re: #173 Robert O.

After all these years, I have yet to come across an instrument capable of producing more emotion or color as the violin.

A very small selection of my favorite recordings:

Example 1: Itzhak Perlman playing Bruch Violin Concerto No. 1, 3rd Movement

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The fiddle is an amazing instrument, but it’s not necessarily the King of the Heap as far as bringing emotion to music. Check out a colleague of She Who Must Be Obeyed:

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It is an absolutely beautiful song.