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Originally Posted by skaltezon
Here's one I recently discovered, thanks to a friend:
Corelli's 'La Folia' Violin Sonata in D Minor
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What a rush!
I had never heard this version of Corelli's "La Folia" before, skaltezon. I feel it is wonderful...the best I've ever heard. Your friend who introduced this piece to you must be a sensitive "soul" with excellent taste!
The song makes me fall in love with the violin all over again and with the fact that people make and enjoy such music. I love it when a piece causes you to feel as if you yourself are the violin vibrating when the bow is drawn over you, giving you delightful chills...which I feel at many places when listening to this piece but especially after 2:47 as the bass notes become so frenzied. I also like the contrasts in the piece, in which the placid ocean whips up to stormy waves so quickly that it's quite a trip.
Manfredo Kraemer, the violinist according to the YouTube notes, has a delicate yet strong, rasping touch, doesn't he? I'd never heard him play before, but now I want to search him out.
The video you posted is actually part I of Corelli's "La Folia." Here is part II, in case you want to hear the conclusion. Lovely thread idea, btw!
Corelli's 'La Folia' Violin Sonata in D Minor, Part II