Ivry Gitlis Saint Saens Rondò Capriccioso violin

PREFERISCO L' interpretazione della AKIKO!!

wonderfully creative playing, but the same fast-paced vibrato ALL the time, not much grace or many changes in color, scratchiness, and quite frankly, this type of wild imagination should be given a blank score and a pencil and not mid-romantic notes to interpret

I think you just made this comment because you wanted to use the phrase "given a blank score and a pencil and not mid-romantic notes to interpret". I also think any performer is not doing anything good for the world of music when they play a piece without their own unique interpretation. And Gitlis is probably the most passionate violinist I've listened to.

@Nistacular I genuinely feel my comment to be true (at least to myself), admittedly maybe I was being too artful with the part you quoted, but I also think his uniqueness in playing does not come from a deep or even sound understanding of the musical text, rather it stems from some eccentric need to be, well... eccentric. if you hear someone like Heifetz play the same piece while you yourself browse (and hopefully understand) the score, you'll pick up on *why* he plays some things... cont'd

@Nistacular ...differently than others. Gitlis? hardly. he's unique simply because he insists on being totally unpredictable and erratic just for the sake of being so. his playing is not interpretation, it's an act of imposing his iron clad personality on something else, but in all the wrong amounts and placements. true beauty comes from freedom *within* an understanding of an existing structure, not blatant randomness

Although sometimes controversial, Mr. Gitlis is one of a kind. Close your eyes and listen. In a row of great violinists like Heifetz, Oistrakh, Francescatti, Milstein and Stern, Mr. Gitlis can be distinguished from others quite clearly. According to my opinion Mr. Gitlis is a living legend who should be mentioned in the same row as the great performers above. Mr. Gitlis has given music an unforgettable dimension.

i understand that if saint saens heard this he'd probably smack somebody lol. playing music involves being creative, but while while respecting what the composer intended. this is HIS interpretation, and he has a right to interpret it as he pleases, but, personally, I think it is too loose of an interpretation.