tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6768110968262106410.post9202909196229997913..comments2024-01-02T07:46:37.119-08:00Comments on SmorgZone: Some good things are free: Viviane Hagner does Vieuxtemps 5th & Beethoven violin romancesSmorghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01604438508775705758noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6768110968262106410.post-57453044997651670122013-04-06T02:07:15.334-07:002013-04-06T02:07:15.334-07:00Hey Smorgy,
The violin is a really amazing instru...Hey Smorgy,<br /><br />The violin is a really amazing instrument. And one of my favorites is Beethoven's violin concerto (Opus 61). As far as I know he only made this one. <br /><br />Please listen to Mr Menuhin, redorded in 1981 in Leipzig<br /> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CkD3V2kVQJo<br /><br />Jehudi Menuhin was an outstanding performer, here he manages to make a round, deep sound and Georghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05379915142029115257noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6768110968262106410.post-56422331116528133032013-04-04T20:50:51.302-07:002013-04-04T20:50:51.302-07:00Hallo Georgy,
Did you like Vieuxtemps' concer...Hallo Georgy,<br /><br />Did you like Vieuxtemps' concerto? The opening movement of it took a while to warm to for me, but I'm liking it more every time I listen. :o)<br /><br />The violin sure looks difficult to play. I wish I'm more familiar with it. Been looking up lots of clips on youtube, tho. The documentary film on Ida Haendel is particularly instructive (she's playing a Smorghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01604438508775705758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6768110968262106410.post-62539090756371758142013-03-27T02:59:42.603-07:002013-03-27T02:59:42.603-07:00First time ever, Smorgy, that I listen to Mr Vieux...First time ever, Smorgy, that I listen to Mr Vieuxtemps. <br /><br />The violin is a terrible instrument, so difficult to play. Some years ago, I went to listen to Beethoven's violin concerto in Paris. There was a part where the guy had to start playing with a very long, deep and loud sound: it went wrong, slightly wrong. Don't know why but I loved it. I only wonder why this kind of Georghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05379915142029115257noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6768110968262106410.post-74051328988574507692013-03-25T20:35:18.441-07:002013-03-25T20:35:18.441-07:00Hiya Eyes, Yvette, & Ear:
Please do catch it....Hiya <b>Eyes</b>, <b>Yvette</b>, & <b>Ear</b>: <br />Please do catch it. I'd love to hear what you think! :oD I was thrilled to death when Classiclive extended that clip's vanishing date (it was supposed to have gone offline on March 24th, but somehow that got extended to April 12th instead. I've been dropping in for my musical fix almost everyday... Wanted it etched to my brain Smorghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01604438508775705758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6768110968262106410.post-18626064689490430562013-03-25T20:26:07.725-07:002013-03-25T20:26:07.725-07:00Cool! I will also have to catch this before it van...Cool! I will also have to catch this before it vanishes.earwormoperahttp://earwormopera.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6768110968262106410.post-42681290733017113162013-03-25T17:44:24.699-07:002013-03-25T17:44:24.699-07:00Always new territories to explore... thank you Smo...Always new territories to explore... thank you Smorgy, and keep going to operas and concerts for our pleasure above all when it is free ! <br />yvettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02298209092809775284noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6768110968262106410.post-68028244812990142542013-03-24T03:24:27.032-07:002013-03-24T03:24:27.032-07:00"just a tad shy of strident" - brillian..."just a tad shy of strident" - brilliant Smorgy! :)<br />I must go and hear this at the earliest opportunityAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com