Nathan Milstein's performance of La Folia is my favourite. I see little point in comparing him with other violinists such as Pearlman because each of them shines in their own way and contributes unique and valuable interpretations of the music they play. As a violinist I am most grateful for what I have learned from each of them.. For me, Milstein's interpretation of La Folia is not just technically accomplished but he plays with such sensitivity, feeling and a beautiful silky tone.
Indeed a treasure. Brings back memories of Milstein coming to Lawrence High School LI NY n the 1960s and playing with such an extraordinary vibrato and bow control as I looked around to see if the locals knew they were hearing history. (I don't think they did. They knew he was a great violinist, though). Now I get to once again say-in fact the sensibilities Milstein represents are present in Hillary Hahn and countless violinists playing his Paganiniana. fyi, I understand Milstein never played the variations (in Paganiniana, not this Corelli La Folia set of variations) in the same order explaining he wrote it and could play it however he wanted. He also liked to teach a key a lesson but when it was d minor day he would never play Sibelius Violin concerto for his students because it was in that key and Heifetz "owned" the piece. Humility and genius as we find in his playing are in short order. Hats off Nathan Milstein. And to Rare Violin Treasures, thank you. Thanks for the memories you have stirred up.
C'était mon morceau d'examen pour mon DFE... je ne l'ai pas eu ... Cela fait 4 ans, je retravaille ce morceau depuis quelques temps mais à chaque fois que je le joue, je revoie ce jour horrible. J'ai eu du mal à retoucher mon violon après cet échec mais j'ai réussi à reprendre le dessus. Je reste tout de même allergique à cette Follia
@@jiachengzhao70 It's the "Leonard" arrangement of La Folia which you can find on IMSLP. It's not played too often anymore as it wasn't arrangement with the same historical context in mind as we now have today.
@@filipbronola536 Found! You are so helpful! Thanks a lot! The link is below cn.imslp.org/wiki/Violin_Sonata_in_D_minor,_Op.5_No.12_%27La_Folia%27_(Corelli,_Arcangelo) in cases anyone who wants the sheet music of this beautiful piece. Even though a totally different context today, I still very like this sort of “Baroque” style music with the most elegant and profound performance of Mr Milstein.
My parents had a record of Milstein playing Tchaikovsky's violin concerto that I would listen to as a child. It's always been my favorite interpretation.
les follias me font toujours beaucoup d'effets, mais celle-ci est vraiment spéciale. Je suis scotchée sur mon siège! C'est bouleversant. Un vrai cadeau.
Pianist is Leon Pomers. He was born on October 12, 1914 in Pruzana, Poland. Son of Abram and Fania. Student of State Conservatory Music in Warsaw, 1935-1939. Member of Bohemians Club. 1942-1943. Soloist, chamber musician & assistant pianist to Erica Morini, Nathan Milstein, Yehudi Menuhin, Joseph Szigeti, Janos Starker, Pierre Fournier, from 1944. Professor; Music Queens College City University of New York, 1968-1985. Married Irene Perlman Pommers, July 11, 1954. 1 child Alice Greenwood. He was died on June 7, 2001 in New York.
This is great - one of the best I've heard. Yet, I have been enchanted with Eduard Melkus' 1973 recording (Archiv Produktion) for years now. Like Milstein, Melkus takes his time when necessary and his impromptu additions are not overdone! I've enjoyed this recording of Milstein.
Played this at the County Solo Ensemble and got a superior rating! I'm going to the States (and preferably the nationals, too). I can't wait. Some of the variations in this piece is different, though.
I like this version. 440, so I can attempt to play along. Just the right blend of "played-in-the-original-style" (whatever that is!), and Mr. Milstein's own interpretation. It's my go-to selection for study purposes, and for enjoyment!
My favorite interpretation comes from Nadine from Enlightened Audio Academy. There is such a beautiful sorrow in her music. Read the description in her video.
In his day he was very well known and was (and still is) very highly regarded. Perlman is still performing and has made more recent recordings, so he gets more publicity.
His solo Bach, Goldmark concerto, transcription of Chopin's nocturne, and arrangement of paganiniana recordings has earned him in a place in the hall of fame forever. His book of memoirs "From Russia to the West" and DVDs available also have my fullest recommendation. I don't think a lot of people realize it but he was the first Russian to play all solo Bach, it wasn't popular to play Bach back then in Russia. I can imagine him as a young child ripping out some Bach at age 12 or so, prof Auer and his fellow classmates must have been stunned and full of awe.
My daughter is working on this piece, and have trouble finding a recording with right arrangement and tempo. This one is perfect. Thanks for uploading it. It is such a breath taking performance.
@rareviolintreasures I, too, love the Perlman recording. He so captures the passion that I associate with Fritz Kreisler, whose arrangement Perlman plays.
this was great its probably the only one with the trill and variations im in beginer and trying to play this song im past the first page iv been learning it for over a month and yea it mite be pathetic for the fact that iv only leared a page dont wory im getting there what im saying is its the best song iv herd so far!
Incredible. This is why the old masters are the greatest. This is SO different from Enescu's rendition. If it had been Hilary Hahn and Joshua Bell instead they would sound nearly the same and lack artistic depth. But man, this is great. The ending is phenomenal. Milstein's sound is ridiculous. Absolutely ridiculous. So inspiring.
"Petenera" of flamenco music is based on : Rachmaninov: Variations on a Theme of Corelli, for piano, Op 42, ie: Op.5 Arcangelo Corelli Sonata No. 12 "La Follia".
The pure and not over-sentimental style of Milstein was a natural fit for baroque music. He hit upon the right way to play music of this period, with tasteful and not over-wide doses of vibrato, unlike the playing of many of his contemporaries, who gave it the full "wobbly, late-Romantic-period feel". For the uninitiated, check out his classic recordings of the Bach Sonatas and Partitas for unaccompanied violin; arguably the best , or best equal, interpretations ever (so also, check out Henryk Szeryng and Gidon Kremer,)
I heard for the first time the Follia by Joseph Szigetti and I founded so ..inspirational and since Is became a Reference for me;nobody else emouved me like this... Hear Milstein does not give his best as in the Vitali Chaconne! poicpi
I once had a recording of Milstein playing six Vivaldi concerti. Best Vivaldi playing ever, but recording is lost. Have never seen any of these concerti recorded by anyone else. Have you come across them?
Since this video was uploaded so many years ago, I don't know if this page is still active, or if anyone will see my comment, but as I listened to this (new to me) it sounded familiar - not exactly like something else, but it reminded me of something. I finally put my finger on it - "The Gael," the theme song from the sound track of the movie "Last of the Mohicans." The impression was so strong that I even messaged popular artist Dougie MacLean, who wrote the soundtrack, and asked if this piece waa his inspiration. (I haven't yet gotten a response)
Did Jean-Baptiste Lully compose "La Folia," or had it been around as a folk melody and he was the first major composer to "take the ball and run with It"? P.S. IMO Nathan Milstein was one-of-a-kind, and there is no point in comparing him with Heifitz or anyone else.
This is just PERFECTION....subtle , beautiful and after that I just don't want to listen to anyone else. p.s. Perlman may be the God among todays players but not in the company of milstein, Szeryng etc...........
Fellow violinists, I have found the arrangement that Milstein is playing! erato.uvt.nl/files/imglnks/usimg/4/42/IMSLP46172-PMLP28348-corelli_sonata_12.pdf
I love this version ! Does anyone have a link to the exact music sheet being played?I have seen some but don't exactly match this one..Thanks in advance to anyone who may have an answer!
violinsheetmusic.org/files/download/classical/corelli-la-folia-violin.pdf If you can't play this, there's a simplified version in Suzuki book 6 Though this recording may be Milstein's own arrangement
Rachmaninoff and milstein were friends, I think after hearing milstein play bach inspired him to create the bach transcriptions for piano and also for rachamninoff to write his corelli variations. All were the result of rachmaninoff hearing milstein I think.
I think this is the Corelli Sonata in d minor, "Folies d'Espagne," Opus 7, #2. Rachmaninoff did a version for piano, Opus 42, Variations on a Theme by Corelli.
@kelleypm3 for someone to have a preference on violinists, i would assume they are probably a violinist. for your sake, if you are, look into the more obscure violinists of the last century, vasa prihoda, bronislaw huberman...a real master among masters...szeryng, szigeti, enesco, the wonderful toscha seidel.... and certainly michael rabin, who created a lush, romantic tone like perlman. itzhak might remain your favorite but you'll be in a for a real treat!!! best regards
Deeply impressing Milstein's interpretation of Corelli, i compare it with the beautiful performance of Yehudi Menuhin when he was around 14 years old, even more sweetness but not as brilliant as Milstein
@TheMorning777 Google search La Folia Auer, it brings up a Google book result of The Strad Volumes 17-18 (free download) in which it mentions Elman playing the Auer arrangement of La Folia. This could be it.
Nathan Milstein's performance of La Folia is my favourite. I see little point in comparing him with other violinists such as Pearlman because each of them shines in their own way and contributes unique and valuable interpretations of the music they play. As a violinist I am most grateful for what I have learned from each of them.. For me, Milstein's interpretation of La Folia is not just technically accomplished but he plays with such sensitivity, feeling and a beautiful silky tone.
Tengo ese disco,comprado en mi adolescencia, por los anios de 1960's, Montevideo,Uruguay!!!!!.-
I’m astounded and speechless. I could listen to this all night 😮
Indeed a treasure. Brings back memories of Milstein coming to Lawrence High
School LI NY n the 1960s and playing with such an extraordinary vibrato and bow control as I looked around to see if the locals knew they were hearing history. (I don't think they did. They knew he was a great violinist, though). Now I get to once again say-in fact the sensibilities Milstein represents are present in Hillary Hahn and countless violinists playing his Paganiniana. fyi, I understand Milstein never played the variations (in Paganiniana, not this Corelli La Folia set of variations) in the same order explaining he wrote it and could play it however he wanted. He also liked to teach a key a lesson but when it was d minor day he would never play Sibelius Violin concerto for his students because it was in that key and Heifetz "owned" the piece. Humility and genius as we find in his playing are in short order. Hats off Nathan Milstein. And to Rare Violin Treasures, thank you. Thanks for the memories you have stirred up.
He is one of my favorites! I love the way he moved with the violin, he was very innovative about violin playing!!!
Brilliant violinist!
There are no words that can describe such beauty! I near close to tears.
Jan?
Beautiful, beautiful. He has a great sense control. His interpretation just flows like oil...
넘 평화롭네요
마치 격랑의 세월을 다 보내고 점잖게 생을 마무리하는 장엄함이 느껴지네요 ♡
C'était mon morceau d'examen pour mon DFE... je ne l'ai pas eu ... Cela fait 4 ans, je retravaille ce morceau depuis quelques temps mais à chaque fois que je le joue, je revoie ce jour horrible. J'ai eu du mal à retoucher mon violon après cet échec mais j'ai réussi à reprendre le dessus. Je reste tout de même allergique à cette Follia
Awesome performance. Extraordinary piece of music
Fine performances with great musical experience. Thank you for uploading this sensation music!
The most sensual version of all! Thanks from Thailand
This is such a treasure! Thanks so much for uploading it!
Brings back good memories of middle school.
A single note can bring a tear. . . .
I've been playing this for years and never heard this recording. SOOO good
Hi crawford, do you know which version is this played by Mr. Milstein? I bought one La Folia Sonata but not this one exactly...
@@jiachengzhao70 it's Corelli's Folia; I remember there was some other composer's Folia that is more known than this one
@@juliocanche7822 thanks, bro!
@@jiachengzhao70 It's the "Leonard" arrangement of La Folia which you can find on IMSLP. It's not played too often anymore as it wasn't arrangement with the same historical context in mind as we now have today.
@@filipbronola536 Found! You are so helpful! Thanks a lot! The link is below cn.imslp.org/wiki/Violin_Sonata_in_D_minor,_Op.5_No.12_%27La_Folia%27_(Corelli,_Arcangelo) in cases anyone who wants the sheet music of this beautiful piece. Even though a totally different context today, I still very like this sort of “Baroque” style music with the most elegant and profound performance of Mr Milstein.
If you listen really carefully, you can hear the violinist take deep breaths. 6:00-6:30
Inexpressibly beautiful. So much we have lost.
I should listen Milstein more for His playing is so sensitive and it helps me to improve my sense of music! Thanks for uploading this video!
He’s one of my favourite players,truly magnificent 😊
My parents had a record of Milstein playing Tchaikovsky's violin concerto that I would listen to as a child. It's always been my favorite interpretation.
les follias me font toujours beaucoup d'effets, mais celle-ci est vraiment spéciale. Je suis scotchée sur mon siège! C'est bouleversant. Un vrai cadeau.
Pianist is Leon Pomers. He was born on October 12, 1914 in Pruzana, Poland. Son of Abram and Fania.
Student of State Conservatory Music in Warsaw, 1935-1939.
Member of Bohemians Club.
1942-1943. Soloist, chamber musician & assistant pianist to Erica Morini, Nathan Milstein, Yehudi Menuhin, Joseph Szigeti, Janos Starker, Pierre Fournier, from 1944.
Professor; Music Queens College City University of New York, 1968-1985.
Married Irene Perlman Pommers, July 11, 1954. 1 child Alice Greenwood.
He was died on June 7, 2001 in New York.
catenamundibgd Thank you for all details
Sin duda uno de los mejores.
This is great - one of the best I've heard. Yet, I have been enchanted with Eduard Melkus' 1973 recording (Archiv Produktion) for years now. Like Milstein, Melkus takes his time when necessary and his impromptu additions are not overdone! I've enjoyed this recording of Milstein.
Played this at the County Solo Ensemble and got a superior rating! I'm going to the States (and preferably the nationals, too). I can't wait. Some of the variations in this piece is different, though.
Dazzling execution! What a master!
Thank you, there are no other words I feel the need to say. Just thank you.
My music teacher just recently showed me this sonf and i f**cking fell in love from the start! This sh*t is awesome.
Raffinatissima esecuzione, tocca il cuore nel profondo. Grandissimo Milstein!!
Thank you for uploading this...it is magnificent!
Thank you for uploading this. This recording is impossible to get.
This is my favorite version by one of my favorite violinists
This is delightful! Just put it on repeat.
thank you for uploading this, so beautifully played by a master.
I like this version. 440, so I can attempt to play along. Just the right blend of "played-in-the-original-style" (whatever that is!), and Mr. Milstein's own interpretation. It's my go-to selection for study purposes, and for enjoyment!
ミルシテイン、コーガン大好きです
たくさんの演奏家聞いたけど結局このお二人に戻ります
We should be paying more attention to La Folia as it pervades the development of music. Its sweet and haunting. Love it!
My favorite interpretation comes from Nadine from Enlightened Audio Academy. There is such a beautiful sorrow in her music. Read the description in her video.
LOL
Love it :)
I love the way he played the La Folia variations.
In his day he was very well known and was (and still is) very highly regarded. Perlman is still performing and has made more recent recordings, so he gets more publicity.
Very nice violinist, first time hearing him.
@DHcello Thanks for bringing me back to this video. I had nearly forgotten about it. This is SO GREAT
Interesting composition and interpretation.
wonderful rich warm playing, thank you for posting this
Rad. Thank you sincerely for posting this.
Awesome playing! And he was a very handsome man too ; )
Thanks for uploading this. I'll have to listen to my other recordings of this (Manze and a couple others.) to compare them.
Thanks, superb recording.
I just love Milstein's playing.
Thank you so much for posting this.
The poor pianist doesnt get a mention despite his excellent accompaniment.
Leon Pommers?
His solo Bach, Goldmark concerto, transcription of Chopin's nocturne, and arrangement of paganiniana recordings has earned him in a place in the hall of fame forever. His book of memoirs "From Russia to the West" and DVDs available also have my fullest recommendation.
I don't think a lot of people realize it but he was the first Russian to play all solo Bach, it wasn't popular to play Bach back then in Russia. I can imagine him as a young child ripping out some Bach at age 12 or so, prof Auer and his fellow classmates must have been stunned and full of awe.
BTW the CD mentions he plays the H. Leonard edition on this recording.
Paganiniana isn't an arrangement
such beautiful music!
The music is so smooth
Замечательное исполнение!
My daughter is working on this piece, and have trouble finding a recording with right arrangement and tempo. This one is perfect. Thanks for uploading it. It is such a breath taking performance.
@rareviolintreasures I, too, love the Perlman recording. He so captures the passion that I associate with Fritz Kreisler, whose arrangement Perlman plays.
this was great its probably the only one with the trill and variations im in beginer and trying to play this song im past the first page iv been learning it for over a month and yea it mite be pathetic for the fact that iv only leared a page dont wory im getting there what im saying is its the best song iv herd so far!
I'd like to give this a try, sounds very emotional and fun to play
My muscles started shaking after this!
Muito bom.......para acalmar sua **ALMA**!
Bravoo👏👏
Very, very nice!!!
Thank you!!!
So good..
Incredible. This is why the old masters are the greatest. This is SO different from Enescu's rendition. If it had been Hilary Hahn and Joshua Bell instead they would sound nearly the same and lack artistic depth. But man, this is great. The ending is phenomenal. Milstein's sound is ridiculous. Absolutely ridiculous. So inspiring.
Wonderful,many thanks
"Petenera" of flamenco music is based on : Rachmaninov: Variations on a Theme of Corelli, for piano, Op 42, ie: Op.5 Arcangelo Corelli Sonata No. 12 "La Follia".
Beautiful. It seems impossible to find a live performance by a first-rate, adult violinist. The Suzuki kids have taken over.
The pure and not over-sentimental style of Milstein was a natural fit for baroque music. He hit upon the right way to play music of this period, with tasteful and not over-wide doses of vibrato, unlike the playing of many of his contemporaries, who gave it the full "wobbly, late-Romantic-period feel". For the uninitiated, check out his classic recordings of the Bach Sonatas and Partitas for unaccompanied violin; arguably the best , or best equal, interpretations ever (so also, check out Henryk Szeryng and Gidon Kremer,)
Which Bach recording? He made two - mono and stereo. (Yes, I had both.)
I heard for the first time the Follia by Joseph Szigetti and I founded so ..inspirational and since Is became a Reference for me;nobody else emouved me like this...
Hear Milstein does not give his best as in the Vitali Chaconne!
poicpi
Beautiful
This sounded very familiar to me for some reason and I just realized why. It's in the game Ib when you're in the Gallery!
I am immersed in pleasure while listening to this performance .
From Tokyo in Japan
Which national are you watching this video ？
I once had a recording of Milstein playing six Vivaldi concerti. Best Vivaldi playing ever, but recording is lost. Have never seen any of these concerti recorded by anyone else. Have you come across them?
perfection...
Since this video was uploaded so many years ago, I don't know if this page is still active, or if anyone will see my comment, but as I listened to this (new to me) it sounded familiar - not exactly like something else, but it reminded me of something. I finally put my finger on it - "The Gael," the theme song from the sound track of the movie "Last of the Mohicans." The impression was so strong that I even messaged popular artist Dougie MacLean, who wrote the soundtrack, and asked if this piece waa his inspiration. (I haven't yet gotten a response)
Hermoso!!!!
Millstein is probably one the better professionals like
Did Jean-Baptiste Lully compose "La Folia," or had it been around as a folk melody and he was the first major composer to "take the ball and run with It"?
P.S. IMO Nathan Milstein was one-of-a-kind, and there is no point in comparing him with Heifitz or anyone else.
Tan grande que conmueve escucharlo.
¡Perlman,Stern,Menuhin,Heifetz,Mintz...!.
¿En que se parecen?.No debe haber olvido.
This is just PERFECTION....subtle , beautiful and after that I just don't want to listen to anyone else.
p.s. Perlman may be the God among todays players but not in the company of milstein, Szeryng etc...........
Fellow violinists, I have found the arrangement that Milstein is playing!
erato.uvt.nl/files/imglnks/usimg/4/42/IMSLP46172-PMLP28348-corelli_sonata_12.pdf
legend !
I love this version ! Does anyone have a link to the exact music sheet being played?I have seen some but don't exactly match this one..Thanks in advance to anyone who may have an answer!
Leo Costa imslp has it. Edited and fingered by by Leopold Lichtenburg.
Thanks Kaylee!!
amazing.
This is one of my absolute hands down favorite versions of this song. Does anyone know where to get this version of the sheet music?
violinsheetmusic.org/files/download/classical/corelli-la-folia-violin.pdf
If you can't play this, there's a simplified version in Suzuki book 6
Though this recording may be Milstein's own arrangement
mammamia che tristezza... mi fà venire l'angoscia.
Perché non ascolti bene ;)
Rachmaninoff and milstein were friends, I think after hearing milstein play bach inspired him to create the bach transcriptions for piano and also for rachamninoff to write his corelli variations. All were the result of rachmaninoff hearing milstein I think.
WOW!!!!
I think this is the Corelli Sonata in d minor, "Folies d'Espagne," Opus 7, #2. Rachmaninoff did a version for piano, Opus 42, Variations on a Theme by Corelli.
Gyönyörű!!!
up until about 4:17 is our midterm...im dooooomed!!!
@kelleypm3 for someone to have a preference on violinists, i would assume they are probably a violinist. for your sake, if you are, look into the more obscure violinists of the last century, vasa prihoda, bronislaw huberman...a real master among masters...szeryng, szigeti, enesco, the wonderful toscha seidel.... and certainly michael rabin, who created a lush, romantic tone like perlman. itzhak might remain your favorite but you'll be in a for a real treat!!! best regards
Obviously, Geminiani's inspiration.
Could someone please tell me who arranged this piece? thank you!
@rareviolintreasures Perlman could make "Happy Birthday" sound like a masterpiece.
Great, as always. But who is the pianist here? Accompanists' names should be mentioned, too. !
Leon Pomers, according to a different comment
Deeply impressing Milstein's interpretation of Corelli, i compare it with the beautiful performance of Yehudi Menuhin when he was around 14 years old, even more sweetness but not as brilliant as Milstein
いい音色ですね！
私今この曲を習っています。小六です！
難しくて。。。でも、あと一歩で完成します！
特に重音が難しいです。なので、そこ気をつけて弾いています。
でも、この曲少し編曲されているそうですね？それとも今私が弾いているのが編曲されているんでしょうか？８年間やってやっとラ・フォリアに辿り着けました。完成まじかなので楽しみです。
Do we know which edition this is? Anyone have a recording of the ferdinand david arrangement?
@TheMorning777 Google search La Folia Auer, it brings up a Google book result of The Strad Volumes 17-18 (free download) in which it mentions Elman playing the Auer arrangement of La Folia. This could be it.
I played this last year; couldn't stand it. :\
even thought I really didn't like the piece, this is a pretty good recording. (: