Yes haha

Yes

Were he so critical?

@@Drachenschnauze Probably not, his rendition of this piece is recorded and quite laid back regarding technical terms. It seems old Pablo was playing music for fun, not for perfection.

In many scores it's actually written that Sarasate incouraged different interpretations and styles to best emulate the so called 'gipsy music'.

Indeed, I believe you need a flawless technique and a very fine Instrument for that

I agree he is a marvel of a performer, but when you are as advanced in age as I am, you’ve heard so many violinists perform this beautiful composition. Never compare artists or play them against each other. Just enjoy their God given talent. It’s hours and hours of hard work to get to this level of ability.

Nobody exept Heifetz.

When all this covid business is over, go see him live. The energy he exudes is incomparable

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He is wonderful!!

That happened also to me, as It did with Collier

And also Amy

I sometimes do. Especially now.

Elizabeth F me, too!❤️

Yuko Shimokawa amen, to that!

He is an incredible musican - much more than "only" one of the best or best violinist. His musicality and technical precision are so "natural", individual and impressive - i think that makes him so special.

Idk if anyone can be called "the best" but he is always consistently veeeeeery good. I prefer individual pieces by others, but he is always in the top 3 (imo) for almost any piece I've heard him play. Masssssive respects

There is a depth of soul that only comes through hardship. People ask if there *is* a God, why He allows horrible things to happen to good people. This is my answer. I had a period of great suffering that felt like punishment but now I realize why it had to happen... and I'm no virtuoso. It's called the Refiner's Fire, and Augustin is pure gold. Not only as a musician, but from what I've seen it's as a human being as well.

So well put. Beautiful sentiment to Augustin.

@@elizabethf8078 I recall Perlman saying that after his polio he realized he had no other way but the violin. He's a big strong guy, maybe he wanted to be an athlete, but then his choices vanished.

Thank you Jim. I cry when I hear him play.

I doubt Itzhak or Augustin would agree that their respective impediments brought anything to their music. Its just hard work honesty towards your own product. No fake grandeur or fake humility. You play, you listen, you fix. For years and years. And in the last inch... the talent makes the difference. Some people can achieve 99%, but only a few can do 100%. That said. I cry every time I listen to Augustin. I am so humbled by his mastery I want to hide in a corner and never touch the instrument again. My heart and brain want this sound, but my hands can not produce it. Not in a million years. My playing is a pale shadow of real violin playing. But at least I was alive to hear these masters play. I have to be thankful for that.

Also love the fashion sense.

The violin sings so beautifully when he plays. It almost sounds human.

Literally tho

Absolutely. I used to think Perlman had my favorite interpretation, but his is better imo.

+100

exactly sir

pafcook I get it now, ever since I listened to his explanation on “Ask Augustin”. I’m really enjoying learning about what I’m hearing.

Same here! I’ve never heard anything quite as super sharp at speed. 😲

Perlman's version is slightly more playful but another one I like. Can you recommend renditions by minor artists?

@@generalsnicky3219 beat me up to it. Ithzak Perlman is more balanced and his intonation is just flawless, but Hadelich is way more powerful. I like this one better because Augustin's playing just catches you and inmerses you into a different world; his rendition is just more soulful to me. Just listen to his many renditions of the Mendelsohnn Violin Concerto and you'll get what I'm saying. . . . Less-known artists playing Zigeunerweisen: Try SoHyung Ko's Heifetz Competition 2018 - kzfaq.info/get/bejne/odOGZcubkq-biKM.html

Ida Haendel 1940? :D

AMEN.

Oh my... Just realized my violinist idol Ida Haendel has passed in the past weeks. What a loss! 😢

I was supposed to go see him live one weekend but I got stuck in a different state for work unfortunately I missed that golden opportunity to see him play in Jersey I'm so bummed out I hope there will be another chance

Yes, and it's not by Sarasate...he, well, "borrowed" it... kzfaq.info/get/bejne/f72qptNj25eXcqs.html It's a composition by Elemér Szentirmay, a song called „Csak egy szép lány van a világon“. www.henle.de/blog/de/2013/08/19/geklaute-melodien-%E2%80%93-sarasates-%E2%80%9Ezigeunerweisen%E2%80%9C-unter-plagiatsverdacht/ What I find remarkable is, that Sarasates gypsy airs have no relationship to the music of the spanish Calés...that it's only based on ungarian folkmusic which was played by ungarian roma.

That's one of my favorite parts of the whole piece!

De lo mejor del mundo. 🇲🇽. Desde una. Provincia. 🙋 🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶

Gehn's, Herr Kreisler, wollen Sie dem Herrn Hadelich nicht ein paar Encores schreiben?

Totally agree