Thank you so much for making a video like this! I sure hope you got good shots of their instruments too! I've always wanted to see a video of the Soil Strad in full HD. I want this DVD when it comes out!!!
Really looking forward to what looks like a very well made documentary. I wonder if it will make the point that, as charismatic as Strads and Guarneris are, it is the player whose skill, style, bow pressure, vibrato and phrasing gives the ultimate character to the sound.
Be sure to check out this video starting at 2:06. The relationship of a master violinist with his violin parallels remarkably the business owner's relationship with his business!
It is all subjective. They are all works of art. I think the right violin is matched to the right player as an extension of them. It is the expression of the players soul. They are all wonderful.
LOVED this video!!!....But why does the description fail to mention James Ehnes? He is, (in my humble opinion) one the greatest, contemporary violinists on the planet! To me, his style is the perfect balance between artistic musicality & superb technique.
I am looking forward to this documentary. In fact it is a pitty that we didn't know each other before you started this project. Maybe as you may know I play the "Gibson" Stradivari Viola (1734). The last Viola build by Antonio Stradivari. Also what might have been interesting for you is the fact that I am part of the Stradivari Quartet. The only quartet besides the Tokyo String Quartet where all members play instruments by Antonio Stradivari.
Kurt S Close, sure. In fact, the eldest Guarneri, Andrea, apprenticed with Nicolo Amati. That said, Andrea's grandson, Giuseppe (a.k.a. del Gesù), very creatively departed from his family tradition and was known for his unique style. These are the Guarneri violins that are the most celebrated. The Amati violins are, in a way, predecessors to the Guarneri style and don't quite reach the same level of fame and value as Stradavari and Guarneri. A Guarneri fetched the highest price paid for a violin at the time in 1999, although Stradavari instruments later surpassed this. Whereas an Amati is valued at around $600k.
***** Wow. That's amazing information. Thanks! I just asked because I bought an amati copy over a stradivarius copy (I know copies aren't at all close to the real thing, but you know. Maybe the strad copy was better) Still very happy with my violin now. Maybe in the near future I can get a real one. Thanks for such an enlightening comment. :)
Thank you so much for making a video like this! I sure hope you got good shots of their instruments too! I've always wanted to see a video of the Soil Strad in full HD. I want this DVD when it comes out!!!
Oh my gosh! So I'm NOT the only one that sees colors with music!! Thank you Itzhak Perlman! :D
Pushed it harder, meaning your emotionally suppressed harder, this is how you tell story.
What an exciting video. Sign me up when thh full copy is released.
-Peter
wonderfull and very enjoyable video. Thank you for posting.
Really looking forward to what looks like a very well made documentary. I wonder if it will make the point that, as charismatic as Strads and Guarneris are, it is the player whose skill, style, bow pressure, vibrato and phrasing gives the ultimate character to the sound.
thank you very much! I will listen the whole sonata.
Simply amazing!
I also would love to have this DVD when it comes out!! wonderful
Be sure to check out this video starting at 2:06. The relationship of a master violinist with his violin parallels remarkably the business owner's relationship with his business!
Wow what an amazing documentary... !🎻❤️ I'll search for the complete version...
It is all subjective. They are all works of art. I think the right violin is matched to the right player as an extension of them. It is the expression of the players soul. They are all wonderful.
LOVED this video!!!....But why does the description fail to mention James Ehnes?
He is, (in my humble opinion) one the greatest, contemporary violinists on the planet! To me, his style is the perfect balance between artistic musicality & superb technique.
We just signed a deal with PBS to start airing on May 1st nationally.
The DVD will become available shortly after that.
I am looking forward to this documentary. In fact it is a pitty that we didn't know each other before you started this project.
Maybe as you may know I play the "Gibson" Stradivari Viola (1734). The last Viola build by Antonio Stradivari. Also what might have been interesting for you is the fact that I am part of the Stradivari Quartet.
The only quartet besides the Tokyo String Quartet where all members play instruments by Antonio Stradivari.
First piece is Lotus Land written by Cyrill Scott
i would love to watch a free one!
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We now have the documentary available at the above website violin-masters
thank you for your patience
Yes
4:58 "Jimmy" Lin described perfectly the differences between the Del Gesu and Strad violin....
He likes both, depending on time of year, and weather.
awesome :)
Tocar ,expor a alegria do,violinista exencia, da vida, renovo ,demiluizpires , brs.
We are working on a TV deal before we release it as a DVD. Stay tuned.
This is very, very good. Where can I get this?
can someone tell me.. what the name of cho lian ling playing at 4:55
+Pujo Nur Fahmi 4 Seasons by Vivaldi
wich is the name of the fist melody?
sorry what is the full website address
Tell me someone what is the name of the song that Itzhak played first. After the James guy
Can someone please tell me the first song name. Thanks
Mr. Lin was playing "The four seasons"
what is the name of the song of the minute 3;45 ?
Does Perlman like Stradivarius or Guarnerius more?
Is there a "set" release date for a dvd? Where could one be ordered from?
Thanks.
What was the piece that Cho-Liang Lin was playing?
Shipping to Brazil?
can amati violins produce music close to the level of sound strads and guarneri make?
Kurt S Close, sure. In fact, the eldest Guarneri, Andrea, apprenticed with Nicolo Amati. That said, Andrea's grandson, Giuseppe (a.k.a. del Gesù), very creatively departed from his family tradition and was known for his unique style. These are the Guarneri violins that are the most celebrated. The Amati violins are, in a way, predecessors to the Guarneri style and don't quite reach the same level of fame and value as Stradavari and Guarneri. A Guarneri fetched the highest price paid for a violin at the time in 1999, although Stradavari instruments later surpassed this. Whereas an Amati is valued at around $600k.
***** Wow. That's amazing information. Thanks! I just asked because I bought an amati copy over a stradivarius copy (I know copies aren't at all close to the real thing, but you know. Maybe the strad copy was better) Still very happy with my violin now. Maybe in the near future I can get a real one. Thanks for such an enlightening comment. :)
I don't know, but I heard Perlman in real life; and homie has some powers with a violin, that part is for sure.
Any idea of the piece Midori is playing at around 3:30?
Violin sonata Richard Strauss
Sorry noooooo violin sonata Saint Saens!!!
did you find out what is Midori playing?
I would say a cello is more intimate :D That one, you have to hold in your lap and almost hug. :)
@ctfamily40 Saint Saens violin sonata 4th movement.
The "James guy"...has a last name. It's Ehnes. : )
Heifetz preferred Guarneri by saying it's robust than Strad
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6:23 Huh??? lol
If you do not love Gaurneri, you are not violinist.
Tomatoes and potatoes or tomatoes...
Ever hear of some guy named Amati? 🙄
Jiji Andrea Amati..master of strad and guar
No one should be hiring Pinchas Zukerman again after all those anti-Korean comments he made.... he really has a Kyung-Wha Chung complex
Many "legends" prefer Del Gesu, Paganini, Ole bull, Heifetz, etc.
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