Kogan Plays Paganini Moses Variations

[Welther47]

In prision. One string (G) left. Boredom is agonizing, but it isn't good for nothing.

[lucycuteyviolinplaye]

gosh im gonna play this!!!!!



[paganviodio]

sir, there is something wrogn with this recording. the recording here, is in e flat. but that piece should be in c-minor. this must be a little too high the exact pitch.... the whole piece should be a little slower i guess, in original.

[musicperhaps]

@paganviodio indeed, the piece is written in C minor, but there is a tradition of tuning the G string up to B flat so that the piece sounds more exciting and brilliant (and of course, in E flat minor/major). I myself studied this work under a well known Russian teacher in London, and he demanded that I play it with the scordattura in B flat.

[egonsky]

and it is standard....just the scale at the end he changes a bit....

[egonsky]

He is known...

[berituka]

he plays so beautiful...............

[amuntvalenciane]

love it, thanks for sharing

[TheCoony7]

It's very difficult to play i know ^^

[hackbug39]

How is it possible to have all the high g notes so Clear???

Almost Impossible...

Love this Piece... Played it...

[Hagrid01]

Wait, I thought this was an exercise on "one" string - why does it sound like he's rolling a chord at the end? haha Regardless, fantastic performance

[Xytopamenia]

@Hagrid01 the second to last chord is the only chord in the piece that involves the other strings

[Hagrid01]

@Xytopamenia I don't believe that's standard though, is it? Of the music I've seen I've never known there to be such liberties taken, though I may be wrong. Might've been Kogan taking musical liberties... the accompaniment is also delightful, if not a little foreign...

[tlcooper93]

@Hagrid01 It is standard. While there are other editions, its pretty common to go either way. The version I played used other strings on the last chord as well.

[jeffersonfsoares]

Na minha opinião quem foi o melhor interprete de Paganini foi Kogan muito perfeito grande som

[hotuser2]

I wonder why he is not more known. especially his paganini is outstanding.

[vonlubcke]

@hotuser2 he is very well known

[jsmoore1]

Lukecash you mean the Vivaldi concerto....

[Koganification]

His G string is tuned up...typically Paganini.

[shiveringflower]

This is a famous example of Paganini's trickery.He first played this with deliberately frayed D,A, and E strings.These then snapped, leaving him to miraculously finish the piece on the G string. When i first played this,i didn't see the instruction to retune the G string to Bb,so i practiced with normal tuning-you can imagine what it sounded like the first time i played it with the piano! lol

[variousweetie]

I never saw a real Pagnini's video(who did?), I guess Kogan plays the music as Pagnini wanted.

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@variousweetie

It's like art: if two artists paint the same flower with the same technique and colors ... yes Paganini was and will ever be only one.

P.S: this execution? A masterpiece, pure art. I'm enjoying every note!

[zeppelinman71]

@variousweetie You've never seen a real Paganini video because Paganini has been dead for a long time...

[Dogaradodia]

Certified Intergalactic!

[sivery70914]

Paganini once in his concert demonstrated he can play his music from some one's shoe when put the strings on it. I doubt it can create the same harmony.

[mpc999STEP]

Would love to see that!

[analogyman]

The original melody is from the opera MOSES by Rossini, who was a good friend of Paganini's. But you knew that already.

[themusicdr]

mr rareviolintreasures -where do you find these excellent recordings

i have to say give me kogan above heifetz in most pieces - check out his waxman carmen

[Lukecash12]

Kogan and Oistrakh all the way! You should here the Paganini concerto for 4 violins with Oistrakh and son, and Kogan and son I believe. It's wonderful.

[themusicdr]

yes its fantastic - i doubt v much if there could be a modern equivalent

[Dshapdds]

Stradivari made over one thousand violins in his lifetime. Only less than one hundred of them were considered great. Now, the actual process of making those instruments was pretty much the same. Which means that the only significant variable that affected the sound was the quality of the wood Stradivari used at any given time. The wood was delivered from the Alpine region of Italy. Its the wood density, folks that differentiates great, average and mediocre Strads!

[meineke11]

You´re absolutely right--it is good to read from someone who really knows what he is talking about.

Maybe you know the recording of IGOR Oistrach of this piece--it is really wonderful, too.--Greetings, Ralf

[torturer6067]

Didnt the wood come from the area of Bosnian/Croatian woods? From what i know it was brought to Italy from that region. And the wood from the same area si still used to make instruments.

[calloffthedogs]

Also the Carpathians in Romania.

[Dshapdds]

LK and Heifetz would have been able to achieve an adequate sound production playing on a frying pan with 4 strings attached to it. Both were amazing child prodigies who were lucky enough to be transformed into supreme masters of their craft when they reached adulthood. Heifetz used to admit himself that "Child Prodigism is usually fatal". Research shows that its the amount and quality of Practice and Instruction, Diligence and Resilience that make for a great performer.

[duhhh86]

"LK and Heifetz would have been able to achieve an adequate sound production playing on a frying pan with 4 strings attached to it."

lol! what a brilliant comment!

[calloffthedogs]

great comment! very accurate! they would sound fab on a crackerbox fiddles.

[calloffthedogs]

Agree with you totally. The greats sound great on any instrument.

[citizenjosefk]

As far as the violins go, the soviet violinists weren't known for playing the best instruments. Kogan had a couple Del Gesu's and Oistrakh had a Strad, but these were not the great Del Gesu's and Strads, just your average or so. Compare: Heifetz had the Dolphin Strad and ex-David del Gesu, one of the absolute finest from each maker. But what difference did it make? Naught. Heifetz was still Heifetz with a Tononi in hand, and Kogan was still Kogan with Paganini's [exceptional] fiddle in hand

[Bautisnemo]

True, but anyway , Oistrakh played on around 13 strads...so I guess they had the option to choose , plus Kogan owned ( Yes , owned ) a collection of pecattes , they were considered gods in their country so they had some privileges, not mansions on beverly hill as our dear jascha , but at least...priviliges.

[mrpaganicast]

adjix(dot).com/apa Great Video

[Dogaradodia]

Certified Intergalactic! Unequalled! Immortal Kogan!

[leonardopraha]

Thank you very much for sharing with us!

[farzadvengerov]

wonderful performance,but still my favorite version of this piece is perlman's interpretation

[memeee090]

I love the sound of his violin!

[calloffthedogs]

did you ever hear the one where a fan approached Heifetz and said "Mr. Heifetz, your violin sounded so good!" Heifetz held the David Guanerius up to his ear and replied "funny, I dont hear anything" Point is that Kogan makes the violin sound good. If I were to play the same violin, I am certain you and others would recoil in agony!

[masael255]

This is very true. The player brings out the fullest sound of the violin. However, if Heifetz played his Guarneri and then afterwords played a cheap eBay instrument I'm sure the difference would definitely be heard. Both the player and the violin must both be great. Something I can only dream of for myself. x_x

[calloffthedogs]

I'll bet you fifty bucks you could still tell it was Heifetz playing even though it was on a crackerbox ebay fiddle.

[masael255]

Now I'll give you that. :P

[pouli769]

I bet a thousand

[calloffthedogs]

10 4 that!

[DualThunder]

incorrect.

[paganviodio]

you´re in some points wrong,if he hadnt have the Guarneri this wouldnt sound such great.inspite of heifetz joke,a great violin helps to produce great tone.those violins are great instruments.they have themselves have the abilities to sound that great.you cannot-or heifetz cannot make a violin sound that great,if it has not this quality.

[calloffthedogs]

I take it the English is not your first language. I think you miss some nuance to my comment because of a language barrier. (I do not mean this as an insult). Speaking a second or third language takes tremendous skill and effort.

[paganviodio]

yes,trully i understand your point,i read why you wrote this comment here,but...you are going to agree with me,that,nobody and nothing can make a bad violin sound like a guarneri.that´s why,if somebody plays a guarneri,it is a right to make a compliment just to the violin.Heifetz would also agree with me i guess.otherwise,he wouldnt prefer to play a guarneri.AND a strad.having both,and joking as he did,is infact somehow also funny.

[tHEnOOSEsWING]

This is an excellent performance. Thank you.