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Heifetz plays Mendelssohn Violin Concerto - Third Movement

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Uploaded by on May 1, 2009

Historic LIVE recording of Jascha Heifetz playing Mendelssohn Violin Concerto in E minor, Op. 64, with Arturo Toscanini as conductor. It is interesting to see how both masters get on fire with this concerto!

Date: April 9, 1944

Movement 1: Allegro molto appassionato
Movement 2: Andante
Movement 3: Allegretto non troppo Allegro molto vivace

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  • Sounds like a Midsummer's Night Dream Scherzo!

    Imagine the adrenalin (and egos) of these two together.

    BIG disagreement at 3:52-54. Toscanini wants to hold back but Heifetz is having none of it!!

    A battle of wills. Notice how Heifetz beats Toscanini to the last chord. This is more like Violin Versus Orchestra with no clear winner.

  • Just because you can't play at this speed doesn't mean no one can.

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  • this is playing! his tone and finesse is superb! and it´s also a beautyfull recording by the way!

    what a beautyfull instrument he played.... i´m quiet... in peace and exited!!! Rock ´n Roll!!

  • Holy shit.

  • This performance is absolutely hair-raising. Personally, I'm not at all certain there was any particular antagonism between Toscanini and Heifetz - they're obviously completely ignoring eachother. Two geniuses with superhuman talent, mamouth wills,and each with an ego large enough to fill the Grand Canyon twice over. I wouldn't have it any other way. Compare that to what we get nowadays.

  • @ipmoic

    Friend - Those of us hearing this performance are All Winners.

    Regards-JOhn

  • @ipmoic heifetz always wins in the end! :D

  • If they were recording using two different electrical circuits, perhaps the result was out of sync.

  • But Toscanini was the director. It should have been his interpretation. Another thing, the mics for the orchestra sound dull. Perhaps there was another, technical, problem.

  • Back then they tuned their strings to a higher pitch than they do now. That's why the notes are higher.

  • Talvez se arrumasem a afinação pra la 440 ficaria uns 2 a 3 segundos mais lento mesmo assim ainda rapido.

  • And the violin was billowing smoke at the end..

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