Ray Chen reacts to Twoset Mendelssohn 4M

Mendelssohn SHOWDOWN 🎻 ft. Janine Jansen, Hilary Hahn, Heifetz & Vengerov Ray Chen 617K subscribers Subscribe 6.2K Share Download Thanks Clip 174K views 10 months ago Want to feel motivated when you practice music? Join the best practice app for free: https://tonicmusic.app/practice-together and learn together with the Tonic community … Live chat replay See what others said about this video while it was live. Open panel 551 Comments Add a comment... Pinned by Ray Chen @RayChenViolinist 10 months ago Who is your FAVORITE performer when it comes to the Mendelssohn? Make sure you go practice on Tonic with these new insights after watching the video: https://tonicmusic.app/join-in 🎵 71 Reply 46 replies @zenboi4415 10 months ago My favorite interpretation of this concerto is by this obscure violinist named Ray Chen. You've probably never heard of him. 664 Reply 11 replies @ahteechia2687 9 months ago I am not a musician but hearing you talk about music and the different ways to interpret the same piece of music gave me a greater respect for great musicians and great classical music and great composers. Thank you for making classical music more accessible and enjoyable, not something remote and out of reach of none musicians to enjoy. 13 Reply @konstantinossvolopoulospap8735 10 months ago Hilary is my favourite because her sound is so pure and her phrasing so subtle and elegant, I feel like I’m listening to Mendelssohn directly rather than a soloist. It’s almost like hearing an ideal of music when she plays. 159 Reply 8 replies @kenkim5 10 months ago Vengerov legit turned that opening line into a full on Russian melody. Amazing 114 Reply 2 replies @pugsnhogz 10 months ago Love Ray's comment about Jansen "holding the tension" in her performance, you can really hear/feel it once you're listening for it. Her rendition has so much EBB and FLOW, it's really something 27 Reply @a.r.mackinnon2451 10 months ago I think in an interview with 2 set, Ms. Hahn said she approaches all her performances with a 'how she's feeling on the day' methodology. She suggested that having a set perspective on how to play pieces removed spontaneity from the performance. I've have definitely heard her play different renditions of Mendelssohn. 34 Reply @lucienazario2786 10 months ago Maxim Vengerov has been very consistent with how he interprets music. I have watched many of his video concerts and I feel his emotions. He is truly one of the great violinists worldwide. 👏 45 Reply @stephenking4170 10 months ago Vengerov's version sets a scene and tells a story...connects with emotion 32 Reply @Sim882 10 months ago I like Hilary's the most if you listen to the entire performance. She seems to avoid exaggerations at any point; thus, the overall performance seems more integrated emotionally and feels more profound. 32 Reply @mapa6772 10 months ago Heifetz is not just fast but clean as a whistle. Perfect. 45 Reply 2 replies @lisamuse574 10 months ago in the early to mid 20th century, jasha heifetz was the pinnacle of violin technique. many violinists tried to emulate him, but few were able to approach him. his perfection was so complete that critics had a hard time finding any fault with his playing. so, due to his calm, effortless demeanor onstage, critics began to fault him for being “cold, emotionless, calculating.” but (thankfully), someone had the intelligence to do a blind test on listeners. they had listeners hear an audio (no visual) recording of heifetz, and then compared his playing to several other violinists of the day playing the same piece, to see who evoked the most emotion from the listener. all of the listeners chose HEIFETZ as the most expressive, emotive, and heartfelt player they had heard. 10 Reply 2 replies @jerryhe9963 10 months ago Janine's tension-holding high note does the climax the most justice, but the 2-4 fingered octave by Hilary is also awesome 36 Reply @simondanielssonmusic 10 months ago While this is a channel dedicated to the art of violin playing, I really appreciate that you not only talk about things specific to violin but also general good advice on things like the emotional intention, phrasing etc. - things that even me, a classical guitarist and amateur cellist can take with me and learn from. Thank you! :) 121 Reply @joncaju 8 months ago Love the passion from both Janine Jansen and Max Vengenov, but there’s a nobleness in how Hiliary Hahn approaches the Mendelssohn that draws me in, makes me hang on to every note and phrase, and invites me to hear this familiar concerto in a very different way than before 6 Reply @subjectivelistenersubjecti2740 10 months ago big fan of Hilary Hahn myself, she is so precise and controlled. It is her choice. Vengerov is the best at this show. 112 Reply 1 reply @aesma-daeva 10 months ago Vengrov's story-telling is truly one of a kind! 6 Reply @deadoralivecowboy1401 10 months ago Please keep doing showdown videos , I learn a lot from your reviews and comments about phrasing and such :) 76 Reply 2 replies @S.Egbertsen 10 months ago Definitely Janine Jansen. Wonderful phrasing. It sounds so natural. 25 Reply @leadershipisaphilosophy 10 months ago I rarely comment, but I genuinely appreciate you sharing your talent and insight. I am not a musician but I learn something new every time I watch one of your presentations. Thank you very much. 58 Reply @DebHickerson 10 months ago I grew up listening to a vinyl record of Yehudi Menuhin playing this. Love it! 11 Reply 1 reply @PositivelyNice 10 months ago Maxim Vengerov is a very romantic player. He always flirts with his violin and the music; absolutely in love. 16 Reply @ahh1180 10 months ago Maxim Vengerov is a generational he is exquisite 7 Reply @felixdzerzhinski8004 1 month ago Hilary Hahn!!.... Great, powerful, poetic.... big emotions through her violin... Great violinist! Definitely my favorite. ❤ 1 Reply @PositivelyNice 10 months ago Hilary Hahn is always elegant, ethereal, making music look effortless. But goodness only knows how much she practices. 17 Reply @oongaboongagang 10 months ago Woah!!! Vengerov's version deserves chef kisses!!!! I felt that a lot!!! Hilary's as well!!! So gooood!! 7 Reply @lucienazario2786 9 months ago It's so wonderful hearing you explain and describe the important passages of the concerto. It helps violinists understand the music and play it better. Your untiring endeavor to help the musicians out there is something invaluable. Thanks to you, Ray. 👏🤩👍 2 Reply @simondanielssonmusic 10 months ago When I heard the first few notes of the vengerov interpretation I started tearing up instantly. It's crazy how different players can make you feel vastly different emotions. It's amazing actually. Yeah but out of all these vengerovs version is my absolute favourite. 138 Reply 1 reply @emamali2591 10 months ago Maxim Vengrov interpretation is very expressive 20 Reply @gabriel1chan 10 months ago You helped us to open our understanding of interpretation at a higher level. Thanks. 3 Reply @PositivelyNice 10 months ago You are amazing teacher. Your tip on looking at the contact point, the fingering, etc, really helps me at Grade 3. I used to look at the music score a lot because I was always reading each note. 15 Reply @felixLucretius 10 months ago (edited) Jansen’s definitely my favorite. The fluid and driving passion feels the most right for how the opening of the concerto was written—a happy middle between Heifetz (too stoic) and Vengerov (too sentimental, not enough momentum). I like Hilary’s, but it leans a little closer to Heifetz’s stoicism, arguably too deliberate imo. Don’t worry Ray I also have a weak baby pinky 😭 26 Reply 2 replies @ViolinMechanic 10 months ago Hey Ray! I really enjoyed watching this video! Great and wonderful way of teaching by demonstrating these wonderful performers! 15 Reply @703elee 10 months ago never realized it but you nailed why Hilary's Bach is one of my favorite Bach's (along with Grumiaux.....which they sent to space).......her bow control and laser focus on the INDIVIDUAL note and also nailed why i never really go to her for Mendelssohn. 9 Reply @rileylee3269 10 months ago Thanks for doing this Ray. Really enjoyed the series knowing how people actually admire orchestra and classical music and how people handle instruments 6 Reply @sertol3562 10 months ago Heifetz is the best! 6 Reply @JakeYeung 10 months ago I will never get bored of watching experts commenting on other experts's work. Keep it up! 1 Reply @ffsrsw 10 months ago I hope you make this a series! Great insights and I would love to hear you talk about just about any violinist/concerto combination. 6 Reply @mediabunny4016 10 months ago Love this video! Please do Tchaikovsky and Brahms (with the Heifetz versions of both) and also the Sibelius. And maybe some Paganini too, that would be interesting. 16 Reply @quaver1239 10 months ago This channel is delightful. Vengerov gets into my soul; my entire being responds to how he says what he says. Thank you, Ray Chen! 3 Reply @AKi-xy7ed 10 months ago Love this series!!! Hope to see more 🎉🎉 3 Reply @gabriele9957 10 months ago Just wanted to say Ray I really love this sort of video, please do more! 8 Reply @t.h.2129 8 months ago Thank you for highlighting features of the playing of these great violinists! So exciting!😋 Reply @pugsnhogz 10 months ago For me Hahn's technique is just so pure, as many others have commented - you just feel the music singing through her instrument as if the performer is barely even there, less a presence and more of a conduit - I mean this not as a disparagement, but as the highest form of praise! 18 Reply 1 reply @fiddlestix3025 4 months ago Oh my god, that’s a super interesting exercise, to compare different performers in the same work…. To me, what Ray says about different styles floating different boats, is so true. There always is the question creeping in to my mind, too: ‘what would Mendelssohn have thought of this performance? Which one came closest to his idea of the work? Closest to what he felt and thought when conceiving the melodies?’ And then thinking: ‘we might never know. All there is is the present time, and how we feel about playing, or listening to, something.’ To me, honestly what grabs me most, always, is Vengerov’s and Janine’s playing. It’s just goosebumps all the way through… And yeah, those insane pinkies Must go practise, right now!! Thanks for an honest, fun and super interesting video, Ray! ️ 2 Reply @StanEby1 10 months ago You are a born and irrepressible teacher. I love how you think. I like Oistrakh and Ormandy. It's another day at the office for them, but Oistrakh's genius still comes through. 4 Reply @silentstringquartet 10 months ago This is also my favorite violin concerto of all time. My favorite performance is by unknown violinists name Helena Spitkova. Absolutely mindblowing. 2 Reply @jonhh6918 10 months ago As much as I like HH for the Mendelssohn concerto I consider Janine the goddess of this masterpiece for the violin. 11 Reply 1 reply @HelgeMoulding 10 months ago The trailer is pretty good, too... 9 Reply @frankie6954 8 months ago You should have shown more of Heifetz playing the slower parts of the first movement. What a wonderful sound he had, and such expression. You seemed to give Heifetz less time than the others. 2 Reply @Stanvansandt 10 months ago Oooo, good one, Ray. A bit of an eye opener for me, in that Vengerov was my favorite though I expected him to be last. I though his phrasing and tone expressed an emotional depth that I have rarely encountered in the Mendelssohn. Not that the others weren't valid interpretations in their own way - I enjoyed all of them. Loved your explanations and attempts to reproduce each artist's unique choices. 13 Reply @vitaliysakun-duvalko8946 10 months ago Ray, if you read this, make sure to listen to Vengerov’s transition in the cadenza into the ricochet section. The way he subtly plays each string individually before starting full on ricochet is amazing Really cool interpretation by him 4 Reply @outerspace01l79 10 months ago Usually I don't like to compare performers but if I have to choose I'll always choose Heifetz. Noticed many comments here mentioned Sibelius violin concerto. In my opinion Sibelius violin concerto is like just written for Heifetz, insurmountable performance. 4 Reply 2 replies @friederikerugglehrbass3999 10 months ago That was really interesting ( now my daughter wants to learn if too..😉😄) anyways. I love Janine Jansen,she is one of my favorite violin players. I wonder if a newer recording from Hillary would sound different. Interesting comment about the mic...bec I noticed something similar about her playing the second movement of Mozart G oj front of the pope.. 3 Reply @ansonkwong432 10 months ago It is also interesting to know that Heifetz was very likely using Ray’s violin, the Dolphin Stradivarius, in this Mendelssohn recording. Same instrument, but completely different style of playing and interpretation. 14 Reply 1 reply @sabrinai 10 months ago Only Ray can imitate those different playing styles accurately. 22 Reply @chani_m 10 months ago I enjoy this series of video so much! Learned a lot from comparing different interpretations or even just different tones that the masters produce on the violin... I'd love to see showdowns of Brahms and Korngold!!! 5 Reply @KirstenMarit 10 months ago Love your candid comments about your own past performances. Absolutely artist magnificence! Kids take note: when you screw up - artist privilege! Keep going! 1 Reply @vivianchoi7290 10 months ago Can you please do a Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto showdown? I love this piece very much. Thank you for all the great music and inspiration! 7 Reply @hmkhni 10 months ago Thank you for the analysis. Having heard and noticed the points you truly mentioned, still I go for Hilary and her precise, strong and the most balanced performance of all. 2 Reply @lingling-gh6pw 10 months ago Fun video!! It also reminds me of that if you watch Hilary's play from different ages, Mendelssohn sounds so different! 6 Reply @Wtnwdl 10 months ago They are all so GREAT, Hard to choose one but if I have to choose… MV. I felt kinda sad, and it was beautiful. 3 Reply @salionshatterstar 10 months ago How can I choose just one favorite performer's style? They each portray a different emotion, and I like all of them! 6 Reply @Oka33 10 months ago More of these please! 1 Reply @mts21cnyc 10 months ago I would love to see a video that looks at different performances of the Bruch concerto :) 11 Reply 1 reply @Bannerkim1 10 months ago Thanks for the presentation. Extraordinary excerpts and artists. Reply @nancyjfs 10 months ago A while back Brett and Eddy reviewed Ray's Mendelssohn, plus Hilary, Anne Sophie Mutter and Augustin Hadelich. They praised Ziyu He and of course, Eddy praised Brett's (then upcoming) performance. Between Ray's reviews and theirs it is a wonderful dive into what makes all of them great! 3 Reply @anifameali 10 months ago 就如听了Perlman的柴小协费城版本之后人们会想：哦，这个曲子就是为他写的啊。没有帕尔曼那样雄浑的力量，就无以表达俄罗斯人（不是普京的俄罗斯）特有的深厚的深沉的情感。没有Hahn跳跃的弓法与从容精准的指法，我们就难以感受到作曲家试图表达的对年轻女性优雅甜美的倾慕，甚至她偶尔的恶作剧，也让人忍俊不禁。我听过很多艺术家的包括陈锐先生的门小协，Hahn的版本更是听过不止百遍。郁闷的时候甚至无聊的时候，让我内心愉快和宁静。感谢艺术家在作品中找到最好的自己并传达和感染听众😇 1 Reply @sabrinai 10 months ago Where's your performance😢? Yours is one of my favourite Mendelssohn recordings. 3 Reply @bindak 10 months ago Thank you for this side-by-side comparison! Not a musician - and your explanations are super helpful. I never realized there was such a HUGE difference between interpretations 1 Reply @simon0yeung 10 months ago They are all wonderful. However, I would also recommend Oistrakh’s version as well 3 Reply @davidnavarro653 10 months ago My favorite interpretation is from kyung wha chung! 3 Reply @violinlab 10 months ago Hillary Hahn also wows being the only one who does fingered octaves on the octave passages. Reply @lawrencerosecomposer 10 months ago Incredibly interesting and it really illustrates the importance of interpretation and shows that truly great music permits and merits different approaches. How can anyone claim that this or that performance is THE way to play a given piece? Thank goodness that all these great performers give us such different insights. Reply @danschmeidler9795 10 months ago amazing playing and great examples of amazing playing. awesome stuff Reply @carolhayes7750 10 months ago Vengerov and Hahn were my favorites in this video. Love Jansen, but she and Heifetz sounded almost frantic to my ear in this concerto. 6 Reply 1 reply @fishnfiddle1 10 months ago I like them all but this recording by Vengorov! OMG! Perhaps it’s a reflection of his maturity, I don’t know. I think the first recording I heard was by Isaac Stern, but my paragon for this concerto was Henryk Szeryng. I played different movements of this concerto with my high school orchestra and I found my mood and life experiences ( at 17 😄) colored through performances. When I played the second movement I dedicated the performance ( the hubris!) to my beloved abuelo who lay in his deathbed. I was playing HIS father’s violin (still do). I was so absorbed in my grief at losing my grandfather that the piece played itself as I was transported out of the gymnasium and thought only of my imminent loss. I guess I did okay since I woke to a standing ovation and an immediate offer of a scholarship to university. Thanks for this great comparison Ray! 2 Reply 1 reply @alexandremaurel9159 10 months ago Ray Chen, this is an awesome class for understanding musicality, thank you so much for making classical music accessible. Even for the experts your comments are so interesting 🙏🙏🙏 bravo! And thank you again so much!! 🎉 2 Reply @hiendo5846 3 months ago Maestro JH’s technique is STILL the pinnacle IMHO 1 Reply @MD-ct9bm 10 months ago Loved this video! Very interesting! 1 Reply @GLBinNP 10 months ago (edited) This video is great - thanks! & I'd love a video about the Korngold concerto. 2 Reply @RE-nv4we 10 months ago Nothing beats Anne-Sophie Mutter & Karajan's recording of this concerto 4 Reply @sophielee570 5 months ago thank you Ray for this, love to see more vids of comparison and analysis Reply @davidoliver9886 10 months ago Please do a review of the Sibelius Concerto. Please compare the epic Vengerov performance , conductor Barenboim with the Chicago SO. This to me a defining performance of the Sibelius. Stay blessed. 2 Reply @xiavitawu1765 10 months ago Lovin this concert trailer 🔥🔥 4 Reply @greywolfwalking6359 10 months ago The concert trailer..is a good slice of the level of the production to be shown.... Thanks for sharing !! 👍🐺🧙‍♂️🦊🤙 5 Reply @michaelsproule2508 9 months ago I thought you were reacting to Hilary's Fingered Octaves! (That's probably why she added the top octave, second and fourth fingers). Slowed down to 50%, her fingering is clear, not to mention the effortless way she goes from the bottom strings to the middle and upper without the usual break! 1 Reply @АндрійВолошко-е8я 10 months ago Very interesting🫶🏻🔥. Thank you for your fruitful work!! Reply @incendiohawk1725 10 months ago Your performance of Mendelssohn is also amazing. I would love to see a review of Sibelius concerto 3 Reply @WillT25 10 months ago (edited) It's fascinating to observe the distinct interpretive approaches that various violinists bring to Mendelssohn's compositions. The meticulous precision of Heifetz, Hilary Hahn's contemporary approach, Janine Jansen's fervent intensity, and Maxim Vengerov's robust expressiveness each add a unique dimension to the same score, showcasing the diverse ways in which a single piece of music can be expressed and experienced. 2 Reply 1 reply @intthis 10 months ago My favorite part is at 6:55 when the girl over Vengerov's shoulder calls the guy next to her a show off, because he trilled along with the winds. 1 Reply @heidigood80 10 months ago I would love to see you review different performances of the Barber violin concerto! 2 Reply @hiendo5846 3 months ago So agreeing with Ray about Vengerov’s…touching my heart and soul🙏 Reply @yinhe9914 10 months ago As a non-professional player, I cannot distinguish the differences of the players. I have admit it. But making a bigger contrast in our own playing violin maybe a lesson we can learn. Theses are top of violinist. There are also some others we can try to follow and learn, and simulate. Tylor Davis is a violinist who started her learning later in high school. She does not play music of higher position and fast speed. Maybe Mr. Ray Chen can make a session to analyze her performance (or similar persons). That is most of our normal guys' goal. The purpose is to make our playing more like "Music" but avoiding tough technical hurdles. 1 Reply @r77882 10 months ago Wow, your interperations are so intersting & educating. Keep going with those reviews, this is great stuff!! Reply @arfyf6314 10 months ago Found this very instructive, thank you. More like this welcome 👍🎻. Reply @christianet1907 10 months ago Great video. Thank you for sharing your thoughts on the different interpretations Reply @notmyrealname6272 9 months ago I saw JJ play Sibelius live and honestly she was so utterly charismatic I nearly jumped out of my chair. Reply @vzpaulus 9 months ago I fell in love with this concerto thanks to Nathan Milsteins interpretation Reply @MLaval-qo7en 9 months ago TODOS SON EXCELENTES!!...😊 Reply @bgcellozone 8 months ago Love this format- would do these listening style shoot outs with my advanced high school students - they were always some of my favorite lessons to do because it helped students develop their ears and taste and we got to study interpretation and try things out. Also gave us great reference points for interpretation on future pieces too, to call back to Reply @Tripod-ld4qv 10 months ago Janine is my favorite, what are your thoughts on Heifetz’s harmonics in the beginning? 1 Reply @magkal8690 10 months ago Vengerov is Russian, so it's natural for him to add a little bit of melancholy, that really makes the obvious difference between him and the others. 11 Reply @Amywithlove148 10 months ago Thanks for this information …. Very helpful Reply @marcosviniciosribeirocompo1137 10 months ago (edited) I simply love this Concerto !! For me it is ¨THE¨ Violin Concerto! ...If I can say it this way!?! Reply @flyawayjoji 10 months ago I actually got to see you play this very concerto in Taipei in March this year (it was glorious, and I can't wait to see you play again some time), so it's super exciting for me to see you talk about what you love in other people's interpretations of the same piece! 1 Reply @luzazn 10 months ago Thank you I really this kind of video where you breakdown how each interpretation are unique & specific. As I am a non music player, just a classical music enthusiast, this is very insightful. Thank you ❤😊 Reply @eckhardt2006kugler 8 months ago There is a real boom at the moment for people from the Asian region who play technically advanced classical music. My question is how can you feel so invested in European music? The same goes for the Americans and if I'm honest I have exactly the same feeling about Miss Hahn, she just stands there and plays despite her enormous technical ability. It would be so nice if she could show me a little more emotion about her game. 1 Reply 1 reply @txsphere 10 months ago This is such a beautiful video. Zaddy, um Ray does such a wonderful job explaining the different interpretations. Reply @PositivelyNice 10 months ago Not sure I am thinking that 30 years later, someone else will review Ray Chen’s version of X Concerto and compare it to Hilary Hahn, maybe Chloe Chua… 😂 9 Reply @ranviolinist 10 months ago love this kind of episode! please do it moreeee Reply @lightale1367 10 months ago Brilliant masterclass with karolina protsenko ray....😎👌 Reply @wongfred9648 10 months ago This video shows that even Ray is a famous soloist, but he is still wants to improve himself. That's a very good atitude 2 Reply @asya_vin 9 months ago самые любимые видео!)))) Reply @user-hq4gu1jb3n 10 months ago Ray mentioned that he thought Hilary was playing to the room, not the microphone. I was wondering whether Heifetz was playing to the microphone and that it was possibly a broadcast. The frequency range of a microphone at that time would have been far different to what we have now, so the performer might have played in a different manner to what he might have played in concert. 1 Reply @tyraedmonson9677 10 months ago Ughhhhhhh. My FAVORITE concerto ! Actually Ray and Hilary are my favorites. Then trailing behind Anne Sophie Mutter .. I Love the speed of her vibrato Reply @jnee3873 10 months ago Bro’s doing a Second Showdown, first Bach, now Mendelssohn 🎉🎉🎉🎉 4 Reply 1 reply @popitoto 10 months ago Really enjoyed your musical analysis on each violinist! Reply @emmzzz 10 months ago (edited) Can you go over the Bach Chaconne with your favorite players and why, with dynamic and articulation? Thank you. 2 Reply 1 reply @kristingarson2413 10 months ago Hilary Hahn, for me, is known as the Great Bow Economist. She never uses any more bow than she absolutely has to. I sometimes am amazed at how little bow she uses. It produces a very concentrated sound, and is good for a lot of music. But not French music, for example. 1 Reply @Dparrey 10 months ago Im digging the middle part hair style. Paried with the relaxed fun clothes. Lookin smooth man Reply @adamdonovan5633 9 months ago Wow!! So different.....Vengerov: tender phrasing that aches and tugs at your heart. Hilary: cool, introspective,...'still waters run deep'....delicious Reply @cafedumond85 10 months ago I am waiting for your Mendelssohn on June😊 from. Seoul. Reply @lydieviolinart 1 month ago My favorite for that one is Hilary. She is so focus and sge sustain the notes so deeply! Reply @1dregae 10 months ago Sibelius violin concerto……..please……pretty please 2 Reply @riripebby 10 months ago Have you watched Benjamin Zander's interpretation masterclass on the Mendelssohn? He advocates for faster tempi as well, and I totally dig it! 1 Reply @yaoxiao5859 10 months ago Like this kind of video Ray! Want more!! Reply @holgerg3824 10 months ago I like them all; all different performances are cool. I miss Augustin Hadelich!!! 7 Reply @aliasoma 9 months ago I've been a Hilary follower since her first recording of Bach. As she has matured her playing has evolved into this blend of technical proficiency and emotion. She had the nickname of Ice Queen during her younger years for her focus on technical mastery over a more artistic interpretation of whatever she was playing. Now she's at an age where violinists are supposedly coming into their prime performance years and I can't wait to see what she has in store for us. Reply @Neha-wz2cp 10 months ago As someone who has never played an instrument and does not listen to classical music I don't know why I always come back to your videos. You seem to have such a passion for what you do and I think that's what's fun to watch. I do hate to say but I don't hear even a bit of difference between what you play and what the soloists in the videos are playing. 3 Reply 2 replies @chrysolikik 4 months ago thanks for this comparaison ;) Christel from Belgium Reply @TheNiennaTasartir 10 months ago I was lucky to see Ray perform Mendelssohn in February...travelled over 1000 km there,but it was soo worth it!❤ 4 Reply @Oka33 10 months ago More videos like this would be wonderful Reply @adi_demian 10 months ago ❤❤❤❤ I wish I could give thousands of likes to this video instead of just one! This is genius! Thank you, Ray, for sharing (Szeryng?🤣) your insights on concerto and performances. This is brilliant on so many levels, it blew my mind! 4 Reply @cseperegazesolefolyikazarcomon 10 months ago (edited) I've heard it from you and Hilary (unfortunately it was outdoor concert) live that were perfect for me.😊 Reply @MD-ct9bm 10 months ago Would love to see a video like this about a Mozart concerto :) 1 Reply @niiwii406 10 months ago My favorite interpretation is Sarah Chang's. There as a recording where she is a child and about 13 Years old. Kurt Masur is the conductor. This is my favorite 😍 Reply @hildewong5281 10 months ago I love this video. It’s so educational and interesting. Please do more reviews of these concertos: Sibelius, Tchaikovsky, Beethoven, Brahms. Please include other soloists like Perlman, Ehnes, Oistrakh, Mutter, or the younger soloists like Maria Duenas. 2 Reply 1 reply @adamdesanti6713 10 months ago (edited) I don't know what you call it but there's something about easing into a note with tenderness that goes into authority, or going from authoritative and back into tenderness. Varying tempo and volume ever so slightly in real time. I guess that's "the passion". It's amazing how the virtuoso does this continually. It really separates the masters. Great analysis here from Ray Chen! Reply @pradagio_ 10 months ago How fortunate to have these great artists explain by another great artist! The editing was delightful. Took quite a chence on the pun though! Reply @lucaspiano 10 months ago I love Hilary Hahn! She is all my lifetime favorite violinist for sure! 1 Reply @harmoniaartificiosa 10 months ago Perhaps you should try to find out how Ferdinand David played. There are plenty of sources available online. The way he performed it is most likely what the composer preferred or intended himself. Reply @HappyG1lm0re 10 months ago (edited) I liked Janine's interpretation and Hilary's playing the best 1 Reply @tiramusi 10 months ago Hilary Hahn is really precise and Maxim Vengerov is really emotionally expressive. I love them so much. Reply @andrewknippenberg761 10 months ago More videos like this please! Do the Beethoven VC next. 6 Reply @eckhardt2006kugler 8 months ago Miss Jansen, she makes it possible for me to be totally involved in a piece of music. It's not as sterile as I think Miss Hahn is and Jansen's portrayal of how she physically plays along is very impressive. Technically she is on an almost unattainable level for me in terms of her presentation. It's a pleasure to hear her play and watch her. Reply @Light71717 10 months ago Itzhak Perlman’s is my favourite 🤍 I would love to see more videos like this, can you do ones on Brahms and Dvorak? I’m not a musician and I’m still learning a lot from this, it’s educating my ears and helping me understand what I’m listening to on a deeper level, thank you so much for this 🤍 Also, it would be amazing if you can do a video on the Paganini violin concertos, his violin concerto no. 4 is one of my absolute favourites and I’m surprised that it’s not quite popular, for me it even tops his violin concerto no. 1! So it would be interesting to hear your thoughts! 1 Reply @tlmwoh 10 months ago im recording my mendelssohn tmrw and coincidentally this video pops up on my recommended 😭thank you ray Reply @jerelull9629 6 months ago I got here via Hilary Hahn with Jarvi conducting. She does Mendelssohn so beautifully, I'm hard-pressed to acknowledge anything "wrong" in her interpretation. I'd found Itzak Perlman doing it and was left cold by it after I heard Hilary's rendition. Reply @mapa6772 10 months ago Tonic is a great idea and resource. Ray Chen: a multifaceted of our times Reply @corinakiss7935 10 months ago Echt sehr schön!!!🎵🎵🎵🎵🎵🔆🔆🔆🌲 Reply @JohnAmidon-c6r 10 months ago Thanks, man! 👍 Reply @koolkdny 10 months ago I saw you play mendelssohn with the Pittsburgh Symphony! one of my favorite performances. You should do a video like this with some other concertos (tchaik, sibelius, etc.) 1 Reply @gae11e 9 months ago Janine Janine Janine Janine 😍🥰😍🥰😍🥰😍🥰 I'm gonna see her live in 20 das 🤩Her interpretation of the Beethoven's Concerto is just... perfect. Reply @klmnps 10 months ago (edited) Vengerov resembles the deep and melancholic style of Oistrakh. Even the sentences are very much alike. 3 Reply 2 replies @AlexA-u3s9r 8 months ago kyung wah chung! 1 Reply @MsLionsmurf 10 months ago my fav is Chad Hoopes with the hr Sinfonieorchester (which can also be found on YT if anyone's interested) Reply @alexyang3086 10 months ago Plz come to Boston playing Mendelssohn~~~ Reply @ruchamach 4 months ago Hi Ray, I have seeing you attached a microphone to your violin. I would like to know everything I need to do (accessories) so; From mic to sound! If you could share, I would greatly appreciate it! Thank you! Reply @gustavmahler3228 10 months ago vengerov best interpretation for me 2 Reply @lancefukushima2237 10 months ago Hi ray, love ur videos! Can’t wait to see your performance next year in Los Angeles. Canvyou make a video about violin care. I would like to know about a humidifier for the violin case. Is it needed? I live in southern california which is a drier area. Reply @galacticmess7050 8 months ago Might say something not entirely correct, but to me Heifetz' rendition of the second them does feel stoic and reflecting on pain, but it doesn't feel like he's allowing himslef/the music to be vulnerable in that theme. Sounds absolutely beautiful still, just a different way of reflecting on the emotion the music brings on that point. Reply @anasalagha 10 months ago big fan from Syria ❤ Love watching your videos and always learning alot from you anyways the app tonic isn't working for me , it says the app doesn't work in you country hope that changes in future Reply @NutelaSabe 10 months ago I love Hilary, but what Vengerov did with this just hits my soul. Every other time it's Hilary who sings to me the most :) She is fantastic. She could play yellow pages and it would still sound amazing :D (you know, like when someone with a great voice could read yellow pages, haha.... no? :D ) Reply @ramsayas7004 10 months ago Hi Ray! Maybe we can have Max Bruch's Violin Concerto in G Minor ❤ 2 Reply @RijaMo 10 months ago 3:34 hehee that's what she said. 2 Reply @musetekk3574 10 months ago very interesting discussion about Vengerov, also, I think that was a slowed recording of Hilary? I listen to one on steaming services and it's much faster Reply @kawsar_habib_1 10 months ago Take love from Bangladesh 💖🇧🇩 Reply @gwenny9879 10 months ago It would be so great if you could cover Mozart no 4! It is super interesting to see different interpretations of all concertos but Mozart is especially fascinating when it comes to comparing different interpretations in my opinion. 1 Reply @taswegian1790 10 months ago Love the way you keep showing your mentors Eddy and Brett . You are one of the better students of the Two Set Violin academy , keep doing your Ling Ling @RayChenViolinist , you’ll get there cobber. Reply @antonywong3751 10 months ago (edited) Maxim Vengerov's is the best version — the most expressive and touching. Others are either too fast or too robotic. Of course Ray's version is amazing. 1 Reply @ranc5185 10 months ago love this content!! Reply @wfefewfwefw6810 10 months ago Bramhs ,Sibelius, prokovfeiv no1 and 2 1 Reply @chia_s_ee_d 10 months ago Pls review Bruch 1 or Sibelius 3 Reply @lordneeko 10 months ago Just waiting to see Hillary and Janine's reactions to your critique of their performances 😂 2 Reply @SeshanTM 10 months ago I think you should hear ysaye playing the 3rd movement or kreisler playing the whole concerto 1 Reply @hammen8894 10 months ago Esse é um conteúdo muito legal, revise outros concertos, e mantenha Heifetz, a lenda, sempre nos reviews, e adicionar outros. Reply @SiChange 8 months ago (edited) Vengerov. Kyung-wha Chung, not here, and quite different, checks my boxes too. Lyrical, full blooded. So many fine readings to choose from. Reply @righthyunho 10 months ago My favorite interpretation is Kyung Wha Chung 1 Reply @error248 10 months ago Janine's Version Sure is my favorite 1 Reply @ElMcMeen1a 10 months ago Great stuff, and if you think it's hard vibrating with your pinkie on the violin, try doing a slow-hand vibrato with your pinkie on a steel-string guitar. I got good at it, but had to have my pinkie broken, set sort-of wrong, and end-up curved - but stronger than it was before the accident. :) I don't recommend that approach. Love your videos!! Reply @Xerings 10 months ago Could you do Sibelius Violin concerto reviews!! 1 Reply @annatirindelli8879 10 months ago L' Interpretazione in assoluto che preferisco è quella di Kirill Troussov, INIMITABILE ed IRRAGGIUNGIBILE, davvero UNICO, PERFEZIONE ASSOLUTA👍🏻👌🏻 1 Reply @honeyfarmer0 10 months ago Thanks for sharing your thoughts and insight as professional. Love your channel. Hope you could cover Sarah Chang too. One of my favorite violists. Reply @talesfromthequick 10 months ago Heifetz, an artist of the high calibre Reply @Tweeteketje 10 months ago I like both Vengerov and Jansen very much. Reply @erickimn4711 10 months ago ray, i love you man! please also check out perlman with the NYPO! the 2nd and 3rd movements are filled with that perlman magic Reply @Dilsli 10 months ago I adore this kind of video! Please, next time check Shlomo Mintz. I love his Mendelssohn. There's also a Sibelius when he was young, mainly his energy with the 3rd movement. I get goosebumps everytime. Reply @chonda89 8 months ago The "most replayed part" which is now, the most replayed part of this video TT Reply @Apollo.283 10 months ago Hi Ray!! I love your videos, thank you!! And i would really like to see your reaction on Prokofiev violin concerto n 1(one of my favorite violin works), Thank you). Reply @jnee3873 10 months ago Sorry for the delay: 2 Parts this time, try and catch where I no clip the next part: WOW WOW OOWOWWW, JANINE JANSEN, omg, Janine Jansens octaves are super HAARD. Janine nails it 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉. Ray Chen on octaves, super scary, aka beluga is scared. Ray playing in front of Vengrov. Messed the OCCCTAVvves. AAAAAHAHAHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO. 19 years old nails the Mendelssohn Violin Concerto and wins the Menuhin Competition. MAd respect *clap clap clap 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉*. The most replayed part> MESSED OVTAVES😮😮😮😮😮😮😮. 1 Reply @Nouser156 10 months ago if you do other videos keep doing Hilary Hahn. she’s my favorite violinist Reply @matthewtaylor2651 6 months ago He is naughty....his 4th finger vibrato is perfectly okay. Do have a listen to his Mendelssohn-its really excellent. I'm surprised at Vengerov's...I don't usually like his playing but this Mendelssohn is superb. Reply @shuhuadu92 10 months ago Thanks for the amazing video! I've learned a lot. Though Ray you plan to do another concerto, I still want to kindly ask if it's possible to consider the Bach sonatas&partitas (for instance the Chaconne: Partita no.2, fifth movement) sometime. There are so many great versions, like Heifetz, Szeryng, Kavakos, Perlman, Hilary hahn, ... and of course yours! Personally, I like Hilary's version best, but I don't know why. For some reason, Hilary's version seens to be most "Bach" to me. This feeling is so strong, that I even feel the same when she plays some other pieces that are not at all related to Bach (like this Mendelssohn concerto). Why is that? And what do you think is the most important part to interpret Bach's music? Thank you. I'll always love you Ray Reply @JeanDeLaCroix_ 10 months ago Please, please review the sibelius. The same violinists or even more of them but Hilary is incredible for that one 1 Reply @ItzTiger1217 8 months ago I would love you doing video with Bruch Violin Concerto! Reply @Ciaccona255 10 months ago Nobody beats Augustin Hadelich!! 1 Reply @Chihuahuauno1 10 months ago Brett's 2nd. Mvnt. is my most favorite of anyone - he played it with THE MOST honestly, sincerity, quite-loveliness, and musicality - more so than any other I have ever heard. 4 Reply @cemultraslan7496 2 weeks ago Only king ❤HILARY❤4EVER 1 Reply @felixdzerzhinski8004 1 month ago Hilary Hahn!!.... Great, powerful, poetic.... big emotions through her violin... Great violinist! Definitely my favorite. ❤ Reply @swingeasyguy 10 months ago I've also always loved Henryk Schering's version, and of course Mr. Ray! Next I would love to hear different styles of the Sibelious. Reply 2 replies @sudharmansitaraman8377 10 months ago (edited) As amazing as Hilary Hahn is, I do think that effusive pieces like Mendelssohn and Tchaikovsky aren't really her style, and her talents truly come to the fore when she's playing something a little less dramatic, like Beethoven or Sibelius. The other thing is that I would have loved for you to show the truly insane part of her performance in the third movement, which is where she is in actual beast mode. Please do Sibelius next, and please do feature Heifetz's 1935 recording with Sir Thomas Beecham as well as HH (the France Musique performance with Mikko Franck) and JJ (she has a really interesting interpretation, similar to how she interprets Tchaikovsky). Love your content! 1 Reply @sparklingmagnolia 10 months ago Could you please review Tchaikovsky’s violin concerto next? It’s my personal favorite❤😁 1 Reply @mskw920 10 months ago Thank you for pointing out all the details that I missed! I saw your Mendelssohn a few months ago, was 👍. Do you play differently every time? I ask bcs this is a piece that I work on for a long time and get it right. Still love it. Reply @lilaches 10 months ago I loved this! Would you please do the same for the Brahms Violin concerto in D Op, 77? It would be interesting to see your thoughts on the interpretation performed by Gil Shaham Reply @TacticalStrike 10 months ago Sibelius please 2 Reply @peterschaffter826 10 months ago Hey, Ray! How about a comparison video on the Sib? Or, islightly off the concerto track, The Lark Ascending? Reply @elfin1218 10 months ago I would like to see you do a comparison of Sibelius using the same soloists. 1 Reply @gerontius3 10 months ago Ray this was superb. How about the Sibelius? I heard you play that in Detroit......wonderful! Reply @seelenlerche 5 months ago (edited) Ich finde Janine Jansens Interpretation toll. Sie ist so aus einem Guss, da reicht der Spannungsbogen von Anfang bis Ende. Und wie sie nach dem Solopart an das Orchester übergibt, als würde sie eine Schleuse öffnen... großartig! Vengerov gefällt mir auch sehr gut. Heifetz spielt, als liefe das Metronom dazu. Das kann man beim Üben machen, aber bei der Aufführung sollte etwas mehr Empfindung dabei sein. Reply @OlgaStjarna 10 months ago Brett’s is the best for my years. He plays so gentle and light so i feelmyself somewhere in the dream… 2 Reply @polmacip618 10 months ago Sibelius next! Love it so much Reply @isabela.marino 10 months ago Please do the Sibelius violin concerto!!! ♡♡♡♡ Reply @ngoanphuong5652 10 months ago (edited) Please do a review focus on Christian Li's Mendelssohn Concerto. You can listen to his album Discovering Mendelssohn and the video has excerpts from the 1st movement and 3rd movement, especially the 1st movement, which I think is really uplifting like Mendelssohn. You can also watch other videos by him (like his Schubert's Serenade) and, although unrelated, by Maria Duenas. Both of them are passionate about playing the violin in their own way (like you). Thank you so much, Ray! :) Reply @katrinaKJB1611 10 months ago I would love to see Brahms reviewed! It's one of my favorites ❤ Reply @chrisma3256 10 months ago Love Heifetz ❤ Reply @evanmcdonnal 10 months ago Of these I preferred Venegrov's take on it. It's all about Leonid Kogan though. It's a travesty you didn't include him. Heifetz tends to play things pretty fast I find, in some cases it's awesome and sets him apart, for this piece I don't like it as much as more lyrical/flowing interpretations. 1 Reply @szviolin 10 months ago Ray, please review the Sibelius Violin Concerto 🥹🥹 1 Reply @DavidBergman1776 10 months ago I really enjoyed the video! I was curious, what mic are you using when you play? I really like the sound that you're getting out of it! Reply @dboj1873 10 months ago Love to hear your thoughts on James Ehnes! Reply @twoblink 10 months ago I'm a fan of them all ; but I like Jansen's version best. 1 Reply @spacejackson1612 10 months ago Definitely need a review on Heifetz Tchaikovsky cadenza! please~~~~~ Reply @Ethan_lu_lu 10 months ago You should review Roman Kim 1 Reply @joakimfroberg6772 9 months ago Very interesting. Reply @arturtarnowski4023 10 months ago I agree with the last violinist comment (Hilary Hahn), I mean she is hell of a great violinist, just sometimes U have this feeling there is little too much control or just not enough forgetting about controlling technical aspects of the play. But anyway listened to some of her recordings and I really am amazed by her Bach solo pieces. All of them are great. Love also compare theme of the movie - our teacher Marcin Gałecki in Fryderyk Chopin University of music made sometimes that with old players actually on Mendelsohn violin concerto haha! Best wishes to all of us here and U Ray Reply @jason101other 8 months ago Hilary to me is always the consummate expert of all things violin playing. Anything she does, I believe 100% Reply @joeshah8789 10 months ago Heifetz flexing on EVERYBODY !!!!! 💪🤣🎻 1 Reply @師太滅絕 10 months ago Could you also do a review of violinists of different ages/era in the same work (not necessarily concerto), eg Heifetz/Ostriakh vs Perlman vs newer and then those contemporary ones..... What about by nationalities.... esp the older generation when there is distinctive Russian, French, Italian etc flavor in their playing..... (modern days artist become more and more international) Reply @LucasBGaia 10 months ago Heifetz is the best, everyone knows it, everything he plays is perfect!!! I just listen, I don't play any instrument, for me nothing compares, Heifetz will always be on a higher level. Ivry Gitlis Leonid Kogan Shlomo Mintz Reply @Satopi3104 10 months ago Vengerov’s rendition sounds so Russian lol it’s kind of amazing. It reminds me how once I saw a Mozart opera at la Scala and it sounded SO Italian lol. 6 Reply @shvartze 8 months ago It should be called Another Edition of Heifetz and Students. Reply @Anna_Nikitina795 10 months ago I still haven’t forgiven you for putting Glazunov’s concerto so low. You can make amends by sorting out this concert))) Reply @AMustieles 10 months ago (edited) I love this. Tchaikovsky. ❤❤❤❤❤ Reply @ElsweyrDiego 10 months ago i've never noticed the 'infamous Heifetz slides" before, now i'm searching slides in all violinists videos 😆 Reply @mrcuddlefish 10 months ago Hot take David Garrett's Mendelssohn is wild and chaotic and I love it. It's imperfect and super raw and fun. Reply @caganmahir2207 10 months ago 6:54 :D why is orchestra laughing at the middle of the performance thats so funny 🤣 1 Reply @davefried 10 months ago (edited) i’d really love to see you do a comparison for brahms, particularly anne-sophie mutter at new york philharmonic/kurt masur rendition! Reply @Jalcolm1 10 months ago Do the Beethoven because its simplicity makes it harder to define. Do the Britten because it’s so much fun. 1 Reply @tiffcat1100 10 months ago Love this ❤ Reply @lucienazario2786 10 months ago I like Vengerov's interpretation of the Mendelssohn. It's perfect!!! But I still would go for my favorite violinist Ray Chen. Being a fan, I admit I am biased. Reply @hiendo5846 3 months ago JJ’s Mendelssohn for me…OMG❤ Reply @mvdum29 6 months ago Hilary's approach to pieces for me is just so respectful of the work. No matter what the piece it never sounds as though she's propping herself up, she's letting the merit of the music shine true by being an honest interpreter. Although her Mendelssohn is not my favourite, I much prefer Vengerov's rendition, it's still a very solid version. However I cannot listen to anyone else play Bach. It doesn't feel right lol Reply @christinelyman738 10 months ago Heh heh, I thought Ray would be spilling the tea, but he keeps it so positive and wholesome and throws in dad jokes as well. Reply @ЛарисаКиселева-ф3ц 10 months ago My favorite is Bengerov,s version 1 Reply @frederickgolding1913 4 months ago Heifitz touches the soul. Reply @alizihnikutlar2593 8 months ago I suppose you had to have Nathan Milstein's performance too. As much as I know his Mendelssohn performance one of the reference. Reply @SantiagoDrumond-mh5zh 10 months ago My favorite violin concertos are Prokofiev's no. 1, Wienawski's no. 1, Sibelius' and Tchaikovsky's, they're so epic, I'd love to see you reviewing them. Reply @Seize_your_moment 9 months ago Can you talk about Tchaikovsky violin concerto! It’s a fav of mine! Reply @Eli-yu1tv 10 months ago Sibelius next please! 1 Reply @sorinal1234 10 months ago Best Mendelssohn is without a shade of a doubt, Christian Ferras. It is a pretty good imitation of the way his teacher, George Enesco, played though without the "demonic" brush strokes Enesco was capable of. The 2nd Mov with Enesco is available on YT - very poor recording, though. The ( probably ) 2nd best Mend. is with Adolf Bush. He imparts an aquatic quality to the 3rd Mov. - very original. Modern players, sublimely talented and competent as they are are too remoted from the Mend. period and their presentations tend to be somehow sterile. 1 Reply @Raamyeon 10 months ago envy u start at so young. i start at age 25 and im only grade 6 abrsm at 36. took breaks in between due to depression from music :( kekw Reply @guillecastillo2144 10 months ago ¿Y si incluyes a Mari Samuelsen? Con sus interpretaciones llenas de determinación y de precisión. Tus videos son excelentes. Muchas gracias. Reply @TomLeg 10 months ago You talk about the performer's focus, but what about the composer? Does he/she need to be thinking about the trend, the next note? Or are they allowed to do whatever they want? Reply @iakovosCOG 10 months ago Can you make a video reviewing violin concertos that no one really plays, especially from the 19-20th century? Especially more obscure ones like the Molique, Bruch 3, Walton, as well as the dozens of relatively unknown composers who deserve some love. I'd be excited to help you turn this into a series! I can do some imslp and WorldCat deep dives and maybe show you some pieces you've never seen before. As one of the best concert violinists, I feel like you could have huge impact on how people think about the current violin concerto standards and maybe shake things up a bit! 2 Reply 6 replies @tygrtales6319 10 months ago Great video! Sibelius next? :D Reply @evelynbrandonsmusicchannel9235 10 months ago Brahms concerto next, please, and how do you think about Issac Stern's Reply @entilzha 10 months ago I’d love to see a comparison for either/both of Beethoven and Brahms. Reply @karolchai900 7 months ago (edited) Maxim is my favorite ❤ Reply @indrac6897 10 months ago Ray what do you think about the E before the cadence that performs Shlomo Mintz Reply @tttenebre 10 months ago augustin hadelich next!!! do it with tchaikovsky or brahms Reply @klutzaklrin5514 10 months ago (edited) Greatest of all…times 0:25 Reply @yaoxiao5859 10 months ago Want a Sibelius one! Reply @Daniel-San75 10 months ago Yehudi Menuhin no question, followed by Leonidas Kavakos. Sorry Ray!😁 2 Reply @mapa6772 10 months ago Maybe you need to review Kavakos to see how it's done. And Oistrakh. Reply @vully70 10 months ago Janine Jansen is the only one in this compilation doing the piece justice. Reply @milicapap9208 10 months ago Tchaikovsky interpretation of..... That would be quite interesting ❤ Reply @apacheboxing7816 9 months ago Tchaikovsky please. You are great 👍 Reply @AndyZach 10 months ago I like Heifetz's energy the most. Reply @edgarzarate7038 10 months ago Hi Ray, Nice video!! I would like to know what you think about one of my favouite violinist Renaud Capuçon Reply @swingeasyguy 10 months ago Thanks for putting this together. Heifetz is my all time favourite, but his Mendelssohn is my least favourite, it's too fast. Your fingers are twice the length of mine, no wonder I suck at violin!face-pink-tears Reply @BWBBRO 10 months ago When it comes to the big Romantic concertos Heifetz is king! Reply @JMaxwell1000 9 months ago Heifetz played EVERYTHING lickity-split, and the results, although technically perfect, were to my taste NOT what I would ever want to purchase or emulate. Reply @jannik9559 10 months ago I really love the Mendelssohn of Chad Hoopes. Its the one I love the most by far Reply @teresab7909 10 months ago i'd love to see a Tchaikovsky comparison!! :) Reply @edifine 10 months ago If you start softer, you can grow bigger. 1 Reply @OtakuBase 10 months ago Would love to hear thoughts on Tchaikovsky's concerto and Der Erlkönig Reply @mehraneahmadi645 10 months ago Your performance of this concerto is definitely one of my favourites 💚🤍❤ Reply @erickrodriguesbrito2302 10 months ago Finally saw the strings you use. Dynamo. Reply @dayaneoliveira1122 10 months ago If you start Softer you can grow Bigger 👍 Reply @pascalebertier1653 4 months ago Hilary, incomparable. Reply @chia_s_ee_d 10 months ago Brett’s first crush 😂 5 Reply @nikanj 9 months ago 10:01. Thanks I hate modern technology. My teacher: If you make a mistake 90% of the audience won't even notice. YouTube: Most replayed. 1 Reply @ediequiluz7884 9 months ago Maybe Wieniawsky First Violin Concerto Reply 10 months ago (edited) I vote for Brahms concerto as the next! Reply @cricri2610 10 months ago Many pieces were played quickly in the past, and I don't know why, the pace slows down over time. Reply @raresshaham2164 10 months ago Does anyone noticed that in all this kind of contemporary comparisons interpretation none is mentioning about Gil Shaham?! It seems he doesn’t bond with their little world which makes him even more of a pearl . Another one missing of this “tops” is Frank Peter Zimmerman Reply @arnabb2472 10 months ago Please make a video on Tchaikovsky and his violin concerto Reply @inperatieloos 10 months ago Please do this for Beethoven violin concerto as well Reply @師太滅絕 10 months ago Brahms violin concerto. Please review that. Thanks Reply @SharpEdgeStandardOfficial 10 months ago Ling Ling taught you well ! Reply @LALA-ml4rk 9 months ago ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤ Reply @PIPE3GUTI 10 months ago Vengerov, beatiful mendelshoon Reply @lamlucky777 10 months ago Hillary 1 Reply @salionshatterstar 10 months ago I wonder how much of the "most played" status of section might have been from Ray himself, revisiting that missed note over and over. Or perhaps some teacher shows it to all his students, "see, even Ray Chen makes mistakes" :-P Reply @kilianklaiber6367 10 months ago Beethoven Violin concerto, my Favorite. I think Hilary nailed IT and so did your teacher. Heifetz, na 😢.... Reply @zwy7 10 months ago I like James Ehnes his version is also faster than others Reply @C.A.K.92 10 months ago (edited) Review Maria Dueñas and Augustin Hadelich Reply @dasportsfan2122 10 months ago Missed opportunity to compare them to Brett’s performance 😂 Reply @PositivelyNice 10 months ago Heifetz is very strong. Often, not in my style but very unique. Reply @groezy 10 months ago (edited) 12:00 haha! yoyoyo ray's philly coming out? Reply @juliechen7733 10 months ago Prokofiev 1 please! Reply @NutelaSabe 10 months ago Sibelius pls :) Reply @nabilahshuaib67 10 months ago Sibelius violin concerto pls! Reply @nyannyanneko5919 10 months ago shes called Hilarious Hahn for a reason Reply @fpilotto 8 months ago I like this kind of vídeos, but one you should put in your analysis is Anne Sophie Mutter !!!! Reply @eckhardt2006kugler 7 months ago Please do a reaction to Simone Lamsma - Eugène Ysaÿe/ from: Sonate op.27 no.3 - Ballade She also plays on a very special Stradivarius you may have never seen before. Reply @eckhardt2006kugler 7 months ago Please do a reaction to Simone Lamsma - Eugène Ysaÿe/ from: Sonate op.27 no.3 - Ballade She also plays on a very special Stradivarius you may have never seen before. Reply @OZI_DJ 10 months ago Please do Wieniawski 1 🥰 Reply @yashargharehbaghi518 10 months ago Alexander Markov caprices please...❤ Reply @LinhChi93 10 months ago @RayChenViolinist Can't believe you review Mendelssohn and skip the butt-clenching part =)) 2 Reply Ray Chen · 2 replies @JoshuaLo2732 10 months ago No such person greater than Heifetz on this list, the true maestro. Only two person to be compared are Prihoda and Kreisler. Reply @tushar_ranjan7 9 months ago Vengerov wins this round. 1 Reply @danielgutu6428 4 months ago Idk how the first thing I saw this video was the Dynamo strings Reply @mediocre-violinist- 10 months ago Hilary i feel plays more with the story of the piece. The young love is pretty much the common theme and i feel liike hilary brings out the naive nature theough "naive" phrasing. Hilary definetly knows how to look at each note whille looking at the phrase. Hilary is extremly intentional and she phrased that exactly the way she wanted to be. Reply @TwoSetViolinEdits 10 months ago We need to do one of the finale of bruch1 (I think?) And we need chloe chua’s in there as well Reply @Grem305 10 months ago I pull it off once and i was blind folded. Reply @MachaLatte123 10 months ago Hilary’s interpretation is more of a logical style, playing note by note, similar to Szering, that’s why they are so good at Bach, Brahms, Beethoven. However, I agree with Ray that this concerto needs more of a passionate / fluid style rather than focusing on each note, and here her interpretation comes out being too heavy. Vengerov has a melancholic style and sort of reminds me of an old man reminiscing about past glory whereas Janine’s interpretation is more youthful and exuberant. What’s not mentioned is that despite the exuberance Janine is a very logical interpreter where the notes and how they are being interpreted are intentional and pre- planned for a specific purpose (I noticed this in her Tchaikovsky and Brahms too) whereas I felt Vengerov plays a lot more by instinct and with more freedom. For my personal taste I prefer Janine’s interpretation as it reminds me of a young happy Fanny writing this concerto, but it could also be an older auntie Fanny reminiscing about her youth aka Vengerov Reply @jonathanbarragan5246 10 months ago Where can I find the full recording Reply @niklasli5 10 months ago Do the Tchaikovsky next!! Reply @sirobattaglin 10 months ago Curious how you got the rights to play these recordings on your video? (No criticism at all there, your video’s really interesting - hope you make more of these comparisons!) Reply @samyung3541 10 months ago I also wondering the Ray’s version talking his interpretation 😂 Reply @SJTOfficial 10 months ago please play oppenheimer "Can you hear the music" its sooo good Reply @brianliu522 9 months ago Please review the Scottish Fantasy by Bruch🎉😊 Reply @gnatural 10 months ago i dont think that Heifetz was playing too fast and he had plenty of phrasing . I think the standard of technique was much higher during that era and therefore they could play comfortably at quicker tempos without compromising the music.. What seems like a very quick tempo was probably a walk in the park for Heifetz from his point of view. Reply @antonyroach6802 10 months ago Look out for Kerson Leong's performance, it's swell Reply @AmandaViolinGirl 10 months ago Ray Chen did you know Karolina recently played it in an orchestra. Reply @olgamozera619 2 months ago hand-pink-wavingface-blue-smilinghand-pink-wavinghand-pink-waving🥰😍 Reply @claraemmanuelleblanco4835 10 months ago Why doesn't anyone talks about Sayaka Shoji!? :c Reply @democraticpatriot2657 8 months ago Don't understand why part of Ray's vids are speeded up. Reply @mingicino 10 months ago Tchaikovsky please and Sibelius Reply @chenannabel6256 9 months ago I like the 19 year old version by Ray? 🤩🤭elbowcough Reply @jamioncarter3388 10 months ago Can you do a Sibelius Showdown next Reply @yashjha0007 10 months ago i think you should do one for the four seasons ray Reply @UnshavenStatue 9 months ago There's definitely a twoset vid with hilary where they spend a minute talking about how 4th finger vibrato is totally normal for hilary and brett and eddy just stare at her flabbergasted "what do you mean 4th finger vibrato is normal???"..... my takeaway from this video is that, in fact, 4th finger vibrato is totally normal afterall xD Reply @bb1111116 7 months ago Because of his incredible technique, Heifetz is outstanding with the Brahms and Tchaikovsky. The Mendelssohn needs a slower, more emotional approach and it doesn’t fit Heifetz. With the Mendelssohn concerto Jansen is my go to choice for modern violinists. Reply @PoppyLam877 10 months ago Pls review Sibelius ❤ Reply @tuttifrutti2229 10 months ago Top élites violoniste slow down some passages or change a bit while Heifetz could lay anything at speed or faster tempo. God’s fiddler Reply @glenolivesomargaritafoglio4471 3 months ago Have you ever featured Lana Tratovsek? Reply @shorihiraku 7 months ago Where did u get the jacket? Reply @yansaneh.29 10 months ago review shosty 1 next Reply @seanallendurian891 9 months ago Okay. Next is Sibelius' lol. Sara Chang, Hilary Hahn and Julia Fischer Reply @Classic1608 7 months ago Wheres my rosin? Music starts playing Reply @gimletrose1985 10 months ago I generally like players who makes me feel something. I love Nemanja and also Janene Jansen's. Maxim is great too. 2 Reply 1 reply @moussagueye4644 10 months ago You should do Sibelius or Brahms next Reply @bigprobllama 10 months ago (edited) Sit and watched this video with my sister. It was Heifetz for me but she liked everyone but Heifetz. You don't choose your family...😑 Reply @sofiasanchez8375 10 months ago Wieniawski’s no. 2 Violin Concerto in D minor! Reply @jenvogue5005 10 months ago Yes, Ray would definitely have a warmer sound if he had more real estate on his fingertips Reply @cristoarias6341 9 months ago My only one question is: why you never use Menuhin in one of your comparations ? Why always Heifetz? 🙁 Reply @magdaroutova6780 9 months ago Maria Dueñas Reply @leonardobastos1945 10 months ago Michael Rabin is the GOAT on this concerto... Reply @Millye_wgf 10 months ago Yehudy Menuhin! Reply @mingicino 10 months ago These are great but I come back to Gil shaham every time.. Reply @christocello7731 10 months ago Vengerov and Jansen, great. Hahn, well, did she take the "molto appassionato" into account? Maybe Sibelius or Elgar are the better peaces for her. For me, Hahn's playing ist too controlled, each tone is perfect, but she doesn't tell a story. 1 Reply @sabot_3612 10 months ago Can we get some tchaik in here? 🥺 Reply @Mr_Lyric 10 months ago Come on ray! Do sibelius! Reply @bleulane 10 months ago Augustin Hadelich Reply @tylercox-philyaw613 10 months ago The fact that the GOAT, Brett Yang, was left out of this, is absolutely absurd Reply @zevelgamer. 10 months ago Can you do itzhak perlman and twosetvioin next? Reply @Twice9Heartz 8 months ago Well I know I'm replying 2 months late but if since you're checking out other soloists then possibly you could view my friend (scary prodigy) Hayool (Hanna) Lee... 1 Reply @yudaileonzon2512 10 months ago Brahms!! Reply @StraivtorS 10 months ago I can feel 4 different type of people in their plays. Heifetz's music is the classic "man" type: stoic to to point that his emotions are somewhat rigid. Hilary's is the opposit: her music is always very womanly, like a ballerina with such elegant and soft steps. (not just in this performance but always) Vengerov's is the seasoned men: full of emotions, heavy but attractive. Janine's play is the independant woman: she owns her emotions, knows what she wants and express it as needed. 1 Reply @FoodwaysDistribution 10 months ago James Ehnes and david oistrakh performances always sound richer and better....... Reply @ThomUnderStars 10 months ago Your whata heck made me laugh kkkk Reply @Zahid_luna 10 months ago what about Roman Kim’s? Reply @SuperbBleu 9 months ago Why don't you do the Beethoven and Brahms? Reply @loicmiralles6090 10 months ago Roman Kim ? 1 Reply @Y3llow_Submarin3 10 months ago Heifetz played everything fast. Reply @antoniopulvirenti3504 7 months ago maxim has the best mendelssohn Reply @manfred4766 10 months ago the Dvorak Reply @gustavmahler3228 10 months ago do the beethoven concerto please Reply @theoqudatq2150 10 months ago please do Beethoven's! Reply @Mark_Kisin 9 months ago Too bad you couldn't compare to Menuhin's 1958 recording, which for me is the quintessential recording of this piece. Reply @deborasanchez124 10 months ago Sibelius Reply @johnwquigley1811 10 months ago bruch concerto :) 1 Reply @toruscore 10 months ago 8:44 are you telling us to listen! in latin, or is this a subliminal car commercial? 😂 Reply @recurvearcher6542 10 months ago Hi Ray, thank you. Perhaps as you alluded to is the development of the artist as they mature in their career. Yo Yo Ma after many years of concerts, felt playing with emotion to an audience over trying to play technically perfect felt and gave more back to the artist. Therefore I guess it would be interesting how these violinist evolved with this piece over the years. Great posts Reply @Coffeeaddict496 10 months ago @raychenviolinist how dare you skip Hilary’s third movement ! Shame on you 1 Reply @DavidDavid-cc7bk 10 months ago Do sibelius Reply @eddominates 9 months ago Hillary-ous Reply @benedictoryable 9 months ago Hilary Hahn, period!😂 Reply @antblea96 2 weeks ago I have one word. Qistrach 1 Reply @D.S.Borromeo 10 months ago Am I gonna get that face once I became better at the violin? 1 Reply @Quotenwagnerianer 10 months ago (edited) As nice as Vengerovs tone is, the tempo is too slow. As you pointed out "Allegro molto". His is more like "Allegro languido". ;), Reply @zhandosmansurov6668 8 months ago As always,Hilary's playing is boring 2 Reply @quest-cequecesttonvisage 10 months ago why is Hilary Hahn mirrored in thumbnail hurts so much Reply 1 reply @MissTalmo 9 months ago I still prefer Sarah Chang version Reply @hoyoonsong4399 10 months ago I started it when I was 9 years old 💀 Reply @Robinicat 5 months ago My favourite rendition was that of Vengerov. Hilary Hann's performance was too restrained for my taste. Reply @BIGVIOLIN153 10 months ago You are so humble👏🫡 Reply @linsterlin9185 10 months ago you forget Menuhin, he is the best in Mendelssohn Reply @ElinabirdYang 5 months ago I personally like Issac Stern's the best... Reply @anthonybouzeydane1085 2 months ago Ok...Ray...we love you very much and all...but calling jascha heifetz your fellow violinist or your colleague is just not it😅 1 Reply @pugsnhogz 10 months ago HILARY HAHN IS GOD THX BYEEEE Reply @philippeherridge2401 9 months ago PERLMAN ! Reply @catius9206 10 months ago (edited) Why you didn't featured Sarah Chang? You should have included her, she performed this concerto when she was 14 years old, she deserves a lot of respect and recognition😿. One of the best world class solo violinist in this world (In this Era). 26 Reply Ray Chen · 6 replies @TravisLohmannMusic 10 months ago I spy a CRT TV?!?! Reply @Practicalmusicministryskil4906 10 months ago Great video – thanks! I share a free step-by-step “learn to read music” curriculum on my YouTube channel in the hopes of making music literacy accessible to all. Reply @TwoSetViolinEdits 10 months ago Nah, Brett likes Hilary Hahn’s now Reply @AmandaViolinGirl 10 months ago 1st one too fast. I like the Hillary Hahn Reply @flockecogames 8 months ago Listening to each recording in it's entirety, i get a very different impression of each. Some performers do a better job of shaping the entire piece, especially Hillary Hahn and Heifetz. You have to get a decent recording by Heifetz, not this terrible old video of him. Hahn also has much better recordings, and they evolve over the years. Perfect comment. If one only listened to this Ray chen showdown, with that old Heifetz video clip, you'd likely get the wrong impression of Heifetz and his Mendelssohn. (The Hahn recording wasn't representative either). There's this strange bias that Heifetz was all about speed and precision, but listening carefully to his entire recording, of almost anything, and you get the best interpretation. He shapes not just a phrase but the entire concerto in the most brilliant way. Of course janine Jansen's is also great. I'd like to have thrown julie fischer in the mix. Interesting how the greatest today, my favorites anyway, are women, when forty years ago my favorites were men. Reply @prodigy2104 10 months ago How come you didn’t review mutter?? Don’t you like her Reply @vully70 10 months ago Didn‘t like Hillary Hahn either - too much control (and vibrato), too little passion. 1 Reply @Oka33 9 months ago Review Beethoven Reply @deanbrandl1987 10 months ago Well in my opinion Nadia sonnenberg is still the best Reply @wonghow 9 months ago I don't like Heifetz, yes very good skill, but not expressive. Maxim, that is good. What kind of expression to play, have to look at the key progression and tempo. Reply @AndySaenz924 5 months ago It sounds like Janine rushed through the intro there, which I don’t like. Reply @vully70 10 months ago I‘m sorry, but I hate Vengerov‘s interpretation - much too slow, tone too fat, almost sticky, too much vibrato. Sounds like Tchaikovsky, not Mendelssohn. Completely wrong stile. 1 Reply @raoultak 8 months ago About Heifetz: let's rush and get it over with. No......that's not making music. 1 Reply @MaxwellsDemon9 10 months ago Hold on hold on, how is it you grew up in Brisbane but have extinguished all traces of the Australian accent and speak 100% American??!?! Reply @DCTom-r4s 10 months ago Kogan 1 Reply @gustavmahler3228 10 months ago didn’t like hilary’s recording 1 Reply 2 replies @nthnhbsn1909 10 months ago I used to love this piece until TwoSet ruined it for me by playing it in every video of theirs. Reply @r77882 10 months ago (edited) Heifetz doesn't sound too interesting. Seems like he came to do the job as fast as can be, and leave. Doesn't seem like sensitivity / any type of expressing any emotion is of its interest. Sorry, really cannot understand why he is considered one of the greatest. Reply @inraid 5 months ago Hillary is dry and mechanical 1 Reply 1 reply @sfbirdclub 3 months ago But then...there's Hirschhorn....sad. None better...but still... Reply @everstudent4705 10 months ago Janine 最感人，海飞丝最差 Reply @blanketstarry7725 10 months ago I've never been interested in Hilary Hahn's playing. She simply plays too robotic. Her level of expression is not near what most international players have. 1 Reply @mohamad_4562 10 months ago 9 years old😅 Reply @saracaselanizilio4627 4 months ago I don't know who's the best.... but Janine, to me, is the worst 😬 Reply @konradnagy5394 10 months ago bartóóóóók Reply @cesars8090 10 months ago The only one who plays this at a good tempo is Heifetz 2 Reply 1 reply @arinasosnovskaya5298 6 months ago Yeah, the tempo is why I absolutely can't listen to Heifetz's rendition of this concerto. Reply @marcosbadia1309 10 months ago Anne Sophie Mutter Reply @ismaparra 10 months ago Oistrakh.... Reply @xiaotaozhou8662 10 months ago Ray, I love you, but you are not fair on the comments. It is obvious that Hillary Hahn’s playing is bland, tight, and ultimately boring. I do not understand how people love her, she is just another ordinary prodigy. She used to be impressive, but her musical maturity does not seem to grow with her. Quite lamentable indeed. 3 Reply 4 replies @pe.bo.5038 10 months ago 🤔Astonished you did not take Julia Fischer into consideration;on par with Hahn,sure superior to Jansen!🤔 Reply