Bronislaw Huberman, Nocturne Op.9 No.2 (Chopin)

Bronislaw Huberman (Poland 1882-1947) was the most individual violinist ever to record.
Huberman's admirers included Brahms, Dvorak, Joachim, Furtwängler, and Toscanini.
In January 1896 Brahms wrote a musical dedication to Huberman after hearing him perform his violin concerto
Today, in an age of standardization, his playing constantly challenges our expectations.

Huberman's 1713 "Gibson" Stradivarius was twice stolen. It was stolen from his hotel room in Vienna in 1919, but was soon recovered. It was stolen a second time from Huberman's dressing room during his only Carnegie Hall performance of 1936. He collected $30,000 from Lloyd's of London.
A 20-year old thief kept the instrument for half a century and confessed on his death bed. His wife received a $263,000 finder's fee from Lloyd's of London. In 1996, the Connecticut Supreme Court ruled that the $263,000 should have been included in the thief's estate and inherited by his only heir, his daughter. By then, however, the thief's wife had exhausted all of the money. Lloyd's sold the Gibson Strad in 1988 for $1.2 million.
It was a case of life imitating art when the Gibson was recently purchased by a young superstar violinist, Joshua Bell for $4 million. Bell had played the violin for the sound track of "The Red Violin," a movie following a violin through the lives that it touches.

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[schymbros]

Great performance!

[manymanero]

@schymbros he plays with his heart and soul.. we can see, when he is playing violin. the way he plays, it's just unique, that's all!!!

[relckon]

Sounds great on the Violin

[manymanero]

probably Chopin would have been very pleased

[ebmirador]

Sounds great on the Violin. A unique sound, since this particular song is usually played on the piano....

[manymanero]

it's a piano nocturne, a song is something to be singed

[dzeljpiano]

I can´t stop crying it ´s the most beautiful violin version I ever heard !!!!

[boobooberry]

it's so well interpretated that it rises emotions in me: melancholy, sadness, nostalgia, tenderness

[buithihue1102]

Like a string from Heaven! I can't stop listening to that wonderful string!

[buithihue1102]

Like a string from Heaven!

[danchaplin22]

mi pieza musical favorita, de uno de los grandes Chopin!!!! que hermosa melodia!

[thetlanezi]

me encanta :)

[thb3333]

Not to be a violin nerd, but Bell played the "Tom Tyler" Strad on the Red Violin. Not the Gibson Strad.

[simplerachel11]

it's hard not to cry

[simplerachel11]

it;s very hard not to cry

[abadipioh]

@boobooberry true !!