Arnold Steinhardt: First Violin, Guarneri String Quartet

[Elainelps0421]

I'm reading Mr. Steinhardt's book, "Violin Dreams," right now. A must for all violinists and music lovers! A great book - one that any violinist can relate to, regardless of their level or accomplishment. He thinks about each piece he plays - it's structure, why it was written, etc., This is why he puts such feeling into his performances. I would have loved to have a teacher like Mr. Steinhardt.

[BBRENTTAGHAPP]

awesome performance! what is the name of the actual documentary that this is taken from?

[arsenstepanyan]

completly shit... ugly sound... maybe from recording....

[Farnik01]

@arsenstepanyan I'm sure you can play twice as good as this.

[MoesTube1]

Amazing the kind of playing that tugs at your heart.

[TonicMike]

Not only is Mr. Steinhardt a great player but also he is a very nice person.

[KosteckiAdam]

Great performer!!! amazing sound!

[muffinscousin]

i just watched his concert last week and he's still as good as ever!

[popinabag]

Absolutely spectacular. I'm disappointed that players today are being criticized for using color like his. It really brings music to life. Thank you Arnold Steinhardt. You're an inspiration to me.

[Obroten]

very homely sound!!!!!!!

[qtpuppy11]

the lady at the piano is my teacher!!!!!! lydia artimiw!!!!!!!!! i love her!

[coy0te9]

I was having lunch with the volunteer staff at my church the other day when our pastors walk in and say "we'd like you to meet our friend Arnold". we were floored to put it mildly. What a nice man!

[carolyn246]

that guy is huge!

[ipmoic]

Before his Guarneri Quartet days, he was the Assistant Concertmaster of the Cleveland Orchestra--sharing the stand with Joseph Gingold. He spent a good deal of time at our house--my father, at the time, was head of the string department at The Cleveland Institute of music.

"Old-Fashioned" simply means incorporating bowings, multiple changes of tone color, slides and other mannerisms that defined a freer style of interpretation harking back to violinists at the beginning of the 20th century.

[Rephrat]

you are lucky !! he is my favorite. i am sure you are familiar with his Cavatina[op.130] on the RCA recording. violin playing from heaven.

[TorinJB1]

@ipmoic I. CAN'T. LIKE. YOUR. COMMENT. ENOUGH. I miss the playing of the old generation so much.

[AlamoCityCello]

WHAT A SOUND!

[musique55]

beautiful...

[ax0lotl]

I bet he drowns in pussy.

[battleblades]

nah he's married. He's also way too sophisticated and respectable.

[dkurgano]

Arnold Steinhardt ---> 100% class act

[violin957]

what do u mean?

[fbandit007]

awesome! stuff like this motivates me to practice :D

[Byrdmanguitar]

Anybody ever heard Fritz Kriesler play this? I think Rachmaninov plays piano. I think Mr. Stienhardt might be thinking of that performance (hence his warmth of tone). What an exlemplar!!! The essence of Romanticsim Bravo to Arnold! Thanks for posting this 92Y.

[sean4730]

i have heard Krieslers and Rachmaninov's recording, and its absolutely stunning. definitely one of my favorite recordings of the piece. and though this is a fine performance, i'd say it doesn't have the same majesty as rachmaninoff and kreisler.

[dkurgano]

@sean4730

listen to Toscha Seidel's recording. It will all make sense that Steinhardt studied with Seidel in his youth :)

[NRob84]

Great violinist and musician, He's also a wonderful person. I wish I studied with him longer...

[Scrufftar]

It's very, very choppy for a piece of such a lyrical character, and I'm a little surprised he would play it as such. However, the tone is absolutely breathtaking. I could sink into the warmth of his sound. And his vibrato? Simply beautiful. I just wish the notes were more connected in the opening lyrical passage. Then it would be absolutely perfect.

[battleblades]

it is not choppy at all. It is gorgeous.

[violin12395]

beautiful playing.....

[leeganstrad]

gaahhh what an amazing, warm, grandfatherly tone, despite the fairly poor recording quality

[ipmoic]

Just in case someone doesn't know, this is Edward Grieg's 3rd violin sonata.

[abc95129]

Just reaching the end of "Violin Dreams", a wonderful book by Arnold that gives insight into his life and other great musicians.

[ellegin88]

thats an interesting chin rest

[sean4730]

you might be interested to know that he has that chin rest to help his form, as he struggled with Radial Tunnel for several years (I am currently having a similar problem, and thus have studied this).

[fbandit007]

sean-

what's radial tunnel?

[sean4730]

its similar to carpal tunnel but its in the radial nerve in the arm (he had it in his left arm). it comes from having long arms and needing to compact your left arm in order to play in the higher positions, and putting constant strain on the radial nerve all the way from the back of your hand to your shoulder. this causes the nerves to swell and friction into the muscles of the elbow and the forearm. It is actually relatively common in musicians, as well as typists.

[spikedardens]

I do enjoy this, but it might be too much of a rip off of seidel's recording of this piece...

[sherom]

He did study with Seidel, check out his web site.

[sherom]

Wow what a beautiful sound, just like the old masters. You can tell he studied with Seidel. Thanks for posting this video.

[luche97]

im called steinhardt to!, guoo!

[musicmanncardiff]

Steinhardt actually studied the violin with Galamian at the Curtis Institute and furthered his studies with Szigeti in Switzerland. He never studied with Toscha Seidel but aspired to play like him, Mischa Elman and Jascha Heifetz.

[NRob84]

Steinhardt did study with Seidel in Los Angeles, before he attended Curtis.

[gawgul]

Great video. What striking character is Mr. Steinhardt. I caught the Guarneri String Quartet back in '96 or '97 in Rio de Janeiro, unexpectedly. Even after an encore, an ovation spontaneously arose, difficult for the quartet to leave the stage. Teatro Municipal, life, was beautiful that night.

[winrx]

"Old-fashioned" meaning a style of playing from Old Russia with the most renowned teacher being Leopold Auer, whose most famous pupil was Heifetz. However, a lesser known pupil was Toscha Seidel, who happened to be one of Arnold's earliest teachers. From this clip, a true connoisseur or professional can tell right away his "pedigree" by his vibrato, phrasing, and just that "je nais se qoi."

[serafinichess]

why is his playing "old-fashioned??" I don't understand this remark

[doubleedge31]

haha wow fantastic playing. does anyone else find this piece to be the violin equivalent of the "warsaw" concerto for piano?

[winrx]

Wow, love his old-fashioned style of playing, especially his bowing. Even though he's in his 70s, he certainly lives up to the stereotype of the distinguished older gentleman.

[Rephrat]

one of the greattest violinists and a very kind human being,you hear it in his playing,good jewish heart !!!! may you live long and healthy,dear Arnold.

[poxolo30]

Arnold Steinhardt...His sound remembers his teacher´s sound: Toscha Seidel. It´s music from the heart...I´m crying...

[mcwillyum23]

I love you

[fiddlechix426]

I just got done with his book--everyone should read it! I want to marry him!