A music student in the 50's busking in a west-end shopping arcade, a gentleman came up to me. "You should know David Oistrakh is in the audience listening to you, and he wishes you luck". I dared approach the great man and begged him for a few words of advice. He took my violin and played the opening of the Beethoven concerto as I had done: lyrical English style. He scowled his disapproval and played it again with wonderful intensity. "PLAY!!!" he admonished earnestly. One word from him taught me more than all my other teachers, including the great Menuhin and, in 1964, Galamian, and led to my successful career as a concert artist and teacher, (including also in 1964) a South Bank performance of this very concerto.

This is one of the most touching melodies ever composed. Tchaikovsky was a true master of his craft.

I keep coming back to this. So much feels and so great.

He plays with what I call a fierce poignancy. Incredible. Gave me a 6 minute case of shivers.

Oistrakh was a giant in motion of emotions. Its like an arrow strikes one right through the heart. In spreading musicality Oistrakh was our Lords protégée. Heaven on earth, I would say. Unique, and thank God he has given us this beauty.

I'll give someone $5 if they can honestly find a violinist who plays this movement better than Oistrakh. Oistrakh's beauty and phrasing in this piece are unparalleled by any other violinist I've ever heard.

This second movement has to be one of the greatest poignant pieces of melody ever written in music. Oistrakh's huge sound takes it to the next level.

Tchaikovsky must be so proud that his music were played by one of the most greatest violinist in the world literally.

Agreed. This Canzonetta is arguably my all-time favorite piece of classical music... every note is emotive and has a reason for being, it's just perfect!

Even though the other violinists have the world, Oistrakh has yet the violin and my heart.

Just beautiful - Oistrakh rendition is still my favourite. The tone he achieves is both sweet and intense. It carries such a sizzling melancholy but then picks up, almost hopeful and messes with your emotions. Everytime I put it for background noise I fail... and then I have to stop and listen XD.

There are no words... Oistrakh, you are my idol.

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

Oistrakh is the only violinist who manages to sound heart-on-sleeve while maintaining impeccable nobility. Masterful.

There are so many great violinists out there, and yet I find myself always coming back to Oistrakh.

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La ejecución que hace Oistrakh de este concierto es admirable, además el video es fascinante, pues corresponde a la época de las transmisiones en blanco y negro y de las grandes interpretaciones por los mejores interpretes de la historia universal de las obras cumbres del repertorio clásico. Gracias!,@SamLee0519 por compartir con todos los usuarios de KZfaq esta gran interpretación. Saludos Cordiales desde Caracas Venezuela.

Ahh it's so beautiful! And he does make it look like it's easy for him.

So beautiful!

Thanks for posting this.I haven't listened to it in a long time and it happens to be one of my favorite pieces.It still gives me goose bumps when I listen to it especially the bit around 4:38 to 4:44.

To be fair to Perlman, this recording of the Tchaikovsky is probably the best there is. Nobody plays this piece better than Oistrakh.

Fantastic clean trills, and colourful vibrato. He just followed up a monumental performance of the first movement with an endearing and sentimental performance of the second. Oistrakh makes me happy :)

OMG what amazing emotion in this movmt its physically palpable

sublime !

Le plus magnifique des morceaux de classique, interprétation somptueuse, féerique,

Wonderful !

This is beatiful

Thank you for this video. I LOVE this piece.

Amazing. Make me cry.

This is just perfect! How?

amazing

David Oistrakh can do whatever he bloody well pleases! And that's my rant for the day...

Literally breaks my heart every time unbelievable.

Nobody better; slight very touchy edges and the greatest interaction between contra punctual heavy and very emotional notes.....drama....this is what nobody could do ....ever; never. Just Oistrakh; he is the greatest ever........

There is no sordine, but Oistrakh has a wonderful timbre of its own.

Gorgeous....

right on.

David Oistrakh didn't become as well known in the West as Heifetz or Milstein because he never immigrated. He chose to remain under Soviet authority until his death. He was one of the greatest violinists of all time. The lyrical, lush, incandescent quality of his sound make his recordings instantly and distinctly recognizable to this day.

omg totally true! You got the point!

Gracias

The best.

Great

Best ever

Oistrakh the greatest on this one....Oistrakh the poet.

Oh my god... my teacher just suggested this for me to work on. I'm so down. :D

I wud never comment on how a masterpiece should be played.. but i just have to say this is a beautiful interpretation.

geniusly

well he is in my book

Nice way to put it

OH GOD!!!!... i gotta love that incredible cough at 2:43.

His bow strokes had more color than the video

el más grande y muy difícil de superarlo.verle en la sinfonía concertante de Mozart con su hijo en la viola y en especial e la cadencia en que toda la orquesta se para.

Upload the recordings, I would like to hear them

somehow this made me see colors... cobalt and crimson ripples as if left by a swan swimming at sunset; then firework bursts of those colors collecting with yellow in the tips of petals... then flashing peach and periwinkle at the end, like morning sky and twilight tones at once. (i just woke up from a nap while playing this, so maybe that affected my experience hahaha)

I am working on my essay and listen to this music, I wanna cry, so moved.

@Lardley I concur. Many -a-conversations have been had between friends about this very idea. Lets do it!

Hipnotize edici bir müzik bu. Nedir, nasıldır diye düşünmiyeceksin, kalbinle dinleyeceksin bunu !!

Magnífico! Emocionante!!

Gonna study this, I'm stealing every fingering and bowing :)

OH GOD!!!!... i gotta love that incredible cough at 2:43... and 5:16... and especially 5:20... 5:28 too...

0:31

To SamLee0519: THANK YOU ❤❤❤

@goldie0800 But damn if it isn't extremely difficult to put those observations into use! I've been watching Oistrakh and Perlman since I was a kid and can still only get through the first few bars of the first movement!

Kogan didn't die in his 40's, u even can find recordings of him in youtube playing paganini, sarasate and others, when he was more than 60 years old.. Have in mind that genious like Heifetz, Kreisler, Menuhin, Stern, Szigeti died in the older ages.. so not every genious die early, its just a matter of how they live their lives, health situations, and i thing a bit of luck too.

Has anyone found the sheet music for this piece? If so I'd appreciate if you could point me in the right direction.

perfect to dinner

he's playing senza sordino???? that's really strange considering his editing of the concerto still has the marking in it. It does work better in a way, but it's an odd choice given the marking. Not that I care, Oistrakh is my hero!

totalwombatfan - oh how true..

As today marks the 180th anniversary of Tchaikovsky's birth, we have featured this masterful and beautiful performance of this breathtaking music in our blog: dailyhitofmusic.blogspot.com/2020/05/tchaikovsky.html

Conductors, at least, live long because of good exercise. Gets lots of oxygen to the brain.

Mentally, music releases stress. did you know that? thats why based on theory, plants tend to grow better in a musical enviorment.

@Lardley haha, awesome ^_^ if only....

This guys is the owner of s Stradivarius

Os alemàes são geniais mas os russos são alucinantes 😂

@Lardley i think "society would be greatly improved if there was (things you listed) as well as guitar hero" sounds better

lol When I listen to piano music it inspire me to practice. Maybe if you last some music she'll realize a glorified screen isn't going to have the same results XD

Heard of RockSmith? It's pretty ambitious

Great recording, so Russian.

@Lardley Or at least Classical Guitar Hero. I enjoy Carulli and Tarrega and a host of other brilliant classical composers for guitar. How incredible (and reassuring) would it be if instead of these child prodigies tapping out "Fascination Maxx-Eternal Love Edit" in DDR on double expert we had aspiring young guitarist-gamers nailing note of Albeniz' Asturias? Thumbs up Lardley :)

Excellent he uses the russian bow hold.

Society would be greatly improved if instead of the game "Guitar Hero" we had a Violin Hero, Cello Hero, Viola Hero, and Bass Hero :)

@Lardley I certainly agree. But then our society would be too cultured and smart. We can't have that here in Fed controlled America!

Ma chi sono quei 25 idioti che hanno messo "dislike"?

i'm probably certain i'm the first to sample this lol

is he using a mute?

Died at 58

pray tell, why so?!

Awesome. .!! But this not Russian bow hold .

It’s really not easy to play this piece , I’m preparing for my exam , the slow playing is harder than faster

in soviet russia violin plays YOU!!!

Your prefix 'OMG' is palpably WICKED as a matter of fact!

half the guys you're naming did drugs.

I disagree. Tchaikovsky's heart forced his musical output. Ask anybody and they'll say the best thing about Tchaikovsky (besides the fact he was possibly the NICEST composer who ever lived) is that he put himself in everything he wrote, that's why his music is breathtakingly beautiful, poetic & sad--because he was constantly depressed. Only absurdly intelligent and sensitive people ever feel the true effects of depression *and* use their genius to deal with it accordingly.

@Lardley How about we teach kids to actually put effort towards a real art such as violin, cello, viola, bass, (or any instrument for that matter) instead of bastardizing the arts with games. It all roots to one of the beliefs I have about my generation: that a large majority of us are not as driven as past generations to really work for things and to be better. No one wants to put in the effort and they expect everything to be easy and/or given to them without any work on their end.

he should listen to donda tbh

guitar is pretty much senseless..

Hipnotize edici bir müzik bu. Nedir, nasıldır diye düşünmiyeceksin, kalbinle dinleyeceksin bunu !!