at 9:50 I love how Mendelssohn just went "FEEL THE POWER OF FOUR OCTAVES AT ONCE" and it's absolutely wonderful
@schwei564 жыл бұрын
Tchaik 4 produces the same effect numerous times.
@emilianoturazzi4 жыл бұрын
@@schwei56 "Tchaik 4" is really something one can't read. Is it so difficult to write the full name? and the piece? (4 is for quartet? and which one? or for 4th Symphony? what is it for?)
@AC-xh3pn4 жыл бұрын
@@emilianoturazzi Is it so difficult not to criticize someone for using an abbreviation that is understandable by many musicians?
@emilianoturazzi4 жыл бұрын
@@AC-xh3pn yes it is very difficult for several good reasons partly of which I exposed in my post. by the way: 1) I don't know any musician using such a silly abbreviation. I'm a profesional musician so you can imagine that I know hundreds of musicians...I made a google search and I've found only five occurences of it... - I wouldn't call it a wide spread expression among musicians - infact, quite the opposite, it's really amateurish maybe used only in anglosaxon countries - it is so unprofessional and unclear that I wasn't sure what it referred to... I had to check Tchaikovsky's catalogue for being sure he wasn't talking about a string quartet or a serenade or a string composition (since here we are talking about a string octet) 2) even if it was "understandable by many musicans" not all readers are musicians... so it is simply unclear. 3) infact it is used just to show (more or less consciously) a supposed uncommon knowldege or familiarity, the belonging to a supposed "inner circle" of "initiated people"...
@happypiano48104 жыл бұрын
How do 8 INSTRUMENTS keep in time during that? I’m assuming there is a conductor.
@rachelissuchahardworker61984 жыл бұрын
was just about to shower but now i want to sit in my chair for another half hour
@doofenshmirtz-official3 жыл бұрын
This is the Ultimate Mood and I am disappointed it has so few likes
@SuperGalaxys2 жыл бұрын
I always found it astonishing how the exposition has the feel of a small sonata form in itself. "Main theme": 0:05 "Transition": 0:21 "Second theme": 0:41 "Development:" 1:08 "Recapitulation": 1:41 "Coda:" 2:41 It feels like we've heard an entire piece - and in fact we're only beginning! This fractal-like structure always impressed me.
@edwardmontoya502 жыл бұрын
Thanks for sharing your analysis and for the book marks.
@serena9662 Жыл бұрын
❤😊
@yuanxinliu10008 жыл бұрын
He wrote this when he was 17. What am I doing with my life?
@olla-vogala40908 жыл бұрын
+Yuanxin Liu Please don't feel sad, musical geniuses like this in history can be counted on perhaps 2 hands. Also, in the end it's not so much the early age at which a piece is written that determines its worth (though it is impressive of course), but the inherent musical quality that solidifies a composition as a masterwork through the ages.
@mcrettable8 жыл бұрын
+Yuanxin Liu Ha.. I know right. I'm trying composing and it's a bitch
@mcrettable8 жыл бұрын
+olla-vogala i adore your channel
@ClassicMusicVidsUSA8 жыл бұрын
+mcrettable Agreed. Composition is just plain terrible to get through. There are highs and lows. I find myself composing my first fugue after years of study, but having the formal composition training of Telemann: none whatsoever!
@mcrettable8 жыл бұрын
ClassicMusicVids Hey want to share compositions?
@andrewjessop31404 жыл бұрын
Me: My god the Presto is clean Me: *checks description* Yep,, Heifetz on violin
@pollux_id25573 жыл бұрын
😂😂😂
@cinchonine3 жыл бұрын
Also William Primrose viola!
@greenday618924 ай бұрын
It's insane too cuz I know it's marked presto but this is still the fastest I think I've ever heard the finale... and yet it's also the cleanest?!? Heifetz was on a whole different plane from anyone else
@AvoJoJoNotes8 жыл бұрын
An octet played this at my school. Ever since, I've gotten so interested in Mendelssohn. Like, man; he's a masterful musician.
@olla-vogala40908 жыл бұрын
+NotPhillip - Vietnamese Avocado Yes Mendelssohn is great! If you like this, check out Enescu's String Octet too.
@alexbarton60035 жыл бұрын
That's got to be a really good octet!
@pierrette5815 жыл бұрын
yo bro
@ikmarchini3 жыл бұрын
Mendelssohn is a master yet not appreciated for how great a master he is. Like Mozart, he makes it look easy. He is in the Pantheon.
@paulybarr3 жыл бұрын
@@ikmarchini Oh, I think we all know how great a master he was.
@Arcenmh77183 жыл бұрын
The last movement is so fast But every single notes is still clear omg Heifetz you’re the legend
@vishnuhalikere21514 жыл бұрын
That whole part after 7:59 is also just breathtaking
@EmZevSS7 жыл бұрын
This has got to be one of the best pieces of classical music I've ever heard.
@delroyroberts92447 жыл бұрын
He was the greatest teenage composer. This work is so perfect, that it could not be bettered by any other.
@DanielFahimi3 жыл бұрын
No he is not
@edwardmontoya502 жыл бұрын
He was rivaled by his equally if not more talented sister Franny. I am so envious of this musical family.
@Barnstable112 жыл бұрын
(cough) Mozart (cough)
@generalgonzales8139 Жыл бұрын
Mendelssohn>mozart
@Barnstable11 Жыл бұрын
@@generalgonzales8139 Mendelssohn only comes first alphabetically.
@rainerhiyoku62755 жыл бұрын
Jascha Heifetz on Violin, William Primrose on Viola and so on... absolutely best performers ever
@chelseadalotta973 жыл бұрын
KZbin literally recommend this after twosetviolin update their community tab!
@paolo62193 жыл бұрын
Same
@jorgefraile2183 жыл бұрын
Same here!
@OrlandoAponte4 жыл бұрын
10:29 Guess he really liked that melodic figure, it makes a comeback in the violin concerto
@bryanstarkweather3 жыл бұрын
There's a few other spots in here that are in the violin concerto as well.
@mavow_ Жыл бұрын
5:30 as well
@oscarguzman397 жыл бұрын
I have no words to express my thoughts about that geniality and the power of human intelligence. Its marvellous and overwhelming.
@pollux_id25573 жыл бұрын
sometimes.
@Tokkemon4 жыл бұрын
25:14 And He shall reign forever and ever!
@OrlandoAponte4 жыл бұрын
I thought the same thing
@harrylee38983 жыл бұрын
omg I thought I was the only one
@harrylee38983 жыл бұрын
I just read about the piece and it actually says he quoted that specific part of that piece.
@abbeyekrut95283 жыл бұрын
HAHAHAHHA
@lyricsronen6 жыл бұрын
This is upsettingly skillful for that age. And 2 years after that the 2nd string quartet! What were they feeding him
@cminor30162 жыл бұрын
It was during an era when the true life of the mind was truly free and couldn't be roped and chained for mere lucretive, societal or political ambitions
@lincolny22202 жыл бұрын
A lot of music from dead composers for sure
@StevenOBrien2 жыл бұрын
He was the grandson of Moses Mendelssohn, a very famous and influential eighteenth century philosopher. His family was very wealthy and influential, and had been patrons of JS Bach's sons. His first piano teacher at the age of six, Marie Bigot, was praised by both Beethoven and Haydn as being able to play their works better than they could. His first composition teacher, Zelter, was steeped in the same tradition that produced JS Bach, and he passed this influence onto Mendelssohn. Mendelssohn was also introduced to, and became friends with Goethe at the age of 11.
@milton32042 жыл бұрын
@@cminor3016 ah yes, 19th century Europe the land of the free. The same land that prohibited Felix's own sister from pursuing a career in composition because she was a woman...
@SachinShukla7 жыл бұрын
Jeez, they really called in all the heavyweights for this one.
@amarmarouf7 жыл бұрын
I too appreciate age of mythology!
@tinymanz4435 жыл бұрын
Makes for an unreal recording. And you're not kidding.
@klop42284 жыл бұрын
Years of listening to this - probably going on a decade - and I didn't even realise Primrose was one of the violists! I'm still a bit behind on my knowledge of the big string players from the day, but even so, it's obvious they were all amazing instrumentalists, given the half hour of irrefutable evidence we have here.
@peterkleinman35263 жыл бұрын
Bravissimo, young Felix! You still live.
@jorgefraile2183 жыл бұрын
OH MY LORD THAT ENDING IS GLORIOUS!
@savelieffarnaud31704 жыл бұрын
Since the day i have heard it for the very first time, this piece has never ceased to amaze me. It is still one of my top favorite chamber music pieces, all formations included. And for having listened to numerous interpretations, this one is unbeatable imho.
@vishnuhalikere21514 жыл бұрын
24:57 is sooo clean. King Heifetz Edit: This is about the 100th time ive come back to this recording but I know I just love the harmonies Mendelssohn uses at the 20:54
@pizzasteve58254 жыл бұрын
Ikr I could never in a million years rapid fire that on a violin and make it sound good. piano? maybe. Violin? No way in hell.
@meganstevens22115 жыл бұрын
Dang an actually good viola part 😭
@snail_enthusiast3 жыл бұрын
theres a first time for everything ig 😭💀
@Token_Nerd2 жыл бұрын
Holberg suite is alright. Brandenburg 3 isn't bad either but everyone hates Brandenburg 3.
@anthonyames45964 жыл бұрын
Few things make me happier than the first movement.
@katherinewyatt95858 жыл бұрын
Sublime - I am speechless. I remember my mother playing this. Beautiful.
This is probably in my top five pieces of music at all.
@lordemsworth11947 жыл бұрын
And what are the others?
@klop42284 жыл бұрын
@@lordemsworth1194 Not entirely sure, coming back a couple years later. Schoenberg's First Quartet and Beethoven's Grosse Fuge are definitely up there (they're probably top three, at the moment - maybe with the rest of the 13th quartet added to the 1st quartet). As for the rest? Beethoven 7, maybe? Midsummer Night's Dream Overture, perhaps. Mahler 6? I dunno, to be honest. It's a bit variable. Unsure whether this one would fit entirely in the top five anymore, though it certainly could.
@fedegwagwa3 жыл бұрын
Lol its impossible to tell my mental top ten changes like every week...but there are a few pieces like this one that always stand up there
@MikeWiggins12357115 жыл бұрын
21:43 The legato/staccato part of the third movement caught my ear the very first time I heard the Octet. While I now enjoy the full Octet with its many musical gems within, I still find this part of it my favorite.
@TheSimLord2 жыл бұрын
The Andante has some of the most beautiful and delicate interplay between different instruments I've seen in a chamber work. The way the rising and falling 8th notes superimpose the melody.... what a work lads!
@stefanhempel23547 жыл бұрын
Mendelsohn ist sehr angenehm zu hören ,was aber nicht leicht zu spielen ,viele unterschätzen seine Musik ,es ist eine gewisse Hoffnung der Romantik oder Frieden mit sich selbst nach dem höchsten zu streben des Perfektionismus
@gamingmusicandjokesandabit12404 жыл бұрын
0:05 Pure instrumentation layout heaven.
@franzitaduz3 жыл бұрын
Its that warnth in the sound of the instruments that is so missing today with diigital sound painting.... Air always did a wonderful job for centuries.
@sandokanfirst23 жыл бұрын
All sound is still propagated through air, whether its source is digital or not. So I don't understand what you're saying really.
@ninjaaron2 жыл бұрын
@@sandokanfirst2 especially in this case, where the music is being distributed digitally. 🤔
@uttonio4 жыл бұрын
I have gone to 3 symphony orchestra events and 2 of them play this. Loved it since the first time hearing it.
@viviennelester99397 жыл бұрын
1st movement was my favorite music when I was an active musician (cello) in my teens, and I am not so sure it still isn't my favorite. Listen at 12:20 when the 2nd 1st violin comes in to double the 1st 1st an octave below. Sublime. Still rocks me 50 years later.
@larchmontmark16 жыл бұрын
Thanks for pointing out that spot!!!
@franciscofragoeiro52294 жыл бұрын
I absolutely love those octaves! Stupidly ear-wormish!
@nicolasadams22042 жыл бұрын
Why is the first movement perfection? 😭😭😭 ❤️
@user-rv4qw3xi3c5 жыл бұрын
Mendelssohnはドイツ最大のMeister octetは名品 何回聴いても飽きない
@annas.71515 жыл бұрын
Bellissimo. Mendelsohn era un GRANDE. Peccato che si conosce poco
@ikmarchini3 жыл бұрын
Hai ragione. Non e sconosciuto ma lui e uno dei grandi maestri, ala Mozart e Beethoven.
@marichristian10728 жыл бұрын
What an amazing recording! So many musical superstars gathered together. This octet is surely the most perfect of Mendlessohns's string works.
@olla-vogala40908 жыл бұрын
+Mari Christian Yes I agree, it's such a great work, and the cast... it just doesn't get any better! Thank you for all your comments by the way Mari :)
@marichristian10728 жыл бұрын
Thank you for your remarkable recordings, olla-vogala.
@mcrettable8 жыл бұрын
+Mari Christian have you heard his 6th string quartet :D
@marichristian10728 жыл бұрын
Yes, I've heard them all. Do you have a favorite recording?
@mcrettable8 жыл бұрын
Mari Christian the video on youtube of the schumann quartet performance
@bobsteiner92092 ай бұрын
This recording is from 1961. I'm not sure this famous octet has ever been performed better. And the sound quality, the clarity and balance among the instruments, is still outstanding.
@ismaelruiz24128 жыл бұрын
JESUS! this is simply amazing! i want to play this, is so sad the fact that i cant. terrific melody, i love this so much, thx a lot for sharing ! this is an excellent work!
@phill3066 Жыл бұрын
The defining performance of a masterpiece'; the cohesive excitement and energy generated by this incomparable ensemble has never been matched.
@chessiepique95325 жыл бұрын
Thanks so much for posting this with background information, and best of all, the score! Wow. THIS is how to KZbin. :-)
@aymericd.61265 жыл бұрын
Without adds, would have been perfection.
@brendanmcmahon27455 жыл бұрын
I think of Mendelssohn in two ways, first as the late spring and summer composer as much of his music (like the octet) reminds me of the lush green late springs and summers we have here in New England. The second way is as a king of the joyous romantic opening. While other composers know how to open a piece (Ludwig) if you look at his A Midsummer Night's Dream, Trio, Violin Concerto and the octet openings. Each throws the listener into it and gets them hooked in the best way possible.
@flossingjonah90664 жыл бұрын
Bass: Am I a joke to you?
@sammjashley57763 жыл бұрын
7:38, 16:14, 20:14, 22:23, 22:43 - 23:21 are all my favourite parts
@stephenmorrisguitar6 жыл бұрын
I look forward to seeing this performed for the first time tomorrow.
@vishnuhalikere21515 жыл бұрын
Don't know why but I just love how good the measure at 4:49 sounds.
@evanmcguire57875 жыл бұрын
If you'd like, I could tell you the two chords Mendelssohn uses in that measure
@arthurfranca55164 жыл бұрын
Ray Brown omg he plays that too doent he!??
@franciscofragoeiro52294 жыл бұрын
It's the magic of the C flat! That flat 6th gives us that beautiful chord :) it's one of my favourite chords ever
@franciscofragoeiro52294 жыл бұрын
It's the magic of the C flat! That flat 6th gives us that beautiful chord :) it's one of my favourite chords ever
@joveyosagie21798 жыл бұрын
I loved Heifetz, I'm sure he got first chair, I also like Piatigorsky. SO many greats in a masterpiece of chamber music, I love it
@-Muzikalite-3 жыл бұрын
So, no one was an impostor.
@sebastian94453 жыл бұрын
lmaooo
@edwardmontoya502 жыл бұрын
I have LOVED this piece for decades. It's one of my favorite works by Felix. I adore the D minor trio his sister wrote but he gets credit for.
@2ears1mouth7866 жыл бұрын
A masterpiece! Wouldn't mind being a musical genius myself, but hey ho...
@hazelgriffin43365 жыл бұрын
nothing will ever top this melody
@coasterdragon1555 ай бұрын
how he wrote this when he was 16 is beyond me. this is spectacular
@cloudwards22252 жыл бұрын
24:54 i rlly love how he put a violin solo just to bring back the beginning of the 4th movement
@moafighting15973 жыл бұрын
I love listening to classical pieces because it's fun to interpret the way everything sounds as different emotions. Like how 3:10 sounds kind of playful to me-
@dhu20566 жыл бұрын
2:08 that violist
@franciscofragoeiro52294 жыл бұрын
Ouch ahahah
@shnimmuc8 жыл бұрын
A very great work. This along with the Midsummer Nights music is probably his greatest. All written be for he was 20. Even in maturity he never surpassed these works.
@walexwetchina4878 жыл бұрын
you are missing out my friend.......
@shnimmuc8 жыл бұрын
walex wetchina Meaning?
@walexwetchina4878 жыл бұрын
The works of Mendelssohn's later years are just as exceptional.
@shnimmuc8 жыл бұрын
walex wetchina Other then the D minor trio and the violin concerto, what works are comparable in quality. Certainly not the retrograde symphonies nor the c class "Handel" oratorios.
@walexwetchina4878 жыл бұрын
Quartets 3-6 for starters. It all depends on how you approach it. What you call retrograde symphonies and secound rate handel oratorios I find to be excellent works. You cant honestly think that of Elijah, can you? Think of the opening fugue. It is perfection in my opinion. An extremely powerful work on the whole.
@cminor30162 жыл бұрын
Embrace this now; who knows how long this will last before it is abruptly taken from us by those who profit from the oversimplification of our lives♥️
@nicolorossi6242 жыл бұрын
I felt a little sad when it ended... MAGNIFICENT!!!!
@jeremyleow3 жыл бұрын
The g was correct, it sounds normal... I wonder why Jason decided to vote hyuna out that round... Although she actually wasn't meant to play that g
@sedawin Жыл бұрын
20:27 Dolby Surround Sound😃🎶 in the 19th century!!
@Cayres183 жыл бұрын
Great recording, for 1961.
@ruthcarter73177 жыл бұрын
Heard this at Lewes Chamber music Festival last week - blown away.
@oluchiibe983 жыл бұрын
I love how everyone is coming here after Twoset's video, while I remember coming here after looking up "sad violin tunes" a few years ago
@autodidact24995 жыл бұрын
Mendelssohn (3 February 1809 - 4 November 1847) was 16 when he completed this octet on October 15, 1825.
@rebeccamorgan62444 жыл бұрын
Beautiful! And fun.
@efun12342 ай бұрын
My chamber music camp sight read this, I was a 1st violin(there were multiple people per part) and it was fun! Even though I didnt hear it before, i managed to pull through with the help of other 1st violin 😊😊😊😊
@TK-tv5un6 жыл бұрын
Mendelssohn's unpolished works of his youth are in many respects better than the polished works of his mature period. They just have this spontaneity and unexpectedness that makes them stand out. I think Mendelssohn was an obsessive perfectionist and this actually harmed the quality of his work in the end.
@ketanfernandes40945 жыл бұрын
Oca 2074 interesting. I always considered his early period (prior to Symphony 1) as a tribute to his Classical era predecessors. In many ways you can hear influences of the first Viennese school of composers (and of course Bach, whom Mendelssohn idolised).
@memedreams85587 жыл бұрын
Mendelssohn is so underrated
@oluchiibe987 жыл бұрын
Amanda HE IS?????? Most people consider him as the "landscape artist" of music or the composer that clearly makes a story with his music.
@memedreams85587 жыл бұрын
AverageGirl Yeah but you don't really hear a lot of people talk about him.
@delroyroberts92447 жыл бұрын
The reason is, that most people don't realise that these masterpieces were written in his teens. His first symphony was written at the age of 15: a seldom heard master-work.that can be compared with the 'Italian'. He also wrote wonderful concertos at the age of 14 -17.
@brianbernstein38266 жыл бұрын
the notorious antisemite Wagner famously remarked that Mendelssohn never reached the fame of Bach, Mozart, or Beethoven because of his Jewish faith
@MatthieuStepec4 жыл бұрын
@@brianbernstein3826 even though he was raised in christianity and didn't actually have said jewish faith.
The ending of the 1st movement features an incredible climax that comes close to some Beethoven chamber music works like climax of the 1st movement of the op. 74 string quartet
@georgwagner92 жыл бұрын
the first repetition is breathtaking !!
@wobblyorbee27911 ай бұрын
12:34 love that downward leap to a b flat actually sounds like the higher octave because of the overtones, it's so trippy, i could hear the downward leap and actually the higher octave (a step up from the a flat)
@marinuki6679 ай бұрын
So true! It's the first time I check the score (never played this) and I had no idea it was a low B! Mendelssohn is just pure gold
@wobblyorbee2799 ай бұрын
yes i was surprised it was a low Bb when i saw it too@@marinuki667
@andresrozsa6373 жыл бұрын
And once again, "it's all about Heifetz". I don't think most people liked playing chamber music with him because he always hogged the spotlight. Not that that's a bad thing but it was inevitable. Artur Rubinstein and Heifetz parted ways 30+ years before either of them died in the 80s. The trio they had with Piatigorsky was very short-lived. Piatigorsky got along with them both individually but they couldn't hack it as a group, although during the time they were together they did a few dynamite recordings and Time-Life (I think?) filmed a documentary about them, which was really corny but the music naturally was amazing.
Who comes here after watching TwoSet’s classical music version of Among Us😂🤪
@4x_01_hiutungchan63 жыл бұрын
OH MY GOD
@yes16353 жыл бұрын
ME
@alvindaffaariarpan97903 жыл бұрын
oh wow you're fast :o
@yes16353 жыл бұрын
@@alvindaffaariarpan9790 notification gang yes
@animalistiktiero38353 жыл бұрын
me too. I really like that octet and now i "liszt"en to this.
@mavow_ Жыл бұрын
5:30 That's also in his violin concerto !
@Umaiegg3 жыл бұрын
I’m addicted to 4th movement.
@jackjack33203 жыл бұрын
Recent research by Nicolas Kitchen of the Borromeo Quartet reveals that a more mature Mendelssohn somewhat substantially edited the score before its final publication in 1832.
@user-rv4qw3xi3c5 жыл бұрын
フランス近代音楽好きの私が、大好きなドイツ・ロマン派作品
@davidr781911 ай бұрын
Playing this on Sunday. Suspect I’ll get to try both cello parts. Shout out for violin 4- some lovely moments, and viola 2, especially the end of the slow movt 😊❤
@LandOfDeez3 жыл бұрын
Here before twoset takeover
@StuartSimon2 жыл бұрын
What I find interesting about the Octet is that there are actually two different versions. I have heard the original, and as expected, I heard the climbing struggle that is here subsumed under the first ending of the repeat in the first movement, and it was followed by the repeat of the exposition. However, I was shocked to hear it again when we came to the end of the repeat. I was relieved to know that the figure would not originally have been left out if the performers elected not to take the repeat. This and similar cases of substantial material under the first ending fascinate me.
@winstonelston57436 жыл бұрын
The hideous ads playing noise that is supposed to be music at the ends of each movement destroy the effect of Mendelssohn's sublime art. The effect is as if a vandal were to throw a pot of paint on a Botticelli. Whoever chooses the commercials, PLEASE! A LITTLE CONSIDERATION! NO SOUND ADS!
@Sayeedur1236 жыл бұрын
If you are on a desktop I would recommend an extension called Adblock. It stops ads from playing during the video.
@franciscofragoeiro52294 жыл бұрын
Since the recording isn't theirs, the uploader has no power to remove these ads. However, I recommend that you install AdBlock Plus so that those annoying ads go away.
@moafighting15973 жыл бұрын
Two Set fans are you all here?
@whatplanetweonidontknow30374 жыл бұрын
Libras... his friend born day after myself. Finished the day before my birthday. Wow
@person89873 жыл бұрын
what do you mean
@qalaphyll3 жыл бұрын
what do you mean
@kjs35638 жыл бұрын
l love Mendelssohn
@_sylj3 жыл бұрын
lmao so many people came from twoset's classical musician among us video
@winstonelston57436 жыл бұрын
He always had another trick up his sleeve. Notice around 8:50 it sounds like he's out of steam, but at 9:20 the vamp begins leading into the series of frenzied scales, those leading into a restatement of the first theme, and also his masterful restraint in use of false cadences. Beethoven could have benefitted from lessons from this child prodigy!
@lvbandmore5 жыл бұрын
I think you point out some nice moments but please don't try to demean Beethoven like that. It only makes you look uninformed and I'm sure Felix would have agreed.
@chai89415 жыл бұрын
@@lvbandmore Nah Mendy is better than Ludwig. Beethoven is good, no doubt, but I prefer Felix.
@MaestroTJS4 жыл бұрын
@@chai8941 lol, no.
@thatsEforEveryone4 жыл бұрын
@@MaestroTJS I mean it is their opinion-
@michelevolz77692 жыл бұрын
Just fantastic!
@mattd38266 жыл бұрын
Thank you for the excellent description
@pegasusboots35945 жыл бұрын
Primrose is my idol
@Allan-mf1he4 жыл бұрын
amazing
@vivacantando2 жыл бұрын
It's a glowing work of true mature mastery, but it was written by a 16-year-old. I don't really understand how that's possible.
@SimonPiano428 жыл бұрын
Awesome, great performance. But isn't the tempo in the last movement a little fast musically? It's hard to differentiate and really perceive the notes in the 8th runs. Just a spontaneous thought, this is amazing in any case.
@olla-vogala40908 жыл бұрын
+Sorcerer88 I just checked with an online metronome, I was thinking about that too... Presto (the marking) is between 168-200, the tempo in this recording is about 170, so within this range... Of course there is the whole discussion with regard to changes in actual interpretations of tempi then, and in our times... But I think the main reason that some of the notes in the quick runs are not always discernible is because of the audio recording quality, which could have been better since it's only from 1961...
@SimonPiano428 жыл бұрын
+olla-vogala Yeah, that makes sense. 170 is on the low end for Presto even. It must have been more clear heard live. It's quite unlikely these world-class musicians would have sticked to the tempo if it blurred the notes acoustically.
@JFGecik8 жыл бұрын
I enjoyed the first three movements immensely. I disliked the last movement because it was played too rapidly, resulting in a loss of drama, melody, etc.. It came across as though performed just to "show off" the virtuosi's mind-boggling finger/bow speed, not to please the ear, the mind, and the heart. I understand what several people have stated concerning "Presto" (and its recommended b.p.m.), but I have to believe that Mendelssohn had something else in mind (far lower than 170). I am now going to listen to at least one other interpretation of the work (on KZbin), hoping that I will prefer it.
@michaelrona53937 жыл бұрын
Jascha Heifetz usually plays too fast
@delroyroberts92447 жыл бұрын
The last time I criticized the maestro re. his tempi, I got some abuse.
@alexpalmer23802 жыл бұрын
I love the fact the Mendelssohn copied part of Handal’s “messiah” in the last movement. It just shows that even the best are inspired by others.
@timcergol9633 жыл бұрын
this has to be a mistake, there wasn't any impostors