admankramer (October 3, 2008 at 9:59 pm)

he's killed so many brain cells from the drinking that he can't remember shit.

viola128 (October 1, 2008 at 7:11 am)

one of the best violinist team up with the best Violist....I found that Bashment almost never perform from memory?? anyone notice it? I was there at his premier recital in USA some 20 years ago at New England Conservatory (boston), he played the whole recital with music. He did that for almost all his performance including those with major orchestra. As great as him, does he has problems remembering scores??

imeanbean (September 21, 2008 at 7:17 pm)

Bashmet forever! Vengerov is kindof a cocky looking bloke and prickish, and Bashmet is totally puting up with him, esp. around 3 minutes. V shakes his big head so much, but it might just be his instrument is so small. ;)

argaxyor111 (September 8, 2008 at 10:58 pm)

I find this very very interesting, i would really preffer listening to the version of perlman and zukerman...But still this is a quite great convination....

SWArtistsINC (August 19, 2008 at 4:25 pm)

***Search "Nate Robinson violin" on Youtube***

amapparat (August 17, 2008 at 10:00 am)

I don't like Vengerov that much but this Mozart is amazing and the way both Bashmet and Vengerov are different in their playing - I love it.

richtomes (July 27, 2008 at 10:06 am)

But of course they are both wonderful players, and the orchestra is superb.

richtomes (July 27, 2008 at 10:06 am)

In a way the camera work echoes the communicative ambient onstage - two soloists rather than a dialogue. I love at 3.25 - Vengerov finishes his passage rather brilliantly and flashes a glance at Bashmet, it seems to me expecting some kind of smile, or spirit of fun, but gets a stern face from Bashmet - Vengerov does an almost imperceptible double take, as he checks to make sure ! Bashmet doesn't look like a lot of fun to work with, and the result is a little like two cockerals in competition.

andreoccius (July 13, 2008 at 10:48 am)

Strepitoso! Ma ricordo con nostalgia l'interpetazione degli Oistrakh...

violasrule68 (July 11, 2008 at 9:53 am)

Wow - that's SO interesting! Vengerov's playing style actually makes Bashmet's style sound introverted! A real shame the cameraman couldn't just film from the front and capture more of the interaction between the two though. One of the chief beauties of this piece is the way the two soloists have to communicate and mirror each other's phrasing during the performance. I've heard that aspect balanced much more thrillingly than this, but this is lovely nonetheless.