Leonid Kogan playing Shostakovich's Violin Concerto no. 1, op. 77, with the State Academic SO under Evgeny Svetlanov, live in 1976 on the 70th anniversary of Shostakovich's birth. Леонид Коган - Шостакович - Евгений Светланов
I playd in the orchestra when Kogan was in Norway for the first time,I think it was 1955/56. I am lucy to have had the possibility listen to Kogan and Oistrack wen they arrived to Norway first time. Brynjar Hoff
This peformance is simply super human ! Kogan shows to play the Shostakovich incredible concerto for violin ! FANTASTIC ! Bravo for Svetlanov and the legendary S.O of fomer USSR !!!! Uncomprable !
Говорил же Паганини - чтобы сильно играть, надо сильно чувствовать...в этом исполнении Коган будто погрузил всех нас в драматургию этого концерта. И ведь это пример нынешним, кто вознаме́рится исполнить Шостаковича - не себя выказывать, а отражать суть произведения через владение инструментом...русский поэт Сергей Иванов(1950-2017 гг) об этом сказал - чтобы быть поэтом, надо иметь Судьбу...также и здесь - Коган состоялся в своей недосягаемости именно благодаря своей судьбе, прочно связанной с Отечеством.
Yikes, I've only got the first and the fourth movement down and its been a year....forgot how difficult the second movement is - but listening to this everyday is what motivates me to get up and practice! Kogan is a beast, especially the Scherzo wow wow wow
Epic time produced Shostakovich, Kogan, Oystrach. There was need, demand for them. As to conditions, well genius will create conditions, will find the way to manifest, to express itself, and a form to define itself.
Sencillamente....maravilloso,afinacion perfecta,armonicos audibles en cada nota,,,una exquisitez sonora,al igual que D.Oistrak,dos grandes del siglo pasado,casi imposible distinguir entre cual de los dos fue mejor,gracias al canal por este gran regalo. Magnifico trabajo tecnico de grabación,orquesta fabulosa,buen tiempo genial dirección
This is so beatiful played, soring sound clippes away all doubt, that belief in the tone is mesmerizing. This is one of the most truly moving plays of this piece, i have heard. Esoteric force of nature
Это - одно отделение концерта памяти Д. Д. Шостаковича ( 70-летний юбилей ), незабываемые впечатления от исполнения Леонида Борисовича и Евгения Фёдоровича ( в другом отделении гениально исполнена Пятая симфония )!
Usually don't like this concerto, it's so much weighed under with depression. But not In Leonid Kogan's hands with Svetlanov. Tremendously invigorating and deeply felt at the same time. Thank you to these great artists!
Yes sadly Oistrakh died a couple years before this, leaving Kogan to pick up the gauntlet. Which he did so well but Oistrakh's performances of this piece were special. It's sad to watch this, knowing that Kogan would be gone so few years later in 1982.
The typical view of the Russian intelligentsia on Russia is as follows: "We are like pearl grains accidentally caught in this manure. Oh, how we SUFFER because we were born and raised here!" All that is also in Shostakovich's music - that's why the intelligentsia adores his 'serious', sincere works.
This piece is MUCH more manageable in terms of the left hand than it sounds. The difficulty is endurance and sustaining intensity. I would argue Beethoven and Sibelius are more difficult.
A really brilliant performance, however I do not like Kogans interpretation of the passacalia - too much force and virtuosity "touch" and not enough of the grief and despair. But that's just my personal taste and it is one of the best interpretations I know
Unbelievable! Kogan was truly one of the greats. If he had managed to defect to the west he may have been greater still. The truth is that he was a prisoner of that vile soviet union
However vile the soviet union was (and it was indeed vile) it has nothing compared to the the vile west in that front! You are also wrong on the assumption that he would have become a better player in the west since back then the soviets produced the best players and he had all he needed there.
Don't see much "interpretation" going on here. He plays the notes, nothing more. He plays as if the orchestra doesn't exist (doesn't partner with them). Lyrical qualities of the score are missed. Grade C+.
