The style is lyrical and majestic. The sound is wide and dynamic. I'm not seeing a disconnect in the recording I posted at all.
Normally I'm not one to do this, but after reading your comments, I really consider your credibility in judging quality audio to be questionable. Screeching simple double stops with predictable accents and bursts of 'rage' that sound like nails on a chalkboard... That just can't sound good any way you try to be kind in your description.
I actually do like the backup music going on in the Ikuko song linked on page 1, but it seriously carries the song. It's mostly well recorded and clean which clashes terribly with the violin making her sound even worse (if that's possible) than she already is. Her bow technique is sloppy, which is partly due to the excessive double stopping (takes a very good bow and great skill to do the technique she was trying to do while doing double stops). This is why a significant amount of bluegrass fiddle tends to sound screechy as well. I could go on and on, but in the grand scheme, there are thousands of college level players that are significantly better players than she is, lets not even talk about professionals. In the recording I posted, you can hear someone who actually has superb bow technique and very good intonation given the extreme pitch variations, including double movement double stops (not a simple open string like Ikuko) which are quite difficult, something I have a hard time doing, myself.
Edited by Maxvla - 8/19/10 at 2:07am
