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25 Responses to “Nathan Milstein plays Massenet Meditation”

1. OME10S on 22 Dec 2009 at 3:39 pm #
   
   

   I know how difficult and scary this piece can be. What ever comments you get on you tube by people who think they know and are allowed to say everything… just let it go. Believe in the beauty of this piece and there many beauties for this particular piece.
2. MsWackyWoman on 24 Dec 2009 at 11:17 am #
   
   

   thank you OME10S.
3. OME10S on 26 Dec 2009 at 10:40 pm #
   
   

   MsWackyWoman,
   good luck with your audition in the spring.
   I hope all goes well.
   Toitoi
4. mingte3 on 29 Dec 2009 at 7:57 am #
   
   

   Listen…not with your ears , nor your left brain…then everything will be shined with this Diamond !
5. dinkipooxa on 1 Jan 2010 at 11:33 am #
   
   

   Hi lonebeagle,

   The last part of my “critique” was really directed at MsWackyWoman who promises to play it at an audition.

   NOT A GOOD IDEA…..unless he/she has something fresh to bring to it, ie.

   I didn’t mean to imply that Mr Milstein was/is(?) prone to those “idiosyncrasies (personal ?) indicated.
6. lonebeagle on 1 Jan 2010 at 6:31 pm #
   
   

   One of the best performances I’ve heard of this piece. Beautiful.
7. lonebeagle on 4 Jan 2010 at 10:31 am #
   
   

   And you are…? Oh, I forgot you’re a nobody. Milstein isn’t a nobody.

   Idiot.
8. dinkipooxa on 7 Jan 2010 at 5:40 pm #
   
   

   Guess you pays your money and you takes your choice; imho this is a superficial rendering, rather dry and some ill-advised portamento; ie up to when I just left off – about one-third the way through. Would I be right in thinking this is difficult to bring off because it’s not great music. Succumb to its many traps – emotional with stacks of dragging from one note to another – and you invite “ridicule” [ for want of a better word ] – definitely NOT an audition piece.

   Try Elman/Mutter version.
9. dinkipooxa on 8 Jan 2010 at 1:11 pm #
   
   

   I shouldn’t if I were you; it’s hackneyed to death !!!
10. MsWackyWoman on 11 Jan 2010 at 8:19 pm #
    
    

    I’m using this piece for an audition in the spring!
11. vickylovesanna on 15 Jan 2010 at 6:11 am #
    
    

    Absolutely beautiful.
12. urduwala on 16 Jan 2010 at 10:36 pm #
    
    

    My hartiest compliments !
13. Tejo32 on 17 Jan 2010 at 6:07 am #
    
    

    De los mejores de tooodos los tiempos!
14. Sorsana7 on 18 Jan 2010 at 7:12 am #
    
    

    As my mother always said, “make every note sing as if it were a composition unto itself”. He does and she revered his playing.
15. sdorr on 21 Jan 2010 at 11:39 am #
    
    

    ….a great musical storyteller…
16. mingte3 on 21 Jan 2010 at 9:07 pm #
    
    

    Solid…Sincere…All heart…Worth-living !
17. thereisnoel on 22 Jan 2010 at 1:34 pm #
    
    

    amazing.
18. pinoyvlnst on 24 Jan 2010 at 11:30 pm #
    
    

    the string is a gut, I used gut and play this and its almost the same sound, try kaplan golder spiral
19. pinoyvlnst on 26 Jan 2010 at 10:06 pm #
    
    

    that part is an option….
20. maidestone on 26 Jan 2010 at 10:36 pm #
    
    

    Noble, noble reading!
21. jlevinson6 on 29 Jan 2010 at 3:31 am #
    
    

    oh my gosh he had me in tears.
22. MrFullService on 31 Jan 2010 at 11:35 pm #
    
    

    Milstein was just so great at playing these slow melodies. Just the right amount of rubato.
23. abraviol on 2 Feb 2010 at 12:02 pm #
    
    

    i am agree with cheesse, the piece isn´t complete
24. AbigailOfTheArts on 2 Feb 2010 at 6:22 pm #
    
    

    I love violin music! This is beautiful.
25. laiwka on 5 Feb 2010 at 2:11 pm #
    
    

    great music…..