In my own humble opinion this sounds terrible compared to the capucon performance on YouTube... Rushing, too much vibrato... It sings more but I don't get a feeling from it
I think the true genius behind this piece is Christoph von Gluck because he created something so deep and honest. No matter who plays such brilliant pieces, the first thing i appreciate is the composer. Sure that these artists convey different feelings but in the end it's about who created the music in the first place. That said, heifetz's version is way better than oistrakhs, because he's playing it the way he feels comfortable. But Gluck...dear G-d...
If you also practiced and performed for 66,000 QUALITY hours by the age of 37 (when this video was taken), and also emphasizing the growth of your musicality and the subtler things in art, not just technique, maybe....
The sheer number of tones and colors, and above all the searing emotion! @ 2:35, SEAMLESS! Did that bow actually change direction ??
William Primrose said, "He has a panache, an elan, that makes the simplest sonata tremendously exciting. He can break your heart."
I love Heifetz, he will never be surpassed and this is is beautiful. But I feel that Rachmaninoff's performance of the Melodie captures the essence of the composition better and his performance is surreal in every sense :-)
I heard this piece and I loved it. If you like this one, you might like Elman's interpretation (search mischa elman gluck melody) of this piece which is very different from Heifetz's. After listen to Elman's interpretation, I found it is hard to go back to Heifetz's. Enjoy both if you can!
i think the bow tilt thing is a bit of an illusion caused by the reflection off the bows shiny wooden stick....i don't think he's flopping his bow from one side of the hair to the other...
So hauntingly sad -- After hearing this, I went my whole day in a state somewhere beyond everything that happens on the outside. The world needs more of this to heal from all its pains and sorrows
As always, Heifetz is completely in control of what he does. He plays unbelievably beautifully, but he does 'do' things with the music (for example by delaying the big chromatic scale), and there are more 'inner' performances of this beautiful piece about on Youtube Leonid Kogan and David Oistrakh. for example. And I do not at all like the shots of the adoring audience - but this is from, a film in which Heifetz gives a 'free recital'.
I suppose that many of you listeners know that this piece is considered primarily part of the flute repertory. Nevertheless, I dare say that it's as good or better on the violin. This rendition by Mr Heifetz is proof.
After the death of Eurydice her husband Orfeo, who loved her very much, went to the hell to see Hades in order to get her back. He played such wonderful and sad music that Hades was very moved and allowed him to take his wife back to the human world, but under one condition that he shouldn't turn back until they left the death world. But Orfeo was worried about Eurydice who followed him and didn't say a word, so he turned back and lost her forever...........above got from some where.
After the death of Eurydice her husband Orfeo, who loved her very much, went to the hell to see Hades in order to get her back. He played such wonderful and sad music that Hades was very moved and allowed him to take his wife back to the human world, but under one condition that he shouldn't turn back until they left the death world. But Orfeo was worried about Eurydice who followed him and didn't say a word, so he turned back and lost her forever.. above got from somewhere.
After the death of Eurydice her husband Orfeo, who loved her very much, went to the hell to see Hades in order to get her back. He played such wonderful and sad music that Hades was very moved and allowed him to take his wife back to the human world, but under one condition that he shouldn't turn back until they left the death world. But Orfeo was worried about Eurydice who followed him and didn't say a word, so he turned back and lost her forever
I take the view that Heifetz was a strict tutor. That, however, is the greatest thing that his students could ever wish for. Once judged by Heifetz,,surely the most exacting critic of all,,they would never need to fear future audiences or critics? In viewing his master classes one sees a totally "no nonsense" coach who gets through a large amount of work in the time available. He misses nothing and his demonstrations are stunning. He does have a great underlying sense of humour. I like him
once i went to see mr heifetz. i was 15 seconds late and he had already had all the doors closed....i had to wait for the first convenient break---he didn t mess around! when he said 8pm he meant EIGHT PM!!!!!!!!!!!!!
but, i was lucky enough to see him and gregor piatagorsky give a concert with several of their mutual students at the university of so california in 1975. i think that was the last time heifetz ever appeared in public.
@davecotuit wow thats fucking amazing!!! how would u describe his personality? he looks like a strict person who cared alot for his students in a strict manner.
@vln1912 you are correct. mr heifetz was not a very wam or pleasant person to be around. he was very quiet, almost shy and spoke with a very soft almost inaudible voice.
have you watched his master class on youtube? you will see what i am talking about. it s all business with occasional flashes of the famous heifetz sarcasm.
i am sure i would not have enjoyed his company. but what an artist!!!!! every violinist i ve talked to holds him in reverential awe.
@davecotuit wow i wish i could have met him. i wouldnt have asked for tips on my playing but rather advice on life and what he though of it. im 19 and sumtimes being young means ur stupid so i would have asked for advice...he prob would have given me a simple answer in a strict obvious way tho lol
Heifetz is wonderful here. Notice that he did not learn "reeling & writhing" in music classes the way many violinists have done. Gluck was an innovative genius! This is just one of his many awesomely great melodies.
Sheer bliss to listen to both Rachmaninov and Heifetz playing this piece in turn on their respective instruments. Many thanks for posting. Best wishes.
i agree milstein91. violinists shuld not be clowns. i play violin to and every time i say i play violin every one must make some kind of jocke of it. i want to kill them when they do so.
@violinartist1 Sarah Chang is still a relatively new face, pretty, etc. Of course she's not as good as Heifetz but has a lot more personality, etc. Just more showmanship basically
@danielwowman mmm. thats something famous about Heifetz. he was a strict disciplinarian (pupil of Auer) and thats why he doesnt move or show much facial expression. but as you said, he plays with utmost emotion and feeling. marvellous
@danielwowman to like to play violin means that violinists must be clowns?no...that s todays stupid stuff that only has to do with markting and selling cd's.
@baristotsirab, i dont either. Maybe because of his conservative stage presence, and cos he doesnt 'move around' anything like that. His playing is magnificent - a real legend.
Simply the best performance of this piece I have ever heard. None of the modern greats can match it. Those people who saw him play it live, who HEARD it live!.. How blessed they were. I hope at least one of them appreciated it fully.
ive always been jealous of his long ass fingers, and how the neck of the violin can be so deep between his thumb and first finger....and the bomb ass vibrato
does anyone notice how at 1:55-1:56 and at 2:05-2:06 he tilts the bow from one side of the hair to the other very rapidly, and not gradually. Usually one is told by a good teacher to flatten the hair towards the tip gradually to not lose the sound. but he does is with 1 inch of bow right at the tip, and he doesn't even flatten, he goes to the other side of the hair. And we don't even hear this change...amazing bow technique per usual from JH. Very interesting trick...
haha, its trula amazing to see that change and not hear it, but i think he does it only when he has a hooked bowing at the tip, to get more of a "grip" to that short note since he has very little bow left. but thats my theory on why he does it...
Yes, I completely agree! it was one of those "oh, thats how its supposed to be done!" moments. I think it's partly inspired by Auer's teachings as well, now that I skimmed through some parts of his book on violin playing. JH's bow hold is probably more suitable for that particular effect...fascinating!
@dkurgano It probably has to do with his bow hold, which is the Russian grip. Believe it or not, the Russian bow hold is designed to allow you to get MORE power at the tip than the frog, meaning that in the same way that we have to release some of the pressure when we play at the frog in order to get a sweet sound he has to do the same thing at the tip.
@AbsoluteZ3R0 I studied with a pupil of a pupil of Auer and he taught to do a clockwise circle at the tip when changing bow rather than turning the wrist out or lifting the elbow. This means the bow will naturally incline more inward. Well spotted by dkurgano! I had never visibly noticed Heifetz do this and had always wondered if he really used the technique my teacher'd described. From this it is clear that he does. It enables one to keep the elbow lower and make a fuller sound at the tip.
I get sea-sick watching him play. I rather just listen to his rather free yet well thought-out playing. Sounds improvisatory but with tremendous knowledge behind every note. All in all I had seen and heard others closer to my taste and heart.
took the melodic minor scale and turned it into harmonic minor....it's done often to make the feel more exotic and to create more tension (the minor 6th to the raised 7th creates a minor 3rd interval, more intense than the otherwise diatonic scale
Why the heck does it matter whether he is jewish or not? Its just the term that refers to people that are followers of Judaism. In no way does this reflect the performace of this peice nor is it relavent to it.
The only other violinists in my humble opinion that matches Heifetz on this piece is the Great Ginette Neveu !! Listen tom her and compare !! Both heavenly renditions !!
I cannot agree more with the guy who said, that this is God playing.
mysteriouspacifist 4 days ago in playlist Classical
Nerim isplukde talentus negriztamai
vilneles klodai jau iseko o kur ta buvusu karta ?
atnesusi kultura ir palaima :(
arunasst 2 weeks ago
In my own humble opinion this sounds terrible compared to the capucon performance on YouTube... Rushing, too much vibrato... It sings more but I don't get a feeling from it
basehead617 2 weeks ago
I agree
luisramos19 4 weeks ago
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This is God playing!!
Kaio83483 1 month ago
ISN'T THAT GLUCK FELLOW THE ONE THAT INVENTED THE GLUCK PISTOL MOST POLICE OFFICERS CARRY NOW?
DON'T LOOK FUCKING STUPID AT ME, TIS JUST A QUESTION!
:^)
PARDON ME DEAR YASCHA, PLAY ON MY DEAR MAN, WE LOVES YA!
jehovahuponyou 1 month ago
@jehovahuponyou
I'm afraid not. Sorry. i believe your talking about the glOck pistol. This piece was by Christoph Willibald von Gluck (Transcribed by Heifetz).
Nime64 1 month ago
@Nime64 - ARE YOU SURE?
WILLIBALD SOUNDS LIKE A FUNNY NAME FOR A GUNSMITH.
jehovahuponyou 1 month ago
@jehovahuponyou
Yes. Now please do me a favor and get off these videos you bloody bastard.
Nime64 1 month ago
@Nime64 - DOES MY HUMOR BOTHER YOUR TIME SPENT SUCKING COCKS, SORRY ABOUT THAT OLE CHAP, NOW YOU SOD OFF.
jehovahuponyou 1 month ago
@jehovahuponyou LAWL no I don't think that's the same guy
Are you a troll? ;D
dchenviolinist 1 month ago
@dchenviolinist - I SEE YOU HAVE A SENSE OF HUMOR, WISH I HAD ONE - ROFL!
MAYBE I WAS THINKING OF SMITH, WESSON, COLT, RUGER, OR CAP - SOME OF THOSE GUYS.
:^)
NO, I AM NO TROLL, BUT I HAVE TWO PROBLEMS, I AM BORED SENSELESS AND I AM FULL OF SHIT - ROFL!
I DO LOVE YASCHA, THE MAN COULD SAW THAT FIDDLE, HE WAS THE BEST!
BLESS YA CHEN!
jehovahuponyou 1 month ago
Maravilhoso... :D
Kaio83483 1 month ago
Quero tocar essa música :)
Kaio83483 1 month ago
I can't hear the piano over this guy's violin! Turn it down, fucker! BTW... Beautiful piece.
RobbVonZeppelin 2 months ago
@RobbVonZeppelin violin is melody and piano is accompaniment, bro
dchenviolinist 2 months ago
...nice piece of music..with few misses along....your "God" is more human than you think...sorry friend....just listen again and you will see!
malakia8080 2 months ago
how is it that he can work such magic while i can barely keep up with the birthday song?!
eithei 2 months ago
His vibrati are so great....
TripleRhu 2 months ago
When i listened first Heifetz i got hoose-pimples, and now again
Avventura04 2 months ago
heifetz is just simply brilliant. it was sad when he passed away in the 1990s. There's not going to be another heifetz for a long time.
CknSalad 2 months ago
I think the true genius behind this piece is Christoph von Gluck because he created something so deep and honest. No matter who plays such brilliant pieces, the first thing i appreciate is the composer. Sure that these artists convey different feelings but in the end it's about who created the music in the first place. That said, heifetz's version is way better than oistrakhs, because he's playing it the way he feels comfortable. But Gluck...dear G-d...
c0mpuipf 3 months ago 2
I looked at all the other videos with this song and I have to say even with the slight snowish sound this is the best one.
Kanelle88 4 months ago
SO BEAUTIFUL!
If you also practiced and performed for 66,000 QUALITY hours by the age of 37 (when this video was taken), and also emphasizing the growth of your musicality and the subtler things in art, not just technique, maybe....
The sheer number of tones and colors, and above all the searing emotion! @ 2:35, SEAMLESS! Did that bow actually change direction ??
William Primrose said, "He has a panache, an elan, that makes the simplest sonata tremendously exciting. He can break your heart."
ksviewerx 5 months ago
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ksviewerx 5 months ago
Amazing!
TheNutcracker8 5 months ago
0:34 Amazing... No words...
camboyerto 5 months ago 2
they certainly don't make violinists like they use to anymore boo hoo
littlemonsterlover 5 months ago
@gnamp Hahaha good point maestro
ASmirnov87 6 months ago
Total overuse of vibrato. Very spidery. Do not like.
gnamp 6 months ago
@gnamp lawl
dchenviolinist 2 months ago
@dchenviolinist lerl
gnamp 2 months ago
@gnamp You wanna fight?
dchenviolinist 2 months ago
@dchenviolinist with you?
gnamp 3 weeks ago
makes me human again
macolga100 6 months ago 16
romantic music veri good nice
twgirl1 6 months ago in playlist my music!!!
Amazing! As good or better than this has ever or will ever be played. TY SamLee for this great posting.
paulostroff99 7 months ago
Sublime !
Merci pour le post .
francesca7564 7 months ago
I love Heifetz, he will never be surpassed and this is is beautiful. But I feel that Rachmaninoff's performance of the Melodie captures the essence of the composition better and his performance is surreal in every sense :-)
Bret6464 7 months ago
just wonderful…
Necrosphere85 7 months ago
i love love love him and i love love love this piece!
violinlurrve 8 months ago
oooo nicee (Y)
k6vaMutt 8 months ago
I heard this piece and I loved it. If you like this one, you might like Elman's interpretation (search mischa elman gluck melody) of this piece which is very different from Heifetz's. After listen to Elman's interpretation, I found it is hard to go back to Heifetz's. Enjoy both if you can!
xiaoleideng 9 months ago
@xiaoleideng both are great!! =)
Necrosphere85 7 months ago
that being said....regardless of what his bow is doing, sure sounds good. one of my favorite recordings of all time!
djgrab1 10 months ago
i think the bow tilt thing is a bit of an illusion caused by the reflection off the bows shiny wooden stick....i don't think he's flopping his bow from one side of the hair to the other...
djgrab1 10 months ago
@djgrab1 no.
OurenV2 8 months ago
So hauntingly sad -- After hearing this, I went my whole day in a state somewhere beyond everything that happens on the outside. The world needs more of this to heal from all its pains and sorrows
ksviewerx 10 months ago
Everybody talks about rotations, bows hands,...
but, listen towhat he does with the Music!!!
This is God playing!!
egonsky 11 months ago 4
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ksviewerx 11 months ago
As always, Heifetz is completely in control of what he does. He plays unbelievably beautifully, but he does 'do' things with the music (for example by delaying the big chromatic scale), and there are more 'inner' performances of this beautiful piece about on Youtube Leonid Kogan and David Oistrakh. for example. And I do not at all like the shots of the adoring audience - but this is from, a film in which Heifetz gives a 'free recital'.
leitfie3579 11 months ago
huwaaaaa...... very cool... i love this song XDD...
tanakaori 11 months ago
He knows what is well music.
izacfrancisko 11 months ago
good.Exelent.
izacfrancisko 11 months ago
I suppose that many of you listeners know that this piece is considered primarily part of the flute repertory. Nevertheless, I dare say that it's as good or better on the violin. This rendition by Mr Heifetz is proof.
concertviolinist 1 year ago
this is a very nice melody and i'm playing it for my exams
ilikedetectives 1 year ago
Still the epitome of clean, clear prose... simply wonderful in its "simplicity" :-)
louislht 1 year ago
After the death of Eurydice her husband Orfeo, who loved her very much, went to the hell to see Hades in order to get her back. He played such wonderful and sad music that Hades was very moved and allowed him to take his wife back to the human world, but under one condition that he shouldn't turn back until they left the death world. But Orfeo was worried about Eurydice who followed him and didn't say a word, so he turned back and lost her forever...........above got from some where.
Tysontp 1 year ago
After the death of Eurydice her husband Orfeo, who loved her very much, went to the hell to see Hades in order to get her back. He played such wonderful and sad music that Hades was very moved and allowed him to take his wife back to the human world, but under one condition that he shouldn't turn back until they left the death world. But Orfeo was worried about Eurydice who followed him and didn't say a word, so he turned back and lost her forever.. above got from somewhere.
Tysontp 1 year ago
After the death of Eurydice her husband Orfeo, who loved her very much, went to the hell to see Hades in order to get her back. He played such wonderful and sad music that Hades was very moved and allowed him to take his wife back to the human world, but under one condition that he shouldn't turn back until they left the death world. But Orfeo was worried about Eurydice who followed him and didn't say a word, so he turned back and lost her forever
Tysontp 1 year ago
One of my beloved collections but i lost it somehow... So glad i found it on YouTube!
Thanks much! <3
MsBleuOrchid 1 year ago
18 people are viola players
Virtok 1 year ago
this man is GOD
milstein91 1 year ago
This makes me want to practice, and practicing makes me want to stop and listen to Heifetz. I'm screwed.
Manofxrunner 1 year ago
Big bonfire tonight....I ' m burning my 2 violins. It's no use.
The secret to the Heifeitz mystique is simple; the man is a violin.
FAC1231 1 year ago
@FAC1231 Ouch....
rawrbblover 1 year ago
I listend Heifetz the whole day...feel like im gonna have a Heart attac...
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in my opinion Oistrakh softer, but Heifetz so pure ... i can't choose between them because they are both brilliant..
mashajan 1 year ago
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in my opinion Oistrakh softer, but Heifetz so pure ... i can't choose between them because they are both brilliant..
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in my opinion Oistrakh softer, but Heifetz so pure ... i can't choose between them because they are both brilliant..
mashajan 1 year ago
just to remind you that as other masters he was a JEW
drshragawexler 1 year ago
@drshragawexler Well he had that in his favour then.
Ivanhoe2 1 year ago
idk, it`s like, really smooth, his playing...I love it!
Jedum 1 year ago
I take the view that Heifetz was a strict tutor. That, however, is the greatest thing that his students could ever wish for. Once judged by Heifetz,,surely the most exacting critic of all,,they would never need to fear future audiences or critics? In viewing his master classes one sees a totally "no nonsense" coach who gets through a large amount of work in the time available. He misses nothing and his demonstrations are stunning. He does have a great underlying sense of humour. I like him
Ivanhoe2 1 year ago
Ez gyönyörű!
doom9555 1 year ago
what can one say other than---UNBELIEVABLE!
once i went to see mr heifetz. i was 15 seconds late and he had already had all the doors closed....i had to wait for the first convenient break---he didn t mess around! when he said 8pm he meant EIGHT PM!!!!!!!!!!!!!
davecotuit 1 year ago
@davecotuit you took classes with him?!!!!!
vln1912 1 year ago
@vln1912 good heavens no!!! haha
but, i was lucky enough to see him and gregor piatagorsky give a concert with several of their mutual students at the university of so california in 1975. i think that was the last time heifetz ever appeared in public.
davecotuit 1 year ago
@davecotuit wow thats fucking amazing!!! how would u describe his personality? he looks like a strict person who cared alot for his students in a strict manner.
vln1912 1 year ago
@vln1912 you are correct. mr heifetz was not a very wam or pleasant person to be around. he was very quiet, almost shy and spoke with a very soft almost inaudible voice.
have you watched his master class on youtube? you will see what i am talking about. it s all business with occasional flashes of the famous heifetz sarcasm.
i am sure i would not have enjoyed his company. but what an artist!!!!! every violinist i ve talked to holds him in reverential awe.
davecotuit 1 year ago
@davecotuit wow i wish i could have met him. i wouldnt have asked for tips on my playing but rather advice on life and what he though of it. im 19 and sumtimes being young means ur stupid so i would have asked for advice...he prob would have given me a simple answer in a strict obvious way tho lol
vln1912 1 year ago
awesome! He was as great as any that ever was.TY for posting this treasure.
paulostroff99 1 year ago
I'm learning this piece :D
roseXscarlet 1 year ago
Heifetz is wonderful here. Notice that he did not learn "reeling & writhing" in music classes the way many violinists have done. Gluck was an innovative genius! This is just one of his many awesomely great melodies.
analogyman 1 year ago
what a great video. Looks like it comes straight from a movie.
Gnaeus1 1 year ago
Sheer bliss to listen to both Rachmaninov and Heifetz playing this piece in turn on their respective instruments. Many thanks for posting. Best wishes.
Ivanhoe2 1 year ago
It's so amazingly beautiful....
Just simply beautiful...
TrueMachigau 1 year ago
i agree milstein91. violinists shuld not be clowns. i play violin to and every time i say i play violin every one must make some kind of jocke of it. i want to kill them when they do so.
danielwowman 1 year ago
Maravilhoso !!
Palinuro1606 1 year ago
His vibrato is just "meltingly" good!!
Mikado8686 1 year ago
why does sarah chang have more views than him???
violinartist1 1 year ago
@violinartist1 Sarah Chang is still a relatively new face, pretty, etc. Of course she's not as good as Heifetz but has a lot more personality, etc. Just more showmanship basically
serafinichess 1 year ago
thanks i'll take that personally
Bolinas1971 1 year ago
couldn't be played better!!!!!!!!!
untonsured 1 year ago 2
Ha... and they say Heifetz's playing is too cold and without emotion? They need to listen to this..
Mecinimi 1 year ago 8
he doesnt looks like he likes to play violin. he dosnt move. he just stand and looks boaring but he plays it so emoteonal like hell.
danielwowman 1 year ago
@danielwowman mmm. thats something famous about Heifetz. he was a strict disciplinarian (pupil of Auer) and thats why he doesnt move or show much facial expression. but as you said, he plays with utmost emotion and feeling. marvellous
aweitzer1 1 year ago
@danielwowman to like to play violin means that violinists must be clowns?no...that s todays stupid stuff that only has to do with markting and selling cd's.
milstein91 1 year ago
this is one of the most beautiful pieces in the world, played by one of the greatest violinists in the history
megaNickolas 1 year ago
Que verdad es..la música amansa las fieras,un tema bello entre los bellos
madretierra6 1 year ago
Wyjątkowo subtelny i wzruszający fragment pięknej opery.Jestem wzruszona .Dziękuję.
ametyst006 1 year ago
perfect!
Meyfonseca 1 year ago 4
heifetz produces feelings by tone and intonationits stunning by a bit one dimetional if u listen to menhuin u hear real warmth and passion
methuseling 1 year ago
dude... this is HEIFETZ
punchaloo 1 year ago
wonderful piece!!!!!
heifetz was the best
sandroroj 1 year ago
listening again after some time and really this rendition is superb
themusicdr 2 years ago 2
he's a genius. I think his interpretation of the glazunov violin concerto and the conus violin concerto are unbeatable
eyknir 2 years ago 6
The piece was profoundly moving to me.
brainwasher9876 2 years ago 2
I don't understand why many people find the heifetz's playing cold...it's so moving
baristotsirab 2 years ago 4
I agree, he's one of my very fav's specifically FOR the emotion.
kittenstoes 2 years ago
@baristotsirab, i dont either. Maybe because of his conservative stage presence, and cos he doesnt 'move around' anything like that. His playing is magnificent - a real legend.
aweitzer1 2 years ago 3
Simply the best performance of this piece I have ever heard. None of the modern greats can match it. Those people who saw him play it live, who HEARD it live!.. How blessed they were. I hope at least one of them appreciated it fully.
Fraeuli 2 years ago 3
@Fraeuli Their spirits must have danced up and down!
PhilipLu3 2 years ago
At 1:13 you can't hear the bow change at all! Amazing!
GeorgeEnescu 2 years ago
Gluck ...hugs ... thank you.
ASAngelo 2 years ago
Isn't it something!
PhillipLWilcher 2 years ago
It is!
ASAngelo 2 years ago
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1:22
ASAngelo 2 years ago
Yes !!
PhillipLWilcher 2 years ago
amazing! He is so good!!!!!!! the best!!!!
guava665 2 years ago 2
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carrottoponcrak 2 years ago
An amazing musician who happens to play the violin. Discuss.,,,
classicman1664 2 years ago
wow! so hypnotically beautiful!
nakedBison69 2 years ago 36
ive always been jealous of his long ass fingers, and how the neck of the violin can be so deep between his thumb and first finger....and the bomb ass vibrato
carrottoponcrak 2 years ago
what do asses have to do with it?
nakedBison69 2 years ago
heifetz is a master but in some of hes pieces he plays to fast but this is wonderful end the best version i ever seen
danielwowman 2 years ago 5
does anyone notice how at 1:55-1:56 and at 2:05-2:06 he tilts the bow from one side of the hair to the other very rapidly, and not gradually. Usually one is told by a good teacher to flatten the hair towards the tip gradually to not lose the sound. but he does is with 1 inch of bow right at the tip, and he doesn't even flatten, he goes to the other side of the hair. And we don't even hear this change...amazing bow technique per usual from JH. Very interesting trick...
dkurgano 2 years ago 35
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takhirviolinest 2 years ago
haha, its trula amazing to see that change and not hear it, but i think he does it only when he has a hooked bowing at the tip, to get more of a "grip" to that short note since he has very little bow left. but thats my theory on why he does it...
mannycabrito 2 years ago
Yes, I completely agree! it was one of those "oh, thats how its supposed to be done!" moments. I think it's partly inspired by Auer's teachings as well, now that I skimmed through some parts of his book on violin playing. JH's bow hold is probably more suitable for that particular effect...fascinating!
dkurgano 2 years ago
@dkurgano It probably has to do with his bow hold, which is the Russian grip. Believe it or not, the Russian bow hold is designed to allow you to get MORE power at the tip than the frog, meaning that in the same way that we have to release some of the pressure when we play at the frog in order to get a sweet sound he has to do the same thing at the tip.
AbsoluteZ3R0 1 year ago
@AbsoluteZ3R0 I studied with a pupil of a pupil of Auer and he taught to do a clockwise circle at the tip when changing bow rather than turning the wrist out or lifting the elbow. This means the bow will naturally incline more inward. Well spotted by dkurgano! I had never visibly noticed Heifetz do this and had always wondered if he really used the technique my teacher'd described. From this it is clear that he does. It enables one to keep the elbow lower and make a fuller sound at the tip.
mrwasbesonders 1 year ago
Hi
Very good and very melodic
Regards
Richard ;)
spannerworks1 2 years ago 2
I get sea-sick watching him play. I rather just listen to his rather free yet well thought-out playing. Sounds improvisatory but with tremendous knowledge behind every note. All in all I had seen and heard others closer to my taste and heart.
lekmioas 2 years ago 2
Te amo HeiFetz !!!!!!!!!!!!!
antoniojarf 2 years ago
I love him so much that I can't stand his play anymore
popedpopcorn 2 years ago
No encuentro palabras,es Divino,Delicioso
madretierra6 2 years ago
I have never heard the scale at 0:34 with a Bflat (on the E string). Just curious.
avlnist 2 years ago
took the melodic minor scale and turned it into harmonic minor....it's done often to make the feel more exotic and to create more tension (the minor 6th to the raised 7th creates a minor 3rd interval, more intense than the otherwise diatonic scale
dkurgano 2 years ago 3
I wish he could be alive to bring us more of his music...
justfallen516 2 years ago 10
we'll fix that
SethP666 2 years ago
I will fix that. :-)
ss0099218 2 years ago
me too;--+ ready guys?
asachildtobecome 2 years ago
And....how are you going to fix it? :)
justfallen516 2 years ago
Alongside Neveu's this is a defining interpretation of this piece.
cjh37878 2 years ago
He resembles little to Sherlock Holmes.
Welther47 2 years ago 3
Sherlock Holmes is a fictitious character created by Conan Doyle.
daddio7777777 2 years ago 3
Yeah I know.
Welther47 2 years ago
This is how I imagine Sherlock Holms looks like when playing the violin. Everyone knows that Sherlock is fictitous, you smartass.
Welther47 2 years ago 3
Congratulations !!!
daddio7777777 2 years ago 2
OMG, I swear I totally thought the same thing, and I was so happy to know I'm not the only one :D
Sharkbait1213 2 years ago 10
one word.
awesome.
'nuff said
pianok12 2 years ago 3
he was perfect playing violin!!!
jencat1989 2 years ago 3
In my opinion he vibratos too much. But that is just my interpretation of the piece... Still he is a great violinist!
wawen89 2 years ago
Every time I hear Heifetz playing this piece, my heart begins to cry. I don't know why, but it's fantastic.
NaomiGigi 2 years ago 8
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MrJimmygetz 2 years ago
Lovely and sensitive or borderline personality disorder, the jury's out.
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LaKimmois 2 years ago
Why the heck does it matter whether he is jewish or not? Its just the term that refers to people that are followers of Judaism. In no way does this reflect the performace of this peice nor is it relavent to it.
devangmehta19 2 years ago
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dkurgano 2 years ago
so much emotion, so much passion. i love it! :D
hinata458 2 years ago
This is... overwhelming.
emberslave 2 years ago 3
The only other violinists in my humble opinion that matches Heifetz on this piece is the Great Ginette Neveu !! Listen tom her and compare !! Both heavenly renditions !!
tappytoto 2 years ago
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sadykoff 2 years ago
This comment has received too many negative votes show
a bit old fashioned!!!!
wingsimusic 2 years ago
Does it matter?
ipmoic 2 years ago 2
is this guy jewish?
099calquist 2 years ago
yes he is.
whats the problem?
it is nothing special.
just a religion.
but definitely NOT the reason why he has been one of the most crafted and talented violinists of the 20th century.
ssi1991 2 years ago
just of the 20th century, this guy is incredible
VRJaguarandi 2 years ago
099calquist didn't say he had a problem, but he simply asked is he Jewish. It annoys me when people jump to conclusions!!
Beautiful performance!
dagll 2 years ago 4
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MrJimmygetz 2 years ago
i feel like i would just die w his music... so perfect!!!!!
LaFievreDuChocolat 2 years ago 4
I played it in my last violin concert.... It's beautiful!!!!
NT1994 2 years ago
el mejor y mas completo violinista de mundo de todos los tiempos
4cuerdasx4 2 years ago 5
Oh God - what a divine performance!
USABOYMAN 2 years ago 6
His index finger, the very first few seconds!
cazofy 2 years ago
Me gusta mucho!
goligoggo 2 years ago
I think Sergey Rakhmaninov,s play of this Melodie is more intimate, heartfelt, and global comprehending of the human divinity... My God
sadykoff 2 years ago
Thank you for this Mr. Lee...beautiful!
OriginalMoonbeam 2 years ago 3
Did you see the scene with this opera in Slumdog? First I ever heard of Gluck and now I'm a huge fan of this opera and I guess this violinist!
mrscry 2 years ago
Still the best
elefranc9 2 years ago