The Best Paganini Cadenza - Philippe Hirschhorn [Live, 1967]
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- The complete "Sauret" cadenza from the Violin Concerto No. 1, Op. 6, composed by Niccolò Paganini. Hirschhorn had an amazing combination of intensity, sensitivity, taste, obsession and elegance.
Things to notice:
- Look at how low his right arm is, especially when acquiring the G string. Made even more extreme by the fact that his instrument is very flat on his shoulder. I think he's the most extreme of anyone I've seen in that regard. Notice how his hand/fingers "sink" into the string as a result of this right arm anticipation.
- Is he tense or is he loose? Of course, he's loose, otherwise, you wouldn't hear what you hear. But, look at how immovable his violin appears. On first glance you might think he's tense and gripping the violin for dear life. After all, there isn't much in the way of 'organic swaying' up/down/sideways with the instrument. The violin is sitting on an immovable cloud, and then hands are dancing around it in perfect harmony. You can see the result of an absolute obsession with the fundamentals of technique. Putting everything in its place without force.
Live recording with enhanced audio. Brussels 1967, after he won the gold medal at the Queen Elisabeth Competition.
Footage provided by MeloClassic. They have amazing selections of restored rare recordings. Check out their website here: www.meloclassic.com/ - เพลง
I cannot understand why this is the first time in my life that I am introduced to this incredible violinist. This amazing man was cheated out of fame. I should have known his name since grade school. Thank you for posting this🙏🏼❤
Exactly
Yeah !
Many of the top Dutch and Belgian violinists and other European violinists studied with him in Utrecht. Master violinist and teacher
i was thinking the same thing. Really!!
My reaction exactly! Why wasn’t he as well-known as Heifetz? I now have to re-order my “greatest violinists” list.
This rare performance is a masterpiece. This is the first time I’ve ever heard of this artist and all I can say is he’s superb and his technique is flawless! 🙌
I looked him up. Recordings are rare, which may be part of the reasons why he isn't better known. His play is nothing short of brilliant.
Hirschhorn did not receive the recognition he deserved despite winning the Queen Elisabeth Competition and receiving the highest praise from Grumiaux, Menuhin, and Kogan. I was reluctant to use the "best" designation for any violinist until I was introduced to Hirschhorn's playing as an undergraduate student. Thank you for posting.
You are right. He did not receive the international recognition (for his amazing talent) which he deserved.
Unfortunately, after winning the Queen Elizabeth competition, he was forced by the bureaucrats in the Soviet Union to compete in 1970 in the George Enescu violin competition in Bucharest,
where he was awarded only the third prize.
The first prize was awarded to my childhood friend and phenomenal violinist Silvia Marcovici, whose videos are available on this site.
Approved by Kogan ?!
Bruh i was about to reply "lol yesh" to my own comment lol ! 😆😆😆😆😂😂
Kogan has been my violin hero since age 6, but Hirschhorn ... noting short of amazing 😳🤗 I can see how this man received the highest praise from Kogan, chapeau!
@@sorinsviolin4114 Thank you for posting.
Things to notice:
- Look at how low his right arm is, especially when acquiring the G string. Made even more extreme by the fact that his instrument is very flat on his shoulder. I think he's the most extreme of anyone I've seen in that regard. Notice how his hand/fingers "sink" into the string as a result of this right arm anticipation. Pause at 1:15 to see an example of how extreme it actually is.
- Is he tense or is he loose? Of course, he's loose, otherwise, you wouldn't hear what you hear. But, look at how immovable his violin appears. On first glance you might think he's tense and gripping the violin for dear life. After all, there isn't much in the way of 'organic swaying' up/down/sideways with the instrument. The violin is sitting on an immovable cloud, and then hands are dancing around it in perfect harmony. You can see the result of an absolute obsession with the fundamentals of technique. Putting everything in its place without force.
Incredible! Finally got more video of this legendary moment, thank you!!
Thaank you for this! Impressive….and i must admit i never heard about him. Such an excellent technique.
The first thing I noticed was his violin being so stable. I’m thinking “how on earth does he do that?!” Is it natural head weight or is he subtlety combining it with some lifting from the left hand as well? Any insights? To me it was like a suspended table but an ‘immovable cloud’ is a much better analogy. I tried to replicate this technique after watching this ... and failed.
Damn, this is the first time I see so much virtuosity 😵 thanks a lot for the video! 👌😊
He appears to have been gifted with a short neck too. 😁
''I have wept only three times in my life; the first time when my earliest opera failed, the second time when, with a boating party, a truffled turkey fell into the water, and the third time when I first heard Paganini play''.
Gioacchino Rossini
How did the truffled turkey fall into the water?! I would have cried too.
rich people problems
This the most perfect Sauret cadenza I ever heard or seen!
I cannot understand why this is the first time in my life that I am introduced to this incredible violinist. This amazing man was cheated out of fame. I should have known his name since grade school. Thank you for posting this🙏🏼❤
@@stinaldyo what do u think of kogan
Having heard that Concerto--and that Cadenza--ten million times in my life on recording or live from sitting afar, this was the first time I've just actually seen it played from up-close, seeing exactly what the hands go through to do it.
Oh, my God!!!
like many others here I'd never even heard of this man.. utterly breath taking.. not jsut the technique but the musicality that was guiding every choice.. astounding..
Philippe Hirshhorn the single most under-rated violinist in history! I personally think his most amazing recording is Ravel Tzigane and the Fugue from Bach's 2nd violin sonata.
You should react to Roman Kim play I Brindisi, he has to be one of the most technically skilled violinist to ever live besides Paganini.
@@Nouser156i heard Paganini himself was not good at playing his own compositions
@@Nouser156what about arditti
@@johankaruyan5536
@@johankaruyan5536 ha ha!
I studied with a student of him. In Brussels. I would recognise this right hand way miles away! She was so hard on me. When I realized what she gave me and wanted to thank, I heard she had past away. Ulka Gorniak. She had also this care for the details and perfectionism of Hirschhorn. Perfectionism with humility. Respect for music.
Thanks for this jewels. Pity so much people forgot about the pre-cd musicians, when the authenticity was a value.
This Sunday I perform 6, 7 and 8 Beethoven sonatas. Today rehearsing still thinking half of the time, right wrist low, don’t loose it!!
May we have the opportunity to listen to one of your recitals?
We would be privileged.
In Brussels?
What is this?
Thank YOU🎶❤️
This was just the most extraordinary I've ever watched.
Yes, the majority of virtuosos lack proper weight in the bowing hand, so the attack is too light. I think only Wengerov of the recent best has had a good attack.
He deserved a standing ovation
Alright now,, I’ve heard just about every great violinist play this cadenza. This is best yet! His fast runs are ridiculously accurate and …. Fast!
I've never heard of this violinist before, why!? I grew up hearing about Heifetz, Zuckerman, Stern and Perlman. Philippe Hirchhorn is a masterful technician!!!
I grew up with the same and also oistrach and Anne Sophie Mutter.. then I found heifetz and some others...but have never heard of this violinist.
He first and foremost is an incredible musician. Listen to his Brahms concerto to understand his capacity. His perfect technique is just a side dish.
@@serafin1719 Agreed! The technique is impeccable, amongst the finest I have ever seen at such speeds. But notice his sound. It’s so warm and rich, and soft…it’s just gorgeous, he plays as if the Summer season were captured into sound on a violin!
Have u heard of kogan ?
Maybe in that era USSR, jews where more promoted for political reasons...
The just-another-day-in-the-office-look while playing litterally all a human being could ever perform on a violin... this performance is just amazing in every single aspect of it
This is incredible! How come I have never heard of this guy? It's like superhuman! I am going to look into him!
The sound is so clean it’s amazing
His intonation is perfect. Unbelievable performance!
I love he takes just the slightest amount of time between starting some passages! I feel a lot of violinists rush to the next to appear virtuosic, but instead they sound messy (especially in a large hall).
Taking the time to play the spaces between the notes is just as important as playing the notes.
Also gives the audience time to recognise the break between phrases.
his sound is simultaneously intense and electric, and it breathes.
he was 21 years old back then.JUST WOW!
The I 6/4 chord foundation is maintained throughout this stunning cadenza. Brilliantly created, flawlessly performed and structurally sound. Priceless!
The muscular memory it must take to find the right pitch positions on the fingerboard moving at that tempo is most remarkable.
Филипп Хиршхорн ушел из жизни около двадцати лет назад.Родился и жил в городе Рига.Учился в латвийской музыкальной одиннатцатилетке,затем в ленинградской и рижской консерваториях (проф.М.Вайман и проф.В.Стурестеп).Многими известными музыкантами признается,как один из самых выдающихся скрипачей за всю историю скрипки.
WOW ! MULTUMESC PT INF. 👍🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙋🏻♀️🇷🇴
I had to watch this again and listen and watch again, and again. Could Paganini himself have been better than Philippe Hirschhorn? This is so good, and also the guys who filmed and recorded this must have been highly dedicated top professionals. Many thanks for alerting us to Philippe Hirschhorn!
Those high notes are incredibly musical
Это был, без преувеличения, ВЕЛИКИЙ СКРИПАЧ!!!
И к тому же, необыкновенно обаятельный красавец!!!
Память о Филиппе - незабвенна! ❤❤❤
Как приятно слушать без кривляний телом и лицом.Играет
МАСТЕР !!!
Вот это скрипач!!!!! И почему я его впервые слышу???? Игра гениальная Удивлена,восхищена, очарована.
He makes it look like child's play. Amazing.
Look at his expression, it is not easy
I couldn't even move watching this. Now I have a strange desire to go practice arpeggios. What a violinist!
Wow what an amazing maestro 🎉❤ he doesn’t fake it, he doesn’t act because he’s not an actor he’s a musician and gives his art 100% of who he is
I ‘tremble’ when I hear-&-see this.
- Been a big fan of Hirschhorn since 1997 (Strad magazine; obit.) and find him “also in the clouds {lit.}” and on the (~) same level as Josef Hasid.
Hirschhorn was playing a 1763 Tommaso Balestrieri [here], and I managed over the years to {‘luckily’} obtain an exact replica of such violin ~ now if only I could obtain even a 35% replica of Hirschhorn’s abilities in violin playing, a happy man I would be.
God lives, and he plays te violin. His bow control is beyond insanity. I don't understand there is no standing ovation for this. This made me cry such an awesome performance
Thank you! Quite amazing. I like too the stillness of his body: he doesn’t feel the need to sway down to the floor and up again, leaving an audience dizzy. 🙏
>> he doesn’t feel the need to sway
@Oudtshoornify
We cannot be sure that he doesn't feel that need. We only know that even if he does feel that need, he doesn't submit to it.
But, of course, I am only playing with words. I completely agree with the point itself that you have made.
@@TS13579 : Enjoyed your play with words! Thank you.
@@quaver1239 I am glad.
T. Shandelman, as a poet, writer, Founding Editor-in-Chief and lifelong player-with-words, I rejoice at your gift ... for gift it is. To parse without quibbling is to pursue truth. To some this critical faculty appears prolix. Done with the desire to convey a deep awareness of the "governing dynamics" in life, however, it can be (to borrow the title of Matthew Arnold's essay) "Sweetness and Light."
The late John Nash made understanding governing dynamics the standard for his ethics, professional brilliance, and doing his all to give love to his wife and honor God who gave him the awesome gift of Life. Whether unraveling a mystery of astrophysics, or his determination to overcome his schizophrenia and"be there" for his beloved wife, he sought to learn the governing dynamics needed to master life's challenges/opportunities.
C. S. Lewis applied earnest "wordplay" in the user of the English language with a depth that astounds. Read his prologue to THE FOUR LOVES, then the entire book - then THE PROBLEM OF PAIN, then his essay "The Weight of Glory" - and we see what riches reside in real mastery of words.
Or have some fun with it (we all need to "unstring the bow" from time to time, said Saint John the Divine). Few did so with more eloquence than Sir Winston Churchill. Take his quip in protest against the grammar rule never to end a sentence with a preposition: "That is the kind of arrant pedantry up with which I will not put!" Way to go, Winnie, that's telling 'em!
So the adroit precision in playing with words that you employed was indeed "well played." John Nash made it his core goal in mathematics, quantum physics, in game theory,and in his heroic personal life by triumphing over schizophrenia through force of will to be true to reality and never illusion ... which saved his love life and family life. (Read his biography, skip the film, "A Beautiful Mind"). One of my daughters, working part-time during college, waited table at John Nash's favorite local diner, serving him the frequent lunches he'd enjoy there with his wife and son. He always tipped precisely 15% -😮 no calculator used, of course! A casual brush with a man of singular destiny, to be sure ... but it is instructive to encounter one who is indeed "The Man, The Myth, The Legend," to know that the one next to you on the subway is "just" another child of God and hence royal, deserving of our admiration, respect, and awareness of what faculties and wisdom they have received from God. We might even give an ear to what they have to say. Anything might come of it! I regard John Nash as a real life hero for our times. Same goes for Messrs Lewis, Churchill, and the stranger who saved me from leaving home prematurely, and demonstrated he was my angel.
To "Wordplay" then ... may it always be used with sincerity, not its counterfeits, Nitpicking or Showing Off. Done right, it pleases God who bestows "talents" on us to be used well and so glorify Him alone.
I agree 100%! I find all the dramatic swaying and grimacing *so* distracting. I understand the impulse to move but why not divert it into the sound?
What a genius. Why isn't he more famous?
Met him 1988 in a festival...beautiful shy person with broken hearth.
Why broken heart?
i think he was born with it@@atanasdimitrov4651
This fourth finger vibrato up there is incredible..what a relaxation for such an impossible piece.
Why haven’t I heard of this guy before? Fabulous. EDIT: actually: Amazing!!
It's actually kind of a rare recording and it sounds great
He is rather obscure today but one of his students certainly is not: Janine Jensen!
@@ianchow107 Wow, interesting. It’s an amazing find to come across him.
I was thinking the same thing. Like, "Who is dis guy?!"
Check out the documentary "The Winners". About forgotten 1st prize winners. Sad, but elucidating.
An absolute treasure, this recording. Thank you, Daniel.
Unglaublich präzise und saubere Intonation. Technisch perfekt und ohne Makel. Sehe und höre ihn hier auch zum 1. Mal.
As an adult beginner violinist, this performance makes me want to put my violin down and find another instrument😮
Relax my man, more than 99% of violinists, even the greats wouldn't handle this cadenza.
don’t worry, only a select handful of people around the world can actually pull this cadenza off
I didn't know you also watch others. I watch your vids. Keep it up your doing great. You can't compare a beginner with a master. He's been playing his entire life while you played for maybe 1 year(im guessing). So do you think it's a fair comparison? If you played for as long as him and you are still worse, then so? That man has practiced A LOT and analyzed himself A LOT and plus you would still win something even though you losed as you gain experience and skill in violin.
@@7GlitchTimmy thank you for the kind words! I’ve been playing for around 5 months and see a lot of great performances pop up in my feed. There are so many talented violinists out there, I thought about switching to the viola a couple of months ago. Nope, I’ll stick with the violin and my goal is to become an intermediate player in the next couple of years.
Don't give up 😊
Watch also the Himari Yoshimura's performances.
Buried treasure. Hirshhorn is back!
I bought the Menuhin recording when I was 14 (76 years ago) and later studied it with my professor at the Guildhall - though not the cadenza, as I never found the music. It's a long time since I heard the Menuhin recording and I was surprised by just how brilliantly he plays the Sauret cadenza. Dare I say he is even better than Hirschhorn though, of course, he is not live as Hirschhorn is here. I would have to make a thorough study of them to make a conclusive comparison. At 11.05 he does, what I always found to be a most difficult maneuver at high speed. Ah well! Thanks for posting. It had to be you, Daniel, the best - who else.
1:43 tell me this doesn't sound like a spongebob excerpt. Also this has got to be my favorite Paganini cadenza ever. Philippe plays it so effortlessly and his vibrato is just so good and old school sounding.
In only in the last couple of days I've heard of this incredible violinist. His playing is equal to any players of today, in fact is there anyone who could equal him. All the talk who hear about how today's violinists are supreme; I did hear a famous violinist say recently, that it's not that they're better, but there are more violinists today of the same level. I will certainly be searching for more of this astounding player. I loved seeing a player who didn't put on silly faces and dance around. He just moved his arms, remenicent of the great Heifetz.
I love this entire performance, of course, but the ending of it makes me jump out of my seat!
One blessing and sad part of Hirshhorn’s recordings is that there are few videos. It is a blessing because you are forced to listen more. When i first started listening to Hirshhorn’s Paganini I don’t think I even started to hear any of his intentions until several times of listening. Several thousand times later I am still discovering his intentions. So my advice is to keep listening, a lot of the concepts are new, so the listener won’t understand them right away.
Incredible performance!
Великолепное исполнение. Звук и интонация замечательные. Фамилия неизвестная. Школа домикрофонная. Спасибо. Яркий пример. Учитесь
Даже очень известная,училась в той же школе,он рано умер.
Зачем, если ты умеешь.
My jaw dropped, and I still can’t find it. Amazing!
i thought this was hyperbole, but WOW, this is the best paganini cadenza.
I agree! Most amazing and undeappreciated violinist! I oily new his name, as I studied in the same Saint Petersburg school of music. But it is the first time I heard him and seen him! Thank you for publishing the video!
Видела, слышала!!! Учились на разных курсах в консерватории. Гений!!!
Thank you for this upload
Amazing!! Who would dream that from a small box and a few strings could come such music and beauty.
Amazing violinist, you are always with us.
What can I say, his performance is PERFECT, FLAWLESS!
So happy to see you forward my teacher s Queen Elizabeth competition last round 1967 live performance video .he got gold medal.and thank you for posting so many wonderful teaching video .I really learned a lot from you .you are a wonderful teacher and a wonderful performer. Greetings from the Netherlands.
Wat is uw naam? Ik woon in NL en ben celliste.
@@RhondaBranneky Kamlung cheng .ik woont in Rotterdam
@@RhondaBranneky I was Philippe hirshhorn s assistant at Utrecht conservatory for one year .
Wat leuk! Was u in Utrecht toe Janine studeerde met hem?
@@RhondaBranneky I was earlier than Janine Jansen in Utrecht.
I have to ask all you violin connoisseurs: I can’t hear a single imperfection in execution in this performance. I can’t think of any more perfect performance of a comparably difficult piece. Am I missing something?
That’s violin playing of the highest order, Heifetz would have been looking at that with a certain amount of humility, and respect. And we all wanted to be like Heifetz. I think we all wanted to be Hirschhorn now aswell!
@@anthonyprotheroe5553 you are so right. This is so mind bending for me. I grew up with Heifetz firmly atop the highest pedestal. With several others just “below” him. But when I listened to this, I felt like I was visiting a different planet, where it’s no big deal to FAR exceed the technical perfection of the best on planet earth. I still don’t understand how this phenomenon was unknown to me.
there are imperfections. Still, it will be hard for any violinist to surpass this version. . If you want to know where some imperfections can be heard: listen closely to the arpeggiated chords that go really high. Often the highest few are a bit out of tune, and the same goes for some double stops (especially the tenths). But it goes very fast, is difficult to hear. Also, not all flageolets 'speak' 100%. That said, being on this level is not just about being perfect in hitting notes. It is also about taste, interpretation, musical expression, tempo, rubato, the ease of execution... etc. What he does here is amazing in all respects. Incredible that he did not have the huge career he deserved.
@@tijmen7953 on my 4th listening, I can now hear the slight intonation imperfection you noted. I think they escaped me because I was astounded by so much perfection surrounding them. Ok, you convinced me he was still from our planet. But would you agree that if this were Heifetz (or Oistrach, or early Menuhin, or Kogan, or Szerymg, etc etc), the imperfection count would be an order of magnitude higher?
@@fredrodriguez3913 yes, it most definitely would be higher, but maybe not by an order of magnitude
I know nothing about playing a violin but this is beautiful.
Maestro Hirschhorn is a most criminally underrated violinist, he should be among the ranks of Menuhin, Heifitz, Oistrakh, and others, or perhaps higher. He's Jeanine Jansen's teacher for crying out loud!!!!!
Holy shit
Unbelievable, what a beautiful, absolutely fantastic performance, this is perfection.
Jesus how flawless, i would've had my chin dropped in awe the whole time
Que talento!
Virtuosíssimo!
👏👏👏👏👏
Wow! first time I hear and see this impossible execution; extraordinary 👍👏👏
Truthfully the best playing I’ve seen in my life so far
Thanks for posting theses jewels. Is unfortune that young people never heard of these great violinist, while in the 50-90 were the most known. Spotify is a big 💩 together the current Radio Broadcasting.
unbelievably beautiful playing. Not one incorect note.
Incredible playing! The apex of top violin playing is always wider than you think.
Thanks for sharing this! Philippe Hirschhorn is brilliant, and I wonder why I never have been aware of him.
As a violinist I can’t even rap my head around this
What is this.? Beyond belief what skill brilliance super human , lost for words .. Thank you !!
The absolute best rendition of a Paganini piece I've ever heard or seen ❤
Legendary
i came across the audio LP of this performance and others from the QE competition maybe 40-45 years ago. the entire concerto performance is incredible, also the Saint Saens/Ysaye caprice. i've never seen any video of this until now. i wish there was more video of this.
What a marvelous light and nimble touch, combined with superb musicianship. Bravo! 👏
Many thanks for sharing this ! Wonderfull !
Amazing, beautiful timing..wonderful tone and so clear💕 TY for posting.
Excelente maestro 👍
Unglaublich. Technisch, körperlich so entspannt und musikalisch, klanglich so intensiv.
A genius, no other words. Was he successful ? Because I noticed this question was raised here. Was Rosa Luxemburg successful ? We cannot live a European life without Rosa and her ideas should be put into practice. Workers, soldiers, ordinary peopel, the you-and-me's should not fight each other in the Ukraine, to name just on example. Philippe: in demonstrating his art, albeit almost awkward, was one of the most successful people imaginable. And he continued his art as a teacher. Thankfully, a lot of recordings are here to testify his genius, as we are lucky enough to have the same with Mikhail Bezverkny, another genius on the violin. Let us be grateful for these artistic perfections
Yes a great violinist indeed. However why bring politics into Art. This playing would have been banned in the Soviet Union, as lacking Soviet 'realism'.
Unfassbar perfekt. Einer der ganz Großen !!
Extraordinario! Simplemente espléndido! Felicidades! maestro.
Изумительное исполнение!! 💓💓💓Это ещё до Когана.. Вряд ли кому-то из современных людей удастся услышать что-либо подобное..!!
Писали, что Л. Коган сыграл её первым... По мне: этот играет чище и аккуратнее. Хотя Гварнери Когана, конечно, громче. Кстати, Кавакос играет весьма убедительно.
@@thefiddler7931 Чище и аккуратнее Когана?🤣🤣🤣 В ушки балуетесь, батенька)?
@@10Ronaldinho80best В ушки баловались твои родоки, когда тебя делали, ущербный.
@@thefiddler7931i agree
Wow, this is really good!
MAGNIFICENT!!! Thank You for posting this!!!
oh! eso es perfección...cada detalle, cada acento y duración...Gracias Kurganof!!
Truly amazing.
The beauty with which this is played is utterly astounding. Dont know what else to say tbh
Stunning and exquisite playing.
Wow that was so much fun to hear and watch! Thank you!
BEAUTIFUL MAN🙏🏼😜❤🎻🎼
Appreciate to downloading this video. An amazing performance and the informative details you described.
Thank you for sharing, clear recording and Yes- definately one of the best Cadenzas I have heard- I would have been one year old, but i'm sure my parents were already playing recordings around that time.
Such seemingly effortless playing! Thank you for sharing this video with such an appropriate title!
beautiful sounds ❤
Amazing! Thank you for posting. 👍💕🎻
Thank you for sharing, absolutely enjoyable...
This was an absolutely unbelievable and a magnificent display of raw talent. BRAVO.!!!
Wow ! Wonderful, pure violin polyphony show !