Коган--Бог на СКРИПИЧНОМ ОЛИМПЕ...Совершенство во всем блеске гениального дарования! Сколько чувственных оттенков...неясных томлений...Его исполнение зажигает ...сжигает...выжигает...Искры Божии образуют живительный поток...Вот она самая СУТЬ ЖИЗНИ...За это можно ВСЁ ОТДАТЬ!!!
Great musician and virtuose with a class sound and interpretation. Not enough known in west of Europe. Milestone Legend has published only part of is records in 10 CD
Kogan's bright, focused tone suits this music really well and, even in the most demanding passages, it loses none of its quality. This may have something to do with his use of only steel strings - in addition of course to his supreme ability as a violinist!
Arguably, I think high quality vinyl recordings sound better than digital recordings and my old Carver tube amp (after some modifications and fine tuning in my workshop) and B&W speakers perform better than almost all of the solid state models. Exceptionally good SS would cost tens of thousands $ more if I wanted to replace my equipment.
Presently Vinyl always wins against digital in music with wide dynamics because in very mute parts the resulution goes down to just a few bits, even if the whole piece is digitized with 24 or even 32 bits. It's the same effect as in photos when you use a high digital zoom factor. That said - this recording is IMHO the most exciting I know of this piece and Kogan sits on the highest cloud in music heaven :)
@@jean-pierremurrli3072 By the time where there would be a significant reduction in sound quality in 24 bits, those extremely quiet sounds would have already been drowned in noise on vinyl.
This is a great performance and though it is sometimes difficult to compare giant virtuosos, I feel that Kogan is slightly superior to David Oistrakh, whom I could appreciate live in a concert given at Purdue University, and followed after till I discovered Kogan.
