Eugene Ysaye Plays Wieniawski Mazurka 

My violin teacher, Prof. Giannino Carpi, was a student of Ysaÿe. Incredible what he told/teached me! Vieuxtemps concertos just unbelievable(I studied no. 4 and 5 with him). Anyway he was my very best teacher. Ysaÿe was a student of Vieuxtemps. Thank you so much for this rare recording!

Absolute phenomal violinplay. Holy cow

Boy, the sonority of his Guarnerius comes through clearly from a recording almost a century old!

wow his trills are amazing.

so in tune and so human at the same time

Ysaye was a fine conductor too. His records with the Cincinnati SO (Columbia, circa 1920) are among the most successful orchestral recordings of the acoustic period, with (as one might expect) a real warmth in the string tone.

Actually two Mazurkas? Wieniawski - Two Mazurkas, Op. 19 Nos. 1-2 ('Obertass' in G, 'Dudziaiz' in D) Spectacular!

The size of those hands!!

Looking at the photo, specifically the length of the fingerboard, is he playing a baroque violin?

No, it's just vibrato. There's only 3 spots with trills; near the beginning, in the middle section, and the resumption of the main theme near the end.

Notice how the accompanist breaks many of the chords.

the great Belgian !!!!

He iz amazing. And now he has a second life. Edward Grach and his pupils now plais Wienyawsky ? and it" exellent.I like very much Yakub Unec playing Wienyawsky, And Lev Solodovnikov is very interesting in Wienyawski.

Yeah. In fact, I think the purpose of this recording was to show off the sound of two Guarnerius'. How's that for a demo tape!

enregistrement 1912

@Rephrat De groot-STE!

I know this piece very well.... I have played it...and THE REAL SPEED IS UNCOMPARABLY SLOWER!!! I don't think that suck an immense violinist such as Ysaye would have played it so fast, just to prove that he could. the piece is a dance, not a fuga. I am sad that I really would have enjoyed listening the piece at the real speed, because there are many details that at this speed are hard to detect...

Cóż... żeby grać mazurki trzeba siłą rzeczy mieć coś z Polski, znać przynajmniej ten polski dryg. Tutaj mi brakuje tej chwiejności mazurka. Gdyby było trochę wolniej...