Il Cannone: Francesca Dego plays Paganini's Violin
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Francesca Dego makes her Chandos debut with a new recording of works inspired by Niccolò Paganini. Dego plays Paganini's violin, the legendary 'il Cannone', one of the most important instruments in the history of Western music.
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Her art and she, are completely gorgeous
She has her bow super tight!
@mariamartinengo6071
11 ай бұрын
Hat a great opportunity to play on such an iconic instrument abd do it justice. Good girl. ♥️
@thegood9
6 ай бұрын
That is an ULTRA tight bow.
@clasbee3401
6 ай бұрын
That's modern to tighten the bow very much. Sound is getting much worse by this !
@user-xp6zd2sf1l
5 ай бұрын
Maybe a tight bow bounces better for those bouncy bits of beauty
@nickcarroll8565
4 ай бұрын
I thought I kept my bow a little on the tight side but goodness
En dos ocaciones he podido escuchar el Valioso instrumento , primero de manera Magistral por el Excepcional Violinista Leonid Logan y después por la Maravillosa Violinista Francesca Dego.
One of my favourite CDs
she’s a knockout. So pretty.
Wonderful
Bellissima e bravissima ragazza. Niccolò sarebbe fiero di lei. 👍❤😊
Maravilloso Instrumento , su sonido posee un tono de Excelencia .
Un sonido que deslumbra . Maravillosa Violinista .
@johnfodor6850
7 ай бұрын
W Ow
Ruggiero Ricci found this fiddle very difficult to play saying that it needs a heavier bow to bring out the best in it . It has a short stop and slightly short string length accordingly-may that is the reason it takes a long time to adjust .
@robotnik77
4 ай бұрын
Original neck.
It must be thrilling playing Paganini's violin, but I would play Locatelli's Caprices and Biber's Rosary Sonatas.
Nice.
Awesome you are
👏👏👏🌹🌹🌹😘
Great, thank you! Which music do you play at the end please?
@jamie6293
2 ай бұрын
Hi Daouda, the piece at the end is called The Red violin caprices by Carlo Boccadoro :)
😮
I would have loved to hear Heifetz play on this violin as well...
@jansnauwaert1785
Жыл бұрын
I wouldn't. Don't like Heifetz' playing.
@jorgelopez-pr6dr
Жыл бұрын
Imagine David Oistrakh and Menuhin playing that violin. 🎻🎵
@frankie6954
10 ай бұрын
@@jansnauwaert1785I'm interested in why you don't like Heifetz's playing.
@jansnauwaert1785
10 ай бұрын
Well, it is personal of course. One can't deny that there is something really "perfect" in the way he plays. I understand fully that he is considered one of the greatest ever. But I don't like him. Because I don't like his tone, his tendency to play every piece very (or overly) fast as if it was a speed competition (let breathe the music!). So, he doesn't "speak" to me.@@frankie6954
@odilebeltran8462
10 ай бұрын
J'adore David Garrett...avec son le sien .... ❤
The sound of the violin is different from another recent recording by Giulio Plotino. Is that because the string used is different?
@nickdick2
3 жыл бұрын
The bow used is different, the player is different, the recording apparatus is different… so many variables, beyond the strings, that it is quite normal that it sound different…
@leodelonix155
3 жыл бұрын
@@nickdick2 Thanks a lot for the explanation! Then it seems to me that the hype for a particular instrument is more of psychological than vocal reasons.
@nickdick2
3 жыл бұрын
@@leodelonix155 in a certain measure yes, even if a "cartoon box" will never play like a Stradivari, no matter the strings, the bow and all the other parameters… I think that what makes a good instrument is the capability of giving a good sound (or better: a full range of sounds all good in different ways to the ear) and the easy for the player to get these sounds (a change it at will for the sake of the expression… ). At the end a good instrument is flexible and easy while a less good one is more "rigid" and hard to get what you want from it (i. e. sounds always the same)… this is what makes certain instruments "hype" for the great musicians, because they feel that with it they can really express "their own" sound with ease and so forth their musical ideas…
@leodelonix155
3 жыл бұрын
@@nickdick2 I see. As an audience, one might not experience what a musician would have the previledge to experience, which is critical here.
No wonder finely made/expensive bows break at the tip often.... look at the tension on that one!!! Good lord...
@liamnevilleviolist1809
3 жыл бұрын
Where is the camber? There's no camber.... just a straight stick. I'm scared haha.
@rohannr4255
3 жыл бұрын
@@liamnevilleviolist1809 Exactly, I am sweating my self. Jesus.
@jacemeldrum5052
Жыл бұрын
I wonder if it is a transitional bow...Paganini often used a nonstandard variety of transitional bow himself.
@liamnevilleviolist1809
Жыл бұрын
@@jacemeldrum5052 It's a modern bow, I looked at the head and the frog. I've been studying bowmaking for two years now and have looked through countless books showing different designs and the time periods when they were used etc. Yes, Paganini liked innovation, definitely (I'm remembering the steel bow as made by Vuillaume!)
@hobbysatanist6667
4 ай бұрын
Some people just play like that. Gil Shaham and Viktoria Mullova are other examples of violinists who play with really high bow tension. It doesn't look pretty but you can't really argue with the results they're getting.
Why does the bridge look so unusual at 4:22?
@oicfas4523
Жыл бұрын
It looks as if it's missing the upper couple of holes. Maybe something is showing through, making them not visible or something
@ryannguyen17650
6 ай бұрын
It the origanal bridge.
@robotnik77
4 ай бұрын
Yes; the bridge looks pretty high. My own was made high off the fingerboard, so I had my luthier, Rena Weisshaar, take a bit off the bridge, because when playing the high register the e-string can either wobble, or slice your finger! It makes finger placement more accurate. It depends on the angle of the fingerboard off the table. I have seen some old fiddles with gradually inclined shims under the fingerboard to give them a higher angle - because the original fingerboard was too flat. It's not attractive, but it's about playing.
Beautiful! Isn´t her bow a little straightend too much?
...finalmente, un Paganini "elegante", non d'assalto spaccaviolino!
I read somewhere that it was Paganini's last wish that his violin should never be played again after his death. Anyone ??
@aphremdanha5158
2 күн бұрын
I heard that too. The violin was aging poorly when someone started writing that the museum was allowing it to fall apart and become ruined, they succumbed to public pressure and eventually started taking care of it and allowed it to be played again. Im sure you can find it online. This was a brief summary.
Paganini's violin. Mozart and Beethoven's pianos. Maybelle Carter's guitar. Dock Boggs' banjo. Paul McCartney's bass. 😃 * gasp *
Not for fame or money. Just those 5 minutes.
Disappointed, you must add a part on this video and let us listen at the pure sound of the violin.
The history and pedigree of these instruments are what make them worth millions of dollars IMO. 0:38 If I didn't know better I would just think that was a well made Markneukrichen Guarneri copy from the 1920s. The scroll on this violin is also very crudely made. I just don't see this violin being millions of dollars better in quality.
@therealpalo001
Жыл бұрын
A lot of the Guarneri violins are crude and with thick plates ,but unique and sound gets better as they get older.
@PaperGrape
Жыл бұрын
Not to mention it would be useless unless a top luthier set it up properly after all these years. Nevertheless, a very fine instrument, nice scroll or not.
@robotnik77
4 ай бұрын
Legend has it that Guarneri's wife often made the scrolls.
Amazing playing but holy cow is that bow tight. What is going on?
@robotnik77
4 ай бұрын
It helps for some spiccatti.
Onestamente preferivo il suono DG , più naturale .Questa registrazione Chandos ha un riverbero un pò accentuato. Anche la scelta dei brani. Preferisco opere complete a paezzettini sparsi.
I just can compare it with Robert Johnson's acoustic guitar or the Beano Les Paul...sorry I am a "profano"
Nomientan..!!!! el video es para escuchar HABLAR a Francesca.......... no para escuchar "il cannone".......!!!!
No doubts about her abilities as a violinist, but this video is supposed to be about the violin, so please, more violin playing and less talk!
@francescadego
2 жыл бұрын
You have to listen to the album for the playing :)
@anonymousr1918
Жыл бұрын
@@francescadego Ciao Francesca
4:14: first violin lesson, never put a violin like this
@andrewvincenti2664
3 жыл бұрын
And the expert speaks and all hail, we shall obey and listen
@Tzctplus
3 жыл бұрын
Sure, because the *expert* handling the violin doesn't know what hes doing. Get a life.
@johnalexander301
3 жыл бұрын
I would never lay my violin on the bridge like that. I surprised he did that!
@liamnevilleviolist1809
3 жыл бұрын
In general...yes. It is genuinely lesson no1. when talking to new students about violin care. You know, one wrong step *especially if it's on the ground* or if it's left on the couch and you forget it's there, and the bridge is just going to go right through the front. *Speaking as a professional luthier though* , if it's placed gently on the E-string side then it's not the worst thing in the world to have a violin sitting like that for a short amount of time. The soundpost (if fitted correctly) relies on some pressure from the bridge as made by tightened A and E strings, so if placed on the table that way (which it *is* ) then it's alright. The only problem would be if the bridge shifted, but of course if it's handled carefully and the strings are strung to the performance pitch then the bridge is super likely *not* to move, and it would be checked by the curator and anyone involved in the violin's setup anyway after being lifted off the table. As long as they're not doing this every day, they're fine...
Hard to hear the violin with you talking all the way through.
unfortuately theres talking the whole time :(
That's absolutely disgusting! All the useless yak-yak and no chance to just hear the Cannone... Looks like the new generation, in the US at least, cannot appreciate music for itself any longer.
Too bad her comments & her music walk all over each other. It's hard to listen to either.