Kyung Wha Chung plays Dvořák violin concerto

[@virvln2814]

Kyung Wha Chung is the first Korean woman violinist to achieve international recognition. In the years after she made her debut in London playing the Tchaikovsky Concerto, there have been many other Korean, Japanese, and Chinese female violinists to appear on the international concert stage. However excellent they all are, none come even close to Ms. Chung´s level of playing from all points of view. Her technique is flawless, her tone most beautiful and her musicality compelling. She was the first of the orientals to achieve international virtuoso status and she is still the best! She has an instinctive musicianship that only the greatest artists possess.

[@youngwoo5860]

Your opinion is rational and reasonable... accuate point.

[@truelove7912]

I agree with you absolutely.

[@nealgold8076]

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[@nealgold8076]

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[@nealgold8076]

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[@ts13579_texas_usa]

There are many great violinists out there. But very few exude *authority* from every pore as does Ms. Kyung Wha Chung when she plays. It is truly spectacular both to watch and to listen.

[@Olive117]

저시대에 우리나라에 저런 연주자가 있었다는 사실이 새삼 신기하네요.. 천재중의 천재...

[@구어니]

Legendary. I haven't listened to perfect Dvorak violin concerto like this before.

[@MJQuadmegistus]

Her smirk after the descending octaves in the end of the third movement is what we do this for, it is fun and exciting to make music and give to various audiences. Playing violin has been and will continue to be the joy of my life.

[@larryfried7742]

She is so great! Ms. Chung loves the music and the music loves her. Thrilling !

[@lionkingsnation]

Absolutely spellbounding. It makes me dumb. Most beautiful sound and tone. She occupied the highest position for the great violinst together with Heifetz.

[@richardmatteo5701]

instablaster...

[@ts13579_texas_usa]

@light nation She *occupies* (present tense). Thank you!

[@minyoungkwon7871]

리카르도 샤이와 정경화님의 젊은 시절이네요. 정경화샘이 인터뷰에서 하셨던 말씀이 생각납니다. 음악만을 생각하고 연주하던 저 시절은 로맨틱했다!

[@kvmorrowmorrow]

this is the most powerful delivery of Dvořák violin concerto ever!

[@brianseals7546]

Would rather listen to MA, but if you insist, Thankyou.

[@yettitop]

I get chills in my body now. She even rarely looks at her hand on ebony but really “feels” the music. She had concerts in south korea lately and executed with masterful style. Her profundity toward philosophy of music is bottemless, and I think it makes her music to be understood distinctly

[@RodolfoLimacbx]

Special! This woman is special!

[@xxathenacraftsxx]

okay WOW she ate that and left no crumbs. a queen. she paved the way.

[@ravenstrobe]

For whatever reason I've reached my 70s without ever having listened to this wonderful concerto before. Yes, I'm sure I've heard it, or movements of it on the radio, but I've never sat down and truly listened to it until now. Maybe it's because no other performance has grabbed my attention in the way that this one has: KWC is truly mesmerizing in this, as in pretty much anything she plays. If I could only take the recordings of one violinist with me to a desert island it would be a hard choice between hers and Perlmann's.

[@hectorberlioz1449]

Great performance!

[@tombulasok51]

Kyung Wha Chung is the best.

[@kijabrockman2808]

Bast in the would. She's sow Beautiful. Also And.Very Generous!!!

[@gerardocajerocallejas7553]

Kyung-Wha at her best!!!

[@HenJack-vl5cb]

Absolute magic and joy! Thank you for the wonderful video

[@chanelevon91]

Kyung is one of my favorite artists. She has such a gorgeous sound! Her music is so precise and so wonderfully interpreted!! Always a flawless performance and both brilliant and elegant. Her and itzhak totally rule this piece!

[@jackarcher7495]

She and Itzahk.

[@youngwoo5860]

It' is accuite point.

[@drcalvinlee]

Thank you for sharing this high quality rendition of Mme Chung in her prime time.

[@lotusbuds2000]

+Dr.Calvin Lee Yep, that was her prime!

[@robotnik77]

She's special; one of the greats. I do think that the recording lets the orchestra overpower the performer; the engineers placement of microphones could have favored the violinist more.

[@이금순-q9w]

휼룽한 연주 들을수있어서 매일 감사 합니다~~~^~^

[@nancyw480]

So many great things have been said about her and her music. I just want to say that every time I play her music, I am so touched all over again. I truly can listen to her music with my heart and soul.

[@ivana4638]

I had never listened to this concerto. I’m glad this is the first recording of it I listen to. Also, I don’t normally point this out, but my god is she beautiful.

[@cl8594]

Man, she's on fire.

[@elgatosucio]

Such a exquisit performer !

[@junkim565]

Breathtaking yet so much joy to the ears! Such poise and control yet passionate and powerful! In short.. just perfect.

[@송복순-i6h]

영원한 레전드 정경화님 건강하세요

[@NativeBakJaesaram0001]

경화 누님 소리는 언제나 우렁차고 생동감이 강해 좋아요. 엘피 판 4장 구입해서 잘 들었는데 이사하면서 다 버리고 와 가끔 슬픕니다. 특히 브루흐 데카 차이코프스키, 멘델스존. 이 영상은 참 좋네요.

[@infamousT]

Sublime - one of my favourites.

[@dominus6167]

매일 Muti하고 한 것만 듣다가 이거 들으니 또 신선한 맛이 있네요. 명연주 중의 명연주.

[@PoeMSchzde]

She is awesome!

[@onoudu1581]

How have not heard this? Amazing.

[@0003jjh]

I think, personally, in the First Movement, that the tempo is about as perfectly close to Allegro, ma non troppo as can possibly be. Perfect speed and great job by Conductor, Soloist, as well as Orchestra.

[@ajc_4147]

@@jeanmarshfanit was allegro ma non troppo

[@hecatefong5444]

Truly excellent!!

[@조사랑-f1i]

20년전쯤 정경화선생님 멘델스존 바이올린협주곡E단조 실황으로 들었어요.첫 멜로디에 소름이 쫙~드보르작도 너무 좋습니다.♡♡

[@Dogaradodia]

Zertifizierte intergalaktische!

[@손경자-b4i]

정말참멋있습니다모습에서자부심을느낄정도로대단합니다

[@michaelmcgrdle1765]

Again, another treasure of humanity

[@세상에공짜는없다-r3l]

She is Perfect. She is legend like sumi Jo. I am very proud of the two as Korean.

[@sungmanshin]

The best recording of this concerto for no doubt

[@raulalvan3283]

increiblemente bello, concierto , y una refinada violinsta con una depurada tecnica

[@youngwoo5860]

What a elaborate and exquisite piece of music !!

[@danielfong2941]

Absolutely stunning!

[@brianseals7546]

Liked is an understatement- the huge enjoyment and his enthusiasm makes this conductor something out of the ordinary- Thanks to all present.

[@leonardoolivier1687]

Maravilho!!! É como Deus tocar meus ouvidos

[@현예린-q9i]

너무 조아요.....😭😭😭

[@손경자-b4i]

오래오래보고싶습니다건강하십시요

[@beenthereonce]

Marvelous!

[@Ashley-q4n6y]

Very commanding performance.kyung Wha Chung does Dvorak justice.Awesome thanks!

[@lotusbuds2000]

so wonderful !

[@michaelmcgrdle1765]

Treasure of Humanity!

[@faneliakl]

30:30 지휘자분 너무 화려하다ㅋㅋ 곡이랑 어울리게 열정적이심

[@中村淳二-r3d]

ヤッパ、チョン・キョンファさん、素晴らしい、指揮者は、シャイーさんじゃないですかー　なかなか、良いですね。

[@마블-g4b]

감사합니다

[@markovelikonja5399]

I didn't know this and other videos existed. She was a marvel. I particularly like her Berg/Bartok 1 recording with Solti/CSO from around this time.

[@twofinedays]

Not with Solti, but there's a video of her performing Berg concerto in Dublin on my channel too

[@ericwang0041]

不知為何，德佛札克的唯一一曲小提琴協奏曲，知名度稍遜，不過身為國民樂派的大家，手下實在極少敗筆，這曲實在太好聽了。咱心目中一直的版本是密爾斯坦的小天使版，詮釋及錄音都是一流，因此咱也就不作他人想。沒想到鄭京和也有此曲的錄音，以前不曾在唱片行看過，此版咱聽了二十分鐘了，硬是要得......

[@kimlee2946]

Such a valuable video! Thank you.

[@lamoitte1]

Listen to her playing Bach's partita(s). It s the Sin Qua Non articulation of the adage that "What Music Cannot be Found in the Notes"

[@vickic3087]

Such a fine piece and such a fine performer... it's too bad that it's not more well-known.

[@albertmuller9741]

+Vickky Clowes It's because, well, it's not Dvoraks best piece. It's just a violin concerto, like many others. You cannot compare it to Beethoven, Walton, Prokofief, etc., and many others. Or Brahms. So I wonder a bit why she selected this concerto at all.

[@vickic3087]

+Albert Müller You make a great point, and of course Beethoven and Prokofiev's concertos are classics, but they've become so standard in my mind that playing one of those concertos doesn't distinguish yourself. To me, this industry is all about distinguishing yourself form the norm- being able to turn on the radio and instantaneously recognize Chung's amazing fire and tone, or being able to recognize the cadenza that Heifetz wrote for himself in the Tchaikovsky.

[@jesusfruit50]

+Albert Müller Actually, the first 2 movements of this song appeared in the post-apocalyptic video game Fallout 3, as one of several solo pieces played on a survivor radio station. I think it speaks volumes when one of the best game franchises alive assumes this music will survive nuclear annihilation. It's not as well 'known' as it should be, but it needs no comparison to Beethoven or Brahms as the reason why it's odd people listen or play these pieces at all. Not even considering Dvorak came many years after the triple B's (Bach Beethoven & Brahms), and despite the fact that the first virtuoso soloist Dvorak wrote this song for refused to play it, it's apparent Kyung-Wha has a deep connection to this piece. The real wonder is how long did it take her to play it this well, eh?

[@quabledistocficklepo3597]

stewart scholl, Such as?

[@klop4228]

Albert Müller If you're saying this is not Dvořák's best; well, then the Beethoven concerto wasn't his best piece either. Not hating on it, but he wrote much better. And, until Joseph Joachim (around Brahms' time) it was considered a bad piece, not due to its progressiveness, like other Beethoven, but because the violin part is kind of awkward to play. Also, even Brahms agreed that his own violin concerto was not his best - too much he wanted to do but Joachim made him take out because it would be too hard. And even so, it's kind of awkward. Not musically - technically. Oh, and Joseph Joachim, for whom this concerto was written didn't refuse to play it, as far as I remember. He just couldn't do the premier and never got round to it later.

[@annazen3806]

Great 👍

[@최성준-r7y]

현 위의 마녀라는 수식어가 아깝지 않은 최고의바이올린리스트..세련되고 우아한..

[@jansnauwaert1785]

Riccardo Chailly seems to really have a great time.

[@nerd9992]

Passion!

[@enzocypriani5055]

best dvorak out there

[@comepan]

めちゃええ演奏 この曲を誤解していました 楽しい

[@fromcmk33]

개성강하고 ..wild한 격조높은연주였습니다

[@김용민-c5z]

정경화 바이올린 풋 풋 정말 아름답다

[@Berlinchesmusic]

Increíble

[@AlexS-oj8qf]

Note to Self: 25:26

[@cellokratzer]

Its not the Rundfunk Sinfonie Orchester but the Radio-Symphonie Orchester Berlin, nowadays Deutsches Symphonie Orchester Berlin.

[@simonwong2738]

she owns this piece like perlman owns the brahms.

[@daniel3231995]

Exactly how does someone own something that already went of copyright in the public domain. It's good but I suggest listening to Mutter's of both. Much bolder playing.

[@simonwong2738]

Mutter was terrible on Dvorak, so intense; Dvorak was a relaxed Bohemian not German for God sake, she needs to relax. Her Beethoven with Osawa and Berlin was one of the best though. By the way, did I mentioned no living violinist ever beats Perlman on Brahms?

[@larryfried7742]

What was that pop at 26:29? Did the conductor bang the baton on the podium? WTH? What a fantastic performance of this beautiful but amazingly difficult concerto.

[@philipfeeley7914]

Yes is was a beautiful performance. And you're right - it looked like he banged the podium at that moment. Unusual.

[@larryfried7742]

@@philipfeeley7914 Thanks for your reply..I thought I was just hearing things...Still what an impressive performance. Such a great passionate player. And very intelligent and friendly for an artist of this caliper. I still think Her Bruch performance w/LSO-Previn is one of the best ever. If you watch that video ,as you might have, you'll understand why instantly. Her bowing is almost superhuman. So very very great! BTW..At that time the video was recorded I don't recall seeing one female member in the entire orchestra. Different time then, but, I'm glad things have gotten better. Women are just as good, if not better, than just male players. Well...That's been corrected..so We all should be happy about that. Anyhow..Thanks for the Reply. *Cheers* and I hope you and your friends and family remain safe thru this Pandemic. Regards...Larry

[@larryfried7742]

@Sir Scofferoff Oh I agree 100 % with you. It's all about the talent. Gender has nothing to do with it. But..I was only pointing out that at that point in time, women who had the chops to play in the orchestra might have been passed over? Male or Female if you have the talent and can cut the rigors of working in an orchestra a fair level playing field would be in order. Yes?

[@Caleb-ee2nt]

She and Chailly belong to the stage.

[@go108779]

예전에 3개로 나눠서 올려주셨던 영상 아닌가요? 하나로 합쳐진데 HD 면 더 바랄게 없네요. 너무 감사합니다!!

[@acharyajamesoermannspeaker6563]

This is 1983 people are commenting she is new? I guess new to those particular people. This Dvorak is is one of the most interesting violin concertos with some parts actually almost schmaltzy or Hollywood, with a wide variety of flavours put in, with Slavic and folk being mixed in good amounts.

[@twofinedays]

Not sure what you mean. Ms Chung Made her international debut in 1967, and has been around ever since apart from occasional breaks for raising her sons or a finger injury. People can make comments on artists regardless they are new or old, can't they?

[@acharyajamesoermannspeaker6563]

One of the commenters was carrying on like this was a new person, but the recording is obviously old. @@twofinedays

[@antonmclouglin6319]

this sounds like Mendelssohn Violin Concerto E Minor OP.64???? this is beautiful regardless

[@finedesign2012]

소름이다

[@Woo.소명]

대한민국 1세대 바이올리니스트 정경화 ㄷㄷ..

[@BlueberrygummerGaming]

Her playing is amazing - even though she added what seemed to be too much vibrato in the piece (I've never heard it so I don't know if it's meant to be played like this) - But it is still amazing!

[@TheLaPpY14]

When a hear the first mov. Looks like it was made by beethoven and chopin,eventhough chopin neve did a violin concerto.

[@jiwookim3822]

21:22

[@keiji4665]

Which is harder to play this one or Mendelssohn's ?

[@jadenchoi5314]

I'm trying to learn this piece and I think it's more difficult than the Mendelsohn.

[@ajc_4147]

of course it depends on the violinist, but dvorak is much more difficult technically

[@keiji4665]

@@ajc_4147 thank you for your comment ,I understood

[@스얌-w6b]

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[@손경자-b4i]

정경화의바이올린연조는타의추종을불허하는것같습니다여유로움과완벽함이것이세계적인바이올린연주의참모습이아닐까요

[@김용민-c5z]

정명화는 앳모습 그대로

[@rubenmsk]

the wind secction is rushing the tempo and kyung had to adjust hahahahaha not even the greatest orchestras knows how to follow sadly

[@中村淳二-r3d]

ドボルザーク!の、チェロ協奏曲素晴らしいんだけど、ブラームス、チェロ協奏曲、何故、作らなかったんだろ?残念です。

[@philipfeeley7914]

Ads?? Seriously? Someone outta smack them in the head, whoever does that..

[@AlexS-oj8qf]

She looked like the girl who plays Cinderella 😆 Superb playing anyway, second to Julia Fischer in my opinion!!

[@bartjebartmans]

No, not second to Julia. To compare at this level is ridiculous.

[@김광익-h9r]

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