Violin Babes

Mirror Image · March 05, 2011, 06:02:23 PM

Quote from: Mensch on March 05, 2011, 07:44:47 AM
Have you heard Hugh Bean with Boult? And Hahn with Davis?

Yes I have and I like both performances, but Brown/Marriner is still my top choice in this work.

Coopmv · March 05, 2011, 08:04:05 PM

Quote from: Mirror Image on March 05, 2011, 06:02:23 PM
Yes I have and I like both performances, but Brown/Marriner is still my top choice in this work.

Agree. I too have both recordings. A young Iona Brown was also a bit prettier than Hahn ...

Mirror Image · March 05, 2011, 08:39:40 PM

Quote from: Coopmv on March 05, 2011, 08:04:05 PMA young Iona Brown was also a bit prettier than Hahn ...

I'm not sure if I agree with this. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. I actually think Hilary Hahn is incredibly attractive. She has this aura about her that transcends the purely physical, but, as with anything, this is just a matter of what attracts you to someone else.

flyingdutchman · March 06, 2011, 11:29:47 AM

Quote from: Mirror Image on March 05, 2011, 08:39:40 PM
I'm not sure if I agree with this. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. I actually think Hilary Hahn is incredibly attractive. She has this aura about her that transcends the purely physical, but, as with anything, this is just a matter of what attracts you to someone else.

Yes, but Julia Fischer she ain't. That woman is gorgeous.

Coopmv · March 06, 2011, 11:33:19 AM

Quote from: jo jo starbuck on March 06, 2011, 11:29:47 AM
Yes, but Julia Fischer she ain't. That woman is gorgeous.

Hilary Hahn is just a bit gawky looking, a comment made by another GMG member a few months ago. But then beauty and talent do not always go together ...

Brian · March 06, 2011, 11:56:17 AM

Quote from: jo jo starbuck on March 06, 2011, 11:29:47 AM
Yes, but Julia Fischer she ain't. That woman is gorgeous.

Good call.

Also, she composes brilliantly-crafted cadenzas for the Mozart concertos.

SonicMan46 · March 06, 2011, 02:59:48 PM

Quote from: Brian on March 06, 2011, 11:56:17 AM
Good call.

Also, she composes brilliantly-crafted cadenzas for the Mozart concertos.

I'd have to agree w/ the others - Julia Fischer is indeed beautiful (just added a favorite pic of her above along w/ Brian's example) - Hiliary Hahn is indeed cute but I've always been bothered by her nose - HEY, just me I guess; as Stuart stated 'beauty is in the eye of the beholder' - BUT, there are currently some quite gorgeous young female violinists around these days - all the best for us 'horny' classical music lovers! -

MishaK · March 08, 2011, 06:47:08 AM

Quote from: jo jo starbuck on March 06, 2011, 11:29:47 AM
Yes, but Julia Fischer she ain't. That woman is gorgeous.

I don't know about that... I must say, I haven't seen Fischer in person (while I have seen Hahn many times), but in all pictures I have seen of Fischer, she looks like a little girl wearing too much of mom's makeup and having stolen mom's high heels which look like they are at least three sizes too big for her.

Scarpia · March 08, 2011, 09:08:50 PM

Quote from: Mensch on March 08, 2011, 06:47:08 AM
I don't know about that... I must say, I haven't seen Fischer in person (while I have seen Hahn many times), but in all pictures I have seen of Fischer, she looks like a little girl wearing too much of mom's makeup and having stolen mom's high heels which look like they are at least three sizes too big for her.

Neither Fischer nor Hahn strikes me as being a great beauty. Maybe the most remarkable thing about them is that they can play the violin well?

Sergeant Rock · March 09, 2011, 03:47:01 AM

In the Hahn vs Fischer debate, I vote for Hahn. She has a Mona Lisa-like appeal to me:

I've seen many attractive young violinists live: Mutter, Chung (in the 70s, 80s), Hahn, Fischer, Batiashvili, Steinbacher, Chang, Janine Jensen. But to my eyes the most attractive is Alina Pogostkina.

Although very active on the concert circuit she's not as well known as the others because she hasn't made many recordings yet. Here she is performing the Prokofiev Second:

http://www.youtube.com/v/44ScC3azEnU

Sarge

flyingdutchman · March 09, 2011, 04:13:10 AM

Quote from: Il Barone Scarpia on March 08, 2011, 09:08:50 PM
Neither Fischer nor Hahn strikes me as being a great beauty. Maybe the most remarkable thing about them is that they can play the violin well?

Bah! Fischer is beautiful.

71 dB · March 09, 2011, 06:41:19 AM

Quote from: Sergeant Rock on March 09, 2011, 03:47:01 AMBut to my eyes the most attractive is Alina Pogostkina.

Seconded.

Quote from: Sergeant Rock on March 09, 2011, 03:47:01 AMAlthough very active on the concert circuit she's not as well known as the others because she hasn't made many recordings yet. Here she is performing the Prokofiev Second:

Sibelius Violin Competition in Finlandia House, Finland 5 years ago. Hearing (and seeing!) that performance on TV got me interested of Prokofiev. I am disappointed her victory in that competition didn't lead to active recording career. She seems to have recorded hardly anything.

DavidRoss · March 09, 2011, 07:56:12 AM

Quote from: Lethe Dmitriyevich Shostakovich on March 09, 2011, 07:28:14 AM
The Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Edition is that way.

Yeah, but can they play the fiddle?

The new erato · March 09, 2011, 08:24:25 AM

Quote from: Sherman Peabody on March 09, 2011, 07:56:12 AM
Yeah, but can they play the fiddle?

Let's say I'll let them fiddle with whatever they want....

Grazioso · March 09, 2011, 09:41:29 AM

Bond. A couple of them play violin. I don't care which ones

PaulSC · March 09, 2011, 10:03:43 AM

Different (bow) strokes for different folks!

Ray Chen

Mirror Image · March 09, 2011, 10:13:08 AM

Quote from: Sergeant Rock on March 09, 2011, 03:47:01 AM
In the Hahn vs Fischer debate, I vote for Hahn. She has a Mona Lisa-like appeal to me:

Yes, a very attractive woman with a mystique about her which I find appealing.

DavidRoss · March 09, 2011, 10:15:44 AM

Is there an explanation about who moved these posts and why?

Brian · March 09, 2011, 10:41:26 AM

The better to ogle over women who know how to use their hands.

In the past Mirror Image has registered his disapproval of Bella Hristova...

...but nobody I know of has questioned the merits of Katalin Kokas:

More Katalin:

Todd · March 09, 2011, 11:27:23 AM

Quote from: Sergeant Rock on March 09, 2011, 03:47:01 AMIn the Hahn vs Fischer debate, I vote for Hahn. She has a Mona Lisa-like appeal to me

Hahn benefits substantially from glamour shots. In person, she's not especially attractive, or at least she wasn't last fall. Her playing is superb though, which is far more important.

And though she plays the viola, I find Jitka Hosprová easy on the eyes, at least in her glamour shots. I don't know if she's a great violist.