I grew up in a small village in switzerland where yehudi menuhin had a residency. he was made an honorary citizen as he founded a classical music festival in the '50 that is still going strong now. the concerts used to be held in our old church. my parents were renting out rooms to a couple of orchestra members every year and they used to take me along to their practises. I remember sitting in this beautiful old church with a handful of people and listening (blissfully unaware) to these world class musicians practising with the orchestra (yehudi menuhin, isaac stern, hephziba menuhin and many others I sadly cant remember their names but will forever remember how it made me feel). I have never lost my love for classical music
"renting out rooms to a couple of orchestra members every year and they used to take me along to their practises" could've became airbnb before it was huge
I simply love the recording of these two. My father played the violin as a concert master and I am (at 70) in awe each time I listen to this very recording.❤
+Lar M He was, at the time, one of the best in China. That's why he was able to get the scholarship. Now he's in the Pittsburgh Symphony as Assistant Concertmaster.
@@blunderbuss-n6nActually Bach had been completely forgotten for many many years and he was never got the recognition he desearved when he was alive. So no, he probably didn't know he would become arguably the best composer of all time.
As a music student busking in the street in 1958 Beverley Nicholls wrote an article about me in "Woman" magazine. The headline? "Bach spoke with the voice of God. Keith Ramsell is his young disciple."
Bach lived and worked about 300 years ago, this beautiful concert was recorded 62 years ago - Bach and these two great violinists have already left this world - but they all are still living today and making people happy to this day. I wish it to the next generations!
@@iltulipano Of course this also applies to those masters who have made it possible to play their amazing instruments - such as Stradivari, Guarneri, Amati, and so on ....
And it wouldn’t have made a ‘comeback’ if not for Mendelssohn who loved Bach and made ppl see he’s dope in the musical sense. Bach wasn’t ‘cool’ til my boy Mendel did it
De Filetia, «Stradivari, Guarneri, Amati…» I am sorry for my inadequate English. That’s one of several reasons why we should pay attention to HIP-performances. They perform Bach’s music with instruments closer to the original. Menuhin and Oistrakh play on Stradivari, but their instruments are changes in different ways, so the Stradivari has lost their original sound.
Absolute perfection! I’ve played the violin for more than 50 years, and I still can’t play all those pretty notes. Those were that days when the audience understood not to clap between movements. BRAVO!!
@lavachevolante; AMEN! And what a gift at that! The beauty of his melodies alone, combined with the incredible complexity of compositions, the pacing of them, the harmonizing contrasts, whether an additional melody or melodies, or simply an accenting accompaniment, the man’s brilliance is absolutely undeniable! DEAR GOD, THANK YOU!
The flawless bow shifting.. the incredible double stops..the awfully good conversation between the violins 🎻🎻 perfect tempo.. perfect interpretation..Bach is proud..this is art at it's finest 🌹
Eine Sternstunde der Musik. Zwei der größten Musiker aller Zeiten spielen die Musik des größten Komponisten aller Zeiten. A great moment for music. Two of the greatest musicians of all times are playing the music of the greatest composer of all times!
As Leonardo da Vinci said: "Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication." Bach always tends to use simple themes, but by magic, he manages to create such beautiful melodies. Seems like they are so easy to understand, but actually very sophisticate indeed (that's the reason why his music was not appreciated when he was alive). I found that his counterpoints are perfection; for example, in this particular piece, even the cellos and double basses, which are used for adding a depth (the bass part) in the melody in most of the classical and romantic symphonic pieces for treble instruments playing the melody, are having their own melody. Every instrument is having a different melody, and when they are played together, they form a masterpiece. What a master of polyphony like J.S.Bach!!!!
@@777rogerf yes, but as the baroque era ended, Bach's pieces kinda went away from sight. Only until Mendelssohn gave these pieces the publicity they deserve, did people finally realize how great Bach was
So symbolic: Two Jewish violinists who grew up in ultimately opposing countries (the USA and the USSR), are playing a composition of the ultimate composer of classical music, and the result is perfection. Only music can!
Thaks, for yours comment. I'm russian and we never want any war... Bach is a one of some chance to make it impossible. Never. We mast listen, thinking and teaching our children.
That is not relevant at all, I was born in ex, communist Yugoslavia, never had a chance to listen to them in the concert, but personally very great full to Yehudi , he opened the door to the wonderful music world, I was sick , my parents bought me the discs with most violin concertos, Mendelssohn, Bach, Caykovski...... in their interpretations , all new ,wonderful world was there for me ....and still is ,just thanks......
Quel sublime duo! Deux grands maîtres du violon, en état de grâce! Merci à eux, merci à la personne qui a mis cette vidéo sur You Tube! Et merci, un éternel merci, à Jean-Sébastien Bach, génie absolu de la musique, qui doit diriger, en ce moment, les choeurs des anges, auprès de son Créateur! AMDG (at majorem Dei gloriam)!
Questa musica non è stata scritta da Bach,ma da Dio attraverso la mano di un uomo.E questi due magistrali interpreti s'inginocchiano davanti all'altare di Dio per eseguila tanto esemplarmente.Si aprono dinanzi a noi, ascoltandola,le porte del paradiso.
J'aime l'intepretationdeces 2 artistes;la plupart du temps que l'interprétation est beaucoup trop rapide car je suis moi_memme violoniste et ne peu plus hélas tenir mon violon depuis bientôt 2 ans , suite à des chutes ' ... j 'espère toujours en refaire un jour, je fais tout pour cela, vive la musique bach et les autres, c'est destresssanr ' merci pour ce moment sublime,
For those of us who love music, this footage is simply priceless. Many here would have given anything to see Menuhin and Oistrakh together on stage... for me this will more than suffice. Thank you!
... there are no words to express the feeling when the soul flies so high... nearly got lost in heaven! Deep bow to genius Bach and most brilliant violinists! Divine!
As a music student busking Bach in the West End of London, Alec Sherman introduced me to Mr. Menuhin who kindly heard me play (1960) several times. Unbelievably kind an encouraging, his advice changed my whole life.
I was one of the most fortunate ones to listen to the same concert, years later. A divine experience! I was a child and the controler of the doors at Salle Pleyel in Paris would look the other way when, along with other children loving music, we were 'sneaking' in the concert hall. For that particular concert I hid hours before in the case of a double-bass behind the stage, to make sure I would be inside the concert hall. An unforgettable experience! Marinella monk, MD
C est absolument divin j adore et j apprecie au plus au point pronfonde gratitude merci ❤❤❤merci beaucoup pour ce post qui m à fait très plaisir intense remerciant pronfonde gratitude merci ❤❤❤
Whenever I hear this concert, I imagine Bach himself, after having finished writing it, with an enormous sense of satisfaction of having created something sublime.
Мой любимый концерт Баха...музыка,литература,живопись должны быть именно такими...послушал и жить хочется... весь мир обнять хочется...а иначе зачем)))
Sorry for my inadequate English. People who dislike this version love the music itself. But we support those who try to restore this old music. The two solists in this version are maybe great, but they didn't knew too much how to preform the music in its original style. My English is too bad, I can't tell you all the differenses between modern and old style. Menuhin and Oistrakh playing on modern instruments, and the sound is different from string from the baroque periode.
yes, but also many of the other recordings are light and overly nuanced (especially people who recorded on baroque instruments). The brilliance of this one is that the soloists didn't fall victim to the light and fluffy perception of Bachs music that plagues the classical music world, they play it very boldly and with the utmost conviction which in my opinion is not necessarily how the music was originally played but was how back would've heard it in his own head. He didn't have the tools to make this bold of a sound on instruments where you literally had to pinch the hair on the bow with your fingers to tighten it. Of course feel free to disagree with me, different opinions after all are what keep us coming back to the same pieces over and over again!
It is not a matter of good versus bad music. I, too, love performances on original instruments and with original styling, but... One must also appreciate brilliant, if different, interpretations of the music. In their day, they played it with their (current) understandings of the music. That must be appreciated as well. Bach may have been surprised by this performance, but I am sure that he would have approved.
I think the best thing about prodigies like Menuhin and Oistrakh is that they can express to you exactly how beautiful the pieces that the composers created really are.
I have viewed this video dozens of times. Early on, I noticed that Yehudi Menuhin almost always used the whole bow - I mean point to frog. Every millimeter. Almost constantly. With speed and ease. I got the idea that I should try the same feat on my violin. And after a while, I noticed an improvement in tone, even with shorter bow strokes. It seems that just possessing the skill to finesse the bow with power and length has an effect that is heard in all types of playing. This amazes me.
Watching Jascha Heifetz bow in Ponce Estrillita is an art in itself. I know the body gets all the glory but the power of the bow is incredibly underrated. It was many years before I found out tilting the bow at the frog helped take weight off and created a more balanced toned compared to the other end.
Maybe he discovered it thruogh his Lessons with Moshe Feldenkrais and had the idea to look for hidden potential. Voila: the use the whole bow;). Best wishes.
My father-in-law was a professional musician, violinist. Planning his memorial, as a tribute to him I recorded this performance and several other masterpieces I know he had performed as a young man. Local farm boy became first college graduate circa 1920. Visitors who had never attended classical concerts were in awe at the profound beauty of the music that they had no idea their friend had played .
I can’t believe the depth and breadth of Bach’s music, it’s just unbelievable. I’ve been listening to choral works and organ works, and decided to listen to this old chestnut....but it sounds brand new, as though I’d never heard it before! It isn’t only the genius of the soloists and orchestra, for sure; it’s the composition itself. I don’t understand how Bach’s compositions never get old!
This is, quite simply, as good as it gets. My final refuge from the intolerable ignorance, bigotry, and hatred in the world right now. This divine music restores what faith I have left in our miserable species....
I heard David and Igor Oistrakh play this work at Newcastle City Hall, UK, in 1968. We'd just completed the slog of doing our A level exams. As soon we heard the exhilarating opening notes, my friend and I looked at each other and knew that there was something in this life that transcended swotting for exams.
"Swotting", a new word in my American lexicon of English, is a great descriptor. Across the pond from England, we might say "sweating" to describe an effort whether physical or mental.
Having played this often, I can recognize this is a real Mount Everest of performance; tempo is marvelous, clarity and the glorious phrasing. is amazing. The second movement is profound without being too sweet. They were giants. When Menuhin made his New York debut, in 1927, age 11, Fritz Kreisler, Mischa Elman and Artur Rubenstein were seated together in Carnegie Hall. After Menuhin played the Beethoven Concerto, Elman remarked "Isn't it a bit warm in here?" Rubenstein's wise crack, priceless, was" Not if you are a Pianist!"
I am in Heaven with all the angels around me. Bach’s music is perfection. The two maestros playing such divine music together make me feel at peace in spite of this horrible Covid time. Thank you for showing us this precious film. I am grateful to you. Stay all safe. Better days will come back.
This is more than a prayer in the hard times we´re going through. Music and nature - what else remains? And seeing Menuhin´s face, one knows the sirvival of freedom and consciousness are always possible.
remarkable sound quality, given it's age. These guys are fantastic! So many musicians play Bach like they're in a sprint to the finish. This shows how the masters are patient to let the melody flow in it's own time. Great!
Какие красивые люди-гении исполнения Баха, Иегуди и Давид, от такой музыки мы становимся лучше, чище, праведнее и лицом ко Господу обращаемся... А они, великие скрипачи, нам в том направляющие... 💜Слава Богу за все!
Even though I have moved on to Punk Rock, Metal and Alt/Grunge rock Yehudi Menuhin remains a favorite. When I was a kid he was my favorite and inspired me to learn the violin (I was awful and where I lived didn't really have any teachers). But I can remember when I was a kid, my parents took me to his performance and during the intermission we went for a little walk and then suddenly Menuhin was standing in front of me and my parents pulled out my copy of "the cat and the fiddle" which he signed. It remains a highlight of my childhood memories....and a well played violin remains one of my favorite sounds.
This is of such unspeakable beauty, it brings tears to my eyes. Amazing composer, amazing musicians playing on amazing instruments. This truly is an incredible historical recording. (even my little baby in my belly is awake and moving around while listening to this)
Jessica De Meo Hi Jessica We have two daughters too ! They don’t stay little for very long so make the most of them !!! Ours are 27 & 25 years old, the youngest married during lockdown on 6th August ... God Bless
And high regards to the audio recording crew, the camera crew, the camera operators, the film editors, and all those who looked after preserving this fabulous slice of time.
Got to be said that the original recording itself was not done professionally: David Oistrakh's violin is WAY quieter than that of Yehudi. It's sound is muffled, as in fact that of the WHOLE orchestra. This happened because of lousy microphone placing, and the ravages of time. Properly recorded (and newer) audio bursts with space, detail and colour in comparison. Also, sorry about being critical, the visual is crappy - bad and strange angles, awful editing.
Notice the incredible emotion and intensity on the face of Yehudi Menuhin as he plays so gracefully and with such eloquence. David Oistrakh is equally magnificent as the perspiration begins to show on his face, indicative of the effort he puts into his side of the performance. While the entire video is incredible, the second movement is outstanding and is perfectly paced by these two master violinists. This movement is, at minimum, a breathtaking and awe-inspiring sweep of talent, and at its maximum, a truly sublime glimmer of heaven. Bach would be proud of these two geniuses who have graced us with this magnificent rendition of this piece. Thank you for blessing me and all who listen to this.
"Bach would be proud. . . . " No! Bach would be angry! Modern instruments with their colourless sound, and the annoying vibrato all the way! Bach would have teach them both a lesson!
"They both are playing Stradivarius violins!" Interesting, because the colourful sound isn't there anyway. My English is not good enough to explane. But some of the old instruments was changed in different ways during 19th century.
True..... they are, however, almost certainly playing Strads with steel strings and other alterations, introduced in the 19th century, that significantly changed the sound of the violin, making it louder and brighter, but at the expense of some of the 'colour' if you like. The violins of Bach's day would have had cat-gut strings and would have been played without a shoulder or chin rest. The sound is softer and more mellow. I'm not sure which I prefer to be honest, but its worth finding some recording by an English orchestra called the 'Orchestra of the Enlightenment' who play with completely period instruments and hope to achieve a more historically authentic sound.
I'm indescribably proud and happy that my love - David Oistrakh was born in my beautiful native city! Don't you feel like clouds are dancing, and wind is whispering to flowers,trees the most romantic song?Just listen to this beauty and I can assure you as Neuropsychologist you'll find your harmony which is an essential component of happiness. That's classical music 🎶 the soul itself with such HUGE pallet of soul's color... Thanks for adding.I have it on vinyl.Nevertheless, it's already such pleasure that so many people adore classical music like me.
I stayed up one night to watch every RUclips I could find of this piece. There are many fine renditions but this one - is sublime. Thank you thank you Thank You.
J’ai écouté plusieurs versions et je trouve celle-ci la plus merveilleuse, surtout le second mouvement... Aucun violoniste que ces deux « monstres » du violon ne le joue et ne le jouera avec autant d’émotion 🥵 C’est de la dentelle 😍👏👏👏
One of my favourite creations be Bach, actually I think it was created by God and heard and adjusted by the genius of Bach. And the performance is beyond human and brings tears of happiness. Excuse my English, I am just Russian but I m overwhelmed with feelings of something divine
Your English is fine. As usual, this language is constantly enriched by those who speak it as a second one. I remember Yehudi Manuhin visiting Turkey when I was a kid there.
Действительно Бах, Моцарт, они записывали сразу готовые ноты которые не надо было и не возможно исправлять. Это приходило им свыше в готовом виде. У нынищних вообше ничего нету, но у композиторов 19го века готовое обычно в начале, коротко, дальше композитор сам придумывает основываясь в этом готовом. А у Моцарта от начало до конца всё готовое и не возможно это как то улучшить.
you're not the only one with tears in your eyes This music is beyond words - the composer and the players And dont worry about your english, its ok. 99 % of the native english speakers cant speak any other one :))
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR SHARING THIS BEAUTIFUL VIOLIN DUET BY TWO OF THE GREATEST MASTERS. SO SOOTHING SO HEAVENLY THANK GOD FOR ALL THE BEAUTIFUL MUSIC HE GAVE FOR ALL HUMANITY TO ENJOY AND APPRECIATE IT.
Interprétation prodigieuse, inoubliable. Ces deux violons qui se répondent au travers d'une ligne mélodique parfaite auront bien du mal à être égalés. Je l'ai découverte dans l'enfance et, au terme de ma vie, elle demeure tout aussi bouleversante. Quoi qu'il ait pu toucher, Bach a le plus souvent été insurpassable. Merci pour ce moment musical intense.
Ich suchte ein Musikstück zum Geburtstag eines lieben Menschen...❤ und fand dieses Meisterwerk. Jetzt kann ich nicht mehr aufhören, es selber ständig zu hören🌸🙏💖😌
Quel bonheur; quelle excellence, justesse, communion, quelle grandeur toute simple avec humilité;.personnellement je ne vois rien au dessus en duo; grand merci à you tube;
I love that moment - Oistrach very rarely smiles while playing. To see a smile of absolute delight on his face is an honor and it actually (haha, I'm strange) makes me happy. Because I know that, at this exact moment, he was absolutely satisfied with the music he and Menuhin made - and he deserved that.
Menuhin was always broke not because his didn't earn money, but he gave it all away in helping young musicians to have what he had - a chance! I notice how Oistrakh adapts his playing to match Menuhin and in the recording with Enescu it is different again and again with Igor. They are such wonderful players thay can match whoever they play with in harmony, that is the mark of a real Musician not just a player! Woke should be forced to listen to this every day until they wake up.
It is not woke that is the problem. It is the appalling diet of poor quality popular music people who had to listen to for thirty years! Immature, childish lyrics without decent melodies. But you know what human beings are like-- they are so conditionable. Think of the depths of moral depravity the Germans sunk to during the rule of the Nazis!
I grew up in a small village in switzerland where yehudi menuhin had a residency. he was made an honorary citizen as he founded a classical music festival in the '50 that is still going strong now. the concerts used to be held in our old church. my parents were renting out rooms to a couple of orchestra members every year and they used to take me along to their practises. I remember sitting in this beautiful old church with a handful of people and listening (blissfully unaware) to these world class musicians practising with the orchestra (yehudi menuhin, isaac stern, hephziba menuhin and many others I sadly cant remember their names but will forever remember how it made me feel). I have never lost my love for classical music
What a lovely memoir, thank you.
Qué maravilla has vivido !!p
"renting out rooms to a couple of orchestra members every year and they used to take me along to their practises" could've became airbnb before it was huge
I simply love the recording of these two. My father played the violin as a concert master and I am (at 70) in awe each time I listen to this very recording.❤
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Yehudi Menuhin was the one who gave my father a full music scholarship and a life outside of China. I very likely owe my life to this man.
That is truly amazing
+Oliver Jia Your father must be a very gifted musician in China.
+Lar M He was, at the time, one of the best in China. That's why he was able to get the scholarship. Now he's in the Pittsburgh Symphony as Assistant Concertmaster.
+Oliver Jia Great ! There are lots of very great musicians in the USA originally from China for this past 30 years or so.
Quelle chance vous avez eue !!! Artiste hors normes ....
they don't even imagine that 60 years later 4 million people will watch and listen this masterpiece
They might
@@dianashafer7 They could have hardly imagined something like RUclips.
Neither did Bach imagine that!!
@@MrJusmobileBach knew he was the greatest
@@blunderbuss-n6nActually Bach had been completely forgotten for many many years and he was never got the recognition he desearved when he was alive. So no, he probably didn't know he would become arguably the best composer of all time.
"The Aim and Final reason of all music is for the refreshment of the spirit and for the Glory of God" - J.S. Bach.
Bach ist der 5. Evangelist.....
As a music student busking in the street in 1958 Beverley Nicholls wrote an article about me in "Woman" magazine. The headline? "Bach spoke with the voice of God. Keith Ramsell is his young disciple."
Bach lived and worked about 300 years ago, this beautiful concert was recorded 62 years ago - Bach and these two great violinists have already left this world - but they all are still living today and making people happy to this day.
I wish it to the next generations!
and don't forget the artists that made the violins and the bows... it's a true miracle, music.
@@iltulipano Of course this also applies to those masters who have made it possible to play their amazing instruments - such as Stradivari, Guarneri, Amati, and so on ....
And I'm feeling exactly the same emotions...
And it wouldn’t have made a ‘comeback’ if not for Mendelssohn who loved Bach and made ppl see he’s dope in the musical sense. Bach wasn’t ‘cool’ til my boy Mendel did it
De Filetia, «Stradivari, Guarneri, Amati…» I am sorry for my inadequate English. That’s one of several reasons why we should pay attention to HIP-performances. They perform Bach’s music with instruments closer to the original. Menuhin and Oistrakh play on Stradivari, but their instruments are changes in different ways, so the Stradivari has lost their original sound.
Absolute perfection! I’ve played the violin for more than 50 years, and I still can’t play all those pretty notes. Those were that days when the audience understood not to clap between movements. BRAVO!!
One of the supreme violin concertos by Bach played by two historic masters of the violin who have yet to be surpassed. A gift to human civilization.
Yes, I have yet to hear a better rendering of this concert.
@@nicolaasstempels8207 What are you waiting for? What’s stopping you?
@@weiliu7319 A lack of better violinists, of course!!!
So well said ❤❤❤
@@pinkyb.7398 He meant that you can do it too, that's a life-long journey, yes, but you will get there eventually
Quels génies, Bach et ses deux plus grands interprètes, ces trois là nous réconcilient avec l'humanité.
Ou est-ce dieu lui même, consolant l'enfant que chacun porte en lui
Así es !!
@@manoellaurent8468
Bei uns in Deutschland, wird JSB auch manchmal der 5. Evangelist genannt.
😇❤😊
Liebe Grüße
😍
Дуэт великих скрипачей вне всяких слов
Bach is a Gift to Humankind
Bach in Music and Jan van Eyck in Painting 👋👌👃
Yup.
@lavachevolante; AMEN! And what a gift at that! The beauty of his melodies alone, combined with the incredible complexity of compositions, the pacing of them, the harmonizing contrasts, whether an additional melody or melodies, or simply an accenting accompaniment, the man’s brilliance is absolutely undeniable! DEAR GOD, THANK YOU!
Totally agree❤
I jeszcze potrzeba takich jak ci dwaj doskonałych muzykantów
We need this now more than ever.
I like when David smiles in the slow movement when they are both trilling. It's like he knows it's heaven.
Two Masters playing this beautiful Bach Double.
This video is a jewel.
Menuhin: I paid for the bow, I'll use the whole bow
hahahahahaha what a totality
Damn right
xD
Hai shosty!
Even if it means moving it so fast that the tone at times will fail to blossom on all of the notes.
2020, and still listening to this achingly beautiful gem and watching this rare moment in time...
Andrea Wallenberger same
I am listening on March 19.2020 and will listening again and again as long as I can C.Tauber
yesss
Have played this video more than 30 times over the past 18 months. It never fails to captivate.
I played this with my friend 4 years ago and it became a favorite to many people and I still get requests from people for this concerto during events.
Спасибо за ролик. Слов нет от восторга и восхищения от такого исполнения. Менухин великий. Ойстрах непревзойденный. А Бах всегда живой
Мне кажется, Менухин немного кокетничает с акцентами, выбивается из дуэта. Ойстрах безупречен, в такие игры не играет.
Потому что Бах - Бог.
Bach, Yehudi Menuhin et David Oistrakh.... c’est la grâce des Dieux
oui, yes, igen!
+ two Stradivarius...
Oui, la meilleure interprétation, la plus émouvante 🥵❤️
I didn't understand that but i agree
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I meant to say that : the best and most moving interpretation.
I love and at the same time I cry
The flawless bow shifting.. the incredible double stops..the awfully good conversation between the violins 🎻🎻 perfect tempo.. perfect interpretation..Bach is proud..this is art at it's finest 🌹
There is a dignity and grace to this performance that is unmatched or exceeded. It is divine ❤️❤️❤️
@@JoePalau Yes, completely
It's beyond divine. Words fail to describe the beauty
More than an incredible recording, a cultural heirloom - Please RUclips never loose this recording.
Eine Sternstunde der Musik. Zwei der größten Musiker aller Zeiten spielen die Musik des größten Komponisten aller Zeiten.
A great moment for music. Two of the greatest musicians of all times are playing the music of the greatest composer of all times!
As Leonardo da Vinci said: "Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication." Bach always tends to use simple themes, but by magic, he manages to create such beautiful melodies. Seems like they are so easy to understand, but actually very sophisticate indeed (that's the reason why his music was not appreciated when he was alive). I found that his counterpoints are perfection; for example, in this particular piece, even the cellos and double basses, which are used for adding a depth (the bass part) in the melody in most of the classical and romantic symphonic pieces for treble instruments playing the melody, are having their own melody. Every instrument is having a different melody, and when they are played together, they form a masterpiece. What a master of polyphony like J.S.Bach!!!!
Bach music in not simply, maybe his orchestral music (except the Brandeburg concertos). His organ, choral and chamber music are very complex.
Und davor Fux und davor Palestrina und davor Gott und das Glück zu hören
Actually, JS Bach was highly appreciated by musicians of his time. Handel is quoted as saying, "And then there is Herr Bach: the master of us all."
@@777rogerf yes, but as the baroque era ended, Bach's pieces kinda went away from sight. Only until Mendelssohn gave these pieces the publicity they deserve, did people finally realize how great Bach was
It is not an easy concerto to play!!!
So symbolic: Two Jewish violinists who grew up in ultimately opposing countries (the USA and the USSR), are playing a composition of the ultimate composer of classical music, and the result is perfection. Only music can!
Thaks, for yours comment. I'm russian and we never want any war... Bach is a one of some chance to make it impossible. Never. We mast listen, thinking and teaching our children.
A composer from very much near the iron curtain as well
Thank you for this background information. Nice !
That is not relevant at all, I was born in ex, communist Yugoslavia, never had a chance to listen to them in the concert, but personally very great full to Yehudi , he opened the door to the wonderful music world, I was sick , my parents bought me the discs with most violin concertos, Mendelssohn, Bach, Caykovski...... in their interpretations , all new ,wonderful world was there for me ....and still is ,just thanks......
Они оба родом из России.
This is divine!! I have listened to this many times! Who is still listening in 2019?
me
I am.
Me
En ik!!
I adore this performance, and am still listening in December 2019.
Quel sublime duo! Deux grands maîtres du violon, en état de grâce! Merci à eux, merci à la personne qui a mis cette vidéo sur You Tube! Et merci, un éternel merci, à Jean-Sébastien Bach, génie absolu de la musique, qui doit diriger, en ce moment, les choeurs des anges, auprès de son Créateur! AMDG (at majorem Dei gloriam)!
Questa musica non è stata scritta da Bach,ma da Dio attraverso la mano di un uomo.E questi due magistrali interpreti s'inginocchiano davanti all'altare di Dio per eseguila tanto esemplarmente.Si aprono dinanzi a noi, ascoltandola,le porte del paradiso.
Bien sûr! J'adore cette remarque.
Bonsoir, merci pour votre message si juste et le partage volontiers .
J'aime l'intepretationdeces 2 artistes;la plupart du temps que l'interprétation est beaucoup trop rapide car je suis moi_memme violoniste et ne peu plus hélas tenir mon violon depuis bientôt 2 ans , suite à des chutes ' ... j 'espère toujours en refaire un jour, je fais tout pour cela, vive la musique bach et les autres, c'est destresssanr ' merci pour ce moment sublime,
Ppppppolul¹¹
Performing Bach's Double Violin Concerto at age 16 gave me a lifetime of awe for Menuhin and Oistrakh. The gift of these 2 gentlemen is beyond words.
For those of us who love music, this footage is simply priceless. Many here would have given anything to see Menuhin and Oistrakh together on stage... for me this will more than suffice. Thank you!
Priceless is the word..
Justinbee
it looks like a very very hot day!
thanks a lot David,and Yehudi!
davidhertzberg l
🎻💙👍🏻
... there are no words to express the feeling when the soul flies so high... nearly got lost in heaven! Deep bow to genius Bach and most brilliant violinists! Divine!
c' est un honneur de pouvoir écouter une telle oeuvre jouée par de tels musiciens !
As a music student busking Bach in the West End of London, Alec Sherman introduced me to Mr. Menuhin who kindly heard me play (1960) several times. Unbelievably kind an encouraging, his advice changed my whole life.
What was his advice?
@@pluutoop Keep it up!
If this does not bring tears to your eyes, I’m not sure what will. My god, what a performance. I hope this music lasts forever.
Music doesn't get better than this !
Not exactly the kind of piece that would bring tears to my eyes, definitely gets my toes tapping tho
Nothing
Merveilleuse interprétation par deux véritables artistes, simples, doués et sans ostentation. Du très grand art...
I was one of the most fortunate ones to listen to the same concert, years later. A divine experience!
I was a child and the controler of the doors at Salle Pleyel in Paris would look the other way when, along with other children loving music, we were 'sneaking' in the concert hall. For that particular concert I hid hours before in the case of a double-bass behind the stage, to make sure I would be inside the concert hall. An unforgettable experience!
Marinella monk, MD
That is a wonderful story!
Imagine being tiny enough to hide *inside* the double-bass case... and what an unforgettable experience!
Beautiful story and how delightful the controller of the doors was so loving.
Волшебно!!!
Merci de partager cette belle mémoire avec nous.
Meilleurs voeux à vous, de Montréal.
xxo
C est absolument divin j adore et j apprecie au plus au point pronfonde gratitude merci ❤❤❤merci beaucoup pour ce post qui m à fait très plaisir intense remerciant pronfonde gratitude merci ❤❤❤
Oui, c'est magnifique ! Remercions Dieu , c'est Lui qui nous parle , arc en ciel de musique !
Whenever I hear this concert, I imagine Bach himself, after having finished writing it, with an enormous sense of satisfaction of having created something sublime.
Мой любимый концерт Баха...музыка,литература,живопись должны быть именно такими...послушал и жить хочется... весь мир обнять хочется...а иначе зачем)))
Bach,Menuhin and Oistrakh...I cannot describe how wonderful our earth with them,feeling Heaven when their music begins...
Two of the greatest violinists! I enjoyed this very much. ❤
How can anyone give a thumbs down to this masterpiece . . . played by two of the greatest violinists ever to walk the Earth?!? This is perfection!
John Moonitz Those who don't understand my friend
Sorry for my inadequate English. People who dislike this version love the music itself. But we support those who try to restore this old music. The two solists in this version are maybe great, but they didn't knew too much how to preform the music in its original style. My English is too bad, I can't tell you all the differenses between modern and old style. Menuhin and Oistrakh playing on modern instruments, and the sound is different from string from the baroque periode.
yes, but also many of the other recordings are light and overly nuanced (especially people who recorded on baroque instruments). The brilliance of this one is that the soloists didn't fall victim to the light and fluffy perception of Bachs music that plagues the classical music world, they play it very boldly and with the utmost conviction which in my opinion is not necessarily how the music was originally played but was how back would've heard it in his own head. He didn't have the tools to make this bold of a sound on instruments where you literally had to pinch the hair on the bow with your fingers to tighten it. Of course feel free to disagree with me, different opinions after all are what keep us coming back to the same pieces over and over again!
It is not a matter of good versus bad music. I, too, love performances on original instruments and with original styling, but... One must also appreciate brilliant, if different, interpretations of the music. In their day, they played it with their (current) understandings of the music. That must be appreciated as well.
Bach may have been surprised by this performance, but I am sure that he would have approved.
Ben Rau j,
If there is a life after death , i want front row seats just to listen to these two geniuses play this very concerto. bliss .
sorry, I already purchased the entire file of seats...
Fernando Villegas
If so ,save me at least one lol.
me too girl I'm so there
Levi Posada
Last time i looked lady, I had meat and two veg down there lol. just save me a seat ,front row.
herşey mükemmel ,inanılmaz ve ölümsüz.
I think the best thing about prodigies like Menuhin and Oistrakh is that they can express to you exactly how beautiful the pieces that the composers created really are.
I have viewed this video dozens of times. Early on, I noticed that Yehudi Menuhin almost always used the whole bow - I mean point to frog. Every millimeter. Almost constantly. With speed and ease. I got the idea that I should try the same feat on my violin. And after a while, I noticed an improvement in tone, even with shorter bow strokes. It seems that just possessing the skill to finesse the bow with power and length has an effect that is heard in all types of playing. This amazes me.
I noticed the same. Bow handling of Menuhin and Oistrah is different - and the bow handling of Menuhin is just pure genius.
Menuhin: I paid for the whole bow
@@snickydoodle4744 Underrated comment
Watching Jascha Heifetz bow in Ponce Estrillita is an art in itself. I know the body gets all the glory but the power of the bow is incredibly underrated. It was many years before I found out tilting the bow at the frog helped take weight off and created a more balanced toned compared to the other end.
Maybe he discovered it thruogh his Lessons with Moshe Feldenkrais and had the idea to look for hidden potential. Voila: the use the whole bow;). Best wishes.
This is divine! Best violin concerto ever! Bach was a genius! Love Yehudi Menuhin!!! I don't think anyone ever played it better than those two...
Always one of my favorite Bach pieces what amazing luck to find it now with Menuhin and Oistrakh . Bach can make me believe the divine.
listen also, Ion Voicu❤
지금봐도 끝없이 아름답습니다. 가슴이 뛰는 이감동은 볼때마다 똑같습니다.
Genius composer and two of the greatest violinists ever, never fails to move me to tears.
Ho una venerazione per Bach , questi due grandi violinisti ne esaltano la grandezza. Straordinari
La Tua venerazione non è un sentimento soggettivo. È LA VERITÀ. un caro saluto
Слушаю каждым день, не могу на слушаться, без таких великих мастеров жизнь была бы пуста - это гениально в высшем степени
1. Vivace 0:07
2. Largo ma non tanto 4:33
3. Allegro 12:34
My father-in-law was a professional musician, violinist. Planning his memorial, as a tribute to him I recorded this performance and several other masterpieces I know he had performed as a young man. Local farm boy became first college graduate circa 1920.
Visitors who had never attended classical concerts were in awe at the profound beauty of the music that they had no idea their friend had played .
Allegro,largo,vivace
@@PL73LC1 wow !!!
Soyez en trois fois remercié.
Un concerto straordinario con Yehudi Menuhin e David Oistrakh.... Sublime!!!!
I can’t believe the depth and breadth of Bach’s music, it’s just unbelievable. I’ve been listening to choral works and organ works, and decided to listen to this old chestnut....but it sounds brand new, as though I’d never heard it before! It isn’t only the genius of the soloists and orchestra, for sure; it’s the composition itself. I don’t understand how Bach’s compositions never get old!
This is, quite simply, as good as it gets. My final refuge from the intolerable ignorance, bigotry, and hatred in the world right now. This divine music restores what faith I have left in our miserable species....
Indeed. It is of a different order of wonder and loveliness. It is a sort of redemption.
I know, I know. Seeing and hearing this performance makes me "proud to be a human being," if I can say such a thing.
It's not all bad...
I'm watching this in 2020 - we need this more than ever to stay sane.
@@philippalmer2741En 2020 PLENA PANDEMIA EN BUENOS AIRES.necesitamos mucho de ellos
One of the finest pieces ever composed and the performance by Menuhin and Oistrakh absolutely superb!
Bach was a pure Genius!
I heard David and Igor Oistrakh play this work at Newcastle City Hall, UK, in 1968. We'd just completed the slog of doing our A level exams. As soon we heard the exhilarating opening notes, my friend and I looked at each other and knew that there was something in this life that transcended swotting for exams.
"Swotting", a new word in my American lexicon of English, is a great descriptor. Across the pond from England, we might say "sweating" to describe an effort whether physical or mental.
I think these two guys met with Bach before playing....
Clever point!
Richard Bennaim I think so too !
Yes, of course the did because Bach is god
Impressive
How would they be this good without meeting the man himself?
Having played this often, I can recognize this is a real Mount Everest of performance; tempo is marvelous, clarity and the glorious phrasing. is amazing.
The second movement is profound without being too sweet. They were giants.
When Menuhin made his New York debut, in 1927, age 11, Fritz Kreisler, Mischa Elman and Artur Rubenstein were seated together in Carnegie Hall. After Menuhin played the Beethoven Concerto, Elman remarked "Isn't it a bit warm in here?" Rubenstein's wise crack, priceless, was" Not if you are a Pianist!"
Un million saluts a toi mon prof doctor bonne nuit
@@rifkol4403 Merci beaucoup.
I am in Heaven with all the angels around me. Bach’s music is perfection.
The two maestros playing such divine music together make me feel at peace
in spite of this horrible Covid time.
Thank you for showing us this precious film. I am grateful to you.
Stay all safe. Better days will come back.
We are not able to fully understand Bach's music. Future generations will do that.
Merci proffff j adore et je couche
Trois génies. L'humanité sublimée quelle consolation magnifique.
Deux légendes du violon au service de Bach...
This is more than a prayer in the hard times we´re going through.
Music and nature - what else remains?
And seeing Menuhin´s face, one knows the sirvival of freedom and consciousness are always possible.
remarkable sound quality, given it's age. These guys are fantastic! So many musicians play Bach like they're in a sprint to the finish. This shows how the masters are patient to let the melody flow in it's own time. Great!
Absolutely amazing performance. Bach as Bach should sound. Vibrant, gracieus like a waterfall of sound and melody. A touch of heaven.
Какие музыканты..... просто слов нет одна радость и слезы от этой возможности слушать их!!!!!!!
Какие красивые люди-гении исполнения Баха, Иегуди и Давид, от такой музыки мы становимся лучше, чище, праведнее и лицом ко Господу обращаемся... А они, великие скрипачи, нам в том направляющие... 💜Слава Богу за все!
@@user-xq5fo1vm1k 💜💙💚💛🧡❤
Magnifique David Oistrakh!
Even though I have moved on to Punk Rock, Metal and Alt/Grunge rock Yehudi Menuhin remains a favorite. When I was a kid he was my favorite and inspired me to learn the violin (I was awful and where I lived didn't really have any teachers). But I can remember when I was a kid, my parents took me to his performance and during the intermission we went for a little walk and then suddenly Menuhin was standing in front of me and my parents pulled out my copy of "the cat and the fiddle" which he signed. It remains a highlight of my childhood memories....and a well played violin remains one of my favorite sounds.
That is so interesting.
Sublime composition prodigieux interprètes. C’est l’alignement des planètes
Какой комментарий? Бах есть Бах .Он вечен.Бог наградил его небесным талантом. Музыкантам. БРАВО!!
It doesn’t get any better than this!!❤❤❤❤🙏😇🎁🎁
Just a sublime performance and incredible recording. Thank you J.S. Bach and the violinists.
This is of such unspeakable beauty, it brings tears to my eyes. Amazing composer, amazing musicians playing on amazing instruments. This truly is an incredible historical recording. (even my little baby in my belly is awake and moving around while listening to this)
a little piece heaven
Daughter or a son ?
God Bless
A daughter. I now have too little daughters and they both love music of almost any kind.
@@jessicademeo5488omg Jessica this just made my day... made my Life complete. Thank you!
The next generation loving this Music
Jessica De Meo
Hi Jessica
We have two daughters too !
They don’t stay little for very long so make the most of them !!!
Ours are 27 & 25 years old, the youngest married during lockdown on 6th August ...
God Bless
And high regards to the audio recording crew, the camera crew, the camera operators, the film editors, and all those who looked after preserving this fabulous slice of time.
Got to be said that the original recording itself was not done professionally: David Oistrakh's violin is WAY quieter than that of Yehudi. It's sound is muffled, as in fact that of the WHOLE orchestra. This happened because of lousy microphone placing, and the ravages of time. Properly recorded (and newer) audio bursts with space, detail and colour in comparison.
Also, sorry about being critical, the visual is crappy - bad and strange angles, awful editing.
That this exists is a pure JOY!
@@john-giovannicorda3456 Absolutely!
спасибо за уточнения!
Saturday 14th December 2024.
17.42pm.
Thank you such beautiful sweet music.
Francesca Kray. 🌹
Невыносимо прекрасно. Вот так играют, наверное, в раю.
Very hard to find a RUclips video of the double violin concerto better than this. What a treasure!
Это написал сам Бог!!! Можно слушать без перерыва 24 часа в сутки. Светлая память исполнителям и автору.
Menuhin and Oistrakh on the same stage!! Miracle!!!
Notice the incredible emotion and intensity on the face of Yehudi Menuhin as he plays so gracefully and with such eloquence. David Oistrakh is equally magnificent as the perspiration begins to show on his face, indicative of the effort he puts into his side of the performance. While the entire video is incredible, the second movement is outstanding and is perfectly paced by these two master violinists. This movement is, at minimum, a breathtaking and awe-inspiring sweep of talent, and at its maximum, a truly sublime glimmer of heaven.
Bach would be proud of these two geniuses who have graced us with this magnificent rendition of this piece. Thank you for blessing me and all who listen to this.
"Bach would be proud. . . . " No! Bach would be angry! Modern instruments with their colourless sound, and the annoying vibrato all the way! Bach would have teach them both a lesson!
Modern instruments? Are you kidding? They both are playing Stradivarius violins! modern instruments indeed
"They both are playing Stradivarius violins!" Interesting, because the colourful sound isn't there anyway. My English is not good enough to explane. But some of the old instruments was changed in different ways during 19th century.
Annette Honickman:
Magnificent performance! Beautiful duet!
True..... they are, however, almost certainly playing Strads with steel strings and other alterations, introduced in the 19th century, that significantly changed the sound of the violin, making it louder and brighter, but at the expense of some of the 'colour' if you like. The violins of Bach's day would have had cat-gut strings and would have been played without a shoulder or chin rest. The sound is softer and more mellow. I'm not sure which I prefer to be honest, but its worth finding some recording by an English orchestra called the 'Orchestra of the Enlightenment' who play with completely period instruments and hope to achieve a more historically authentic sound.
I'm indescribably proud and happy that my love - David Oistrakh was born in my beautiful native city! Don't you feel like clouds are dancing, and wind is whispering to flowers,trees the most romantic song?Just listen to this beauty and I can assure you as Neuropsychologist you'll find your harmony which is an essential component of happiness. That's classical music 🎶 the soul itself with such HUGE pallet of soul's color... Thanks for adding.I have it on vinyl.Nevertheless, it's already such pleasure that so many people adore classical music like me.
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Спасибо Тебе Господи за этих двух гениев, которых Ты подарил миру!!!🙏🙏🙏
🙏🙏🙏🙏
Да, и в империи зла рождались гении
@@isaacgraham8188 особенно Иегуди Менухин, да ? Точно родился в империи зла !
......и Баха!!!
Благодарить надо не бога, а их матерей - те, кто родили этих двух гениев. Еще надо благодарить их учителей!
I stayed up one night to watch every RUclips I could find of this piece. There are many fine renditions but this one - is sublime. Thank you thank you Thank You.
Syria, Iraq, Libya, children... why?
+Tamara McGuane ??????
RutaClara and thankyou for saying that
I could have told you not to waste time looking for something better.
Thank you for keeping this masterpiece available
It is almost painful to listen to this version of Bach's masterpiece, the emotional content is so powerful.
Божественная музыка и величайшие мастера скрипки!!! Огромное наслаждение!!!♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️
J’ai écouté plusieurs versions et je trouve celle-ci la plus merveilleuse, surtout le second mouvement...
Aucun violoniste que ces deux « monstres » du violon ne le joue et ne le jouera avec autant d’émotion 🥵
C’est de la dentelle 😍👏👏👏
Божественное "ТРИО" (+ БАХ ) трех ГЕНИЕВ !!!
One of my favourite creations be Bach, actually I think it was created by God and heard and adjusted by the genius of Bach. And the performance is beyond human and brings tears of happiness.
Excuse my English, I am just Russian but I m overwhelmed with feelings of something divine
Your English is fine. As usual, this language is constantly enriched by those who speak it as a second one.
I remember Yehudi Manuhin visiting Turkey when I was a kid there.
Yes, yes YES
Действительно Бах, Моцарт, они записывали сразу готовые ноты которые не надо было и не возможно исправлять. Это приходило им свыше в готовом виде. У нынищних вообше ничего нету, но у композиторов 19го века готовое обычно в начале, коротко, дальше композитор сам придумывает основываясь в этом готовом. А у Моцарта от начало до конца всё готовое и не возможно это как то улучшить.
you're not the only one with tears in your eyes
This music is beyond words - the composer and the players
And dont worry about your english, its ok. 99 % of the native english speakers cant speak any other one :))
@@ThePozilla Тhank you
Какое великолепное проникновенное исполнение до глубины сердца! Музыка Баха вечна! Бах на небесах счастлив!!!
Это волшебство! Спасибо огромное !👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻🙏🏻🌹
Ооо хотябы один Русский
Este concierto es un verdadero Tesoro de la Humanidad. Gracias por compartirlo. Saludos desde México!!!
Божественная музыка! Гениальное исполнение! Потрясает до глубины души!
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR SHARING THIS BEAUTIFUL VIOLIN DUET BY TWO OF THE GREATEST MASTERS. SO SOOTHING SO HEAVENLY THANK GOD FOR ALL THE BEAUTIFUL MUSIC HE GAVE FOR ALL HUMANITY TO ENJOY AND APPRECIATE IT.
Interprétation prodigieuse, inoubliable. Ces deux violons qui se répondent au travers d'une ligne mélodique parfaite auront bien du mal à être égalés. Je l'ai découverte dans l'enfance et, au terme de ma vie, elle demeure tout aussi bouleversante. Quoi qu'il ait pu toucher, Bach a le plus souvent été insurpassable. Merci pour ce moment musical intense.
Ich suchte ein Musikstück zum Geburtstag eines lieben Menschen...❤ und fand dieses Meisterwerk. Jetzt kann ich nicht mehr aufhören, es selber ständig zu hören🌸🙏💖😌
Poliphony in the third part is absolutely stunning, renders one speechless. What a genius Bach was!
This brings tears to my eyes.
Simply one of the most beautiful pieces of music ever.
One of the greatest pieces ever created. Definitively Bach is my favorite composer of all the times.
Спасибо.
Вечная музыка в гениальном исполнении! Браво!👏👏👏👏👏
Even if my thumb would reach up the sky, I would not be able to express how grateful I am to Yeduhi, Oistrakh ,Bach and God for This.
Quel bonheur; quelle excellence, justesse, communion, quelle grandeur toute simple avec humilité;.personnellement je ne vois rien au dessus en duo; grand merci à you tube;
Love Oistrakh's smile at 8:05 when the two violins' dialogue worked perfectly.
Right, saying "my God, can' t get any better".
sasha42196 masas
Love that comment! ;)
I love that moment - Oistrach very rarely smiles while playing. To see a smile of absolute delight on his face is an honor and it actually (haha, I'm strange) makes me happy. Because I know that, at this exact moment, he was absolutely satisfied with the music he and Menuhin made - and he deserved that.
And 10:57
Пронзительно-прекрасно!
Menuhin was always broke not because his didn't earn money, but he gave it all away in helping young musicians to have what he had - a chance!
I notice how Oistrakh adapts his playing to match Menuhin and in the recording with Enescu it is different again and again with Igor. They are such wonderful players thay can match whoever they play with in harmony, that is the mark of a real Musician not just a player!
Woke should be forced to listen to this every day until they wake up.
wonderful
Mais on s'en fout, des finances de Yehudi Menuhin !
It is not woke that is the problem. It is the appalling diet of poor quality popular music people who had to listen to for thirty years! Immature, childish lyrics without decent melodies. But you know what human beings are like-- they are so conditionable. Think of the depths of moral depravity the Germans sunk to during the rule of the Nazis!
2 immenses concertistes s'unissent
pour jouer l'une des plus belle partition de Bach l'année de ma naissance 1958 !! Le hasard ?