* Kogan plays Wieniawski (Legende Op.17)

[Fishfuzz34]

Im playin this song now, abridged version

[Fishfuzz34]

4:58-5:04 amazing

[9eberra]

the piece isn't really hard I played it at 11 but the difference is emotionally you can't begin to udnerstand it till you've gotten in tune with your music

[Fishfuzz34]

Awesome I'm playing this now

[KevnutsWho]

do you guys think playing this song on a viola is good for solo piece? slightly slower speed

[BwonzSkie]

4:09 the part where there are slurred chords A-E flat to E-G... on my music it says its from third position to second... i just cant getit rite O3O

anyways Kogan is amazing :) its incredible how he shows exactly what he feels in the music--mysterious,somehow lonely and happy as well. simply brilliant ^-^

[creutzmeyer]

c'est magnifique je me souviens a chaque fois de mon père qui adorait ce morceau sommes toute assez peu connu!

[musicandhorsefreak]

HOW does he manage to make this piece sound HAPPY? i can play all the stuff fine technically, but it always sounds so DEPRESSING to me wen i listen to myself!!!!!

[OOTman00]

@musicandhorsefreak well, he does have an entire orchestra accompanying him

[Juscch]

amazing!

[adidas6330]

there's a feeling of longing in Kogan's piece ... really great and touching

[melomansarasatiste]

this is absolutely amazing .. my favorite piece of violin, don't even know why but i love this piece soo much,, and yes it is a very hard piece, it's not about the technique, it's about its deepness,, and Kogan is playing it like an angel

[MUSIKAOUF]

C'est tellement beau. J'adore j'adore.

[flaviamestre182]

to play this piece, you need to know where it guides you, you need to find the right emotion. whitout it, forget, its a waste of time. Its really hard, good job kogan.

[MrMolotok93]

Best piece played by my favourit violinist and in my opinion one of the best who ever stepped on this world...

[RiceKrispiesAreGood]

@Bigheadet highly doubt you "mastered" this song.

[simondignam7]

@Bigheadet Yeah right buddy

[HMSChippy]

@Bigheadet Just going to follow the other comments - I remember sight reading it and thinking it sounded decent, but after listening to a recorded version of myself, I was like:

"Oh wait a sec, that sounds crap"

:/

[edmondrachmaninov]

@Bigheadet you might have mastered this particular piece but ive seen your channel and sincerely think that you should work on your left hand grip. The current situation would not get you into any higher levels. Moreover you should consider tuning your violin up a bit, its way too flat to meet the acceptability of normal people.

[82224561]

Here with Kogan is like a bird singing!!Very Lyrical!

poicpi

[knarotchka]

That is the real mastership - to play a very hard thing so easily, that is seems easy....Without speaking about it emotional perfectness....

[82224561]

Yes this is splendid!!

poicpi

[Mach100]

I was born in Lublin where Wieniawski came from. I now Wieniawa district very well. walking there I was always thinking about him.

[423livelaughlove]

i like this piece, although it's pretty slow. & im going to start learning it now. . . any advice from anyone who has played it ?

[cloverbrease]

@423livelaughlove I've been playing this piece for a while now. it may not be that hard techinique wise, but you have to work alot on getting the musicality correct. not that there is only one correct way... just keep listening to this recording and try to put some of your own creativity into it :)

[cleanplaydo]

@423livelaughlove Its hard, I enjoyed the challenge but it is a struggle...but I'd say listen to recordings a lot, and just lots of slow practice making sure u get the pitch of double stoppings accurate :)

[jaw2722]

agree with bnm15hk

[sblrok]

Thanks! Он,действительно,Лучший!

Великих надо слушать чаще!

Riga

[bnm15hk]

decent playing. very heart catching

[murzilka62]

Гениально ! Божественно ! Хотя конечно это не видео, а музыка, но видеть лицо исполнителя необходимо ! Таких гениальных музыкантов нужно знать и помнить в лицо ! Они достойны памяти человечества !

[serenaluce]

@murzilka62 Absolyutno s vami soglasna! Takikh kak Kogan bol'she net. On - unikalen, i vse unikal'nye artisty dostoiny pamyati vsego chelovechestva! Ikh nado znat' v litso! I zagruzhat' na YT pod devizom "Chtoby pomnili". This music and performance is a masterpiece - A PIECE OF MASTER! Bravissimo!

[murzilka62]

@serenaluce Спасибо за личный ответ. Мистики говорят, Что Коган был очередным воплощением Великого Паганини - охотно верю и надеюсь, что оно (воплощение) было не последним в этом Мире на этой планете.

[serenaluce]

@murzilka62 Ya tozhe mogu v eto poverit'. V samom Kogane bylo chto-to takoe misticheskoe! Tol'ko ya schitayu, chto nam bol'she povezlo s Koganom, t.k. on byl zapisan, i vse eto bogatstvo s nami navsegda. A kak igral Paganini my mozhem tol'ko domyslivat', spekulirovat'...:-). Tak chto, bravissimo velikii Kogan!

[bladye118]

^^ enjoing it

[lardolicious]

this is such a beautiful piece! but i think i killed it for myself when i started playing it. T_T this is why you never play pieces you like...unless of course your Kogan who played BEAUTIFULLY btw. XD haha.

[musicandanimallover]

amazing!

[messengercalleddeath]

oh god, i learned this piece a few years back and i played it so bad then, i ended up hating it for awhile...lol but it's really nice XD

[nicky2430]

This is on the Grade 8 exam list! Nice piece

[ciacho00000000]

Wieniawski was a virtuoso after all...

[musichorse123]

I know this piece is hard but it kinda bores me. I prefer the Mendehlsson (however you spell it) Concerto in E minor it is amazing!!!

[StevenWilliamsMusic]

@musichorse123 i love that concerto! im playing it at the moment, is awesome ((:!

[weirdnwonderful]

Just ordered the music for this. Sounds fabulous! Can't wait for the post! :D x

[xxRandomAznxx]

i'm playing this piece right now and it's pretty hard! my double stops sound like a dying cat T_T

very pretty piece though :]

[chenhuaw888]

i am playing this piece now, too!

[Glazagirl]

Love this piece It's so gorgeous=D

[lindseydream]

I'm 18 and studying this piece... How talented you must be to play this at an age of 11!!

[AuthenticNavyPeaCoat]

Gorgeous!  In the 1977 movie, 'The Turning Point,' a clip of a pas de deux was shown (chor. John Cranko) and it is breathtaking. If anyone knows where you can SEE the full ballet to this piece, please post!

[KellyYiu37]

I am 12 years old and I am learning this song ! My teacher said play this song in the Exam!OMG

[AuthenticNavyPeaCoat]

@KellyYiu37

You're a lucky gal to be able to play such a beautiful piece! You may want to give 'The Turning Point' a look for a glimpse of how dancers express it. You'll be brilliant, and best of luck!

[YellowBie]

you are too young for this piece but maybe you're a talent...so go for it!

[Eoinda]

This sounds so easy. I'm playing this now so I know it's not. It's extremely hard!

[megahedviolin]

totally agree......its to hard to play this double chords shifting that clean !!!!

[mignaval]

Tres bien .

[chenhuaw888]

Cool?Or not?

[EvaFlorence95]

Sbalorditivo... che suono meraviglioso, che musicalità...

[MiLLYandMuSiK]

amazing vibrato!!

[bartmeijer1954]

The horn, too!

[isikenai]

whoo

[pyramov]

this piece gives me a haunting feeling of a painful loss, especially of the good old times, sweet childhood, but other times it might be a lost love as well..anyway it's brilliant!

[emschn]

definetly. that's it.

[tumadoireacht]

well described-there is hope at the end of it though

[Dogaradodia]

Certified Intergalactic!

[pyramov]

1:24-2:06 is absolutely brilliant!

[themusicdr]

the orchestra is brilliant here - anynoe know which it is.

kogan of course is just kogan..........

[wLymmmm]

Very tricky, but a joy to play, no matter how badly i do! xD

[seanchanq]

Agreed, sustaining a powerful, sweet tone is definitely the hardest part about playing this piece, which can be a definite challenge.

Nice recording, similar to a Perlman recording that I have.

[audreyyy93]

this is my favorite piece of all time.

[winrx]

Yes, it takes a special kind of artist to be able to plumb the depths of heartache and despair without sounding sentimental and trite...

[IVANKOVALE]

Probably not everybody knows that music of Weniawski was the topic of Kogan's PhD.

[melomansarasatiste]

I LOVE THIS PIECE

everytime I play it I fell that my heart is speacking about the very deep secrets I can never understand

[uncleseniorsoprano]

Technique-wise it may not be difficult, but musically speaking it is a challenge. Any decent violinist can play the right notes and rythmn but very few can meld the composers intentions into his/her playing. Kogan does a fine job with both, not to mention Jascha Heifetz ;)

[sinnexz]

@uncleseniorsoprano Heifetz is the legend!

[canxbuster12]

does anyone have the Menuhin recording

[Thuwumpfiddybub]

i love this song, i love to listen and i love to play it.

it would be amazing to be able to play it with an orchestra.

[MonChouiee]

this peice is REALLY HARD. especially the double stops. =.=;

[DD7n]

@MonChouiee and the trails.

[Bigheadet]

@MonChouiee no, trust me, i played this when i was twelve and it was incredibly easy technique-wise, but as uncleseniorsoprano has mentioned, it is REALLY hard to capture the emotions.

[TheNiushasoltani]

@MonChouiee Yeah I just started today! But Damn what a beatiful song <3

[reads1337]

Does anyone know when this was recorded? It's absolutely beautiful.

I'm -attempting- this right now, it's so much harder than it seems in this recording :E

[ksm6070]

this is sooooooooooo good !!!

This is the best sound ever!!!

I found this piece really hardly

and finally I got it!!

Thanks for this!

It really helped me!!

[gmo1997]

Brilliant Song. I'm going to get examined on this for Grade 8 XD

[mzalice4eva]

me too haha

[Diamondmineboy]

I have heard the menuhin version...would compare very favourably...

[cello0522]

reminds me of the old days of learning violin....the dicipline, the smell of rosin, the pure love for violin...

You just don't see/hear this kind of violinist anymore.

[themusicdr]

well said indeed -to flashy now and crap like "bond" or vanessa mae messing up ultimate classics

[sammyenn]

This piece is so beautiful.

[nemesisblkadder]

best Legende I've ever heard

[justnorikomaymay]

Brilliant !

Very compelling,

Really got to me,

Thank you for posting !

[kabijedo]

Awsome!I really feel music when i listen this record..

[orchdork607]

i LOVE this piece! kogan is amazing and wieniawski's music is so great to listen to.

[hroziinka]

Brillantni !!

[stareprzescieradlo]

I love Legende, and that's the best performance I've heard.

[cogermax91]

magnifique !!!!!

[OriginalMoonbeam]

Hearing Kogan is a journey into a mind of absolute concentration and composure. I like hearing his presentation of a piece because I can hear how it is to be played in it's most correct form without being passionless. Kogan is an example of a violinist who played with both mind and heart which to me, comprises the ideal violinist as it takes both.

[Dogaradodia]

I share your thoughts. :-)

[DSackvillesouth]

If anyone could provide the David Oistrakh rendition that would be grand.

[wenedka]

That would be great indeed!

This piece makes me cry every time I listen to it/play it...

[violinlife]

This is really good. But I found Vengerov's rendition made me cry. Vengerov's interpretation is very nice too.

[farzadvengerov]

please upload if you have that recording,i really want to hear that and i don't find ithat.

[themusicdr]

@violinlife yes is it good also (not as good as kogan) somehow vegerov capture some of kogan's greatness - at least to me

[kaibasaid]

The most beautiful piece I had the pleasure of playing. The piano matches wonderfully as well.

[MisssMoody]

i think this is a hard piece.. its one of the grade 8 pieces this year so it isnt going to all that easy!!!

great recording of it btw : )

[Thuwumpfiddybub]

I think even though this isnt very hard you rarely see anybody play this song well, this IS played well

[galexzero]

I love this piece, especially the second part with lovely double stops. This piece is not very hard but it has a nice melody. Lovely!!!

[SurreyViolinHero]

It is hard. I have grade 8 on violin yet i find the double stops difficult.

[Violinist1133]

call me crazy, but i'm actually not a fan of his tone. however, this is a great resource, and i'll definitely be listening to this while learning this solo.

[marsvltor2]

Wouldn't dare use all metal even on a mere Georges Chanot lol

[tumadoireacht]

what do you dislike about his music ?

[Violinist1133]

i like his music... i just said i do not prefer his tone in this piece. i have heard other recordings of this with a clearer, maybe even brilliant tone, and i liked these better. however, i think the recording quality may be to blame for some of the tone qualities i dislike in this particular recording of legende. hope that clears up any confusion.

[SpoonsForks]

gorgeous...

i just got this piece, it is SOOO effing hard.

[lovemusicals1]

samee =[

[happybunny213250]

This is the best performance of Legende that I could find. It's amazing. Kogan captures the emotion perfectly.

[krgking926]

Heifetz was technically nearly perfect

however, nearly musically he was horrid. He changed notes and and in bach, would often change entire phrases which is disgusting.

Kogan's better

[bluehenry1234]

rubisco1981, and everyone else, don't say 'nobody can play like Kogan'. Quite simply listen to Jascha Heifetz. Also there are no flying staccato's in this piece and the octave trills are very hard, as is flying staccato- they both require superb technique much like Kogan's, or Heifetz's or the other greats such as Menuhin, Perlman, Oistrakh, Milstein etc etc etc

[huisclos123]

Well, quite frankly, no one can play like Kogan, which isn't to say that anyone can play like Perlman, or Kreisler, or Heifetz, or anyone else, either. The mark of a great violinist is his or her individuality, which is something that can never truly be mirrored by another. To say "simply listen to Heifetz" as proof of someone who plays like Kogan is ignorant at best.

[bluehenry1234]

We are all entitled to our own opinion- I am a vivid Heifetz fan as you can tell. Also saying 'nobody can play like Kogan' implies that Kogan is the best, hence the use of the word 'nobody'- suggesting that NO BODY/ person can play like Kogan. So shutup lol

[lopata32]

Not everything can be compared in this world, so it is stupid to discuss who was better. Nobody can play like Kogan means that he was unique and that is true. The word "best" is not applicable to great musicians. It is applicable only to things that you can measure somehow.

[ToddTracy2]

This piece is not that easy. The second half with the double stops are difficult. That being said, I like this version as well as Gil Shaham's. If someone is bragging go ahead and put up a video, for all to see. Don't watch my videos though I'm not good at all, but I still like to try to get better.

[nat144]

jom2ar you played it at 10? wow! but how did it sound? might sound like crowing chicken?

[nachoaddict]

I think I saw his eyebrow twitch!

[nachoaddict]

so much emotion!

[cchengviolinist]

i really love the bass melody at 3:26

simply amazing on how wieniawski wrote this piece and how kogan expressivley played this peice with exllenet phrasing and texture

GREAT WORK!!!!

[mynameiZroma]

search " Anton Polezhayev " he is amazing too

[moonstars0706]

I agree completely with ariavannie! It doesn't matter what you play, just how well you play it. So just...get over yourselves.

[tumadoireacht]

three blind mice can be er um sublime ?

[altorithtyrael]

Just some a little info for you people. Sure anyone can say that this piece is so easy, but can you actually play it so well, with so much meaning, and actually make it something presentable that people will enjoy? What Kogan does is amazing and beyond skillful. He plays it for what it is, not just some "rly easy piece i can play like crap b/c it looks easy and should be."

-Tyrael

[simplyme782]

This song was made for kogan so much emotion in every note I really do wish this was live

I really like that pause after 5:05 so dramatic

[ariavannie]

Oh my god! Could you people please stop bragging!! It's really very annoying. Everyone is different and each individual has his own speed of learning the goddamn peace.  Even though some people did it when they were 3 yrs ore some it wouldn't matter! The quality is wat counts here, and Kogan is high quality :)

[jrkstallion1]

hey "zrandomorg", you are absolutley wrong about the trills. I have three versions of this piece, and they don't specify the trill to be an octave, just the one note.

And by the way, you must really suck if you can't do an octave trill. Don't blame it on the size,finger length, or the "impossibility" as you put it!

Grazie. Tenere la pratica

[jmoses5]

not sure bout the must rly suck bit! they aren't tht easy it is only one note tho im learning this now n its an incredibly difficult piece

[jrkstallion1]

OKAY, TO EVERYBODY

First of all, the octave trills, compared to down bow stacatto, is not as hard as you think.

Second of all, I am 98.98% accurate that what I said about the trills being in the piece is correct. He only wrote one trill, and that is on the bass note.My current teacher studied with Dorothy Delay, who passed down the bowings and fingerings and a copy of the edition she used to my teacher. Her teacher was Ysaye, and you guessed it right, his teacher was Wienawski!PEACE

[rubisco1981]

You cannot do down bow staccato? You must really suck :p

Btw listen to Paganini Nel Cor Piu Non Mio Sento to hear how great Kogan really is. Nobody can play like that.

[laythhanbali]

its even on the ALCM syllabus!! oh dear lol

[Screpach]

lols i played it on my 6th grade..

[laythhanbali]

grade 6?? ur kidding!! its grade 8

[Screpach]

lol.

i played it on 6th grade, i'm sure..

[devaraja42]

it's ASTA grade level 4

[zrandomorg]

1:26 I only hear one trill, it is suppose to be an octave trill in which the first finger and third finger make an octave. Then second and fourth fingers are suppose to trill on the G and D strings. The person's natural finger length, plus the impossibility of the octave trill,is probably the reason why there is only one trill. The octave trills are the hardest part, but they are usually skipped.

[jrkstallion1]

hey "zrandomorg", you are absolutley wrong about the trills. I have three versions of this piece, and they don't specify the trill to be an octave, just the one note.

And by the way, you must really suck if you can't do an octave trill. Don't blame it on the size,finger length, or the "impossibility" as you put it!

Grazie. Tenere la pratica

[zrandomorg]

Well,I have an original version by Wieniawski and it has the"tr"by the octave and it does mean to do octave trills. (Search it up on Google)Since you criticize me for not being able to do a great octave trill,I'm assuming that it's easy for you and that your octave trills are perfect in intonation?And yes,finger size is a valid reason for anybody who can't physically do octave trills.The span of an octave and keeping the fingers 1 and 2, 3 and 4 together while trilling is debilitating for some.

[QBramz]

hey, does 'jrkstallion1' mean 'number 1 horse-brained jerk'?

[cchengviolinist]

true

[jmoses5]

hahah yer the double stops r defo the hardest bit by far, not tht the three octave chromatic is easy but u know, compared with the double stops tht n the end is easy to make sound gud

[cchengviolinist]

dont worry...practice makes perfect:D

[fr33d0mpeace]

The double stops of this Grade8 exam piece is giving me a headache

[jmoses5]

fairy snuff, either way we know for a fact, its hard to get right

[cchengviolinist]

well it says in my grade 10 syllubus book

:D

[jmoses5]

grade 10?? thts lost me hahaha, i'm doing it for grade 8, tis hard muchly

[cchengviolinist]

sry i repeated myself:D

[cchengviolinist]

oh man there are so many double stops to this

:O

im actually playijng this for my grade 10 violin

[cchengviolinist]

there are so much double stops.omg:O

im actully playing this for my grade 10 violin

[Cyberarc]

One comment was to the "a better student" remark and the other was to Stradivarius3102...can you guess which was which? LOL

Something is funky with the posting system here...

[stradivarius3102]

well im guessing the one for me was underneath my post.lol.

weird though because i actually prefer the old school as well but not kogan particularly. maybe perlman chung and zukerman though.

[gestapo1963]

realmente hermosoo

[stradivarius3102]

i don't like his interpretation, the second phrase of the opening violin bit gets too loud to quickly and there's other bits of rubato that's too much for my taste but nice sound and technically good.

[Cyberarc]

Personal taste is important and personally, I like his performance very much. I am definitely old school. Good comments...

[hiroshione]

his playing sounds like singing ..

.. he definitively made it to the top.

:p

[flenigin]

elleri gibi muziğide büyük insan kogan ahhh kogan

[naturalslowness]

It's amazing...!!!

[turkund]

müthişşşşşşşşşş

[HadeanAgent]

beautiful ^_^

[hidemichiXT]

Have You got mp3/wav/flac version? Youtube's audio is disgusting... :/

[jenozone]

....well?i dont think so...i know student whos play better...really!

[Cyberarc]

A comment based on ignorance. This is a MASTER and there are but a few who have achieved this level of musicianship!

[DualThunder]

i the way he uses rubato, and gets that romantic feel to the music.

[anacondo]

He's quickly becoming my favourite. Thanks for sharing this!

[lunytic]

well its extremely clean thats for sure..the only downpart is theres no video to go with this brilliant piece