Shlomo Mintz - Wieniawski: Violin Concerto No.2 in D minor, Op.22

Shlomo Mintz, Southwest German Symphony Orchestra

[@TopRameen13]

I. Allegro Moderato: 0:30 (Solo Entrance: 2:56) (Bridge: 10:13) II. Andante Non Troppo: 10:35 III. Allegro-Allegro Moderato: 15:02

[@musicianmusician9033]

Thx m8

[@KOTI12354]

Thank you very much!

[@kanayamada1]

TopRameen thank you for this, but in my music it says that the third movement's tempo marking is allegro con fuoco

[@mariadelloreficemusic]

The way he plays makes you feel like “well duh. Of course it’s supposed to be played that way!” His interpretation just makes so much sense

[@jimenaherrera9089]

BEST VERSION OF WIENIAWSKI I'VE EVER HEARD

[@musicclassic5938]

Absolutely! This is a true concert version, not like young musicians perform it at competitions.

[@pedroluisguzmanchumbipuma3748]

Indeed.

[@tianarmas1665]

yes

[@peterdeck2696]

Someone: try blah blah blah NO ONE CARES

[@peterdeck2696]

They always phrase their opinion about their favorite interpretation this way for some reason.

[@kushgroover54]

If you cant play it at full speed at first, just practice in *shlomo* tion

[@fiq3062]

Kush Groover, TheDesirer282 go out

[@musicclassic5938]

If you listen to contestants at the last Wieniawski competition, they all played it slower than Shlomo.

[@qingng_]

XD

[@ashnelson8468]

if you can play it slowly you can play it quickly

[@qingng_]

😂

[@ViolinShewchuk]

He makes it look so easy.....

[@huangjustin6973]

But it’s actually really hard

[@Constitution1789]

The violinist, orchestra, and conductor are out of this world.

[@TannerHoytFooty]

can not find a better interpretation. it's almost annoying how perfectly he plays this.

[@kamiel79]

agreed (i only know Gil Shaham, one of my first CDs,.)

[@MadAuralSkills]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/iYTCgXl7aMSjd68

[@darrylschultz9311]

Born to be miserable.

[@OttoKuus]

@Nathaniel Rosenstein oh yes

[@TimeStrider]

I admit he plays this absolutely beautifully but check out Michael Rabin's version of this piece - you won't be disappointed.

[@emmanuelmalpica6116]

He played the second movement so good I can’t stop hearing this

[@malcolmdale]

I can't understand how I have listened to classical music for nearly 80 years now and I never heard of Wienawski before.

[@johndkastel7972]

Me too, this is my first time, can't yet spell that name, although Wien helps. So strange isn't it

[@farzadhozouri5365]

Man his staccattos are more than perfect...he's in god mode 😅

[@thefiddler7931]

Nobody does it better. ❤

[@alexsaldarriaga8318]

The best Wieniawski #2 I ever heard. This is super human violin mastery and divine artistry. Too bad he did not record Wieniawski #1.

[@anns.724]

Heifetz owns this piece. No one can top him. Notwithstanding Mintz!.

[@TimeStrider]

This is stunning but Rabin's version is still my favorite!

[@raoultak]

@@anns.724 But Schlomo Mintz has better taste.

[@Monica-rv7go]

It seems like the perfect humidity, temperature, and acoustics for his violin and bow.

[@davideguiguren2770]

And player too ((:

[@jgcoulth]

This is possibly the greatest performance of a violin concerto on KZbin

[@andrewmaxwell2424]

Hear, hear!

[@LautaroFernandez-uj9tl]

One of the best, certainly 🙏🙏

[@SirJamestheIII]

Wieniawski is the king of the first note

[@Youtuber-bo3dm]

SirJamestheIII

[@ryanzarmbinski7446]

Well said

[@rjsullivanjr]

Indeed. The 1st Concerto proves your point to an even greater degree.

[@jimmydeng453]

ever heard of Elgar? try his cello concerto

[@Kjoripisitrogognapry]

His emotion towards this concerto is absolutely brilliant & excellent. Amazing performance !! Thank you Shlomo Mintz !! This video helps me to practice a lot.

[@irisce2799]

17:00 that is the best thing I've ever heard on a violin. The way Mintz is able to dig so deeply in the G string while the E string is still vibrating just shows what an outstanding musician and talent he is. It is incredibly difficult to pull off that effect on a violin, because one has to first create a long drawn out sound on the E string, then move the bow extremely quickly and accurately from the E string upwards to the G string without any mistakes(hitting other strings along the way), and then almost instantaneously create a dragging sound on the G string before the E string has even stopped sounding. That is just simply marvelous.

[@user-bc4kf5xy2h]

ㅇ

[@maridmitrieva5812]

Такая радость слышать этот концерт не в ученическом, а в превосходном профессиональном концертном исполнении! Феерия красок, виртуозных штрихов (3 ч.), глубокая концепция и концертная подача! Спасибо!!!

[@mironmsz9706]

nieźle prodołża !!!

[@musicclassic5938]

А какое звукоизвлечение четвертым пальцем! Потряс!

[@bennettmarkel7724]

One feels that Shlomo Mintz plays this piece exactly as Wieniawki had imagined it, and the conductor and orchestra are terrific too.

[@musicclassic5938]

Absolutely

[@musicclassic5938]

True, they set the right pace for Shlomo and this is a true appassionato, not some amorphous something I heard at the last Wieniawski competition; this recital is truely passionate, exactly as it should be.

[@andrewchen3129]

Is no one going to mention how Shlomo just appeared out of nowhere?

[@megabugginout]

Shlomotion hyperspeed teleportation

[@amirahmadazhieh2510]

wow, I've been listening to this same interpretation of this piece for the past 10 years and had never noticed this until now!!!!!

[@ericlin2006]

where did he come from? how did that happen

[@jgcoulth]

The conductor also looks ten feet tall at the beginning!

[@dorothypugh2614]

Mintz was born in 1957, and shifted his interests from violin performance to conducting by the 1990s. Given his apparent age, this recording was quite likely done about 30 years ago.

[@marcustang305]

1. Allegro moderato 0:00 2. Romance: Andante non troppo 10:33 3. Allegro con fuoco - Allegro moderato 15:01

[@Cindycc2002]

My daughter immediately decided to play this piece after listening to it! Shlomo is an inspirational figure in the music industry!

[@andrewmaxwell2424]

Awww...

[@user-tj7tc7mk2t]

Как здорово, что сейчас есть ЮТУБ и можно прослушать исполнение этого прекрасного концерта! Когда я училась, такой возможности не было, увы! Даже записи на пластинке не было концерта Венявского, чтобы послушать, к чему стремиться (играла весь концерт). Шломо Минц - великолепен!

[@danielshumway7046]

Shlomo Mintz rejects the Heifitz style and leans more towards a Stern or Oistrakh. And that's a good thing, especially when it comes to a piece as rich and warm as this one. Gorgeous!!!

[@Xerkun]

Both incredible interpretations.

[@JJTownley_Classical-Composer]

A Wieniawski violin concerto with a quarter million hits!!!! Classical music is alive and well.

[@yudi-weiss3827]

5:05 flawless upbow staccato and now a single facial muscle twitch or sign of any strain whatsoever. Jesus, Young Schlomo was unparalleled.

[@user-jx5eh6yt9c]

Даже невозможно представить, какие были овации слушателей, которые находились в зале.. Это просто потрясающе!!!!

[@ewachomicz916]

Beautiful, furioso. I know this Concert for basson, I like it very much. I play basson.

[@NexusDoug]

The music shines through even 240p o.O That staccato makes me want to cry.

[@serafim2532]

Really 😅

[@seeserocks]

This is literally so perfect. This piece will always have a special place in my heart (it was the last piece I played with my first violin teacher before I went off to college), and his version was one of the things that helped me fall in love with it. I keep finding myself coming back to not only this piece, but this version, and my emotions are the same every time

[@Monica-rv7go]

The high note right after 20:20 is perfect! The echo gave me chills, his violin has a gorgeous singing tone!

[@dirkhoekstra727]

And I also like the fluidity of the conductor.

[@scooterk23]

conductor is Myung-Whun Chung, the younger brother of Kyung-Wha Chung

[@user-zy3gy9ji7e]

Chung Chung chung

[@hellspawn22]

I can't stop listening to it. It's like i have it on replay here and in my mind

[@musicclassic5938]

9:22-23 the sound is absolutely insane. What an ober tone with the fourth finger!

[@mr.thickey3959]

“ACH DU LIEBER, MEIN SCHATZ”!! “WITAM”! “JAK SIE MASZ”? What an unbelievably gorgeous violin concerto!!! Melody to make your ol’ heart soar right out of your body!! THIS is what the greatest of the greatest music is all about! I watch my tablet every late night & I had to “dig” on the internet to find this extroadinarily gorgeous concerto! WHY? It should be played EVERYWHERE! Beautiful performance, even though the video is so old - today is 2/26/2022. This violin concerto seems like it has been almost forgotten OR ignored!!! I almost forgot it! I’m in love again!! Haven’t heard this concerto in at least 2 or 3 DECADES! WOW! “They” say there are two kinds of people in this world - those who are POLISH & those who’d like to be!!! I’m not POLISH, but wouldn’t be ashamed to be! And I don’t believe it takes 3 Polish people to change a light bulb (1 to hold the bulb & 2 to turn the ladder!!!)! NO, I won’t say dat! My greatest “THANK YOU - “Dziekuje” - Mr. Henryk for “obeying GOD’s call in your life” & giving us such GORGEOUS MELODY to make our heart “swim in amazement & pleasure”!!! “DO WIDZENIA”!!!!! Oh, don’t forget the “ Hupaj Suipaj Polka” either!

[@djseo1]

Dear Lord, this guy is good.

[@RafaelR-F]

the best!

[@duvidl58]

@@RafaelR-F Superhuman

[@cafarov6715]

Лучшее исполнение этого концерта! Это шедевр созданный Венявским и Минц! Такого второго исполнения нет! Правильное понимание формы,фраз,дыхания,эмоций,динамич.оттенков,великолепная вибрация, полная мысли и сюжета! Шедевр на все времена!

[@MishaSkripach]

Да, я брал с него пример как играть

[@musicclassic5938]

И мне нравится, что Шломо не разваливает вторую часть, то есть романс, а играет ее собранно, сохраняя нерв концерта, достаточно динамично, с движением вперед, нагнетая напряжение во второй половине второй части. Многие скрипачи ее "развозят" ради контраста, а Минц нет.

[@andrewfang3997]

Why did they cut out the clapping. Ohh wait... then the video would have been an extra 10 mins

[@Dog-op4mk]

Because it was a recording and there was no audience:)

[@mallikabuckle8373]

His facial expressions are absolutely priceless, his playing is pretty damn wonderful too..

[@dannyboy2267]

All phrases of the first movement 0:31 - The opening 2:56 - Solo entrance 4:01 - When it gets spiced up 🔥 4:46 - Mysterious part 5:32 - Intense part 6:26 - Warm & lovely part 7:29 - Most beautiful part 7:55 - Happy part 8:33 - Powerful ending part 9:23 - Ending of first movement 1:42 Is that bassist wearing sunglasses?

[@villesarkilahti4975]

@@tzu-chihuang1403 I don't know, every bar has something interesting so these timestamps are not that helpful.

[@tarunkumarchoithani711]

@@villesarkilahti4975 I think he was describing it per phrase. Like what every phrase sounds like

[@jeanniehsia590]

Thank you so helpful

[@somyod2u]

I am absolutely overwhelmed by the playing of this wonderful concerto - Shlomo Mintz totally inhabits the music.

[@musicclassic5938]

His fourth finger does a fantastic work

[@anns.724]

So does J. Heifetz who virtually owns the p;iece on a vintage RCA vinyl.

[@meilannychan8399]

Cannot get bored listening to this performance

[@musicclassic5938]

I did not understand the idea and phrasing of this Wieniawski concerto (because I mainly listened to students playing) until I listened to Shlomo's recital. Now I understand it perfectly well - Shlomo's expressive phrasing is just fantastic. There were some insignificant mistakes, glossing over some notes, but this is a live play by a human musician, not by a robot. Those minor mistakes do not mar the general impression and absolutely spectacular sound extraction, especially with the fourth finger. Not many violinists can make such a salient vibrato with their fourth finger. Most important, I can sense the spirit of Wieniawski as I listen to Shlomo performing it. And his staccato is exemplary.

[@nelsonloga6955]

The orchestra's themes are marvelous

[@winningtennis4914]

Best interpretation of this one I"ve heard... incredible virtuosity, tenderness, and all that good stuff at once. Thank you Shlomo

[@user-rx8hk6wx9z]

そ

[@violintegral]

His paganini Caprice 4 is also 🔥🔥🔥

[@jlpkenyontennis1]

That last note! Mintz and orchestra struck the landing with perfection!

[@savascigir]

I said to myself "what a wonderful world this is" when I listened to this performance. Wondeful and marvellous. Thanks to the God who is able to create those composers and performers.

[@bkmthemoon]

I can't help but burst out singing along with this. Shlomo Mintz is incredible.

[@TannerHoytFooty]

this is literally the best interpretation of anything ever done. holy mackerel i wish i could do anything as well as he played this piece, let alone play this piece XD

[@anns.724]

Have you listened to Heitetz interp.? He is the best ever.

[@sonjaplzak6753]

He plays in this time with very much fun and is very very good. I would say he plays this concerto so that I now can understand the great beauty of this piece. Thank you Shlomo Mintz.

[@musicclassic5938]

Exactly, Sonja, only Shlomo helped me understand how to phrase this piece properly.

[@mutisiab]

🎻 He's wonderful!

[@Appassionata311]

13:26 to 14:08 this part melts my heart

[@ruiluzzatto1962]

Shlomo is in my personal view the best player of Wieniawski concerto number 2. I have listened him many times and comparei with other violinists. He is superb! A new Heifetz!

[@frankie6954]

There is no such thing as a new Heifetz, he was unique, and one of a kind.

[@RunFast64]

What a tear. It was played from memory. What a mental feat. Perfection!

[@zzp1]

Splendid solo of Mr Mintz. Feel close to be back in the seventies when there were not that many talents around and one had to struggle to build up an international reputation. Bravo!

[@Cbcybry]

This is amazing! Beautiful interpretation, tone quality and such limitless technical ability. Quite stunning 😮

[@leacho8104]

what a wonderful performance...! strings are dancing with his fingerz....i love it!

[@musicclassic5938]

That's called the art of sound extraction and he playes a real appassionato. I heard many good Asian violnists play this concerto, but they seem not to understand that it is a very passionate piece and play it out of character.

[@qwertylife1158]

Impeccable!! The one and only!!

[@nrazz9985]

This was the first concerto that I ever listened to. Before I watched this video, the only classical music that I listened to was solo piano...After 5 years of listening to concertos, this is still among the best I have heard and may be my favorite concert recording on youtube.

[@nicholasschmeller5776]

You really have to appreciate a virtuoso. It is enlightening to see through eyes you have not seen through before.

[@surenzhdanovskiy4136]

Аппарат безукоризненный, особенно правая рука! Сам хорош, как и божественная музыка!

[@BenJamin-ol7mp]

SHLOMO YOU'RE THE BEST!!!! SHLOMO TU ES LE MEILLEUR!!!!

[@henriettebotvay541]

Perfect ! And how he enjoys playing. You could clearly see that . I really would have loved hearing the applause!

[@ponpon1319]

Sublimissime !!!!! expression musicale très romantique, musicalité hors contraintes, merci pour ce merveilleux moment

[@oldmanandthesea7039]

One of the best renditions of this concerto. Bravo to Shlomo Mintz and the conductor!

[@lorik_shat]

Браво...Браво...Браво...Браво:)ڰۣ✿

[@mortarsquad12]

Лариса Шатихина for those who cannot read the Cyrillic alphabet, he is saying "Bravo" over and over

[@yakovgel5]

Исполнение феноменальное!Лучшего не слышал!

[@rosernabona9364]

Wonderful , what a talent

[@AgnieszkaStock]

Przepiękna, boska interpretacja, idealny dźwięk, technika, zakochałam się w tym skrzypku. Miałam okazję słyszeć go na żywo, niezwykła siła brzmienia, wypełnił dźwiękiem całą salę.

[@guii8993]

if you put the speed on 0.25x, it become Slowmo mintz.

[@Dog-op4mk]

😂😂😂

[@dorothypugh2614]

The conductor was Myung-Whun Chung, who was the musical director of what might be this orchestra from 1984 to 1990.

[@danielabisenius9858]

Absolute perfection.

[@guidotuozzo]

in my opinion shlomo was the most excellent violinist of the 2nd part of the 20th century.

[@heifetz14]

if I could give this fantastic performance a million likes then I would.i did not realize that playing the violin was that easy.totally musically satisfying and amazing violin playing.why was mr. mintz not more famous?he is up there with all the other galamian students is he not?

[@bayudwiputra5607]

Mintz is in my top 3. He is up there with other galamian students. But unfortunately, time and age is affecting his playing badly. Well people is still listening to him in concert because his tone is still beautiful at halls, but recordings and videos didnt do the justice. He never study with galamian but he did study with Ilona Feher(teacher of zukerman and ashkenasi) and Dorothy DeLay

[@violinmagic5102]

Absolutely perfect! Thank you, Shlomo, for making my day!

[@aidaparra948]

No me canso de escuchar y observar esta excelente interpretación, es demasiado sublime, Celestial y perfecto este Concierto, maravilloso Mintz, aqui dejo un gran suspiro de mi alma, gracias ❤❤❤❤

[@RobinBento]

Such a beautiful piece. I'm surprised it isn't played more often.

[@Dog-op4mk]

i play it now

[@peterdeck2696]

A lot of student violinists learn this. Doesn't mean it's performed often, but what it does mean is that this piece probably will be in the repertory of violinists for a long time. So more people in the future will be able to play it, and thus it will never become forgotten or not played.

[@cnewtonc]

Excellent.

[@ulissesribeiro7963]

Weldone. Perfect. Congratulation Shlomo.

[@irisce2799]

Shlomo Mintz really was able to take the thick, resonating sound of his Guarneri and drag out those beautiful notes. I haven’t heard Wieniawski concerto no.2 played better than this.

[@dm5374]

If I'm not mistaken, the violin is a Contreras, not a Guarneri.

[@musicclassic5938]

The sounds he can extract with his fourth finger is absolutely amazing.

[@ingeoldemeule9956]

I love to hear and see! Shlomo Mintz play!! Fantastic violinist!!!

[@lizzie123777]

This is unbelievable!! Amazing playing!!

[@Mr_Cantavile]

The best perfomance I’ve ever heard.

[@krzesisawa8483]

Jeden z najpiękniejszych Koncertów które słuchałam...

[@christinatang688]

You know how hard those octaves are o.O My teacher winces everytime it's out of tune

[@Pvviolinist]

omg I feel you! especially the fingered octaves at around measure 109

[@andrewmaxwell2424]

@@Pvviolinist lol that's easy edit: lol that is not the most technically challenging skill, but it does sound harder than it actually is.

[@peterdeck2696]

@@andrewmaxwell2424 You're right that those octaves aren't too hard, but the way you phrased your sentence is a little condescending.

[@fluorite1971]

This and Julian Rachlin’s performance at Eurovision Young Musician are my favourites

[@Hoyoungyeon]

How beautiful and flowing music!!

[@michaellee4203]

I like the soloist's carefree expression!

[@DrLuu1972]

WHEN WAS THIS CONCERT RECORDED ? MINTZ LOOKS SO YOUNG ....

[@hellspawn22]

Wow each note is perfect, not sloppy at all. they can all be heard and appreciated! It's so hard to listen to any other interpretation after listening to this one. His is just amazing!!! I know if you have heard others you would also understand what i'm saying D: it's just so unbelievable!!!

[@gabrielgabriel8096]

By the time of this live recording..., Shlomo Mintz was one of the greatest violinists ever existed on Earth. Just Inmense, Enormous, Powerful, GRANDIOSO. And charismatic, as well

[@jungahsombke6106]

I am so grateful for this recording!

[@celloviji1]

what an inerpretation this man mintz, he just dominated the hole orchestra , what an right hand and the up bow staccato, this the best version i ever heard, bravo

[@gloriarojogomezllanos9257]

He is the master of the violin. I just discovered him yesterday and I will continue to hear his interpretations. Bravo!!!

[@longd7989]

I am rendered speechless. He must have a third eye to see his notes while the other two are closed tight.

[@annamariamanfredi6624]

Grazie ❤ Mi ha fatto piangere per la grande Meraviglia che ho provato.

[@hydrazine7009]

3:47 the picture can't even keep up with how fast he's playing, he's great

[@helenaren]

gotta use a shlomotion camera to catch it

[@idoruZe]

I listen to this maybe once a month. This version specifically. the segment from 13:51 to 14:05 or so always gets me. That and the almost pornographic ending. What a performance.

[@theakrische7351]

Excuse me, an almost WHAT ending?!?!??!?!

[@justinzlabys5260]

i’m so dead 😂😂

[@amai_316]

bruh

[@darrylschultz9395]

@@theakrische7351 I think you can relax, it's 12 letters arranged in a particular order to form the word "pornographic", not a pornographic image.

[@woodominic5462]

Can't finish listening to his 3rd movement. His musical tension is so superb I am having a heart attack.

[@spencerekenes6429]

His sound is so amazing