Hora Staccato

May 30, 2007 at 9:38 PM

I just listened to this composition by three different artists: Menuhin, Zoltan and Heifetz.

In my opinion, one screwed it up, one added to it, and one did O.K. - I listened to such a selection at Rhapsody by typing the song name in under search and then filtered it with "track" to bring up about 15 different artists all playing the same song, some I found out later, with their own re-write.

From Maura Gerety
Posted on May 31, 2007 at 4:19 AM

Who's Zoltán?

From Robert Berentz
Posted on May 31, 2007 at 4:49 PM

Good question, I had never heard of him before either. He has an album out which I don't too much like, ... but in it is the song which I was tracking. He is a Gypsy and this song was written by a Gypsy.

Perlman just talked about being in a musical jar. One of the violinists of the three built a big Musical Jar Fence around this song, so he could be comfortable while playing something so spirit filled.

Another took the song and even made it "more spiritual." And, he is a Gypsy, unknown but talented.

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