Stern is spectacular here, in a 1971 performance, accompanied very well by Previn. In his later years, Stern could often be problematic, but this is violin playing of the very highest order, delivering both stormy emotion and subtle colours, reminding that he was indeed one of the top 20th-century masters of the instrument. The Sibelius concerto is one of the best in the entire violin literature, and I find Stern unlocks the full scope and passion of the piece here.

My mom and i bought the last two tickets to see him live in LA at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in 1977?78? Zubin Meta conducted. Mom's seat was in the second balcony, mine was in the second to last row on the main floor. I was 15 and the folks sitting next to me offered their binoculars to me halfway through the first piece. I put the glasses up to my eyes and then, almost immediately, Isaac broke a string (sawed it in half!)! Without missing a beat he turned to the first violin and exchanged violins and continued playing as if it was perfectly normal. The entire theater gasped. The first violinist was stunned but just began to laugh at being the pit crew for the incomparable Isaac Stern. He just sat there, chuckling, holding Isaac's violin on his lap until the piece ended. I called the play by play out loud for the folks who had loaned the binoculars to me as if i was Howard Cosell. It was a stunning display of absolute control. They didn't loan those lovely binocs to me ever again! 😆 Later in college i saw him once in the audience of Macky (Boulder CO) and once as a stage manager at Macky. He remains my all time favorite violinist. This is my favorite classical memory, thanks Isaac.

Трактовка Стерном этого дивного концерта поставила его в ряд инструменталистов 20-го века, мимо которого в будущем не пройдёт ни один исследователь... тогда ещё были живы многие - Ойстрах, Коган...через 20 лет от этой записи в 82-м в Москве на конкурсе Чайковского привелось хоть раз, но повидать и заснять на фото Стерна и Третьякова. Кто был на фото с Третьяковым я не знал - Стерн был в тёмных очках и с усами. Они увлечённо беседовали и их было не оторвать друг от друга. В январе 1997-го в Питере я подарил давний снимок русскому музыканту и он как раз и подсказал, что рядом с ним Исаак Стерн. Храню эту дорогую память.

In memoriam de tres grandes: Sibelius, Previn y Stern. Hermoso concierto, brillante interpretación

I was there in the hall, a sweaty 17 year old violin student. First time I heard him live: he was a massive presence on the platform. Went backstage to get his autograph afterwards and was surprised at how small he was!

Konzert voller Wunder, hochkompliziert, sehr schwierig zu spielen, großartige Gedächtnisleistung des Interpreten. Dieses Temperament! Ich möchte d i e s e n Sibelius jeden Tag hören…

incredible how aggressive yet beautiful his performance is.... i could never control the "bite" of my bow even remotely this well

A force of nature. What fire in the belly! He plays the violin as it should be played, with reckless abandon.

0:19 1st movement 15:22 2nd movement 22:57 3rd movement

Che meraviglia finalmente un concerto x violino e orchestra dove si sente tutto bene grande stern espressivo e emozionante . oggi non fanno più suonare in questo modo

I'd forgotten how good he was. And the best chamber player ever. And such a wonderful human being.

Wow!! I heard Isaac Stern a lot when I was a student, but I never heard him play better than this. What you can't appreciate from the recordings is what an enormous, all-enveloping sound he had live.

MY , how orchestras have changed from the 70,s-early 80,s. a very young Previn may have been married to Mia Farrow then, listen to what Stern says about conducting in the video the Art of the conductor ,But here , here Stern steals the show in what may be said to be one of the most difficult yet engaging Violin Concertos in the repertoire and he does it with such genius , conviction and dignity . The second movement brings tears to my ancient eyes . Wow . my soul is stirred .

My favorite violinist.. Even after Perlman and Heifetz and Zukerman, Schneiderhan, Oistrach. They are all so great and yet none of them play with such Jewish intensity and spectacular precision and musicality... Listen to Beethoven's Violin Concerto from all the greats.. Stern's is the finest of them all..

Beside that, Previn's conducting is absolutely sublime, what a perfectionist he was.

En mi opinión, las tres mejores versiones de este concierto son Isaac stern David Oistrakh Hilary Hahn Esto porque cada uno tiene cosas que me gustan mucho

So powerful and so beautiful ...

It's totally fabulous.

MAGISTRAL ejecución del Prestigioso Violinista Isaac STERN ; interpretando la Obra Maestra del Genial Compositor J SIBELIUS . Ejecuta con un impresionante Nivel temperamental y un arrollador Virtuosismo , unido a un sonido de Excelencia .

Mr Stern reminds me of my all times favorite violinist - Alexander Prilutchi. He was my friend & Professor. May they Rest In Peace !!!

Für mich immer noch einer der allergrößten Musiker. Absolut beeindruckend. Danke.

my favourite violinist

such fearless and confident demeanor perfect for sib

Любопытная история из жизни А Стерна . Как то раз , во время концертирования в Москве он был приглашен на правительственный прием , где был представлен самому Н Хрущеву. Жизнерадостный Никита Сергеевич , узнав , что Стерн хорошо говорит по русски рассказал ему анекдот : Английский лорд ехал верхом на лошади в парламент , лошадь споткнулась . лорд упал и ударился головой о камень , его мозги выпали наружу , но он поднялся , отряхнулся сел на лошадь и ... поехал дальше . Удивленный слуга воскликнул : Господин , куда же вы едете без мозгов ?! Я еду в парламент , там мозги не нужны ! Ошеломленный А Стерн еще долго не мог придти в себя , но потом , через много лет , рассказал этот же анекдот в " Белом Доме " , куда был вхож , и , к его громадному удивлению , эта история нашла там свое понимание !

Nice guy. Quite friendly. Ran into him a few times of all places at Safeway late at night in San Francisco. We both had homes in the same neighborhood.

Both Stern and Ricci grew up in San Francisco. His recordings of the great concerto's are as good, or better, than anyone. He never gets mentioned, I'm not sure why. He had that incredible, dense, powerful, but warm sound. Maybe it was because he didn't have a wide tonal palette - but who needs it when you can play like this. On the other hand, maybe we forget the enormous acclaim he did have before those like Perlman came on the scene.

Bravisimo. Desde LA PENINSULA DE YUCATAN MEXICO. 🇮🇷

Extraordinaria interpretación, si la pudiera oír Sibelius se sentiría emocionado y agradecido.Excelso Violinista, Notable dirección que. armoniza los Silencios para 'separar armoniosamente los silencios' y así destacarse El Violín como La Orquesta. NOTABLE...Dr. Rubén L Savoi.

Absolut fantastic, thank you very much for this video.

12:00 is where he stern plays the double stops

Thanks for posting Nick, it is appreciated !

He played really beautifully...technically capable, but with raw talent, not just practiced technique...evokes imagery in my mind that almost no other violinist can approach~♥ I find Soyoung Yoon to be his closest spiritual successor with respect to style...maybe not with quite the same mastery, but brings forth a similar emotional response for me~

Stern’s fingers are like pistons !!!

Losing Issac and Heifetz the world will never be the same.rrplacing masters like this is not easy.idsac stern was a big fan of Heifetz along with anyone else of the masters.its good to see him here thanks good job showing this

WOW thank you so much for this. A haven from all.

Je öfter ich dieses Konzert höre, umso größer werden Erstaunen und Hochachtung über die Leistung des Komponisten und der beteiligten Musiker, unfaßbar

Isaac is like a “little bull”, very powerful, doesn’t hold back. He sounds very much in this recording like Jascha !!!

❤grande, se oye aquí su feeling y tecnica extraordinaria, no fue un regalo , fue un enorme sacrificio ... ❤

Un grand spécialiste de Sibelius comme Christian Ferras.Un son magnifique !

Isaac Stern, un grande entre los grandes. Para algunos, el mejor violinista de los últimos tiempos.

"In every violinists' ear there is Heifetz" ㅡ Issac Stern ( Time Magazine when Heifetz passed away)

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OMG what a sound!!!!!! Incredible!!!!!!

what a force in violin playing! flawless.

Amazing!👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

One word. Wow.

du sentiment et une force inégalable

unbelievable!!👍👍👍👍👍👍

Stern is the only violinist I've seen so far who does the double stop thirds at 23:41 entirely with down bow staccato! Incredible! I seen him do this concerto twice live and he did it that way both times. The passage repeats later in the movement. I guess you have to be violinist who is able to play this concerto (and I am) to appreciate this. Most violinist do it up bow, or do the first four note down in the run and then do the rest up bow.

The very best violinist ever. Whatever music he plays, they become masterpieces.

In other words, his name, Stern, suits him perfectly !!!

He has the most beautiful sounding violin that exists

One thing I did learn from this concerto: don't be afraid of your violin.

Great Violinist.

So individual. So raw. So free. Marvellous.

Thanks for share it

Brilliant!

I wish the audio was timed with the video. It’s hard to enjoy watching this masterful performance

Isaac Stern "I thought I did a pretty good job." David Oistrakh "Hold my beer."

!! MONUMENTAL !!

нет слов , это Исповедь ( Гимн Космосу , Природе , забытым Предкам )

André Previn sublime!

Bravo!

I listen to younger excellent virtuoso violinist play, but there's no comparison to Oistrakh, Menuhin, Stern, Heifetz, or Perlman performances.

wonder•ful

quite a violinist .... I heard him do the Brahms years back, very impressive, he's a bear - did allot of younger up and comers, especially Perlman I believe ...

GREAT ! :)

Extraordinario!!!!!!

magic, magic, magic. and more than magic, more and more

Life!!

Andre Previn looks like a kid! This is likely an '80's vintage? I remember Previn and the Pittsburgh on PBS. Great mix on the sound here. Thanks for the post.

EXxcellent 😮

Che calma e che furore insieme

Good Gosd why the huge/enormous difference in time between when this concert was given, 1971, and the date it was posted, 07/07/2016, anyway?

He makes it sound more virtuosic than Heifetz . Not labored but darn forthright. Too much so it's like he's a notch in front of the beat Heated performance.The entire concerto feels whitehot. Amazing , commitmed performance bigger than life.I see why he had a longlasting career he gives and its a natural huge Storm of a force. Ive jeard all the famous techniques play this and it has never sounded like this .Neveu has more subtlety ,Mullova too more versatility of statement .Vengerov is mighty . Ive never heard Menuhin in this He's heartrending Ive never seen or heard anger with him .even in the filmed Schoenberg piece with Gould it's not like what dumay does in the concerto . this is unforgettable !

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I like this video for one reason only - the orchestra. At 6:46, Stern reaches for the high b flat without sliding into it. Heifetz did it that way, too. I don't know anyone nowadays who does it that way.

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Very often a little bit out of tune, and yet he was one of our greatest violinists.

2:00 minino q velocidade e essa

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3:35

I didn't know that Stern could play so well...

Does anyone know what violin Stern is using? Is it Strad, Gaut, Amati?

Is it possible you add a pit more information? Orchestra? Date? I would like to know, please

Would be great if some body could tell when and where this performance was.

Took me a while to recognize Previn. I thought he was born with white hair.

He was always underrated I feel he's better that perlman. And as good as David

Esta es una de las mejores grabaciones de esta concierto.-Dirige la orquesta un joven André Previn

Wow. He really rushed through this. It felt like he had an important meeting to get to and just wanted to get this over. Finished the entire thing in 30 minutes. I felt anxious throughout because he seemed so frantic.

''In every violinist's ear there is Heifetz ㅡ Issac Stern (When Heifetz died. New York Times)

hurts to watch the bow movement and the music not in sync. old tech.

It seemed that he played the entire Jewish history on violin, the first composition. WOW! Isa chapter 50-54, The Messiah has come. Micah 7:16, Isa 9:6-7,1, Isa 8:16,Micah 4:6-7, read Malachi chapter 3. read the New Testament , Luke 1:76.

24:35 Why are they all using different bowings....

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A legendary performance, except a little slips on both octave scales at 2:31 and 8:59.

Exceptional!!! That Orchestra is? Dirijor? Year?

My violin teacher told me I have to listen to this.😩

which orchestra is this?