Henryk Szeryng plays Brahms Hungarian Dance No. 17

[amarie123]

At 0:26 he's like "God, I need a drink!" ;-)

[zadory74]

the best I ve ever heard!!!!!!..

[angreagach]

This is Fritz Kreisler's arrangement of the piece, which gives it a major ending.

[ugisanu]

THE BEST.

[thevitormed]

Its best very best hhahaha'

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[dlaacord]

oricine interpreteaza cu sufletul ........is the best !!! oricum ar iesi.....

[paulostroff99]

Brilliant! TY SamLee for posting.

[MrVko94]

Kogan the best...

[Terfan]

I'm proud of being Pole.

[theviolinist12345]

@Terfan

Nebenbei, er war ein Jude.

[atchicago1]

@theviolinist12345 Ha ha if it takes being Jewish to play like that I'll convert immediately!

[muurtalo]

Thank you for posting this! Brilliant!

[akikosukigara21]

Heavenly beautiful... just listen.

[cigtt]

szeryng is playing the kreisler arrangment of the piece in f minor. joachim also arranged it in f sharp minor.

[AmelieWuensche]

haha! 3:20 i'll show you, whatch out now! XD

[Bachismydiety]

This is one of Szeryng's best performances, I believe.

He combines exquisite taste in sound and intepretation with fine, intellectual muscianship and an almost aristocratic way of playing the violin! What a stunning performance! :)

[HeifetzRanew]

Great performance.As for Perlman's comment on Szeryng,I don't think he meant it badly,but as a compliment of sorts,and I think he was right!

[MadAuralSkills]

@HeifetzRanew If anyone sounds generic, it's Perlman. Szeryng is in another class.

[Sirvavigad]

My favourite hungarian dance and the best performance, especially the beginning, it's very hungarianisch. . Partying by crying. :)

I am hungarian and I can tell you Kogan has no idea about hungarian soul, Szeryng feels it. This is the perfect one.

[lezare2012]

49testsamiam49, Perlman said that Szigeti sounded like everybody...I'm pretty sure about that...but nonetheless, it is not very kind to either.

[duopassion]

@lezare2012 That is not true that he sounded like others. He made you follow the music and feel the music in your mind; whether others gave you the feeling and made you think of: wow what a great violonist. He makes you say: wow what great music. He is a true musician. 

[Personwithface13]

This Hungarian dance is actually in F Minor, not F# Minor like the description, just a minor thing. Fantastic performance.

[cwldoc]

What a beautiful performance!

[49testsamiam49]

I've always loved his Brahms.... in that great series The Art of the Violin ,Perlman made a comment something like "if you hear a violinist and he sounds a little like everybody it must be Szerng" i found that comment very unfair

[alex77727]

You're right to be upset by what Perlman commented. I wonder many times what Perlman himself sounds like???

This is it....It comes very easily to many of these contemporary musicians to step on the dead bodies (but forever living spirits) of the past! One of them is Szering for sure!!!

[calloffthedogs]

his tempo is perfect. His shading and phrasing is stunning. Szeryng = a truly great artist.

[Bautisnemo]

L'embassateur!!!

[boaziko007]

a g r e a t artsist will for ever be e great artist bravoo....

[ilkolli]

love the face expression at 3.21!!a great artist!

[belaerdei]

what year was the video made?

[4LX1M1K]

around 1962-1964, I guess

[charlesviolin]

What I love about Szeryng is that he doesn't seem to be forcing his own personality onto the music. When I hear him play, I just think, "Yeah, that's Brahms, that's Bach--that's how it's supposed to sound."

[opoqu]

He is quite a well player I just don't like the tone all that much

[oatboy]

Well those mics were crap back then, so you have to kind of imagine it in a lot of ways.

[GeniusHaydn]

Great Posting. Don't ever erase it. We need to remember the Great Viloinsts of th 20th Century. In my opinion, Szeryng was underrated; there were so many great violinists during his life; Heifetz, Franciscotti, Milstein, Grumiaux, Menuhin, Oistrakh, & Stern to name a few. I believe Henryk's interpretations were the most genuine to the music and composer. RIP....Szeryng.......

[GeniusHaydn]

I think this is the best version of No, 17 out there. Szeryng plays it just right...

[eudoxas]

I agree...but Szeryng was a huge name during his lifetime, he wasn't so underrated, not as much as someone like Kogan, for example. However, he deserved much more credit than he received.

[tonyuccio]

great sound, great vibrato, great tone...what else?!?!?!

[dancsut]

absolutely amazing. I wish I could play like him

auds

[gdbernoli]

Thank you, SamLee...

[dzeljpiano]

So dramatical ...

[danadatz]

What a delicate,uncommon soul ...

[Leibik]

He was great but in this piece he realy touch

my heart

[Lythia89]

I think Szeryng with his sensitve performing is closer to the original hungarian styl and feeling than Kogan. He is an amazing performer, I alltimes prefer listen her play to.

Sorry for my poor english...

[Violin147]

This really is wonderfull, I have always loved 'The Szeryng Sound' as my teacher used to call it!

Great job by the pianist as well, not easy playing with Henryk Szeryng!! Thanks for this video!

[Yankees1007]

Fantastic. He has to be my favourite violinist ever!

[catlvr4567]

magnificent.

[mikilikike]

Mutch better than Cogan,He plays a real hungarian style-:)What a surprise!!!!!

[takamori400]

Wonderful interpretation! He is a great violinist with good technique and knows each music well.

[metvany]

sencillamente excelente violinista con una interpretacion muy buena de la dances hungarian 17

[SS29365]

sad but warm

[cgd147]

amazing... my favourite violinist of all time

[MomSaysImCool]

@cgd147 I agree! I feel that he's underrated.

[NestorAudinotviolins]

spiritual. not sure which performance I prefer - that of Kogan's or this one. Both are tremendous, very different from one another and equally effective.

[kavakosfan]

I prefer Kogan's, but it's a matter of taste, personally I love Kogan's "integrity", but we're speaking about two giants

[NestorAudinotviolins]

I agree with you I think. I too prefer Kogan's version and the searing intensity he brings to the table. Szeryng is special though with his sensitivity and modulations of tempo. Two giants of the violin. Szeryng had enormous respect for Kogan by the way.

[nokia1242000]

(not referring to No.17) i think Menuhin's playing on Hungarian dances are better (just my taste though), I think his "rudeness" (can't think of a suitable word lol) in playing suits the set of dance

[lexigore]

So heartbreakingly beautiful.

I'm proud to be Magyar when I hear this!

[wiccalite]

Which Adams family epi does this duo appear in? I must have missed it.

[TomBarrister]

This is taken from a French television broadcast on November 27. 1963. The pianist is Tasso Janopoulo.

[CuciucGriga]

Very nice!!! And Kogan too!

[bballstar0309]

this performance is amazing but i cant imagine anybody dancing to this music

[Leibvio]

Szeryng all ways perfect(Bach),but in this

dance he is greatest artist

[MomSaysImCool]

Freaking brilliant, artistry pushed to the limits.

[gt001g]

at the piano, Tasso Janopoulo, masterful.

[gagga96]

Brahms and Szeryng;what an amaizing magician "duo"!!

[csillampeto]

this is so good, i have this song , but cant play it =[ i wanna play like him

[osverol]

Bardzo dobry! Dziekuje, SamLee :)

¡Muy bueno! Gracias, SamLee :)

[mozartjpn137]

Szeryng played the violin at the hotel garden when the hotel caught fire and the guest in panic were evacuated to the garden. The news article I read in the late 80's said his violin play made the guest calm.

[rapacc]

Szeryng the greatest

[schilippe]

beautiful

[AbsoluteZ3R0]

Man, Szeryng has my favorite vibrato ever

[govibe]

how about Ferras's vibrato in Berceuse?

[whitemexnumba1]

ya know, this isnt the joachim version. does anybody know where to buy the sheet music to this?

[AbsoluteZ3R0]

it's the kreisler edition. I think it can only be found in the Fritz Kreisler collection, volume 2, but i'm not sure.

[jkwon666]

I love these people's facial expresions^^

[sherom]

Outstanding

[imperialadmiral121]

Kogan and Szeryng play the piece in quite different styles. I think that Kogan's interpretation is more dramatic (as opposed to whimsical), while Szeryng takes more freedom. Can't beat the end of the Kogan performance, though.

[lexigore]

SO beautiful!

[whitemexnumba1]

i actually think that szeryng's performance is incredibly dramatic. in my opinion, i think that kogan is much more precise in how he plays as far this piece goes. i also like szeryngs ending a lot more because it seems to be more powerful, and less flashy. i am obviously very biased towards szeryng. i love his playing so much

[GreatPianists]

Some truly heartbreakingly beautiful playing.

[AbsoluteZ3R0]

Man, you gotta love the sound of a guarnerius violin, it's so dark and beautiful, and Szeryng really knows how to bring out its best sounds. At 0:48 it sounds like its crying. Good stuff

[nathanbob12]

Kogan's version is better on youtube

[AbsoluteZ3R0]

I've already seen Kogan's rendition, I don't think it's better at all.

[brandonhu]

I've been looking for this piece on CD, but in vain. Now thanks for your great sharing. I love Szeryng so much.

[sunjans]

Bravo Szeryng! So much joy!

[hongphuc163]

damn! i love hungarian dances! do you have anyother hungarian dances ??

[maynardmorris]

szeryng oistrick mendez brain may all be b/w video but the quality is unsurpassseddd

[vlnking]

It is actually in F minor. Brilliant playing by Szeryng.

[DED319]

Kogan is my favorite, but Szeryng plays this piece with much more passion. His vibrato is phenomenal.

[fiddleorg]

Thank you Mr.SamLee!!

[marymorstan]

I can think of only one word to describe him.

Genius

[ARCTrooperAlpha]

Does anyone know why Szeryng keeps playing at the frog at the beginning of the second movement? Does it gives you more power and strength and clarity in sound?

[thermodynamics2]

playing at the frog allows you to have a stronger, deeper sound. the logic is that it is closer to your hand, where you are putting pressure

[andreigocan]

this is pure genius!!!

[aimson]

If only Szeryng could play Bach with 1/100th of the soul he plays this peice with... Very nicely played. However, I do agree that Kogan's version is better.

[OistrakhMilstein]

I prefer Kogan's version on youtube better

[robotnik77]

Kreisler has to be given a little credit here; it is he who wrote the transcription to violin. He must also be heard in this piece. Thank you for sharing a wonderful video.

[AbsoluteZ3R0]

Actually, I'm pretty sure Joseph Joachim transribed all of the Hungarian Dances for violn

[robotnik77]

Joachim did transcribe Brahms' Hungarian Dances. This

particular transcription is Kreisler's.

[AbsoluteZ3R0]

Oh ok, i didn't know that. Thanks for telling me. Is there any significant difference between the 2 transcriptions?

[trevorpinnocky]

such lovely playing. i wish i had even more of his recordings. ; 0

[trevorpinnocky]

One of my favorite players, in my top 5. His recording of the Beethoven Violin is the only one I ever listen to. Always tried to get my vibrato to sound like his. never worked. LOL