David Oistrakh plays Ravel Tzigane

[@cattleman6420012000]

David Oistrakh was an incredible violinist. I once heard him live. He was unbelievably great. Such a lovely quality sound.

[@chiarazanolli]

lucky you.. I wish I could say the same. Tanks KZbin

[@alanher11]

David Oistrakh is really good, a genius,a máster,but Heifetz is God playing violín....

[@user-iy1go8tr7i]

@@alanher11 Oistrakh plays certain stuff better than Heifetz and vice versa

[@richardperalta8629]

I can not believe his face at the very end! “Meh, I could’ve done better” INCREDIBLE

[@IVANKOVALE]

Good comment. It is indeed important that Oistrakh played this most probably in front of his students. And Oistrakh's performances were sensitive to audience as Oistrakh recognized by himself. He always remembered about audience and there were always subtle connections between audience and his playing.

[@richardperalta8629]

This is a such wonderful discovery! My teacher does the same thing, he'll play something perfectly and then say, "Sorry I suck" and I just laugh. It's a clever way to subtly remind us that we could all be better.

[@erenunal]

Definitely! Also, life in the old school Soviet Russia was understated and repressed. Nothing could be over the top. Nobody was happy. Everyone was more or less equally miserable. Artists were among those few who were allowed to express themselves in public and convey emotions. They were in the public eye and had to care a great deal about how they made people feel. As such, they could not show off or brag - at least not in public. Art was but a temporary means of escape from misery. What a way to live!

[@martinszemberg-goldgraber8772]

@@romeovashishthviolin9384 Oistrakh once heard footsteps at night in the building where he lived. He was terrified because he knew that police coming to one's doorstep was basically a death sentence. He lived because they knocked on a different door. So he lived in fear just like everybody else in soviet Russia.

[@ДинаЖемчужникова]

@@erenunal Какой бред вы пишите))).

[@OrlandoAponte]

Amazing playing, one of the greatest renditions of this piece I've ever heard.

[@farzinnegahban2566]

That was absolutely superb, Oistrakh's performances are committed, passionate and highly intelligent which places him above most other violinists including Heifetz. The pianist was also superb.

[@ziegunerweiser]

how could anyone not love this man

[@cattleman6420012000]

I personally feel David Oistrakh had an unbelievable talent.He truly was so special and unique!!

[@williamsackelariou1860]

Not just David but the pianist was EXCELLENT absolutely impeccable

[@ЗаурБорлаков-щ5г]

Yes, her name Frida Bauer

[@elifa9749]

Sooooo beautiful!!! David Oistrakh and Frida Bauer are legends. 😍❤️❤️❤️

[@ЕрмаковичСветлана-ь3к]

Гениальное исполнение! Ойстрах величайший маэстро скрипки!!! Браво!!!

[@dunyasha9464]

А Фрида? 👍👍👍

[@violinistoftaupo]

Oistrakh is amazing, his tone is wonderful ❤️

[@BurkeanConservatism]

I love Frida Bauer! She seems to really understand the piano, and she plays with a kind of dignity, like an old lady knitting or something

[@ЗаурБорлаков-щ5г]

Frida was a queen of accompaniment in the USSR

[@violino2003]

Это была великая пианистка. К сожалению невозможно ничего о ней узнать, о её жизни, о её биографии. В СССР и в современной России очень небрежно относятся к памяти о людях, если они не КГБшники

[@cyberarc9449]

This is one of the greatest violinists of all time! How can anyone "not like" this performance?!? I like the comment about 14 ppl missing the "like" button...LMAO!

[@cleopatra11]

Best tone I've ever heard. Wonderful! Thank you very much for posting.

[@annaannaof716]

Bravo Maestro!Úžasný výkon. Poklona. Anika

[@gryffynda1]

Still absolutely dazzling after all these years!

[@assindiastignani7087]

Oistrakh is Oistrakh and there's really nothing left to be said about him except the question: was he a god or was he God? But please let's not forget the AMAZING Frida Bauer. I heard those two play the Franck Sonata together live in '69 or '70 and as great as he was, we all couldn't take our eyes (or ears) off Ms. Bauer. I've never since heard the piece played like that.

[@robinclavreul1183]

to me Oistrakh was God .... I was lucky enough to have met him in amazing cicumstances.... over different times ..... Robin Clavreul cellist [e-mail]

[@Amungoon]

assindiastignani my hero definitely

[@paulparoma]

Thank you for saying that. He was the one and only. And Frida was the best accompanist.

[@cattleman6420012000]

He was a truly fabulous player. I loved his playing.

[@dianal.1279]

Wow! And I'm in love with the piece all over again.

[@kathrynmcmorrow7170]

Truly, life was better in B&W.

[@paulparoma]

I have always thought that. Glad to know I am not alone.:)

[@OniloRamos]

Life had more magic.

[@gaming4souls]

I want this color translated to be honest. I wanna see the sheen of both the strad and the sweat of his brow.

[@marcelkegels7749]

Zo eerlijk ! Zo subliem ! Dank !!!

[@FressherJTD]

marcel kegels Echt prachtig!

[@tterrab999]

Amazing. I've heard dozens of recordings of Tzigane, and this is every bit as good as PatKo.

[@billmcalpine]

This is wonderful, thank you for posting. Surprisingly good audio quality.

[@ЗаурБорлаков-щ5г]

Frida Bauer on the piano. She was a queen of accompaniment

[@jacc88888]

He always reminds me of my father’s old car mechanic... in looks that is, not in terms of his violin playing funnily enough. My favourite violinist of all time.

[@clichy10]

grazie di esistere.....sarai sempre il più grande di tutti !!!

[@pianonime]

listening to this again, I've noticed that it's an absolutely fantastic piano part! Perfectly Ravel. The violin doesn't exactly seem like Ravel, but then again, Ravel didn't composer much for violin. Fantastic piece

[@josephcold]

2 GREAT MUSICIANS!

[@blapi94]

he is playing on Stradivarius "Marsik" Cremona 1705.

[@WhiteSenjoAria]

i have to laugh and cry the same time when i hear that! O_O

[@ЗаурБорлаков-щ5г]

Fantastical

[@cleopatra11]

Oistrakh is the best ever!

[@paoloinfascelli8832]

Oistrakh, number one.

[@Nmdresser]

Astonishing. Has anyone else noticed that there seemed to be a trend of great virtuosity in all the instruments in the twentieth century? Particularly between the 1920's and 70's? Oistrakh, Heifetz, Primose, Milstein, etc..

[@shrimp7229]

it was the golden era of the violin

[@fred512]

thanks for post this, amazing!

[@mysterium364]

This whole piece, but especially the ending (8:20) has a ton of what sound like modulations. I realize they could be interpreted as a departure from a traditional key signature, but they way they are used really sounds like they are meant to be perceived in the context of what might traditionally be thought of as a modulation. This makes each little "key change" hold a bit more weight and pack a harder emotional punch. Enhances the dizzying effect of the piece.

[@JuanSalvCarrasco]

This version of Oistrakh and Bauer playing Tzigane is the best there is of Ravel's masterpiece. And that's final.

[@marcvilleneuve1889]

Ginette Neveu live rendition in New York with orchestra and the recording with brother Jean is out of this world. Absolutely fantastic.

[@bobcherrypie5436]

Oistrakh at 415 ! Rare indeed 😂

[@jin12345678]

so stately and graceful

[@EL-xj8qc]

king of the violin...

[@ГайниЖарова]

Это такое счастье это слышать !!!

[@AbsintheColour]

ive checked out other renditions and this is my favorite. its haunting and so vulnerably delicate. it surely casts a spell that the other superb versions seem to be lacking. all the others are great. this ones almost other worldly. perhaps he did have some help indeed as a previous poster has implied. ;^)

[@OrlandoAponte]

Hmm, sounds a quarter tone flat... in fact, it is, I checked it. I've always believed that playing in quarter tone intervals can expand the emotional capabilities of key signatures. Interesting to hear the first note right in between b and b flat

[@stepaushi]

It's probably because of the quality (inconsistency of production) of the LP. I had LPs that would play sharp.

[@alanli2605]

Sounds almost half tone flat

[@dehanbadenhorst1398]

I immediately noticed when he was tuning

[@nevzatkalender]

King David

[@violucho]

simplemente espectacular. mi idolo

[@asteri383]

To all of you criticising Oistrakh, a small note: Notice his face, and his body language before he starts....I am positive that he has been playing for a long time ON THE SAME DAY before performing Tzigane for this Video...He seems pretty exhausted......He definately is not in the mood of playing Tzigane.....Despite that, every flower has its beauty, Oistrakh, ferras, Heifetz etc.

[@rwm1]

I think its a dignified sober look of a violinist who just finished a great piece.

[@mackybueno123]

here it goes again. it's his approach, so don't bother his style. he feels comfortable with what he plays so don't mess with him.

[@gottliebamadeus1347]

The only one violin player ever, born in Odessa, who died too young....

[@ondionda]

Lindíssimo

[@johnflanagan6619]

The Master!

[@gaemp]

the greatest! listen to his Tchaikovsky's violin concert....!!!

[@mystyksylence]

schöner Ton von Herr Oistrakh!

[@ClaudiaLopez-vt5jz]

Bello!!!!!❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@konstantinSE]

Брависсимо!!

[@unclejuniorsoprano]

Oistrakh's jacket reminds me of what a butcher might wear. His play, however, is remarkable. My favorite belongs to Heifetz, but Oistrakh does things that I truly appreciate; such as jumping right into a new phrasing pattern & not overduing with excessive bowing & vibrato. Oistrakh never felt that his harmonics were all that great. His left-hand pizz may not have been all that strong, but his harmonics were superb. Bravo!

[@nicholasschroeder3678]

Soviet chic😉

[@maritauhlig9629]

Superb 😍

[@darrenleaper3992]

The video response posted by Darren Leaper, is an excellent performance of the piece, despite the lights in the concert hall going off unexpectedly half way through! The two musicians carry on unphased, and fortunately the lights return before the climatic end.

[@inessaaa123]

moya muzika-moy ispolnitel-geniy-eto svolschebstvo-ya ego raba

[@sachamazov2611]

Quelle intelligence et humilité …

[@unclejuniorsoprano]

Dear OriginalMoonshooter: There you go again! Ravel ready to fight a duel? Ravel was a weak, sickly man who couldn't have fought his way out of a paper bag. The love of his life were his cats which he insatiably talked about as though they were his children.What about Oistrakh? No doubt you rate the amateur Bell higher. Notice that when Oistrakh plays it, images of Looney Toons characters aren't conjured up. Nothing is exaggerated.The integrity of the musical score is respected.Your Uncle.June.

[@mystyksylence]

schöner ton von Herr Oistrakh!!

[@themusicdr]

@cteno411 yes it is sl "tame" listen to kogan's version for some more beefiness raw power. however here we have the gentle giant of the violin the great and lovley mr oistrakh. he personna overflows when he plays one can feel his wonderfulness coming out from the violin. truly one of the greats

[@mariadelmarjuradojimenez9993]

Genial

[@haraldstein7447]

king david

[@pavlosdaskalakis7852]

THE violin!!!

[@Baytuch]

@cellist18 around this time period, many argued that the standard tuning note shouldn't be A440 and that it should be A432, so that may be why it sounds the way it does. Or like you said, it could be the old recording, I could see either being true.

[@pianonime]

I love the piano part from 0:00- 3:48! hahahhahaha. But really, great piece from a master composer played by a master vioilnist

[@mannycabrito]

wat a BEASSSSSTTTTTT!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@gottliebamadeus1347]

It was suposed to be a Guarneri Del Jesu ! Right `? Menuhin himself said Oïstrakh was the BEST !

[@susanna7h919]

marvelous, really impressive

[@alanher11]

David Oistrakh was a genius, a máster, but Heifetz was God playing violín!

[@fredhainen]

I watch many of these great artist play and I am amazed by the stupid remarks some people make about this and that mistakes they think they hear. they Should get hearing test. These are probably violinist themselves and are not aware that they can't even tune their violins as well as the people they are talking about.

[@SYSREV76]

genial

[@EvgenySyrkin]

¡¡¡¡ El MEJOR!!!

[@duhhh86]

thanks for ur invaluable advice. as if i wasn't already going to do so. and i do believe this "comments" function in youtube is meant for giving comments isn't it.

[@m4dm3th0d]

now that was just badass

[@007TheViolinist]

@iWyke2 , not he tuned, it is needed. Did you notice that the piano tuned lower that A440 too? Why? Because in the past, people use gut string but not steel string.

[@levi777ish]

I love listening to classical music. But it would be better without reading so many pretentious, haughty comment under the videos. Thumbs up if you agree

[@nicholasschroeder3678]

Eh, it can be funny. Sometimes people have good anecdotes too. It's just like the sports video comments: "WTF! Yeah, Three Finger Brown had a 1.12 ERA in 1912! That was in the dead ball era when 10 home runs led the league. Clemens faced guys on roids that were all 200 lbs. plus. And they never proved he juiced!"

[@llgeda]

fantasztikus

[@miladloeloe5338]

oistrakh is the best

[@tabbiemoose17]

very beautiful

[@LittleCatBead]

perfect.

[@playadom]

When I say perfect, I do not mean note-perfect, but perfect in a musical sense. I have listened to many recordings of the Tzigane, but only the one that I posted actually satisfies me, in a musical sense. But certainly, I'm not claiming that he's the best -- Chacun son goût!

[@OrlandoAponte]

yeah he does, it's kind of weird actually, usually old videos are a half step sharp, not flat

[@LosJonasson]

His strad from 1705 is called "Marsick" after the previous owner.

[@OrlandoAponte]

No I didn't mean that he didn't on purpose, I just meant that it happened to add an emotional effect to the pice. Obviously the reason it is a quarter tone flat is because of the recording technology, which is odd because usually old recordings are sharp lol

[@cellist18]

You might want to check out your facts sometime. This piece was written by Ravel, read the title, who was far from baroque. The tuning is because of the recording, check out many of the old videos here, the greatest musicians did not play out of tune as the recordings would lead you to believe. Few baroque pieces call for different tunings, a notable example is the 5th cello suite by Bach (a baroque composer, just in case you are confused) because changing the tuning makes it easier to play.

[@paolocattidegasperi2168]

Immenso

[@whoathere69]

agreed

[@playadom]

As a response, I posted another one of Oistrakh's recordings -- the only perfect recording of the Tzigane I've ever heard.

[@chrishughes6518]

who cares about perfect? the music is implied in every note. this is brilliant to watch!

[@paulparoma]

The pitch needs to be corrected. The whole tape is about a half-tone flat, unfortunately, which also makes the tempo a bit slower than it actually was.

[@richardperalta8629]

Glad I'm not the only one that caught that!

[@anafernandez-zj4zq]

It might be in baroque tuning

[@ivanarellano3409]

No I’m pretty sure that’s how he intended to play it

[@blackandwhiterag1117]

No, it isn't flat. And if you are sharp enough eyed when the camera is on Frida Bauer you will see that it is not.

[@carrottoponcrak]

@007TheViolinist no, its definitely the sound quality. first, people still use gut strings (i do), and second, they have nothing to do with the tuning of an instrument.

[@uexdrukl]

I like the way he tunes to Ab, I'm wondering why he does that.

[@Dovgalyuk]

If the video is slowed for some reason then the pitch will drop. My guess is that he tuned to 440 and actually played it much faster.

[@norafila83]

shoutout to the pianist too

[@cteno411]

Surprisingly tame for Tzigane. I think the piece does much better with larger dynamic fluctuations... or maybe I'm just noticing the difference between live performances and video/audio recordings.

[@gos11]

@madmax8903 woah just because they remind you of " a couple of ugly music teachers" YOU had doesn't mean they actually " reflect no fun or enjoyment in what they are doing,and give the idea that it's all grim and emotionless." They make look stiff, rigid and not as wild and carefree as musicians nowadays but it doesnt mean that they don't enjoy it or there's no fun in it at all. I besides,that happiness they have is sometimes hidden in the way they immerse themselves in the music and performance

[@poseuresque]

although i prefer kogan's clarity and masculinity in more technical pieces, oistrakh played in that eerie, as menuhin would phrase it, "demonic", form; similar to enescu his violin weeps here, rather than sings. i wish i could play in darker tones such as this. not my favorite violinist but a fantastic tone!! perlman once commented that although oistrakh's violin wasn't the finest, he played it magnificently.

[@Rikatross]

@cellist18 This is very true, but some word of thought about their Generation and ours. We are always thinking about being in tune and playing all the right notes, when their main focus is the music. There indeed needs to be a balance of both, but it is not uncommon to hear some out of tune or wrong notes. Plus we are all human. These little mistakes shouldn't take away from the music, who cares if there is a little mistake here and there. We just need to sit back, relax and enjoy the show.

[@SomeAnimeOtaku]

@redpimpledasparagus Why do I have to see the name of you-know-who in the comments of such beautiful music? -_-