• Log InLog In
  • Register
Liquid`
Team Liquid Liquipedia
EDT 16:03
CEST 22:03
KST 05:03
  • Home
  • Forum
  • Calendar
  • Streams
  • Liquipedia
  • Features
  • Store
  • EPT
  • TL+
  • StarCraft 2
  • Brood War
  • Smash
  • Heroes
  • Counter-Strike
  • Overwatch
  • Liquibet
  • Fantasy StarCraft
  • TLPD
  • StarCraft 2
  • Brood War
  • Blogs
Forum Sidebar
Events/Features
News
Featured News
Maestros of the Game: Week 1/Play-in Preview9[ASL20] Ro24 Preview Pt2: Take-Off7[ASL20] Ro24 Preview Pt1: Runway132v2 & SC: Evo Complete: Weekend Double Feature4Team Liquid Map Contest #21 - Presented by Monster Energy9
Community News
Weekly Cups (August 25-31): Clem's Last Straw?1Weekly Cups (Aug 18-24): herO dethrones MaxPax6Maestros of The Game—$20k event w/ live finals in Paris44Weekly Cups (Aug 11-17): MaxPax triples again!15Weekly Cups (Aug 4-10): MaxPax wins a triple6
StarCraft 2
General
#1: Maru - Greatest Players of All Time Weekly Cups (August 25-31): Clem's Last Straw? Maestros of the Game: Week 1/Play-in Preview Weekly Cups (Aug 11-17): MaxPax triples again! 2024/25 Off-Season Roster Moves
Tourneys
Monday Nights Weeklies LiuLi Cup - September 2025 Tournaments Maestros of The Game—$20k event w/ live finals in Paris 🏆 GTL Season 2 – StarCraft II Team League $5,100+ SEL Season 2 Championship (SC: Evo)
Strategy
Custom Maps
External Content
Mutation # 489 Bannable Offense Mutation # 488 What Goes Around Mutation # 487 Think Fast Mutation # 486 Watch the Skies
Brood War
General
BGH Auto Balance -> http://bghmmr.eu/ ASL20 General Discussion Pros React To: herO's Baffling Game Starcraft at lower levels TvP Easiest luckies way to get out of Asl groups
Tourneys
[ASL20] Ro24 Group F [IPSL] CSLAN Review and CSLPRO Reimagined! Small VOD Thread 2.0 Cosmonarchy Pro Showmatches
Strategy
Simple Questions, Simple Answers Muta micro map competition Fighting Spirit mining rates [G] Mineral Boosting
Other Games
General Games
Stormgate/Frost Giant Megathread General RTS Discussion Thread Nintendo Switch Thread Path of Exile Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne
Dota 2
Official 'what is Dota anymore' discussion
League of Legends
Heroes of the Storm
Simple Questions, Simple Answers Heroes of the Storm 2.0
Hearthstone
Heroes of StarCraft mini-set
TL Mafia
TL Mafia Community Thread Vanilla Mini Mafia
Community
General
Canadian Politics Mega-thread Russo-Ukrainian War Thread US Politics Mega-thread YouTube Thread Things Aren’t Peaceful in Palestine
Fan Clubs
The Happy Fan Club!
Media & Entertainment
Anime Discussion Thread Movie Discussion! [Manga] One Piece [\m/] Heavy Metal Thread
Sports
2024 - 2026 Football Thread Formula 1 Discussion TeamLiquid Health and Fitness Initiative For 2023
World Cup 2022
Tech Support
Computer Build, Upgrade & Buying Resource Thread High temperatures on bridge(s) Gtx660 graphics card replacement
TL Community
The Automated Ban List TeamLiquid Team Shirt On Sale
Blogs
hello world
radishsoup
Lemme tell you a thing o…
JoinTheRain
How Culture and Conflict Imp…
TrAiDoS
RTS Design in Hypercoven
a11
Evil Gacha Games and the…
ffswowsucks
INDEPENDIENTE LA CTM
XenOsky
Customize Sidebar...

Website Feedback

Closed Threads



Active: 980 users

Classical Violin

Blogs > {ToT}Strafe
Post a Reply
{ToT}Strafe
Profile Blog Joined October 2004
Thailand7026 Posts
November 10 2007 13:55 GMT
#1
Didn't want to create a thread about it, but I need music I can play while playing 12 tables of poker without that it puts me on tilt. I really like violin music, but I'm not familiar with much of it. Examples of music I really like on the violin are below. If someone could suggest songs I would appreciate based on the ones below I will appreciate it!











Xeofreestyler
Profile Blog Joined June 2005
Belgium6771 Posts
November 10 2007 13:58 GMT
#2
I'll ask my dad when he's home, he plays violin in the flemish orchestra so he's gosu.
Graphics
Aesop
Profile Joined October 2007
Hungary11297 Posts
November 10 2007 14:46 GMT
#3
Based on what you posted your taste is more into salon-music classical violin (there is a difference between that and "classical" classical violin).

Something similar to Sarasate might be the Tzigane by Ravel


If looking for Salon music, a classical proponent and composer is Fritz Kreisler (many of his old recordings are also on youtube, and modern artists also play him).

If you want to take a look into "classical" classical violin, you want to consider:

Sonatas and Suites by J.S. Bach - Many dance pieces, some quite meditative.
example: the famous Chaconne:


Paganini: Caprices (one of the most technically demanding sets ever written)
example: caprice no. 24 (unfortunately with piano)


Beethoven: Violin Sonatas (especially Kreutzer and Spring), Violin Romances and Violin Concerto.
example: first movement of Kreutzer sonata


Other famous Violin Concertos from 19th century are from: Brahms, Mendelssohn (e-minor is very famous), Bruch, Tschaikovsky.
example: 3rd movement Mendelssohn:


Hope this helps, if you give me some more feedback on what of it you like, I can certainly refine the recommendations.
ModeratorNon veritas sed auctoritas facit legem. | Liquipedia: Don't ask me, I'm retired.
{ToT}Strafe
Profile Blog Joined October 2004
Thailand7026 Posts
November 10 2007 15:19 GMT
#4
^- Muchos gracias! I will look at all these tomorrow when I get back. I just looked over it real fast, but appreciate your effort put into it and I'm sure I will enjoy at least some of those. I'll be sure to let you know which ones appeal to me most. Once again thx for such an excellent post.
fusionsdf
Profile Blog Joined June 2006
Canada15390 Posts
November 10 2007 16:50 GMT
#5
you seem to like slower violin pieces
SKT_Best: "I actually chose Protoss because it was so hard for me to defeat Protoss as a Terran. When I first started Brood War, my main race was Terran."
defenestrate
Profile Blog Joined March 2007
United States579 Posts
November 10 2007 17:17 GMT
#6
The Sibelius violin concerto is outstanding. Oistrakh recording from 1966:






Recordings vary a lot. Oistrakh defines it, IMO. Midori is very good too.
We believe that we invent symbols. The truth is that they invent us; we are their creatures, shaped by their hard, defining edges.
SonuvBob
Profile Blog Joined October 2006
Aiur21549 Posts
November 10 2007 17:30 GMT
#7
On November 11 2007 01:50 fusionsdf wrote:
you seem to like slower violin pieces

Watch the third video in the OP. :p (especially the last movement)
Administrator
Live2Win *
Profile Blog Joined July 2004
United States6657 Posts
November 10 2007 18:58 GMT
#8
On November 11 2007 02:30 SonuvBob wrote:
Show nested quote +
On November 11 2007 01:50 fusionsdf wrote:
you seem to like slower violin pieces

Watch the third video in the OP. :p (especially the last movement)

we played the Serasate last year at my orchestra. Nice piece. Boring orchestral part.
SAY YES TO STIM KIDS!!! XD
Daigomi
Profile Blog Joined May 2006
South Africa4316 Posts
November 10 2007 20:44 GMT
#9
So even though you asked for Violin pieces, I'll recommend a few Cello pieces. Cello pieces tend to be a bit slower, so perhaps a bit better for keeping your concentration.




(My favurite cello piece, probably my favourite classical piece)

My last one I can't seem to find but it's Macdowell's Romance for Cello and Orchestra.

Just in case you meant violin only I'll throw in a few violin pieces:


(Perhaps not the best poker music, but Paganini is always fun, especially this concerto)


(Vivaldi, yet another Baroque artist, not quite what you said your taste was but too beautiful not to include)

Looking through my music for violin pieces to recommend I was reminded once again that I seriously don't like the violin. If the celloist is the basist, then the violinist is the damn lead guitarist.

Ahh, just thought of something. Since you're dutch you're sure to like electronic music (go stereotyping!), as such you might enjoy this. It's an electronic arrangement by the breakcore artist Venetian Snares of Elgar's Cello Concerto.



Hope any of this was helpful (although I'm not too confident that it will be).
Moderator
liosama
Profile Blog Joined October 2007
Australia843 Posts
November 11 2007 04:42 GMT
#10
Some of the piano sounds alittle jazzy too.
but very nice
Free Palestine
{ToT}Strafe
Profile Blog Joined October 2004
Thailand7026 Posts
November 11 2007 22:02 GMT
#11
On November 11 2007 01:50 fusionsdf wrote:
you seem to like slower violin pieces


He has it spot on though

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S6yuR8efotI

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L5C99JyP2ns

These two are the ones I liked most out of all above. I really do appreciate all the videos posted though and they helped me play great as I played a very fine session, but I don't think I will listen to most of them again. Somehow I feel they sound much different from the first two videos I have posted which I enjoy most.
Ilikestarcraft
Profile Blog Joined November 2004
Korea (South)17727 Posts
November 12 2007 11:37 GMT
#12
Paganini is awesome
"Nana is a goddess. Or at very least, Nana is my goddess." - KazeHydra
Raidern
Profile Joined February 2005
Brazil3811 Posts
November 13 2007 02:09 GMT
#13
i can see you stopped studying spanish sometime ago strafe hahah

"muchos gracias" xD
For the Swarm!
{ToT}Strafe
Profile Blog Joined October 2004
Thailand7026 Posts
November 13 2007 21:07 GMT
#14
I haven't stopped I'm just aweful. Soy un avión!
Daigomi
Profile Blog Joined May 2006
South Africa4316 Posts
November 14 2007 22:35 GMT
#15
Strafe, if you liked the Cello pieces I'd recommend getting the Solstices of Elgar. The Cello Concerto remains my favourite, but the Solstices are also very good. You can also listen to any of Bach's Cello Concertos. I like Concerto #1 and #6 the most, but all of the are good.

Finally, I'll recommend Barber's Strings for Adagia. It's a very well known song, but the original (and the choral version) are both beautiful.
Moderator
{ToT}Strafe
Profile Blog Joined October 2004
Thailand7026 Posts
November 15 2007 11:35 GMT
#16
Thanks!
Please log in or register to reply.
Live Events Refresh
Monday Night Weeklies
16:00
Monday Night Weekly 1 Season 2
SteadfastSC960
TKL 636
IndyStarCraft 310
BRAT_OK 144
LiquipediaDiscussion
[ Submit Event ]
Live Streams
Refresh
StarCraft 2
SteadfastSC 960
TKL 636
IndyStarCraft 310
BRAT_OK 144
JuggernautJason77
StarCraft: Brood War
Calm 2797
Sea 2474
Shuttle 529
Larva 497
Mini 237
firebathero 160
EffOrt 124
Dewaltoss 121
sSak 82
TY 81
[ Show more ]
Mong 52
Aegong 35
Dota 2
Gorgc5362
Counter-Strike
fl0m4908
pashabiceps373
Stewie2K366
byalli238
Heroes of the Storm
Liquid`Hasu393
Other Games
summit1g4716
Grubby2296
qojqva1074
C9.Mang0175
KnowMe158
ArmadaUGS123
Trikslyr73
MindelVK23
Mew2King10
Organizations
Other Games
gamesdonequick1330
StarCraft 2
Blizzard YouTube
StarCraft: Brood War
BSLTrovo
sctven
[ Show 19 non-featured ]
StarCraft 2
• kabyraGe 97
• davetesta30
• musti20045 27
• Reevou 7
• IndyKCrew
• Migwel
• sooper7s
• AfreecaTV YouTube
• intothetv
• Kozan
• LaughNgamezSOOP
StarCraft: Brood War
• iopq 12
• STPLYoutube
• ZZZeroYoutube
• BSLYoutube
Dota 2
• masondota2467
League of Legends
• TFBlade1265
Counter-Strike
• Shiphtur228
Other Games
• imaqtpie1423
Upcoming Events
Replay Cast
3h 57m
Sparkling Tuna Cup
13h 57m
PiGosaur Monday
1d 3h
LiuLi Cup
1d 14h
Replay Cast
2 days
The PondCast
2 days
RSL Revival
2 days
Maru vs SHIN
MaNa vs MaxPax
OSC
3 days
MaNa vs SHIN
SKillous vs ShoWTimE
Bunny vs TBD
Cham vs TBD
RSL Revival
3 days
Reynor vs Astrea
Classic vs sOs
BSL Team Wars
3 days
Team Bonyth vs Team Dewalt
[ Show More ]
CranKy Ducklings
4 days
RSL Revival
4 days
GuMiho vs Cham
ByuN vs TriGGeR
Cosmonarchy
4 days
TriGGeR vs YoungYakov
YoungYakov vs HonMonO
HonMonO vs TriGGeR
[BSL 2025] Weekly
4 days
RSL Revival
5 days
Cure vs Bunny
Creator vs Zoun
BSL Team Wars
5 days
Team Hawk vs Team Sziky
Sparkling Tuna Cup
6 days
Liquipedia Results

Completed

Acropolis #4 - TS1
SEL Season 2 Championship
HCC Europe

Ongoing

Copa Latinoamericana 4
BSL 20 Team Wars
KCM Race Survival 2025 Season 3
BSL 21 Qualifiers
ASL Season 20
CSL Season 18: Qualifier 2
CSL 2025 AUTUMN (S18)
Maestros of the Game
Sisters' Call Cup
BLAST Open Fall Qual
Esports World Cup 2025
BLAST Bounty Fall 2025
BLAST Bounty Fall Qual
IEM Cologne 2025
FISSURE Playground #1
BLAST.tv Austin Major 2025

Upcoming

LASL Season 20
2025 Chongqing Offline CUP
BSL Season 21
BSL 21 Team A
Chzzk MurlocKing SC1 vs SC2 Cup #2
RSL Revival: Season 2
EC S1
BLAST Rivals Fall 2025
Skyesports Masters 2025
IEM Chengdu 2025
PGL Masters Bucharest 2025
Thunderpick World Champ.
MESA Nomadic Masters Fall
CS Asia Championships 2025
ESL Pro League S22
StarSeries Fall 2025
FISSURE Playground #2
BLAST Open Fall 2025
TLPD

1. ByuN
2. TY
3. Dark
4. Solar
5. Stats
6. Nerchio
7. sOs
8. soO
9. INnoVation
10. Elazer
1. Rain
2. Flash
3. EffOrt
4. Last
5. Bisu
6. Soulkey
7. Mini
8. Sharp
Sidebar Settings...

Advertising | Privacy Policy | Terms Of Use | Contact Us

Original banner artwork: Jim Warren
The contents of this webpage are copyright © 2025 TLnet. All Rights Reserved.