ask james :lol:

I came across a series of CD sets on the History of Recorded Viola music...how cool is that??? They even have (very scratchy) copies of recording done way back around 1910...

...boy...some of them sound rather awful...I don't know if the quality of the original recording (not this re-re-recording) or earlier violists just didn't play very well...

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<span style='color:green'><span style='font-family:Optima'>Music is what feelings sound like...Anon</span>.</span>

did you find any tertis in there?

I like primrose alot, but his tone is too altoish, I like tenors :P

currently (and strangely enough) my favourite violist is [drumroll] David Oistrach :blink:

Oistrach with viola is awesome, like his violin playing amazing!!! So charming when he plays duets with Igor.

...yes, they have examples of recordings of Tertis (which I listened to already...in sequence) and Primrose (just listening to him now)...still have 1 1/2 CDs to go in the two sets I have on hand...

...wish I had the other two too!...

nice.

It's a great collection...esp. from a historical perspective...

...listened to Hindemith...

...there are a couple of songs on there I really like...must see if I can get them...they weren't the extremely virtuostic works...sounded simpler...hopefully I can manage...

so, how is it so far?

you know, I am sure everybody would love to hear you play some viola music

Well now...I need a mike...and someone to show me how to record with the computer...then I'll give it a try...

...but nothing fancy...at least with the easy stuff I can fake it...

*excited by prospect of hearing nox*

we can barely wait

...don't hold your breath or anything...likely not until this fall sometime...need to have few lessons again after the summer off...(from lessons that is, not practicing...I've been practicing every day!)...

ah well.

I am learning lensky's aria from eugene onegin on recorder. once I get through the rough spots at the end, I'll see if I can put it up.

well, the rough spots are pretty much still there. I also don't have the patience to learn the ending, which is why the recording ends when lensky says "no ti, ti, olga". which is about two thirds through the aria.
try not to be put off by the tone, it really doesn't sound like that in real life, I'm recording through a $5 headset.
some faults however are not from the mic: notice the weak lower register, the shaky notes, the horrible articulation, the excessive rubato, and useless slides which happened because I was too lazy to use my tongue etc... (not to mention the intonation :unsure

...well, it's likely my computer...but I wasn't able to hear it after it downloaded...sorry!...

hmm. I don't know what the problem could be. I will see if I could put it in a different format tomorrow (maybe even rerecord it, which would be much better <_< )