Mozart Duo for Violin & Viola in G major Rondo KV 423 Yuri Bashmet and Oleg Kagan

[randombratsj]

viola!! love it! <3

[CookingJames1]

Kagan was to die in at this festival... He died about month later(cancer) after this wonderful performance in 1990. I am a violin player and I still cannot believe how a dying person can play like this... Thank you so much for posting

[phiconphy]

Simply amazing.

[guarulhosorg]

Perfeita sincronia!

[guarulhosorg]

Muito bom, parabéns aos 2...

Perfeito, muita sincronia.

[alannameilan]

I'm a violist and this makes me want to either lock myself in a practice room until Jesus comes back or crawl under a rock and die.

[yamato109]

Bashmet looks so young...

[mrwasbesonders]

Thanks for uploading, this is an absolute gem. Two of my idols for the price of one! Simply the best playing of this piece I have ever heard and am ever likely to hear! Thank you!!

[danielingui]

Que bien Kagan, los dos, ambos son muy buenos jiii.

[mariluu20468]

calidad de sonidoooooooooo

[markey628]

They come surprisingly close to each other. I'm amazed they didn't seriously bump into each other

[MrNatti151]

Bei 1:56 werden sie für einen halben Takt viel langsamer.Aber ansonsten echt toll

[thelipster111]

To me, each instrument is but just a piece of the puzzle; when together, they make out a picture.....

[mama456100]

This piece is so beautiful I can't stop listening.It makes me want to cry a little bit.

[ModernRitual]

Does anyone know what made Bashmet so famous?

[theviolinist47]

@ModernRitual For being a rarity... a good violist... (just kidding, I too am a violist, but I just had to) I'm honestly not sure, but I am also curious as well

[mrwasbesonders]

@ModernRitual I believe winning the Bartok Viola competition did his career no harm, but surely just watching and listening to his playing here should answer that question adequately! The guy is totally awesome!!!

[beatlesopera]

It's nice to hear this piece once and a while. I like his Sinfonia Concertante for the same instruments as well, but this little gem is rarely heard

[beatlesopera]

How wonderful to hear this piece. I like Mozart's Sinfonia Concertante for violin and viola too, but it's nice to hear this one getting some attention too. It's true mozart liked the violin, but he Loved the viola.

[GothicalSOberhauser]

What a beautiful bowing Kagan has! :D

[lovesGenet]

this violinist has the most perfect intonation and bowing. He should be a soloist like the very famous violist he's playing with.

[Laprevotte]

@lovesGenet He WAS one, but died young.  One of the best players of the "Soviet" school

[pazzhitta]

Larga vida al gran artista OLeg Kagan

[paulflute]

beuatiful music and wonderful listening and reponding

[Starviolist]

Herrlich!!!

[Starviolist]

Herrlich!!!

[GrantGoodale]

1:02 slap some distortion you have a sik metal riff. lol no but for real.. sik harmonization. gorgeous.

[Violascry]

Anyone know where I can get the sheet music to this???

[kuroshitsujidarkart]

@Violascry you can google imslp and look for mozart under the composer category and look for this piece.

[Violascry]

@kuroshitsujidarkart Thanks! Found it!

[beatlesopera]

You know mozart played both of these instruments. He like the violin but he loved the viola

[sroldanmartin]

Thank you very much for responding me. The problem I have is that I feel quite abandoned sometimes: I play for a local orchestra and we used to be two violas, but my violist colleague left, so I am the only viola now (vs about 20 violins). Also, it seems we (violas) hardly get any melodies...Those are the reasons why I sometimes think of switching to violin although I prefer the sound of viola. Don´t you feel a bit abandoned sometimes being a violist or are you totally happy?Gracias Silvia-Spain

[HannahXIV]

@sroldanmartin

I think I would feel abandoned too if I was the only violist in my orchestra. But that's all the more reason to stick with viola; if you don't then your orchestra will be without a viola section, and that would truly be a tragedy. Having the melody all the time is overrated anyway. For me, playing the viola part in orchestra has allowed me to pay attention to the other instruments parts and how everything fits together. I feel like I have a richer experience of the...

[HannahXIV]

@sroldanmartin

...continued

I think sometimes when you have the melody, it's a lot easier to pay attention to only your part. Next time you have rehearsal, try to pay attention to the music as a whole as best you can while still accurately playing your part. You might be pleasantly surprised at what you hear. And when a melody for the violas comes along, you'll really be able to enjoy it to the fullest

[HannahXIV]

@sroldanmartin

sorry i just read through my first comment. The last sentence was supposed to be "I feel like I have a richer experience of the music when playing the middle voice"

but yeah, the melody doesn't make up the entire piece. The harmonies are what give the peice substance and emotion.

[wupeide]

Great performance - maybe a bit to fast?

[hsl0928]

超屌

[kelsonbezerralopes]

muito massa!!!!!!!

[Cidantis]

fuck

[grabagoodone]

Is the violinist son of the big Kagan?

[miakophoto]

@grabagoodone

No, he is Oleg Kagán. And "big" one is Leonid Kógan.

[oceany1235]

i LOVE the viola part. =] it has a deep tone to it, and i just love the way it sounds. its so awesome. =]

i actually play the viola. =]] its awesome.

i hope someday i'll be as good as Yuri. =]

I WANNA PLAY IT!! =[

[sroldanmartin]

@oceany1235 love the deep sound of the viola (alghough I also like violin). In fact, I have been playing viola for four years now and I this last year I started to play with the

Alex, as you are a violist, I would really appreciate your comments. I am a bit confused. I do not know what to do...... I would like to be convinced that I have chosen the right instrument.....

Many thanks. Silvia from Madrid.

[oceany1235]

@sroldanmartin well, if you really love the instrument, then i think you have.

[chekyk1]

amazing!!!!!!!!!!!!

[ThePoliticalMusician]

Yuri's viola has that rich, deep tone to it; I like that. Hopefully when I buy my next viola it will sound just like his.

[aenigmaJ]

Hah! How inspiring! ^_^

I'm no music connoisseur, but hearing this song really inspires me to design and refine something magnificent.

Wow, I can make pleasant sounds on my viola. I pass them off as songs when I read from music... but I only inspire jovial dancing and singing. You... You are... and together... I don't have a strong enough command over my own language to express how delightful listening to this has been! Your expressed emotions complimented well here!

[ggg1602]

Bashmet's so young here.

[violaplayerforever]

Violists are awesome!!!! I am one myself and i enjoy it greatly. Would love to learn viola part to this beautiful piece.

[sroldanmartin]

@violaplayerforever

@oceany1235 love the deep sound of the viola (alghough I also like violin). In fact, I have been playing viola for four years now and I this last year I started to play with the

As you are a violist, I would really appreciate your comments. I am a bit confused. I do not know what to do...... I would like to be convinced that I have chosen the right instrument.....

Many thanks. Silvia from Madrid.

[violaplayerforever]

@sroldanmartin only you will really be able to determine if you've chosen the right instrument. . If you love the instrument and the way it sounds, then you probably have. For me playing the viola is what i do. It's what i want to do for a long time. And playing the violin for me is almost out of the question. I can play it, it's just uncomfortable because i have longer arms and bigger hands. Viola is perfect for me. If you ever need any help just pm. I've been playing for 7 years. 

[justicewithasword]

man is the viola really that hard to play.

[ThePoliticalMusician]

Not if you practice and have extreme dedication.

[mike92980]

Lol the violist with the longer hair looks like a Paganini wanna be.

[SWMaster1]

Yuri Bashmet, the viola player.

Isn't he the one that was on the news that broke his viola during a concert?

[gsbreath2]

lol yeah he was

[kr8tos1]

... ur mean -_-'...

not fair.. i wanna know how to play like dat too :] lol for some reason i imagine myself as that violist (viola)

im pretty sure they had YEARS of experience o-o

[urdancingirl]

FAG ALERT!

[Sviolinist]

How dare you! This is one of the finest pieces ever...

[violalord1]

okay not saying I'm like a pro at this or anything...yet...but uuum, does it sound too romantic?

[nadaprem]

Hey,thanks for posting,but normally violinist name comes first;)Especially if it is Oleg Kagan

[chrupkolak]

You violin chauvinst:)!

[nadaprem]

:DDD Wow! I'm rather violin realist;)

[ambrosius]

Attempted to play this one time. The violin part is quite difficult lolol

[king666nothing]

I played it on drums - still failed. LOL

[MrLandale]

Great performance! It's Duo for Violin & Viola in G major, K. 423 , 3rd Mvt

[guilillerm10]

maravilloso

[Liiana02]

:O

Perfeito!!

[koguma46]

幸せです。ありがとう。

[flamencoscar8]

esta bien perron el bashmet y su potente viola!!!

[Seitong19]

i've played this duet with my father :P

[LasFrambuesas]

demasiado bueno

[kzviolin]

great!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[fdapproved16]

Fantastic job!

[wmd10]

Brilliant!

[altini1117]

Wonderful!

[violajerk]

This is intensely committed music making.

Kagan's Mozart is refined, elegant and full of spirit. Bashmet is the perfect partner and the whole piece dances and sings.

What a testament to an unforgettable artist!

[taiwan886]

Kagan was pronounced too ill to leave the hospital in Lübeck, but he went nonetheless and his friends came. At the beginning of July he was helped on the platform. A special chair was found on which he could, almost standing, play the violin. Shortly afterwards he played for the last time, together with Yuri Bashmet one of the greatest of all Mozart's masterpieces, the Sinfonia Concertante. On July 15, 1990 immediately after the end of this, his own festival he died in Munich. tragedy...