discussing her 1742 Guarneri violin - Rachel Barton Pine

[MrDiZzY0607]

She said Heifetz played del Gesu? He played the Strad!!

[xbasket12x]

Jesus Christ you are one lucky women

[toddxp]

She`s Brilliant!

[Violanerd6]

what exactly did the first guy say? it sounded very garbled

[zucchini2007]

She listens to heavy metal for sheer pleasure, LOL! But she plays completely different music than that.

[Sweeper5]

This is like the most interesting thing I've ever listened to. What a story and a history! I could listen to stories like this all day long. And by the way, I soooo dug your Crazy Train solo (on another youtube vid). I

[Violingeek24]

Can you please come to Akron , Ohio!!!!

[zucchini2007]

Her last name is Pine and she's wearing green! LOL

I can't believe she's playing a violin that was picked by BRAHMS. WOW!!!

[metalguitarguy95]

hell yeah

HEAVY FUCKING METAL

[Tomhain]

Wow

[poorperson]

hmm... im suddenly craving a starbucks

[alistairkok]

When will you next be performing in Boston?

[RachelBartonPine]

@alistairkok June 2011!

[jantigercat]

Strads can sound a bit "tinny".

Guarneri's can sound very lush and rich like chocolate!

[ThaSchwab]

This was before a Milwaukee Symphony concert ... I would've loved to have been in attendance. What piece(s) did you play?

[RachelBartonPine]

Bruch's Scottish Fantasy

[ThaSchwab]

Yeah, I read about it not too long after I asked the question. Would've loved to have been at the performance.

[zucchini2007]

@RachelBartonPine That's one of the most beautiful pieces ever composed for the violin and orchestra! I would love to hear you play it! Please let me know where I can find tour dates and locations to hear you play, thank you!

[zucchini2007]

@RachelBartonPine That's one of the most beautiful pieces ever composed for the violin and orchestra! Please let me know where I can find tour dates and locations to hear you play, thank you!

[h4xXx0r]

pity she sounds like sarah palin

[RachelBartonPine]

That's a first :)

[zucchini2007]

@h4xXx0r No, she doesn't. She's much smarter than Sarah Palin! Rachel is a living, breathing encyclopedia!

[prometheusce]

Fine violinist and beautiful playing, unfortunately her historical background regarding the numbers of surviving Strad and del Gesu instruments is greatly exaggerated and incorrect. Maria Soldat, the ex-owner of this fine violin, picked this instrument with her teacher Joachim's help, who, in his life time, has played and owned several Stradivarius and Guaneri del Gesu violins.

[cjh378]

I thought you hade an Amati... Anyways, maybe that was a while back. But I also personally prefer Guarneri.

[ZaneFairchild]

Would like to hear Mark O'Connor play some bluegrass on it. hehe Great playing and great Violin!!

[jdteske]

O'Connor does have a VERY good violin. I played in an orchestra behind him a couple years ago. He plays a Vuillaume set up with gut strings. He also has a very unusual bow grip with his thumb UNDER the frog. He was fun to play and rehearse with and was very willing to talk to us in the orchestra, which is why I happen to know these little factoids.

[MoesTube1]

I think the rich deep tone of that fiddle suits her style of play perfectly she has a very robust and powerful sound. You hear some soloist sort of squash the sound when they play aggressively, especially on Strads.

[HARMONICO101]

The history of that instrument is spectacular.

[AbsoluteZ3R0]

Lol she's such a cracker. Guarneris are much better than strads in my opinion, I love the sound they make. Like she said, great violinists like Paganini, Heifetz, Kreisler, Menuhin, and Szeryng all preferred del Gesus... I wish I had one lol.

[th0ma5laxc]

they are both great makers obviously. . . it really depends what characteristics you look for in the instrument.

[HARMONICO101]

Exactly. I personally prefer the Guarneri sound becuase I prefer a deeper tone.

[violin233]

yes i like del gesus rather than strads , if i were rich i would buy one and LOL i wish i had one too

[poman265]

that would suck if she dropped it...

she's touching the body..

it's scaring me.

[shake69585882]

There are more than 40 of them. Cozio lists at least 187 Guarneri Del Gesu. Also, the same site only tracks 308 strads; although there could be more. All of the players Mz. Pine mentio, Sophie-Mutter, Perlman, Pagannini, Stern, heifetz, and kreisler all played both Strads and Del Gesus.  Currently Perlman and i believe Mutter owns both Strad and Guarneri.

[Seraphina426]

Thank-you for posting this, I enjoyed it very much.

[HansVonBulow]

Only 40 of them? I had no idea. Amazing. I enjoyed this

[mapleleafgal]

you are a very well spoken woman! i just adore del gesu's work.

[ellegin88]

beautiful violin! i definately agree with the rich and powerful voice del gesu's have

[jinglefox]

I'm glad you recorded this, I've learned a lot about Guarneri violins!