Paganini: Caprice No. 24 (Frank Peter Zimmermann)

[85dba]

This is a reaallly good performance, and a very good performer. Hearing this makes me feel great. Sorry for my english but I have to coment. Great job!

[Th3R3M1nd3r]

Well, I think Jascha Heifetz's version of the last variation is the best. It makes you feel happy when he finishes. Anyone know who wrote it or where I could find the sheet music for his version?

[Aezandris]

Terrific !

WAHOO !

[steelerfan76]

Congratulations to the performer. T his is the standard in my opinion.

[chandlerblancaflor]

this guy is a fucking god on the violin. absolutely flawless.... gonna start learning this..... and it's going to kick my ass big time.

[omarov3penguin]

it's obvious he's young here....he's playing perfectly God bless him...i wish i can be like him one day...(but not with my bad violin i have to buy a better one)=)

[waikikit2]

Wow!! People really did improved!!! Frank violin skill recently is wonderful....

[Lisztlovers]

Beautiful'

[stageoma]

Kavakos is better

[hongyimo]

so you compare these two great violinists like car or laptop reviews, right?

[horozcorc]

@stageoma

To come here and to leave a comment, saying that someone else is better, is just a true idiot"s job!

At least that fucking violinist deserves a little respect!

[horozcorc]

Always comparing comparing comparing...what boring guys you are!!!

[sunyuloveu]

agree!

[ItzhakRoxMySox]

Omg, the fingered octaves at 4:50... That's crazy, I've never heard anyone finger octaves at that interval, my goodness...

[craz4muzikguy]

Thanks for the info

[moparroadrunner69]

Nice interpretation, but Mintz owns on plucking and harmonics.

[rrichter1965]

@moparroadrunner69 I adore Mintz and his Paganini, too, but Zimmermann is also really fantastic. It's hard to compare in this case. You just have to decide, what you personally like more, but you can`t say, who's better, as some people try to.

[CallMeHozay]

@rrichter1965 It's not impossible to compare violinists and say who's better if you view it through the lense of the original Paganini score. But nowadays his score is considered obscure because his hands were quite large and huge jumps were relatively easy for him, so you are correct in saying that it's impossible to compare today because of the vast number of interpretations of this piece.

[craz4muzikguy]

He's pretty good, but he cheated on the false harmonic section playing it up in position.

[Woriviol]

Sorry, you are wrong. From Paganini it is originally written like he played.There are other version by Leopold Auer e.g. which is written as false harmonics. I play violin too and I studied this piece as well. In the last variation however he plays a version which is not original but anyway he does a terrific job. This guy is amazing.

[Violincrazy]

Your not meant to play that bit in harmonics in the original score. There are no false harmonics in the 24 caprices.

[hanana83]

BRAVO..

[killtheposer]

the cleanest paganini player.

no offense shlomo mintz :D

[ItzhakRoxMySox]

You must have never heard Kogan play Paganini then

[ItzhakRoxMySox]

Kogan

[mexindian1]

Absolutely phenomenal. This is one brilliant player. No doubt about it. BRAVO!!!!

[waikikit2]

Honestly he is not really that good because some of the tones he played are not clear. Especially tones play by the fourth finger.

[leoscello]

so try to play it better rofl

[CampanellaDaemon]

ha. are you serious. he's not that good. this requires no argument. you comment dictates your intelligence

[waikikit88]

So you are really not that good to think someone like him to be GOOD... hahaha

[CampanellaDaemon]

? your comment again makes no sense. perhaps it would be better in future if you did not talk

[gnomefou]

Honestly my poor Waikikit, you are stupid.

[milstein91]

WOW,I see there 12 hours of practacing every day,he is fantastic.

[Tetsunaweb]

12 hours? Never!

Only when you practice at most 6 hours REALLY effective you can become that good. Otherwise you harm your musical sense and your body.

[08sondre91]

thats very individual from musician to musician!

[metalnevadies]

DAMN! He's still got his baby fat... How young was he then?

[theamers08]

Wonderful! FPZ is my hero!

[musicStoneD]

my FAVORITE VIOLINIST !!!!!!!!!!

I RESPECT HIM!! HIS PERFORMANCE IS SO COOL AWESOME!

[ricardojufe]

THANKS FOR POSTING!!!!

[sebastianbosley]

Zimmermann, for me, is one of the most underrated/under-publicised violinists. He has done a complete recording of the Ysaye Sonatas for EMI which, in my view, has yet to be surpassed. I've never heard himplay Paganini before, so to hear him play no. 24 for the first time is a real treat!

[shawkobezhu]

this god also did god save the king variation

search it up

he's awesome

[S1ndar]

Thanks for posting!

I like his playing. He's good.