Nathan Milstein...Last Concert...Chaconne (1986)

[@jamsheddelvadavala1972]

A magical performance at 82 years of age! I have been his fan for 65 years (now am past 75) A fussion of phenomenal technique, that subserved his music. He displayed the architectural magnificence of whatever he plays, to telling effect! His Beethoven concerto is beyond compare! So also his Glazunov, Bruch, & many others! Thanks for the post. Jamshed K. Delvadavala Mumbai.

[@岸誠二-t1j]

何度聴いても素晴らしい😊いいねを10個位付けたい気持ちです

[@poukit.2833]

Nathan Milstein is a legend.

[@donnachaidh5658]

The passages from 6:36 on are unequaled. For my money he was the best fiddle player of the 20th century. He takes your breath away.

[@inotmark]

The absolute concentration of the audience is the best comment possible on this amazing performance.

[@mashtali1]

at this age, playing this music !! never happened before.

[@MrKlemps]

Or since. Nor is it likely to again.

[@fydler7640]

Behold! The Master meets the Master! I imagine that Bach asked Milstein to play this for him when they met in musical Heaven.

[@janebishop5885]

Every time I listen to Milstein, I am transported to another place.....

[@tishmusso3949]

Magnificent...what a noble 'finale' to a great career.

[@stephanebelizaire3627]

Bravo and Vivat for The Maestro Milstein and The Genius Bach !

[@michaelvezina8985]

This is by far the best KZbin violin video of all. Why there are so few views shows that most people who watch violin videos know little or nothing about what an artist and his instrument can accomplish. Milstein has totally captivated his audience with this great piece of music by hypnotizing them with his amazing artistic performance. I have never seen anything come close to this in all the other violin videos I have watched on KZbin. God bless him for leaving us with such a wonderful legacy.

[@WillT25]

An incredible performance. Wow! 🤩

[@陳威呈-o1z]

This is Milstein life . No doubt great performance

[@Musicrafter12]

It's absolutely incredible that at the age of 82 Milstein could still pull off an absolutely world-class performance, playing some of the most difficult works in the repertoire -- at this same recital he also played Sarasate's Introduction and Tarantella! Based on some of the recordings I've heard, Heifetz' technique was already severely degrading by the time he was 70. Milstein is a legend.

[@richardmessina9475]

Agreed (former student of Boris Schwarz)

[@romeovashishthviolin9384]

He also played Paganini caprice 5 and the Beethoven Kreutzer sonata as well as a Handel to my knowledge

[@nunocarvalhoguerra7190]

I believe Ciaccone is noit the most technical piece out there but performing it at his age and at this superb level really shows how extraordinary he was

[@megabugginout]

I told an luthier that worked Milstien today. That Golden era is over. We now just make feeble attempts. Lol

[@spiffnoblade7731]

Heifetz also got hit by a crowbar that permantly damaged his bowing arm,pritty safe to say its a unfair comparison.

[@joaquim02]

Heifetz and Milstein were great artist. There is no point in comparing them. I fell in love with this piece at 2 a.m one night, when I heard Milstein play it. Wonderful!

[@johnschlesinger2009]

The intonation was always a marvel, as beautiful as always here.

[@mspg2]

Milstein was so musical - I was introduced to his recording of the Bruch in the 1960's It will probably never be eclipsed.

[@andrewchan5810]

He wiped the tears from his right eye after the final chord. It's even better than his 1968 recording because he slows down and attacks the chords less aggressively. This chaconne is more soulful.

[@naharayana]

No comparison is needed.

[@ChicanoViolin]

Forever greatful that videos like this exist. 🙏 ❤❤

[@fedorastrings9117]

Superb playing - a great artist.

[@sherinkrederdt7642]

genial Milstein...tanto como Heifetz, Mehuhin, Oistrakh, Francescatti, Stern, Mutti...divinos..desde LimaPerú..sherin krederdt

[@ronald220964]

Thank you Mr Milstein for the wonderful performance.

[@poukit.2833]

Great performance, even at that age. He is amazing.

[@colechiang3963]

Manifique !!!

[@fluteastana8707]

Великолепное исполнение, и это в 82 года! Изумительная интонация и великолепная техника! Не каждому исполнителю Бог дает такой дар!

[@haleem4420]

Genius

[@jacquesderegnaucourt1725]

Sans avoir été jamais un de ses "fans", je lui trouve quand même une vraie classe, une conscience du son et de la direction de la phrase qui forcent le respect. C'est son dernier concert, il est mort 6 ans plus tard. Certains s'arrêtent à temps et évitent ainsi de sombrer dans le pathétique comme Gitlis dont les derniers concerts étaient une vraie injure à l'art.....

[@aldoggiuliani]

¡Maravilloso, gran interpretación!

[@MrKlemps]

The comments below address the miracle of NM being able to play the violin so well at 82. I agree with every one of these observations but would add at this is one of the most structurally coherent performance of the Chaconne you are likely to hear. NM never lets his listeners forget that the origin of the Chaconne is a DANCE--as Bach knew full well.

[@ИгорьДымченко-к9л]

Very good. Weltklasse.

[@jeromepatterson1541]

Absolutely wonderful. The purity of sound is unequaled ❤

[@rogerdoulton2336]

Back again I;'m afraid. And really struggling to comprehend quite how good this is! Perfect intonation and perfectly structured. Lots of young pretenders but........

[@Ruid-YT]

Good violin helps too

[@yvesguimard4054]

Il a changé ses doigtés depuis les années 75. La vieillesse surement et des soucis d' articulation. Mais la cadence est toujours là. Merci brave homme.

[@daisy-shangui]

The big different performance with the young Milsten. I love this one more.

[@yvesguimard4054]

Il se rapproche du jeu baroque. Ça ne dépasse que rarement la troisième position, alors que dans son enregistremenr de 75, il effectuait les accords en 7ème, 9ème, ce qui rendait un brillant incroyable.

[@RWBHere]

Sublime! Thank-you for sharing this video.

[@juergensteiniger5118]

Merci à le grand Nathan Milstein!

[@alexandersuvorov185]

Превосходное исполнение мастера, волшебно и безупречно!!! Bravissimo!!!

[@marcofornaciari3042]

Le auguro di capire il messaggio profondo della testimonianza delle ultime note di Gitlis. E di apprezzarle fino alla sua età ed anche più.

[@evgeniybeschastnov4627]

Excellent work.

[@stevenj9970]

Legend...........no one plays like that these days......

[@marinastrelnikova3691]

❤

[@marcofornaciari3042]

Incredibile

[@ershenlin1774]

Milstein is the best Chaconne player. His recording of Chaconne in 1954 has never been surpassed and will never be.

[@dkokalanov]

What about Grumiaux?

[@richardroskell3452]

A soulful, masterful performance of a sublime composition by Bach. Thank you Nathan.

[@christopherhogan691]

Als Milstein gefragt wurde.. Wie kommt das dass Sie noch so gut spielen in ihrem Alter und ihr Kollege.. Herr Menuhin, fast 20 Jahre jünger, kann kaum spielen.? . Da antwortete Milstein.." Tja. Während mein Kollege Menuhin meditiert... Da übe ich...!!"

[@danielrosen4496]

@danielrosen4496 0 seconds ago His bowing is very unusual-it glides or flows smoothly across the strings, and he barely leaves the strings except for a few chords. And his bow hold, too, fingrers almost pinched together as his hand and forearm move almost as aunit.🥀

[@mattelijah2615]

Nathan is TOPMAN!

[@HilaryLuo-v7q]

The greatest

[@killering1]

reminds me of a moonlight walk in the old city of Durham

[@李君毅-m7x]

best!

[@tienboell1]

Chapou thank so much

[@thusspake9526]

♥♥♥

[@georgekatkins]

And the audience clapped so politely . . . those boors.

[@gauriblomeyer1835]

I understand that it had been said that this piece is too difficult to be played fully. So, naturally only the masters of the masters tried it. Hillary played it in an extremely slow tempo. But what matters ? It is the essence of the music to create happiness, divine ecstasy.

[@sylviaduerr7609]

Nathan im Bach Himmel

[@stevegebhart8388]

Great playing no matter what age! A fabulous way to retire for a great artist.

[@rogerdoulton2336]

So SO profound

[@Olga-wn4tf]

💓💞❣️💝💟💕💗♥️💖

[@FranckSonata]

I was there. The summer of 1986. Funny, I can see myself in the audience, then a young man. A year after, I think in 1987, I had the opportunity to hear Szeryng. Concert hall a few blocks from my home, cheap tickets. "Nah, Szeryng?? Is he any good." I decided not to go, did some other everyday things instead. Didn't know much about Szeryng then, had only a record or two but wasn't aware of his Mercury recordings et c. Well, that was Szeryng's last concert in my country, and he died about a year later. Arrrgh!!! And, also, at about the same period, I had a chance to hear Richter live. Skipped it, a bit more expensive tickets and some travelling. And I wasn’t that much into piano stuff. No one told me this was to be the last chance of my lifetime ...

[@CarolHaynesJ]

Filmed for Christopher Nupen's Milstein documentary. kzbin.info/www/bejne/jmWramCabrRlq6M Astonishingly if you watch carefully he rarely uses the first finger of his left hand. The concert nearly didn't happen because he had injured his finger but it went ahead and he refingered the repertoire to avoid his first finger as much as possible. A perfect ending to his career, sadly cut 'short' by an injury that stopped him playing.

[@jasonyu4380]

amazing!! wish we can trade him back with Kanye West.

[@DanMccollum-om5mz]

I'm not so sure we want to that. I don't think maestro Milstein has anywhere near the crotch grabbing skills of kanye.

[@jasonyu4380]

@@DanMccollum-om5mz dont worry about Ye, you still got Diddy.

[@DanMccollum-om5mz]

@@jasonyu4380 I am worried. Diddy might be facing jail time.

[@jasonyu4380]

@@DanMccollum-om5mz did didy did it or did didy didn't? that's the question ........

[@Тайныйновгородец]

Сейчас послушал исполнение Стерном Чаконы - при всём уважении к возрасту музыканта он оставляет впечатление человека, которого однажды научили играть на скрипке и он далеко особо не ушёл в своём личностном росте...это примерно, как Сергей Стадлер в Питере - будто вчерашний студент...и у обоих эта вечная погоня за демонстрацией виртуозности. А музыки в итоге нет.

[@joseph-lz4lk]

Niente di più grandioso come vedere nascere il solo forse il più completoviolinista del 900

[@AndreyBrinza-x2p]

Круче, чем даже Яша Хейфец, на мой взгляд.

[@bigstaif7753]

It looks a lot like szeryng version, don’t know if szeryng copied milstein

[@tamimattal4584]

11:38

[@clairebuchet2251]

Quel violoniste pourra jamais égaler une telle intzrprétation?

[@wpoon1]

A great Russian violinist!

[@ndimitro9999]

Sorry Nathan Mironovich Milstein was a Ukrainian-born American virtuoso violinist. Widely considered one of the finest violinists of the 20th century, Jew!!!

[@lukathurinn7906]

@@ndimitro9999 he was a Jew too?

[@tienboell1]

@@lukathurinn7906 is doch Scheissegal!!!!!

[@Kchkchkch8415]

@@ndimitro9999 that's right, but do you know where Jascha Heifetz was born? In Lithuania. But nobody says he was Lithuanian violinist. He is famous as great Russian violinist. Lithuania was in Russian Empire at that time. Ukraine was in it too.

[@aleksanderglikson9129]

@@Kchkchkch8415 Великий русский скрипач? Давайте расставим всё по местам. И Хейфиц, и Мильштейн, и Минухин, и многие другие, и даже Ойстрах - скорее великие еврейские скрипачи.

[@pgmloversrv]

I think Heifetz version has more delicate piano and drama. This sounds less dynamic to me, too forte.

[@fennelleastman8816]

really disappointing

[@MrKlemps]

I am guessing that the person whose name you have appropriated who was a keen judge of ALL music that came his way would be disappointed to read your dismissive comment.

[@happyanne555]

What a wierdo to have said such a thing

[@fennelleastman8816]

@@StephanieM772 Pretentious? Moi!??

[@debashismitro3255]

You play violin?

[@derheimlichlauschet]

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