Recommendations of best violin recordings performances

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Thanks so much for the response! I've listened to most of the recommendations on Amazon and they're all great!

I am trying to find a "reference" level recording which I can use to test the timbre of my system for strings. Any suggestions in this regard?

Tchaikovsky-Glazunov Violin Concertos, with Maxim Vengerov. Teldec D112008 (Claudio Abbado and the Berlin Philharmonic.)

Try Ravel's "Tzigane", Stephen Chase performing. CALA: CACD1004.

Hi Bryan. Enjoying your emc-1 mkII? Great, huh?
Try Didier Lockwood's Tribute to Stephane Grapelli, on SONY/FRANCE (I forget what the NA label is).
Phenomenal violin harmonics and stand-up by Nils Orsted-Pedersen with Lagrene on acoustic guitar. This disc won 7 jazz awards in Europe in 2000. You'll love it.
Keep in touch. Ern