Mozart: Violin Concerto No. 4, Mvmt. 1 - Vengerov, VFCO 

What a fine rendition of this lyrical mature masterpiece

I love how he conducts till the last second. Vengerov is a true master. Love you!

This has been stuck in my head for the past two days. I couldn't remember which piece the melody was from, so I got freaked out and thought I composed it myself LOL

I love his facial expressions - wish I could feel the music to the extent that he does.

It's amazing how he moves across the bow! he does it so easily.

Vengerov has a way with the violin in any style of playing that comes through in a seamless fashion. To be half the musician that he is would be more than satisfying to me as a violinist. Bravo to an extraordinary recording of fantastic music.

Superb orchestra! You can really hear all the instruments, timbres, and colors.

Fantastic!!!!

Magnífico vídeo y Vengerov, magistral. Gracias!!!!!

I love this piece...

Vengerov is great! I have this peace as the final exam in two days and he gives me strength to keep practising :)

His fingers have minds of their own! Magic!

Fantastic! Very very good and a wonderful cadenza!

its amazing, i love it

Beautiful!!!!

Totally amazing! and beautiful

Un bárbaro en la ejecucion,admirable,eso es arte con virtuosismo.felicidades!

A truly elegant rendition to this concerto. I'm pretty positive this tempo and style was very appropriate and in accordance with the customs of three centuries ago.

ahhh perfection :) so beautiful

damn..his cadenzas are awesome

Thank You Vengerov!

I really loveit !

Amazing.

He is simply a genius! No other way to put it.

absolutely godly

Thank you. Finally someone who agrees with me.

I learned this a couple months ago, such a fun piece to learn and an amazing feeling when you actually play it well! Even more than me, Vengerov cannot contain himself!! :P

I love the 3rd movement especiallyl

Thanks so much, Duci3834, for this new version to me, from Mr. Vengerov. Although I love Mr. Perlman and Mrs. Sophie Mutter, any well hearted played version is wellcome. And Mr. Vengerov sounds very good. I'm sure Mozart would be very pleased with him.

A gem of a reply ! In my forthcoming season of lectures around European conservatories & universities, I shall take great delight in knowing that each time I refer to “per arsin et thesin” in late Renaissance polyphony, there will be at least one dunce out there dreaming about horses’ backsides and flatulence. More seriously, I shall consider it a sad day indeed when great music & musicians inspire nothing more in me than the sort of senseless hatred expressed by dziady1.

How thoughtful of you to let me know whose words I was quoting, and to share your ability to identify the various subgenera of Equus. I am indeed a regular guest lecturer, as well as performer and writer, mostly within the field of Western European music, with surprisingly little reference to the gaseous by-products of the equine digestive system. I strive hard to encourage my unfortunate students to emulate the standards of “dispassionate observation” for which your comments are so remarkable.

demaciado bello

Amazing o_o

다시봐도 멋지고 놀라운 실력 표정이 너무멋집니다 굿굿!! 꼭만화 에서나오는 사람같이 멋져요 !

he is so amasing

Dziady1, I recently read the following comment about you, and wondered what could have motivated such harsh criticism : “The spectacle of a pathetic old pettifogger behaving like an obstreperous child - down to throwing tantrums when he gets his bottom smacked - makes one recoil with contempt. Skulking behind a pseudonym gives him the “courage” to hurl sneering remarks at those who tower above him.” Thank you for providing such an eloquent illustration of what the writer was getting at...

I totally agree, this is a very nice cadenza :)

what a stud

Esse cara é demais

Love the facial expressions

Просто вълшебна музика с Венгеров

Good.

1/ Thank you so much for this latest object lesson in dispassionate observation. What cunning genius that your reference to bevery should be part of a carefully thought-out plot to lure him into the debate. Your ability to remain dispassionate while “seemingly not so” is an art so subtle that I fear many readers may simply not believe you. Alas, strive as I may, I shall never meet those exacting criteria by which you define the “best teachers”.

7:28 - the great cadenza!

I don't understand how people think that 1:37 is a 'fail'; it's just his e string. There's a video of Janine Jansen recording the Tchaikovsky and when she reaches some double stops including an open e, the exact same thing happens... but the funny thing is that she just stopped playing and swore really loudly! I pressume you're musicians...? Did you not hear the intonation right at the end of his cadenza...? That's a mistake! ;-) I love his interpretation anyway- it is fantastic!

Certifié intergalactique !

that cadenza is siickkk! its much more playful than the Joachim cadenza.

E ele é lindo!! :D

Great 1st oboe ;-)

I think that's a bunch of some of the best looking players I ever saw xD

@snurrevansprett Yup!

I like the cadenza, how it starts with the piece's themes and then goes off into intricate little extra things. btw, one of the 1st violins looks like hilary hahn and the guy next to her looks like ryan reynolds

@DD7n though if you want a more serious answer try sevcik op. 7 preparatory trill studies. sevcik is great for solving technical issues no matter what your level of playing.

i have a question, for the trails in this piece, how do i make my trails faster? i can't seem to trail fast enough and it doesn't sound good.

id love to play in an orchestra like that

the guys, too!

music theroy wise what is 8:04 to 8:11 called?

im playing this song! omg my violin exam is too close!!

Actually i would agree with you But i still think that Sophie has the best interpretations for Mozart. But Tasmin Little is really a great violinist. I'll be sure to look up Nigel Kennedy's rendition of 'The Lark Asecnding' though. Julia Fischer is also a good female violinist.

que violin tendra?

does anyone know what violin he is using?

@higaditos i can see your point, sorry to jump on you like that. And i totally agree about his playing style.

@MrViolinGuy Maxim Vengerov it says in the descriptions

זה ממש יפה!

I'm playing this for NYSSMA this year! O.O omg this was the closest thing i found. can someone post a solo for this song? please?

gorgeous at 0:24..wow

me too, I ended up scrolling down so it wouldn't distract me from the piece.

@dagll WHich video is this? Is it on youtube? I love Janine Jansen; she's such a character.

he is 'tom and jerry's tom ? kk ! amazing !!

I think we all understand the use of the word “ass”. Some of us also understand the expression “mixed metaphor”. Few would qualify the distinction between “bray” and “chirp” as “being clever”. Even fewer would consider it to be a means of descrying stupidity. Like arsim, I am grateful that the day has not yet dawned, as it appears long to have done so for dziady1, when listening to great music & musicians inspires nothing more in me than a torrent of incoherent and ungrammatical invective.

Sabe alguien si esta grabación es anterior al accidente neuromuscular ?

I would be too if I had mad skills like that.

he has a beautiful violin. its raelly great. what is it? anyone?

@MidnightNoon92 you know I actually believe that when someone plays beautifully he just becomes beautiful as well,regardless of if his features are considered attractive or not.Saw some frogs turning into princes with my own eyes :P

which cadenza is this?

When Vengerov plays it appears that he struggling with the piece ,but actually it is childsplay for him

@22standana Because it is classical music

2/ My upcoming lectures deal with mere trivia, such as the classical concerto, isorhythm in medieval France or the Masses of Johannes Ockeghem. Should I ever, in the course of my travels, be questioned upon the finer points of “farts in the wind” or the chirruping of central European equidæ, I shall be proud to say that I have had the honour of exchanging a few words with an acknowledged authority on those subjects.

@palashvictor Wait....what was the big mistake? I couldn't figure it out. I saw the one at 1:37, though

0:29 do i see malfoy in the backround?

do you know who wrote the cadenza he played?

8:15 the double stops sound (to me) like a little tribute to Kreisler

Excellent ! A classic dénouement to what had appeared to be merely a pleasant exchange of views. How will dziady rise to meet this challenge to his literary prowess ? A haughty silence, perhaps ? (dramatic, but frustratingly inconclusive) ; a cursory “I don’t believe you!” ? (direct & bellicose, but lacking originality) ; or a thrilling bouquet final of “mediocre bores”, “lower orders”, “lap-dogs” and “you are too dense”. Whatever, it will all be dispassionately observant.

I have played this concert in the high school and noticed he plays some parts differently. Like right after the beginning some takts are not as I played them, and I'm sure I played from original German transcript. Did somebody notice those takts?

which cadenza would this be? Sounds Amazing :) but a bit romantic for mozart

Did he write his cadenza or did he improvize it at the concert? Really nice performance in overall.

whats VFCO FOR?

Why are some of the second violins wearing red??

Well that cadenza is significantly harder than the one I have to play.....

@DD7n You should help your fingers with right arm and bow. Perhaps is your bow too slow, when you play it and it makes your fingers on left hand slow..

Funny expression its great

anyone know which cadenza this is? Or did he write it..?

"All of the concertos are in D..."---Maxim Vengerov

@22standana First, the composer was dead from along time ago.No one knows exactly what is the way composer wants it to be performed.Artists only base on music sheet and express it in their way.That's why we call them "interpreter".If 3 people translate one foreign language document,I dont think we have the same translation. Second, in a masterpiece,there are voices.So artists have many options to play it (concentrate on principle melody or make the hidden voice, normally in the bass, sound)

I like Vengerov's cunducting, but I noticed that when he is soloing he is much more focused on his technique than on the rhythm - he very often plays ahead of the orchestra and at a faster pace... Concentrate Maxim! :D

Mr. Vengerov, there's a wrong note on measure 136?? Although is ok when you are making so much music. (specifically in 4:45-4:47)

@davezbetter yes, definitely, but not exaggerations as vengerov has done in this interpretation. that's how i see it anyway, feel free to disagree

Who's him??

Is that Garret Dillahunt at 0:24 ?? I wasn't aware he played violin.

Funnily enough, not long ago, I asked a dozen or so musicians &/or music lovers what they thought “arsim.thesim” could mean. All referred to arsis-thesis or “per arsin et thesin”, giving examples including Josquin Desprez, Tallis, Purcell or Bach... Only for dziady1 does it seem to conjure up images of equine posteriors.