RE: Yes, but with a big "but"

Posted by Todd Krieger (A) on November 15, 2011 at 19:12:47

In Reply to: Yes, but with a big "but" posted by John Marks on November 15, 2011 at 06:55:58:

"OK, let me turn the question around on you and all others--who is/was the greatest all-around musician who played the violin of the age of recordings, and who is the greatest all-around musician-violinist of today?"

I agree with you regarding Perlman vs. Heifetz...... I personally enjoy Perlman more, he had the most seductive "tone" I've ever heard- It can make a grown man cry. Heifetz had a "tighter" sound, maybe more authoritative, and maybe more "pure", but his playing didn't grab me as much.

Or to state this another way, from an analytical standpoint, Jascha Heifetz was tops, but emotionally, it's Itzhak Perlman. Or yet another way, Heifetz is more like Artur Rubinstein, Perlman more like Vladimir Horowitz.

I think the best violinist on the planet today is Joseph Lendvay. He has somewhat of a "gypsy" pedigree, but maybe the sickest raw talent on the instrument I've heard.

(Pardon the bad video.)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7iKoHVmjmAw (Open in New Window)

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Topic - Perlman: Is he among the pantheon? - hesson11 20:50:28 11/14/11 (22)

He's one of the greats. - Pat D 09:32:08 11/17/11 (0)

NO [t] - Mike Porper 08:57:09 11/16/11 (1)

YES [t] - Mike Porper 08:58:48 11/16/11 (0)

RE: Perlman: Is he among the pantheon? - learsfool 21:51:56 11/15/11 (0)

No - he's been surpassed. . . - Chris from Lafayette 18:35:01 11/15/11 (0)

Bartok concerto - Daverz 13:54:20 11/15/11 (0)

Yes, but with a big "but" - John Marks 06:55:58 11/15/11 (15)

RE: Yes, but with a big "but" - Todd Krieger 19:12:47 11/15/11 (0)

Milstein and Chung (nt) - Kas 18:39:31 11/15/11 (0)

Greatest musician? Of what kind of music? I cannot think of a pianist who could be said to - tinear 16:05:47 11/15/11 (6)

Stern is a consensus favorite in Bach??? - Chris from Lafayette 17:13:37 11/15/11 (5)

When I listen to Heifetz, as opposed to Szeryng and Oistrakh, - tinear 07:52:35 11/16/11 (3)

Kempff and emotion - DemSpinner 08:40:39 11/17/11 (0)

Two Names Solve The Whole Question - Mike Porper 14:12:06 11/16/11 (0)

I kind of see what you mean - Chris from Lafayette 09:00:03 11/16/11 (0)

RE: Stern is a consensus favorite in Bach??? - rbolaw 17:48:01 11/15/11 (0)

RE: Yes, but with a big "but" - John N 08:30:00 11/15/11 (4)

I'd put Szigeti second, and quite close to first - John Marks 08:51:10 11/15/11 (3)

RE: I'd put Szigeti second, and quite close to first - rbolaw 10:01:21 11/15/11 (2)

Wow! Thanks! And... - John Marks 10:29:22 11/15/11 (1)

Interesting - rbolaw 11:02:34 11/15/11 (0)

RE: Yes, but with a big "but" - rbolaw 07:43:14 11/15/11 (0)

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