Violinists

BenJammin · 09-30-2005, 08:31 PM

A few days ago, I was going through some old cds and while listening to them, I found a lot of tracks had violin in them in either a lead or supporting role. I love the sound of the instrument (have for years), but I was wondering who I might want to look into for violinists? Either classical or modern is fine, solo or group, so long as it sounds good. Thanks.

***morrissey*** · 09-30-2005, 10:13 PM

Yellowcard

Amit · 09-30-2005, 10:27 PM

Shakti.

G_Mac07 · 09-30-2005, 10:32 PM

The Red Paintings are an excellent little band that features the Violin and Chello.

mr_jackalope · 10-01-2005, 01:50 AM

Stephane Grappelli's work with Django Reinhardt is pheonomenal.

Smackers · 10-01-2005, 07:30 AM

Carla Kihlstedt has done a lot of stuff like Sleepytime Gorilla Museum, Tin Hat Trio, 2 Foot Yard, and Book of Knots. I'd highly recommend her has a modern violinist.

Mazeppa · 10-01-2005, 08:35 AM

Ilya Kaler, modern violinist. I have a CD of Paganini's violin concertos 1 & 2 played by him, very good.

robo2448 · 10-01-2005, 10:45 AM

Bob Dylan- Desire and Live '75. He had a violinist who plays a pretty major role in most of the songs on those.

That_Dude · 10-01-2005, 10:47 AM

Mahavishnu Orchestra

Kayetan · 10-01-2005, 11:35 AM

Dirty Three, Balanescu Quartet. I have a few more but I can't think of their names right now.

G_Mac07 · 10-01-2005, 11:52 AM

/seconds The Dirty Three

Ned · 10-01-2005, 06:01 PM

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Mahavishnu Orchestra

That's the great Jerry Goodman in the original (REAL) Mahavishnu Orchestra, replaced by Jean-Luc Ponty in an inferior incarnation. Before Mahavishnu, Jerry Goodman was playing violin (and guitar) in a rock group called The Flock. The Flock replaced him with another violinist when he left. There were a fair number of hard rock groups with violinists in the early seventies: The Jefferson Airplane had Papa John Creach, and It's a Beautiful Day and McKenzie Spring also had violinists. I saw The Animals a few years ago. The (then) current keyboardist was doubling on hard-rock violin. Keyboardist Eddie Jobson of UK and Jethro Tull also doubled on violin.

Regina Carter is a relatively young very adept jazz violinist. I like her much better live (I've seen her twice) than on recordings. Among the jazz old-timers are Joe Venuti and Stuff Smith.

There are zillions of classical violinists, of course. Three of the most famous in the recording era are Fritz Kriesler, Jascha Heifitz, and Isaac Stern. I saw Isaac Stern in concert once (for free), however, and was not especially impressed. He was standing a few feet away from me, and his double stops were not quite in tune.

FillInTheBlankHere___ · 10-07-2005, 06:29 PM

My favourite modern classical violinists are Gil Shaham (beautiful, warm tone) and James Ehnes (such clarity). I'm not really a big Ilya Kaler fan, I find that his recording of Paganini's 24 Caprices pales to Ehnes' or Itzhak Perlman's... of course, that may be in part because of Naxos' inferior sound quality.

Ned · 10-08-2005, 12:29 AM

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Originally Posted by FillInTheBlankHere___

My favourite modern classical violinists are Gil Shaham (beautiful, warm tone) and James Ehnes (such clarity). I'm not really a big Ilya Kaler fan, I find that his recording of Paganini's 24 Caprices pales to Ehnes' or Itzhak Perlman's... of course, that may be in part because of Naxos' inferior sound quality.

Ah, Naxos. My brother and mother are seeing Perlman this Sunday (the day after tomorrow), and I'll hear a report when I visit Wednesday. No one's mentioned Louis Farrakhan yet, by the way.

fiddler · 10-08-2005, 04:32 PM

Hello, my first post. I was looking around for anything "fiddle or violin" when I came across this topic. Is there any other discussions on the above?

.....while I'm here, I may as well holler out GIVVER!

There now! That ought ta bring out a fiddler, if there are any around

scotch · 10-08-2005, 05:29 PM

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Originally Posted by fiddler

Hello, my first post. I was looking around for anything "fiddle or violin" when I came across this topic. Is [?] there any other discussions on the above?

.....while I'm here, I may as well holler out GIVVER!

There now! That ought ta bring out a fiddler, if there are any around

I was in the music store the other day, and I overheard a clerk tell a customer that you can play "fiddle music on a violin", and of course I thought to myself, "What an idiot." In fact, fiddle is merely the traditional British term for violin. Percy Grainger, who grew up in Australia, studied in Germany, made his mark as a composer in England, and then moved to the United States to escape WWI, calls the cello a "low fiddle" and the viola a "middle fiddle". The reason Appalachian Mountaineers traditionally call the violin a fiddle is that they're descendents of British Isles common folk.

fiddler · 10-08-2005, 06:07 PM

On the other hand, you can play violin music on a fiddle too, haha!

> The reason Appalachian Mountaineers traditionally call the violin a fiddle is that they're descendents of British Isles common folk.

I didn't know that. Interesting.

The only difference between a fiddle and a violin, is one doesn't care if they spill beer on a fiddle.

Ned · 10-09-2005, 12:04 AM

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Originally Posted by fiddler

On the other hand, you can play violin music on a fiddle too, haha!

> The reason Appalachian Mountaineers traditionally call the violin a fiddle is that they're descendents of British Isles common folk.

I didn't know that. Interesting.

The only difference between a fiddle and a violin, is one doesn't care if they spill beer on a fiddle.

Just don't spill any moonshine on it.

fiddler · 10-09-2005, 07:07 AM

> Just don't spill any moonshine on it.

Methinks there's a story behind that, Ned. Care to share?

Ned · 10-15-2005, 05:01 AM

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> Just don't spill any moonshine on it.

Methinks there's a story behind that, Ned. Care to share?

It's like a joke.

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Mazeppa Molto Appassionato Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Avec la Fée Posts: 7,238	Ilya Kaler, modern violinist. I have a CD of Paganini's violin concertos 1 & 2 played by him, very good.

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robo2448 Get Back Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: i was born a ramblin' man Posts: 4,883	Bob Dylan- Desire and Live '75. He had a violinist who plays a pretty major role in most of the songs on those.

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Kayetan Registered User Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 6,543	Dirty Three, Balanescu Quartet. I have a few more but I can't think of their names right now.

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FillInTheBlankHere___ Look, a 3-headed monkey! Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Ottawa, Canada Posts: 2,327	My favourite modern classical violinists are Gil Shaham (beautiful, warm tone) and James Ehnes (such clarity). I'm not really a big Ilya Kaler fan, I find that his recording of Paganini's 24 Caprices pales to Ehnes' or Itzhak Perlman's... of course, that may be in part because of Naxos' inferior sound quality.

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fiddler Registered User Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Up the River from the Bay of Fundy. Posts: 3	Hello, my first post. I was looking around for anything "fiddle or violin" when I came across this topic. Is there any other discussions on the above? .....while I'm here, I may as well holler out GIVVER! There now! That ought ta bring out a fiddler, if there are any around

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fiddler Registered User Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Up the River from the Bay of Fundy. Posts: 3	On the other hand, you can play violin music on a fiddle too, haha! > The reason Appalachian Mountaineers traditionally call the violin a fiddle is that they're descendents of British Isles common folk. I didn't know that. Interesting. The only difference between a fiddle and a violin, is one doesn't care if they spill beer on a fiddle.

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fiddler Registered User Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Up the River from the Bay of Fundy. Posts: 3	> Just don't spill any moonshine on it. Methinks there's a story behind that, Ned. Care to share?