Under appreciated violinists

There are plenty of such under appreciated musicians around. We just have to be open to appreciate them when we get the chance. There are just too many good musicians in the world for all of them to be "appreciated".

I will throw in a couple of names -- don't get the visibility of soloists perhaps because they're 1st violinists for some of the world's great string quartets. Corina Belcea (Belcea Quartet of London) and Vineta Sareika (Artemis Quartet of Berlin) are both just fantastic. Look for recordings on YouTube -- there's a Belcea performance of Beethoven Op 18 No 4, and the Artemis Mendelssohn Op 80 (no video, just sound on Youtube) is just searingly great.

And one more name. The Dover Quartet, four recent Curtis graduates, is probably the greatest young quartet out there right now. Joel Link is their 1st violinist and he's really special. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vn3OdaQtSNY

Way better!

I have him playing the Sibelius Humoresques, which he has translated as "I heard that Sibelius guy spent his last 20 years hammered".

Compare Rosand here with Ida Haendel, below, who plays it with, of all things, a sense of humor?

I welcome someone to throw me a recording to check out to change my mind, but I find everything of his heavy and missing the point.

Rosand was and is certainly appreciated by many of us.

As for Vineta Sareika, she has a great recorslding of Vieuxtemps #1, which likely not many will play or record moving forward (professional or "student"). It's part of a collection of the 7 Concerti. She plays it really, really nicely, and is a good representation of Viextemps going "Grand Concerto" style, with many of the features of 4 and 5, but within a more traditional Concerto style.

The quest for "the best" is often not best for me. There are many that are considered "lesser" by reputation alone that I often prefer to listen to vs some of the modern greats.