Cello and Violin Music
 

Two of my favourite instruments. Post any music using cellos, violins (or, often in the case of country or folk music, fiddle) - any genre, doesn't have to even be actual cello or violin; synthesised is fine as long as it sounds authentic.

INXS - "Never Tear Us Apart"


Nanci Griffith - "Trouble in the Fields"


2Cellos - "The Trooper"


Evanescence - "My Immortal"

one of my absolute favorite pieces of music:

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Sky Song by Sarah Hopkins & Alan Lamb

Sarah Hopkins plays the cello (with some vocals as well), while Lamb does his classic telegraph wires. beautiful stuff

I think I pushed this one recently but:

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One Cello x 16: Natoma by Zoe Keating

a bit more cinematic than Sky Song, but v good nonetheless. as the name suggests, she loops as much as 16 cello motifs over one another to create a more orchestral effect.

Thanks to this thread, I just discovered something awesome. Apocalyptica covering Sabbaths "Spiral Architect".

Of course, there's always this:

Okyung Lee is a brilliant cellist

Beautiful beautiful song thanks to the violin

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A different kind of Violin but a violin nonetheless.

Chthonic uses a traditional Taiwanese violin called the "Erhu" they combine traditional Oriental folk music with extreme metal music to create a great unique sound.

Two for the price of one! That's always good when you're buying soap powder, so the same applies when you're shopping for violinists, right? Actually this cassette from 1988 has some seriously beautiful music on it. Enjoy:-



Keyevash Nourai (aka Kaivash) is an Iranian violinist. Not entirely sure what he's playing here as they've turned the lights off:-



And Itzak Perlman plays some poignant pieces on the Schindler's List soundtrack:-

Can't believe nobody's posted this one yet. :D

From 2cellos, a song that is a permanent fixture on my running list:


"Thunderstruck" - 2cellos version


Rob Landes Radioactive cover

^ Two great virtuoso pieces Lilja. Thanks for sharing them! The video of the first was good fun to watch, but I enjoyed more the music of the second: that's one talented street performer.
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Can't believe that no one has posted anything by Jean Luc Ponty yet, or for that matter this Curved Air track that gave Darryl Way his moment of glory:-



Also from the mid-seventies, here's Wind Words, a track from Stomu Yamash'ta's exceptional album, Freedom Is Frightening which showcases his wife Hisako on violin:-



A pity imo that the youtube poster has put up a pic of Bowie instead of the lesser-known Hisako, so here's a photo of her to redress the balance:-

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Leroy Jenkins is criminally underrated imo. As far as jazz violinists go, he's number one.



The use of strings on Matana Roberts' Coin Coin Chapter One really elevate the record imo. Probably the best jazz record of this decade tbh.

Thanks Lisna!

Here are two more. Vanessa Mae, an all-around talent. Even skiid for Thailand in the 2014 Olympics.



and Alma Deutscher. I mean, the girl was only 9 when she composed/played this. To me, the piece sounds like pure, childhood joy. Amazing child prodigy.