Christian Ferras plays the Violin Concerto in D major, Op.47 by Jean Sibelius with Zubin Mehta as conductor and Orchestre National de ORTF as the orchestra.
This was filmed at the ORTF in Paris on 26 May 1965.
Wow! a new discovery pour moi! if only such treasures in the musical archives were more widely known,however,here we all are enjoying this performance.Many thanks to all responsible.
wow you people certainly know alot more about classical music than I do. But despite my ignorance i enjoyed this performance very much. Thanx for posting it!
Christian Ferras always was one of my favourite violinists, as for his Sibelius (and the Brahms): I believe he set the standard!! But I like the Kavakos very much too.
I don't believe the conductor is fake: he's (a young) Zubin Metha, isn't he?
I only know the Chung and Viktoria Mullova performances of the Sibelius, and this is by far the best I've heard. I love the way he plays the cadenza, not one iota of tension is lost. My chief criticism of Ferras here is his portamento, which I felt was sometimes just tasteless. Also, I felt sometimes his playing at times lacks a certain delicacy - the end of the candenza with the ascending scale in broken octaves I felt was rather aggressive.
Ferras moves me most as a musician. He was an incredible violinist.This is an amazing performance.Terrible his life became so tragic. Unbelievable talent.
just incredible
redviolinistuk 3 years ago
Wow! a new discovery pour moi! if only such treasures in the musical archives were more widely known,however,here we all are enjoying this performance.Many thanks to all responsible.
moob744 4 years ago
wow you people certainly know alot more about classical music than I do. But despite my ignorance i enjoyed this performance very much. Thanx for posting it!
breeeegs 5 years ago
Christian Ferras always was one of my favourite violinists, as for his Sibelius (and the Brahms): I believe he set the standard!! But I like the Kavakos very much too.
I don't believe the conductor is fake: he's (a young) Zubin Metha, isn't he?
greetings from The Netherlands.
pecator70 5 years ago
This is simply incredible!! The violinist solo is so incredibly professional, I enjoyed every moment of it!
apsba 5 years ago
I only know the Chung and Viktoria Mullova performances of the Sibelius, and this is by far the best I've heard. I love the way he plays the cadenza, not one iota of tension is lost. My chief criticism of Ferras here is his portamento, which I felt was sometimes just tasteless. Also, I felt sometimes his playing at times lacks a certain delicacy - the end of the candenza with the ascending scale in broken octaves I felt was rather aggressive.
whapcapn 5 years ago
i think the conductor is fake.
jkbs123 5 years ago
The video's intonation is off, but his playing is in tune
AbsoluteZ3R0 5 years ago
Ferras moves me most as a musician. He was an incredible violinist.This is an amazing performance.Terrible his life became so tragic. Unbelievable talent.
cattleman6420012000 5 years ago
I become a ferras's fan... omg =O
leo2207 5 years ago