The Greatest Violinist You Probably Never Heard Of

Self | January 6, 2018 | PJ-Comix

[PJ-Comix]

"Alexa, play Fritz Kreisler."

I say that command several times a week (sometimes twice a day) to my Echo Dot. Why? Because after discovering the violin music of Fritz Kreisler, I have become hooked. His style is incredibly soothing and makes me relax. He also plays in quite a haunting manner as you can hear in his LIEBESLIED.

I first discovered Kreisler several months ago after watching the movie, "Music of the Heart" about a violin teacher. It featured a cameo by Isaac Stern. As is often the case I did a bit of research on Stern and found out he was inspired by Fritz Kreisler. Curious, I checked out the violin music of Kreisler and became instantly hooked.

Now I play Kreisler all the time. Alexa shuffles his violin music so I get hours of his repertoire at a time. I find his music also helps me sleep. Very soothing but also very inspiring.

[expat2]

Very beautiful.
Nice fiddle playing but we must give ultimate credit to the composer, Massenet.

[UCANSEE2]

A wise man once said, "Good music should be played loudly."AND WITH GUSTO !!!!!

VANESSA MAE and the SCORPIONS - Still Loving You.

Vanessa Mae -THE STORM

Vanessa-Mae plays Toccata & Fugue

Storm - Vanessa Mae to 432 Hz ( YOU GOTTA SEE THE VIDEO TO THIS ONE)

[dfwgator]

"That's how you do it, son."

[ransomnote]

bmk

[Publius]

Everybody who knows classical music knows Kreisler.

He wrote (1) pieces in his own name and style, (2) pieces in the styles of others under his own name, and (3) pieces that he attempted to pass off as the works of others. Everybody who worked with him loved him.

There is a famous story about him. Back in the Teens or Twenties, Kreisler appeared in a recital in Portland (OR) with a pianist named Bowman. They performed Beethoven's "Kreutzer" Violin Sonata. Then at a party afterward, they performed it again -- with Kreisler on the piano and Bowman on the violin.

[Banjoguy]

Kreisler, is my favorite, especially his original compositions, which contain wonderful piano accompaniment. I recently completed a recording on my plectrum banjo. of “Rondino”, a violin version of a Beethoven rondo which he dedicated to Misha Ellman...turned out pretty good. Production is a few weeks away.

[Sirius Lee]

Vanessa-Mae plays Toccata & Fugue

I have this CD kicking around somewhere. Don't need to dig it up, because...Youtube. Thx!

[elephantlips]

I have become an Alma Deutscher fan. She is our century’s genius: composer, pianist, violinist, orchestrator par excellence!

[Intolerant in NJ]

Kreisler did the composing for the 1936 movie "The King Steps Out", which I think included one of my favs - Caprice Viennois.....

[trebb]

I discovered I like a lot of classical type music - Piano and Strings have special qualities - recently picked up on Windham Hill as a source of piano-based music that also intersperses other instruments and vocals - very nice background....like now when I'm on the computer.

Grabbing some of the artist you mentioned to see if i like it enough to collect more.