8 Most Epic Classical Music Performances Everyone Should Watch
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- Kavakos - Paganini Caprice no. 5: • young Leonidas Kavakos...
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Heifetz - Hora Staccato: • Jascha Heifetz plays H...
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The other day I asked my mum if she’s heard of Leonidas Kavakos (cause she’s Greek) and she just replied “what do you mean have I heard of him? I know him, he’s good friends with your godfather” WTF MUM YOU REALLY NEVER THOUGHT TO TELL ME ALL THESE YEARS
OMG that's amazing!
What a late news
Woah, same with me. I was talking about our "family tree" with my mum and she told me that my great great great (it would be very long) grandfather was a king in our country oh lol. She said that during the world war these family trees were needed to know if anyone from our family was jewish aaaand they figured that, its pretty damn cool.
Ελπίζω να καταλαβαίνεις Ελληνικά, όπως την μαμά σου :)
BritishIdiots wow, small world
I’ve seen Vengarov booed and hissed at by a Greek audience when he walked on stage to replace an artist who went sick. It was at the Acropolis and he was only 18 yrs old. He walked on to a full concert hall of angry Greeks. Then he began to play .......anger quickly turned to gasps. When the concerto ended you could hear a pin drop before the place erupted in cheers. He played encores for an hour after the concerto. It was the most amazing concert and spectacle I’ve ever seen!
And his eyes never open 😳 it kills me how well they can play and it's just second nature. They must practice soooooo much for so long
@@laurieb3703 Not having eyes open is natural.
@@laurieb3703 you dont need to look at your fingers and he memorised all the music so closing your eyes lets you focus on the music more
Which video?
Great story and what a fantastic experience to be part of .
I feel like Kavakos is the only violinist that would make “If you can play it slowly, you can play it quickly” true
@@julianfrederick9082 I feel like you know exactly what he's trying to say even with the grammatical errors.
If not... "I feel like Kavakos is the only VIOLINIST IN existence..."
@@julianfrederick9082 it’s only a TH-cam comment lol
@@skylervalderrama1234 that’s true
@@julianfrederick9082 Good on you for pointing it out, even though I wonder how useful it is. It's certainly true that English is a remarkably simplistic language, but I definitely understand why someone wouldn't want to bother with its grammar.
not only heifetz but also kavakos
Twoset's completely genuine enthusiasm about classical music is absolutely contagious and has done more to popularize the genre than probably any other force this century.
They joke about being mediocre musicians, but that's not their role. They're hype men for a beautiful art that has fought relevance for years, and in that vein they are masters - virtuosos of presenting classical music to a public that has otherwise ignored it.
two words -- nodame cantabile. I think other countries still have a great love for classical music, it's just seems to have fallen here in north and South America
Exactly
I agree with you!! In between dance classes, I love watching their channel. I always loved listening to the violin. 🎻 A very underrated musical instrument. 😊
Paulinafunfit Err, the violin is not underrated, I’ll say that much
@@ab20_ I realize that now... 😊
The difference between how they listened was hilarious
Eddy: *Listens intentely, looking impressed most the time*
Brett: *depression in 3..2..1*
electrixVey not accurate for this video...
@@quentincharoy3996 It's pretty accurate at 7:38 tho
Brett is like why do I even play the violin
The S, I don’t think u get the joke.
pro hi bro... chill 🧊
Two things I really liked about this video:
1. The focus on interpretive stuff, rather than virtuosity.
2. The inclusion of one not-particularly-well-known performance (the Nadien).
Should absolutely do more of these -- I feel like they make us all better listeners!
Ashish Xiangyi Kumar you here, Ashish!! I’m a total fan of your piano channel! For those of you who don’t know it, check it out. Major league performances with the sheets and astute commentary.
+
Ashish endorsements! I also love the videos governed by their classical nerdy side the most. They have a lot to say about the world of interpretive decisions, and it's a rare opportunity to hear stuff like that
It's so great to find you here. I love how TwoSet brings all the classical music nerds together.
You are an absolute legend.
Alternate title:
*Twoset destroying their self esteem for 18 minutes straight*
They already destroyed their self esteem so many times, I'm always surprised there's any left for another video
and ours as well
More like TwoSet having an orgasm for 18 minutes straight
@@sapphireblue4031 lololololol
@@folded_pizza *eargasm
no one ever appreciates who puts the subtitles in, round of applause
Absolutely. They're the maple-mocha frosting on the cake: funny and pertinent, very much worth looking out for!
I agree. The subtitles are very much appreciated.
Believe me I do appreciate them
Artificial intelligence
@@SuperAkhil90 captions like these, which are not auto generated are done by people. You can see the words even before they are spoken over here.
normal people: this music is nice
Twoset: *headbang to classical*
Even I headbang to classical music
I went to a few concerts (before I realised it was too expensive and I hate audience noise), and felt weird because I was the only one who moved a bit when the music really rocked. Do most classical concert goers have no sense of rhythm?
i bang my head to rach and shosty
I also headbang to music
LOL XD Xp yup I die oof
I just stumbled upon this channel, two days into New Zealand's Grand National Stay At Home for the coronavirus. Two intelligent, generous, funny violin geeks. I feel better already.
Welcome! 🥳
Oh hello fellow New Zealander! Me too haha! ♥️
Canada here - just starting to venture outside. It was such a bonus to discover this! I love you guys!!
Same with me! Haha twoset has Fans from all around the world, love from Hong Kong
@@LilacLoveMaze0613 ayy NZ gang
A few years ago I was teaching a student the Bach sonata and we listened to Hillary Hahn's performance. Student looked at me like I was nuts for wanting her to play that song. I had to reassure her I wasn't expecting her to sound like Hillary because no one sounds like that except Hillary...
Absolutely. Agreed 199%.❣❣❣🍾🥂
The second one with Hilary sounds like she is playing a duet with herself and is like anwering with the violin.
Like two violins talking to each other. It's amazing♥
Ikr? It's almost like two ppl ;-; God that's out if this world talent
That is because many of Bach’s compositions have multiple voices. The Fugues have 4 voices
@@suryatallavarjula3184 thank you. It's good to know.🥰
She does it in the cadenza of the Beethoven concerto and it's absolutely stunning
If you haven't heard it already, you should listen to her performance of Bach's Chaconne from Partita No. 2 for solo violin (BWV 1004). In my opinion it's just about the pinnacle of musical performance, and it makes extensive use of the multiple voices.
Me (an uncultured person) watches a performance: Yea that sounded good
Me watching the same performance after watching two-set: OH WOW THAT BLEW MY MIND AWAY!
Same! Cause after you watched twoset talking about it you know the reason WHY it is good. And then you can appreciate it more
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One performance I often feel is overlooked is Maxime Vengerov's performance of Sibelius Violin Concerto. He puts so much emotion into it that it really makes the listener completely ignore the notes but instead get entrapped within the emotions of the song
His Tzigane as well :)) - Seeing him at the end of the month (corona-gods willing), couldn't be more excited!
I agree, my attention span usually doesn’t exceed two minutes but when I watched that performance it seemed like it was gone in a second because it pulls you in every single second. I love how expressively he plays
Agreed! His Sibelius Violin Concerto is one of my top 2! Oistrakh being first. Very captivating for sure!
yeah it almost made me cry when i heard his double stops
Sorry had to unlike to make it a 100
"I'm going deaf anyway........ TRIPLE FORTISSIMO"
-Ludwig van Beethoven
"Might as well take out the whole orchestra with me." -Ludwig van Beethoven
"Frick this, let's just make it...
FORTISSISSISSISSISSISSISSISSISSISSISSISSISSISSISSISSISSISSISSISSISSISSISSISSISSIMO!
When I heard Hilary Hahn playing, I thought it was very easy, but after watching Brett and Eddy try and explaining I learned how hard it is. Mad respect ✊
That's how deceptive a lot of Bach pieces are. They are straightforward elegance from which you can't hide your flaws, they make you feel naked. To make them sound good you HAVE to have control -- they're daunting to play since it feels like they're exposing you.
Very easy? How? It sounds like two violins at the same time.
@@OsvaldoBayerista To non musical ears it might sound easy bc she played it so well making it so easy and thats the art of music making something hard sound easy
Twoset: *puts Hilary’s Sibelius on the thumbnail and doesn’t put that recording into the video*
Me: tHaT’s sAcriLiGioUs
I prefer Soyoung Yoon th-cam.com/video/J6GGBnhLZV0/w-d-xo.html
I've seen that performance, it's outstanding.
@Carl Walker I’ll check out that recording. But, seeing Hahn play a piece completely outside of her comfort zone so brilliantly will always make it one of my favorites.
Künstlerin-DAB1995 Absolutely
>implying twoset never made clickbait title / thumbnail
Can’t help but think of when TwoSet were playing the “Imitating Famous Violinists” guessing game with Ray Chen as they were going over the performances. 😆 And as someone that isn’t a musician but just listens to music, I really appreciate TwoSet explaining what makes these performances iconic, how they interpret them and how it impacted them as they listened to it. Hopefully we can get the next top 2!
Hillary Hahn is 40 years old. She plays like she practiced 40 hours each day.
*HILLARY HAHN IS LING LING*
HH: Busted.
Or Ling Ling 's mom
No, she was ling ling missing sister
40 hours a day yes
Roman Kim is Ling Ling
One of my favourite things in life is watching performances like this with another violinist and you both first drop your jaws then start laughing at the same time because it’s just so unbelievable. My mum has advanced dementia and it’s my favourite thing to do with her. She is/was a professional violinist and can remember/sing along with every note even though she can’t remember much else. Her response to music is as/even more intense than it ever was
See Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga
Bro people tell me that classical music helps them focus, but there’s so much going on, it doesn’t make you focus on what you’re doing, it makes you focus on the piece- like some of these are too epic, if I hear Sibelius violin concerto play in my earphones just before I sleep, I stay awake until I finish it
...yes. Yes yes yes. God I thought I was weird. I can have pop and rock as my background music, but I can't do it with classical music. I always regret it whenever I do my revisions.
Use douze etudes by debussy
I feel you. I don't understand people who say that
Exactly
Omg so relatable
Ben Lee: S A C R I LE GI OU S BOI
Kavakos: can actually play fifteen notes a second and you can hear every note if you slow it down to .75 or .5
GHS Fiddle Club it’s actually more close to 14 nps, but still impressive
GHS Fiddle Club not to mention the piece he played is infinitely harder than bumblebee
Can play more than 15 notes a second with more accuracy and intonation.
@@axleylefennec lol
3:57 she’s playing so fast that it doesn’t even look like she’s moving!
Mikey12b Juarez I spit out my coffee when I read your comment. Lmao!
I smell a woosh coming
Prixius Necrolance naaah
@@prixiusnecrolance still nahh
İt is a picture guyssss
It's amazing how Kavakos' performance could somehow be compared to all the "fastest violinist" mockery which TwoSet exposed - and yet his case is so fundamentally different! Impeccable musicality, playing all the notes etc. It's a masterpiece performance.
Karmapa khyenno for kavakos !!! Marpa lotsawa fan here..😊
When twoset starts explaining musical words now after they posted a few hundred videos containing words I've never heard before
Praise for Editor-san for the notes 👏
One of my favorite recurring Twoset moments:
Eddy: This is so impossible
Brett: Yeah, look, I can't do it
Brett: *DOES IT*
Eddy: :-O
Brett : :-O
I think I've seen five variations of it in the last day or two
pita bowl terrier brett is very talented and he has very good virtuosic technique though. i’m not that surprised ;)
6:53 :-O
@@ajchandra7735 *very practiced
@@Pakkens_Backyard well yeah interestingly, brett is generally better at techniques than eddy although they must have practiced equally hard
When you actually start to learn how to play a violin, those recordings seems way MORE insane. Just stroke bow is already crazy and they're absolutely controlling it... And the more you learn, It gets worse... Like, HOW??
That's true for pretty much anything. As a F1 fan, you have no idea the difference it makes in liking the sport when you know the amazing amount of precision and effort it takes to make a car go that fast. The engineering perfection is what makes me love it the most. And yeah, as a non violinist, I just like the sounds and the picture it paints in my mind. TwoSets commentary is a nice glimpse onto that perspective though
@@jyuppiter4540 So ture. It's like, In every field, knowing and learning something is like you get a whole new sight. Opening a new door that can access to whole different world.
actually START
@@indradityasarkar oh thx!
the more you know, the less you think you do
How refreshing, a channel that doesn't simply look at fast and flashy but is equally impressed by soft phrasing...exactly the aspect of musicianship that NOT get the public's love.
I like it better when 2set are talking about what inspires them, rather than what makes them cringe.
Lamadesbois but... can’t we have both? 😂
@@OneWhoDreamsAwake yes we can. I would prefer if they only did positive videos though. But this is just my opinion 🙂
YES
Sometimes cringe videos are nice, too, but this is really informative and interesting content that I like the most, you can actually learn something from it
Part 2, please!
i think it helps to make them more likeable when they talk about what they enjoy all starry-eyed, but the criticism they offer is actually pretty interesting. I have a decent understanding of musical theory, but for someone with no background in classical music, I've learned quite a bit about it even from their cringe vids. I think it's important to show what makes an amazing musician, but it can be equally helpful to show what DOESNT make one.
They also provide a decent insight on what precisely bothers, them. I don't know much about violin so when someone makes a mistake that isnt glaringly obvious i often times don't know what they mucked up, it helps when they pause the video and explain what shouldn't have been done.
Also, it's hilarious and those videos are the initial reason someone like me with no background in classical music or violin, decided to subscribe to them.
100% agree
Kavakos: The original epic 15 notes a second violinist!
He's amazing, that's how you speed play. ( ´･ω ก` )
Stole that comment out of my mind. Take my like!
@@makeda6530 but He was actually good! Speed and accuracy, really is legendary
@@nataliawynter701 Oh definitely!
Put it faster
These performers: gods
Eddie & Brett: mere mortals
Me: a toad. Not even on the same scale.
Imafly
*not even plays violin*
A frog at the bottom of a well
I'm a bacteria.😭
@Martha H pjo ??
anne-sophie mutter playing the tschaikovsky violin concerto. especially the 2nd movement. never heard a tone like that on a violin.
Come on Leonardo! Not true! Ann-Sophie Mutter the most over-rated violinist ever! Mutter restless! Mutter out of the rhythmic balance all the time! Only reason Mutter is famous because Karajan was hers friend! Mutter never played in the big violin competitons and the reason is she is out second round! No prizes for restless Mutter!
@@RaineriHakkarainenbro did she attack your family or something 😭
@@RaineriHakkarainen I saw Anne-Sophie play the Beethoven concerto at Symphony Hall in Birmingham, in her final cadenza she was producing stunning harmonics that sounded like they were coming from somewhere other than her violin ! Until this live performance I too thought her association with Karajan was the reason for her fame, I was totally wrong.
One of the most epic live concerts I’ve attended to date was when my friends and I made a 2-hr drive to Chicago on a school night right before final exams to watch Ray Chen do Wieniawski Concerto No. 1...holy crap it was so epic and completely worth it
There's a version here on TH-cam, very recent. I was truly impressed.
Not joking, Brett's Tchaik drop IS my favourite Tchaik Violin Concerto performance. That playing is pure happiness, you can obviously see Brett and Eddy there playing with full heart. Seriously, whenever I remember about that livestream I start smiling.
No need to compare with other people!
Lena S. High five!
Lena S. YES
0:50 1: Paganini Caprice #5 (Leonidas Kavakos)
3:43 2: Bach Violin Sonata #3 (Hilary Hahn)
5:51 3: -Hora Staccato (Jascha Heifetz)-
7:20 4: Ysaÿe Violin Sonata #3 (Maxim Vengerov)
10:23 5: Dvorák Humoresque (Mischa Elman)
11:58 6: Tchaikovsky Pas de Deux (David Nadien)
14:15 7: Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto (Janine Jansen)
15:21 8: Beethoven Kreutzer (Anne Sophie Mutter)
Thank youuu for this!
@@madelinepanatex3211 Pleased to be of service
Thank you for the list!
Just for information, "Tchaikovsky Pas de Deux" is a different pas de deux originally meant to be in the III act of swan lake, then replaced by another pas the deux, which is the one they listened to... The new pas de deux is commonly known as "Black Swan Pas de deux"😘
Thanks:)
5:57 Was replaced with "Monkeys Spinning Monkeys", by Kevin MacLeod. You are welcome.
Been watching for hours. I haven't got so hooked on something on TH-cam like this since I watched those little kids eating different foods from around the world. So nice to just hear professionals talk about something they truly know about and not someone who is a well-intentioned amateur like 90 percent of the net.
the fact that twoset knows about David Nadien just made me respect them so much more. His career wasn't "overshadowed." Nadien preferred to play in the studios, and he hated being in the NY phil lol.
David Nadien's violin sounds like something you would hear in an old movie. Probably like you said, it's the same guy playing it in the studio for a movie song.
He's one of my faves. He's mostly known his Suzuki recordings and I dunno if Twoset knew about that. They were Suzuki-trained, I believe.
myuudee I can’t find his suzuki recordings. Do you have a link?
the part with Heifetz, i was confused for a split second on why is he playing some tea spill music until the copyright issue notice flashed KSKSKS
Lol that tea spill music got me laugh
For me that's don't trust the rabbit music, because that was the first channel I heard that music from
As a non-musician, I REALLY LIKE this video. ‘Cause people me (or just me) who want to get a taste of classical music and usually don’t know where to start with. Especially when we don’t play any instruments and don’t have much knowledge about music.
All we have is a pair of ears, we do know what is good music but there are too much information and we are kind of overwhelmed with that. And this video help me to get a start.
I really enjoyed your videos 💓love you guys so much.
If you like piano a couple of piano gods that are currently still alive are Martha Argerich, Grigori Sokolov & Maria João Pires. There's more, but if you listen to their performances you'll already have a lot of choice of really awesome music
Nikki van Zanen Thank you for your suggestions!! I am currently reading a book which is about piano sonatas, I will definitely listen to those performances!!
I would not recommend starting with solo concertos or instruments. For me it was a lot easier to first start out with orchestral music. Like listening to the Beethoven Symphonies, Dvoraks mid- and late Symphonies, Tchaikovskys Symphonies and things like that. Most concertos for solo instruments tend to be complex in style and musicality and lack of melodie painting for their attempt to do show off passages or very difficult ones. This could be very unpleasent for beginners.
I disagree, for me it was the opposite. It was way easier to start with solo piano, which is easier to follow than a bunch of different instruments passing the melody along. I only later found orchestra music to be awesome, and that was through solo concertos. How about we keep it to be a personal preference?
Win Poon Here are some suggestions to explore; 2CELLOS
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KARAJAN (THE CONDUCTOR)
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JUSSI BJÖRLING - HELGA NATT
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SERGEI RACHMANINOV- CHOPIN
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LUCAS & ARTHUR JUSSEN - BACH
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MOZART FANTASIE
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"I can't do it" says Brett while doing it
Humble guy
I really thought Hilary Hahn was like in her late 20s. wow
Being fine/satisfied, with your inner self
And she has 2 kids
She is 40 years old?! What?! Incredible musical talent AND incredible genetics. God has his favorites I suppose....
@@carsonbarnesharp the secret it's play the violin
@@carsonbarnesharp that's what happens when you're a goddess
Violinist plays 800 notes per second:
Also violinist: i wAs pLaYiNg iT sLoW
Kavakos be like
The secret is cocaine
Turns out sometimes if you can play it slowly you CAN play it quickly
If you can play it fast, you can play it faster.
True
Brett and Eddy: Posted a video of them embracing their nerdy side
*Everyone liked that*
Hahn's Bach Sonata is SO wonderful.. Her tone is extremely warm and smooth..
This is so much fun--you guys are great (yeah, I was around in 1962). It reminds me of the time my late sister and I went to hear Henryk Szeryng and we had great seats just a few rows away from him (it must have been around 1972). We were just totally into his performance--might have been the Brahms (they used to call him the violinist's violinist) and at one point he had this big smile in our direction, like he was enjoying watching us. My beautiful sister went on to have a professional career cut short by cancer. But I bet that Hilary and Maxim have probably gotten a kick out of watching this, too.
Ah... your nostalgia is palpable.. precious moments with family. Also it's really kind of you to appreciate this duo who are trying to bridge the gap and bring classical to us younger generation. They are great.
I had the honor of meeting Hillary Hahn after a performance. Her performance was magnificent! Her interpretation of Bach brought tears to my eyes. And she is a really nice woman.
whoa.
I met her too. She was incredibly kind and even asked what pieces I was working on on the violin. :) It was an incredible performance and an honor to meet her.
U ppl r sooo lucky
the added definitions of musical terms and the clear explanations with examples are VERY appreciated! I don't know a single thing about music, but I'm learning so much and it's very fun to watch! thank you for making classical music more accessible!
Well put.
Same, same, Sophalizor
Kavakos is playing at around 15 notes per second for the paganini caprice 5, and the notes were accurate, AND it is a LOT more difficult than flight of the bumblebee
Okay, I think I'm with everyone else here, definitely make more of these! As a person who is practically completely new to the classical music world and not at all musically trained, (only artistically trained) it is so cool to hear about what pieces you guys believe are interesting and why!
I'm a sucker for the fine arts and can go on and on about favorite paintings or why certain paintings emit certain things. To hear about stuff like that but for classical music (and beginning to understand it slowly!) is extremely interesting. Makes me want to draw in my 40 hours a day too.
Please check out Baumgartner Restoration on TH-cam. Hope you like it.
can we give some love to editor-san for putting in the definition of all those musical terms????
THIS is really helping everyone understand classical music ❤️
I love how one of the"8 Most Epic Classical Music Performances Everyone Should Watch" that they chose was Humoresque, something that's just nice, pleasant, happy, not ridiculously fast. Take that, Flight of the Bumblebee! Didn't even make the list!
Jacey King I was thinking while listening to Humoresque “oh, this is what ben lee wished he could be”
humoresque is like huge nostalgia for violin students. i remember so vividly learning it with the instructor. i miss those days haha.
It's quite the exercise in bow division and this is where Elman shines most in this piece.
Flight of the Bumblebee is musically not that good, it's more of a speed exercise playing the chromatic scale.
I guarantee that never in my entire life would I be having any chance to look up their videos and listen to them by myself, if it wasn't for you guys. I didn't even know they exist before you introduced them through your videos. It seems you two have as an important role in this world as those musicians do in the small classical music bubble.
Brett: like a MACHINE GUN
Brett: eeeeeeerroooohhh
Me: Accurate interpretation of machine gun
My classmate in orchestra (doesn't know TwoSet) said to me that "it isn't good unless you play it fast".
Now we call him Ben Lee.
Plot Twist: The last two performances are Eddie and Brett.
Sheepposu 101 yeah
9 Brett: Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto
10 Eddy: Sibelius Violin Concerto
impressed by the fact that you *_instantly_* calculated Hilary Hahn's age at the time of her performance of the Bach Violin Sonata No.3 when seeing the year of the video . . . Hilary Hahn fanboy level 10 achieved
Ben Lee: I'm the fastest violin player on the planet
Leonidas Kavakos: hold my rosin
Lmao ducking God dude your a legend
that first guy accomplished what Ben Lee and Vov Dylan couldn't even dream of
it's so amazing to imagine how many hours they had spent on researching these performances, and how much effort and emotion they put on try to convey this touching feeling to us. thanks a lot. always love to watching your video, just for them could encourage me to fight for another day.
OMG THIS COPYRIGHT BS DRIVES ME INSANE! This channel is literally bringing the beauty and appreciation of violin to people who may not ever have even considered listening to it, and it's blocked for copyright. Shame.
Have a look at Hilary Hahn's rendition of Lark Ascending. She literally makes a violin sound like a beautiful flute. Broke my heart.
Thanks for the recommendation.
I know! Her recording of that is absolutely amazing!
I love Hilary Hahn!
Why use a violin then ?
Thanks for recommending this
I play the piano so I will recommend piano recordings.
So for Rachmaninoff it has to be Lugansky .His recordings of Rachmaninoff are just always great.
My favorite Liszt's "Dante sonata" and "Anne's de pelerinage" interpretation is by Berman . For Liszt's Etudes it's Kissin who is my favorite . And of course there's Kocsis and Cziffra left ,they are really great too. Liszt's "b Minor sonata" is really well played by Zimmerman .
For the Ravel's "concerto in g major" and "ondine" it has to be Michelangeli .
Chopin's best interpretator is I think Alfred Cortot .
I like recent Andsnes’s recording of Rachmaninov concertos. It sounds kinda Christmas-ish and snowy to me :)
So... who might be the best Scriabin performer in your opinion?
I love Ashkenazi interpretation of Rachmaninov, especially for the preludes, It makes it Russian, I feel it in every note.
For Chopin I like to listen to rubestein, but aside from him, I like Zimmerman interpretation too.
Speaking of highly talented pianists, there is Kyle Landry. Although, he mostly covers modern classical and soundtracks.
Adam Giorgy for Liszt's hungarian rhapsody
For amateurs performances I have to recommend my boy Barbaro Mr.
He has insane amount of skill for an amateur, he played through the entire Concerto for Solo Piano by Alkan without taking any breaks and without sheet music, he also played one of the most difficult pieces ever, "Le Preux" also by Alkan, the last bit with the octaves look absolutely insane.
For professionals there's Jack Gibbons and Yui Morishita, which are also Alkan focused pianists, they also have some insane performances, like Yui's performance of Scherzo Diabolico which you can't find on youtube.
As you can see I'm a big fan of Alkan.
Ling Ling: *exists*
Twosetters: hey, we can make a *religion out of this*
In 100 years Bill Wurtz the Fifth will produce a neural video explaining the history of the world and briefly mention the rise of linglingism.
Very old meme
ok I'm new to this channel and I keep hearing and reading "ling ling", "ling ling insurance", and I'm so confused when did this all start? who is ling ling? please end my suffering, and let me know.
@@navtmaria idk how it all started, but ill explain. Ling Ling is a guy or a girl who is perfect at every thing imaginable. He/She practices 40 hours a day and wins every competition in first place obviously. Ling ling insurance is an indulgence that a classical musician use to say something that can be considered too classy or elitist.
@@louisvalencia5244 thank you so much!!!! this makes more sense now.
Heifetz was an absolute animal.I grew up listening to him play Tchaikovsky's Violin Concerto and absolutely loved it.
Him: “I felt like I was playing slow”
...
Me:”BOY YOU WERE GOING SO FAST MY EARS COULDNT KEEP UP!”
I watched some of these recordings because your old video features them, or because you guys play a little bit of the piece and I'm curious what the rest sound like. When I first hear them I was gagging, and now you explaining what make it awesome makes me love them even more than before..
Agatha Vienny Same! I often listen to music they use in the videos. And now I can understand it better.
1:02 I can't even play the wrong notes that fast
I had to read twice 😂😂
Extremely original comment like i haven't seen this comment 10 times before! Brilliant work!
Sid lol
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i think i understand why kavakos thinks nadien is the best. at the highest level, all violinists can play with similar technique/skill, but rarely one possesses a certain quality of sound that is unlike any other. nadien’s sound just melts into the air. it feels to me like an angel is singing in my head
Hilary played this at the age of 18. Meanwhile, Me, an 18 year old, being a literal trash...
Same :((
I think I redefine trash
I'm 21 and still trash
i’m trash at violin because i’ve only done it once in my life
Never forget you arent trash, if at all you are a trash can and you know what? A trash can.
TH-cam Algorithm, "Watch these violin Nerds"...k, 11 vids later. I am now a professional violinist.
They are great
I misread this as "I am now a professional violist'
same tbh.
i love these videos where you just speak in depth about musical performances. there's something quite endearing about watching you two geek out on stuff. and yes, we do want the other two performances featured in another video. it's always a delight to discover more breathtaking pieces to listen to.
kudos to you all and stay safe!
What a treat to hear you guys comment on these top top recordings. For us non-violinists it adds a new dimension to our appreciation of the music. Heartfelt thanks.
Hilary Hahn: *starts playing*
Brett and Eddy: *smiles*
V.H. W. Me too...incredibly smooth
Really liked this type content.
You should make more of these. Plus also do piano music as sometimes the more subtle nuances in the phrasing of piano music are really noticed by musicians. Love you content guys. Keep it up!
its called twosetviolin not twosetpiano, brett and eddy may be professional violinists, but the level of insight and understanding they possess in terms of piano performances is comparatively limited. I recommend watching tiffany poon's videos if you want that level of analysis for piano playing.
@@samaritan29 Still though, they are still musicians. Like in the Lang Lang video, they noticed more things that I can. I'm not saying they do in depth analysis, which Tiffany Poon can certainly do as I watch her. But these reaction types of videos imo does not suit her style. In other hand, the reason why I specifically said phrasing, is that musicians of any instrument can generally pick-up subtle differences which a regular person like me cannot. They certainly cannot talk about technique accurately, but phrasing, I think they would do a good job even though they are violinists.
@@mgmanzanillo Being a able to "detect" phrasing is something regular musicians can do, and you are right in saying that twoset could react to piano performances based on this "phrasing", But you are really overrating their observations on lang lang, it is not difficult to notice things like phrasing - just ask yourself, does this musical phrase sing out the melodic line? what is its quality of tone? how do they shape the dynamics? rubato? what kind of articulation? Just ask yourself, what makes this performer's interpretation differ from a midi (robot's recording)? it really is that simple, also I think twoset making a video about observations on "piano phrasing" from past performances would suit their style even less than tiffany poon, as they probably would need a understanding of the actual piece in the first place (and why would they be familiar with a piano piece instead of violin). Regardless an intelligent appraisal of a performance comes from being able to an understand the mechanism behind how an instrument (eg. piano) is able to produce sound they way it does, and this differs from the violin, and of course an extensive listening experience is also paramount in being able to detect these things. And both of these can be accomplished by any regular person, there is nothing complicated about it, and you certainly dont twoset telling you what to think, thats what makes music so personal and subjective, it is a lesson that we must learn for ourselves, what is personally valuable to us and what is not.
@@samaritan29 Well, true any regular person can notice it. But a regular person cannot notice it generally on a first sitting, well at least for me. But twoset can, and they communicate their opinions excellently. Again, it's phrasing, (I don't know anything) but I think, a musician can better understand and explain the phrasing. Like for example, after a few listens of Lang Lang's performance, or the musicians in this video, I can certainly detect a difference, but never actually pin point it. But with excellent communicators like twoset, they could probably still detect and pinpoint it. Anyways, this is getting out of hand. It's just a suggestion anyway and letting them know (if they read this) there is an audience, if they take it then great, if not, they make great content regardless.
@@mgmanzanillo Excellent suggestion, Mojhune. i think it'd be pretty cool to see too.
I love how passionate you guys are. By the way, I like this sort of thing better than the Americas got talent episodes. Not as funny, but waaay more interesting as a musician
Yeah much better than seeing so- called musicians suddenly stripping and bumping and grinding for shock value!
_interesting_
They're funny, too!
America’s got talent is trash.
You both deserve an honorary Doctorate from Juilliard for these music appreciation videos. Non-music majors like me would not have known about these great performers and their unique talents without you pointing it out.
not even juilliard. curtis
Absolutely do more of these videos -- and maybe even ask in friends/guest artists of other instruments to come in and share!! I'm an opera singer and would love to see something like this for opera, but I'd also love cello, flute, oboe, or anything else!
yes, cello!!!
YES they don't do enough opera stuff!!
YOOO. They did one today
The 2 epic performances that are missing to get to 10 are definitely the renditions of Flight of the Bumblebee by Ben Lee and Vov Dylan
I just don't understand why you didn't include them and stopped at 8, there must be a reason..
Actually if I had to name my favourite peak performances I would say:
-Oblivion (Piazzolla) played by Gidon Kremer th-cam.com/video/Gg__yDK-0rk/w-d-xo.html
-Zigeunerweisen (Sarasate) played by Perlman th-cam.com/video/wEmbFSiJzEQ/w-d-xo.html
-Agathon from Serenade after Plato's Symposium (Bernstein) played by Isaac Stern th-cam.com/video/fz6ByweFfC4/w-d-xo.html
-2nd mvt. of Sibelius Violin Concerto played by Christian Ferras (actually I discovered this thanks to twoset!) th-cam.com/video/qYR9ychIPJc/w-d-xo.html
They probably didn't realise until Editor-san said "uh guys... you forgot the best two..." I can't think of any other reason...!
There’s a Zigeunerweisen performance from Sohyun Ko and it’s incredible, you should check it out
Also Sarah Chang's live Sibelius violin concerto 3rd mvt.
The intensity of those double stops towards the end has not been topped by anyone to my knowledge.
That Gidon Kremer 'Oblivion' performance is gorgeous. Thanks for introducing me to it
0:22 "what we think"
Idk why but seeing them enjoying these performances makes me smile along
I’m just glad that Leonidas Kavakos is getting recognition outside of Greece. Here in Greece, in conservatory and stuff Leonidas is one of the first people you learn about
I think we all knew that Kavakos' Paganini 5 was always gonna be there
12:38 One of the best minutes of violin playing i have ever listened to. Not very virtuosic but the feeling which he puts into the music... heavenly.
And i love how honestly Eddy falls in love with the music as he is listening to it...😊
Even Brett... u can see it on his face in 12:52... he looks like he is about to cry ❤
Brett: "No need to watch my stream, just watch this"
No, Brett, i WILL still watch your tchaik stream. It's still one of my favorite ever!!
He did AMAZING, he is AMAZING
I love this kind of episode! It’s really nice to hear other people geek out about music, and it helps me understand what makes these violin performances great because I only play the piano :D
I nearly cried at 12:40. That was absolutely beautiful, and definitely my favorite. It was just so pure.
7:58 At this exact moment, I finally understood both if yours connection to the Violin. That is the exact feeling I get when I'm listening to some super heavy guitar riffs, you both felt the power and intensity of the Violinists playing, and to you Guys, this is your "heavy" stuff.
I dont have a clue about the Violin. I love it's sound, and I totally appreciate the level of skill involved in doing what you do (I have occasionally tried playing by girlfriends Violin, yet even though I can play guitar quite well and understand the basics of music theory...I couldn't make that thing produce any sound not painful to the ears lol). But for me it's never going to be like "Bam! That sound is so HEAVY!!!" you know? But seeing you guys rocking out to that piece...I have some frame of reference now for you passion for the Violin!
I think it's something that develops over time. Classical music has a lot of depth, it takes a while to take it all in. I've liked Classical music since I was 16 but it took years until I had the sort of visceral emotional reaction to it that I had when listening to Metal or other types of music. Nowadays I find Shostakovich string quartets or Ysaye sonatas much more exciting and 'heavy' than Metal riffs.
@@hansmahr8627 True, i started listening to like, hungarian rhapsody, la Campanella and that kinda of music and now I'm listening to Saint-Saens, Ravel, Rach, Chopin and so much more, sometimes i have to listen to a piece more than one time to create an emotional connection with it, classical music truly is beautiful
I can totally relate that since I'm a rock music fans and know how to play guitar. I also have zero knowledge in violin but at first I heard that Tchaikovsky pas de deux piece, I was amazed. I think that's the first time I fell in love with classical music.
@vibratingstring totally agree that Beethoven 5 is heavy stuff. It's one of the reasons why I got hooked onto classical music in my early years. I love listening to intense stuff... And mostly intense only...
What i enjoy the most, is how much they admire and get excited with the particularities of those performances... It's contagious, makes me want to learn more about music!
12:38 One of the best minutes of violin playing i have ever listened to. Not very virtuosic but the feeling which he puts into the music... heavenly.
And i love how honestly Eddy falls in love with the music as he is listening to it...😊
Even Brett... u can see it on his face in 12:53 ❤
My mother and I used to geek out over Classical music when I was a kid. She passed away 10 years ago. It's a joy to geek out with you two via TH-cam. Thank you for sharing!
Petition for TwoSet to do a bonus episode in which they discuss the other 2 pieces they forgot to put in this video
The last rose of summer by vengerov is gorgeous.
Also ysaye by vengerov and kavakos. I mean.. I have a LONG list of impressive pieces 😅😅
Midori and Ricci both have amazing recordings of the last rose of summer, but to be honest, vengerov's is messy and he kinda faked some of the runs
I don't understand music (classical or otherwise). But I'm glad TH-cam Algorithm gave me this video for unknown reasons. You both made everything interesting, despite my overall ignorance on the matter. Kudos to you
I loved how bug-eyed you guys became listening and watching Heifetz's performance. Just looking at his grip and the way he moves his fingers, and his control over his bow.... wow.
My top 4 are:
1. Perlman tchaikovsky violin concerto
2. Perlman & yo-yo ma humoresque
3. Salut d'amour
4. Luka Sulic czardas
monkey mohta I like the David garret czardas
Not just cause it’s David garret....
I was like!! WHERE IS ITZHAK PERLMAN!!!
I came here specifically to see if Perlmans Tchaik was here, specifically the performance where the audience couldn't contain themselves after the 1st movement and broke into applause!
@@audreyoswita984 Specially on the Tchaikovsky. He owns that piece.
Haven't heard of the 3rd and 4th ones, but I totally agree with the choice of the first two. No Perlman on TwoSet's list really disappointed me, I watched the video mostly because I wanted to see Brett and Eddy reacting to Itzhak
I would definitely include: Paganini Caprice no. 24 with Hula Hoop played by you-know-Who..
This is giving me harry potter vibes
@@rugilejurgileviciute9445 Exactly, I meant Voldemort
@@nuu9282image voldy playing violin with Hula Hoop 🤣🤣🤣🤣
😂 😆 😂
@@rugilejurgileviciute9445 LITHUANIAN!!! OMG FIRST TIME!
4:47 twoset acting like they aren't good musicians
can we just appreciate the way they can just play bits of the piece without sheet music?
12:55 … best moment ever. We just get a glimpse of Bret’s mesmerizing face just feeling the power of the song and interpretation. Just lovely. You guys are awesome
David Nadien's tone and feel...wow...it hit the center of my heart. All of this is great stuff, keep up the great work, guys!
12:01 Nadien - Tchaikovsky Pas de Deux - Man, he is amazing. I went to the original recording and cried. I never cried because of music performance before. Wow. Thank you.
The pianist on that Kreutzer recording is pretty impressive too. Pianist gang rise up
#4: I was wearing my seatbelt and was still blown away. His playing gave me chills.
#6: The violin was singing. And it sounded romantic.
#7: inspiring...☺
#8: you can feel the passion