David Oistrakh plays Chausson Poeme (part 1)

heifetz's is still the best in my opinion. Have a listen to it!

anyone who likes this piece owes him/herself a listen to enesco's version. it is the most sensitive and capable interpretation of this piece (obviously from what's available on youtube). oistrakh is amazing, but there's something enesco does, maybe his style of playing, which allows the piece to sing on its own.

Ginette Neveu is also marvelous in this great piece, as is Zino Francescatti with Ormandy; I agree with you, however, that Oistrakh takes first place. His recording here is wonderful, but the recording he made in the USA with Charles Munch is also quite wonderful and different than this; the one here is more intimate. Heifetz misses the mark with this piece.

this piece is wonderful...
have you ever heard the"ciaccona" by vitali played by him?

' Chausson "Poem" 1st. by Ilir Violin Concert - Orchestra di RTSH ' is better than Oistrakh

Personally, i prefer to emulate the performance rather than call it better than anyone else, but Oistrakh beats Heifetz at this title, however much i like Jascha playing Tchaikovsky's Serenade Melancolique.

So beautiful!

I love stories like that! For me THAT is what playing music is all about.

what a sound!!!

This song makes me cry almost everytime i hear it.
Its EPIC