Paganini: Caprice No. 4 (Shlomo Mintz)

This recording was converted from an old VHS, so not the best video quality.
Sad to say that the 24-etude set was not complete on the cassette. There were only Nos. 1-11., 13, 14, 17, 20 and 24.
Check out young master's incredible technique and the sound (especially for staccati, spiccati and ricochets), musically also intelligent. Recorded in 1981.

[@sijas]

i love how his body is so calm, but his sound is so intense.

[@DrkStrShadow]

I actually find this interpretation to be quite lovely and emotional; I prefer it over any other. It makes my heart swell with warmth as I imagine various stages of romance, a new scene created with every new section he plays. His heart is into it, and you feel it. Well, maybe you don't, specifically. But I do, and I love it.

[@alecrobinson7124]

This is the secret best version of this caprice.

[@ptm4444]

All fact here

[@josebuylla164]

Maria Dueñas

[@destinychild4042]

One day I want to play like that. It will take years, but playing like that will satisfy my soul. So smooth

[@famorello9113]

Destiny child still practicing?

[@2planksand2wheels92]

Even if you play like that you will be dissatisfied because you will be looking to play even better. No musician is ever satisfied with their level because their ears are always developing and getting better as they learn.

[@ILikeBirds]

@@2planksand2wheels92 true

[@ILikeBirds]

Got it yet?

[@jackycal]

7 years on, surely some progress? :)

[@teckyify]

I love how boldly he takes the shift at 0:40, I've seen nobody being so confident with that shift

[@aksuli1]

No preparation.

[@jackycal]

im sure a lot of preparation has gone into his violin playing for him to be able to do it seemlessly without preparation :)@@aksuli1

[@Tanpopohimawari]

This is by far the best interpretation i ever heard of caprice, shlomo at his best!

[@christophe2570]

Have you heard zyhui he play it

[@ILikeBirds]

@@christophe2570 they’re both great in their own way

[@SophiaVonHelgastein]

He plays like an angel, and also has the face of one.

[@negarara233]

Although the video quality is bad, his skill is very nice and wonderful! . He looks very comfortable.

[@winrx]

I'm just impressed by the princely demeanor with which he executes these fiendishly difficult works, with nary a sign of self-indulgence or "showmanship"...

[@Halland197]

by far the most exceptional recording of paganini's 24. Schlomo Mintz's tempo for alot of the caprices are considered a little fast but i think its considered that by those that dont have the skill to play it at that tempo with the most amazing clarity thru the dbl and triple stops 32 and 64th notes. Mintz's skill is truly a gift from god that in my opinion ALL the big soloists(perlman, vengerov, sarasate, heifitz) in mintz's generation should aspire to.

[@alessandrovaccari782]

Che bello vedere che dopo tanti anni il lavoro del Maestro Mintz rimane lucido e scintillante come una gemma che non teme il cambiamento delle mode, delle prassi interpretative e le logiche di commercio. Onore a te, Maestro!

[@gonzalocortesvera3790]

Simplemente maravilloso!!! Increíble sonido y afinación. Un grandioso violinista que, sin lugar a dudas, seguirá cautivando y motivando a la gente y estudiantes de violín.

[@AlinePascutti]

It seems so easy for him! Fantastic!

[@ec12384]

So effortless!!!

[@iusedtobe6837]

my favourite Caprice

[@lanarv]

..Face expressions have nothing to do with the talent or love between the violinist and the violin ..:-) Bravo ..Bravo Shlomo Mintz !!! Thanks for sharing :-)

[@slimbullet96]

Shlomo Mintz has so much talent and you can tell he loves playing the violin by looking at his face.

[@chopin8585]

very beautiful...it makes me feel another, in a world made by notes and emotions... great!

[@burburchacha]

hardest of the 24 caprices! hands down

[@ya6655]

He's more of a pro at playing than i'm a pro at breathing :)

[@squeaky342]

his rendition really is beautiful. it's a shame that some of the caprices from shlomo mintz are missing :( but i can enjoy the ones that are on youtube quite contentedly.

[@lovebeast6653]

That last double trill was good, really good for how hard that is to do.

[@ardhyanadam5689]

What's a beautiful playing, the true classical performer isn't it?

[@stechino123]

fantastic thank you so much for uploading!!!

[@thecast91]

mamma mia, è proprio un genio, mi drogo del cd dei capricci fatto da lui hehe =)

[@leandrocamillo3959]

Melhor violinista do mundo na minha opinião !

[@killergirls]

IT's amazing Paganini can compose such a brilliant piece! Peopel often forget it is these great composers that gave birth to such beautiful music.

[@mariusfelixlange6709]

Thank you for that!

[@violistarevirtuoso]

So... it was THAT easy! Mintz is so great. Thank you!!!

[@violinhunter2]

This might be the toughest caprice of all 24 - seldom heard as an encore. I tried sight reading it and ...failed.

[@jloo5836]

violinhunter2 Ummmm why would you try sight reading Paganini?

[@lifeontheledgerlines8394]

@@jloo5836 It's something that happens when you get bored of actually practicing, okay?

[@shc__]

Cómo es que esta maravilla tiene tan pocas visitas ?

[@iqraes]

Asi Son La Mayoria de Las Personas: Las Mismas Basuras Que Les Gusta a Medio Mundo Les Gusta a Ellos Tambien. Pero ¿Sabes Por Que Pasa Esto? Uno: Porque, al Ser Las Entradas Tan Costosas a Conciertos Clasicos, No Suelen Estar Expuestos a Esta Clase de Musica. Puestos Los Pocos Recursos Que Tienen; Dos: Esas Personas Se Encuentran Dentro de Un Ambiente Tan Pobre en Cultura, y Se Han Acostumbrados Tanto a Ese Ambiente, Que Cuando Escuchan Maravillas Como Esta Dicen: "Uy, Que Aburrida, Esto No Es Para Mi" Etc Etc... A Mi Misma Me Cuesta Asimilar Que Tenga Tan Pocas Visitas, con Lo Hermosa Que Es. Te Lo Digo Yo Por Experiencia Propia. Aun No Me Explico Como Es Que Tengo Tanta Cultura Encima, con ya 14 Años Consecutivos Viviendo en Un Lugar Que Carece Tanto de Ella...

[@joseangelhernandez4368]

+It's Ms. Pirazzi Oo guau muy cierto

[@josue66ify]

Falta de cultura en esta sociedad.

[@iusedtobe6837]

It's Ms. Pirazzi Oo Yo que creo que al hablar de costos te equivocas, Como es que si juntan dinero para ver a su puto maluma y chingaderas (hablo de estos por que las entradas van en más de $700 pesos aquí en México y por ejemplo al recital de David Garrett había entradas desde $400) a eso refiero.

[@SigynRegn]

Una favola!

[@evvetacharles6807]

ive always been jealous off people who can play their violins and love it so much.....i just wanna throw mine sometimes...but kudos to this guy

[@koxilas1193]

the guy is just perfect..

[@slashlafro-americano3444]

I think this is the hardest Caprice of Paganini, hardest than 24 th caprice

[@lifeontheledgerlines8394]

Th 24th caprice isn't too bad. 16th is the easiest. 5th or 4th caprices are super hard though.

[@harryliangviolin9003]

LifeOnTheLedgerLines 5th is fine with normal bowings but original makes it much harder, 8 is also really hard. I think no 6 is also quite challenging. Personally I think 24 is overplayed.

[@anonymousanonymity2815]

No one gonna mention the 1st? Okay I will.

[@shouryamukherjee9854]

@@harryliangviolin9003 I agree 24 is so overplayed

[@chrish5425]

7th is also incredibly difficult

[@fatimacanche9081]

Nunca ha llegado a Mexico en disco que maravilla

[@beataselnes1492]

Bravo!🎶🎻🌹🌹🌹

[@vob476]

mucho beatiful!!

[@zzp1]

I forgot to mention Ricci.

[@ndjubilant]

Wonderful, thank you, the only thing is could it please be recorded with more volume please? My phone is at maximum volume yet I hardly hear it

[@shawkobezhu]

markov is the paganini of today his 24th caprice is so crazy

[@RSW1950]

Extraordinary performance.... only Ossy Renardy can compare with Mintz's interpretation and execution.

[@zepulece]

Sapendo inoltre che la persona di cui si parla improvvisava TUTTI i suoi concerti rendendone ognuno UNICO in base alle emozioni momentanee dell'artista che esegue il pezzo, si parla di un qualcosa che si avvicina musicalmente al top per quanto riguarda la mia concezione musicale....il capriccio numero 5 ad esempio..più è suonato veloce più la velocità lo rende struggente.....è un capolavoro ma di cosa stiamo a parlare? -.-

[@carrottoponcrak]

what a god

[@zzp1]

@ Stride Violin. Comments in this case are senseless. Mitz plays like Kogan and Heifetz, in their prime.

[@synoxa1975]

Simply Themel Best...

[@pepeamandita]

@slimbullet96 It's absolutelly right! We can feel his love by music just looking at him!

[@Zalixor]

O.o Is this how Paganini would have done it? Amazing

[@shawkobezhu]

crazy tenth scale

[@arceuswhiz5]

awesome way to play violin

[@Violincrazy]

Holy smokes

[@woawagner1573]

Lindo... Deus o abençoe!!

[@Gheven]

Completamente d'accordo.

[@blood0009a8]

Que bieeen......

[@jmastaflash1000]

@slayermia you have to push yourself to the limit of your abilities. try your hardest and then try harder. everyone learns at a different pace.

[@riccardopini9340]

Livello supremo ....

[@osjunr]

It's Vety Easy, but Shlomo Is the best of Caprice, He's Famous For it alone

[@kevinjackson3332]

I LOOOOOOOVE your post!!!!!!!! I could not have said it better if I tried!!!!!! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

[@SawyerTraynham]

Paganini was the first black metal musician when you think about it. He had long dark hair, dressed in all black, Was thought to have skills given by satan, and was denied burial on holy ground.

[@ahz123]

Is he plucking those strings with his left hand at 2:20?

[@HRHAF]

Hi..I'm Schlomo mintz and this was actually just an one take...:p

[@Civ33]

@ahz123 no, those r double stopped 32nd notes

[@JDerrrty]

@ASirensSoliloquy .... and the winner of the nerdiest comment ever award goes to....

[@violatione]

I see where this argument is going. It will come down to it being a matter of taste. Personally I'm a well educated violist (I went to Eastman) I've seen countless violinists try to play pieces that are too hard for them and justify their lack of technique by "emoting" in the fast passages. In my experience a true virtuoso can be musical without slowing down in the fast difficult passages. But don't call my statement ignorant simply because you disagree with it.

[@tfh5575]

shlomo in his prime >>>

[@ikllu190]

@ASirensSoliloquy honestly i dont think this is a video game so please show respect to the man

[@ZeroX810]

he really plays the violin

[@zigeunerviolin]

Fine, I can respect your opinion, and I feel stupid arguing, but I don't think you get my point. You seem to think that what I mean is that it should be played slower and more "emotional" and less clean as a way to justify its difficulty. On the contrary, I think it's more difficult to play it fast and clean and to add a level of musicality which clearly imitates opera so that it doesn't just sound like a robotic exercise.

[@CerennEla]

No one made 40 hrs a day joke?

[@joeypomeroy7143]

no. but there are many works for violin that have left hand pizzicato.

[@liamrussell3353]

so badly want the sheet music for this!

[@chemistryguy100]

Pretty sure all the sheet music for the Caprices are free online.

[@LoveStarOcean]

I actually got in here looking for the song that Yngwie Malmsteen basses one his guitar solos of (For those who want to check it its called Far Beyond the Sun) If anyone here know the real song plz tell me. I really enjoy the violin I want to learn how to play it after I finish learning how to play guitar and people dont start with the old "The guitar isnt a real instrument unlike the violin" thing. By the way if anyone has some other good violin songs plz tell id like to listen to them.

[@Gheven]

Zepulece, mai sentito parlare di fenomenologia musicale?

[@Gheven]

I like very little of Wieniawski and don't know Ernst. But I feel that Max Bruch has something to teach Paganini and Wieniawski.

[@Gheven]

Well, it also depends on what you mean by "music". ;)

[@gaming4souls]

lol random game references ftw xD

[@HighROCOCOlings]

Beat is good on elegant , serious and gentle treats efforts for best and correct on silky higher coutesy majestic line. Surprise! Beautiful very very much, on sliky beautiful curpet! Please make your beautiful cirtain fame of your name by this music . I like this, your this playing effort are more great name by this. Not weavy as very higher purely surly ,it is better! After 3years later to finishing new clear damage in japan or asia, Please play USA and japan tour .

[@albpoolshark]

im learning this one on my steel drum :) i already have caprice 24 memorized

[@RobertoMartinez-kv5tp]

✔

[@NikolaySlabinsky]

Ахереть круто...

[@mishabursh]

Nikolay Slabinsky во-во,и я о том же

[@ARMAKOFILMS]

I agree about the music, it is not just exercise, but VIOLATIONE is right actually it is supposed to be "look at how fuckin good I am".))))))))))))

[@Rpkist77]

TEXTURE HACKS FTW

[@MerlinTheDraconic]

The facial expressions vary. Some are absurdly dramatic, while others are stiller. Schlomo Mintz is average for facial expressions, but you can't base anything off that - you have to listen to the playing, and his is extremely passionate. Since you're the rocker guy, you should check out Die Erlkonig for violin.

[@zigeunerviolin]

I don't think Paganini is necessarily supposed to be all crazy and "I'm so insanely good, look at how fucking virtuosic I am".... it also has that element but the real art to it is making it sound like opera because it is basically Italian opera executed on the violin.

[@joseangelhernandez4368]

kinski Paganini☺

[@alessandrovaccari782]

!

[@jakob400]

does he a stradivarius?

[@jmastaflash1000]

@slayermia copying some things is ok, but i think that in order to be a true great musician, one should develope their own style and just be their self. there are so many clones in this world and to see some one creating their own path is rare. this is only my opinion though.

[@lilia1997]

His tempo is great!!!He's a man guy!!!:))))))))

[@avatar098]

@ASirensSoliloquy no scopes.. :(

[@zepulece]

una cosa soggettiva come l'arte...poichè essendo tale ogni commento è fuori luogo..si possono citare preferenze...anche io preferisco bach..ma non mozart ad esempio...trovo le melodie di mozart poco struggenti al pari di paganini = mi danno meno emozioni. . . suonando alcuni pezzi di paganini mi accorgo sbavando della complessità manlinconica del pezzo che RICHIEDE anche una notevole tecnica di esecuzione "purtroppo" sembra come il violino voglia parlare e esprimere il suo disappunto!!

[@zepulece]

v=iQHKEbr90qw ascolta questo esecuzione magistrale...un pò come percepisco io la musica di paganini...rimpiango solo che sia morto nel 1840 e non nato 1870-1940 cosi da avere sue registrazioni

[@LoveStarOcean]

Also anyone minds tellng me why doesnt his face any expression like theres no passion in his playing I know some of you think that since im the rocker guy here that Mintz over there should be head banging but no what I want to see is a face that shows what he fells like other masters of instruments like for example: Stevie Ray Vaughan, Jordan Ruddess, Steve Vai, or Rick Wakeman.

[@avatar098]

360 no scope... WITH THE SCREEN TURNED OFF

[@sorinion61]

chuck norris wrote this with his knife

[@vladutist]

he's a "demon"

[@mixailaggelos2004]

As a violinist I think of lunch too many times :p

[@anferlo]

@fireballkiller memorizing these capricces should not be amazing, iy should be necessary. Pianists memorize every piece they play, and every musician should do it as it is of vital importance to improve the performance. Orchestras do not help too much...

[@zepulece]

se non capisci la musica quando è suonata veloce è un tuo difetto ^_^ ..prova a suonare un qualunque capriccio a rallentatore e scoprirai una melodia eccelsa. . . . molti passaggi hanno una melodia che cresce al pari con la velocità d'esecuzione del pezzo...ti accorgerai che alcuni suoni possono venir fuori solo in quel modo..e combinati con la melodia esc fuori un musicista IMMENSO . . forse dici cosi perchè non riesci a suonare nulla di lui :)

[@Gheven]

Well, let's take one for all; Johannes Brahms, may be? ;)

[@violinoamore]

Great, he just plays too relaxed, sleepy and "civilian". Alexander Markov gives it the necessary "diabolic" passion - which is much more interesting and exciting

[@pojoboing]

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