killer violin tracks.

A very enthusiastic second to the Lara St. John / Bach recommendation. It will raise the hairs on the back of your neck, and on the back of anywhere else you happen to have hairs! Another wonderful performance and recording is the EMI recording of the Vengerov / Ysaye, Shchedrin & Bach Sonatas. Both these are solo violin recordings.

Another favorite, in spite of being mono recordings, are the harder to find recrodings of Leonid Kogan. His performances of the Beethoven Violin Concerto and the Tchaicovsky Violin Concerto are both very moving, even in mono!

Marco

Morimur (Partita in D minor BWV 1004 for solo Violin)- JSBach. played on baroque violin by Christoph Poppen with the Hilliard Ensemble. ECM New Series 1765

Absolutely mesmerizing! It's a must!

Try one of the BOND CDs, BORN or SHINE. They play electric and acoustic. Classical style music played over modern rock and dance beats. Fun stuff! Try the DVD as well.
Sonny

It's a Beautiful Day - "White Bird." This is a rock band from SF in the 60's. "White Bird" is a great song off a good album with a darn good violin solo on it.

as a "newbie" i liked mendelssohn..a new version that's nice is hilary hahns.. and thanx rushton for your great review in this thread!