Zeno Francescatti

Have you ever seen all flowers in the world blooming at the same time ?
Just enjoy( Not Listening) to
Zino Fransc.'s playing...and you get it all !

Zino quit putting the darn bow so close to the bridge!

It's so noisy that my cat screams for mercy!

Certified Intergalactic!

Re: Original Moonbeam: recorded in 1959......Zino' admired Fritz Kreisler...violinist, pianist and composer extra-ordinaire...whose silky smooth pallet is dearly missed...Kreisler aged 10, took the top prize at the Conservatoire de Paris.....and the only violinist who did not have to practice continuously in order to maintain his unerring pure sound.
Seeing Zino playing his dear friend's Del Gesu......is priceless..and one should hear Fritz's rendition also on this, his own violin.......

Thank you for the date of the video..I was aware of the relationship but thought this video was a bit more contemporary. .due to the color! This film is indeed priceless!

Mr. Kreisler died quite a while before the making of this video. Mr. Francescatti was renouned for being able to produce more depth and tone out of a Strad than many can from a del Gesu..this was part of the mystique of Zino. He is quoted that this tone production, he believed came from his finger pressure--Accardo plays the Hart beautifully but it sounds different. He definitely had a way with this instrument..knew it inside and out, he OWNED this violin HART and soul

I'm can't say it is or is not the Hart Strad here--it does look large like a del Gesu and I don't know for certain if this video is pre 1962--I'm just commenting that part of his reputation was the ability to get incredulous sound out of that Strad--like no one else. I can't see the flame on the ribs like the Hart, but I am not getting a good view.

Re: Zarff: In his last years on earth, Zino sold is very isotaric and rare Strad to the reknowned Italian violinist Salvatore Accardo. This was done in order to fund a contest and it's associated scholarship grant for a talented and upcomming young violinist at the Conservatoire de Paris....

Is it true that Andre Rieux now has the Kreisler/Francescatti strad...?

RE: erikcray ...and chazzunusmaven...Zino's Strad was very rare but in larger halls with bigger orchestral accompaniment it like other Strads, does not carry extremely far....it is a larger violin as per your perception...it is a Guanarius del Gesu ....and it belonged to his dear friend Fritz Kreisler, who loaned it to him.......