As the saying goes, when you're good, you're good. And few, if any, were better at the game of violin playing than Pablo de Sarasate. The Spanish violinist, whose professional career spanned nearly ...

An 18th-century Balestrieri instrument, some of the showiest violin music ever written and a comically small violin bow... The violin music of Sarasate needs nimble fingers and agile bow-work at the ...

It would take a truly astounding player to make me overlook this CD’s peculiar recorded sound. The orchestra sounds oddly distant and the violin line is shadowed by a distracting echo. Fortunately, ...

American double bassist Lauren Pierce proves Sarasate's flurries of violin-virtuoso notes are no match for her nimble fingers. It's one of the most virtuosic pieces in the violin repertoire. In fact, ...

Pamplona, Spain, is known for the annual running of the bulls, but the city has produced at least one other cultural phenomenon in the last 160 years. Composer Pablo de Sarasate was born in Pamplona ...

Violinist Nicola Benedetti brings uplifting virtuosity and seductive romance to ‘café-appropriate’ arrangements for violin, ...

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