David Oistrakh Plays Ysaye Sonata no.3 "Ballade", 1955 Concert in Japan
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- Опубліковано 23 кві 2013
- 1. Oistrakh has three performances of the work recorded: in 1947, in 1966, and the present recording. The earliest sees the technically most reliable playing, and the 1966 performance (pirated by the major label Philips, who withdrew from the copyrights after a brief release) has the sound presented to its full splendor, which is rather necessary to do justice to Oistrakh's output. What is special about the recording in 1955 is its staggering tempo, almost to the verge of technique limits, yet under the control of the masters' hands, as if there is still more room for the shaping of music to deform in flexible elegance.
2. The motive for Oistrakh to adopt such a quick tempo was possibly originated in absolute artistic sensitiveness (to variant performing circumstances, physically and culturally speaking). Oistrakh, an exceedingly generous and humble man in spirit, brought to Japan, where he was treated with uncommon flattering manners that was almost incomprehensible to the western cultures, simply all his best. It was eager for the maestro to exert the magic to its most astonishing.
3. What a pure intonation, lucidity in the doubles, swifting changing of positions, and incomparable bowing techniques. However above all, there is the musicality projected onto a virtuoso piece, making music out of incoherent blocks.
"...the best knowledge of the physical laws of sound" Howard Taubmen.
Imagine you are a girl, and your crush just picks a violin and says "I'll play a ballade for you, my dear" and starts playing Ysaÿe 3...
I would actually be so impressed because I definitely can't play it-
It's the piece you play for your girlfriend after you've just had a screaming row and want to get to the angry make-up sex already :P
Well if my crush was David oistrakh it’d probably be pretty awesome
@@meandermyself61 that's right
I would marry that crush violinist in a moment. And he should play it for me every morning :)
Every time I hear this, I think of an epic video game battle.
La meilleure interprétation de cette Sonate que j'ai entendu. La sonorité de son violon est exceptionnelle.
I love this violinist and the piece. I have it on an Archiv LP that I bought in the 70s. David Oistrakh Recital, I think. Haunting. It's one of the few tapes I brought with me when my band toured Europe for 3 months.
I believe that Oistrakh was the best violinist of the 20th century, a giant among titans.
What I have always liked in Oistrakh and what I think is really his signature is the extraordinary tone. His sound is unique: muscular, rich, no flash. And the musicality is unparalleled, especially given the era. There are almost no recordings by him where I prefer the Heifetz or Milstein interpretations. I only wish his body of recorded works were greater.
I agree. Other than his instrument, the Marsick Stradivarius (1705), and his choice of strings--a very important feature which goes largely unnoticed by players of lesser stature-- what gave us his sound was a combination of his rather large hands, which made a larger 'print' on the string and the intervals correspondingly smaller for him and consequently more economically manageable in fast passages and position changes, and a 'weighty' bowing technique contributed greatly to his strong tone. Above that, for lack of a better way to put it, I'd say his commanding musical presence was the fuel that fueled an inner fire that burned so intensely . . .
Yes, the TONE is astonishing. Best, I think. Holy cow how sweet can it get?
que foto genial del genio ,la mejor foto de oistrac
נפלא! גאון!
esta es la mas genial y perfecta version de la ballade que escuche
Escucha como toca el mismo Ysaye ua-cam.com/video/XAWXEqTcX9w/v-deo.html
@@igormijal1 No hay grabaciones de Ysaye tocando sus sonatas. Ese no es Ysaye.
magnificent!!
Second fastest playing of this piece I have ever seen. Vengerov's rendition is however the fastest at I believe 5 minutes and approximately 21 seconds. Takes an unbelievable amount of virtuosity and skill to play such a piece this fast.
mightysmeagol Yes well, I would disagree strongly, however we all have different tastes in what we like in our music.It so happens that we have differing opinions about the musicality of Vengerov, and too often have I seen people in the comments section ripping each other apart about who they think is best.
I think it is important to understand that music is more subjective than objective sometimes... Where in Vengerov I see a fiercely passionate violinist, you may see someone who ruins immersion with the music with 'unnecessary body expressions', and that's absolutely fine, each to his own.
The most fastest is Boris Gutnikov !
This is so late compared to your comments, but I don't understand arguments about musicality. It seems to me that this is far too general. Vengerov, in his recording of the Ballade as an encore to the Sibelius, is really conscious of his sound and the colours he is making. Some decisions might seem too flashy, but he is certainly far more than a technician. Oistrakh has also a great insight for music and phrasing (listen to 0:20 to 0:35, for his mastery of the long phrase). In comparison, many recent violinists have no notion of phrasing, everything is chopped into meaningless motives without direction. Other good musicians are Kaler and Zimmermann. Discussions about speed are pointless. Music is not a sport.
mightysmeagol 2 years late but I personally feel that vengerov does have a lot of flash but I feel that you can certainly sense the passion in his playing although I have to agree that it does not come close to the masters of the past. But that's why they are called the masters;)
Btw love your uploads of the recordings❤️
@mightysmeagol Vengerov's aggressiveness with this piece is part of the appeal of his interpretation. This piece embodies chaos.
Po prostu geniusz
to my knowledge there are not 3 but 4 versions of this sonata by David Oistrakh. The other one was recorded in 1953 and published by Chant du Monde and Colosseum . One of the other masters in this repertoire (who fortunately recorded the 6 sonatas) is his pupil Gidon Kremer. I have in memory an unforgetable performances on stage in the seventies
Do you know the earliest recording?
Gidon Kremer by the way has some beautiful performances on You Tube playing Bach's Partitas and Sonatas for solo violin. I can't stop listening to them. I listen to them day and night and carry them around in my head all day and then replay them when I get home. There are no words to describe what he brings to those pieces.
Who disliked this 😱
Someone whose abilities to appreciate Ysaye are limited or non-existant.
@@technicalentity ...or they disliked this interpretation after listening to other performances of this piece as I did.
Probably someone who's IQ was impaired from taking too many vaccines prior to going to school.