Menuhin is at the height of his violinistic and artistic powers here. Deeply spiritual and moving. It's almost as if he becomes a conduit of divine inspiration. Very few, if any violinists, play this way today. There's no show biz here folks. It's all about the music and Menuhin is the high priest.
Yes, he really is on top form here. But already you can see why later on he lost control of his bow arm. He always had a very quick down bow, and he got more and more wild with it. The magic came from the left hand with that fabulous vibrato and his sophisticated simplicity of approach. This is one of the few available films showing him at his best.
Ho appena finito una giornata di lavoro pesante ma prima di andare a dormire ascoltando questo concerto e questi due interpreti Celibidache e Menhuin, non posso fare altro che essere contento e rilassato.... Viva la musica e tutti i musicisti......
WOW! So wonderful to discover this !!! These 2 giants way back when ! And we get 14 minutes !!!My favorite vn concerto .Celibedache is some kind of genius he taught himself much ! I
My Dad, Abram Chertkoff played (Hamilton Philharmonic & TSO 1st Violin, taught at Royal Conservatory) also taught me violin...when my Dad played this l would cry😥it was so Beautiful 💗
In this young dark-haired Celi I can see the formidable conductor of later. 7:35 the movement of his eyebrows that spoke tones to the orchestras he conducted!!!!
Having got both the 1949 with Willhelm Furtwangler and the 1957(P1958 EMI)His Master's Voice Recording with Rudolph Kempe and the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra it was so amazing that Yehudi Menuhin should offer his hand of friendship to our former enemies and that is another thing that I admirer about him as he could have said sod them let them all suffer but he didn't,and I've been Collecting his Records for over forty years both on Pre war 78rpm Manual sets only and LP Vinyl first Pressing's only
And it was Yehudi Menuhin who ran the Campaign to help Willhelm Furtwangler back on stage after the war and went on to Make the first two Recordings of the Beethoven Violin Concerto in 1947 DB-6574 DB-6579 and again in 1953 ALP 1100 and both of them for His Master's Voice and the other three were Made in 1960 and 1966 and again 15 years later in 1981 P1982
Menuhin did an enormous amount of touring allied army bases during the war. He was the earliest Jewish musician to accept German engagements after the war. The players dress very seriously indeed for the rehearsals while the soloist and conductor are more casual.
Having been a Collector and admirer of Yehudi Menuhin and having got a copy of the 1957(P1958)Recording of the Brahms Violin Concerto which Yehudi Menuhin Made with the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra Conducted by Rudolphe Kemper for His Master's Voice Record Number ASD 264 Stereo and ALP 1564 Mono I can truthfully say that Performance along with the earlier one Made with the Lucerne Festival Orchestra Conducted by Wilhelm Furtwangler in 1949 are both classics in there own right as well as the C-D Reissue off the 1943 BBC Broadcast with Sir Adrian Boult and the BBC Symphony Orchestra
I wonder how Celibidache and Menhuin got on - Celibidache has pretty clear ideas about how he wants stuff done, even from soloists! I love the counter melodies he brings out - the tempo freedoms are remarkable and perfectly together. I guess the two guys must have been on the same page. I love the bit around 9.00 when he says "weicher" and then Menhuin has to lead in on this seriously high note- but it was gentler the second time they did it, guy was a genius. They were both very spiritual men, by personality.
Good question. Menuhin was a gentleman who never wavered from decorum. If there was a problem ,he would have figured out a compromise without drama or fireworks. I especially love Menuhin's tone and style. He was the alternative to the " gypsy" or Russian school popular at the time. ( and today). I've heard people speak of intonation and technical problems. I don't hear them.
Johannes BRAHMS. Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 77 Yehudi Menuhin, violin Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, dir. Sergiu Celibidache Berlin, september 1949 (1)(2) - Berlin's Titania Palace in September 1949 (1)(2). Yehudi Menuhin rehearses the Violin Concerto of Brahms with the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra under the baton of Sergiu Celibidache. Dates of the sold out performances were Sept. 21st + 22nd, 1949. After the rehearsal a Berlin organ grinder serenades the big fellow musician. Menuhin and his wife Diana put a good face on the wailing matter. - ♫ 1. Yehudi Menuhin's Concert List (incomplete): > www.toshima.ne.jp/~menuhin/concert.html - 21/9/1949, Titania-Palast, Berlin, Germany, with Sergiu Celibidache, Berlin PO Brahms:Violin Concerto - 22/9/1949, Titania-Palast, Berlin, Germany, with Sergiu Celibidache, Berlin PO Brahms:Violin Concerto - ♫ 2. das Bundesarchiv / Welt im Film 228 / 1949 / 10.10.1949 / 11’04’’ > >www.filmothek.bundesarchiv.de/video/583804?q=... • 02:09 : Yehudin Menuhin plays in Berlin Titania Palace. Sergiu Celibidache in rehearsal with Yehudin Menuhin and the Berlin Philharmonic. Celibidache conducts the Brahms Violin Concerto. Menuhin plays. Posters for concerts sold out with shield. Berlin organ grinder SERENADES, listen with his wife Menuhin. [Microsoft translation] - th-cam.com/video/mxVtx3PtWPw/w-d-xo.html -
How lucky we musicians were/are in sensing that we Europeans were inherently brothers and sisters who could/can not be separated by any political notion however reasonable or unreasonable, given our common - and beautiful - heritage. When I hear talk from other UK citizens that we should leave the EU I find it almost impossible to conceive of this - what a shame that our politicians do not not have the same qualities of our musical fathers - but then, they did not become politicians....
Für meine Ohren wird der allerreinste Ton und Klang nur gemacht mit/auf eine Violine Hier ist es sehr schön wie alle Andacht von alle Personen so stark ist gerichttet auf der Dirigent Celibidache. Da wird gearbeitet !
He is probably better than "Miracle Karajan" at this time(they were in a friendly relationship in fact in those days.). Unfortunately, it was impossible to accumulate the know-how and resources to reach the confident rebuilding area of the opera that could not be acquired without the long experience of opera. But, Karajan was able to do that. Peculiarly, like Karl Böhm, on the production stage, it is always a fully memorized conductor, which is a very important principle for the chef-crowned conductor of the time exactly. Karajan was particularly wise&clever in putting the prestigious Berlin Philharmoniker Orchestra, a concert-only orchestra, into the Salzburg pit for the first time in history for the Wagner Zyklus performance. Beyond the summer Bayreuth, everything was groundbreaking at Great Festival House/Das Große Festspielhaus in Salzburg with a free schedule during Easter.
the video & audio are out of synchrony by 1-2 seconds but it is distinctly noticeable. But thank u so much for uploading this. Are there other parts to this rehearsal ?
This is not a rehearsal. It takes nine minutes for the first stop and instruction which lasts a few seconds. That is the only rehearsing in the whole video. If you want to see true rehearsing search for Fricsay rehearsing Hary Janos. The detail is amazing.
Menuhin does not say, "Brahms can only be played well in Berlin", as someone translated below. He sais: Brahms kann man immer noch in Berlin spielen, und gut spielen. Brahms can still be played in Berlin (go figure) and played well.
@warandcheese Not all germans were nazis. I am sure you are aware that Menuhin was jewish, but he had played in Germany before the nazi period and did have friends there. He was a great humanitarian, if perhaps somewhat politically naive.
Menuhin is at the height of his violinistic and artistic powers here. Deeply spiritual and moving. It's almost as if he becomes a conduit of divine inspiration. Very few, if any violinists, play this way today. There's no show biz here folks. It's all about the music and Menuhin is the high priest.
Yes, he really is on top form here. But already you can see why later on he lost control of his bow arm. He always had a very quick down bow, and he got more and more wild with it. The magic came from the left hand with that fabulous vibrato and his sophisticated simplicity of approach. This is one of the few available films showing him at his best.
Then who is Brahms?
C'est très émouvant de voir Celibidache jeune...50 ans avant sa disparition et qui plus est auprès de Yeudi Menuhin....magnifique
Que dire, le maestro jeune avec Berlin et Menuhin: une émotion qui tend vers le sublime.
This is legitimately one of the most incredible performances I’ve ever heard, both soloist and orchestra….and it was a rehearsal
Celi and Menuhin: Perfection.
Incredible duo with celi and one of the gratest artists(Menuhin). Astonishing
Many thanks for sharing this 1946 performance with all of us !
Johan Rooman 72 years ago.amazing.
Ho appena finito una giornata di lavoro pesante ma prima di andare a dormire ascoltando questo concerto e questi due interpreti Celibidache e Menhuin, non posso fare altro che essere contento e rilassato.... Viva la musica e tutti i musicisti......
WOW! So wonderful to discover this !!! These 2 giants way back when ! And we get 14 minutes !!!My favorite vn concerto .Celibedache is some kind of genius he taught himself much ! I
sublime !
Menuhin always had the most spiritual way of playing this concerto!
My Dad, Abram Chertkoff played
(Hamilton Philharmonic & TSO 1st
Violin, taught at Royal Conservatory)
also taught me violin...when my Dad played this l would cry😥it was so
Beautiful 💗
I learned to play this concerto on violin (my Dad, very strict with my playing) ltzhak Perlman also plays violin with the same spiritual way💖
Fantastic recording!!!
Absolutely wonderful!
Bello bello, gracias por compartir
Muito lindo !!!
fantastic Menuhin's sound
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Mjbva
Good looking Celebidache,
gorgeous Menuhin
..What a pleasure of seeing and hearing this!
Bellisima interpretación y dos genios, Menuhin y Celebidache
amazing!!!! Two great maestros together !!!
Thank you for sharing this Treasure! Absolutely exquisite, out of this world!
Sharing Beauty is Joy. Thank you so much!
In this young dark-haired Celi I can see the formidable conductor of later. 7:35 the movement of his eyebrows that spoke tones to the orchestras he conducted!!!!
BloodyLisBeth He is so Romanian.
Absolutely great, thanks for sharing..
due fenomeni insieme = la perfezione.
Having got both the 1949 with Willhelm Furtwangler and the 1957(P1958 EMI)His Master's Voice Recording with Rudolph Kempe and the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra it was so amazing that Yehudi Menuhin should offer his hand of friendship to our former enemies and that is another thing that I admirer about him as he could have said sod them let them all suffer but he didn't,and I've been Collecting his Records for over forty years both on Pre war 78rpm Manual sets only and LP Vinyl first Pressing's only
many many thanks for posting and sharing
all the best
They were both 105 years old here! Amazing!
A glorious performance.TY g for posting
Fabulos Menuhin și Celibidache cu adevărat Divin
what an amazing rehearsal film in 65 yrs ago.
they seem to like each other...
Awesome , Unique Clip .. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR SHARING , I WISH TO SEE MORE OF THESES .
ciao goodman. complimenti davvero. una testimonianza davvero toccante.
grazie di cuore
Wonderful
Menuhin awesome artist. I have no words. And Celibidache.. a perfect combination
And it was Yehudi Menuhin who ran the Campaign to help Willhelm Furtwangler back on stage after the war and went on to Make the first two Recordings of the Beethoven Violin Concerto in 1947 DB-6574 DB-6579 and again in 1953 ALP 1100 and both of them for His Master's Voice and the other three were Made in 1960 and 1966 and again 15 years later in 1981 P1982
Y me declaro un verdadero apasionado de Celebidache, que para mi es otro gran músico.
the last sentence from SC is :" very nice, we are very pleased."
THANKS! RARE AND SPECIAL....
Dos autenticos genios de la música Menuhin y Celebidache
Menuhin did an enormous amount of touring allied army bases during the war. He was the earliest Jewish musician to accept German engagements after the war. The players dress very seriously indeed for the rehearsals while the soloist and conductor are more casual.
Grazie
deux géants de la musique ou on peut entendre leur simplicité juste pour la musique
When you consider that Celibidache had never conducted before his Berlin Philharmonic gig, the results are amazing.
What was he doing beforehand? You have to consider he was taking over from Furtwangler, so this orchestra really was the best of the best.
@RIRRATTO
Merci pour ton envoi ...
The power of the sound bellow so many instruments
Cose da pazzi.... cose da pazzi... Goodman, you're one of the most impressive Tube collectors in classical music area!!!
Fantastic ! Many thanks !
Having been a Collector and admirer of Yehudi Menuhin and having got a copy of the 1957(P1958)Recording of the Brahms Violin Concerto which Yehudi Menuhin Made with the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra Conducted by Rudolphe Kemper for His Master's Voice Record Number ASD 264 Stereo and ALP 1564 Mono I can truthfully say that Performance along with the earlier one Made with the Lucerne Festival Orchestra Conducted by Wilhelm Furtwangler in 1949 are both classics in there own right as well as the C-D Reissue off the 1943 BBC Broadcast with Sir Adrian Boult and the BBC Symphony Orchestra
As for me I have the three records too . You are a real Menuhin fan as me . Thank you
grazie, mi è piaciuto molto :-)
I wonder how Celibidache and Menhuin got on - Celibidache has pretty clear ideas about how he wants stuff done, even from soloists! I love the counter melodies he brings out - the tempo freedoms are remarkable and perfectly together. I guess the two guys must have been on the same page. I love the bit around 9.00 when he says "weicher" and then Menhuin has to lead in on this seriously high note- but it was gentler the second time they did it, guy was a genius. They were both very spiritual men, by personality.
Good question. Menuhin was a gentleman who never wavered from decorum. If there was a problem ,he would have figured out a compromise without drama or fireworks. I especially love Menuhin's tone and style. He was the alternative to the
" gypsy" or Russian school popular at the time. ( and today). I've heard people speak of intonation and technical problems. I don't hear them.
@@jefolson6989 Because he got them later.
fantastic
Su excelente sonido y fraceo y la elevada calidad de su timbre hacen una distinción inigualable en el Gran Menuhin .
matur suksma
Thank you!
Como Menuhin, aun no ha nacido otro de su gran nivel, lo digo y mantengo a fecha de hoy 29 de Setiembre 2024.
Beautiful !
Thanks
Johannes BRAHMS. Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 77
Yehudi Menuhin, violin
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, dir. Sergiu Celibidache
Berlin, september 1949 (1)(2)
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Berlin's Titania Palace in September 1949 (1)(2). Yehudi Menuhin rehearses the Violin Concerto of Brahms with the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra under the baton of Sergiu Celibidache. Dates of the sold out performances were Sept. 21st + 22nd, 1949.
After the rehearsal a Berlin organ grinder serenades the big fellow musician. Menuhin and
his wife Diana put a good face on the wailing matter.
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♫ 1. Yehudi Menuhin's Concert List (incomplete):
> www.toshima.ne.jp/~menuhin/concert.html
- 21/9/1949, Titania-Palast, Berlin, Germany, with Sergiu Celibidache, Berlin PO
Brahms:Violin Concerto
- 22/9/1949, Titania-Palast, Berlin, Germany, with Sergiu Celibidache, Berlin PO
Brahms:Violin Concerto
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♫ 2. das Bundesarchiv / Welt im Film 228 / 1949 / 10.10.1949 / 11’04’’
> >www.filmothek.bundesarchiv.de/video/583804?q=...
• 02:09 :
Yehudin Menuhin plays in Berlin Titania Palace. Sergiu Celibidache in rehearsal with Yehudin Menuhin and the Berlin Philharmonic. Celibidache conducts the Brahms Violin Concerto. Menuhin plays. Posters for concerts sold out with shield. Berlin organ grinder SERENADES, listen with his wife Menuhin. [Microsoft translation]
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th-cam.com/video/mxVtx3PtWPw/w-d-xo.html
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How lucky we musicians were/are in sensing that we Europeans were inherently brothers and sisters who could/can not be separated by any political notion however reasonable or unreasonable, given our common - and beautiful - heritage. When I hear talk from other UK citizens that we should leave the EU I find it almost impossible to conceive of this - what a shame that our politicians do not not have the same qualities of our musical fathers - but then, they did not become politicians....
UE is a monster covid is his cildren
Für meine Ohren wird der allerreinste Ton und Klang nur gemacht mit/auf eine Violine
Hier ist es sehr schön wie alle Andacht von alle Personen so stark ist gerichttet auf der Dirigent Celibidache. Da wird gearbeitet !
Menuhin meets yet another great musician of Romania. Interesting enough, Celibidache came from the same part of Romania as Enesco did.
Enescu was 50.000 megatones Better then Celibidache as conductor composer violinist pianists teachee and good man
GREAT ARTISTICS!!!! Famous
And yes we taught the music. Of our life.. Beautifully Sad. X
Grazie Keith! =)
He is probably better than "Miracle Karajan" at this time(they were in a friendly relationship in fact in those days.). Unfortunately, it was impossible to accumulate the know-how and resources to reach the confident rebuilding area of the opera that could not be acquired without the long experience of opera. But, Karajan was able to do that. Peculiarly, like Karl Böhm, on the production stage, it is always a fully memorized conductor, which is a very important principle for the chef-crowned conductor of the time exactly.
Karajan was particularly wise&clever in putting the prestigious Berlin Philharmoniker Orchestra, a concert-only orchestra, into the Salzburg pit for the first time in history for the Wagner Zyklus performance. Beyond the summer Bayreuth, everything was groundbreaking at Great Festival House/Das Große Festspielhaus in Salzburg with a free schedule during Easter.
El Gran Yehudi Menuhin por siempre Magistral , es una interpretación inigualable .
@Barbapippo
grazie ehehhe
@udayanchandra
I have only this.
A GEM!
thank you:)
the last sentence: "please again."
🙏🙏🙏
Subtiltles, please!
La distanza tra Furtwaengler e il giovane Celibidache è di 18 milioni di anni luce...
@udayanchandra Perhaps this has been corrected since your comment. It is certainly not noticeable now!
ecco le parole da ripetere oggi!!!
the video & audio are out of synchrony by 1-2 seconds but it is distinctly noticeable. But thank u so much for uploading this. Are there other parts to this rehearsal ?
Oh, Menuhin! with a sigh.
رائع
❤
I'm speechless. *
* Traduzione: mannaggia la pupazza!
Ahahaha me too! Porca vacca che suono!! Che vibrato!! 😍😍
Great can not Be beater
Music is an International Language
This is not a rehearsal. It takes nine minutes for the first stop and instruction which lasts a few seconds. That is the only rehearsing in the whole video. If you want to see true rehearsing search for Fricsay rehearsing Hary Janos. The detail is amazing.
That's the only times instruction were need. The whole thing is a rehearsal.
Menuhin does not say, "Brahms can only be played well in Berlin", as someone translated below. He sais: Brahms kann man immer noch in Berlin spielen, und gut spielen. Brahms can still be played in Berlin (go figure) and played well.
Ok you are right; I accept your correction.
Wow! So great.(And always love the flute at 4:54)
didn't know maestro celibidache was good looking when he was young hahhah
(English)
This is a great video.
Where do you find this kind of video?
(Italiano)
Questo è un grande video.
Dove si trova questo tipo di video?
Bild und Ton leider nicht immer synchron. Wunderbar wie entspannt und souverän der junge Menuhin spielt.
Er wirkt doch eher nervös? Wie JM mehrfach vor seinen Einsätzen seine linke Hand positioniert?
director dude is Romanian, or was, he passed away
Sounds like something that Harold Ballard once said about publicity.
Wow!
Teo Giants
The moment when Celibidache was still in shape lol
could someone translate the dialogue between celibidache and menuhin?
Learn German....
Learn courtesy
not one female player in the orchestra.
So what.
i mean...come on menuhin...'from 1933 to 1945 i could not play for my german friends'....
is there something wrong with that sentiment?
@warandcheese Not all germans were nazis. I am sure you are aware that Menuhin was jewish, but he had played in Germany before the nazi period and did have friends there.
He was a great humanitarian, if perhaps somewhat politically naive.
wowowowowowowowowoowwowowow
well i agree....but maybe not so naive....you know. there is no such thing as bad publicity ;) who knows.
フルトベングラーがふざいで.カラヤンが選ばれる前のベルリンのめずらしい.映像が.わりあい聞きやすい音とともにけいけんできた.ありがとうございました
doesn't sound gypsy like his earlier performances
Good job they didn't follow his beat in the 2nd mvt - would have been way out!