Yes. This, however, is probably not the 1945 occasion in Moscow. It would be grand to see that one. The Moscow performance in 1945 was the last time when this pair (very dear to each other and this perhaps was a red flag to the Soviet government at least) were able to perform this piece together in either in the USSR or in the U.S. Of course they were allowed to perform this concerto in London, U.K. which was Menuhin's second home country, but it is not totally the same than to perform at the same stage in one of the superpowers "clashing with each other" during the Cold War. Thankfully there was also cooperation in the Cold War and the "back door" of cultural diplomacy was always open during the crises. I hope this would be the reality also now during the Ukrainian crisis. Love this!!

moonlightperformers Definitely agree- this sublime music played by two of the greatest violinists deserves many more views.

True.....it’s a shame that we live in an era of misplaced values .

Igual para mi. Hay muchas melodías que me gustan, pero ninguna tanto como esta, me toca el alma, además interpretada por dos de los mejores violinistas del siglo XX.

Riing at 4:26 brings you to haven and gives you butterfly in your stomach. It is very interesting how they speak different languages, raised in different environment, but genetically alike, felt the same way.

Yelena K Cuando estoy muy triste y escucho esta melodía cualquier lágrima sabe dulce y al final la tristeza se va dejando paso a la tranquilidad. Es como un viaje en una espiral ascendente desde el purgatorio hasta las puertas del cielo como Dante en su Divina Comedia.

А мне казалось, что Менухин более спокоен и уравновешен, а Ойстрах более темпераментен и сентиментален.:) С уважением...

Yelena K menhuim a eu des probleme de technique donc C'est normal qui ne peut pas s'occuper de la Musique mais de sa main qui tremble donc je pense qu'il Est stressé par apport a oistrach qui a eu de bon maitre a Son enfance

Some of Bach is not simply mathematical Baroque variations. The best he did were pieces like this one.

Or brains?

Ancient comment

I feel Bach often sounds like late 19th century "German" composers whose names end with Er (Mahler, Wagner, Bruckner). With the way he never settles on a scale, and often inside a single theme. Ich will den kreuzstab gerne tragen is a good example Also the start of Vor deinen thron trete ich mich is a bit Wagnerian Also what comes after the second thème of the Saint Anne Prélude. Sometimes he sounds chopinish, And in the art of Fugue and WTC he even sounds like Schoenberg in some fleeting bars

This music was made to console us, unrequited lovers, in our infinite sorrows! Love you, Aliya!

Rest assured that this will survive the ravages of time better than anything popular today...

Tres fantastique! Maravilhoso!

sound card problem

I get drunk off this stuff so no. I am also addicted to it and it's affecting my performance at work because all I want to do is listen to this on my phone rather than sell a car. So shut the fuck up with that!

This is the second of three movements. It's customary not to applaud between movements, but only at the end of entire pieces.

Here is a little secret. When the audience is coughing a lot after a slow movement, it means they weren't able to breathe normally while they listened to it, so this is the biggest compliment they can express without applauding because, as it has been told above, it's not right to applaud between a long piece's movements, to save the general impression of the whole form :)

at my table these two are gods

Yes he did, he was a devout protestant.

"I play the notes as they are written, but it is God who makes the music." -Bach

True. He was a Christian.

Filmed at Salle Pleyel Paris 24 October 1958