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Stradivari violin

12 years ago I've been listening to Moscow Virtuosos performing with no microphones in one of the best philharmonic halls in Kiev.
The soloist-conductor Vladimir Spivakov was performing on Stradivari's violin.

Is there any ways to record/reproduce Stradivari violin so that we can distinguish it through the speakers?

If anyone had a chance to listen to Stradivari violin on the live concert, please describe any kind of system if the one exists to record/reproduce the way that you can say that the musician plays on Stradivari violin but not on any other...

I do believe that it's not possible to distinguish through any kind of speakers.
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gregm
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Fascinating thread Mara, and posts, Rc - Frogman - Sugar and others. In the case of the Stradivaris, isn't it amazing what a half-literate technician could achieve vs. what our present, hi-tech, sophistication cannot? A great master indeed!
More on subject, I can discern sonic differences on winds -- easily, as a matter of fact. But I have rarely paid but lip service to the instrument played -- more to the musician's playing, as Ewha. One exception is piano, so perhaps my ear is now more sensitive differences in that instrument.

BTW the Tacet cd mentioned by Stud above seems interesting.
sugarbrie
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Last time I heard Perlman's violin (I believe a Strad) was prevously owned by Yehudi Menuhim.

When a classical recording is on the radio that I own, I usually recognize it. Some friends are surprised when I tell them who is playing before the recording ends. I can sometimes tell it is certain person when I do not own it.

sugarbrie
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My favorite Strad story is Mstislav Rostropovich's cello (he owns it). It has damage in the wood; a scrape mark. It has never been repaired because it was caused by a kick from Napoleon's boot. Adds to the value.
sugarbrie
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Earlier in his career, Perlman played on a Carlo Bergonzi violin which had also belonged to Fritz Kreisler. Perlman's del Gesu is known as the Sauret, and dates from
about 1743. Perlman first had the 1714 Stradivari "General Kyd" which he sold in mid-1980s and acquired the 1714 "Soil" Strad in 1986 from Lord Yehudi Menuhin.
rcprince
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Marakanetz: Perlman (sp, I'm sure) plays what many consider to be the finest Strad in existence, called "le Soill" or something close to that--it has the sweetness and delicacy of the Strads but the power of the del Gesus. Acquired it in 1989 from Yehudi Menhuin, who wanted money to buy a new house at the time (the violin must be worth around $5 million right now)! He also has a del Gesu, but reportedly only uses that for outdoor concerts where weather and humidity are a concern; indoors at a big concert you'll hear that Strad.
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