Heifetz plays Korngold Violin Concerto in D - Part 3/3

Though there have been many fine violinists since recordings began, for me, Heifetz remains a class unto himself.

Among each of the violin recordings that he made are my personal first choices - from Beethoven with Munch, to Brahms with Reiner.

Heifetz made the first recording of the Sibelius concerto (with Walter Hendl), which remains a classic in every way.

His recording of the Brahms Double Concerto with Gregor Piatigorsky (and Alfred Wallenstein) is, to my ears, the benchmark.

(And to think that there are those who still refer to Heifetz as an emotionless mere technician.)

i think this was also a relatively new style for players who were trained in the classical way, the orchestra. It was the 1940's when Korngold wrote it. But they should still be able to do it since they are trained. Oh yeah, Heifetz rocks!!!

I am speechless WOW.

I believe some of the music in this part of the concerto was used in the excellent 1937 Warner Brothers film, "The Prince and the Pauper," starring Errol Flynn, Claude Rains, Billy and Bobby Mauch, and Alan Hale. The music complements the film perfectly, as did the music in the beginning of the concerto for the film "Another Dawn." It is worth watching the films- good films- to see how well music matches image.

Breathtaking!!!!

I think that perhaps orchestras struggle with this because the contour of the melody is not very linear, and furthermore, there is a lot of strings unison, which requires the melodic shape to be narrower. The fact that the orchestral part is written to not accomidate the resonance of strings shows that the orchestra is very capable by playing together. Also, the bass line is fast and changes pitch at a rapid rate. This also might account for most orchestra's disunification.

I appreciated your response. Thank you.

What can I say...no words!

i feel like if i were playing in an orchestra accompanying heifetz, id somehow feel compelled to play together too...