Ilya Kaler Plays Sibelius Violin Concerto 1985 MVT I Part 1

[martinlass]

It's a little careful for my taste. I prefer Victor Tretchakov... hard to find recordings of him these days, though.

[brunbratsche]

I was not even born and he had gained a concuros this size ... congratulations

[floresycorderos]

Ayer tuve el placer de tocar con el maestro Kaler. I play at the Orquesta Filarmónica de Buenos Aires. Kaler tocó "La Campanella" by Paganini, he was incredible, such a wonderfull musician!!!...

[sevcik2]

Simply Marvelous!!!!!

What a great artist!!

[jcsiegelman]

Remarkably talented...lovely, lovely music

[OriginalMoonbeam]

How old was Kaler here?

[fuzhen327]

Yes, I like the 5:15-:30, so beautiful!

[fuzhen327]

Yes, I like 5:23 very much.

[McCarthykarla]

me, too

[ZsoltMagyar]

5:23 Like Being in heaven...!

[cazam]

i would kill for technique like his

[joegrace22]

its no fair how long his fingers are!! he makes the double stops look effortless!! jealous!! I'm learning this one though and I'm absolutely in LOVE with it :)

[gidoon]

Very good musicians but the conductor, don't understand how the orchestra can follow him.

[kipcrs]

Very good violinist but the master of sibelius is KAVAKOS,the best performance!!!

[mennekein]

listen to Ferras'...

[cazam]

no.... mintz

[Brunildilla]

Fantástico..!!!

[OriginalMoonbeam]

Fabulous violinist! I wish we would hear more from him! Really enjoyed this! Thanks for sharing..he's one of my absolute favorites!

[LevonakanVochxarner]

dear 3474312, if you didnt hear this concerto more clean then this, i recomend you to listen to Sergey Khachatryan, he is the GOD of this concerto, it was composed for him)))))))))

[dkurgano]

sergey's recording is good, i remember it. he has a very personal style

[Violincrazy]

I love the hair, its like hes been watching beavis and butthead or something.... great player, yes its surprising hes not more well known.

[3474312]

He plays it SOOOO clearly. Never heard anybody plays Sibelius this clear.

[dxhaloxc]

i could not agree more. his third movement is amazingly clean on the thirds

[crazy77town]

@3474312 listen to Kavakos then...  ;)

[takhirviolinest]

@crazy77town and ?

[dkurgano]

@crazy77town maybe very clear, but kavakos is quite an uninteresting musician. just my opinion.

[Zvax]

@3474312

ann-sophie mutter

[DrLuu1972]

Does anyone happen to know what violin he plays here? It sounds so GOOD and beautiful! I really enjoy this performance which does not sound so rushing! Exceptional talent! Love it !!!!!!

[noseymcnose]

Absolute genius - I cant believe he isnt more famous as a violinist...

Not quite Heifitz but certainly better than Perlman and others.

[ItzhakRoxMySox]

Better than Perlman and others? Are you stupid?

[stronzinetto]

totally agree with you....he has the great power to go inside music,listen to Ysaye from him,just amazing! i think it's time to stop thinking that the Oistrach,Stern,Szering,Heifetz etc. will be the best forever...

[fullargon]

This guy is the only one that has won the gold medals at the three most important violin competitions: the Tchaikovsky, Sibelius, and Paganini International competitions. He's not as commercial as Perlman, but he's the best. Period!!

[ellegin88]

go buy his cd of the ysaye sonatas... his vibrato is really sweet. he teaches at depaul in chicago right now

[happyfunnyfoo]

and he's not close mic'd... typical non engineering comment there AbsoluteZ3r0

[tennisplayer112889]

He has great intonation and technique. He kind of slips a little on the trill section with the quarters. The slower section always amazes me when I hear it. I wish he played this a little more lively though.

[rattyp]

definitely not my favorite interpretation of the sibelius, but still very good, and i can't believe i've never heard of this guy before.

[lucypreciosa]

Con todo respeto, no estoy de acuerdo con tu comentario.... yo se que en gustos se rompen generos....Pero sinceramente yo no eh escuchado mejor interpretacion de este concierto, ni siquiera con maxim vengerov, que es mi favorito. Su control, su musicalidad, su precision y seguridad es impresionante. Ahora me gustaria saber cual es segun tu la mejor interpretacion de este gran concierto.

lucy

p.d. eres violinista?

[panduca]

ammm lucypreciosa, estoy de acuerdo que es una muy buena interpretacion, incluso mejor que la de vengerov o la de kavakos, pero diciendo que no has escuchado mejor interpretacion, yo si soy violinista y por lo que veo creo que tu tambien lo eres, me sorprende que no hayas escuchado la version de david oistrakh por que si la hubieras escuchado no dijeras que esta es la mejor interpretacion, consiguete el cd de oistrakh donde toca esta y tchaikovsky son las mejores grabaciones pd. estan en youtube

[ironmagma]

Sibelius was an awesome composer, I wish I was alive 70 years ago.

[gofukurslfplz]

almost exactly how i interpreted it, i love it!

[YEOREN]

amazing

[AbsoluteZ3R0]

This is really good but in my opinion the interpretation is a little too gentle, and not fast enough

[daferg123]

Agreed, unfortunately, he is of course technically capable of playing it that way.

[dkurgano]

I think its the energy of it is lost when it is so fast as some people play it. I like his tempos on this piece very much. reminds me of Szeryng

[starwinter123]

true.....but we should respect this guy for being able to play the whole movement without some false tone....lol