@5:00 I started to judge this for being to sloppy. Talking to myself about how it's messy and fast..jump to a few seconds later, @5:30, as I'm being judgmental, tears start welling up. He's playing the melody line inside the arpeggios! Gets me every time.
Heifetz just looks like he was born holding a violin. Of course his sound is gorgeous, but he also just looks so good playing. (That said, and no disrespect to the great Heifetz, but Millstein's Chaconne is my personal favorite). Thanks for posting this great clip.
It is apalling to think that if Hitler and his gangsters had had their way, Heifetz, Perlman, Menuhin, Elman, Kreisler, Stern and so many others would have been consigned to gas chambers. God, I hate anti-semites! In saying this, I do not discount the value of every Jewish life that those bastards snuffed out; it is just that I wonder how much more of the potential Jewish contribution to civilisation we have lost.
@tonyobrien39 it's not the fact they were jewish that they were fantastic people, it's just the fact that they had great minds. Why aren't you reeling over every genocide that has ever happened in history?
I saw the original TV broadcast of this performance in 1971 when Heifetz was age 70. His 1952 recording with RCA is actually not that much different than this.
Heifetz is not only a technical genius, but he KNOWS how the music SHOULD and MUST sound, and he plays it accordingly. That's something you can't teach, that's something that must be acquired with age.
Christ, this man just doing it all so smooth and nice making every other person who's ever played this song look like a complete novice. Doesn't even seem like he's even being challenged.
This clip is from the DVD disc featuring several Heifetz perfomances and his biography. Closer to the end of this film there was a scene of Heifetz playing some musical piece with two japanese girls. I very much liked that piece but have no idea what it was since it wasn't mentioned on the cover. Could anyone tell me what was the name of that piece? Thank you!
I so agree with kriemhild85... It isn't everyone who discovers all the details in Heifetz geniality only by listening or watching. You have to play the instrument to really know the difficulties in playing the violin, and to able of understanding the massive talent Heifetz had.
I wish I would have chosen a profession which I would have been equally passionate and driven. I hope I can guide my child to make her own decisions to follow her heart, rather than putting up barriers in her path.
Heifetz is an absurd transcripion (especially when pronounced like "high") of the Hebrew word "chefetz" ("ch" as in Bach, both "e's" as in "bed"), meaning "will,wish,desire" (remember Menuhin's sister, her name was also "Cheftziba" - "my wishes (are expressed) in her"
@unnoticedpasserby@powerofsoul911 I agree, although there is plenty of bach that is digestible as a first listen. amazing recording by the way, I also recommend Nathan Milstein.
i mean i like more simple songs, with straight message, not too many accords, no clear melody. THis music nature simply dont make me happy, rather sad. Ie, i like: Bedrich Smetana - Vltava
@powerofsoul911 This is the Chaconne, the last movement of Bach's partita 2, that he wrote in the memory of his wife - and it is extremely sad and dark. Listen to Heifetz play Sarasate's "Carmen Fantasy" and "Zigeunerweisen", both are happy and joyful pieces :-))
@kriemhild85 You don't have to be violinist to appreciate impeccable pieces like this one... The best thing huge players like Heifetz can give us is not the technicality but rather the soul of the piece
El que no sabe lo que es la música eres tú. Ningún crítico que se precie ha considerado buenas las distintas interpretaciones de Heifetz de Ciaccona (Diapason, Le Monde de la Musique, ...) sino todo lo contrario. Heifetz era un violinista virtuoso pero un intérprete mediocre.Las distintas líneas melódicas y los planos sonoros se entremezclan y embarullan, sin graduación de ningún tipo. 18 personas tienen oídos y 658, orejas,
Para una aproximación a la Ciaccona (una pieza lenta) conviene escuchar la versión transcrita por Stokowski (un director, no un intérprete, 17'46'') y, después, a Hahn, que sigue el criterio de aquél.
Heifetz is the master of this piece...it's an amazingly complex piece and a young violinist, no matter the talent, needs a bit of life before being able to perform this amazing piece in the manner and quality it deserves.
Name one violinist with that flexibility of phrasing. That suavity, that nuance, that wide ranging palette of violinistic color. I can't name any that come close.
@PJViolin I'm incredibly jealous of you. Wish i could have the chance to play on such fine instruments. Just curious, why do you prefer the guarneri? I've always thought they might be better to play on, considering i like the sound more. Is it just the sound you prefer or the violin itself?
@Sergio0s I like the guarneri's darker tone. It also felt like it fit my hand a lot better. But in all truth, I thought it was hell of a lot easier to play in tune on a guarneri than a strad. If i barley moved my finger on the strad it felt like i played half a step off the original note. Just to mention, I play on a copy of a guarneri, so there may be some bias in my preference. Regardless, they are both amazing instrument makers.
It underlines the imperfection in this world that so few people have watched this video in comparison to the mouth wash ad. on this site....christ was crucified..no one bought Van Gogh's paintings and few appreciate Heifetz. A gem of beauty.
This is one of my favorite videos of Heifetz because he is alone in the studio, not in a tux, playing one of the most intensely personal and moving pieces ever written for violin. My favorite interpretation of the Chaconne. Thank you!
These Men(Perlman, Heifetz, Oistrak, and all the greatest non-named (who are not necesseraly world-known) violin players), have unified their souls in their own, on each one personlly measured scale, with the spirit of Bach and God. Bach is as perfect as the good news of Jesus!!!! And the real good news from Jesus are not only for "christians"...!!!!!
someone tell me how heifitz has only 136k views and hahn has over 700k, and this is a live recording whereas her's sounds like the cd version coupled w/ images of her? =(
@mina7versace Can YOU then tell me how Heifetz gets only <200k views while Justin Bieber and his "music" get hunders of millions of views? You explain it to me, my friend...
@mina7versace She is a beautiful young woman with a great talent, He is the master that she will somday be, and then they will look and her protege in his or her youth ....Youth and a beautifull face and she does have great tallent ,, He has probably played this one piece more times than she has held a violin.hence his mastery, she willl be as great as him someday, perhaps better as she is gettimg close
@mina7versace , i like hahn's chaconne playing better than Heifetz because she plays it spiritually whereas Hefeitz conforms to form more and his tone isn't divine like hers.
For those of you who are Heifetz fans, see the full-length movie/video "They Shall Have Music" on AOL/Truveo (free). Good sound quality, close close close ups of his right hand and bow.......Also, it's about two very young NY thugs and the Maestro's Strad.Not to be missed...:)
Mix Master Bach. His mad beat boxing organ skills will bring down the house. lol, whatever, this this awesome. if there's any clarinet family players out there Michael Davenport transcribed this for the Bass Clarinet, but it can be played on any clarinet. Not as grand as this (considering the clarinet can't achieve the same effects, only imitate), but still challenge for any skilled clarinetist.
Schumann, of this song: "On one stave, for a small instrument, the man writes a whole world of the deepest thoughts and most powerful feelings. If I imagined that I could have created, even conceived the piece, I am quite certain that the excess of excitement and earth-shattering experience would have driven me out of my mind."
@cgperetti I LOVE THAT! one of the most profound statements i have ever heard. I know this is nit-picky but i believe it was actually Brahms who said that after hearing his friend Joseph Joachim, one of the greatest violinists of the 20th century, play it. no disrespect intended. I am glad you posted that. TY!
Schumann, of this song: "On one stave, for a small instrument, the man writes a whole world of the deepest thoughts and most powerful feelings. If I imagined that I could have created, even conceived the piece, I am quite certain that the excess of excitement and earth-shattering experience would have driven me out of my mind."
ah... he's such a genius. It brings tears to my eyes when I hear how passionate his interpretation is... too much :) such a treat to listen to Heifetz playing the Chaccone
The greatest solo work of all time played by the greatest soloist of the twentieth century.
Brahms remarked about the Ciaccona ' On one stave, for a small instrument, the man writes a whole world of the deepest thoughts and most powerful feelings. If I imagined that I could have created, even conceived the piece, I am quite certain that the excess of excitement and earth-shattering experience would have driven me out of my mind.
Heifetz at over 70 as good as ever and better than anyone alive.
Best version I have seen. So goooood :) Havent played violin since I was 5 lol... I am 16 now and am going to take it up again :D Hope I can get this good
I was just watching an interview with Bruce WIllis and got the strange feeling that if he was as bad-ass a violin-player as he was a character-actor, he'd be kinda like Heifetz. :P Or maybe Heifetz is just plain bad-ass. :P Just a weird thought I had.
To all those people who are criticisizing Heifetz's technique, just remember that this is not his prime playing. Anyway, there are very few who can match or surpass even this level of playing (which is not Heifetz's prime).
Jascha Heifetz was a virtuous, cant believe that theres people who critics jascha for his tecnique c'mooon, most of that people who does it never will play like he did, NEVER, NEVER in their lifes and that must be frustrating thats why understand a little bit their stoopid coments, Viva jascha Heifetz.
I grew up on this version and am very close to it. And I like his earlier recording especially well. This is from the Heifetz on TV which aired around 1970.
There may be one ot two slips, almost, but no one needs better than that to get the high quality performance such as this.
The spirit takes over the performance and that's what makes it unimitable. And as an example I'll to one of the simplest parts, starting around 6:41 Just like he is not afraid to go loud, he is not afraid to go quiet, and by that I mean much more than the quiet volume. I mean it is with spirit.
Honestly, he had a very unique style. But, so did Bach. This interpretation is one of the best and is actually studied by those learning to emote through an instrument while respecting the balance of profound thought and intense emotion the composer wanted to get across. The first time I heard this piece, it stirred me to tears.
@5:00 I started to judge this for being to sloppy. Talking to myself about how it's messy and fast..jump to a few seconds later, @5:30, as I'm being judgmental, tears start welling up. He's playing the melody line inside the arpeggios! Gets me every time.
bvolsky 1 day ago
Heifetz just looks like he was born holding a violin. Of course his sound is gorgeous, but he also just looks so good playing. (That said, and no disrespect to the great Heifetz, but Millstein's Chaconne is my personal favorite). Thanks for posting this great clip.
jobo1960 1 week ago
He is jascha Heifetz, if he wants to play it fast, the let him play it fast
tinyparana95 1 week ago
is it just me of does heifetz play EVERYTHING a bit too fast....
indiandude786 1 week ago
24 dislikes? Seriously people? Perhaps you think you can do it better. Its a musical masterpiece and Heifetz deserves a like just for playing it.
INGOLEDIL 2 weeks ago
very beautiful but i like perlman's more :3
00Mj000 4 weeks ago
too fastfastfastfastfastfastfast
leungkawing132004 1 month ago
Beethoven said music is greater than the whole of wisdom and philosophy......
valdengo1 1 month ago
TOO FAST
danielmondana 1 month ago
@danielmondana fast tempo intensify the feeling
leehai1980 1 month ago
It is apalling to think that if Hitler and his gangsters had had their way, Heifetz, Perlman, Menuhin, Elman, Kreisler, Stern and so many others would have been consigned to gas chambers. God, I hate anti-semites! In saying this, I do not discount the value of every Jewish life that those bastards snuffed out; it is just that I wonder how much more of the potential Jewish contribution to civilisation we have lost.
Tony O'Brien
tonyobrien39 2 months ago
@tonyobrien39 I don't know how this is relevant to the music.
fiedleraufdemdach 1 month ago
@tonyobrien39 it's not the fact they were jewish that they were fantastic people, it's just the fact that they had great minds. Why aren't you reeling over every genocide that has ever happened in history?
FluggleBubble 1 month ago
I saw the original TV broadcast of this performance in 1971 when Heifetz was age 70. His 1952 recording with RCA is actually not that much different than this.
TheTucsonJeff 2 months ago
omg, he is too good, but there is a question I want to ask, why his right hand looks so weried?
leungkawing132004 2 months ago
looks pretty normal to me, why do you think it looks weird?
FluggleBubble 1 month ago
左手が完璧！！
acakou 2 months ago
Heifetz is not only a technical genius, but he KNOWS how the music SHOULD and MUST sound, and he plays it accordingly. That's something you can't teach, that's something that must be acquired with age.
Acruz9301 2 months ago
MAYBE OLD BUT STILL A VERY STINKIN GOOD AWESOME VIOLINIST HE STILL IS
violinlord 2 months ago
Christ, this man just doing it all so smooth and nice making every other person who's ever played this song look like a complete novice. Doesn't even seem like he's even being challenged.
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Jpmcke 2 months ago 2
actually, even better, the dislike button should be linked to an electric charge! ;)
joparkeruk 2 months ago
the 'dislike button' should be DISABLED!
joparkeruk 2 months ago
Where is the rest of this recording? ...
kingofcobwebs 3 months ago
No one plays violin like Heifetz... amazing!!!!!!
MrIsabeau 3 months ago
wish he was my grandfather
jkwon761 3 months ago 9
This is as close to perfection as it comes on violin :-)
perryguitar1 3 months ago
Stunning!
perryguitar1 3 months ago
No equal in the history of music on the violin. I am sure Paganini would have been impressed with Heifetz and maybe a little jealous :)
neoclasiccl 3 months ago
Dear friends!
This clip is from the DVD disc featuring several Heifetz perfomances and his biography. Closer to the end of this film there was a scene of Heifetz playing some musical piece with two japanese girls. I very much liked that piece but have no idea what it was since it wasn't mentioned on the cover. Could anyone tell me what was the name of that piece? Thank you!
aleshevl 3 months ago
I LOVE YOU HEIFETZ
lieriliangfeng 3 months ago
21 dislikes? Are people insane?
MiloArc 3 months ago
@MiloArc Yes. Unfortunately, many people are insane, tone deaf, or just brain dead.
TheTucsonJeff 2 months ago
Oh my God! This is beautiful!
MiloArc 3 months ago
Bach is the man from Atlantis.
Vovsjakoyshutke 3 months ago
even Heifetz can scratch, proof at 0.43 !
thijsie41 3 months ago
I dont know why, but i think he was a rude person.... his face, never smiling...
raul20095 4 months ago
@raul20095 @raul20095 I suppose you did not read his biography... /watch?v=DOGNwxSb6Zs he was smiling at 2:09 :)
Wishrachi 3 months ago
The old man is not scared by dragons!
miserkatulle 4 months ago
SOO FANTASTIC <3
MrSpinteractive 4 months ago
One of the most amazing pieces played by one of the most amazing violinists.
laughloveliveinlife 4 months ago
Go on, Musikant!
Orchidoclastie 4 months ago
I so agree with kriemhild85... It isn't everyone who discovers all the details in Heifetz geniality only by listening or watching. You have to play the instrument to really know the difficulties in playing the violin, and to able of understanding the massive talent Heifetz had.
TheOlsen3600 4 months ago
you are listening to the greatest violinist the world has ever produced.
marius312 4 months ago
TAKE 1!!!
beastn13 4 months ago
If you look close enough you can see an angel controlling Heifetz.....Now it all makes sense.
beastn13 4 months ago
Classic music.This is the best mankind has to offer along with science.
Delphinus76 4 months ago 18
I wish I would have chosen a profession which I would have been equally passionate and driven. I hope I can guide my child to make her own decisions to follow her heart, rather than putting up barriers in her path.
yankeeshogun 4 months ago
Definetely Strong... way too much passion to handle...
Franchodelacruz 4 months ago
Heifetz is an absurd transcripion (especially when pronounced like "high") of the Hebrew word "chefetz" ("ch" as in Bach, both "e's" as in "bed"), meaning "will,wish,desire" (remember Menuhin's sister, her name was also "Cheftziba" - "my wishes (are expressed) in her"
ernent 4 months ago
こんな完璧な音楽、初めて聴いた。
takedamix 4 months ago
And it was take 1... Amazing!!!
rosavlno 5 months ago
Epic performance.
edmundjacobs 5 months ago
Que Excelente *-*
carlanaranjo1 5 months ago
wonderful
ecnitha 5 months ago
uery well done
pantazo1937 5 months ago
@unnoticedpasserby @powerofsoul911 I agree, although there is plenty of bach that is digestible as a first listen. amazing recording by the way, I also recommend Nathan Milstein.
stephipest 5 months ago
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zxck555kkk 5 months ago
This is just a peace of Paradise!
celebratingfantasy 5 months ago
@unnoticedpasserby
i mean i like more simple songs, with straight message, not too many accords, no clear melody. THis music nature simply dont make me happy, rather sad. Ie, i like: Bedrich Smetana - Vltava
powerofsoul911 5 months ago
@powerofsoul911 This is the Chaconne, the last movement of Bach's partita 2, that he wrote in the memory of his wife - and it is extremely sad and dark. Listen to Heifetz play Sarasate's "Carmen Fantasy" and "Zigeunerweisen", both are happy and joyful pieces :-))
Bret6464 4 months ago
I dont know why i dont recognize any story, or melody in these classical songs. Maybe im too simple, not sure.
powerofsoul911 5 months ago
I wish he's alive and I could listen his playing live
kindricher 5 months ago
you have to be a violinist to know exactly how awesome this is.
kriemhild85 5 months ago 76
@kriemhild85 Agree~!
waistoi 5 months ago
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ninigui 4 months ago
@kriemhild85 I think I know how awesome this is. Being a MUSICIAN (not necessarily a violinist) is enough for me.
ninigui 4 months ago
@kriemhild85 musician ;)
urbaninjas 4 months ago in playlist urbaninjas's Favorited Videos
@kriemhild85 no, tenor drum player, and i admire this so much :)
pandaman434 3 months ago
@kriemhild85 You don't have to be violinist to appreciate impeccable pieces like this one... The best thing huge players like Heifetz can give us is not the technicality but rather the soul of the piece
ericakarlen 2 months ago
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bloodshot111 1 month ago
@kriemhild85 Or just to have ears
bloodshot111 1 month ago
@kriemhild85 An impossibly difficult piece. Maybe when Bach wrote it, no one could play it,and he could only hear it in his own head. Very possible.
jayceh 3 weeks ago
@kriemhild85 yes. I know its so pretty... so many thing run through my head when I listen to this peace :) Magical
violinlover12345 2 weeks ago
@kriemhild85 I dont think you do, im not a violinist and can definitely tell just how incredible this is!!
percdann 2 weeks ago
it gets better every time i listen to it.
ralfyrules 6 months ago
this video brings me to tears
nirmal8612 6 months ago
The best performance amoung the best!!
luisgutierrezjudo 6 months ago
The best performance amoung the best
luisgutierrezjudo 6 months ago
It looks as he was joking.
martinstoss 6 months ago
not one syllable, not 2, but 3. DAYYUYYUM
vurtiso 6 months ago
17 people dont know what music is.
Grobanite122549 6 months ago
@Grobanite122549
El que no sabe lo que es la música eres tú. Ningún crítico que se precie ha considerado buenas las distintas interpretaciones de Heifetz de Ciaccona (Diapason, Le Monde de la Musique, ...) sino todo lo contrario. Heifetz era un violinista virtuoso pero un intérprete mediocre.Las distintas líneas melódicas y los planos sonoros se entremezclan y embarullan, sin graduación de ningún tipo. 18 personas tienen oídos y 658, orejas,
pigmaliongalatea 6 months ago
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pigmaliongalatea 6 months ago
@Grobanite122549
Para una aproximación a la Ciaccona (una pieza lenta) conviene escuchar la versión transcrita por Stokowski (un director, no un intérprete, 17'46'') y, después, a Hahn, que sigue el criterio de aquél.
pigmaliongalatea 6 months ago
He was achieving a inhuman level of mastery, thats why he died, went to play for God.
vee107 6 months ago
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NRob84 6 months ago
Heifetz is the master of this piece...it's an amazingly complex piece and a young violinist, no matter the talent, needs a bit of life before being able to perform this amazing piece in the manner and quality it deserves.
Elainelps0421 6 months ago
Funny to note from the comments that classical fans get as grumpy and petty as Stevie Ray Vaughan,GaGa or Bieber fans...Lol.Great video
fendermac 7 months ago
perlman better him !
Snoobiz 7 months ago
A lovely composition, wonderfully performed; thank you for sharing it with us.
Tigerpaws9097826 7 months ago
THE BEST
karrotlover 7 months ago
i didnt understand this piece but when Jascha played it it all became clear (really it did)
violinlurrve 8 months ago
こんなじじい反則だろ。くそほどかっこいい。
kkkaa2009 8 months ago
Name one violinist with that flexibility of phrasing. That suavity, that nuance, that wide ranging palette of violinistic color. I can't name any that come close.
davidsalazar22 8 months ago
何の気負いもなくこんな大曲をやってのけてしまうんだ。
たまげた…。
sbastianstudio14 9 months ago
el mejor sin duda
NmAlRs 9 months ago
i prefer Maxim Vengrov's verion of this chacoone
but then agaian Heifetz is the violin master
GawdOFVIOLINZ 9 months ago
That's gonna be tough to recreate on my guitar :P
Emceetem 9 months ago
idk i just think that he plays this peace too fast. i think it should be slower with more emotion.
nextoneup123 10 months ago
@nextoneup123 he does play it too fast and I agree. If you listen to Hilary Hann's version it's better =)
612curtis 9 months ago
@612curtis hahn's version is a nice and fancy studio recording in LA.
YngwieJohann1989 9 months ago
Exelente me llena el alma escuchar buena musica.
47tnv2y0 10 months ago
unbelievable!~ I wish violinists today would play like him...... not perfect.... but with intention to the moment. I am always blown away by Heifetz.
penuchek 10 months ago
he is simply... perfect?
Tr0jan1337 10 months ago
dogododogogodgodgodgoddgodgodgodgodgoddgodgodgod dogs just dogs
kanesicle 11 months ago 2
great violinist bravoooooo
1995areg 11 months ago 2
Even at 70, he still retained all his magic! That makes it all the more amazing.
ksviewerx 11 months ago
He always uses the same violin, does anyone know what it is? Strad, Guenari
klpj123 11 months ago
@klpj123 Giuseppe Guarneri "del Gesu" in 1742, although he did have a strad, he favored the gesu in his performances
Sergio0s 10 months ago
@Sergio0s i've played on a 1742 guarneri and 1709/1714 strads, and i have to say that i prefer the guarneri over the strad
PJViolin 9 months ago
@PJViolin I'm incredibly jealous of you. Wish i could have the chance to play on such fine instruments. Just curious, why do you prefer the guarneri? I've always thought they might be better to play on, considering i like the sound more. Is it just the sound you prefer or the violin itself?
Sergio0s 9 months ago
@Sergio0s I like the guarneri's darker tone. It also felt like it fit my hand a lot better. But in all truth, I thought it was hell of a lot easier to play in tune on a guarneri than a strad. If i barley moved my finger on the strad it felt like i played half a step off the original note. Just to mention, I play on a copy of a guarneri, so there may be some bias in my preference. Regardless, they are both amazing instrument makers.
PJViolin 9 months ago
@Sergio0s I also played the guarneri and strad with a number of amazing bows, and i still prefered the guarneri
PJViolin 9 months ago
@klpj123 Giuseppe Guarneri "del Gesu" in 1742, although he did have a strad, he favored the gesu in his performances
Sergio0s 10 months ago
It underlines the imperfection in this world that so few people have watched this video in comparison to the mouth wash ad. on this site....christ was crucified..no one bought Van Gogh's paintings and few appreciate Heifetz. A gem of beauty.
ol1t1lo 1 year ago 3
This is one of my favorite videos of Heifetz because he is alone in the studio, not in a tux, playing one of the most intensely personal and moving pieces ever written for violin. My favorite interpretation of the Chaconne. Thank you!
jsivanataru 1 year ago
I think people misconstrue harshness with a masculine approach. Harsh seems to have such a negative connotation
Aurelius27x 1 year ago
i don't think we'll ever be able to pass Heifetz's standard. so awesome
pashatseitlin 1 year ago 3
These Men(Perlman, Heifetz, Oistrak, and all the greatest non-named (who are not necesseraly world-known) violin players), have unified their souls in their own, on each one personlly measured scale, with the spirit of Bach and God. Bach is as perfect as the good news of Jesus!!!! And the real good news from Jesus are not only for "christians"...!!!!!
Trinavitus 1 year ago
Bach is all about emotion, man... I mean, he "wrote for God!"
Coolcat607 1 year ago
@Coolcat607 I can hear Nigel Kennedy saying this! ... you are so right too !
dunavbalkan 11 months ago
someone tell me how heifitz has only 136k views and hahn has over 700k, and this is a live recording whereas her's sounds like the cd version coupled w/ images of her? =(
mina7versace 1 year ago 44
@mina7versace lol what you expect people now go by looks and people dont really appreciate the legends
haiz369 8 months ago
This has been flagged as spam show
@mina7versace just shows what people are missing
violinlurrve 8 months ago
@mina7versace
The recorded Chaconne of Heifetz also have more views xD
Nicolasduca 7 months ago
@mina7versace Can YOU then tell me how Heifetz gets only <200k views while Justin Bieber and his "music" get hunders of millions of views? You explain it to me, my friend...
xaviervandepoll 7 months ago
@xaviervandepoll For the same reason that McDonald's serves BILLIONS yet no one in their right mind would call McDonald's a "cuisine."
SatchmoSings 6 months ago
@mina7versace Sorry but the quality is so awful that i'd prefer to listen to a dog barking... Maybe that's why she got more view. ;)
rustyspo0ns 7 months ago
@mina7versace don't forget that he's pretty old here too
PJViolin 7 months ago
@mina7versace She is a beautiful young woman with a great talent, He is the master that she will somday be, and then they will look and her protege in his or her youth ....Youth and a beautifull face and she does have great tallent ,, He has probably played this one piece more times than she has held a violin.hence his mastery, she willl be as great as him someday, perhaps better as she is gettimg close
autoteck1 7 months ago 2
@mina7versace Answer: She's a babe.
But you knew this.
mryeatsofinnisfree 6 months ago
@mina7versace because her face if prettier than Heifetz' :)
asd3s3s2123sd3234 5 months ago
@mina7versace , i like hahn's chaconne playing better than Heifetz because she plays it spiritually whereas Hefeitz conforms to form more and his tone isn't divine like hers.
freeqwerqwer 4 months ago
"take one"?!...
What is that supose to mean?! Was there a take two to THIS?!
Iustinification 1 year ago
For those of you who are Heifetz fans, see the full-length movie/video "They Shall Have Music" on AOL/Truveo (free). Good sound quality, close close close ups of his right hand and bow.......Also, it's about two very young NY thugs and the Maestro's Strad.Not to be missed...:)
outoftunefiddler 1 year ago
Thanks,twang!...................
outoftunefiddler 1 year ago
ugh, poor audio
princhornrhs 1 year ago
Mix Master Bach. His mad beat boxing organ skills will bring down the house. lol, whatever, this this awesome. if there's any clarinet family players out there Michael Davenport transcribed this for the Bass Clarinet, but it can be played on any clarinet. Not as grand as this (considering the clarinet can't achieve the same effects, only imitate), but still challenge for any skilled clarinetist.
drfarrin 1 year ago
there are 11 really stupid people out there..heifetz is amazing!
bessalle 1 year ago
there are 11 really stupid people out there somewhere. heifitz is amazing!
bessalle 1 year ago
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I want him to marry me, He is soo amazing.
AbalabalY127 1 year ago
Schumann, of this song: "On one stave, for a small instrument, the man writes a whole world of the deepest thoughts and most powerful feelings. If I imagined that I could have created, even conceived the piece, I am quite certain that the excess of excitement and earth-shattering experience would have driven me out of my mind."
cgperetti 1 year ago 50
@cgperetti It was actually Brahms who wrote that, in a letter to Schumann. But oh so true.
LudvigBrathen 1 year ago 3
@cgperetti This is such a perfect way to capture the power of Bach's music, but I believe it was Brahms who said this.
ixd735 1 year ago
@ixd735 yes it was. he even transcribed a version for the left hand on the piano. Its a finger-twister!
brianCIM 11 months ago
@cgperetti I LOVE THAT! one of the most profound statements i have ever heard. I know this is nit-picky but i believe it was actually Brahms who said that after hearing his friend Joseph Joachim, one of the greatest violinists of the 20th century, play it. no disrespect intended. I am glad you posted that. TY!
brianCIM 11 months ago
@cgperetti my freind. brahms sent a letter to clara schumann with these words. it wasnt schumann it was brahms.
sir1920 11 months ago
love the quote but didn't Brahms say that?
jascha1978 10 months ago 3
@cgperetti Whoops: "Brahms, in a letter to Clara Schumann, of this song:"
cgperetti 9 months ago
@cgperetti thought that was Brahms ... anyway probably made up.
EMPERORMIKI 7 months ago
@cgperetti brahms said this
neontrees0196 7 months ago
@cgperetti I believe it was Brahms that said that to Schumann in a letter.
ralfyrules 5 months ago
@cgperetti *Brahms.
roman1akid 5 months ago
Schumann, of this song: "On one stave, for a small instrument, the man writes a whole world of the deepest thoughts and most powerful feelings. If I imagined that I could have created, even conceived the piece, I am quite certain that the excess of excitement and earth-shattering experience would have driven me out of my mind."
cgperetti 1 year ago
I dont like "XX people missed the like button" comments. There is no need to recognize idiots who cannot appreciate perfection.
darkmice1 1 year ago
@darkmice1 but I cannot understand why someone would hit the "I dislike this" button on this video. It's blasphemy; seriously.
monochromatic87 1 year ago
@monochromatic87 They think it says dis i like
kiop9000 1 year ago
@kiop9000 Brilliant! Love it!
mrwasbesonders 1 year ago
i think 10 people missed the like button
monochromatic87 1 year ago
I love his technique.. seriously.. for me he was the greatest of us all... just this particular piece i like a bit slower... but thats me...
BaRToLoMaSi 1 year ago
ah... he's such a genius. It brings tears to my eyes when I hear how passionate his interpretation is... too much :) such a treat to listen to Heifetz playing the Chaccone
acordecr 1 year ago 4
Perfection at its most ... perfect
nmrv9 1 year ago 3
It's a shame no one puts the dates on these videos
ExtremeBogom 1 year ago
The greatest solo work of all time played by the greatest soloist of the twentieth century.
Brahms remarked about the Ciaccona ' On one stave, for a small instrument, the man writes a whole world of the deepest thoughts and most powerful feelings. If I imagined that I could have created, even conceived the piece, I am quite certain that the excess of excitement and earth-shattering experience would have driven me out of my mind.
Heifetz at over 70 as good as ever and better than anyone alive.
edmundjacobs 1 year ago 3
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edmundjacobs 1 year ago
Best version I have seen. So goooood :) Havent played violin since I was 5 lol... I am 16 now and am going to take it up again :D Hope I can get this good
MontyZipGeorgeTomInc 1 year ago 3
"TAKE ONE".............flawless victory. Best first take ever.
elopez4024 1 year ago
I was just watching an interview with Bruce WIllis and got the strange feeling that if he was as bad-ass a violin-player as he was a character-actor, he'd be kinda like Heifetz. :P Or maybe Heifetz is just plain bad-ass. :P Just a weird thought I had.
fryfry377 1 year ago 3
@fryfry377 Funny XD
cartoonangel1 1 year ago
To all those people who are criticisizing Heifetz's technique, just remember that this is not his prime playing. Anyway, there are very few who can match or surpass even this level of playing (which is not Heifetz's prime).
MusicCloud1 1 year ago
Outstanding Technique!!!
JamesMatthewMeade 1 year ago
Jascha Heifetz was a virtuous, cant believe that theres people who critics jascha for his tecnique c'mooon, most of that people who does it never will play like he did, NEVER, NEVER in their lifes and that must be frustrating thats why understand a little bit their stoopid coments, Viva jascha Heifetz.
ohiva1 1 year ago
I remember the PBS special back in the early 1970s, from which RCA pressed the album "Heifetz On Television".
archerychampion 1 year ago
I grew up on this version and am very close to it. And I like his earlier recording especially well. This is from the Heifetz on TV which aired around 1970.
brtherjohn 1 year ago
There may be one ot two slips, almost, but no one needs better than that to get the high quality performance such as this.
The spirit takes over the performance and that's what makes it unimitable. And as an example I'll to one of the simplest parts, starting around 6:41 Just like he is not afraid to go loud, he is not afraid to go quiet, and by that I mean much more than the quiet volume. I mean it is with spirit.
violin614 1 year ago
Honestly, he had a very unique style. But, so did Bach. This interpretation is one of the best and is actually studied by those learning to emote through an instrument while respecting the balance of profound thought and intense emotion the composer wanted to get across. The first time I heard this piece, it stirred me to tears.
lifeispain87 1 year ago
This record is not so good.It just a playing notes.In terms of technique and emotion. This is a historically important movie but that's it.
quiquiquiquiqui 1 year ago