Michael Rabin: Paganini's moto perpetuo

[ss032010310103]

I could be wrong..but Heifetz is like a bit faster?..tried it with metronome but anywayyyyy....doesn't make him any less of a genius

[Thracozaag]

Among the absolute all time greatest one-take recordings, like Moiseiwtisch's Midsummer's Night Scherzo

[jguitar48]

I fail to see how this is better than Heifetz. At all.

[vizhtor77]

FUCK AND FUCK! It is impossible to play it in that tempo! At least with such a sound quality, such clean in staccato, and such a perfect entonation! His talent was simply unbelievable..for me, the best violin of the XXth century..

[ItzhakRoxMySox]

@Cannonsville69 Heifetz is absolutely nothing compared to Rabin on this. What do you mean Heifetz maybe a hint faster? He comes nowhere near to Rabin's speed, and it's certainly not cleaner. Get off of Heifetz's balls, he wasn't a god.

[MultiNabokov]

Can anyone compare this with the Salvatore Accardo interpretation so that I may know the technical differences. both enchant me - of course the instruments sound different as well as the huge differences in recording blah blah blah - I would like a true critique and comparison. There are few on the planet who are able to accomplish more than an attempt at these wonderful pieces and I would like to know among those who does it with vitality and clarity.

[mrjarolino]

tears in my eyes - Why? Michael Rabin is the Unbelievable - artielon speaks about the rest...

[qujohn88]

声音真是不错！

[ThePandonetti]

Great !!!

[stradivari87]

Very very nice! Big Rabin! Master

[MrFpam]

outstanding!

[jguar17944]

Did you take this from the LP? sound is much fuller than on CD (though I shouldn't really be surprised at that).

[artielon]

This I say about Ricci: He attacks the violin (in the finest way), and makes it his friend. Rabin has a "bel canto" approach.

[artielon]

Listening Michael and Ricci back to back, I came to appreciate THE ART OF VIOLIN!

[paoloXV]

Incomparable!

[Gentario]

Great! I love him.

[schweitz2171]

i do not mean to be sarcastic, but what is the difference how fast this is played

[goroundit123]

only Menuhin compares

[kaczorferenc]

190 bps

[Violincrazy]

@kaczorferenc 184bpm

[qujohn88]

这个人的确技术奇好，，，

[oldpython]

I was captivated by his music as a child and I still listen to his recordings.

[qujohn88]

he is as good as heifetz,,,,,,,,,,

[ItzhakRoxMySox]

You are wrong. BETTER than Heifetz.

[qujohn88]

i can not say that,,,nobody could be better than heifetz,,,,,,,,but maybe you are right,,,,,,,

[violatione]

@ItzhakRoxMySox also better than Perlman!

[ItzhakRoxMySox]

@violatione In many aspects, yes. Perlman remains my favorite though.

[violatione]

@ItzhakRoxMySox Perlman says himself that Rabin was better, in fact if you listen closely, you'll find that many of Perlman's interpretations are patterned after Rabin's.

[ItzhakRoxMySox]

@violatione Yes, I heard you. I know he was better. That still doesn't change the fact that Perlman is my favorite.

[violatione]

@ItzhakRoxMySox I know, you and I have had this conversation before. LOL!

[elchaexxx]

@ItzhakRoxMySox are you crazy ?? Jascha heifetz is the best violinist in the world . Stupid . FUCK YOUR FUCKING MUM.

[ItzhakRoxMySox]

@elchaexxx Haha, wow, you're cool. That is an opinion. You keep yours, because I have my own and I like all of my possessions to be of high quality.

[123mortimer456]

This absolutely amazing, and clearly unequaled by anyone in the last 50 years. But I think the young Heifetz played it even better - clearer, faster, more effortless, more playful, more completely in command, more devastatingly virtuosic. Hard to believe, but I think the evidence (available on Youtube) bears me out. And just like Rabin, Heifetz recorded it in one take. What do you think?

[rushwarp]

Rabins timing is better then Yashas. Yasha had his own strengths, enterpretation wise, but Rabins timing is the best of all time and only Vengerov approximates it IMO. Speed sounds pretty equal I cant tell whos faster. Rabins recording is better too so there is more detail.

[gibsonpaddy]

i couldnt agree with u more my friend

[OEDBrowser]

I aggree with your opinion 100% !! I know that the at very summit of violin perfection if that is possible ! its matter of personel opinion when comparing great performances , however, I have been captivated by Heifetz for great number of years and I believe he has the edge on all the rest of the great violinists but I believe that he set the standard by which all the rest are measured !! He total command and facility of all the the various techniques etc which he played effortlessly!

[EsharkEWA]

when u can put character and emotion into 2,000 consecutive semi-quavers, u kno the guy's got skill.

[violatione]

3009 notes in less than 4 minutes!!!!!

[violin144000]

very nice i love rabin

[wichitazen]

Astounding. Remarkable talent.

[paulostroff99]

Stupendous! Bravo! TY.

[artielon]

Impeccable! After having heard hundreds of violin soloists both me and my sister, who is a professional violinist of 30+ years, agree on this: Michael Rabin was the ultimate master of the violin in every respect!

[violatione]

@artielon Kavakos is a better player than Rabin was. Youtube him if you don't belive me.

[ericgable]

@artielon Disagree, Milstein was the best (= sorry.

[artielon]

@ericgable To me there is no best violinist. I appreciate the polished playing of Milstein, the fury of Ricci, the gallantry of Heifez, the overall mastery of Oistrakh. I just REALLY like Rabin!

[ericgable]

@artielon I know, i was just saying Milstein, becauses hes my all time favorite.. But i respect all the old violinists, because they were awesome, and they also brought a meaning to music.. Unlike Joshua Bell..

[SultanKaraMusic]

@artielon after paganini ;)

[artielon]

@SultanKaraMusic I never heard Paganini so I can´t say.

[qujohn88]

@artielon

agree,,,,,,,,and i just dont like perlman,,,,

[caribooho]

a basically boring piece??? i wonder what kind of life do you have.

[aarazra]

Just one of MANY pieces by this musician which are OUTSTANDING performances. I started listening to his recordings when I was 10 years old from a record my parents had from a YARD Sale. That did it. Another awesome piece that I have yet to hear matched is his version of Massenet's Meditation from Thais.

[JoFrSc]

Bravo! This must surely be the best recording of this!

[RonaldVaughan]

What I think is the best recording of this

tune is by EUGENE ORMANDY.

Late Fifties I think, Not on YouTube yet...

[JoFrSc]

That sounds interesting. Ormandy must be conducting, so who is the soloist in the recording?

[RonaldVaughan]

I don't know. I just heard that on the radio

in the early Sixties. That version not only

has violins and piano,but flutes...full-on

instrumentation. But another version (by

the Great Wall of China Orchestra) here

on YouTube,is great!

[villaperalino]

la mejor versión del movimieto perpetuo de paganini que he escuchado.

[cga2000]

Brings a basically boring piece to life .. never heard a version that comes anywhere close to this.

[Aftarar]

Breath taking, and reminding of the famous Toscanini recording with the strings of the NY Philharmonic; same excellence and develish excitement