Paganini's melodies have a vivacity and charm woven into them that makes him unique on the compositional spectrum. Some people find his music mechanical and uninteresting, but after hearing this delightful third movement, I would hope that this changes their views (or should I say their ears!)
My boyfriend is that way, in that I think he just finds the music to be about virtuosity without much beauty. But I agree with you. I always found Paganini to be as talented a composer as he was a violinist. His music fills me with immense joy!!!
Szeryng was a fabulous with chamber music. Not all violinist share such a distinction. Eugene Fodor & Michael Rabin, for example, were basically known for Paganini & the like. Heifetz was a well-rounded violinist who was the best at everything he did, which is unique. Artur Rubinstein liked performing chamber music more with Szeryng than he did with Heifetz. Szeryng reminds me of good taste, sophistication, perfection & intellectual maturity. Few of today's violinists have that.
Heifetz never played the Paganini concerti because he didn't want to trust his legacy to a live, recorded performance. He was always being scrutinized for his perfection.
It's almost as if he doesn't need to be smoothly perfect, because the " edge " or fruitiness to his tone gives a sort of fresh jucyiness that implies risk, pulling the listeners attention along but never fails.
THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH FOR SHARING SZERYNG !!!! Szeryng born in Zelazowa Wola -Poland,(like Heifetz -born in Wilno Poland,Huberman born in Czestochowa ,Poland ) is one of those last true VIOLIN VIRTUOSOS and among those he is THE ONLY ONE !!! WHO DARED TO PLAY CONCERTS WITH PAGANINI!!! AND RECORDED IT !!! HEIFETZ NEVER DID !!! KREISLER CUT CAMPANELLA of MOST DIFFICULT PART WHILE PLAYING IT..SO ONLY HENRYK SZERYNG AMONG THOSE VIOLIN"S TYTANS DARED TO PLAY PAGANINI IN PUBLIC !!!AND HOW FANTASTIC HE IS !!!!! HE WAS ALSO A GREAT MAN!! IN 1941 AS A ADIUTANT TO GEN SIKORSKI DURING II WW THEY SAVED 4OOO THOUSANDS OF POLES SEEKING NEW HOME FOR THEM IN MEXICO !!!! SO WHEN YOU ARE WATCHING SCHINDLER LIST THINK OF SZERYNG TOO!!HE WAS SO OVERCOME BY MEXICAN RECEPTION (!!!!!) THAT HE BECOME MEXICAN CITIZEN !!!!After II WW AS A ARMIA KRAJOWA MEMBER AND SIKORSKI ASSISTENT HE HAD BY NKWD SENTENCE OF DEATH..SO FOR MANY YEARS HE COULD NOT COME BACK TO POLAND ...
Heifetz did play Paganini's 1st concerto in concert, but it was early in his career. I remember hearing Szeryng playing this concerto, I went with my Dad, it was in the early 1970s at the Festival Hall. It was advertised as the newly discovered concerto. What a magnificent player Szeryng was. Yet you'd never think as Szeryng as a Paginini player, yet he plays it as well as anyone. 😊.
I was about to ask the date - then the camera panned out... 1973. Orchestra? (Czech/Prague I'm guessing)? Great to hear him in his prime like this. I actually regret meeting him in person in the mid - 80's, Montreal. He played great, but clearly drank heavily for his nerves, and was intensely arrogant at that point. Not a 'nice' person to meet in person... took me 20 years to start listening to him again.
@alegrepc These kind of comments and comparisons are just silly and ignorant, especially the suggestion that Szeryng was drunk at the time! This is certainly a fine performance, but there is no need to denigrate other equally fine violinists such as Stern and Perlman.
well, he was drunk very often in concerts. By the way, also the greater Oistrach. But if this is true, you have to admire him even more. But he was arrogant and proud of his 7 languages, which he spoke fluently. I played with him and can prove that.
I've wondered about this before. Why wouldn't he record it?? He did pretty much every major work in the violin repertoire, but no Paganini concerti that I'm aware of. And only I think 1 or 2 pieces by Vivaldi as well. Very disappointing in my opinion, I would LOVE to hear/see that.
don´t you consider that he had his reasons ? If you hear the 24 th caprice, you know that he would have easily been able to play all of the Paganini concertos, known by his time ( 1, 2, 4, 5 ) !
@alegrepc Very clever and cowardly how you posted a silly rude comment on my channel and then blocked me from replying! Having played Bach Double with Schlomo at 16 (as a student?) doesn't justify or excuse your comments and your attempt to show off with the Tchaikovsky on your channel backfired because it is rough, out of tune and unmusical!
Szeryng is *the* best at Bach, Mozart, Beethoven, bar none, but Paganini is just not in his wheelhouse. kudos of course for being the one that revived this concerto, but i prefer Paganini with a bit over the top virtuosity and passion. he plays it more like it's Beethoven. and he obviously never spent much time practicing left hand pizzicato.
Creo que debe estar practicando su pizzicato, por eso no contesta. Jaja. Y lo dice alguien que ni sabe lo que significa pizzicato y que cayó aquí solo por curiosidad. Saludos!
What'a greatman...This is MAGIC.
I love this video because he shows how he uses the bow
Paganini's melodies have a vivacity and charm woven into them that makes him unique on the compositional spectrum. Some people find his music mechanical and uninteresting, but after hearing this delightful third movement, I would hope that this changes their views (or should I say their ears!)
I would also add Fodor to that conversation, as would Szeryng.
My boyfriend is that way, in that I think he just finds the music to be about virtuosity without much beauty. But I agree with you. I always found Paganini to be as talented a composer as he was a violinist. His music fills me with immense joy!!!
Love his sound
Szeryng, oistrakh and heifetz!!!
but not in this sequence !
what a sound, intonation and phrasing! And it is perfect in all difficult places- something exceptional!
only his left hand pizzikato is pretty weak !
Thank you for posting all these amazing video recordings!!
Wonderful! Thanks for posting!
Szeryng was a fabulous with chamber music. Not all violinist share such a distinction. Eugene Fodor & Michael Rabin, for example, were basically known for Paganini & the like. Heifetz was a well-rounded violinist who was the best at everything he did, which is unique. Artur Rubinstein liked performing chamber music more with Szeryng than he did with Heifetz. Szeryng reminds me of good taste, sophistication, perfection & intellectual maturity. Few of today's violinists have that.
Czech Philharmonic Orchestra. Prague Spring 1973.
Some marvellous viewing angles and dynamics contrasts by the conductor .
beautiful...and brilliant!
Sublime!!!!
OMG this is awesome
fantastic
bravooooo
Cuanta belleza solo Dios pudo inspirar a paganini..y henry monumental
Heifetz never played the Paganini concerti because he didn't want to trust his legacy to a live, recorded performance. He was always being scrutinized for his perfection.
if you hear him play the 24 th caprice, you would hesitate to write this. But maybe he had other reasons not to play the Paganini violin concertos.
It's almost as if he doesn't need to be smoothly perfect, because the " edge " or fruitiness to his tone gives a sort of fresh jucyiness that implies risk, pulling
the listeners attention along but never fails.
You are quite right, as always!
Such clear conducting.
THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH FOR SHARING SZERYNG !!!! Szeryng born in Zelazowa Wola -Poland,(like Heifetz -born in Wilno Poland,Huberman born in Czestochowa ,Poland ) is one of those last true VIOLIN VIRTUOSOS and among those he is THE ONLY ONE !!! WHO DARED TO PLAY CONCERTS WITH PAGANINI!!! AND RECORDED IT !!! HEIFETZ NEVER DID !!! KREISLER CUT CAMPANELLA of MOST DIFFICULT PART WHILE PLAYING IT..SO ONLY HENRYK SZERYNG AMONG THOSE VIOLIN"S TYTANS DARED TO PLAY PAGANINI IN PUBLIC !!!AND HOW FANTASTIC HE IS !!!!! HE WAS ALSO A GREAT MAN!! IN 1941 AS A ADIUTANT TO GEN SIKORSKI DURING II WW THEY SAVED 4OOO THOUSANDS OF POLES SEEKING NEW HOME FOR THEM IN MEXICO !!!! SO WHEN YOU ARE WATCHING SCHINDLER LIST THINK OF SZERYNG TOO!!HE WAS SO OVERCOME BY MEXICAN RECEPTION (!!!!!) THAT HE BECOME MEXICAN CITIZEN !!!!After II WW AS A ARMIA KRAJOWA MEMBER AND SIKORSKI ASSISTENT HE HAD BY NKWD SENTENCE OF DEATH..SO FOR MANY YEARS HE COULD NOT COME BACK TO POLAND ...
Heifetz did play Paganini's 1st concerto in concert, but it was early in his career. I remember hearing Szeryng playing this concerto, I went with my Dad, it was in the early 1970s at the Festival Hall. It was advertised as the newly discovered concerto. What a magnificent player Szeryng was. Yet you'd never think as Szeryng as a Paginini player, yet he plays it as well as anyone. 😊.
@@frankie6954 Thank you for sharing those interesting informations about Heifetz. How early? Do you know by chance where and when?
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Biggest violinist of XX cent. with Rabin and Heifetz
But he had alot of jealous observers amongst younger contemporary fiddlers.....whoes only ability was to play faster and faster.
Salvatore accardo, Arthur grumiaux y Henry Szhering, grandiosos después todos.
I was about to ask the date - then the camera panned out... 1973. Orchestra? (Czech/Prague I'm guessing)? Great to hear him in his prime like this. I actually regret meeting him in person in the mid - 80's, Montreal. He played great, but clearly drank heavily for his nerves, and was intensely arrogant at that point. Not a 'nice' person to meet in person... took me 20 years to start listening to him again.
Can anyone tell me where and how to buy this video?
Music in italian advertisement by "Rosati - il fiore Lancia" (1988-1993): ua-cam.com/video/z8a397XD6gE/v-deo.html
1:43 2:45
It sounds like bird singing.
@alegrepc These kind of comments and comparisons are just silly and ignorant, especially the suggestion that Szeryng was drunk at the time! This is certainly a fine performance, but there is no need to denigrate other equally fine violinists such as Stern and Perlman.
well, he was drunk very often in concerts. By the way, also the greater Oistrach. But if this is true, you have to admire him even more. But he was arrogant and proud of his 7 languages, which he spoke fluently. I played with him and can prove that.
I've wondered about this before. Why wouldn't he record it?? He did pretty much every major work in the violin repertoire, but no Paganini concerti that I'm aware of. And only I think 1 or 2 pieces by Vivaldi as well. Very disappointing in my opinion, I would LOVE to hear/see that.
don´t you consider that he had his reasons ? If you hear the 24 th caprice, you know that he would have easily been able to play all of the Paganini concertos, known by his time ( 1, 2, 4, 5 ) !
stern siempre dijo que era el mejor violinista y eso no es asi!!!este es el mejor violnista del mundo con hilary hahn!!!!
упс.....лажовенько
@alegrepc Very clever and cowardly how you posted a silly rude comment on my channel and then blocked me from replying! Having played Bach Double with Schlomo at 16 (as a student?) doesn't justify or excuse your comments and your attempt to show off with the Tchaikovsky on your channel backfired because it is rough, out of tune and unmusical!
Szeryng is *the* best at Bach, Mozart, Beethoven, bar none, but Paganini is just not in his wheelhouse. kudos of course for being the one that revived this concerto, but i prefer Paganini with a bit over the top virtuosity and passion. he plays it more like it's Beethoven. and he obviously never spent much time practicing left hand pizzicato.
I think you are too picky...
So tell us about your left hand pizzicato.
@@yvonne2546 i am still waiting for his answer.. Eating pop corn....
Creo que debe estar practicando su pizzicato, por eso no contesta. Jaja. Y lo dice alguien que ni sabe lo que significa pizzicato y que cayó aquí solo por curiosidad. Saludos!
@@francescoficarella1474 so no one is allowed to offer an opinion on anything unless they do it better themselves? hmm.
Suono pesantissimo! Nooo!