Most beautiful violin recording you have heard

Itzhak Perlman and John Williams: Cinema Serenade. Beautifully recorded, amazing performance. All the local dealers now have this CD after I demoed their equipment using it. Cheers!

I would add Sibelius V.Concerto and second the Brahms Double (there's also a great version with Piatigorski), Tchaikovski & Beethoven.

I'm still looking for my "reference" performance for the Sibelius: the C Ferras/Karajan is nicely balanced (orch-virtuoso) BUT doesn't transport me.

Any unusual (i.e. other than Heifetz/Oistrakh...) suggestions?

Mark Oconnor's Ashokan Farewell

This would be Debussy&Brahms Sonatas on Wilson Audio #8722. David Abel with Stradivarius and Julie Steinberg on Bosendorfer Grand piano. Does it get better than that? I don't think so. So far to me this is finest violin recording and at the same time most beautiful.

For Gregm on emphasizing the beauty of the pieces, Milstein and Sitkovetsky, Bach Sonatas and Partitas. I would also check out Fritz Kreisler, the recent transfers are decent and he certainly emphasized beauty of tone. The reference perfomance of the Sibelius is the 1935 Heifitz with Beecham and the London Philharmonic.