A selection of strings

http://www.cbc.ca/radio2/cod/concerts/20080407fidle

some of my favourite musicians at one of the Oliver Schroer benefit concerts of earlier in 2008

Sigiswald Kuijken



http://www.bach-cantatas.com/Bio/Kuijken-Sigiswald.htm

http://www.last.fm/music/Sigiswald+Kuijken

And then there is one of my favourite Australians

http://www.last.fm/music/Elizabeth+Wallfisch

http://www.hyperion-records.co.uk/a.asp?a=A281

and then there is http://www.ensemblepolaris.com/

(there are samples at their website)

(how much competition can there be for that role?)

Marco Cera, guitar
Kirk Elliott, harp, bagpipes, dulcimer, violin, etc.
Margaret Gay, 'cello
Ben Grossman, hurdy gurdy
Katherine Hill, voice, vielle
Alison Melville, traverso, recorders, seljefløyte
Colin Savage, clarinet, bass clarinet, recorders
Debashis Sinha, percussion of all kinds

That's easily the best interpretation of the piece I've ever heard. Thanks!

I'll be back to check others out and post more later, I bought a huge classical music album last night and have been busy exploring it.

Right now I am loving the Anner Blysma video of the Bach Cello Suite No. 1 prelude.

I have and also like - right now not as well - Janos Starker's playing of the same piece -





and here is Jacqueline du Pre and the first movement of Elgar's Concerto No. 1 -





(sorry for not seeing your pssst! comment right away, RG.)

You should include a Brazilian. Heitor Villa-Lobos was the son of a Spanish immigrant to Brazil; Heitor became arguably the greatest Brazilian composer. He wrote a series of works using Brazilian themes, motifs and musical values, but based on works of J. S. Bach, called the Bachianas Brazileiras. The Bachiana Brazileira No. 5 was scored for Soprano and eight cellos.

This performance by Victoria de los Angeles is a wonderful example. It would probably be not to difficult to find a better audio, and they apparently decided not to include any video in this one. The problem is that it is usually not performed as scored, often substituting a piano for the eight cellos, or using a single cello. But i think you might enjoy this.

I posted a few. Villa-Lobos definitely deserves a spot here though.

I really liked this one, and want to buy it.

I've bookmarked an Amazon mp3 store url for him to explore later, but if you happen to know exactly what release has this track please let me know.

It's pretty damn good isn't it? He's another guy I've bookmarked to buy since starting this thread.



Wow, I liked that one a lot (can never get enough of that piece and this is a great interpretation)!

I've now listened to the Villa-Lobos three times in a row. I'm glad you started this thread--i've not listened to that since there was a thread about cello works . . . started by JPB? It's definitely one of my all-time favorites.

This is one of my favorite pieces:

http://www.last.fm/music/Dmitri+Shostakovich/_/Chm+Sym+for+Strs%2C+Op.110a%3A+Allegretto%3A+Attacca

I appreciate you starting this clasical music thread. I have a huge collection of LPs that I treasure.

Albuquerque has a classic music radio station, which is the only one I listen to. Partly because I was born with Absolute Pitch, and many types of music, especially country and asian, hurt my ears because they are not true to pitch.

Many people don't know what absolute and perfect pitch means, so here is information:

Definitions of absolute pitch on the Web:

the ability to identify the pitch of a tone
wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn

perfect pitch
en.wiktionary.org/wiki/absolute_pitch

Rare ability to identify or to vocally produce any note on the musical scale, without reference to another, heard tone.
highered.mcgraw-hill.com/sites/0072887605/student_view0/chapter12/glossary.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Absolute_pitch
www.123exp-music.com/t/00334073748/

I still like the yoyo guy...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RM9DPfp7-Ck&feature=related

Stanley Jordan deserves a spot on this thread

Celtic dueling violins - Smith & Nesbitt. Live from Hyde Park London.



Perlman & Zukerman - Leclair: Sonata No. 5 for Two Violins

Seriously digging Baden Powell today...

Baden Powell - Prelude in A minor


Baden Powell - Tristeza


Baden Powell - Etude n°3 in E major by chopin


Baden Powell & Dulce Nunes- Tristeza & Solidão



One Note Samba
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ge8pBh2S-lQ


Baden Powell - 1 - Insonia 2 - Garota de Ipanema 3 - Aos pes da santa cruz 4 - Marcha escocesa

Rodrigo y Gabriela - Tamacun



Absolutely disgusting! Bought their self-titled album seconds after finding this video and it's solid as a rock.

This is very cool. I enjoyed watching them play as much as I enjoyed the music. Reminds me of the dueling banjos in Deliverance, only this is with cellos and has more of a classical flare.