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    Well, this thread is about ranting and personal opinions, anyway.
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    I don't like the assistant principal viola in my orchestra. She's always complaining and complaining and complaining. However, she is a good player, which is positive but also prevents me from having ammunition against her.
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    More down the mainstream, I don't like Andre Rieu. Too much fuss about too little.

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    Quote Originally Posted by FoggyRoad81 View Post
    Sarah Chang, BLECH, I don't get it. So not musical, so boring so passionless, even when she's beating up her violin going for that enormous sound.

    Maxim Vengerov. I only recently became so fed up with him. It was his Saint Saens no 3 recording. UGH, what the hell went wrong there? He's abused his instrument to the point it can hardly produce a nice ringing tone without cracking in the most horrid places and didn't anyone tell him this is a juicy bit of lyrical genius not the Shostakovich? HORRID player.

    Maxim Vengerov! thank you! I find his overly-exaggurated facial expressions annoying. Have you seen him play le Dance des Lutins? Uggh, horrible. I don't like his style nad his face isn't helping the matter at all.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Luximus View Post
    Maxim Vengerov! thank you! I find his overly-exaggurated facial expressions annoying. Have you seen him play le Dance des Lutins? Uggh, horrible. I don't like his style nad his face isn't helping the matter at all.
    God, I saw a few of his videos yesterday. You're absolutely right, his stupid facial expressions are incredibly obnoxious. Not to mention his style.

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    He should try a clown nose!

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    I know almost every person who reads this is going to attempt to shoot me, but here goes...

    I honestly don't like... Jascha Heifetz .

    Here are my reasons:
    Yes, I do like his Mendelssohn and Tchaikovsky, and his Paganini, but his Brahms Violin Concerto is horrifying! He plays every note as though going "Oh, this is nothing. Just you wait for my cadenza!!!"
    He sounds like a freakin' robot. Little to no expression in his slow music, unless it's fairly straightforward. It's why I like his Bach Double and Brahms Double, but not the Mozart Sinfonia Concertante: he lacks the proper proportion of expression to structure in several pieces.

    Heifetz has his purposes, and I like quite a bit of his music, but there are several more pieces that he plays that I just can't stomach.

    Seriously.

    Stop giving me wierd looks!

    You may now proceed to load your pistols, sharpen your sharp objects, and otherwise try to do me lethal harm for disrespecting Jascha Heifetz.
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    Quote Originally Posted by World Violist View Post
    I know almost every person who reads this is going to attempt to shoot me, but here goes...

    I honestly don't like... Jascha Heifetz .

    Here are my reasons:
    Yes, I do like his Mendelssohn and Tchaikovsky, and his Paganini, but his Brahms Violin Concerto is horrifying! He plays every note as though going "Oh, this is nothing. Just you wait for my cadenza!!!"
    He sounds like a freakin' robot. Little to no expression in his slow music, unless it's fairly straightforward. It's why I like his Bach Double and Brahms Double, but not the Mozart Sinfonia Concertante: he lacks the proper proportion of expression to structure in several pieces.

    Heifetz has his purposes, and I like quite a bit of his music, but there are several more pieces that he plays that I just can't stomach.

    Seriously.

    Stop giving me wierd looks!

    You may now proceed to load your pistols, sharpen your sharp objects, and otherwise try to do me lethal harm for disrespecting Jascha Heifetz.

    Nah, I respect your opinion, as music has no rights or wrongs, only perceptions. Jascha heifeta, to me, is the master of violin technique, not necessarily expressiveness. In musicianship, I prefer Oistrakh and Stern(back in his prime) simply because of the emotions i feel through their playing. Heifetz' style of playing suits the likes of Paganini and Wieniawski and he plays a bit too fastb in my opinion. Nonethlss, he is one of my favorites due to his impeccable technique and expression. His vibrato is quite nice and his trills! Like a birdsong.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Luximus View Post
    Nah, I respect your opinion, as music has no rights or wrongs, only perceptions. Jascha heifeta, to me, is the master of violin technique, not necessarily expressiveness. In musicianship, I prefer Oistrakh and Stern(back in his prime) simply because of the emotions i feel through their playing. Heifetz' style of playing suits the likes of Paganini and Wieniawski and he plays a bit too fastb in my opinion. Nonethlss, he is one of my favorites due to his impeccable technique and expression. His vibrato is quite nice and his trills! Like a birdsong.
    Oh, I agree with you in that respect; I don't know a whole lot about Oistrakh or Stern's playing, but another player who I can feel emotinally is Menuhin. Another not-quite-so-popular person based on the feelings of the people I know, but I love how he just plays- it just sounds right...
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    Quote Originally Posted by World Violist View Post
    Oh, I agree with you in that respect; I don't know a whole lot about Oistrakh or Stern's playing, but another player who I can feel emotinally is Menuhin. Another not-quite-so-popular person based on the feelings of the people I know, but I love how he just plays- it just sounds right...
    Well Menuhin is a great violinist...very expressive. his playing style reminds me of air and gracefulness...I think he's always been a gentleman. in fact, he played for many american soldiers during WWII and was an active humanitarian. He was honoured by many top universities, including Oxford and Cambridge. But his playing just doesn't compare to David oistrakh and isaac stern, for me. you should really listen to them play!

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    Richard Stoltzman.

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    I agree with you. I also dislike Richard clayderman. His style too monotonous, repetitive, boring, He has no change in style. He doesn’t change his rhythm. I like Eminem very much. His rhythm and style both are very good. I like the song How you remind me.
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    Quote Originally Posted by jacobedmund View Post
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    I agree with you. I also dislike Richard clayderman. His style too monotonous, repetitive, boring, He has no change in style. He doesn’t change his rhythm. I like Eminem very much. His rhythm and style both are very good. I like the song How you remind me.
    Uh.....Eminem? You know this is a classical music forum, right?

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    I don't like it when hot young violinists milk their appearance for all its worth... I get tired of the idea that sex sells Vivaldi (!!) I believe that true musicians don't let their ego get in the way of the music.

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    Quote Originally Posted by gigspeak View Post
    I don't like it when hot young violinists milk their appearance for all its worth... I get tired of the idea that sex sells Vivaldi (!!) I believe that true musicians don't let their ego get in the way of the music.

    Tom
    I agree...

    But then again, if I were to release a violin CD, I'd want to look my best on the cover. Anyway, I prefer when artists put a picture of the composer or a painting instead of using an artsy-fartsy photoshopped picture of themselves as a cover.
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    I'd have to agree that I don't really "get" Nigel Kennedy - sure, he's a great violinist but a very false character.
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