and toured with him. Francescatti is considered to be a Paganini expert because he is in the direct teaching linage of Paganini through his father, a student of Paganini's only student. Much of this info is garnered from CD covers, LP liners and critical acclaim. I sure wish someone would write a biography about him--seems like he sure had an interesting life-living in Paris during this period.
Thanks. My father was an amateur violinist and he was my father's favourite player. I too am puzzled as to why he wasn't more famous especially here in the UK. My theory, for what it's worth, is that it was because his tone was not distinctive. Don't get me wrong, I do not find anything wrong with his tone, it is just that, to my ear, it is not as distinctively beautiful as Heifetz's, Kreislers, Sarasate's.
(I wish these went under the comment) People like different violinsts for whatever reason. People's perceptions and ears and tastes are different. I am a violinists and I have a number of violinists I love-Francescatti I hear like I see fine art, he plays violin like a painting in progress-I see his bow like a brush-he causes me to have visualizations like no other. I also sense music being produced by an essentially happy, kind spirit and that is relayed to me by his playing.
I can't agree! I can always recognise Francescatti's tone. It is much less 'pretty', less sweet, than that of many other violinists, but has great strength and body and can be used (as he often did use it) in a marvellously lyrical way. I would describe it as robust rather than beautiful - and I mean that as a compliment ; whatever, I think it was very much his own and separated him out from lots of other more 'ordinary' players who could cope technically with what all the top players play.
There is one more thing perhaps somebody can explain to me. Francescatti was busy "arranger". I have seen works by Paganini and Sarasate (Caprice Basque, etc.) "arranged by Francescatti." Both of them were expert violinists, so, what changes to the originals did Francescatti make, and why.
Mostly virtuistic passages and embellishments that not only make the piece sound much richer and complex--trust me his additions are fabulously beautiful but challenging (and fun) to execute. Master performers want the added challenge to these already complex pieces.
I don't know - sorry! - but he also wrote original compositions for violin and piano which are well worth looking at - for example, a lovely 'Aria' which I sometime splay. There is a good CD of his music played by a pupil, Gaetane Prouvost, and it includes two transcriptions, of the Vitali Chaconne and Tartini Varitions on a Theme of Corelli. Maybe he did these, as Milstein did his 'Paganiniana', just for fun.
At one time, every violinist had such a distinctive style you could pick him/her out in a crowd. Not any more except maybe for Perlman and a handful of others. Francescatti was such a player. I sat under him in a recital at Symphony Hall, Boston when I was 16. He had the most terrified look in his eyes I had ever seen. Once he began to play, that rich clean elegant tone just captivated you.
Francescatti.....one of my favorite violinists. also this is my favorite rendition of Zigeunerweisen. I still don't understand why he doesn't have a recording of this tho.
Francescatti recorded Zigeunerweisen for Columbia (monaural), with William Smith conducting the Columbia Symphony. It was reissued in the 1970s briefly. I heard Francescatti play the Tchaikovsky Concerto in Milwaukee around 1970. What a sound!
Well, around Francescatti musical environment were a lot of people who had Paganini's influence starting with his father, who had some relation with Paganini and with his professor Camillo Sivori, who were student of a student of Paganini and some other people who taught him, but his first teacher was his mum, then his father ( A famous professor of his time ) and then Camillo Sivori.
Not only is this impossible because of Francescatti's age (He is far too young to have been taught by anyone who knew Paganini personally), but also: Paganini had multiple pupils, which included for example Ole Bull, and many who went on to found the Belgian school of violin-playing.
Not technically impossible. Paganini died in 1840 and Francescatti was born in 1902, so someone who studied with Paganini at age 10 could have been 82 when Francescatti was 10.
However: happyfunnyfoo mustve been reading Wikipedia. Francescatti studied with his father who studied with Camillo Silvori who according to Wikipedia was "Paganini's only pupil"
go get the the walton or sibelius violin concerto with francescatti.you´ll be amazed,what a technician on violin he was.beside the musicall points of view.there he was somebody to take very serious.
...nobody should be exactly the same as the other.the point is,with this qualities,mr.francescatti,is one of the greatest violinist of the history.he shouldn´t be underrated.this is all what i say,not more,not less.
heifetz is not faster than francescatti.i have many recordings of both,i cannot prove that.i have thoughts,francescatti had a better right arm,than heifetz,in extrem situations,you can hear more details by him ,than heifetz.but i never doubt that mr.heifetz was a great master.
Heifetz had an advantage of being studied under a more famous teacher, Leopold Auer. During Heifetz's time, it was called the Auer dynasty because of the amount of famous virtuosoists coming from Auer.
also, Heifetz's speed is something uncomparable :P
i have also all from Heifetz,i never understood why Mr.Francescatti,was underrated.Take,Sibelius,or Prokofiev 2,Francescatti plays them-technically-far better off,than Mr.Heifetz.But in their time,Francescatti was really underrated.I don´t understand that.
Maybe it's true that Francescatti was underrated, but it is not true that he was technically better than Heifetz. Heifetz was more consistent. I have heard live recordings of Francescatti that were very sloppy, but this is never the case with Heifetz. And he did not have a better right arm than Heifetz. It was different, but I think it's clear that Heifetz had more control and versatility with his right hand (and left hand). Francescatti was still amazing. One of my favorites.
I was always a great fan of Francescatti and heard him many times live in NY when I was a child, and you are right in what you say - he was a bit erratic. When he was good, he was untouchable - I'll never forget a Symphonie Espagnol with Pittsburg (I think) in Carnegie Hall sometime around 1965 or 1966 - electrifying. But on an off day it was quite disconcerting. Still, what an artist!
No argument here. Please don't misunderstand: he was my favorite violinist when I was a kid growing up in NY. I was merely replying to the letter of zigeunerviolin.Who can say who was "the best?" In those days there were so many-not just great violinists, but great personalities. Nowadays, they pretty much all sound the same.
This one had to own the place Heifetz owned,this one had to be celebrated as the worlds greatest Violinist.I have many recordings of him,and he plays everything very nice,and technically fucking excellent.
man this is by far the best Ziguenerweisen i've ever listen to. there were 2 videos of this on youtube before but both got deleted for some reason so thanks to jjoohhnnyycc for posting this up
I know dude. This IS the best Ziguenerweisen I've heard on YouTube. My all-time favorite recording though, hands down, is Michael Rabin. Coincidently Francescatti and Rabin were good friends, and it was Francescatti who opened doors in Rabin's career when Rabin was in his teens.
Thanks,i never knew that. my favorite are heifetz and this. every Ziguenerweisen I've listened to were unique in their own ways and they were all wonderful. but to be honest there is something that I personall want out of this particular music. this is my favorite music ever. oh yea and rabin's recording was awesome too.
A muddy picture, but the sound is good. Francescatti's very powerful singing tone is exactly right for this lyrical, virtuosic, heart-on-sleeve music, and he was a formidable technician too, so it's not surprise that this is a first-rate performance.
leitfie3579 1 day ago
fRANCESCATTI, FOR SURE, IS ONE OF THE GREATEST VIOLIN PLAYERS, BUT NO THE ONLY ONE. DONT FORGET OITRACH, MENUHIN, PERLMAN, GRUMIAUX, HEIFETZ, CAMPOLI, MILSTEIN, AND SO ON.
mchimanovitch 2 months ago
whoa!
BaggersVance 3 months ago
In the newly opened Lincoln center I saw Maestro with Leonard Bernstein in the Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto in Philharmonic Hall, (now Avery Fisher Hall) remarkable warmth and musicality............
Bruce88keys 4 months ago
his left hand pizzato is remarkable!!!!!
henrykmusic 5 months ago
This is from a Bell Telephone Hour show in 1961. Donald Vorhees is the conductor, as he was for the entire 28 year run of the show on radio and TV.
TomBarrister 5 months ago
Oh, boy, does this bring back memories- I heard him play in Philadelphia with Ormandy doing the Paganini 1st. At the time I was just taking up violin, and his performance floored me. Such attack, yet fine bowing technique when demanded. Inspired me to become first chair of my high school orchestra. While I haven't picked up a violin in many a year, he was and remains the best for romantic interporetation. Does anyone have a copy of the Philly Paganini for posting here? Mine is old and scratchy.
MIK415 1 year ago
very energetic, highly personal and beatiful
no comparison to todays interpretations---------
fantastic!!!!!!
me47244 1 year ago
Is this the same orchestra the performed Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso with Isaac Stern?
rapter9800 1 year ago
@rapter9800 Could just be the same production company.
kelgrael77 10 months ago
you can see a better version in his web page, with all his discography some pictures, video y recordings. The best violinist ever . I got almost all his recordings in vynil. Too bad one can get them in CD.
Segroeg06 1 year ago
This is a timeless piece of a timeless violonist / star performer. I have some original records of that era end will upload one of these days one of them. Watch his bowtechnique. Fantastic control!
zzp1 2 years ago
Look at 5:30: He had broken some of his strings on the bow LOL
Zhyhm 2 years ago
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bogdan8352 2 years ago
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bogdan8352 2 years ago
Have you ever seen all flowers in the world blooming at the same time ?
Just enjoy( Not Listening) to Zino Fransc.'s playing...and you get it all !
mingte3 2 years ago
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Zino quit putting the darn bow so close to the bridge!
It's so noisy that my cat screams for mercy!
MrDouglasfairbanks 2 years ago
Certified Intergalactic!
Dogaradodia 2 years ago
Re: Original Moonbeam: recorded in 1959......Zino' admired Fritz Kreisler...violinist, pianist and composer extra-ordinaire...whose silky smooth pallet is dearly missed...Kreisler aged 10, took the top prize at the Conservatoire de Paris.....and the only violinist who did not have to practice continuously in order to maintain his unerring pure sound. Seeing Zino playing his dear friend's Del Gesu......is priceless..and one should hear Fritz's rendition also on this, his own violin.......
mesoman4 2 years ago
Thank you for the date of the video..I was aware of the relationship but thought this video was a bit more contemporary. .due to the color! This film is indeed priceless!
OriginalMoonbeam 2 years ago
Mr. Kreisler died quite a while before the making of this video. Mr. Francescatti was renouned for being able to produce more depth and tone out of a Strad than many can from a del Gesu..this was part of the mystique of Zino. He is quoted that this tone production, he believed came from his finger pressure--Accardo plays the Hart beautifully but it sounds different. He definitely had a way with this instrument..knew it inside and out, he OWNED this violin HART and soul
OriginalMoonbeam 2 years ago
I'm can't say it is or is not the Hart Strad here--it does look large like a del Gesu and I don't know for certain if this video is pre 1962--I'm just commenting that part of his reputation was the ability to get incredulous sound out of that Strad--like no one else. I can't see the flame on the ribs like the Hart, but I am not getting a good view.
OriginalMoonbeam 2 years ago
Re: Zarff: In his last years on earth, Zino sold is very isotaric and rare Strad to the reknowned Italian violinist Salvatore Accardo. This was done in order to fund a contest and it's associated scholarship grant for a talented and upcomming young violinist at the Conservatoire de Paris....
mesoman4 2 years ago
Is it true that Andre Rieux now has the Kreisler/Francescatti strad...?
Zarfff 2 years ago
RE: erikcray ...and chazzunusmaven...Zino's Strad was very rare but in larger halls with bigger orchestral accompaniment it like other Strads, does not carry extremely far....it is a larger violin as per your perception...it is a Guanarius del Gesu ....and it belonged to his dear friend Fritz Kreisler, who loaned it to him.......
mesoman4 2 years ago
Thanks maximus2C, but what's "deezer"?
ipmoic 2 years ago
is it just me or does that violin seem kinda big? lol
erikcray 2 years ago
He is of short stature, his arms were somewhat short, so yes it appeares big.
chazzunusmaven 2 years ago
Themusicdr: "...he also made mistakes and his position is not unassailable and often i feel his playing lacks emotion. " I personally disagree about Heifetz's lack of emotion but this is my opinion. Actually, I completely agree with you about the impossibility of declaring who was the "best" violinist ever heard... and of course... what beautiful sound Francescatti had! Pure Mediterranean!
ThorgarManowar 2 years ago
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Zino si chiamava René-Charles ed era francese !!!
Silvio823 2 years ago
The best way for Francescatti to attain further fame is through listeners like us. We can now (so thankfully) see what an artist Zino was. He was the entire package--great technique, beautiful tone, insightful musicianship & capable of moving audiences with his heartfelt phrasing. A Francescatti renaissance? Just tell your friends.
ipmoic 2 years ago 19
Have you heard about Zino's Francescatti's student Gaëtane Prouvost ? I have discovered her interpretation of Prokofiev's sonatas which is exciting ! You may find it on deezer. Another way to discover Francescatti's incredible talent.
maximus2C 2 years ago
he combines vitality and bold character in that woody tone with incredible articulation and clarity. Nobody plays quite the way Zino did.
gawgul 2 years ago 16
and his vibrato was so unique too. not that fast or tightly knit, but so beautiful.
calloffthedogs 2 years ago 2
agreed, a vibrato not contrived or a show of vanity, just straight from the heart...
gawgul 2 years ago
try his Walton Violin Concerto and his Vitali Chaccone. They are the most gorgeous pieces you will ever hear.
calloffthedogs 2 years ago 2
who is to say whos the best violinist. all of our opinions are purely subjective. we base what we say on what our ear perceives to be pleasing. yes there is a lot to be said for technical mastery eg mr heifetz but he also made mistakes and his position is not unassailable and often i feel his playing lacks emotion. however francescattis playing always does someting to me inside, much like kogan. at the end of the days lets enjoy the work of all these great masters
themusicdr 2 years ago 15
OMG!!! WELL I watched thousend of violin videos but THIS blows me away. This is in my opinion better than Heifetzs version OMG!! Please somebody help me to shut my mouth. Thanks a lot for the upload
AlicanYilmaz1991 2 years ago 9
Music is not about competition
KV4671 2 years ago
Diese Aufnahme ist wirklich fantastisch und ich liebe Francescattis Ton--eine der besten und interessantesten, eigenständigsten Tongebungen, die ich überhaupt kenne.
Kann aber BITTE irgend jemand dieses Stück und ALLES, was es von ULF HÖLSCHER gibt, einstellen?--Ich weiß leider nicht, wie das geht...
meineke11 3 years ago 4
This maybe the best version I have ever heard of "Zigeunerweisen". Francescatti's violin has such a bold sound. Great tone. This piece requires alot of vibrato and harmonics and Fran plays it just Right!!
GeniusHaydn 3 years ago 8
Zino, not Zeno.
One of the greatest.
blichilde 3 years ago 6
Ottimo video. Grande Francescatti(ma non si chiamava Zino anzichè Zeno?). Appartiene ai grandi del passato, signori immortali del concertismo violinistico.
Possedeva uno splendido Stradivari , lo Hart 1727, ceduto in seguito a Salvatore Accardo. Fu allievo del padre, a sua volta allievo di Sivori unico allievo di Paganini e di bassa statura, ma di gandi qualità. Quindi Francescatti si può considerare della filiera di Paganini.
pescatorew 3 years ago 4
Zino si chiamava René-Charles ed era francese !!!
Silvio823 2 years ago
His father taught by the only pupil Paganini ever had in turn taught his son Zeno. Not only was Zeno's father a great and
also not well known violinist like his son but he being a great
French conductor also married a violinist...his student Zeno's
mother...violin is this family's heritage gents.
mesoman4 3 years ago 6
francescatti was definitelly one of the greatest violinist,and i think of him being simply underrated. One compares him occasionally with heifetz. Heifetz was surelly a great virtuoso, but francescatti had also a beatifull tone, and he was an excellent technician.
paganviodio 3 years ago 5
Absolutely agree. Heifetz was unique, but Francescatti's technical command was near absolute and he had a lovely strong, 'fat' lyrical sound. I always enjoy listening to him.
leitfie3579 3 years ago 2
The mark of a real master..his tempo didn't slow down a bit when it hit the passages with the tricky double stops and harmonics (and his harmonics always have the clarity of bells!) Zino's edition of "Gypsy Air's" is available through International Music Company but it is very challenging to put it mildly. When you see his edits you realize how visonary he was.
OriginalMoonbeam 3 years ago 2
ok i've heard heifetz collection of recordings and his accoustic recording of zigeunerweisen was NOT one bit less precise than francescatti, you probably weren't listening well or are just simply trying to sound good, nevertheless francescatti is an excellent virtuoso, definately one of the greatest ever i think he's got the closest style to paganini himself considering he learnt off his dad who in turn learnt from Camillo Sivori, Paganini's only student
lawlaw122 3 years ago 2
Excelente melodia, o intérprete é um grande violinista, sem aquaisquer dúvidas, é completo !!!
gilberto.
giba339 3 years ago 2
i dont say he was a better violinist than heifetz,but there was nothing heifetz could and zino couldnt.But Zino was never a downer level violinist than heifetz,kogan,perlman etc.Any recording i have from him is better than anybody else.You should get the Paganini Concerto No1 from him.You may then understand what i mean.This underration of Zino will always be a secret of Music History.this was truly a great violinist.For me one ofhe Top Five...
paganviodio 3 years ago 3
i say it ones more....francescatti was very underrated.he was most certainly a better violinist than lets say,a stern,or oistrakh or menuhin,the prejudicies aside,who is a menuhin against this giant.but,menuhin was much more famous.i have the walton concerto with heifetz and francescatti,and technically-(very important-technically)zino plays much preciser than heifetz.he deserved more fame for that what he could.
paganviodio 3 years ago 2
a superb violinist. The sweet sound he makes he hard to duplicate.
casiokbman1 3 years ago 4
Agreed - his sound is lovely because it has lyricism and strength and depth ; it's not just 'pretty'.
leitfie3579 3 years ago
I am not familiar with the "Aria" piece you refer to but I sure am going to search for it! I have a recording of him playing Vitali's Chaconne which he pretty much resurrected as a solo piece. I love it. His recording of "Tzigane" is knock out; I don't think there was anything he couldn't handle artistically or technically. Hearing him play was like hearing an old friend's voice call from across the room; you always recognized his sound without question! I'm going to search for that piece!
OriginalMoonbeam 3 years ago
What a masterful performance. Even if you turn the volume down, you can visually feel his soul pouring through his instrument, Turn the volume back up and you hear technical perfection married with pure instrumental poetry the likes of which would give Stradivari goosebumps.
sentrytec 3 years ago 2
non ho mai sentito una forma megliore di suonare questo pezzo, e' bellissimo come lo fa lui.
yumpixan 3 years ago 2
It's just marvellous!! ;-) He is one of my favourites. Applause to Francescatti wherever you are in Violin Heaven.
goldie0800 3 years ago 6
I keep coming back to listen to this..so much I enjoy about his playing..most especially his trills..I always thought his trills sounded like pools of water moving in a circular current..as if they could be painted by a Renaissance artist in a painting..FABULOUS!
OriginalMoonbeam 3 years ago 3
Can somebody tell me why Francescatti was called Zino? It was not the name he was born with.
richygm16 3 years ago
to richygym16-from what I have read his parents apparently just called him this as a nick name-I also found out that his Father left Italy because he was a court musician for royalty and was "dating" a much younger girl and would not be allowed her hand. He went to France and later married Zino's mother who was 17--Zino's Father was 42. Zino's mother was an excellent violinist (both parents were) It was clear he was a prodigy but they were careful to never push him
OriginalMoonbeam 3 years ago
cont. He gave his first concert at age 10. He was close friends with the composer Ravel and toured with him. Francescatti is considered to be a Paganini expert because he is in the direct teaching linage of Paganini through his father, a student of Paganini's only student. Much of this info is garnered from CD covers, LP liners and critical acclaim. I sure wish someone would write a biography about him--seems like he sure had an interesting life-living in Paris during this period.
OriginalMoonbeam 3 years ago
Thanks. My father was an amateur violinist and he was my father's favourite player. I too am puzzled as to why he wasn't more famous especially here in the UK. My theory, for what it's worth, is that it was because his tone was not distinctive. Don't get me wrong, I do not find anything wrong with his tone, it is just that, to my ear, it is not as distinctively beautiful as Heifetz's, Kreislers, Sarasate's.
richygm16 3 years ago
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OriginalMoonbeam 3 years ago
(I wish these went under the comment) People like different violinsts for whatever reason. People's perceptions and ears and tastes are different. I am a violinists and I have a number of violinists I love-Francescatti I hear like I see fine art, he plays violin like a painting in progress-I see his bow like a brush-he causes me to have visualizations like no other. I also sense music being produced by an essentially happy, kind spirit and that is relayed to me by his playing.
OriginalMoonbeam 3 years ago
Agreed. He was obviously a lovely man. Much nicer than Heifetz, I would think. And thanks for the replies. I hadn't thought of the publicity slant.
richygm16 3 years ago 4
I can't agree! I can always recognise Francescatti's tone. It is much less 'pretty', less sweet, than that of many other violinists, but has great strength and body and can be used (as he often did use it) in a marvellously lyrical way. I would describe it as robust rather than beautiful - and I mean that as a compliment ; whatever, I think it was very much his own and separated him out from lots of other more 'ordinary' players who could cope technically with what all the top players play.
leitfie3579 3 years ago
There is one more thing perhaps somebody can explain to me. Francescatti was busy "arranger". I have seen works by Paganini and Sarasate (Caprice Basque, etc.) "arranged by Francescatti." Both of them were expert violinists, so, what changes to the originals did Francescatti make, and why.
richygm16 3 years ago
Mostly virtuistic passages and embellishments that not only make the piece sound much richer and complex--trust me his additions are fabulously beautiful but challenging (and fun) to execute. Master performers want the added challenge to these already complex pieces.
OriginalMoonbeam 3 years ago
I don't know - sorry! - but he also wrote original compositions for violin and piano which are well worth looking at - for example, a lovely 'Aria' which I sometime splay. There is a good CD of his music played by a pupil, Gaetane Prouvost, and it includes two transcriptions, of the Vitali Chaconne and Tartini Varitions on a Theme of Corelli. Maybe he did these, as Milstein did his 'Paganiniana', just for fun.
leitfie3579 3 years ago
Please listen to Vasa Prihoda (here on Youtube)
tatamata7 3 years ago
I just love the way he performs this! I think his vibrato is perfectly suited and gives it intrique..love it! Zino plays with a French accent!
OriginalMoonbeam 3 years ago 3
This the BEST rendition of the Zigeunerweisen that I have ever heard.
Decimotox 3 years ago 3
Please listen to Vasa Prihoda(here on Youtube)
tatamata7 3 years ago
with soul..nice playing..only what I don't like is vibrato,it is slow for this kind of composition.
ParisPrincesss 3 years ago
Technically not that great as far as his bow arm is concerned, but otherwise almost flawless! (The name is spelled Zino, not Zeno)
lilHeifetz 3 years ago
This man not only had it down technically..he also put his entire heart, soul and breath into his playing...he was a "full house"
OriginalMoonbeam 3 years ago 2
At one time, every violinist had such a distinctive style you could pick him/her out in a crowd. Not any more except maybe for Perlman and a handful of others. Francescatti was such a player. I sat under him in a recital at Symphony Hall, Boston when I was 16. He had the most terrified look in his eyes I had ever seen. Once he began to play, that rich clean elegant tone just captivated you.
marccreate 3 years ago
That was incredible!
fiddlestyx3006 3 years ago 2
To the poster of this video: His name is spelled "Zino" not "Zeno". Thanks for posting this video.
zigeunerviolin 3 years ago
The Master!
LucreziaBorgia5 4 years ago 2
the great masters of the past! modern musicians suck
thedokterate 4 years ago
10 pounds of gold in a 5 pounds bag!!! powerful
shtetle 4 years ago 4
One of my favorite performers. He had such soul and depth to his playing. A rare violinist who made the music his own.
billtownsend 4 years ago 3
YAY! THANKS FOR PUTTING THIS ON! I love this video!!!!!
happpiday 4 years ago 4
Heis one of my favorites...but I think his name is Zino
emalaith29 4 years ago 5
He is so othe GODLIKE of violin!!! Actually I think hes the messiah?? maybe buddah? . . . hmmmm. . .
adektus13 4 years ago
Kreisler loved him - that's got to mean something!
violinia 4 years ago 2
Francescatti.....one of my favorite violinists. also this is my favorite rendition of Zigeunerweisen. I still don't understand why he doesn't have a recording of this tho.
violindevil 4 years ago 3
Francescatti recorded Zigeunerweisen for Columbia (monaural), with William Smith conducting the Columbia Symphony. It was reissued in the 1970s briefly. I heard Francescatti play the Tchaikovsky Concerto in Milwaukee around 1970. What a sound!
David K. Nelson
engine1385 3 years ago
whats the name of that song please???
violine21 3 years ago
"Zigeunerweisen" - German for "Gypsy tunes"
gspaulsson 3 years ago
He's got to have some Gypsy blood in him.
Wilbuh09 4 years ago 2
Wilbuh; must be gypsy blood and definitely italian blood, too as sarasate
joosangbai 4 years ago
from 4:06.. so beautiful. my favorite out of all the early virtuosos. he's just got more musicality and creativity.
freenightt 4 years ago 2
Well, around Francescatti musical environment were a lot of people who had Paganini's influence starting with his father, who had some relation with Paganini and with his professor Camillo Sivori, who were student of a student of Paganini and some other people who taught him, but his first teacher was his mum, then his father ( A famous professor of his time ) and then Camillo Sivori.
KoganSvetlanov 4 years ago
Bravo!! He is great! Amazing perfomance, isn't it!
takamori400 4 years ago
In response to happyfunnyfoo:
Not only is this impossible because of Francescatti's age (He is far too young to have been taught by anyone who knew Paganini personally), but also: Paganini had multiple pupils, which included for example Ole Bull, and many who went on to found the Belgian school of violin-playing.
yogurt3000 4 years ago
Not technically impossible. Paganini died in 1840 and Francescatti was born in 1902, so someone who studied with Paganini at age 10 could have been 82 when Francescatti was 10.
However: happyfunnyfoo mustve been reading Wikipedia. Francescatti studied with his father who studied with Camillo Silvori who according to Wikipedia was "Paganini's only pupil"
gspaulsson 3 years ago 4
this shit is the bomb!
francescatti's teacher was the only pupil of paganini
think about that one
happyfunnyfoo 4 years ago
actually his father's teacher was. and he is Bazzini
perlman7wannabe 4 years ago
go get the the walton or sibelius violin concerto with francescatti.you´ll be amazed,what a technician on violin he was.beside the musicall points of view.there he was somebody to take very serious.
bahotheviolon 4 years ago
...nobody should be exactly the same as the other.the point is,with this qualities,mr.francescatti,is one of the greatest violinist of the history.he shouldn´t be underrated.this is all what i say,not more,not less.
bahotheviolon 4 years ago 2
heifetz is not faster than francescatti.i have many recordings of both,i cannot prove that.i have thoughts,francescatti had a better right arm,than heifetz,in extrem situations,you can hear more details by him ,than heifetz.but i never doubt that mr.heifetz was a great master.
bahotheviolon 4 years ago
you know, the europeans always said "america has heifetz, but we have franscecatti"
jabsomdoc 4 years ago 4
Heifetz had an advantage of being studied under a more famous teacher, Leopold Auer. During Heifetz's time, it was called the Auer dynasty because of the amount of famous virtuosoists coming from Auer.
also, Heifetz's speed is something uncomparable :P
Amanovis 4 years ago
i have also all from Heifetz,i never understood why Mr.Francescatti,was underrated.Take,Sibelius,or Prokofiev 2,Francescatti plays them-technically-far better off,than Mr.Heifetz.But in their time,Francescatti was really underrated.I don´t understand that.
bahotheviolon 4 years ago
Maybe it's true that Francescatti was underrated, but it is not true that he was technically better than Heifetz. Heifetz was more consistent. I have heard live recordings of Francescatti that were very sloppy, but this is never the case with Heifetz. And he did not have a better right arm than Heifetz. It was different, but I think it's clear that Heifetz had more control and versatility with his right hand (and left hand). Francescatti was still amazing. One of my favorites.
zigeunerviolin 3 years ago
I was always a great fan of Francescatti and heard him many times live in NY when I was a child, and you are right in what you say - he was a bit erratic. When he was good, he was untouchable - I'll never forget a Symphonie Espagnol with Pittsburg (I think) in Carnegie Hall sometime around 1965 or 1966 - electrifying. But on an off day it was quite disconcerting. Still, what an artist!
assindiastignani 3 years ago
hEY , NO ONE HAS ALL GOOD DAYS! JUST LISTEN TO HIS PITCH,, PERFECT! NO OFF NOTES! HE'S ARGUABLY THE BEST! VERY FEW PLAYERS HAVE HIS TECHNIQUE!
geetarnut 3 years ago 5
No argument here. Please don't misunderstand: he was my favorite violinist when I was a kid growing up in NY. I was merely replying to the letter of zigeunerviolin.Who can say who was "the best?" In those days there were so many-not just great violinists, but great personalities. Nowadays, they pretty much all sound the same.
assindiastignani 3 years ago 2
This one had to own the place Heifetz owned,this one had to be celebrated as the worlds greatest Violinist.I have many recordings of him,and he plays everything very nice,and technically fucking excellent.
bahotheviolon 4 years ago
It's magnificant. And interpretation of Francescatti, ooohh. Deep and passionate song and perfect playing..
turnmeonn 4 years ago
man this is by far the best Ziguenerweisen i've ever listen to. there were 2 videos of this on youtube before but both got deleted for some reason so thanks to jjoohhnnyycc for posting this up
perlman7wannabe 4 years ago
I know dude. This IS the best Ziguenerweisen I've heard on YouTube. My all-time favorite recording though, hands down, is Michael Rabin. Coincidently Francescatti and Rabin were good friends, and it was Francescatti who opened doors in Rabin's career when Rabin was in his teens.
legman36 4 years ago
Thanks,i never knew that. my favorite are heifetz and this. every Ziguenerweisen I've listened to were unique in their own ways and they were all wonderful. but to be honest there is something that I personall want out of this particular music. this is my favorite music ever. oh yea and rabin's recording was awesome too.
perlman7wannabe 4 years ago
Marvellous! And perfectly accompanied - not an easy job for the conductor! Who is he?
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objectivecomment 4 years ago