Recent Posts Tagged With 'my favorite'

• Elgar Cello Concerto

  Posted on Saturday December 6th, 2008 at 17:51 in my favorite

  My younger son has been taking Cello lessons since September. After trying the violin, he was frustrated that he couldn't "out-do" his big brother:) So, he took a looong break from it and kept asking me if he could start Cello lesson. I put it off fo...

• Zoom H2 Recording Device

  Posted on Monday November 24th, 2008 at 12:43 in my favorite

  I purchased Zoom H2 Handy Portable Stereo Recorder a couple of months ago to record my son's required pieces for the competition he's entering. After searching the web for quite some time, I decided on this based on the customer reviews. When it co...

• Scottish Fantasia

  Posted on Friday February 29th, 2008 at 18:53 in my favorite

  I know people say this is Heifetz' piece. Yes, I understand. But, the first movement of this, I found Oistrakh's version very emotionally appealing. I have Oistrakh's recording from Decca and Heifetz' recording with Sir Malcom Sergent. Some says Oist...

• Art of Violin DVD

  Posted on Tuesday February 12th, 2008 at 21:44 in my favorite

  I bought Art of Violin DVD about 4 years ago. I just love this one and keep coming back to it. It is of course, directed by Bruno Monsaingeon. It has loads of clips of the violinists from the 19th -20th centuries, including Ysaye, Kreisler, Elman, Mi...

• Maxim Vengerov Masterclass DVD Review

  Posted on Friday February 1st, 2008 at 11:21 in my favorite

  Maxim Vengerov Masterclass DVD arrived from England the other day. I purchased Mendelssohn Violin Concerto in E minor Op. 64 DVD from the Masterclass Media Foundation, a non-profit organization which offers several masterclass DVDs for purchase. Th...

• Valeriy Sokolov

  Posted on Wednesday January 30th, 2008 at 13:00 in my favorite

  I've never heard of him until now and I was stunned to watch him on Youtube performing Ysaye "Ballade". He had a DVD just released called Valeriy Sokolov, Natural Born Fiddler directed by Bruno Monsaingeon. (You could watch his clips on the left sid...

• Maxim Vengerov Masterclass DVD

  Posted on Tuesday January 22nd, 2008 at 12:20 in my favorite

  When I was browsing through the web, I came across this website called The Masterclass Media Foundation. It is a charity that is creating unique archive. They released recently seriese of masterclass DVDs by Maxim Vengerov including Mendelsson Viol...

• Simply Sarah by Sarah Chang

  Posted on Wednesday December 19th, 2007 at 15:38 in my favorite

  My husband had a chance to go to NY for his business trip the other day. As soon as he got there, he called me from his cell asking me what I wanted from NY. I asked him if he had a time to go to Carnegie Hall, I wanted him to buy me something from t...

• Hilary Hahn - A Portrait

  Posted on Friday December 14th, 2007 at 08:29 in my favorite

  As an early Christmas gift for myself, I purchased Hilary Hahn: A Portrait DVD. It was filmed between 2003-2004. The camera follows Hilary's busy concertizing life. She is so cute. She doesn't look like a 25 years old. She could get away with saying ...

• Back to Bach by Gidon Kremer

  Posted on Thursday December 13th, 2007 at 13:46 in my favorite

  The Back to Bach by Gidon Kremer DVD I ordered arrived last night along with Arthur Grumiaux's Bach Sonata and Partita CD. So this morning, I watched the DVD. This only contains the Partita part. It was definitely Kremer's phrasing, very distincti...

• David Oistrakh

  Posted on Wednesday December 5th, 2007 at 08:07 in my favorite

  As a novice violin lover, David Oistrakh is one of my most favorite violinists. I like his phrasing and beautiful tone, color just to name a few.I first heard about him when my husband and I took my son to a Suzuki Camp in Atlanta. While my son was p...

• Barber Violin Concerto

  Posted on Saturday December 1st, 2007 at 07:24 in my favorite

  My current favorite is Barber Violin Concerto. When I heard that Cho-Liang Lin is coming to town and perform this piece, I immediately got a CD and started listening. The moment I listened to the beginning of the 1st movement, I just fell in love wit...