Mendelssohn Violin Concerto Op.64

I found a CD of Mendelssohn Violin Concerto Op64, played by Joseph Szigeti in 1941. He performed it with Bruno Walter in New York and it was recorded as live performance. The record was discovered in 2006 by a American in America by chance. Szigeti recorded the violin concerto at least two times. The first one was recorded in 1933, with Beecham in Europe. In physical terms, The first one's recording and performance quality are rather better than that second one. But I like the second one at the moment. Because, it's hard to say though, but I feel his extraordinary dedication for the live performance. Think about the age, it was about to enter the second war. You might feel the particular feels, tension and atmosphere. But he never gave up his career as a musician, violinist.

Now, let's see the beginning of the concerto. If you felt that it was very difficult to perform when you listened to the beginning of the solo-violin melody, you might be a talented person. The melody sounds like someone is wandering from place to place. And this song was written in E minor. This E minor, the minor code expect player to be a person who has a flexible tone-pitch sense. You need to know each tones' proper pitches and carry it to proper direction.