I played this Gluck's melody in front of Heifetz. At his home studio top of Beverly Hills. No other student but me that day. Heifetz listened sitting on chair in front of me. After I finished he just sat there quietly as if thinking something. I felt his approval of my playing. At the end of my 4th year studying with him Heifetz invited me alone to his dinner at his house. There were him and Claire Hodgkins assistant teacher at the table. After dinner he showed 2 violins on the grand piano and told me to pick one violin as a gift for me. I was astonished and happy. He did what he could help me a korean student . I didn't have a decent violin.
@@wombat5628 I started with Heifetz from 1973 spring and for 4 years. There was a Japanese student Takashi Shimiju briefly. Total 7 students from other countries and U.S. And couple auditors. After me there were 2 others koreans and one Chinese girl.Xando Xia. Xando later became a member of Chicago Symphony.
@@망히-z9z Thank you so much! I would be interested to hear anything you could share about JH, anecdotes, the teacher, violinist, the man, even just the dinner you had with him 😊... I am a huge fan. I wish you the very best! 🌺 🎻
@@wombat5628 If you haven't seen yet, there is a book published by Amadeus Press. Name of the book is Heifetz - As I knew him. Written by Ayke Agus, the Heifetz class pianist. You can read many interesting things about him.
@@망히-z9z Thank you. I have that book, as well as the other books about JH. I also wonder what have become many of his lesser known students. Have most of them gone on to play in an orchestra, teach? did any leave the profession for a complete career? They must all have been exceedingly talented to have been his students.
When I was eleven or twelve and we were living in Los Angeles, I refused to go (as my parents wanted) to a summer camp, just so that I could be in L.A. to see and hear Heifetz live. They were annoyed. But it was worth it!
This is Heifetz at his absolute best. All the stunning beauty and perfection and none of the eccentricity that he sometimes showed in classical (as opposed to late Romantic) music. One of the most perfect performances i have ever heard (and seen! look at that ;perfect bow arm and very intense but perfectly calibrated vibrato. His Beethoven Concerto with Munch would be another.
I used to watch this video with the teacher who taught me everything I know. I was his student for 8 years and formed a really close teacher-student connection. He used to tell me where to look at Heifetz's arms and especially which effects used with different contact points of the bow on the string. He died in march.. and this video will always make me remember those beautiful days that are just so important to me.
Jascha Heifetz has always been and likely always will be my favorite violinist of all time. Other violinists may be faster, even more accurate, more dramatic... but his playing is just so heavenly! His notes are hauntingly alive. And this composition by Gluck is like a perfect prayer. It's just a wonderful video all around. Thank you for uploading it, Sam Lee!
He included this at times in rare recitals during the 60's before ending public performances. Heifetz understood the importance of what happens between the notes and phrases this in a way no one can quite match. He captivated live audiences this way. Heard this live when I was a yound man 40 years ago and it still has an incredible appeal hearing it in this recording
Heifetz plays with such feeling in almost all of his recordings but sometimes people think that's not true just because it's fast. Heifetz plays fast and with great feeling at the same time.
So hauntingly sad -- After hearing this, I went my whole day in a state somewhere beyond everything that happens on the outside. The world needs more of this to heal from all its pains and sorrows
Счастливые те, кто слушал Хейфица (в знак высокого почитания ГЕНИЯ по-русски с именем отчество, а не по-американски по-свойски) вживую. Такое впечатление останется, как благодать, на всю жизнь!!! Спасибо каналу и автору что мы, через полвека со дня его смерти, можем слушать его БОЖЕСТВЕННУЮ ИГРУ! У нас сохранились почти 70 летней давности, ещё не долгоиграющие пластинки. Студентами собирали их, не будучи музыкантами. На всю жизнь запомнила 1йКонцерт Чайковского в исполнении Э. ГИЛЕЛЬСА вживую в Харькове в 1963г в ДК ХЭМЗ и Когана старшего в Ташкенте. И др гениев! И это было доступно, буквально за 3, 5, 6 н можно было слушать музыкантов мирового уровня!!
Old fashion and sound just bring me emotional. I got goose bumps when i listen heifetz play , and he js the only one i can listen from the begin until the last second without losing concentration. Nowdays the great violinist competitors they play perfectly , but it miss the true feeling and inspiration of music .
Звук необыкновенной красоты.Если бы его можно было сравнить, то это жемчужная раковина в ней непревзойденной красоты жемчужина .Она сияет матовым лучезарным светом, играет мягкими оттенками золотисто- розового цвета.Гениально! Браво! 👋👋👋👋👋🌿✨🌹✨🌹✨🌹✨🌹✨🌹✨🌹✨🌹✨🌹✨🌹✨🌹✨🌹✨🌹✨🌹✨🌹✨🌹✨🌿✨🌍🕊️🌍🕊️🌍🕊️✨🌟
Everything about this bestows immortality to the beholder. (Immersion in these rare classic performances is the only way I can kill the pain of the gruesome news: Should never have waited on abject horror to begin.) Thank you for this channel.
Absolutely amazing. Happy Birthday Mr Heifetz today on the 2nd February 🎈. Thank goodness the sound of Mr Heifetz lives on in Sabrina-Vivian Höpcker. If only the great one was alive now, he would truly be astounded at the uncanny resemblance and likeness.of his brilliance.
It's always impressive to watch him reach the tip, make a bowing adjustment, then produce a sound as clear as the rest of the notes on the fuller bowstroke with less then 2 inches of bow. I wish I could do that..
Sheer bliss to listen to both Rachmaninov and Heifetz playing this piece in turn on their respective instruments. Many thanks for posting. Best wishes.
This is increadibel phantastic! Thank you Jascha Heifetz for this gift to the mankind. I answer you skimask777, no theire are no words to explain something so beautiful!
Heifetz is wonderful here. Notice that he did not learn "reeling & writhing" in music classes the way many violinists have done. Gluck was an innovative genius! This is just one of his many awesomely great melodies.
Yes, I completely agree! it was one of those "oh, thats how its supposed to be done!" moments. I think it's partly inspired by Auer's teachings as well, now that I skimmed through some parts of his book on violin playing. JH's bow hold is probably more suitable for that particular effect...fascinating!
That bow hold is natural for his hand formation. Auer didn't teach him that -- it was a natural gift. Even as a child he only ever held it that way - it gives superb power. But in later years of playing high on the lower strings led to shoulder impingement issues and ultimately tore the rotator cuff.
-- C'est un air qui sonne comme une longue plainte, une douleur, une mélodie qui sonnerait, peut-être mais déjà, l'hallali. Heifetz jouait avec son cœur, et son violon était son âme. Un enregistrement précieux, une interprétation qui me touche. --
@nice guy, Dear Simon Young Kim, It's beyond me how you could sell the violin that Heifetz gave you as a gift. I would have treasured that violin for ever. It was a wonderful gesture by Heifetz.
@dkurgano It probably has to do with his bow hold, which is the Russian grip. Believe it or not, the Russian bow hold is designed to allow you to get MORE power at the tip than the frog, meaning that in the same way that we have to release some of the pressure when we play at the frog in order to get a sweet sound he has to do the same thing at the tip.
does anyone notice how at 1:55-1:56 and at 2:05-2:06 he tilts the bow from one side of the hair to the other very rapidly, and not gradually. Usually one is told by a good teacher to flatten the hair towards the tip gradually to not lose the sound. but he does is with 1 inch of bow right at the tip, and he doesn't even flatten, he goes to the other side of the hair. And we don't even hear this change...amazing bow technique per usual from JH. Very interesting trick...
SO BEAUTIFUL! If you also practiced and performed for 66,000 QUALITY hours by the age of 37 (when this video was taken), and also emphasizing the growth of your musicality and the subtler things in art, not just technique, maybe.... The sheer number of tones and colors, and above all the searing emotion! @ 2:35, SEAMLESS! Did that bow actually change direction ?? William Primrose said, "He has a panache, an elan, that makes the simplest sonata tremendously exciting. He can break your heart."
I played this Gluck's melody in front of Heifetz. At his home studio top of Beverly Hills. No other student but me that day. Heifetz listened sitting on chair in front of me. After I finished he just sat there quietly as if thinking something. I felt his approval of my playing. At the end of my 4th year studying with him Heifetz invited me alone to his dinner at his house. There were him and Claire Hodgkins assistant teacher at the table. After dinner he showed 2 violins on the grand piano and told me to pick one violin as a gift for me. I was astonished and happy. He did what he could help me a korean student . I didn't have a decent violin.
Thank you for sharing! You were so lucky! What year was it? How many Korean or Asian students did he have?
@@wombat5628 I started with Heifetz from 1973 spring and for 4 years. There was a Japanese student Takashi Shimiju briefly.
Total 7 students from other countries and U.S. And couple auditors. After me there were 2 others koreans and one Chinese girl.Xando Xia. Xando later became a member of Chicago Symphony.
@@망히-z9z Thank you so much! I would be interested to hear anything you could share about JH, anecdotes, the teacher, violinist, the man, even just the dinner you had with him 😊... I am a huge fan. I wish you the very best! 🌺 🎻
@@wombat5628 If you haven't seen yet, there is a book published by Amadeus Press.
Name of the book is Heifetz - As I knew him.
Written by Ayke Agus, the Heifetz class pianist. You can read many interesting things about him.
@@망히-z9z Thank you. I have that book, as well as the other books about JH. I also wonder what have become many of his lesser known students. Have most of them gone on to play in an orchestra, teach? did any leave the profession for a complete career? They must all have been exceedingly talented to have been his students.
When I was eleven or twelve and we were living in Los Angeles, I refused to go (as my parents wanted) to a summer camp, just so that I could be in L.A. to see and hear Heifetz live. They were annoyed. But it was worth it!
this is one of the most beautiful pieces in the world, played by one of the greatest violinists in the history
This is Heifetz at his absolute best. All the stunning beauty and perfection and none of the eccentricity that he sometimes showed in classical (as opposed to late Romantic) music. One of the most perfect performances i have ever heard (and seen! look at that ;perfect bow arm and very intense but perfectly calibrated vibrato. His Beethoven Concerto with Munch would be another.
I used to watch this video with the teacher who taught me everything I know. I was his student for 8 years and formed a really close teacher-student connection. He used to tell me where to look at Heifetz's arms and especially which effects used with different contact points of the bow on the string. He died in march.. and this video will always make me remember those beautiful days that are just so important to me.
Mihai, Touching comment. Thank you for sharing this story with a Heifetz' connection. .
No matter how often I listen to it, I keep getting overwhelmed by the emotion
Every time I hear Heifetz playing this piece, my heart begins to cry. I don't know why, but it's fantastic.
Jascha Heifetz has always been and likely always will be my favorite violinist of all time. Other violinists may be faster, even more accurate, more dramatic... but his playing is just so heavenly! His notes are hauntingly alive. And this composition by Gluck is like a perfect prayer. It's just a wonderful video all around. Thank you for uploading it, Sam Lee!
I agree.
Hello. In that case Christina you should to listen Ginette Neveu"s rendition of "Melodie". Apparently I don't want to compare them. Just listen.
ChristinaUnplugged
Listen to Kogan and you will change your mind, more powerful.
ChristinaUnplugged nobody is more accurate
Well I just listened to the Kogan. Fantastic, yes, but still no Heifetz
He included this at times in rare recitals during the 60's before ending public performances. Heifetz understood the importance of what happens between the notes and phrases this in a way no one can quite match. He captivated live audiences this way. Heard this live when I was a yound man 40 years ago and it still has an incredible appeal hearing it in this recording
Heifetz plays with such feeling in almost all of his recordings but sometimes people think that's not true just because it's fast. Heifetz plays fast and with great feeling at the same time.
So hauntingly sad -- After hearing this, I went my whole day in a state somewhere beyond everything that happens on the outside. The world needs more of this to heal from all its pains and sorrows
I agree with your well chosen words...
Прекрасно! ШЕДЕВР!!! Огромное спасибо всем! БРАВО!
he never fails to amaze me!
This gives me chills. He plays with so much passion, it's truly a beautiful thing
Счастливые те, кто слушал Хейфица (в знак высокого почитания ГЕНИЯ по-русски с именем отчество, а не по-американски по-свойски) вживую. Такое впечатление останется, как благодать, на всю жизнь!!! Спасибо каналу и автору что мы, через полвека со дня его смерти, можем слушать его БОЖЕСТВЕННУЮ ИГРУ! У нас сохранились почти 70 летней давности, ещё не долгоиграющие пластинки. Студентами собирали их, не будучи музыкантами. На всю жизнь запомнила 1йКонцерт Чайковского в исполнении Э. ГИЛЕЛЬСА вживую в Харькове в 1963г в ДК ХЭМЗ и Когана старшего в Ташкенте. И др гениев! И это было доступно, буквально за 3, 5, 6 н можно было слушать музыкантов мирового уровня!!
Absolute perfection on many levels. Something divine in this performance.. no words..
Old fashion and sound just bring me emotional. I got goose bumps when i listen heifetz play , and he js the only one i can listen from the begin until the last second without losing concentration. Nowdays the great violinist competitors they play perfectly , but it miss the true feeling and inspiration of music .
I love it The one and only JASCHA HEIFETZ ,To be ENJOYED
Звук необыкновенной красоты.Если бы его можно было сравнить, то это жемчужная раковина в ней непревзойденной красоты жемчужина .Она сияет матовым лучезарным светом, играет мягкими оттенками золотисто- розового цвета.Гениально! Браво! 👋👋👋👋👋🌿✨🌹✨🌹✨🌹✨🌹✨🌹✨🌹✨🌹✨🌹✨🌹✨🌹✨🌹✨🌹✨🌹✨🌹✨🌹✨🌿✨🌍🕊️🌍🕊️🌍🕊️✨🌟
listening again after some time and really this rendition is superb
Everything about this bestows immortality to the beholder.
(Immersion in these rare classic performances is the only way I can kill the pain of the gruesome news: Should never have waited on abject horror to begin.)
Thank you for this channel.
Ahhhhh, that tone, that vibrato . . . . Thank you Heifetz for your gift of music and unrivaled violin playing
One of my beloved collections but i lost it somehow... So glad i found it on RUclips!
Thanks much!
Absolutely amazing. Happy Birthday Mr Heifetz today on the 2nd February 🎈. Thank goodness the sound of Mr Heifetz lives on in Sabrina-Vivian Höpcker. If only the great one was alive now, he would truly be astounded at the uncanny resemblance and likeness.of his brilliance.
My birthday
I can listen to him endlessly
awesome! He was as great as any that ever was.TY for posting this treasure.
His bow moves so quickly at 0:47 and the sound quality still doesn't change
Damn tube, I'd like to like it twice! Brilliant.
heifetz is just simply brilliant. it was sad when he passed away in the 1990s. There's not going to be another heifetz for a long time.
1987
@@kkal9915🙏🙏🙏
Amazing,amazing,amazing great Maestro Heifetz ♫♪♥
For me, this is the greatest violonist of all time.... just beceause you can sense the emotions in all his songs he played,
El mejor violinista de todos los tiempos JASCHA HEIFETZ...Lo mejor que he escuchado¡¡¡¡¡¡
Jascha Heifetz spielt dieses wunderschöne Musikstück "Melodie"
von Gluck so perfekt,so subtil,einfach großartig!
Genannt: Reigen seliger Geister.
@@borkal969Danke ,wusste ich schon,aber
nochmals darauf hingeweisen schadet nicht
Beautiful....A technical observation: he spends so much bow...and yet, he always has plenty left, even at the tip.
+David Steven Tabbat Well, given the fact that he's practically a God, he has an endless bow.
Papa mia beautiful answer
Partially I have to admit that the video slight out of sync strenghten the impression
It's always impressive to watch him reach the tip, make a bowing adjustment, then produce a sound as clear as the rest of the notes on the fuller bowstroke with less then 2 inches of bow. I wish I could do that..
A\a
It's so amazingly beautiful....
Just simply beautiful...
so beautiful played, his tone touchs in the deepest way!
This film is such an important record of one of the all time great artists.
I looked at all the other videos with this song and I have to say even with the slight snowish sound this is the best one.
I agree, he's one of my very fav's specifically FOR the emotion.
The music makes me to remember of my infancy! Thanks master Heifetz.
Wunderbar gespielt, herrliche Komposition
The intonation is just perfect! Splendid
Sheer bliss to listen to both Rachmaninov and Heifetz playing this piece in turn on their respective instruments. Many thanks for posting. Best wishes.
This is increadibel phantastic! Thank you Jascha Heifetz for this gift to the mankind. I answer you skimask777, no theire are no words to explain something so beautiful!
Forever the icon for all violinists in the world 🎻 🙏🏻💙🎶🔥
Wonderfulll💜💜💜
Heifetz is wonderful here. Notice that he did not learn "reeling & writhing" in music classes the way many violinists have done. Gluck was an innovative genius! This is just one of his many awesomely great melodies.
Wirklich, eine Klasse für sich. Damit hat sich Heifetz unsterblich gemacht👏👏👏👏🎻🎻🎻🎻🎻♥️
Yes, I completely agree! it was one of those "oh, thats how its supposed to be done!" moments. I think it's partly inspired by Auer's teachings as well, now that I skimmed through some parts of his book on violin playing. JH's bow hold is probably more suitable for that particular effect...fascinating!
Leopold Von Auer was a teacher at St Petersburg conservatory. He himself studied violin under Jacob Dont.
That bow hold is natural for his hand formation. Auer didn't teach him that -- it was a natural gift. Even as a child he only ever held it that way - it gives superb power. But in later years of playing high on the lower strings led to shoulder impingement issues and ultimately tore the rotator cuff.
I have no musical talent at all. I can't imagine what it would like to pick up and play a violin so beautifully !
i love love love him and i love love love this piece!
-- C'est un air qui sonne comme une longue plainte, une douleur, une mélodie qui sonnerait, peut-être mais déjà, l'hallali. Heifetz jouait avec son cœur, et son violon était son âme. Un enregistrement précieux, une interprétation qui me touche. --
He plays this as it were a prayer.
you got some good video! and very nice audio!
i can learn a lot from these videos!
and feel tremendous!
thanks for the post's
jimmy mack-
The one and only JASCHA HEIFETZ that i love a lots i have most of his CDS and DVD that i cherish
Amazing! As good or better than this has ever or will ever be played. TY SamLee for this great posting.
Are there words to explain something so beautiful?
Yes: "Heifetz"
@@papa_mia4495 Вы очень хорошо подобрали слово, надо сказать. :)
So wonderful and sensitive performance. Thank you so much.
my favorite piece for the violin of all time.
so touching. I'm playing this song right now. I wish I could play like him.
Piece*
Ejem, piece
just of the 20th century, this guy is incredible
Simply beautiful
Sublime ❤❤❤
Ultimate....What music!!What a violinist!
His vibrato is just "meltingly" good!!
Божественно!
@nice guy,
Dear Simon Young Kim,
It's beyond me how you could sell the violin that Heifetz gave you as a gift. I would have treasured that violin for ever. It was a wonderful gesture by Heifetz.
No puedo dejar de escucharlo!
I love this piece and this violinist its... perfect,,,, WOW
Божественно....
When I was learning this piece, I would watch this every single day
Fuckin' hell ... this man's violin playing was/is a treasure for all of humanity to enjoy.
wonderful piece!!!!!
heifetz was the best
he is great violin of all time
Sublime !
Merci pour le post .
My favorite violinist and also a good person.
I played it in my last violin concert.... It's beautiful!!!!
What passion & perfection. There's only one Heifetz.
Amazing. He played in Israel once. Many members of my Kibbuts remembered him.His picture is in our library
Браво, Яша!!!
Обожаю эту мелодию
@dkurgano It probably has to do with his bow hold, which is the Russian grip. Believe it or not, the Russian bow hold is designed to allow you to get MORE power at the tip than the frog, meaning that in the same way that we have to release some of the pressure when we play at the frog in order to get a sweet sound he has to do the same thing at the tip.
Es LA PERFECCION !!
God of the Violin
❤
Яша--Бог скрипки! Divine!
I love him, I love this piece
¡Una maravilla el violinista y la música!
Se percibe la Unidad del Todo.
Eternal
Increíble
This is beautifull!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
мелодия неслыханной красоты!
И исполнение
does anyone notice how at 1:55-1:56 and at 2:05-2:06 he tilts the bow from one side of the hair to the other very rapidly, and not gradually. Usually one is told by a good teacher to flatten the hair towards the tip gradually to not lose the sound. but he does is with 1 inch of bow right at the tip, and he doesn't even flatten, he goes to the other side of the hair. And we don't even hear this change...amazing bow technique per usual from JH. Very interesting trick...
Thanks again for ur videos.
Encore! c'est fantastique!
Wundervoll, Jascha, mein Freund...
WONDERFUL !
Beautiful version, Bravo
bellissima!
Я горда тем, что это порождение нашей Родины, такие звезды...
SO BEAUTIFUL!
If you also practiced and performed for 66,000 QUALITY hours by the age of 37 (when this video was taken), and also emphasizing the growth of your musicality and the subtler things in art, not just technique, maybe....
The sheer number of tones and colors, and above all the searing emotion! @ 2:35, SEAMLESS! Did that bow actually change direction ??
William Primrose said, "He has a panache, an elan, that makes the simplest sonata tremendously exciting. He can break your heart."
BEAUTIFUL xxxxxxxxxxxx
Maravilhoso!