Brahms / Nathan Milstein, 1974: Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 77 - Complete

In this 1975 performance, seventy-one year old Nathan Milstein (1904-1992) performs the Brahms violin concerto in D major, Op. 77. Eugen Jochum (1902-1987) leads the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra. I created this video from the LP collection entitled "Brahms: The Complete Concertos," issued in 1983 under license from DG by the Book of the Month Club, serial number 90-3733. Other works in this collection are the Brahms first and second piano concerti (Emil Gilels) and the Double Concerto for Violin and Cello (Wolfgang Schneiderhan and Janos Starker). So that there is no question in the mind of the listener, I rely principally on images of the LP and LP jacket in order to document the authenticity of historically important recordings such as these.

Movement 1: Allegro non troppo
Movement 2: Adagio (20:25)
Movement 3: Allegro giocoso, ma non troppo vivace (29:10)

Note: Previously I had uploaded the first movement of this work, from a cassette recording with substantial distortion, in two parts. The loosening of time limits by YouTube has allowed me to provide this new recording, from an LP, in its entirety.

More from Brahms:

Brahms / Herbert von Karajan, 1957: Variations On A Theme By Haydn, Op. 56a - Complete - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V2VeNiKpY0s

Brahms / Sviatoslav Richter, Borodin Quartet, 1958: Quintet in F minor, Op. 34 - Complete - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dGQIofBDnbY

Brahms / Bruno-Leonardo Gelber, 1966: Piano Concerto No. 1 in D minor, Op. 15 - Complete - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l-v8nO-OAZQ

Johannes Brahms / Isaac Stern, 1952: Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 77 - Movement 3 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g5Prp2onuFQ

Brahms / Isaac Stern / Leonard Rose, 1956: Double Concerto in A minor, Op. 102 (Allegro) - Part 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9vREWf7nxSM

David Oistrakh, Sviatoslav Richter, D minor Violin Sonata, Op. 108 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ge_nUBmPnGk

Tatiana Grindenko: Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 77 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-sNvF_fSJS8

Alfons und Aloys Kontarsky: Hungarian Dance No. 6 in D flat major - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5N16nQCpu3o

Натан Мильштейн родился в далёкой от музыки многодетной семье (его отец, Мирон Мильштейн, работал в торговавшей шерстяными тканями фирме «Гурлянд и К»; мать, Мария Блюштейн, была домохозяйкой; в семье было семеро детей). Обучался игре на скрипке в школе Петра Столярского до 1914 года, затем учился в Петроградской консерватории у Леопольда Ауэра. В 1920 году Мильштейн впервые выступил с концертом в Одессе, и в том же году исполнил Скрипичный концерт Глазунова под управлением автора. В течение последующих пяти лет скрипач совершенствовал мастерство и выступал в СССР, часто в одних концертах с Владимиром Горовицем, при этом аккомпанировала Мильштейну сестра Горовица, Регина. В 1925 году Мильштейн и Горовиц выехали на гастроли за границу и приняли решение не возвращаться на родину. В эти годы музыканты подружились с виолончелистом Григорием Пятигорским, также незадолго до этого эмигрировавшим из СССР, и иногда выступали в трио. Вскоре Мильштейн обосновался в Брюсселе, где его тепло принял Эжен Изаи. Три года спустя музыкант впервые выступил в Нью-Йорке вместе с филармоническим оркестром этого города, его концерты имели большой успех, и вскоре он перебрался в США, где и выступал в течение ближайших лет. После Второй мировой войны, уже приняв гражданство США (1942), Мильштейн возобновил концерты в Европе. В 1945 году женился на Терезе Кауфман. Мильштейн продолжал концертировать и давать мастер-классы вплоть до 1988 года, когда сломал руку при падении.

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[Nai61a]

It's great to hear this, but it is a bit sharp (in intonation). I wonder whether the machine you're playing it on is running a little fast. Have I dreamt it or did they used to slow turntables down slightly by placing coins in the middle of the records?

[davidhertzberg]

@Nai61a Thank you, this is an excellent idea. I will try it. (This will be the opposite of the famous physics experiment, by which coins are placed a short distance from the spindle and the rpms of the turntable are increased to see what speed will cause the coins to slide off the LP.) :) david

[himitsunosallychan]

excellent recording! as for the pitch, im sure its a simple case of error in transfering

[Nai61a]

@PJViolin An interesting distinction, and not one I would make myself. For me the music is "out of tune" because it's not playing at the pitch I expect. And yes, I do think of Baroque music as flat, though I recognise the slight illogicality of that! Be that as it may, "sharp" is just my short-hand way of saying it is playing at a pitch higher than one would expect.

[PJViolin]

@Nai61a I think "sharp" and "flat" would imply that the music is out of tune. The music is not sharp because it's not out of tune. The frequency is just higher. You wouldn't call historic baroque music flat because it's played lower than 440. It's still in tune, but just at a lower frequency.

[Nai61a]

@PJViolin That's what "sharp" means. As opposed to "flat" where the pitch is lower.

[PJViolin]

@Nai61a it's not sharp, it's frequency is higher

[antonflegias]

GENIALITA' ALLO STATO PURO!

[Nai61a]

@davidhertzberg I'll be most interested to hear how this turns out. Of course, it is possible that the Vienna Phil really did tune to that pitch. I know that the Europeans have (or had) the reputation for tuning slightly sharper than we Brits, but this performance really does come across as verging on E flat rather than D.