Obligato Performance

October 7, 2014 at 05:05 PM ·

October 7, 2014 at 09:55 PM · Same on my viola!

In one video of comparisons, (I forget where) Obligatos sound closest to Eudoxas to my ears; but which soloist uses Eudoxas thes days? They used to be the gold standard, but have been ousted by Dominants.

For a solo with orchestra with the same viola, I might need Evahs or Spirocores, but I would re-install the Obligatos for quartets.

October 7, 2014 at 10:45 PM · Use search engine to find posts with similar questions:

http://www.violinist.com/discussion/response.cfm?ID=25164

October 8, 2014 at 05:51 AM · Great link Mr. Milankov , it explains well why obligato is not favored by soloists, but what about passione?

Any link of any capable violin player who plays either passione or obligato will be highly appreciated.

Taher

October 8, 2014 at 08:51 AM · I would only use OBLIGATOS on a very bright, metalic sounding instrument.

October 8, 2014 at 12:50 PM · I have a set ready to put on with the hope that they will make a good recording string. The kind of string with a lot of projection and complexity can just sound plain scratchy in a recording studio. I'll report back later as to how they perform under the microphone.

October 8, 2014 at 01:46 PM · Mr. Ahmadi,

Take a look at this chart:

http://blog.sharmusic.com/blog/bid/87064/Choosing-the-Right-Set-of-Strings

As you can see, Passione strings are placed at the opposite side from Evah Pirazzi and PI on the "Direct-Subtle" dimension.

They are hybrid strings, quite unique on the market, with gut core and synthetic threads plus metal winding. From my own experience, they take a week or two to get to their optimal performance, but loose their richness and start hissing after 30 days.

I can only guess that their price is prohibitive for average violin player and the soloists are looking for more projection and "directness".

The whole paradigm of violin sound changed dramatically since the times of Heifetz and Milstein. No soloist today, save Baroque players, uses pure gut strings anymore.

October 8, 2014 at 01:56 PM · They also did a redux version of that chart:

Compare that to the original: