Meet Russia’s classical chipmunks

Meet Russia’s classical chipmunks

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norman lebrecht

April 23, 2016

This adaptation of Zigeunerweise is all the rage among Russia’s violin cognoscenti, some of whom consider this an improvement on Sarasate’s hackneyed original.

The perpetrators are Michael Feynman, Sergei Mazur and Jaroslav Ulyanov.
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Comments

  • Pianofortissimo says:

    Very cheap, indeed, those classical chipmunks. It made me contemplate how the Zigeunerweise would be performed by Le Pétomane. Maybe it’s time to revive that historically informed practice too.

  • Adam Stern says:

    Charming! Zany it may be, but they couldn’t have pulled it off unless they were darned good musicians.

  • Mick says:

    https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=russian+idiots
    About 95,100 results, the choice is virtually endless. Anyone who likes the above video is welcome.

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