Jascha Heifetz Plays Debussy Clair de Lune

Claude Debussy:

Clair de Lune (from Suite Bergamasque)

Violin: Jascha Heifetz
Piano: Emanuel Bay

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[mahlerite]

Monet and Debussy coalesce to dream up a tranquil, unfettered, and lovely scene. I like it.

[Sinfoniette]

It really is. I'm not sure whose approach I like better; Oistrakh or Heifetz. Oistrakh has a sweeter tone, but Heifetz has that more aristocratic tone. Theoretically, Oistrakh should be better at Debussy, but... they are incomparable at many ways.

[RabidCh]

The only non-piano arrangement for a Debussy piano piece I liked was Minstrels on YT (Shafran)... because there's actually real plucked strings. I feel this loses too much in the arrangement.

You sure like to change topics though, and on that topic... what about Menuhin and Grumiaux...? I actually don't like Heifetz on most everything besides the Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto because I think his sharp vibrato serves him well there.

[Sinfoniette]

Yes, I cannot help myself from changing topics? I always thought Heifetz always made everything sound pretty violent in many concertos; couple exceptions in some short "pops" and pieces, and I always liked his approach. On his sharp tone and vibrato: have you heard his Glazunow? I think you might like his rendition of that if you enjoy the Tchaikowsky because of the vibrato. The Glazunow is another concerto the soloist must be pretty sharp-sounding and smooth at times...

[IsaacDelarge]

The most beautiful thing I've ever heard.

[Sinfoniette]

It sure is a gem from the Impressionist era. :) Debussy and Ravel wrote very soothing music.

[angelroma]

Oistrach is the best on this melody. Check it out.

[unclejuniorsoprano]

Regarding Heifetz & Oistrakh, they were both superior musicians. My preference has always been for Heifetz, however, many of the Oistrakh recordings are unsurpassed; e.g., Khachaturian, Prokofiev 1, and Shostakovich 1 & 2. Heifetz never recorded these works, so I cannot compare. I happen to prefer the Oistrakh recording slightly more, only because of the difference in vibrato & tempo which Heifetz takes a tad bit faster.

[guidc]

@wks1978 you got be kidding me

ok this is not what I was expecting from heifetz, surely he did La fille aux cheveux de lin, and daisies and vocalise from rachmaninov (what follows the same idea) way better, but Heifetz is still my best debussy interpreter. The sonata, he made such a wonderful rendition that made Grumiaux sound more of monotony than anything he have ever recorded.

[cadbury6443]

Just fantastic.

[wks1978]

Yet more Heifetz monotony.

I don't understand why Heifetz has so many fanboys on the internet.

This performance pales into insignificance compared to the magic that Oistrakh created in the 1962 recording from which someone has posted this rubbish as a response.

[TheGaetano62]

@Sinfoniette oistrack is a musician heifetz is a violinist

[loares1]

Je ne suis pas musicienne ni connaisseuse, mais j'aime la musique, classique ou non, pour l'émotion qu'elle me donne; et je peux vous dire que la version de David Oistrakh me fait monter les larmes aux yeux... J'ai été interpellée par les commentaires comparant tels ou tels artistes. Si je ne connais ce morceau je ne connaissais pas ces musiciens. J'ai donc écouté la version de divers violonistes présentés sur ce site et seul la version d'Oistrakh m'émeut à ce point...

[animeaff]

impressionism.. soo artsy...

[ragnarkisten]

sounds like a bad parody on oistrach! His version is the most beautiful that has ever been made. No human being can ever surpass him!

[RETRO714]

@angelroma Definitely, Oistrakh is the OWNER of this song.

[pedr0mg]

@lolscum I am forced to believe you have obviously listened to Mr. David Oistrakh playing this theme (v=SKd0VII-l3A)