Most achingly-beautiful music

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Dvorak Romance for Violin and Orchestra (Anne Akiko Meyers playing violin)
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Ralph Vaughan Williams, "The Lark Ascending" - romance for violin and Orchestra (Anne Akiko Meyers).
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Both pieces are on an out of print CD that has Anne Akiko Meyers playing the Mendelssohn Violin Concerto, both pieces above and Massenet's Meditation.
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This is just a gorgeous, gorgeous CD that is worth looking for on eBay. Anne’s playing is just heavenly and the music is to die for.
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Rgds,
Larry
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I too like Anne Akiko's playing - I went to school with her - and she was as nice as beautiful even then. I play the cello - do you play also?

Her playing is different from the usual New-York style of Isaac Stern group - softer and sentimental in approach. Pleasure to find a musician who will follow a different drumer - we enjoy variety this way.

I love the sound of David Oistrach's violin - so rich and deep - pierces my heart and not just my ears on a good system.

I had to revive this again - Samual Barber Adagio

Also its the main theme to the movie Platoon. Just beatiful

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Gonglee3,
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I picked the moniker "Cello" due to my love of the instrument. Unfortunately, I don't play. I have dabbled in several instruments, but never the Cello or Violin.
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I also have a great passion for the Violin and Viola as well.
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Anne is one of my favorite Violinists. I have quite a few of David Oistrak's LPs. I also love and collect Henryk Szeryng's LP's. Some of his recordings are just incredible.
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Rgds,
Larry
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1) Richard Strauss, Last Four Songs (Vier letzte Lieder) sung by Lucia Popp, on Sony with Thomas conducting LSO: play it late at night, and if you cannot get that recording don't bother. 2) Nathan Milstein's Bach Solo Sonatas/Partitas. 3)Quan Zhou and Edmund Battersby playing Romance in F minor, op. 11, on Dvorak: Music for Violin and Piano, Vol 1, on Naxos. 4) Josef Suk and Julius Katchen (and only them) playing the Brahms Violin Sonatas.