I went back and listened to so many others.... no one, no one played this naturally or creatively and brought out the sounds of the birds like the young Menuhin did. Everyone else's trying hard. Teenage Menuhin just flows with exquisite taste and phrasing. I still can't believe what I'm hearing. Even Paganini would have been stunned...
I was lucky enough to see this great man perform in Cardiff, South Wales, UK some years ago. He was accompanied on the piano by his grandson. Apart from a 10 minute break, Yehudi played continuously for the 2 hour programme. He was at that time in his 70's. What a phenomenal person in so, so many ways. He left me as a musician totally blown away by the man I saw that night. Bless you and thank you. xxx
The video is 1963 dubbed with the audio of the 1934 recording. This is truly phenomenal -- such a clean 3rd movement especially with those double harmonics. Proof that he was one of the very greatest prodigies ever on the violin at that age -- look at that velvet smooth bowing and that rubato. I swear I heard all sorts of songbirds. How many can plough through Paganini with such raw ease?
About 35 yrs ago I saw Menuhin demonstrating "harmonic" playing (which gives a weird tone to the strings) & then he played some very rapid double-stop harmonic passages from one of Paganini's violin concertos!! For each tone, he had to place FOUR fingers exactly right AND bow exactly right! And he did it without "emoting" the way some violinists do, as a gimmick to draw attention away from the music and on to themselves. Awesome musician!!
Je suis inconditionnellement fan depuis que je suis enfant !!!! Yehudi Menuhin .... c'est le violon fait Homme et vice versa.... Il n'y a que lui pour interpréter Paganini comme si c'était lui.... Un grand merci
WONDERFUL! This piece works for two basic reasons, in my opinion. First, there is a substantial cut which tightens up the movement. Second, the part that is cut is written on the high ledger lines and thus is almost inaudible due to the frequency of the sound. If this is indeed a dub, one would never know it because the synchrinization between the music and the motions of the bows could not be better. A thoroughly wonderful video over all.
Ohh man, great stuff. Paganini was the most incredible composer I've heard, way ahead of the times. He belonged in the 80's with Jason Becker and Paul Gilbert man! Mad shredder if I ever heard one...
I remember when i was like 13 o 14 years old, this particular piece always put a big smile and a day-dream vision on my eyes, i mean.... it made me cry whenever i listened to it..... so everytime i hear this ohhhhhh so Marvelous-Allegro Spiritoso, i always think, mannn!! what a precious memories i had from my childhood! =`)
Every now and then I see a performance that makes me smile uncontrollably, it actually puts me in a better mood, it enriches my entire day, my jaw drops, and most of the time I'm thinking "fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuck that's insane". This is one of those performances.
So let me get this right, you got a film of Pierre Monteaux, colorized it, matched it for pitch, digitized it and matched it for tempo, then put it together as a concert which never happened. Fabulous.
Thanks for posting this- I've been struggling lately with double-harmonics as well as tenths, so it was nice to see it really up-close. Amazing how completely relaxed he is during the entire piece!
This is the first time in many decades of listening to Menuhin that I am moved by his playing. Perhaps since I had not listened to this particular concert in many years I have forgotten other performances for reference. But this is not fair. I realize now that he had some blood running through his veins. This it is great playing, and not in a relative sense.
I once had an old 78 speed record of this concerto with Novacek's Perpetuum Mobile as well. It got played so many times over; it's great to hear it again. Thanks!
He looks so relaxed, and the music to me, seems technially perfect, asn well as full of life. Watching him move is as delightful as listening to the music.
I'm not a very experienced player yet, but there seems to be a fair bit of richochet bowing, of what I've watched so far. The cleanness of the sound he makes with it is so admirable!
I was going to write, boring! But, by the time he got to the end I have to admit it was impressive. Since today all the violinists are great, it's hard to be impressed. I guess when people first heard Paganini play there was no one else like him, so it was overwhelming. Today, everyone is good, or else you don't listen to them. Menuhin does it so nonchalantly. Incredible.
Siempre vendran seres magistrales Y uno sentira que vale la pena vivir Y tratar de alcanzar grandeza en su propio destino Yehudi Menuhin Increible, amaizing!!!
There's definitely something....whimsical about this movement. I can't help but smile, even giggle sometimes, when I hear it. It has such a fun, playful, free sound to it. It's like the musical equivalent of children playing and laughing. I can picture Paganini playing this with a big smile on his face, like "Isn't this fun? Watch this, haha!!"
Yeah, but then when the rest of us poor average violinists try our hand at it, we are reduced to tears and looking like big bumbling fools. What a cruel joke... :( Just making those double stop harmonics sound half-way decent and not seriously injure your audience's ears is enough to reduce any grown man to a blubbering pile of regret! Violinists of this caliber just make it look so easy.
Una bellesa suprema oír este maravilloso concierto, es glorioso, magnifico, dan ganas de llorar al ver el virtuosismo del intérprete y compositor, gracias por este privilegio.
Its mind boggling to watch him. Think of time necessary to master this piece. What desire. Paganini blows me away. P was playing around the same time as Beethoven. B's violin concerto certainly does not contain the extremes of P.
M0reTeaVicar , couldn't agree with you more. This is a great performance of this piece - in fact probably the best i've heard - close to perfect as you can get, and now that you mention it, i dont think you could hide mistakes in this paganini piece that easily, however it contains lots of accidentals, which could be stuffed up and still sound generally good - not so much in the case of the violin concerto but definatley in some of the capricci.
@HylianNinja actually, it's pretty easy to remember hand positions on a violin cuz it's not sight-memory but muscle-memory...like how dancers remember their steps, fingers"dance" to the same rhythmn
His Elgar concerto recorded as a kid with the composer conducting is the best ever, technically and musically. A great musician who's technique sadly slipped as he aged. Most of his 1960s (and later) recordings are not a true reflection of what he did at his peak. Being totally outclassed by Grappelli is something I will never forget - cruel and horrible.
Hey TwistinWays, try using your collarbone suitably. Menuhin has discussed this enough. He rests his violin against his collarbone and the chin, so his shoulder gets more freedom. And the violin gets more like a 45 angle, which helps get to the higher positions at the G string. The counterpart is that you cant see your fingering.
it takes a lot of heart and cleverness and yes experience (maturity) with music in order to make appropriate music. Plus, soloists don't just play what's on paper. Sometimes they have to interpret themselves.
@HylianNinja There's also the viola,the cello, the double bass, and many many more instruments that do not have frets!But I aggree with you on the fact that it is very hard to play fretless isnstruments!But all the instruments are magnificent with their own world "following" them!Try listening to Mozart's Clarinet Concerto or Horn Concerto,Dvorak cello concer,Bottesini Double Bass concerto etc etc! Best regards Fellow musician and Cellist Steven!
Ah, these recordings of Menuhin, at the height of his violin powers... a man possessed. The intonation, the strength of spirit, the musicality, the singing tone, the skill...amazing.
There's a lot that happens when you get on stage. You have to worry about playing about an hour of music (usually) that isn't all melody and then playing with your group and making sure it sounds right. Hitting notes is one thing, making everybody's notes sound together is another. It's like my conductor used to say, "Don't think. If you think you will die. Just do." By reading you don't have to think about "which note is next?" They're not soloists, they're an orchestra.
harmonics are played when you put your finger on the string but you don't press down, and false harmonics (which menuhin is playing here) are when you put your 1st and 4th finger down, pressing the first but not the 4th, and play the notes written on the score as the 1st finger. (sorry that seems like such a mouthful, but actually it's quite easy:P)
In general, for a harmonic, you press lightly on the string..much less so than for a regular note. It's generally difficult to maintain consistency as even a little fluctuation can make the note screech discordantly or not make any sound at all.
@HylianNinja Harp? Each string produces a different pitch. That's even easier than a fretted instrument. They may have to contend with peddlework but violin is much harder.
Yes. Menuhin did some duets with Grappelli (they may be on youtube somewhere) and his technique had really faltered compared to his heyday. Grappelli sounded wonderful and Yehudi was just floundering.
the harmonic vibrato parts were amazing
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Yeah. Liszt put this in his 1838 original La Campanella while in fact La Campanella is concerto 2 movement 3
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I went back and listened to so many others.... no one, no one played this naturally or creatively and brought out the sounds of the birds like the young Menuhin did. Everyone else's trying hard. Teenage Menuhin just flows with exquisite taste and phrasing. I still can't believe what I'm hearing. Even Paganini would have been stunned...
he's not teenage here.
@@benjoles9623 It's an old audio only recording synced to a more modern video.
@@shiveringflower3097 yes .beautiful...with heart n soul
what do you think of how Kogan played it
I was lucky enough to see this great man perform in Cardiff, South Wales, UK some years ago. He was accompanied on the piano by his grandson. Apart from a 10 minute break, Yehudi played continuously for the 2 hour programme. He was at that time in his 70's. What a phenomenal person in so, so many ways. He left me as a musician totally blown away by the man I saw that night. Bless you and thank you. xxx
Yes, my grandfather is Louis Persinger, and my father Rolf Persinger.
The video is 1963 dubbed with the audio of the 1934 recording. This is truly phenomenal -- such a clean 3rd movement especially with those double harmonics. Proof that he was one of the very greatest prodigies ever on the violin at that age -- look at that velvet smooth bowing and that rubato.
I swear I heard all sorts of songbirds. How many can plough through Paganini with such raw ease?
About 35 yrs ago I saw Menuhin demonstrating "harmonic" playing (which gives a weird tone to the strings) & then he played some very rapid double-stop harmonic passages from one of Paganini's violin concertos!! For each tone, he had to place FOUR fingers exactly right AND bow exactly right! And he did it without "emoting" the way some violinists do, as a gimmick to draw attention away from the music and on to themselves. Awesome musician!!
Je suis inconditionnellement fan depuis que je suis enfant !!!! Yehudi Menuhin .... c'est le violon fait Homme et vice versa....
Il n'y a que lui pour interpréter Paganini comme si c'était lui....
Un grand merci
WONDERFUL! This piece works for two basic reasons, in my opinion. First, there is a substantial cut which tightens up the movement. Second, the part that is cut is written on the high ledger lines and thus is almost inaudible due to the frequency of the sound. If this is indeed a dub, one would never know it because the synchrinization between the music and the motions of the bows could not be better. A thoroughly wonderful video over all.
just amazing. i don't know what to say. he was unique. RIP yehudi
Ohh man, great stuff. Paganini was the most incredible composer I've heard, way ahead of the times. He belonged in the 80's with Jason Becker and Paul Gilbert man! Mad shredder if I ever heard one...
I remember when i was like 13 o 14 years old, this particular piece always put a big smile and a day-dream vision on my eyes, i mean.... it made me cry whenever i listened to it..... so everytime i hear this ohhhhhh so Marvelous-Allegro Spiritoso, i always think, mannn!! what a precious memories i had from my childhood!
=`)
Every now and then I see a performance that makes me smile uncontrollably, it actually puts me in a better mood, it enriches my entire day, my jaw drops, and most of the time I'm thinking "fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuck that's insane".
This is one of those performances.
So let me get this right, you got a film of Pierre Monteaux, colorized it, matched it for pitch, digitized it and matched it for tempo, then put it together as a concert which never happened.
Fabulous.
Thanks for posting this- I've been struggling lately with double-harmonics as well as tenths, so it was nice to see it really up-close. Amazing how completely relaxed he is during the entire piece!
Wow... just heard the piece on Classic FM and wanted to see it played... absolutely stunning music, a treasure of a video - thank you!
he played so smoothly..i'm so jealous...
This is the first time in many decades of listening to Menuhin that I am moved by his playing.
Perhaps since I had not listened to this particular concert in many years I have forgotten other performances for reference. But this is not fair. I realize now that he had some blood running through his veins. This it is great playing, and not in a relative sense.
I once had an old 78 speed record of this concerto with Novacek's Perpetuum Mobile as well. It got played so many times over; it's great to hear it again. Thanks!
He looks so relaxed, and the music to me, seems technially perfect, asn well as full of life. Watching him move is as delightful as listening to the music.
I'm not a very experienced player yet, but there seems to be a fair bit of richochet bowing, of what I've watched so far. The cleanness of the sound he makes with it is so admirable!
I was going to write, boring! But, by the time he got to the end I have to admit it was impressive. Since today all the violinists are great, it's hard to be impressed. I guess when people first heard Paganini play there was no one else like him, so it was overwhelming. Today, everyone is good, or else you don't listen to them. Menuhin does it so nonchalantly. Incredible.
massive compliment - thanks :-)
This playing is amazingly awe inspiring.
I am voiceless in front of such virtuosity.
Menuhin is brilliant.
Thanks a lot for posting this video.
3:17 impresionante!! que maestrazo loco
Siempre vendran seres magistrales
Y uno sentira que vale la pena vivir
Y tratar de alcanzar grandeza en su propio destino
Yehudi Menuhin
Increible, amaizing!!!
There's definitely something....whimsical about this movement. I can't help but smile, even giggle sometimes, when I hear it. It has such a fun, playful, free sound to it. It's like the musical equivalent of children playing and laughing. I can picture Paganini playing this with a big smile on his face, like "Isn't this fun? Watch this, haha!!"
Yeah, but then when the rest of us poor average violinists try our hand at it, we are reduced to tears and looking like big bumbling fools. What a cruel joke... :(
Just making those double stop harmonics sound half-way decent and not seriously injure your audience's ears is enough to reduce any grown man to a blubbering pile of regret! Violinists of this caliber just make it look so easy.
Grazie mille, fantastico!
So much emotion is his play. My favourite violinist.
Una bellesa suprema oír este maravilloso concierto, es glorioso, magnifico, dan ganas de llorar al ver el virtuosismo del intérprete y compositor, gracias por este privilegio.
Glad you all enjoy it I was thinking about dubbing more of his videos with his youthful recordings think it'd be a good idea! :D
Its mind boggling to watch him. Think of time necessary to master this piece. What desire. Paganini blows me away. P was playing around the same time as Beethoven. B's violin concerto certainly does not contain the extremes of P.
Excelente, es el maximo violinista de las ultimas decadas, gracias por compartir este video.
Por fin lo encontre.gracias MAD
hey man ...GREAT JOB !!!!! congratulations and thank´s
M0reTeaVicar , couldn't agree with you more. This is a great performance of this piece - in fact probably the best i've heard - close to perfect as you can get, and now that you mention it, i dont think you could hide mistakes in this paganini piece that easily, however it contains lots of accidentals, which could be stuffed up and still sound generally good - not so much in the case of the violin concerto but definatley in some of the capricci.
What an amazing bow arm!!! It must feel so capable, powerful, and good!
By the gods, this is astonishingly beautiful! Truly awesome musicians! ;D
great i have been searching for this
Wow that's dubbing? Amazingly detailed syncing !
Nicolo Paganini was famous works for violin concertos, although very complicated yet very elegant and romantic. I really loved it. (wijonora)
@HylianNinja actually, it's pretty easy to remember hand positions on a violin cuz it's not sight-memory but muscle-memory...like how dancers remember their steps, fingers"dance" to the same rhythmn
!!Que finura de arte, tecnica, estilo, sentimiento
he makes it look so easy. it blows my mind.
Just like a Big BOSS😎😎👊
His technique was the best, so clear and the sound amazing!
His Elgar concerto recorded as a kid with the composer conducting is the best ever, technically and musically. A great musician who's technique sadly slipped as he aged. Most of his 1960s (and later) recordings are not a true reflection of what he did at his peak. Being totally outclassed by Grappelli is something I will never forget - cruel and horrible.
not one mistake!!
this is unbelievable!!
Fantastic!
Superb! Bravo! TY.
He is the best in each age and each time.
Fenomeno...Bello don!!!
Its just the Visual from 1966 and the playing from 1934 ;)
Thanks for exaplaining that! The title is ambiguous. Now it is clear.
Hey TwistinWays, try using your collarbone suitably. Menuhin has discussed this enough. He rests his violin against his collarbone and the chin, so his shoulder gets more freedom. And the violin gets more like a 45 angle, which helps get to the higher positions at the G string. The counterpart is that you cant see your fingering.
Muchas Gracias
fantastico, perfecta interpretación, un abrazo
Event on the best plays ever in the music history you can still find people who don't like it. amusing.
INCREIBLEMENTE MAGUISTRAL!!!!!SIN PALABRAS.............
it takes a lot of heart and cleverness and yes experience (maturity) with music in order to make appropriate music. Plus, soloists don't just play what's on paper. Sometimes they have to interpret themselves.
wow you say you edited an older version into this? It's perfect. Great edit job!!!!!!!!!!!
I just now read that the video is edited. I hadn't noticed before . Ah well... Very nice lol
@HylianNinja There's also the viola,the cello, the double bass, and many many more instruments that do not have frets!But I aggree with you on the fact that it is very hard to play fretless isnstruments!But all the instruments are magnificent with their own world "following" them!Try listening to Mozart's Clarinet Concerto or Horn Concerto,Dvorak cello concer,Bottesini Double Bass concerto etc etc! Best regards
Fellow musician and Cellist
Steven!
great bowing and intonation!
will never be better than this...
amazing how such an extremely difficult song looks so efortless!!!!!!!!!
Incredible synchronized!!
Ah, these recordings of Menuhin, at the height of his violin powers... a man possessed. The intonation, the strength of spirit, the musicality, the singing tone, the skill...amazing.
Sensationnel et unique ! Sans commentaires
What an amazing performance
what an incredible spicatto!
If you have talent, with great practise and discipline you were achieving it, I encourage my friend!!!
Simplesmente maravilhoso.
Really wonderful playing.
There's a lot that happens when you get on stage. You have to worry about playing about an hour of music (usually) that isn't all melody and then playing with your group and making sure it sounds right. Hitting notes is one thing, making everybody's notes sound together is another. It's like my conductor used to say, "Don't think. If you think you will die. Just do." By reading you don't have to think about "which note is next?" They're not soloists, they're an orchestra.
Yes, read the description. I'm not sure there's a video of the 1934 recording, which is vastly superior to his later ones.
The best I've heard from him!!!
harmonics are played when you put your finger on the string but you don't press down, and false harmonics (which menuhin is playing here) are when you put your 1st and 4th finger down, pressing the first but not the 4th, and play the notes written on the score as the 1st finger. (sorry that seems like such a mouthful, but actually it's quite easy:P)
Amazing!!!
Heifetz is turning in his grave as I cherish Menuhin.
Thank you :-)
Outstanding :)
most admirable man
Wow ! Esto si es perfección.
@JeanLucDoe wow I've never heard about them.Thanks for replying :) I will try to find them
In general, for a harmonic, you press lightly on the string..much less so than for a regular note. It's generally difficult to maintain consistency as even a little fluctuation can make the note screech discordantly or not make any sound at all.
I like me the sound, in this concert, Il violino è excelent
I just cant not smile while listening to this!
@HylianNinja Harp? Each string produces a different pitch. That's even easier than a fretted instrument. They may have to contend with peddlework but violin is much harder.
SENZA DUBBIO BRAVO..MA ESISTONO ALTRI ILLUSTRI VIOLINISTI CHE SUONANO MEGLIO PAGANINI
His bowing is fantastic
please excuse thousand times, all you great masters of this divine instrument- but he is the best of all of you !!
Super! thanks for this video... :))
Sounds like your favorite song, huh?
You can still play anything on the violin, even this regardless of hand size. It is just a matter of how well your hand adapts to the instrument :)
AWSOME~!!!!
Ah Menuhin ! In my view, perhaps the greatest violinist ever !
wonderful
A little step before impossible. Even watching it is hard to believe.
Great artist !!!
His Bowing is PERFECT.
Yes. Menuhin did some duets with Grappelli (they may be on youtube somewhere) and his technique had really faltered compared to his heyday. Grappelli sounded wonderful and Yehudi was just floundering.
quel merveille
Excelente!
Awesome!!!!!!!!!!!