Airs Tziganes (gypsy airs) by C. Espejo -- Rachel Barton Pine

[anguspodgorney1969]

I don't know what gave me chills more: the blistering legato runs, the harmonics, or the way hell's fury erupts in the most unexpected places. Astounding technique merged with absolute passion. Rachel, you belong in the hall of the greats.

[princhornrhs]

is this piece now published?

if not, do you have the righs to?

[ickyrico]

absolutely amazing. i love the spanish composers (being spaniard myself) and I could not find anything about Cesar Espejo. The last name means "mirror". I even looked up in Wikipedia Spanish pages to find something. You are so lucky to know such a captivating work. When listening to this, you grabbed the attention of even my cat who set attentively in my lap. Bravi Mrs. Barton Pine. I truely admire your rich soul you pit into your music. Gracias.

Ricardo Figueroa

[mystifiedivan]

Simply marvelous! Mischa Elman recorded this long ago,glad you are playing these lost treasures!

[TempoFurioso]

yeah... he wrote great music... really difficult music.. haaha

[Itneybay303]

I love this piece. I find it is similar to Czardas, which I just started, but surpasses it on so many levels...Awesome, keep tearing up that fiddle!!

[Dansback21]

I about fell out of my chair, especially with that pizz! That was brilliance, by a brilliant lady! I want to find this sheet music!

[captainshadowdreamer]

marry me rachel

[andersonduende]

Perfect!

[vlhere]

sounds like ravel tziggane

[bassfreak919]

so so true. i love obscure romantic composers and hate when nobody has any recordings of their music.

[lessonater]

Unbelieveable performance, really.

[OriginalMoonbeam]

awesome piece of music!

[robiolin]

I love this girl... and the way she plays

[mluc]

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA­HAHAH... woowowowowow... is really really amazing!!!!!!!!!..... i think this is one of the most incredible violin performances i've ever seenn!!!!!:.. rachel you are my idol!! xD and also, you're so funny playing the violin!... very charismatic!!!....Gretings and keep going on!!... I also play the violin but no amazing as YOU!!!XD

[ViolinistForLife]

My new idol: Rachel Barton Pine.

[tellisper6]

sounds like a theme and variation on ravels tzigane

[Blakeownzyou]

AMAZING!!!!

However, I think that Mr. Espejo had some influence from Saraste's Tzigane and Monti's Czardas.

Did he right anything else?

[RachelBartonPine]

Actually, Sarasate, Monti, Espejo, and many others wrote "composed, classical" versions of gypsy songs, so they all drew from the same source - real gypsy fiddling.

Yes, Espejo composed a number of other short works for violin, mostly in a Spanish/Latin style.

[Blakeownzyou]

Oh that's good too know. I don't know much about the style of violin peices. I'm a counter-tenor and a violist of like a year

[RachelBartonPine]

good luck with your viola playing!

[joankup]

This is a gorgeous and bravura performance of one of the finest violinists today.How wonderful of Rachel to tell this extraordinary story of Isadore

Zinnman. I know his daughter...and am so pleased to view this video.

[majoraxis]

It sounds like a Paganini piece. Is there any known influence?

[kkkkkkatherine]

My God! What bursts of Passion! Explosions of Energy From such a petite & feminine woman!

You are such a unique Light to this rather Darkened world of ours-thank you! A joy to listen to you. More astounding to Watch you perform as well...

FANTASTIC!!

Plan: to buy a CD

[th0ma5laxc]

is this just solo violin or is there an accompiment? it sounds great but almost like it could use at least a piano to accentuate some stuff in the faster passages and maybe establish a tempo in the slower. idk, well it sounds really cool anyways.

[ViolinCyndee]

BRAVA!!!!!!!!!!!! Absolutely stunning!

[kajiksuk]

Amazing

[Lcalavera]

thank you!