This violin concerto composed by Schumann is a masterpiece of harmony and delicacy. The violin solos are wonderful and fully framed in romanticism of the period. Isabelle Faust is an amazing violinist, for the delicacy, virtuosity and magnificent sound she extracts from the instrument. This violin concerto is a pearl of this romantic period for its fabulous and incredible beauty. Viva the music of Schumann. The direction and the orchestra are flawless. Thanks for the magnificent recording and the fantastic moments of pleasure it gives us.
I can't help but be moved, cry for the beauty of this masterpiece, enjoy every touch of the orchestra, feel the radiant soul that Schumann embodied. Thank you for sharing this to the world!!!
It was one cold winter day in Salzburg and I was at a friend's place, drunk, a bit high then I left to catch last train to Hallein. It was only 10 mins road but I fell asleep at the train and opened my eyes on a station far from home. It was too cold and dark to bike back, I decided to spend 3-4 hours at the station and wait for the first train, put my headphones and started to listen to radio. Then I heard this concerto for the first time in my life, a lady announced it is the next piece, hmm meh from Schumann?? A composer I respect but not really like much (I feel far from aesthetics of Romanticism, I love everything about Baroque).. I've started to listen this concerto, I liked it so much, I was so shocked how somewhat odd it is compared to other romantic concerti also and it was such great 30 minutes in middle of silence on a winter's night. Then I kept listening and listening it on next months, and now I am more than happy to see there is an authentic recording of it by Freiburg Baroque, this is an INCREDIBLE recording, I love how ''meaty'' strings sound, triple more meaningful timpani part compared to all other modern recordings/how direct brass sounds, how Mrs Faust interprets it incredibly and how nothing is exaggerated in no way. Thank you very much for making this possible! Salutes from İzmir/Turkey. :*
Every morning, when I get up, my first routine I do is to play music. Sometimes, I just click the one UA-cam recommends. As you did, I also thought Schumann? But I clicked. Cause I loved the one it picked yesterday: Auf dem wasser zu sigen by Schubert. Like you, I am moved by her performance. I like your understanding of this classial piece.
So weird to see this comment pop up cause I'm living in Salzburg since 3 years and also listening to this concerto at 1:30 am... Are you me or am I you?
On the other hand I love Schumann and play many of his works on the piano. I can’t stand the violin concerto. I see it’s disorganization, and Schumann’s insanity in every measure. Neither Clara nor Brahms wanted it to be ever published.
Diese Aufführung ist einfach großartig und eine Sternstunde der Schumann-Interpretation. Ich hatte schon als Kind eine Schwäche für dieses Konzert, habe es aber noch nie so schön gehört wie mit Isabelle Faust und dem Freiburger Barockorchester.
I came across this concerto - performed by Yehudi Menuhin - on a morning concert, sometime in mid-1960s, on BBC's Radio Three. I was in my mid-teens and it held my attention even then, when I was relatively new to listening to classical music. I have heard it live just once - an amateur performance some 15 years ago - and I love it still.
I had no idea Schumann wrote a concerto for violin & orchestra despite enjoying classical music since around 1972. The more I listen to it, the more I love it. The intensity of the first movement. Marvelous!
This has to be the best performance of this very underrated, and difficult piece ive ever heard. Ms. Faust control of the bow and her tone and phrasing is beyond words. Both soloist and orchestra sounded like one single instrument, the tone of gut strigs is the most natural and "human" for my taste, the violin sound was melted with the orchestra. The only thing I can say is THANK YOU!
This is the first time I’ve heard of this violinist and heard her play, and I’m really enjoying her….what a wonderful musician! I really love her interpretation of this wonderful concerto, and the orchestra is excellent, too!
I am grateful to all artists who take it upon themselves to perform the music of Schumann's last period. This particular performance brings out vividly the inner sense of impending doom that Schumann felt during those last few years, knowing as he did, that his mental universe was in the process of collapse. And yet, the bard still could find within himself angelic music flowing from a heavenly source: There are precious moments of serenity in which Der Dichter accepts his destiny with equanimity.
I am very familiar with Schmann's symphonies and piano pieces (including his wonderful piano concerto) but just recently discovered this piece. I am definitely adding it to my favorites. Beautiful.
This beautiful Schuman concerto has been very ...very underrated along with many others of his works. It is certainly a master piece. MS Faust plays It with great passion. Thanks!!!👏😃
This orchstra is one of the best I've heard in my 58 years. The sound, the play, dynamics, tempos, everything absolutely ....well, if not perfect, as close to perfect as possible. It's just right. Today everything is "great", but this orchestra is outstanding. Every time I come here I'm impressed again and again. It reminds me what "playing music" is, was, or should be. The sound.....the sound!! Is it the instruments d'époque? Just fantastic. Thank you for existing! And that goes to Isabelle as well.
Incredible performance by everyone!! This is the best recording of the Schumann's Violin Concerto. It has the perfect tempo which makes it even more beautiful to hear. I am a great fan of Schumann's works and this one is my most favourite piece. Hopefully, in future I will hear this masterpiece live in Berlin. Thanks again for this recording 😁.
Thank you for this masterpiece from a master, Clara's beloved, Robert. Isabelle Faust so expressively brings out the various moods of this Romantic beauty.
Whether or not he was ill, Robert Schumann nevertheless produced a real gem. It absolutely deserves to be as widely known and performed as Tchaikovsky, Mendelssohn, Bruch, Brahms and others. I should add that I feel much the same way about Dvorak's fantastic violin concerto.
Interpreting music through the lens of a composer's "mental illness" is pretty much subjective. It could easily be argued that Beethoven was mentally ill in his last years, even though he was not officially diagnosed. His masterpiece, the Ninth, was composed then.
I usually have the big violin concertos: Beethoven, Brahms, Tchaikovsky, Mendelssohn, Sibelius, Dvorak, Schumann. Doesn't mean others aren't great of course (Mozart, Bruch, Vivaldi, etc.)
The soloist's care and sensitivity in extracting every morsel of music out of this score is impressive. It is the best I've heard. The orchestral treatment is unusual, particularly with the finale in keeping chamber music intimacy and not trying to compete with 19th century dynamics. Whether Schumann intended this approach or not, all together it sounds more sane and inventive than the way the concerto was first described. Glad to have listened.
This performance is a revelation. I first heard Schumann's concerto in a live 1963 WTTW broadcast with Szeryng. I loved it, got the music and started working on it. I've heard it many times, but never like this. I realize that, as much as I loved this piece, I have misunderstood it, as have many others, including those who have tried to "fix" it. This is not a showpiece, and the rest of us trying to make it one were making a mistake. Faust and the FBO approach this as an intimate chamber work expressing Schumann's deepest emotions. Second movement m27-29 seemed clumsy until hearing them in this performance (18:45-19:05). What once seemed an unconvincing transition to the last movement becomes (20:55-21:20) a clear representation of Schumann's recovery from the inexpressible emotional state of the second movement to his recovery in the third. The connection between the last and middle movement is crystal clear, helped by the tempo, the balance and, in particular here, the use of gut strings and period instruments. Words don't work well here. This performance needs to be heard sitting down in a quiet place.
Isabelle is fantastic as always, and Petra must be one of the best concertmasters you'll ever see in your lives leading an orchestra, and she's also a great soloist...
Wonderful! Very joyful. It might be placed among my favorite violin concertos, alongside Bartók's 2nd Violin Concerto and Sibelius's. Thank you for uploading this.
It’s usual to hear great performances, but listening to something that make you tear up very easily because it’s directed to the heart in the most raw form, this is rare … so much emotions and artistry, thank you for this
I really liked this interpretation of Schumann's violin concerto. The tempo is close to the author's vision of this music. It is simply mesmerizing.Schumann's genius at its highest point.Thanks to the performers... ...and it’s even more pleasant when the conductor smiles, the soloist and orchestra members answer him
Very dramatic, deep and calm in details, an alla Barroco performance. A very creative new reading of this underrated score. Bravo, Pablo, en Graná pueden estar orgullosos de ti. And bravo, Ms Faust, excellent performance.
That's not a Baroque performance. This is performed on a violin in 19th-century setup, with the gut strings which were used well into the 20th century. Likewise, although it's the Freiburg Baroque Orchestra, they're playing on 19th-century instruments or replicas thereof. Look at the length of the fingerboards on the string instruments, the 19th-century bows, the valves on the horns and trumpets, all the keys on the woodwinds. The orchestra is the size of most German orchestras of the mid (and even later) 19th century - and vibrato was NOT the norm for orchestral players. Even its too-frequent use by soloists was condemned by Joseph Joachim and Leopold Auer.
Isabelle Faust plays with great sensitivity and nuance, more so than other performances on YT. In my original posting I went on to say that to my ears the baroque violin doesn't have the warmth or power to fully capture the romantic sensibility of this concerto. But after listening to it again, better prepared for the absence of lushness, I think it works very well indeed. It's now my preferred version.
That's not a Baroque violin. It's a violin in 19th-century setup, with the gut strings which were used well into the 20th century. Likewise, although it's the Freiburg Baroque Orchestra, they're playing on 19th-century instruments or replicas thereof. Look at the length of the fingerboards on the string instruments, the 19th-century bows, the valves on the horns and trumpets, all the keys on the woodwinds...
I enjoyed the music for a few reasons. You can hear its the person who wrote the spring symphony, Rhenish symphony, scenes of childhood and the 4th symphony... This filled me with excitement. I have not been well, and it calmed me down, this violin concerto. Thanks to all the musicians.
The slow movement is gorgeous - really made me think of Brahms-gorgeous solo cello in the beginning . Menuhin was right about this music whatever his reaons for playing it ! the 2nd movement immediately reaches toward one ! Though this will never become the audience favorite the piano concerto is the 9th minute drew tears from me . If ou spend time with this music it will affect you . Something torments almost every page here . I'm beginning to get this late Schumann . So much else he wrote at the end immediately wraps one this takes longer .
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I had never heard this concerto, and it's quite a revelation. I would not say it's a consistently strong work, there are some weaker moments I think. but some of the themes and instrumental details are of great beauty. How Joachim could have been so dismissive about it I cannot understand.
Musicaliat, dinàmica i emoció. No es pot demanar més. Una meravellosa interpretació de la freiburger barockorchester i Isabelle Faust… i no podem oblidar a qui a coordinat aquesta obra d’art, el mestre Pablo Heras Casado
A flawed work but Schumann reaches such transcendence that it hardly matters. The development of the first movement always brings tears to my eyes as does the other-worldly slow movement. It's as if he had finally stopped struggling and had begun the process of finally letting go.
Often heard this being flawed yet no one can ever explain just where it is flawed. I've known it for fifty years, though never played it myself, and still cannot find any flaws so isn't it about time that this false theory is dropped along with that equally useless comment that Heifetz is cold yet produces searingly heated tones in many variations.
@@DavidSmith-kc4hz The coda and cadential material in the first and third movements, the non-idiomatic writing for the solo instrument, much (not all) of the orchestral writing is typically thick and colorless, the soloist is too often relegated to the low and middle of their range (same in Schumann's violin sonatas), ... Despite my misgivings, I love the piece. Even at his most troubled, Schumann could write wonderful music and that is one measure of his genius. Sorry you find comments that disagree with your own opinions so threatening, such that you have to dismiss them as 'false' w/out even considering why someone might hold them. If you're not interested in why, why ask or even respond if you're so sure they're unworthy of consideration? You must have a hard time on social media. Happy listening.
Saying the obvious but there is no right and wrong in assessing music which gives an emotional response. One person liking it is as valid as someone else not. Analysing really does not add weight to the argument. Having said that I agree with conventional wisdom that this is in the second tier of violin concertos though I still like it.
Unidiomatic, yes, but fully intentional. Schumann composes against a music-historical horizon that already knows several distinct violin idioms. In Schumann, these meet a romantic experimental conception of art whose basic convictions include the idea of transcending, of breaking boundaries. Complaints about uncomfortable playing techniques, however, do not really affect the nature and value of the work itself. The dominant use of the middle register is part of Schumann's personal style and common in his piano music, for example. It is an aesthetic choice, probably due to a certain aversion of Schumann to ringing virtuosity and dazzling brilliance, but certainly not due to any inability. The orchestration is an eternal bone of contention and especially with regard to the mentioned imbalances, there are arguments that attribute this to a certain lack of practicality in Schumann's handling of the orchestra. A good conducting and listening less from Brahms, with regard to the independence of the orchestral part and motif work, and from Tchaikovsky, in terms of brilliance and colorfulness, often already helps here and lets Schumann's peculiarity shine all the more clearly. I consider the still colpotted supposed weakness of his late compositions to be a well-cultivated commonplace, which is about as original as the assertion that Beethoven would not have been able to compose a fugue.
My understanding is there were some errors in the published edition of the score for this work which were corrected by the Austrian violinist Thomas Zehetmair when he performed it in 1988. Are they playing this particular edition with the corrections?
Honestly, mixed feelings. It's beautifully played and nice hearing it on period instruments which lend a lovely transparency and delicasy. By the same token, it sounds thin compared to a modern orchestra like, say, the (somewhat heavy-handed) perfomance by Shijo and the FRS or Ms. Faust's performance with the RAI. Still, very nice and I look forward to repeated listenings.
Hay interpretaciones que hacen grandes a obras menores. Este es un gran ejemplo de cómo sacar partido a una obra deslabazada y falta de ideas (entiéndaseme, estamos hablando de Schumann). Bravísimo por la orquesta a las órdenes de un magnífico y siempre sorprendente director Pablo Heras y chapeau por Isabelle Faust que hace una lectura elegante y llena de emoción de una página con poco espacio para el lucimiento. ¡Enhorabuena!
Falta de ideas? Es un reflejo de lo que tenia en su mente, es su estado mental en musica, un sentido de no direccion y de dolor espiritual en sus pasajes, es la LOCURA hecha musica esta pieza. En fin, la belleza esta en el ojo de que mira, como dice el dicho, no todo el mundo es permeable a todo el arte.
It is incredible and shameful that this piece has been considered as weak and had been hidden for so long. His weirdness, tempestuous and extremely syncretic esthetics (from barocco ouverture style to extreme tonal tensions), is only depth and reflects what the dying Schumann, from the edge of madness, had to say.
There are so many people (fortunately less than 50 years ago) that just don`t "get " Schumann. For all the criticisms of his symphonies (by academics mainly) they all still with us and probably played more now than earlier. Several have tried to "improve" the orchestration (Mahler for example) but Schumann`s original are the versions we always use. Perhaps , just perhaps it is because he DID know what he was doing and WE have been wrong all these years ? The orchestration is right for the music, that is the general conclusion. Take the first symphony, would someone with no ear for orchestral colour have used a triangle to give the tingle of the first feeling of spring after a long winter ? The later orchestral works are more thickly scored certainly but it works for this music. Schumann is the quintessential Romantic , here is epitomised the romantic struggle as we find in Byron. Make the orchestration clear and the struggle is gone. I would argue his single greatest orchestral achievement is the Manfred Overture (after Byron.) Two great romantics together. Schumann`s inspiration here is of the highest order, it is white hot and the orchestration perfect for the works dark colours, it is nothing less than a masterpiece and proves Schumann COULD write for the orchestra , the orchestral writing is ever bit as fine as found in any Brahms work
One of the trickiest things about this concerto is that problematic tempo marking of the third movement. If one were to follow what was written on the paper (♩= 63), that movement full of polonaise rhythm is totally lost, and doesn't feel like it's dance. Too fast, well, is that really a dance? Feels too rushed without feeling like it's polonaise. I have different recordings of this concerto and decided to measure the tempo. Turns out that Faust's tempo was slightly faster than ♩= 63 (Gidon Kremer followed what Schumann wrote), and was slower than what other violinists chose to do. I didn't realize her tempo pick (♩= 67) was that slow before actually measuring it myself because that sense of "dance" was very much present, unlike the Kremer version. Just shows what she's capable of! As someone who fell in love with this piece thanks to this very recording, I am glad I flew to Toulouse this May to listen Faust play this magnificent piece on 25 May 2024. Brava to Faust, and also brava to Anja Bihlmaier and Orchestre national du Capitole du Toulouse.
This is performed on a violin in 19th-century setup, with the gut strings which were used well into the 20th century. Likewise, although it's the Freiburg Baroque Orchestra, they're playing on 19th-century instruments or replicas thereof. The orchestra is the size of most German orchestras of the mid (and even later) 19th century - and vibrato was not the norm for orchestral players. Even its too-frequent use by soloists was condemned by Joseph Joachim and Leopold Auer.
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This violin concerto composed by Schumann is a masterpiece of harmony and delicacy. The violin solos are wonderful and fully framed in romanticism of the period.
Isabelle Faust is an amazing violinist, for the delicacy, virtuosity and magnificent sound she extracts from the instrument. This violin concerto is a pearl of this romantic period for its fabulous and incredible beauty. Viva the music of Schumann. The direction and the orchestra are flawless. Thanks for the magnificent recording and the fantastic moments of pleasure it gives us.
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I can't help but be moved, cry for the beauty of this masterpiece, enjoy every touch of the orchestra, feel the radiant soul that Schumann embodied. Thank you for sharing this to the world!!!
It was one cold winter day in Salzburg and I was at a friend's place, drunk, a bit high then I left to catch last train to Hallein. It was only 10 mins road but I fell asleep at the train and opened my eyes on a station far from home. It was too cold and dark to bike back, I decided to spend 3-4 hours at the station and wait for the first train, put my headphones and started to listen to radio. Then I heard this concerto for the first time in my life, a lady announced it is the next piece, hmm meh from Schumann?? A composer I respect but not really like much (I feel far from aesthetics of Romanticism, I love everything about Baroque).. I've started to listen this concerto, I liked it so much, I was so shocked how somewhat odd it is compared to other romantic concerti also and it was such great 30 minutes in middle of silence on a winter's night. Then I kept listening and listening it on next months, and now I am more than happy to see there is an authentic recording of it by Freiburg Baroque, this is an INCREDIBLE recording, I love how ''meaty'' strings sound, triple more meaningful timpani part compared to all other modern recordings/how direct brass sounds, how Mrs Faust interprets it incredibly and how nothing is exaggerated in no way. Thank you very much for making this possible! Salutes from İzmir/Turkey. :*
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Every morning, when I get up, my first routine I do is to play music. Sometimes, I just click the one UA-cam recommends. As you did, I also thought Schumann? But I clicked. Cause I loved the one it picked yesterday: Auf dem wasser zu sigen by Schubert.
Like you, I am moved by her performance. I like your understanding of this classial piece.
So weird to see this comment pop up cause I'm living in Salzburg since 3 years and also listening to this concerto at 1:30 am... Are you me or am I you?
On the other hand I love Schumann and play many of his works on the piano. I can’t stand the violin concerto. I see it’s disorganization, and Schumann’s insanity in every measure. Neither Clara nor Brahms wanted it to be ever published.
Diese Aufführung ist einfach großartig und eine Sternstunde der Schumann-Interpretation. Ich hatte schon als Kind eine Schwäche für dieses Konzert, habe es aber noch nie so schön gehört wie mit Isabelle Faust und dem Freiburger Barockorchester.
Fabulous. Got so excited I dropped a glass of decent red wine on the floor. Worth the sacrifice.
I came across this concerto - performed by Yehudi Menuhin - on a morning concert, sometime in mid-1960s, on BBC's Radio Three. I was in my mid-teens and it held my attention even then, when I was relatively new to listening to classical music. I have heard it live just once - an amateur performance some 15 years ago - and I love it still.
I had no idea Schumann wrote a concerto for violin & orchestra despite enjoying classical music since around 1972. The more I listen to it, the more I love it. The intensity of the first movement. Marvelous!
This has to be the best performance of this very underrated, and difficult piece ive ever heard. Ms. Faust control of the bow and her tone and phrasing is beyond words. Both soloist and orchestra sounded like one single instrument, the tone of gut strigs is the most natural and "human" for my taste, the violin sound was melted with the orchestra. The only thing I can say is THANK YOU!
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This is the first time I’ve heard of this violinist and heard her play, and I’m really enjoying her….what a wonderful musician! I really love her interpretation of this wonderful concerto, and the orchestra is excellent, too!
I am grateful to all artists who take it upon themselves to perform the music of Schumann's last period.
This particular performance brings out vividly the inner sense of impending doom that Schumann felt during those last few years, knowing as he did, that his mental universe was in the process of collapse. And yet, the bard still could find within himself angelic music flowing from a heavenly source: There are precious moments of serenity in which Der Dichter accepts his destiny with equanimity.
I am very familiar with Schmann's symphonies and piano pieces (including his wonderful piano concerto) but just recently discovered this piece. I am definitely adding it to my favorites. Beautiful.
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Likewise! I have listened to much Schumann and to encounter this for the first time was such a wonderful surprise
This beautiful Schuman concerto has been very ...very underrated along with many others of his works. It is certainly a master piece. MS Faust plays It with great passion. Thanks!!!👏😃
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This orchstra is one of the best I've heard in my 58 years. The sound, the play, dynamics, tempos, everything absolutely ....well, if not perfect, as close to perfect as possible. It's just right. Today everything is "great", but this orchestra is outstanding. Every time I come here I'm impressed again and again. It reminds me what "playing music" is, was, or should be. The sound.....the sound!! Is it the instruments d'époque? Just fantastic. Thank you for existing! And that goes to Isabelle as well.
Incredible performance by everyone!! This is the best recording of the Schumann's Violin Concerto. It has the perfect tempo which makes it even more beautiful to hear. I am a great fan of Schumann's works and this one is my most favourite piece. Hopefully, in future I will hear this masterpiece live in Berlin. Thanks again for this recording 😁.
Thank you for this masterpiece from a master, Clara's beloved, Robert. Isabelle Faust so expressively brings out the various moods of this Romantic beauty.
This is the best recording of this concerto!! 👏👏The period instruments give such a richness in the sound
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Incredible performance, great interpretation : thank you very much !
Whether or not he was ill, Robert Schumann nevertheless produced a real gem. It absolutely deserves to be as widely known and performed as Tchaikovsky, Mendelssohn, Bruch, Brahms and others. I should add that I feel much the same way about Dvorak's fantastic violin concerto.
Totally agree.
Not to mention the neglected concertos by Nielsen (as good as the Sibelius) and Glazunov.
Interpreting music through the lens of a composer's "mental illness" is pretty much subjective.
It could easily be argued that Beethoven was mentally ill in his last years, even though he was not officially diagnosed. His masterpiece, the Ninth, was composed then.
@@gordonthompson5878 The Nielsen concerto is a gem, as is most music by that Great Dane 🙂
I usually have the big violin concertos: Beethoven, Brahms, Tchaikovsky, Mendelssohn, Sibelius, Dvorak, Schumann. Doesn't mean others aren't great of course (Mozart, Bruch, Vivaldi, etc.)
A true masterpiece and an interpretation of rare sensitivity and taste. Confratulations from Brazil, Mrs. Faust.
The soloist's care and sensitivity in extracting every morsel of music out of this score is impressive. It is the best I've heard. The orchestral treatment is unusual, particularly with the finale in keeping chamber music intimacy and not trying to compete with 19th century dynamics. Whether Schumann intended this approach or not, all together it sounds more sane and inventive than the way the concerto was first described. Glad to have listened.
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This performance is a revelation. I first heard Schumann's concerto in a live 1963 WTTW broadcast with Szeryng. I loved it, got the music and started working on it. I've heard it many times, but never like this. I realize that, as much as I loved this piece, I have misunderstood it, as have many others, including those who have tried to "fix" it. This is not a showpiece, and the rest of us trying to make it one were making a mistake. Faust and the FBO approach this as an intimate chamber work expressing Schumann's deepest emotions. Second movement m27-29 seemed clumsy until hearing them in this performance (18:45-19:05). What once seemed an unconvincing transition to the last movement becomes (20:55-21:20) a clear representation of Schumann's recovery from the inexpressible emotional state of the second movement to his recovery in the third. The connection between the last and middle movement is crystal clear, helped by the tempo, the balance and, in particular here, the use of gut strings and period instruments. Words don't work well here. This performance needs to be heard sitting down in a quiet place.
I didn't know isabelle Faust. What a fantastic musician. Bravo a lot! And the orchestra...oh la la!
What a unique journey and what a lovely person Isabelle Faust is.
Isabelle is fantastic as always, and Petra must be one of the best concertmasters you'll ever see in your lives leading an orchestra, and she's also a great soloist...
Wonderful! Very joyful. It might be placed among my favorite violin concertos, alongside Bartók's 2nd Violin Concerto and Sibelius's. Thank you for uploading this.
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IT'S such a privilege to hear contemporary instruments give clear explication. Wonderful find
It’s usual to hear great performances, but listening to something that make you tear up very easily because it’s directed to the heart in the most raw form, this is rare … so much emotions and artistry, thank you for this
Absolutely sublime. Underrated. Should reach a much wider audience . Majestic and melodic. Wow.
I really liked this interpretation of Schumann's violin concerto. The tempo is close to the author's vision of this music. It is simply mesmerizing.Schumann's genius at its highest point.Thanks to the performers...
...and it’s even more pleasant when the conductor smiles, the soloist and orchestra members answer him
Very dramatic, deep and calm in details, an alla Barroco performance. A very creative new reading of this underrated score. Bravo, Pablo, en Graná pueden estar orgullosos de ti. And bravo, Ms Faust, excellent performance.
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That's not a Baroque performance. This is performed on a violin in 19th-century setup, with the gut strings which were used well into the 20th century. Likewise, although it's the Freiburg Baroque Orchestra, they're playing on 19th-century instruments or replicas thereof. Look at the length of the fingerboards on the string instruments, the 19th-century bows, the valves on the horns and trumpets, all the keys on the woodwinds. The orchestra is the size of most German orchestras of the mid (and even later) 19th century - and vibrato was NOT the norm for orchestral players. Even its too-frequent use by soloists was condemned by Joseph Joachim and Leopold Auer.
Isabelle Faust plays with great sensitivity and nuance, more so than other performances on YT. In my original posting I went on to say that to my ears the baroque violin doesn't have the warmth or power to fully capture the romantic sensibility of this concerto. But after listening to it again, better prepared for the absence of lushness, I think it works very well indeed. It's now my preferred version.
That's not a Baroque violin. It's a violin in 19th-century setup, with the gut strings which were used well into the 20th century. Likewise, although it's the Freiburg Baroque Orchestra, they're playing on 19th-century instruments or replicas thereof. Look at the length of the fingerboards on the string instruments, the 19th-century bows, the valves on the horns and trumpets, all the keys on the woodwinds...
I enjoyed the music for a few reasons. You can hear its the person who wrote the spring symphony, Rhenish symphony, scenes of childhood and the 4th symphony... This filled me with excitement. I have not been well, and it calmed me down, this violin concerto. Thanks to all the musicians.
The slow movement is gorgeous - really made me think of Brahms-gorgeous solo cello in the beginning . Menuhin was right about this music whatever his reaons for playing it ! the 2nd movement immediately reaches toward one ! Though this will never become the audience favorite the piano concerto is the 9th minute drew tears from me . If ou spend time with this music it will affect you . Something torments almost every page here . I'm beginning to get this late Schumann . So much else he wrote at the end immediately wraps one this takes longer .
1st movement
0:15 begins | 2:14 build up | 2:18 moment | 5:46 inspirational transition | 9:30 | 14:02 inspirational transition |
2nd movement
16:06 begins |
3rd movement
21:32 begins | 32:19 ending
Absolutely perfect, Isabelle Faust!
Talk about control! Isabelle has it! GOD bless all performers in the name of Jesus! Wonderful job!😁
Thanks to all for correct Finale 's tempo & good rhythm in Schuman's Music!
Interpretazione memorabile di un concerto meraviglioso
Wonderful. And that Lento section is incredible. Great audio/video work. Thank you for sharing this.
Magistral, espléndido, reconfortante. Graciasssss.
¡De nada!
Awesome piece supremely performed, great combined artistry
What a happy family these perfomers! Would love to hear them interpret the Wolf-Ferarri and Nielsen as well. Outstanding in every way!
コンサートマスターの弾き方や受け止め方が、実に見ていて気持ちがいい。保身に走らず、ファウストに合わせながら、きっちりと受け止めて、音楽的表現をしようとしているところも、見逃せないところである。世の中には、ダレきったコンマスが多く見受けられるが、彼女の立ち向かった姿を見ると、安心感が出てくる。菅のお兄さんがトスをするシーンも、オーケストラワークが見ていて楽しい。病後のシューマンの作品という、因縁のいわくつき作品を、明るく熱意を持ってオーケストラがカバーしている点も、好感度が高く、作品以前のシューマン、が自然のなかを散歩する姿を、彷彿とさせる音楽的な豊かさ、作品を楽譜で見ると、そこまで病気だの、キチガイだの、とか言われるけれども、下記のコココさんの偏見的な意見は無視して、楽譜のなかでは、はっきりとシューマンは、明晰なシューマンで、端正な筆致であるように感じられる。
トゥルテを使っているから、いいにちゃいない、という意見は、ちょっと的外れな気もしなくともない。が、ペカット、サルトリー、リュポでも十分だし、バロック弓でも、ファウストなら、なんでも、使いこなせちゃうので、トゥルテだから、ええねん、という意見は、多少、見地が低いようにも感じる。
ついでに申し上げると、ドミナントでなければならない必要もないし、お構いなしに、ガット弦で、ついでに、ちょっと扱いの難しいトゥルテってわけで、バロック弓でも、ファウストなら熟せる、というのがぼくの意見です。
加えて、バロックオーケストラの、やる気満々なところも、評価が高く、作品のネガティヴな一面から、新解釈に発展した作品になっているのおもうのです。
Gorgeous piece of music 🖤
Extraordinary performance ! Solid and powerful as a rock, transparent as glass!
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the most incredible coda ever 14:16. One of my absolute favorite moments.
No performance Ìs as interesting and intriguing and captivating as her inspirational performance
And this Ìs a heartfelt gift to Schumann lovers
My emotion Ìs immeasurable depths
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I didnt even know this existed. It's lovely
When the orchestra swells over her at 14:52 it brought me to tears❤
Questo concerto è degno di stare accanto agli altri celebri lavori per violino ed orchestra
Amazing concert !
I had never heard this concerto, and it's quite a revelation. I would not say it's a consistently strong work, there are some weaker moments I think. but some of the themes and instrumental details are of great beauty. How Joachim could have been so dismissive about it I cannot understand.
Musicaliat, dinàmica i emoció. No es pot demanar més. Una meravellosa interpretació de la freiburger barockorchester i Isabelle Faust… i no podem oblidar a qui a coordinat aquesta obra d’art, el mestre Pablo Heras Casado
Ti amo Schumann con la stessa intensita' che nutro per Beethoven e Mozart!
Excellent performance. Schumann himself would be proud!
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I guess It is Schumann’❤ itself. Thanks
She is so cute and beautiful. And what an amazing control. I loved it. Bravo!!!
Спасибо за запись.
Fantastic!!!
Sounds amazing, and what atmospheres...
Fantastische Geigerin, eigentlich meine Lieblingsgeigerin. Und als Person ist sie sehr nett und sympathisch
Che Energia in questo Concerti a tratti elegiaco a tratti esplosioni di Forza Vitale !
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A flawed work but Schumann reaches such transcendence that it hardly matters. The development of the first movement always brings tears to my eyes as does the other-worldly slow movement. It's as if he had finally stopped struggling and had begun the process of finally letting go.
Often heard this being flawed yet no one can ever explain just where it is flawed. I've known it for fifty years, though never played it myself, and still cannot find any flaws so isn't it about time that this false theory is dropped along with that equally useless comment that Heifetz is cold yet produces searingly heated tones in many variations.
@@DavidSmith-kc4hz The coda and cadential material in the first and third movements, the non-idiomatic writing for the solo instrument, much (not all) of the orchestral writing is typically thick and colorless, the soloist is too often relegated to the low and middle of their range (same in Schumann's violin sonatas), ... Despite my misgivings, I love the piece. Even at his most troubled, Schumann could write wonderful music and that is one measure of his genius.
Sorry you find comments that disagree with your own opinions so threatening, such that you have to dismiss them as 'false' w/out even considering why someone might hold them. If you're not interested in why, why ask or even respond if you're so sure they're unworthy of consideration? You must have a hard time on social media. Happy listening.
It's not necessary to be crazy to be a great artist. But it helps.
Saying the obvious but there is no right and wrong in assessing music which gives an emotional response. One person liking it is as valid as someone else not. Analysing really does not add weight to the argument. Having said that I agree with conventional wisdom that this is in the second tier of violin concertos though I still like it.
Unidiomatic, yes, but fully intentional. Schumann composes against a music-historical horizon that already knows several distinct violin idioms. In Schumann, these meet a romantic experimental conception of art whose basic convictions include the idea of transcending, of breaking boundaries. Complaints about uncomfortable playing techniques, however, do not really affect the nature and value of the work itself. The dominant use of the middle register is part of Schumann's personal style and common in his piano music, for example. It is an aesthetic choice, probably due to a certain aversion of Schumann to ringing virtuosity and dazzling brilliance, but certainly not due to any inability. The orchestration is an eternal bone of contention and especially with regard to the mentioned imbalances, there are arguments that attribute this to a certain lack of practicality in Schumann's handling of the orchestra. A good conducting and listening less from Brahms, with regard to the independence of the orchestral part and motif work, and from Tchaikovsky, in terms of brilliance and colorfulness, often already helps here and lets Schumann's peculiarity shine all the more clearly. I consider the still colpotted supposed weakness of his late compositions to be a well-cultivated commonplace, which is about as original as the assertion that Beethoven would not have been able to compose a fugue.
Isabelle Faust is just amazing.
Fabulous romantic masterpiece, orchestrated by Heras Casado
Wunderbaar!!!
thankyou for nice performance
Wunderbar!!!!
they are phenomenal. but can i single out the principal cello? what amazing ensemble work!
Ich drücke dir die Daumen. Faust ❤❤❤
Underrated concerto, right ?
Great performance.
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Fabulosa, me encanta la orquesta barroca de Freiburg!!!!! Isabel Faust, ALUCINANTE!!!!!!
Quelle merveille
You must be willing to drop all prejudice to live this unique Concerto.❤
A very good version 🎙️
참 좋습니다(very good)!
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They make a compelling case for using modern instruments for Schumann. That opening tutti sounded like a piece for tympani and brass, mainly tympani.
And the 2nd movement is a compelling case for why they should be used.
Zertifizierter intergalaktische!
My understanding is there were some errors in the published edition of the score for this work which were corrected by the Austrian violinist Thomas Zehetmair when he performed it in 1988. Are they playing this particular edition with the corrections?
Extraordinario
Einzigartig!
Bravo
That dissonance around 5:28 is crazy! also around 19:13
Maravilha!
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Great performance. When was this recorded?
We're glad you liked it! This was recorded in May 2014 in the Berliner Philharmonie. 😊
This is Schumann’s last will
The insane babbling of a god
Honestly, mixed feelings. It's beautifully played and nice hearing it on period instruments which lend a lovely transparency and delicasy. By the same token, it sounds thin compared to a modern orchestra like, say, the (somewhat heavy-handed) perfomance by Shijo and the FRS or Ms. Faust's performance with the RAI. Still, very nice and I look forward to repeated listenings.
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Hay interpretaciones que hacen grandes a obras menores. Este es un gran ejemplo de cómo sacar partido a una obra deslabazada y falta de ideas (entiéndaseme, estamos hablando de Schumann). Bravísimo por la orquesta a las órdenes de un magnífico y siempre sorprendente director Pablo Heras y chapeau por Isabelle Faust que hace una lectura elegante y llena de emoción de una página con poco espacio para el lucimiento. ¡Enhorabuena!
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Falta de ideas? Es un reflejo de lo que tenia en su mente, es su estado mental en musica, un sentido de no direccion y de dolor espiritual en sus pasajes, es la LOCURA hecha musica esta pieza. En fin, la belleza esta en el ojo de que mira, como dice el dicho, no todo el mundo es permeable a todo el arte.
It is incredible and shameful that this piece has been considered as weak and had been hidden for so long. His weirdness, tempestuous and extremely syncretic esthetics (from barocco ouverture style to extreme tonal tensions), is only depth and reflects what the dying Schumann, from the edge of madness, had to say.
There are so many people (fortunately less than 50 years ago) that just don`t "get " Schumann. For all the criticisms of his symphonies (by academics mainly) they all still with us and probably played more now than earlier. Several have tried to "improve" the orchestration (Mahler for example) but Schumann`s original are the versions we always use. Perhaps , just perhaps it is because he DID know what he was doing and WE have been wrong all these years ? The orchestration is right for the music, that is the general conclusion. Take the first symphony, would someone with no ear for orchestral colour have used a triangle to give the tingle of the first feeling of spring after a long winter ? The later orchestral works are more thickly scored certainly but it works for this music. Schumann is the quintessential Romantic , here is epitomised the romantic struggle as we find in Byron. Make the orchestration clear and the struggle is gone. I would argue his single greatest orchestral achievement is the Manfred Overture (after Byron.) Two great romantics together. Schumann`s inspiration here is of the highest order, it is white hot and the orchestration perfect for the works dark colours, it is nothing less than a masterpiece and proves Schumann COULD write for the orchestra , the orchestral writing is ever bit as fine as found in any Brahms work
Thank you for sharing your observations with us.
One of the trickiest things about this concerto is that problematic tempo marking of the third movement. If one were to follow what was written on the paper (♩= 63), that movement full of polonaise rhythm is totally lost, and doesn't feel like it's dance. Too fast, well, is that really a dance? Feels too rushed without feeling like it's polonaise.
I have different recordings of this concerto and decided to measure the tempo. Turns out that Faust's tempo was slightly faster than ♩= 63 (Gidon Kremer followed what Schumann wrote), and was slower than what other violinists chose to do. I didn't realize her tempo pick (♩= 67) was that slow before actually measuring it myself because that sense of "dance" was very much present, unlike the Kremer version. Just shows what she's capable of!
As someone who fell in love with this piece thanks to this very recording, I am glad I flew to Toulouse this May to listen Faust play this magnificent piece on 25 May 2024. Brava to Faust, and also brava to Anja Bihlmaier and Orchestre national du Capitole du Toulouse.
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Its has a classical period sound.
it's because they are playing on gut strings!
This is performed on a violin in 19th-century setup, with the gut strings which were used well into the 20th century. Likewise, although it's the Freiburg Baroque Orchestra, they're playing on 19th-century instruments or replicas thereof. The orchestra is the size of most German orchestras of the mid (and even later) 19th century - and vibrato was not the norm for orchestral players. Even its too-frequent use by soloists was condemned by Joseph Joachim and Leopold Auer.
cd's Schumann : Maestro Henryk Szeryng LSO , Fr.P. Zimmermann ...
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ファウストの知的な試みは見事に成功している。
シェリンクは弾いたら、シェリンクだし、個人的な個性が加味されていて、ちょっと聞きにくかったりする。あれも、これも、ヨシュアベルだったら、あー、ヨシュアベル的な弾き方だな、と、上手いけど、わかるけど、ちゃうなあ、と思ったりもする。
ヴィオラマテオさんの評価は、そーそー、と納得できるものである。ファウストの弾き方が、たしかに風変わりなように聞こえるところもあるが、まさにジーニャス、ガット弦でもできるんだぜ、ってところが、高評価に繋がるところで、意欲的な演奏と感じる。
問題提起を含むところが、ファウスト流の最近の傾向で、シューマンへの偏見や、偏りや見方を崩してやる、という前史的なものに対する歴史的な試み、と受け取っても構わないだろう。
むろん、そういうことを抜きにしても、楽器はめちゃめちゃ音質がいいし、弾き方はいうまでもなく、マエストロだから、ふつうに聞いている分にも、ずいぶん贅沢なもの、ファウストは、将来は伝説的な、ヴィルトゥオーゾな、堂に入った、現在においては、もっとも輝かしい存在であるといっても過言ではあるまい。
たくさんストラドはあるけど、「眠れる森の美女」、すなわち、スリーピング・ビューティーは、ピチピチで、神々しい音には、いつもクラッとします。
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Very good performance, but I don't understand why she doesn't play it by heart.