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If I love Itzhak Perlman, what's next?

post #1 of 25
3/21/10 at 6:50pm
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As the title says, I just got a lot of CDs from him today and I love it. Who else should I give a listen to?
Thanks in advance.
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post #2 of 25
3/21/10 at 6:59pm
what is it you love about his playing? Are you looking for more violin music in general, or other violinists?

I'd recommend Nathan Milstein. There's something about his tone that gives me shivers every time!
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post #3 of 25
3/21/10 at 7:11pm
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Both
But I love the violin so.... yea anything good just gimme a name and I'll see how it is.
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post #4 of 25
3/21/10 at 8:36pm
I assume you already know of the 'repertoire pieces' (Beethoven, Brahms, Tchaikovsky, Sibelius concertos etc..) so here's some less well-known ones I love:

Bartok - Violin Sonatas, Solo Sonata (Tetzlaff/Andsnes)
Adams - Dharma at Big Sur (for electric violin. it's really interesting!)
Bernstein - Serenade After Plato's 'Symposium'
Brahms - Double Concerto (the violin part is one of my favorites)
Britten - Violin Concerto (Lubotsky/Britten)
Dvorak - Violin Concerto (Sporcl/Ashkenazy)
Glass - Violin Concerto (Kremer)
Schuman - Violin Concerto (Quint/Serebrier)
Schumann - Violin Concerto (Kremer/Harnoncourt)
Stravinsky - Violin Concerto (Frautschi/Craft)
Vaughan Williams - The Lark Ascending
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post #5 of 25
3/21/10 at 9:26pm
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Thanks a lot radiohlite. Now only if I had
a) Money to buy CDs
b) More time during the day to listen to music
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post #6 of 25
3/21/10 at 9:41pm
Great younger violinists:
Joshua Bell
Hillary Hahn
Great Concertos:
Mendelssohn's violin concerto
Brahm's violin concerto
Tchaykovsky's violin concerto
Beethoven's violin concerto
to name a few.... enjoy them!
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post #7 of 25
3/21/10 at 10:16pm
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And the list goes on. I now see why some people need the iPod classic to hold all of their music haha.
Equipment + Flac = Good times to come
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post #8 of 25
3/21/10 at 10:28pm
If you like the sound and style of Perlman I'd give Anne-Sophie Mutter a listen. I'm glad you're enjoying your discs!
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post #9 of 25
3/21/10 at 10:30pm
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Haha I wish my parents would say the same; I think they get tired of yelling for me to no avail. They then have to walk upstairs to get me to do something (IEMs + upstairs corner room = no outside sound
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post #10 of 25
3/21/10 at 11:49pm
I'd like to recommend my favorite violin piece; Bach's Ciaccona (or Chaconne), the last part of his Partita No. 2 for solo violin. Never heard anything like it and don't think I ever will. Check it out!
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post #11 of 25
3/22/10 at 12:03am
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Thanks; and in fact I actually think that I have that already; it's quite long, the total thing, isn't it? I might be confusing it with something else though; I'll check when I synch my T51 tomorrow
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post #12 of 25
3/22/10 at 12:24am
Some violinists from the other side of the Atlantic - Rachel Podger, Daniel Hope, and Nigel Kennedy all have recorded the standard Bach, Mendelssohn, Beethoven, and Vivaldi repertoire. Hope to me is probably one of the most naturally gifted violinists I have ever listened to and his Bach and Mendelssohn (recently with DG) recordings are very well done indeed. He has a raw temperament, and his exquisite playing reflects an almost improvisational approach to each piece. Ditto Kennedy, to a lesser degree. If you're into more of a clinical approach ala Heifetz, Hahn would be another choice.
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post #13 of 25
3/22/10 at 2:02am
FWIW, I prefer Sarah Chang's recording of Tchaikovsky's Violin Concerto in D to either Milstein's or Perlman's. For ~5 bucks on Amazon, why not?
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post #14 of 25
3/22/10 at 4:22am
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Originally Posted by indydieselnut View Post
If you like the sound and style of Perlman I'd give Anne-Sophie Mutter a listen.
Stylistically, definitely not.
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post #15 of 25
3/22/10 at 8:17am
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Originally Posted by DeusEx View Post
Stylistically, definitely not.
The OP sounds like someone new to classical music, which is great! Perlman has a lush, rich violin tone with wonderfully varied vibrato and a bow technique that generally leans to the connected/legato style of playing. If someone new to classical music enjoys Perlman (in general), I wouldn't recommend Elizabeth Wallfisch (in general). I think of Mutter and Perlman as more similar than different in the sense that they both care a great deal about beauty of tone and the fact that any sort of strict performance practice being subservient to their interpretive vision for a particular work.

I was ever so slightly reluctant to respond due to the unequivocal nature of your comment, but I wanted to encourage the OP that the classical music world isn't as opaque as some would make it out to be.

Again, I want to encourage the spirit of this thread being about helping the OP discover the thrill and beauty of this fantastic genre!

I will heartily second the recommendation of the "ciaccona" from the d-minor partita for solo violin by J.S. Bach. The OP is correct, it is a relatively long piece but completely worth multiple listens! If you currently have Perlman playing it, it would be very interesting for you to find it performed by someone like Elizabeth Wallfisch just so you see how different a piece of music can sound when performed by a different artist. It will give you an idea of how classical music buffs end up with twenty different recordings of their favorite piece!
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