Rubinstein, Heifetz and Piatigorsky - Mendelssohn

[dankravetz]

Gorgeous playing, but why oh why oh why did they cut that lovely 108-bar passage from the recapitulation?

[afertyus1000]

@dankravetz yes and you would think rubinstein would at least have a page turner?

[PhamousDao]

The rat pack of classical music.

[LisaMackXx]

@PhamousDao Ahahahahaha! It's true as well!

[berliozviolist]

That's why they were called the Million Dollar Trio. Not because they were of the highest earners; because they made music worth millions!

[quuuus]

Epic

[violetavalery]

the best of the best! no words to describe the joy this music makes me feel

[shirleyslrocks]

This is one of my all time favourite trios. Amazing musicians.. and of course its the all mighty "rubinstein" ..

[Akhmedzyanova]

Прекрасное исполнение!

[leoncioviolin]

bravo

[TwelfthRoot2]

Could this have been anymore Jewish? I mean any better? :)

[paulostroff99]

Awesome.TY Violin Videos for posting.

[barak6890]

who is the idiot choose dislike?!



[dkalokeri]

WE ARE LOOKING SOMETHING FROM THE PAST. WE ARE HEARING SOMETHING FROM THE FUTURE.

[allpasses]

@dkalokeri

Just keep on filtering... :)

[francesca7564]

VIRTUOSES !!!

Merci pour le post

[stephipest]

Mendelssohn being played how Mendelssohn would want it played. 'nuf said.

[moshiko7701]

played so emotionally

[TomBarrister]

At a dinner party, Rubinstein was offered an appetizer tray of finger-size sandwiches. Rubinstein, who had a healthy appetite, politely took one, frowned at it, and ate it.

A short while later, the hostess asked the Maestro if he would play a short work before dinner. Rubinstein sat at the piano, played four or five notes, and quietly closed the fall board.

"Is that all you're going to play?" the surprised hostess asked.

"That's all that I ate," was Rubinstein's straightforward reply.

[darkblueangel1956]

Che meraviglia !!! Passione sanguigna e vibrante, fusione ritmica da cronografo svizzero automatico !!! Ma soprattutto una testimonianza visiva storica e culturale, indispensabile e indimenticabile !!! Una corsa selvaggia in una distesa verde di armonia musicale, dove la melodia e la ritmica volteggiano vorticosamente come il vento !!!!!!!!!

[TomBarrister]

@darkblueangel1956 Sì, Mendelssohn al suo meglio.

[alberpianoman]

It seems a race for the 1st prize. They don´t stop running all the time.

Piatigorsky´s vibrato is like an earthquake. Otherwise not bad.

[willy1514]

@alberpianoman You must be a younger musician. In the 1940's thru the mid 1960's, the full vibrato was the standard. I miss it among the current young crop of string players. LIsten to Heifitz, Emmanuel Feuermann, Isaac Stern, and Mischa Elman.

[ed4linda]

All other performances of this composition pale in comparison. I come back to this time and again!

[aimson]

It's too bad the trio broke up later on. Heifetz definitely had an ego and butted heads with Rubinstein, which I actually think adds to the intensity and quality of the overall package. My ideal trio would be one with 3 superego's all "competing" to play the most beautifully. It would be a fantastic experience!

[nuyhcbyuc]

Dear Youtube,

Im sorry to disturb your Youtubish stuff but I noteced that next to the "like" button there is some kind of a strange "dislike" button.

Please correct that obvious mistake.

[violinlurrve]

@nuyhcbyuc lol. well said

[Prfactist]

USC FACULTY FTW! GO TROJANS!

[ryanhowh1]

Incomparable. Magnificent.

[MussoGorski]

7 people hit the dislike button! Shame on them.

[TheDanni823]

If these guys are in heaven, I promise to be good from now on!

[violinlurrve]

@TheDanni823 me too

[SachaFels]

One day, Jascha H. complained: "Why do they always call it 'Rubinstein, Heifetz & Piatigorsky-Trio'? How about changing it to: 'Heifetz, Rubinstein & Piatigorsky-'Trio?" To which Rubinstein responded: "No way! Even if God the Almighty was playing the violin, it would still be called "Rubinstein, God the Almighty and Piatigorsky." ;-)

[ghoststrad2000]

@SachaFels well yes, it is a Mendelsshon PIANO trio not VIOLIN trio afterall :P

[metteholm75]

It doesn´t get much better than this.

[jafigueroa41]

Pa where are you?... just listen.

[outoftunefiddler]

This video IS amazing. I saw Bell and company in this....Martha Argerich, Mischa Maisky, Henning Kraggerud, Yuri Bashmet in Shostakovich . This is more modern but we see the same passion here it think...

[hairnsap]

3 is plenty !

[nimalakers24]

thats the big three!

[Matsuilunar]

What happens if 3 of the best players in the world came tgt? this is what u get XD

[llewcellist]

This has to be one of the best historical trios out there! This is chamber music as it should be: 3 incredible virtuosi playing together. Thank you for this video.

[Prancer1231]

they're ok but I can do better

[padzelik]

@Prancer1231 noo you cant

[beeroosterm]

Shit! These guys are sight-reading!

[dozemix]

This video made me realize the importance of my index finger embracing the bow. Thank you.

[munkybrain]

@dozemix yes! that is important lol. it is such a good idea to watch these players carefully. What your instrument is i don't know, but i find it useful to practice just the first finger on the bow, to remind me of exactly the point where the back fingers have to come down to begin balencing (it should occurr at the balence point of the bow). A bow stroke is such a complicated thing!

[Luthian11235813]

My chest hurts when I watch these three men play. They touched heaven with their music. Beautiful.

[TheCourtwick]

Astonishing love for each other and the music.

[rideg62]

When was this recording made?

[patrahilevlampiev]

I was thinking that if you bring together such people, you will have a super nova.

[KosteckiAdam]

great!!!! 

[lovesGenet]

amazingly musical .amazing that these 3 soloists could play well together. Ruby had really great p.r.Moisewitsch should have been here! Audiences loved him ! and he really has a great mind when it comes to individual composer styles. Surprised that Ruby didn't rec more mendelssohn -the variations and all those damn conventional songs sans mots. I never like his piano music.How come all his orchestrl and ensemble music is so good but his solo pianoworks the etudes,preludes,variations S-U-C-k .

[magicviolin1991]

three

gods

having

a

lot

fun

[meesbroersen]

@magicviolin1991 three

youtube

users

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the

same

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writing

style

[brainwasher9876]

their combined power level must be over nine thousand!!

[tdbgamer]

@brainwasher9876 They're all at least Freeza's level.

[TheEfGaRi]

@ 5:01-5:17 is godly.

[zokky1]

@TheEfGaRi 0:01 - 7:06 is godly

[TheEfGaRi]

5:01 -5:11 is godly.

[brianCIM]

LOL! Rubinstein doesn't have a page-turner. I seriously doubt he even needed the score in front of him. His memory was prodigious and completely photographic. He once memorized De Fallas' "Nights in the Gardens of Spain" simply by looking at the score for a few hours on the train ride to the rehearsal, and then to the astonishment of the conductor and orchestra played it nearly perfect at the first rehearsal upon arriving. if you notice he looks at the score here maybe 10% of the time. Amazing.

[shirleyslrocks]

amazing performance

[216odin1]

Where films like that coming from??

[culturehorse]

@216odin1 Kultur VHS release 'artur rubinstein' plays, etc. (maybe its made its way to DVD ..

[ouitresbien]

piatigorsky looks like george clooney

[poofypeach]

It amazes me how these guys can play it in 7 minutes. While it takes me 12

[fcGroup]

@poofypeach Well, that's because they didn't play the whole movement... ... (note 6:24)

[almubrito]

wonderful

[Cantormatis]

Three Jewish boychicks throwing it down. Sweeeeet!

[TheMikester307]

I think during WWII this trio (who had all relocated to L.A.) performed at a benefit for the war effort and afterwards the Emmcee said "Isn't it wonderful what you can do with just local talent!"

:) :) :)

[iampolsk]

никогда не видела их втроем

[iampolsk]

никогда не видела их втроем

[blondii2713]

this is so great!!

[1980NewWave]

I have to say, I actually prefer the slower tempo played by the many amateur trios you can find playing this piece on YouTube over this video of three of the greatest classical musicians of the 20th century. Music as beautiful as this wasn't meant to be rushed.

[spootboot]

@1980NewWave

no, you don't have to say anything. prefer what you want, but don't make unqualified comments on something of which you have not a shimmer of understanding.

[gibsonpaddy]

Can anyone tell me if he actually was the greatest piano player of all time..???

[nauJRodriguez]

@gibsonpaddy Hi there. Well, he was one of the greatest. I do not believe that there is one greatest player. He has a few equals, a few.

[gibsonpaddy]

@nauJRodriguez Maybe u can tell me if Heifetz had an equal and if so whats his name

[frogmanpiano]

@gibsonpaddy R was one of the greatest BUT! he said there is no one, best -just different, In Chopin he was certainly considered a yardstick 2 measure others. These Three were nicknamed the Million Dollar Trio.. R was a great chamber music player, he made many recording unlike some great piano soloists -see his Brahms Quintet, worth listening 2 also try Schubert Wanderer Fantasy & B flat Sonata, Rach variations, Mozart Piano Concertos 20, 21,23,24 any Chopin, Schumann Carnival just listen!

[poofypeach]

rubinstein turns the pages at such ease. it's marvellous. such skill

[zuzanazuzanita]

increíble che!! maestros de la música

[MsAdianna]

love it!

[luxeful]

wow!! amazing! virtuoso!

[odie720706]

this gives me goose bumps!!

[spiderdi]

greatest pianist, greatest violinist, and greatest cellist :) best version i've ever heard of this piece.

[sakuraikeitaro]

too good

[gibsonpaddy]

Do i sense a cold feeling between them

[princegarbsen]

HfM&Co.

[gingergal66]

great!

[AKhajavi]

These musician are so geart, exellent technique and beautiful voicing.

[jtrstrings]

this is incredible footage!!! That piano part is so difficult. I've played the violin part before. It's manageable, but you'd better have a fabulous pianist to play the piano part.

[Jimmyd45]

The piano part is not that hard compared to other trios such as Ravel's. It's very pianistic !

[flylooper]

And the guy turned his own pages! Amazing....

[jasonform]

uauuuuuuuu...

[poofypeach]

@flylooper

i tried turning them myself it is so HARD

[angelooooooos]

totally agree!! :) it s fabulous music but one of the hardest too.

[Lokumhanim]

@jtrstrings totally agree with you...I ll play it next week with my trio ....but slower...this really fast for me and for my trio...

[ursin1]

This is great

Annette Holmboe

[hansfritzwurst]

love

[ed4linda]

This is one of the greatest performances ever of this piece. Absolutely thrilling to listen to!

[hicitronella]

Oh wow! How'd they bring him back to life?

[IndependenThoughts]

Oh sorry, I meant Heifetz.

[C0urante]

Heifetz is dead too.

Rubenstein too, so don't even try it.

[PhilipLu3]

*Rubinstein.

yea... I don't know what Independent is on!

[randianpole]

@IndependenThoughts Huh?

[rawautube]

hmm

[RandomMuch1337]

REALLY? That's so cool! Maybe he can visit my school after Abraham Lincoln visits next week

[Mertrisse]

I thought this was going to be my pianistic undoing when I was in high school and I performed it with two friends. It was the most difficult piano part I'd ever played!! This brings back such memories, and I appreciae the brilliance of the masters.

[suhheechoi]

What a legend!

[n0rg]

Great video. Watching these three masters together is a great find. Other postings say this is from a movie. What movie is it from then?

[TomBarristerX]

It's not from a movie, per se. This was one of several short features produced by Rudolph Polk and Bernarn Luber in the early 1950's. Lack of financing caused many of them to never make it to the screen. Fortunately, the films were stored and reproduced into DVD form recently.

[n0rg]

THANKS Tom. Appreciate the feedback. /Roy

[curiousgeorge232]

eoe

[meesbroersen]

@SGvanAsbeck

while

writing

history

[cdrecor]

The great old school! There is not only technical perfection, but also a lot of music and soul! This is missing in playing of most of contemporary interpreter.

[tlatol12345]

Voià: lo mejor de lo mejor

[sdorr]

They play rather well together.  (a small understatement)

Rather fortunate that _they_ out of so many

escaped the Shoa. I feel a certain pride that they wound up gathering in the USA....

[bosmicbomb]

I love this, thank you for posting.

[ShioriYuki10]

amazing...juz amazing...

[jijibaba0530]

Page turner is also terrible though the piano playing is terrible and natural.

[appletreemusic1]

jijibaba0530, perhaps you don't understand the meaning of the word, "terrible"... or perhaps you have nothing better to do with your time than to make absurd remarks, and see who will take the bait and disagree with you. i would all love to hear exactly what it is about the playing, in your professional opinion no doubt, that you find to be so "terrible". please, enlighten us. or better yet, would you mind leaving us another pointless remark instead? might be easier for you...

[TomBarristerX]

appletreemusic1: What jijbaba0530 probably did was use the Japanese word "erai", which has several meanings (great, eminent, celebrated, terrible, awful). The translation software got it wrong.

Americans have a similar contradictory word: "sick", which can mean both "awesome" and "horrible". If we say "That was a sick performance", somebody not familiar with our language will probably get the wrong meaning from translation software.

[naruto00000000]

Tom Barrister? I remember your name from watching classical music Youtube videos from 2 years ago. Looks like you're are still deeply entrenched with great classical music.

[jijibaba0530]

I am sorry. I am Japanese, English is not understood, and because copy & paste was done as it was, what translated with the translation software seems for you not to have understood. I was only terribly surprised as Rubenstein who was able to turn over the music score alone even if very fast Passage was played.

[swanningaround]

jijibaba. I think you meant to say " How can Rubenstein be able to change the page, even though he is playing so fast, and at the same time so naturally.". By the word "terrible" you meant incredible, awesome, or something like that. I think that apple noticed that you had a translation problem. You have explained yourself OK now. Don't be put off making comments. English is a difficult language. I'm sure some of us would have a few problems with Japanese. :)

[jijibaba0530]

swanningaround. Thank you. I made a mistake in the usage of word "terrible".

I wish to express my gratitude for getting gentle words from you.

[swanningaround]

jiji. :) You love this music, as do we all.

[jcarpenter99]

I, too, appreciate the graciousness of the words of swanningaround. Thank you both.

[appletreemusic1]

i simply cannot apologize enough, i am truly sorry for unleashing on you. looking back, what i said was awfully harsh. my own ignorance of language-translation-software and its' quirks caused me to over-react. if i caused you to feel at all discouraged, then i am truly, deeply sorry.

[jijibaba0530]

I am very glad to get kind words from you. Thank you. It is originally bad that I do not understand English and relied on the translation software. The word was not transmitted well. Therefore, it is not discouraged.

I wish to express my gratitude for your gentle consideration.

[antoniojarf]

perO qe HERMOSO..! Tocan Los 3 ...

[ElEsquisProductions]

the best trio of the 20th century

[amiltolo]

3 grandes maestros..¡ que nivel !

[ThomasHospitaller]

The best video on the entire YouTube database. :)

[jacquelinescellist]

I agree 1oo%

[swojnicz]

I was going to say that. It couldn´t be better. Sweet.

[billentyu007]

exellent!

[KiyotakaNarumi]

you will never find anything as beautiful as this

[puchalaka]

Lets hope that we will shall we?

[morinoroba]

thanks.

[werq34ac]

One of my favorite pianists+my favorite violinist+"one of the greatest string players of all time"-Ivan Galamian+favorite piano trio=can't think of something good to say

[chienwen81]

Three men, three personalities, one music.

[andias03]

Three genius. Unaffected, serious,very musical. Mendelsson was a great musician

[lanarv]

Four :-)..with Mendelssohn :-)..

[HwangMyungShin]

You legend, that's right.

[morris1030]

unique..all 3 are geniuses

[Bolinas1971]

peace in Europe!

[HwangMyungShin]

What do you mean?

[Bolinas1971]

artists getting together to create Vs. silverback politicians getting together to destroy

[HwangMyungShin]

Rubinstien understands the piano in the way Zeus understnads the lightn

ing.

[HwangMyungShin]

God bless America for uniting Genius from accross East Europe to one, through English, music and hope combining them into a titanic trio.

[brainwasher9876]

three titans.

[gaitadefoles]

Absolutely marvelous... this is what I call music. Thank's for sharing the video, ViolinVideos.

[Masmorra84]

a moment of genius for the eternity

[sunyuloveu]

Piatigorsky, the god of cello.

[firesong75]

This is magnificent. Three great artists performing together the work of a superb composer. Inspiring!

[esteger1]

We're lucky that other composers didn't give up writing piano trios after hearing this one. It never gets old . . .

[meganne55]

couldn't be any better

[jjaci]

the cello is so haunting! aaaaaaaahhhh! i love it!

it's like...the holy trinity! god the violin, god the piano, and god the cello! amazing!

[silentfilm2]

When the dog bites, and the bee stings,

You'll know what was on Richard Rodgers ipod...

I've always thought his music was like Brahms, but Mendelssohn too.

Thanks for posting this. Where did it come from?

[davecotuit]

i have this dvd...it is on KULTUR D1102..you can order it from amazon...

[lucamadeus]

giants

[lorenzarthur91]

The Trio of the legends... thanks for posting!

[otterhouse]

Interesting! 1940's?

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[justwarren]

This brings tears to my eyes.  It is simply exquisite! It is almost unimaginable that three of the greatest musicians of all time got together and played one of the great chamber music pieces. Again, just wonderful!

[cromulentinnoc3nce]

THIS IS A MIRACLE! Thank you so much for posting!!

[mayuoka1001]

It's like a dream.

Thank you.

[mrblifil]

Where is the fourth movement? That's my favorite one! Still this is unbelievable, I never knew it existed, not that I know a lot.

[zzfinance]

GREAT!!! thank you very much for posting

[IHodrea]

In my opinion this movement could be played as a single music piece; I find it not only very beautiful, but..like a sphere (i don't have a better term for "something simple, pure and familiar") yes, "very familiar". I feel like I know this piece from some'time' else.

[bushfingers]

Heavenly