Itzhak Perlman (violin), Pinchas Zukerman (violin) and Rohan de Silva (piano). Dmitri Shostakovich - Three Duets for Two Violins and Piano, Opus 97d 1. Praludium 2. Gavotte (at 2:44 min) 3. Walzer (at 4:35 min) 18 February 2018
I hope the old-fashioned tradition of not clapping in between movements goes away. Let the audience appreciate the music! Enough with the elitism of classical music. It’s time to end old ideology.
@@kroert2259 its not supposed to be about elitism, although I can see how it can come across that way. It's supposed to be about listening to and appreciate and enjoying the music how it was written. Being able to hear it how the composer intended it. If I were the composer and I heard my piece performed and people clapping between the movements, it would bother me because it disrupts how the piece flows.
Just to let anyone interested know, the first two are from Op. 98 (Five Pieces for Two Violins and Piano). It's only the third one, the Waltz, that's from Op. 97d, which is an arrangement of themes from "The Gadfly".
They were scheduled to play in Miami in late February, but Perlman fell ill. Hope he is feeling better by now. They really are the violin duo par excellence.
Mr. Perlman recorded this piece with his former student David Garrett on the album ICONIC. With CV shutdowns effecting everything, it's hard to know which performance might have inspired the other, but whichever came first, it is a beautiful piece of music and both are wonderful performances.
Yesterday I was listening to all 5 pieces performed by Joshua Bell, now cam across this one and love it so much. Both are wonderful, I adore Shostakovich and this music makes me feel good, I love his symphonies but you have to have a different mind set for them.
@@christinestill5002 it does NOT happen in every concert in America. but there are always going to be people who have never been to a classical performance before.
Perlman's sound is mostly still there but Zukerman is beginning to sound like a marshmallow. (It would have been good to have professional microphones instead of a mickey mouse cell phone, but, still..... )