Cheap Mendelssohn Violin Concerto & Bach Concerto for Two Violins / Mintz, Stern (Video) (Shlomo Mintz, Isaac Stern) Price
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| ACTORS: | Shlomo Mintz, Isaac Stern |
| CATEGORY: | Video |
| MANUFACTURER: | Kultur Video |
| MPAA RATING: | NR (Not Rated) |
| FEATURES: | Color, NTSC |
| TYPE: | Music Videos - Classical |
| MEDIA: | VHS Tape |
| # OF MEDIA: | 1 |
| UPC: | 032031135932 |
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Customer Reviews of Mendelssohn Violin Concerto & Bach Concerto for Two Violins / Mintz, Stern
Mint Mintz I bought this video just to have the opportunity to see a professional playing Mendelssohn. I never heard Shlomo play before, so I was pleasantly surprised to see this effortless performance of a classic. The quality of the video and audio is good by 1983 standards. It was especially nice to see this performance done with (a bearded) Zubin Mehta and the Israel Philharmonic. You get a real sense of how important the arts are to the Israeli people. Until a more state of the art production from an equally gifted violinist comes along this is the best you could hope for.
Soaring lyricism :) Weak production :(
I still remember the first time I heard Schlomo Mintz play the Paganini Caprices, I was totally hooked from then on. I then found his Sibelius/Dvorak CD to be completely peerless, his emotion, tone, and phrasing have put him in the all time violin hall of fame for me so of course I had to buy this. It is so sad that many of his recordings have gone out of print, especially when I consider most of his recordings are alot better than what has been coming out since.
This video is a display of completely effortless technique, rhythmic sensitivity, a wonderful and perfect vibrato, and intelligent and emotional phrasing. It is apparent that every note came from inside him, every note played has meaning and is played with undeniable conviction.
Of course Zubin Mehta is simply rock solid and brilliant as usual. I found the Bach double to be rather dull compared to the Stern Perlman video performance.
I am aware that Kyung Wha Chung made a video of the Mendelssohn but I have never seen it because it is unbelievably rare and difficult to get so I have no other Mendelssohn video to compare this to.
The only reason I give this video four stars is because of the poor recording quality. Mintz's tone becomes thin and buried behind the orchestra forcing me to strain to hear him in many sections. Do not misunderstand that his tone is wonderful when recorded properly.
THE MOST PERFECT AND MATURE MENDELSSOHN EVER FILMED.
SHLOMO MINTZ display all his superhuman violinistic and artistic resources and do "magic". Once in a live musical experience.