The awkward moment when you realize the first part of this movement has over a million views, while this one has only about 240.000... Why can't people just listen to all of this masterpiece?

One of the many great things about this performance is that he makes it all look so easy and fluid. His bowings are logical and he doesnt do the "downbow drama" to excess. Yes, Oistrakh was one of the absolute greatest!

When I hear Oistrakh play Brahms I think "this is how Brahms should be played" When I hear Oistrach play Tchaikovsky I think "this is how Tchaikovsky should be played." When I hear I hear Oistrakh play Dvorak, Shostakovich, Beethoven, Mendelsohn I think the same. He is great.

That performance of the first movement was brilliant...the audience had to acknowledge. I often sit in the front row center at concerts and 'clap' with my fingers after a particularly well played movement. The musicians definitely notice.

Performed and recorded in Moscow 1968 David Oistrakh: 30 September 1908 (Odessa) - 24 October 1974 (Amsterdam) Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra Gennady Rozhdestvensky

Every part of my body is resonating with the passion of his interpretation. Bravissimo, Maestro!

Давид Ойстрах высший пилотаж Чайковского !!!

In 1960 I owned and cherished an LP featuring Oistrakh performing the Tchaikovsky on one side and the Mendelssohn on the other. Only recently did I find this video, and Sam, I cannot thank you enough for uploading it!

Thank you so much for sharing. Time and time again I'm blown away by the fact that so many musical marvels that have been posted on YouTuube. I recently found a short film involving Rubinstein, Heifitz and Piatagorsky playing chamber music. i was impressed by the fact that they played as a unit rather than as three superstars (of course they played like superstars...). So I wondered if it was time to review my opinion of Heifitz's solo playing. Not the violin playing per se, it would be impertinent, but the music emanating from it. So I found a film of him doing this concerto with Rainer (in the 50s, I guess). All I can say is that it was dispatched with staggering aplomb. But I was left none the wiser about what he thought the piece was about. It was bewildering. So I wanted to find another artist performing in the same era and voila I find Mr Oistrakh. Whatever else you can say about his playing (and there is plenty), you are left in no doubt about the ardent yearning he sees as central. I don't know what privations Heifitz suffered in early life. It can't have been easy to forge a career in a new country but somehow all of that seems to have been hidden away. I suppose in the end it's a matter of taste. For me, while there is a lot to admire about Heifitz, it is OIstrakh who I would return to.

6:03 - Best moment of it all. Not only is this a magnificent interpretation and execution of this piece, but at the end, Oistrakh and all the violins do the theatrical thing with bows in the air. Sounds great AND looks great!

From Tchaikovsky via Oistrakh a 100% stroke into my heart: with the Tchaikovsky concerto Oistrakh is my unrivalled soloist. No words can expose feelings but tears and silence. Oistrakhs technique services a very genuine rendition of what music is about, yet so many use music to show their wonderful technique. Oistrakh definitely is one of our worlds miracles: a jewel to cherish.

Oistrakh. Simply brilliant not only technique wise but bravo to making all of us feel the thrills down our spines and the climax of the music. Tchaikovsky would be pleased with your interpretation of his music.

Yes, very beautiful - hard to pick between him and Heifetz - like two supremely beautiful, and perfect, flowers of different hues. Thank you for posting - I am so grateful that the age is such that I am able to see moving film of these violin greats.

The greatest Interpretation of this masterpiece.

"But his humbleness and sincerity have nothing to do with why i like him lol." My point was that these qualities come through in his playing. His *playing* sounds more sincere and involved, and hence more intense, whereas Heifetz often comes across as cold/glib/superficial in his playing.

This is simply one of the most beautiful sounds I have ever heard. :D

Magnifico! Il più grande violinista del mondo!!

He really awesome, his concept is very clear and a amezing perfomence.

So elegant! Musically speaking so in motion. Heifetzs performance has been referred to as a tornado (quote Perlman), technically! Oistrakhs performance has an oh so God mighty depth ...tears are the only way to react. Words suddenly have no meaning.

He is brilliant and the recording is magnificent. Thanks for posting.

It is such a great performance. I have watched several clips of this piece. This one is one of the bests. I couldn't stop crying.

i was listening this concerto in the train going to Paris..so, a lot of emotion.. thank you so much samlee !!!!

I used to think that Heifetz is unquestionably the greatest violinist. After having listened to Oistrakh play the Bach Double Concerto with Menuhin and the Tchaikovsky Concerto, I have re-evaluated this opinion. Oistrakh is a more sincere and humble player.

Can't watch this enough!

He plays it with such a beautiful sound!!!!!

it really is my favorite interpretation of this beautiful piece

...it's hard not to tear-up at the conclusion of this movement...not surprised the audience burst into applause ! and in Moscow ! absolutely breath-taking...Heifitz is a stone-cold god, as Horowitz is to pianists, but often their performances, while technically supra-perfect, can suffer the same issues of coldness...monumental and unapproachable...but David Oistrakh is a man on fire...we can only hear the audible effects of his passionate, perpetual self-immolation...(how's that for Tchaikovskyism)...lol...

one of the greats. Dad used to play hsi LP of Oistrakh often

Хейфец - феномен быстрой игры, эстрадный номер феноменальной холодной техники. Ойстрах - выразительная страсть, божественный тонкий вкус, великолепная фраза и техника, ЗВУК. Это подарок человечеству!

@kavkav23 your not the only crying! I'm smiling and crying at the same time!! This is absolutely amazing!

Magic- Like Emil Gilels's rendition of Tchaikovsky's piano concerto in B-flat minor, nobody can play this violin concerto with such a balance, combining warmth with technical precision-

the first part of this clip is the most beautiful part of the song, the recurring theme in the orchestra and his beaaaaautiful high trills :) this is music!

Que extraordinario! Que bella interpretación de Oistrakh...

MI MUSICA FAVORITA Y CON ESTE GRAN VIOLINISTA, QEPD, ES ALGO MARAVILLOSO, GRACIAS POR HABERLA SUBIDO.

This is incredibly beautiful. Thank you for sharing. :)

Damn, I've been watching this video several times a day everyday for over a month jnow. Its so amazing

Thank you for posting this ... bravo to you Sam Lee

You're right, he IS chill! LOL I'd be jumping up and down for joy if I'd just whipped out that amazing performance! :)

I love how right at the end the first violinist (or whoever that is) and Oistrakh are in sync :D

that is what makes oistrakh unique

低音の美しさ！ こんなに汗だくで演奏していたとは知りませんでした。

this is an incredible performance... 2 thumbs up!

so much beauty, yes lear23a this is heaven !!!

Meraviglioso, grandissimo Oistrakh.

In my view, as a lover of violin music since I was young many decades ago, Oistrakh is by far the greater musician (musically speaking) than Heifetz, and most of today's violinists. His playing has the sensitivity, warmth and emotional elements that are frequently lacking in Heifetz's mostly technically focused and sometimes bravura playing. Oistrakh's techniques were never inferior to Heifetz; just that his playing is always subservient to the music, and music is not vehicle for techniques.

genius, amazing, beautifull

Beautiful

Incredible!

Thank you so much for this, yay Oistrakh

amezing‼️thanks a lot♥️

How...just...how. 🙏

He IS the best!

Amazing. I can't decide whether i like the ending better the way heifetz plays it or this guy

The Best... EVER!

@eschelar I'm pretty sure once Tschaik got himself up, he would have cried with joy that someone played his music years later, and with so much passion and precision. :)

Wonderful

@Cormcolash As a matter of fact, I'm pretty sure that Peter Tchaikovsky himself ripped himself out of his grave, dusted off tatters of clothing on his crumbling skeleton and applauded with the great fervor and fullness of heart right at the end of this movement when it was performed, so I think it's OK for the audience. I've heard other virtuosos play this and seriously, this is just a whole level above what some of the other masters put out. It's enthralling at every second.

Legend!!!!

The ridiculous rallentando at the end is the only thing I have ever been able to find in Rozdestvenski's conducting to criticise. Everything else is beyond superb; he and Rostropovich were the perfect match.

Wow, Lorenzo, what a sharp ear you have! You're RIGHT! But I'm sure we can forgive this little lapse if we get such a performance! :)

(Continued) I do appreciate and enjoy Heifetz. But speaking as a musician, I admire Oistrakh's musical intuition and thoughtfulness over Heifetz' laboriously practiced technique, which is without question impressive in its own right. I also think Perlman is nothing compared to either Heifetz or Oistrakh.

superb...

que empaque!!!!, mi preferido por siempre.

Que es maravilloso

superbe en effet !

For sure, that's why i set my playlist to autoplay.

BRAVO...

Aplausos para el maestro Oistrakh

Plain epic. Enough said.

I'm speechless. Holy shit...

No way, sometimes people deserve to be clapped for in between movements. Oistrakh deserved it. I saw Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg perform this concerto live and she ALMOST got a standing ovation after the first movement lol.

Yes, it's Gennady Rozhdestvensky and the Moscow Philharmonic orchestra, performed in Tchaikovsky Hall in 1968.

Well done! Bravo SamLeo

@AbsoluteZ3R0 Absolute-ly right!!

If I were there listening I'd be in tears.

This is "glorioso"

SamLee, you are wonderful! Thanks so much for giving us the complete performance. Does anyone know who the conductor is or where this can be found (hopefully) on DVD?

super dá hora !

Oistrakh owns

number one

his bow arm control is so good

Honestly I think anyone who thinks that people shouldn't have clapped after the first movement of this performance is just a snob. Fuck the rules. This is an incredible performance and it's natural for the audience to want to express their excitement after such an excellent performance of an excellent first movement.

When someone performs this amazingly, the last thing the audience cares about is manners. I wouldn't have waited till the end of the concerto to clap lol

@TheDekidean es mi violinista favorito me inspira lastima que halla muerto!

THE BLESSSSED ONE

3:00 to 3:17 -> soooo beautifuuul!!!

Что можно сказать о такой игре и о Чайковском:"Только слушать".

che brivido lungo la schiena!

Bravo!! Please may I know when was this performed, and which orchestra played with David

Thank you for this Sam lee I think, personally, that Oistrakh is better in the "grave, or -Idon´t know how to say , english is not my language. In any case he is a genius. Again, thanks

Its almost impossible not to clap after the first movement. I know you're not supposed to but I mean really.

@i4DoL the guy rocks man))

No one played this like Oistrakh. Especially not the butcher Isaac Stern, or the others who think it's a race. Of the thousands of classical albums and CDs I own, the Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 35, with Oistrakh and Eugene Ormandy conducting the Philadelphia Orchestra is far and away my favorite.

Could this video start at any better part of the concerto? It's my favorite part, that's for sure!

Hmm, well I personally don't mind arrogance bc i'm a cocky person myself (or so says everyone). I think heifetz's "effortlessness" contributes to the music because when you have a piece that is not technically challenging at all then all you have to worry about is making music. Oistrakh is my 2nd favorite violinist though, and it is almost impossible to decide for me who plays this better. But his humbleness and sincerity have nothing to do with why i like him lol.

Beautiful! Should be required listening for the 21st Century.

Who came here after TwoSetViolin mentioned his name?

look at him when he finishes, hes like," yeah im chill i just whipped off a 20 minute concerto movement no biggie" ...wish that was me

I think maybe it was because it's a pretty hard movement and they just did it out of the excitement of the moment. I havent listened to this recording in awhile so i cant remember if they did it in between the other movements either so i couldnt really give you a definite answer. I think thats all it was though.

I am shocked - I just went up to cloud 9 and stayed there forever....