I discovered Abram Shtern's music yesterday and I feel as if he is now my favourite violinist! Every note he plays glows with overtones - his technique is based on pure artistry and not the other way around - his beauty of tone allows him to have incredible facility in all positions and perfect shifting as if he were holding down a sostenuto pedal of a piano in order to enhance the overtones of each note as he shifts seamlessly on the violin! I also remark how perfectly synchronized his left and right arms are in playing - each note always speaks and always sings - the sonority of every note is established perfectly right at the beginning of the note and the bowing continues and maintains that sound - the sound never fails. For me Shtern IS the violin and the wooden box he plays is just the instrument! the fact that he continued playing with such an outstanding technique well into his 90s is proof that his way of playing showed true mastery.

His version is better for me