jjaci (July 20, 2008 at 5:29 am)

by the way, what's his violin?it's soooo beautiful ^^

jjaci (July 20, 2008 at 5:26 am)

WOW!!! i love his interpretation compared to Oistrakh!! he played this piece gypsy-ish.seems darker than how Oistrakh played it.

thesillycunt (June 19, 2008 at 7:39 am)

Isaac Stern's rendition is the best here on youtube thus far.

semisavage (June 4, 2008 at 1:15 am)

He had the best bow hand/arm in the business. If you look at any of his videos where he is filmed from overhead you will notice the perfectly straight line he draws with the bow. He mastered bow direction in every way. Most performers follow the modern take on bowing and 'break the wrist' at the frog to begin the down-bow. But Not Ferras: His wrist doesn't belie the direction of the bow. Up-bow was simply 'reverse' motion. He understood what 'Change' actually is: The Species of Motion.

omgitsnaruto (June 1, 2008 at 10:45 pm)

To arc, is to bow in a curved direction because when your bow reaches the tip,it will move away from the bridge, arc-ing helps the notes sound sustain

semisavage (May 29, 2008 at 1:59 am)

I'm not sure what you mean by the term 'arc'. At the risk of sounding ignorant: What is it to 'arc'?

omgitsnaruto (May 27, 2008 at 3:48 am)

Does he even arc? i dont see it.

fiddlinmatt (May 11, 2008 at 6:28 am)

yep, definitely no chinrest. Oh My. Wow. We should all just quite violin while we're ahead. Really I don't think I've ever seen that before...

muffinscousin (April 30, 2008 at 1:01 pm)

one word: godlike

himejaganshi (April 22, 2008 at 2:32 pm)

Tell me...WHY ARE ALL PEOPLE COMMENTING HERE SO FORMAL desu!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!...Sorry, I guess I just cracked. Oooooooohh! Another Tsukimori-kun!Just jokin'. [giggles]