Sarasate Plays Sarasate Zigeunerweisen

[@aimson]

Video wasn't invented yet in Sarasate's lifetime of violin playing. In fact, this recording marks the first time that AUDIO was invented, so it is amazing that there is even this clip to hear in the first place. Rest assured, it is him :)

[@rjyoon562]

how did you even get your hands on the recording? wow!

[@speed_metal3449]

I guess you meant Recording not Audio. because you don't "invent" audio. Also there as been recording prior to that. (1860 ish)

[@josephotoshi]

Thank you for this clip, this is so cool! Totally curious though, how in the world did you get this audio?

[@andrewbarrett1537]

First commercial audio recording was about 1888-1889 but OK.

[@violinistjaepark8366]

@@rjyoon562 I know right? Impresive

[@aimson]

The point of posting the clip is to show you how the piece is intended to be played. It's clearly impossible for Sarasate to "play way too fast" because... HE WROTE THE PIECE! That means the way he's playing it is how it's intended to be played by you. You might want to rephrase your thinking to be less pompous: "I like it played slower." With that said, I like it played exactly the way Heifetz plays it and I have never in my life heard a better recording. That includes this one.

[@js-wv2fr]

actually, at that time, due to some technical problem, performers were forced to reduce the time of the piece. That's why he had skipped some part of the piece, and we will never know the reason of the fast playing is because of his interpretation or just recording problem.

[@christopherherrmann921]

@mister kluge well....IF there would be some kind of "last word", believe me, it would be spoken by the composer...and NOT someone coming from the "outside". Not that someone from the outside would be incompetent or anything like that in terms of interpretation. But in general, a composer as the creator has the basic idea, articulation and sound in mind...so...

[@christopherherrmann921]

@@js-wv2fr for my taste, the parts that he did not skip have a perfect tempo. Melancholic, introverted tempo and articulation, and... he definitely takes a lot time at some parts in relation to others...if he had to rush, then he would play everything quite fast, fermatas too.

[@oscartiong6649]

@@christopherherrmann921 I’m pretty sure he was being sarcastic lol

[@elebecepe]

Love Heifetz! Give Zino Francescatti's rendition a chance. Totally worth it!

[@valeriemuzzulini3977]

Notice: he talks at about 3.25! Intonation is very perfect, the style elegant, brillant, wonderful oldfashioned, yet not so espressive as let's say Rabin, Mutter and others, who came later. That is also due to the change of interpretation style during all those decades since then. Today players are supposed to get a maximum out of every single tone. But when you read Carl Flesch's very interesting description of Sarasate it fits together with what you can hear in this old recording.But fascinating, that we can here this 19th century legend of the violin through our speakers in our privat rooms all over the world.

[@seto_bento]

valerie muzzulini He probably told the pianist to skip the slow part

[@jeffreymiller4814]

@@alexleanhyour skepticism is your prerogative, but it’s unwarranted and makes you look uninformed. A little research would help cure it. His recordings are genuine and historic. He made other recordings of his own Works, and also the E Minor unaccompanied prelude of Bach.

[@RosheruCell]

Sarasate plays at St James' Hall tonight. What do you think, Watson? Could your patients spare you for a few hours?

[@ARAMISUB40]

Wow! I was just at this point, at the League of the Redheaded Gentlemen hahaha

[@earlbutler6213]

same here

[@너자신은-b2r]

I read the book when I was much younger and did not know Sarasate or any of his pieces. I wish I had known back then. After learning who Sarasate was, I appreciate Sherlock Holmes even more. Thank you for sharing this gem !

[@rozaed11]

YAY SOME SHERLOCK READERS HERE!!!

[@Jaesango]

it's amazing how much difference there is between how the composer intended the piece to sound and how modern players play

[@krillelmainstream686]

​@@alexleanh Mejor no comentes nada y mejor desaparece de KZbin

[@wannabecat369]

@@alexleanh This is a famous enough recording to have been reproduced on LP's, tape, CD's etc. copies of which from which the uploader @aimson probably obtained the audio. Anyway the copyright on this thing is probably expired so no museum could have an exclusive right to it.

[@MrLandale]

A breathtaking performance! It's amazing to hear Sarasate play his own work.

[@12DNWM]

my late husband collected 78s I still have the two 1910 records of this:the first was I believe 1905.

[@ShiisWorld]

that's great! hold on to them tight! they are treasures never to be found! :)

[@Scitechnophile]

could you possibly post them? would be much appreciated!! :D

[@henryalbertjupiterhommel1368]

didnt he die in 1908?

[@carlsagan3295]

the best version

[@aaronsilva2282]

One of the few times that saying such, is most likely to be true!

[@rjyoon562]

best version but worst audio quality lol

[@romeovashishth4460]

This is one of the only times you can say that

[@hannahtaki5150]

Yes, the best version and the "MASTERPIECE"

[@DGrieux]

It's such a shame the piece is not complete. The slow movement is one to die for. It's the reason I started playing the violin. :)

[@violinistjaepark8366]

He babbles to the piano player before the movement but the piano ignores him. Sarasate eventually made the pianist skip the slow part.

[@intervalkid]

Unbelievable control of his instrument. Sarasate was the greatest! The pianissimo on the fast legato I have heard noone else perform with such great tone. Most play it louder. Also his note focus and definition I have not heard elsewhere.

[@3047L-f6m]

absolutely! we can only guess what it must have been to hear Sarasate live, without the frustrating time limitations of these old recordings. I haven't heard any other violinst who comes close to his excellence in this composition.

[@foxmulder8955]

I don't really understand how you can make such a statement with this recording quality

[@ConsairtinFergus]

There's a contemporary recording by the Scottish violinist James Scott Skinner, and he plays badly out of tune. Sarasate was one of a kind, i'd say the Spanish Paganini.

[@vadinhopsc]

Gosh! I didn't even know this recording existed. Thank you for uploading it.

[@yvonne2546]

Moi aussi.

[@alexvvd9406]

Tout pareil

[@MrRichygm]

For those who are interested, Sarasate's favourite Strad of 1724 is in the Musee de la Musique in Paris, and they have several photos of it on their website. Some people seem to think The Soil is the most beautfiul sounding Strad, but I think The Sarasate sounds even more beautiful. Hill said it "stands apart in tone and style", and neither Paganini nor Sarasate ever voluntarily parted with it. I think by leaving it to the Musee, Sarasate felt he would still in some way always possess it.

[@010Scooter]

I get tears in my eyes so passionately and pure this is

[@SomeAnimeOtaku]

Yeah I thought the same, this was 4 years before his death. I can't imagine how he would've sounded in his twenties with a good quality recording. Or even live! o.0 That would be my first destination if I had a time machine; Sarasate giving a concert in his twenties xD

[@paul-jackson11111]

Is the Best pizzicato ever! 😳

[@The-CELLIST.]

@@wuzz 4:50

[@halkydus4062]

sarasateception.

[@anthonygale5660]

Vlad Butica: How can you compare Sarasate to Perlman or Heifetz? This is the great virtuoso performing his own composition, you can't get more definitive than that!

[@foxmulder8955]

You can. Composing and performing are two different jobs. Usually composers are not as good as full time concert players to perform their own work. In this case it's a concert violinist writing a piece for himself so of course you can safely assume everything in his version is intended but violin technique evolved a lot since then and most violinists today would play differently for this very reason. I'm sure Sarasate would too if he could listen to today's violinists.

[@ConsairtinFergus]

Definitely. And he played perfectly in tune in a time when It wasn't that common... We Spaniards had or own Paganini :)

[@sneddypie]

You can. He was a composer

[@kushgroover54]

Plus Sarasate was a mega-virtuoso violinist of his own right, probably because it is said that he practiced up to 14 hours a day.

[@filippkarandeev139]

The Classical Nerd of Classical in thirst he was a violinist, after composer, read biography

[@jamesmiller4184]

Yes, it is past marvelous. This unique Spanish master was supreme in his own music, and so as well in much else. Not credited in the G&T or early Victor labeling was his life-long (or very nearly) accompanist - Berthe Marx-Goldschmidt - a product of Paris. She composed a special piano solo of this very work recorded for the Welte-Mignon in Germany quite early, in 1905, if I recall correctly. It's particular rendering was one most vivid, that I once heard long ago. She was of virtuoso caliber, and was with de Sarasate 'till the very last. De Sarasate's great fame, wealth and success were all well deserved. Our luck is good indeed, to be able to savor these delicious musical treats of his.

[@robotnik77]

Marx-Goldschmidt - kzbin.info/www/bejne/d2Waf5d4o7aCoNk

[@jamesmiller4184]

@@robotnik77 I shall definitely investigate, DEFCON 4. [Yikes!] Thank you.

[@MilsteinRulez]

At 3:25, there is someone talking. Can anybody figure out what he says? Maybe it's Sarasate telling his accompanist to skip some music. I think it's pretty amazing how well he plays -- at age 60! His technique is absolutely sound, left hand or right, intonation is dead-on. His left-hand technique and speed is as good as any, and he still has some fine staccato going! That's more than you can say of even most of the greatest violinists.

[@kurtralske4026]

This indecipherable bit of speech on this recording becomes an important plot point in the Japanese movie "Zigeunerwiesen" (1980, Suziki)

[@wpoon1]

It's great to hear Mr. Sarasate who himself playing his great music. Thank you for sharing!

[@odoradek]

台湾在住の指揮者で有られる徳岡直樹先生からこの動画を教えて頂きました。内田百閒の短編「サラサーテの盤（1948年）」で作中、主人公と友人がサラサーテがピアニストに話しかけているであろう会話が聞き取れないというエピソードが出てくる。昔から原音を聞いてみたいという欲求はあったものの検索方法が分からず、失礼ながら先生に質問したところ、何と数分で返信を頂けました。しかも声は「3'24」付近で必ずしもサラサーテ本人ではないという言葉を添えて。最高の誕生日プレゼントでした。徳岡先生有難うございました。

[@autumnhomer9786]

Thank you so much for this upload.

[@WhatsACreel]

This is fantastic! Thanks for uploading.

[@alexandremagno4985]

Once called a genius after a brillant concert performance Sarasate asked: I've studied 14 hours a day for 40 years and now you say me a genius?

[@theophilus7016]

is this a real quote of him?

[@alexandremagno4985]

@@theophilus7016 my old teacher told me that, among those other stories about composers and musicians and I just do like for like

[@schwindsichtigaderechte5293]

It's super interesting to hear how he played the piece. I've heard many impressive interpretations by some great violinists like Heifetz, Perlman and Rabin, but this one sounds completely different from all the rest! Thank you for sharing this!

[@dazzer9]

This is so lovely...wonderful. Soul food. One of my father's favorite pieces. It is just yummy from the composer himself.

[@aimson]

"During his residence in Brussels, Wieniawski's health was in obvious decline, often stopping him in the middle of concerts. He gave a farewell concert in Odessa on April 1879 and died from a heart attack the following year in Moscow. He is interred in the Powązki Cemetery in Warsaw." - from Wikipedia

[@casseyanzio2568]

Wow. How lucky are we to be able to hear this amazing talent ❤🙌

[@mmbmbmbmb]

virtuosity paired with passion ... breathtaking!

[@josepetez9612]

Genial Una obra para soñar

[@aimson]

Some strings are still made out of gut, like the ones I have always used (Pirastro Eudoxa). I think that the "thick" sound you are describing is a result of the extremely old analog recordings that were literally burned into wax. You don't get that sound anymore in digital recordings.

[@Waeweas]

To think I'd be granted the opportunity to listen to the legend Sarasate himself. Thank you Aimson, thank you KZbin. Thank you Sarasate!

[@aimson]

You're welcome. Glad you enjoyed it because it is one of the few true window's we'll ever have into Sarasate.

[@chankaijie1]

this is a great recording! able to hear him play relatively clearly, which is so rare to find in such recordings! A priceless treasure!!

[@aaronsilva2282]

Thank you for preserving this!

[@waisehell]

His comment at 3:24 killed me. Didn't catch it in Tsigoineruwaizen, but you can easily hear it here.

[@heinrichvon]

That classic movie, by Seijun Suzuki, brought me here. In the film, the characters talk at length about the talking in the recording and what it means. I'm assuming it's Spanish, cause I definitely heard the word "para" ("for") at the beginning. Don't know if it's Sarasate or somebody else talking.

[@ConsairtinFergus]

"Para!" also means "Stop!", what makes more sense in a recording context.

[@alurrix3676]

I think he said " Ahora seguido con la segunda..." which in English is like "Now following with the second..."

@@ConsairtinFergus I understand Para.??? el piano.

[@ejamll]

Muchas gracias por compartir esta maravilla, no todo el mundo puede decir que ha escuchado una interpretación de Sarasate, muchos artistas excelentes han pasado y grabado muchas obras entre ellas de Pablo de Sarasate, pero poder oir como lo tocó su autor es algo como entrar en el tunel del tiempo, de nuevo gracias!

[@Mnacuspia004]

Wah. I´m almost crying. GOD! IS SARASATE PLAYING HIMSELF ZIGEUNERWEISEN!!!

[@Mavarla]

Ahhhh---the dawn of modern sound technology...wish we could have heard Paganini doing some of his own violin compositions, too! Composer-Instrumentalists always compose as a challenge for other Instrumentalists, as well as themselves. Thank you for posting this!

[@TenorHornted]

Thank you so much for uploading this.

[@daniel0212]

omg... never knew there was a recording of the composer himself for this piece. WOW.... thanks so much.

[@MadAuralSkills]

We are so priveledged to be able to hear this. Such a luscious tone- you can almost grab it. Contemporary violinists cannot seem to capture this in their interpretations.

[@violinistoftaupo]

A wonderful chance to hear this great violinist - composer shortly before his death.

[@johnkim6965]

Thanks for uploading such a famous melody played by Sarasate himself.

[@Angevin2049]

thats awesome that u post this. its unbelievable when i listen, to think im hearing one of all time masters of the violin. much appreciation.

[@violinistoftaupo]

Such a treat to hear violinist-composers play their own works. Thanks for uploading!!

[@shibumi007]

First, thanks for this opportunity of listening Sarasate. Second, the quality is enough to listen the interpretation well. :-)

[@michaelcrowleypianist]

Its remarkable, that even with this early recording we can hear what a rich tone he had!

[@MrGer2295]

MOLTO BELLO!!! Thank you for sharing this Great Performance of Great Navarrese Spanish violinist and composer PABLO MARTIN MELITON DE SARASATE Y NAVASCUES (10 March 1844 - 20 September 1908) .

[@luismigueldelgadoadin7387]

Sarasate, King of violin film premiere on november 11 in Pamplona City, the birth place of Sarasate. I recomend this film directed by Joaquin Calderon, one of the most interesting music filmmakers of this City.

[@tomershamelashvili9235]

Luis Miguel Delgado Adin ףף

[@Violinjunky]

An honor to be able to get to hear a work played by the composer. Thank you

[@amargeaux]

how rare is it to actually hear the original writer of a timeless classic play his own music!!! you take care of whatever yougot that from!!!

[@davidleesn]

Many thanks for this. It helps me to understand what preceded Kreisler in that flowing sweetness without losing the cheek of gypsy air that pleased the royalty!? led, at least by the taste of the rich patrons... to my limited experience more of Viennese Circle than Sarasate's hometown Pamplona in Navarre where they run ahead of bulls in the Festival of St. Fermin (spelling?) that the legend goes : Sarasate never missed annually... even when he was touring America. Guess we will never know unless we can meet Sarasate on the other side and ask him. Like Bach's Chaconne expressing the loss of his first wife (!?), I wondered what the private version of J.S. Bach playing J.S. Bach will be like... My guess was Maria Dueñas's interpretation was nearer to this private Spanish version... though not as fast, flowing and sweet as Sarasate's recorded version for posterity of rich concert going global audience taste. I thank HopelessViolin for his correction and direction to this enlightening conversation.

[@rachell452]

Oh man, just imagine if we had today's recording technology back then! I mean the quality is obviously bad, but the playing is still amazing

[@julesviolin]

I remember my Father playing bits of this as demos to us and his other pupils. RIP Gérard Anderson Liverpool Philharmonic (circa 1959 era)

[@tukkomi2]

Thanks for posting his own performance! I didn't expect I would be able to listen to such a precious recording.

[@mortarsquad12]

this is a golden price of history

[@xaviervandepoll]

Wow. This recording was made four years before he died!

[@joelkatz8729]

Spectacular playing. I love the way he just tosses off the virtuoso passages. without drawing them out or dwelling on them....

[@TannenNinja]

I don't care about the recording quality; this is awesome. We played this in orchestra last year with our first chair doing to solo part. I think it's def. one of my favorite pieces of music. Thanks for posting this!

[@ぷう-r9e]

1904年サラサーテの本人録音のレコードがあると書いてあったので貴重なものですね。しかし同じ曲でもハイフェツの演奏を聴くと表現の違いで印象がすごく変わるのだと思いました。

[@axelcanu9012]

Many thanks, very precious recording!

[@adamswilliamsidis45]

3:24 se escucha " Para, ahora seguido con la segunda"

[@negarara233]

What does that mean?

[@adamswilliamsidis45]

Significa que omitieron un fragmento de la obra después del minuto 3:24 la parte del piano se escucha cuando Sarasate toca la parte rápida de la obra cuando normalmente el violín seguía tocando calmado.

[@adamswilliamsidis45]

Con respecto a la frase "ahora seguido con la segunda" debe ser la señal del adelanto

[@mikelx191]

@@negarara233 in spanish? stop, now followed with the second

[@STUYVESANTHIGHSCHOOLORCHESTRA]

Brilliant! Makes sense in the context. “Stop. Now continue with the second part.” Meaning the allegro section, of course. Of course, in 1904 there was no audio editing so whatever was recorded was pressed!

[@hazelssister]

Love this piece played by Itzhak Perlman

[@jackbishop9582]

+hazelssister Even though Perlman makes a mistake in the first run

[@stepaushi]

@@jackbishop9582 You're talking about the video where he only makes it to the high B instead of C ? I noticed that, too!

[@chjimenez]

Wonderful sound, tks for the post, Sarasate had 60 years old and play wonderfully, do you imagine how does he play when 20s or 30s.

[@camilintgomery]

I don´t know how to tell "thank you". I love Sarasate's work. This post is incredible (and original from 1904!). A big thank you agein.

[@rosablackwell64]

Thank you so much for posting this. Even with the audio quality, his left-hand pizz is the most distinct and pronounced I've ever heard. Is there any version of this with clearer sound?

[@OrlandoAponte]

Dude these recordings are awesome, thanks for posting them

[@lasultanica]

muchísimas gracias por enviármelo, Nina reguapa!! me ha gustado muchomucho, un besico!! : )

[@paewinichrodphai803]

Music is very Beatifully

[@xbqchm]

English is very terribly.

[@skycastles79]

Thanks so very much for posting this video.

[@gmmix]

It's a real treat to hear Sarasate play Sarasate. Notice that a 3:35 you can hear Sarasate talking to someone. Listeners should delight in every second presented, as the recording is a real rarity.

[@jalehradmard4775]

wow..1904 recorded......yet fantastic...THX

[@Ithro-Ithrozovich]

Thank you for sharing this beautiful piece of art, Aimson.

[@merybottazzi5227]

So beautiful! I love it, I often listen to it since I am connected with Internet, it's always an emotion!!

[@heidikamil]

The atmosphere of this piece playing with violin and piano is so different than the full orchestra version, but still somewhat dramatic

[@Ankhsnammon]

thanks,aimson!I will sibscribe to your channel INMEDIATELY!!! This is...the JEWEL OF MY DAY!!(Well,it's night now in my far country...but....) Long live Pablo and the old beautiful way of to feel and express music,arty and beauty! Nina Galantha(Ankhsnammon),from Argentina

[@srinitaaigaura]

The story goes that Sarasate as a 5 year old child saw his father struggling with the phrase, then picked up the violin and played it perfectly and gave his debut at the age of 8. Of Sarasate's idiomatic writing for his instrument, the playwright and music critic George Bernard Shaw once declared that though there were many composers of music for the violin, there were but few composers of violin music. Of Sarasate's talents as performer and composer, Shaw said that he "left criticism gasping miles behind him"

[@AlicanYilmaz1991]

Sure he played it well! He´s the composer of this piece ;)

[@aimson]

Well, IT could have been cut out due to the length. Shitty recording technology...

[@thelightisahead]

Wow, amazing to hear the creator playing his piece, the true version! Not that it's my favourite piece, but it's an important part of the repertoire, and it's amazing to hear it coming from the body that created it

[@misstoki]

Recorded in late 1904 at Paris. From Gramophone Concert Record G.C.-37935 [s4262 o] - recorded by Charles Scheuplein (not Walcutt since "W" was not used for the matrix under label)

[@GodOfLemon]

They play and the rest are making grils

[@Alejandro_-xe5jm]

26 people has no speakers

[@SaloniS]

Alejandro_7184 have.... *

[@mortarsquad12]

Saloni S. I don't think English is his first language ;)

[@MrRichygm]

Nobody has been able to make it out, but a Spanish speaker thinks he is telling his pianist to miss the slow part.

[@robotnik77]

That's what I guessed, too.

[@gerardbedecarter]

Thanks for uploading this.

[@marvinliu6077]

Precious original piece, thx upload.

[@johnny5139]

Literally Awesome. 😱

[@aimson]

How right you are! While Sarasate isn't necessarily considered some kind of violin god to worship, I think it is absolutely essential for any modern violinist to hear the works of past violinists. Sarasate played a huge role as a composer and performer in the 19th century and should be credited for influencing modern violin in some important fashion. The fact that we can actually hear him play is in itself an honor.

[@themusicdr]

interesting to see how modern violinists have interpreted this v differently to the original if only there were some magic way we could here the grand master paganini

[@PfadiHH]

So wonderful! Thanks for posting!

[@veryoriginalchannel]

I am so jealous of his left hand pizzicato. Along with Paganini, they were the fastest of their time. And the violin's sounded so much thicker in sound back then....or was it because the strings were made of gut instead of metal?

[@MickCorgi]

パンプローナ生まれという事はバスク人だったのですね。あの血の熱さはアンダルシア人か何かと思ってました。昔ラジオCMで自演のチゴイネルワイゼン1楽章と2楽章の間に本人が何語で何を呟いてるのか推測が色々あったのを思い出しました。

[@MrRichygm]

Testament Records and the Musee de la Musique in Paris have now given me permission to use their transfer of this famous recording and their photos of the Sarasate Strad, respectively, in a U-tube video, and I have now uploaded this under the title: Sarasate plays Ziguenerweisen 1904.

[@ssc70402]

wow, a real rare recording!

[@thebabucika1]

Just fantastic; with what easy he plays, it s amazing!

[@oldpython]

What a wonderful treasuretrove. Thank you.

[@haiyanzheng6635]

Amazingly controlling technique on the instrument.... didn't hear from others such subtlety like this one

[@Peter1945]

Thank you for posting, that´s authentic interpretation! Marvellous ! Great!

[@seahyimin]

cool, thanks for uploading this

[@sinipriya9065]

Really well played it is so good