Fabio Biondi plays the "Tuscan" Stradivari

[@picksalot1]

Magnificent violin! Beautiful tone, balance, responsiveness, everything is perfect. This is where the legend and reality are identical. Thanks for this wonderful and informative documentary about a truly extraordinary instrument which fully deserves its fame. 👍

[@beautyinbrokenness4935]

This violin, by far, has the most beautiful timbre I've ever heard. It just exudes life and emotion. It was truly crafted by the hand of a master.

[@georgetate6055]

And, let us not forget the Master playing through the violin! Violin maker, composer, violinist, modern recording technology and master technologist behind it = incredible experience.

[@beautyinbrokenness4935]

@@georgetate6055 I couldn't agree more. Quite literally everything/1 working together in harmony.... Pun intended. 😊

[@jamesforbes2205]

There is a brightness and lightness of the tone, exceptionally defined at the center of the note played and the ovetones are in such perfect mathematical alignment that when he transitions from note to chord to note, there is a slight reverberation of one set of overtones into the next that on most violins causes dissonance at some level. There is hardly any on this instrument, It is a joy to hear it. Also, the accoustics and the player aren't to be ignored.

[@trumpeterchris]

Fabio Biondi sure helps! He's amazing. But boy does that fiddle sound incredible

[@donesixfour]

There's a great quote by Heifetz (if I'm not mistaken) when an audience member approached him after a concert and told him that his violin sounded amazing, Heifetz then raised his violin to his own ear, and replied "that's funny, I don't hear anything"

[@coreymihailiuk5189]

In the hands of Fabio Biondi the Tuscan Strad simply sounds incredible.

[@davidwilkie9551]

The choice of the room for playing was a very good way of demonstrating how the Violin accompanied itself by resonance, and emphasizes the real quality of sound purity.

[@sebastiangaia5865]

What do you mean

[@jamesforbes2205]

Conversely, a very "live" room like this is also a risk, it will show up flawed playing and poor instruments

[@patrickkincaide6005]

The quality of the sound was truly amazing on that masterpiece of a wonderful 🎻 by the greatest maker of all time great video ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

[@mariosiaven2965]

Just to think that instrument is over 3 centuries old is mindblowing

[@22fernando]

Verdade

[@Gavrin57]

Великолепно-восхитительный звук!

[@rebeckyc1401]

Fascinating technology. Fine playing of Bieber ❤️ Grazie!

[@otasatoshir.5796]

I impressed sound of Violin and Biber's music, and his performance. When I played this music, It was soul sound! Thank you so much.

[@lucciDS7]

Amazing sound! Fabio Biondi is my favorite violinist!!! Perfect violin and great violinist makes for an absolute delight!

[@bluemoon7378]

9:22 speechless.the song is the reason i started to learn violin,absolutely breathtaking tune

[@McIntyreBible]

A piece played on a Strativarius is unique among violins!

[@sebastiangaia5865]

What Strativarius??

[@MariadeBsAs]

Grazie infinite per questa meraviglia di video! Una emozione immensa ascoltare come suona nelle mani del grande Maestro Biondi. Saluti da Buenos Aires, Argentina.

[@JuanMartinexplacerez-mw3we]

Maravilloso sonido del Violín Stradivarius Tuscan ; con un excelente tono y un timbre con un exquisito equilibrio sonoro .

[@vaccaphd]

There will never be a violin maker like Stradivari. The sound is incredible. A testament to the Italian genius.

[@diegodesanctis5946]

Magnifico! Sarei curioso di sapere un violino del genere che tipo di corde monta

[@francescotarchi8911]

The birth of Stradivari myth has precise reasons ! Bravo Maestro Biondi!

[@JuanMartinexplacerez-mw3we]

su sonido se proyecta con una claridad absoluta .

[@PaperGrape]

The setup is incredible,what a sound

[@michaelcaplin8969]

What glorious sound! Imagine how much more glorious it had been if the violin had it's original bass bar, period neck angle and gut strings. Even though it doesn't live up to it's potential sound wise, it still sounds like heaven. Great instrument, and very well kept!

[@sebastiangaia5865]

Its all original

[@sebastiangaia5865]

@@charlesellis7638 sure.. all solid. Rock hard and original

[@dadebet5762]

Un suono unico anche attraverso il digitale. Dal vivo .....non oso pensare .....mi vengono i brividi.

[@Skinny_Karlos]

I must admit to preferring Guarnarni del Geus' (as if I have any real value in opinion on these fantastically superb instruments) the sound here is just fantastic, amazing, god-like in its ability to bring out so many colours and tonal qualities that I can only sit here and marvel at. Now back to my 1913 Eduard Reichert, a lovely violin for me but so subpar when measured against something of the power of the violin here and its contemporaries. I'm happy with what I have but to have a Guarnarni del Gesu or, as here, a Stradivari... Oh, wouldn't one's heart just melt? I've never been a big money-hungry person but when it comes to having access to the calibre of instruments such as shown here, it makes me wish I were a multi-millionaire. Just beautiful !!

[@100crowns6]

This violin was played by Gioconda de Vito. Una grandissima violinista

[@qutubhashmi1656]

Amazing sound

[@stephanebelizaire3627]

BRAVO !

[@paridox4ever]

this docu its very underrated, thumbs up

[@raymondegers6664]

Unbelievable sound. what a wonderful mystery as to why they still can’t build one that can equal in sound quality.

[@iosi1455]

💞💞💞💞💞💞🌹🌹🌹🌹👑👑👑👑👑👑👑👑👑👑

[@Chatsworth1979]

Magnificent.

[@enzomodica]

che video spettacolare sono italiano pero vivo a rio de janeiro,cose cosi mi fanno un bene matto

[@Nalublu]

I’m not a musician, but that sounds amazing!

[@Ennah08]

Fabio Biondi has a CD out with this violin - label Glossa - Italian Sonatas!

[@welshtoro3256]

I bought it recently and it's superb.

[@Ennah08]

@@welshtoro3256 Nice to hear! I only listened via Spotify, but I agree :)

[@arsantiqua8741]

It's quite rare to see a Stradivari being played in the Baroque Style.

[@eporze]

Gracias a Fabio Biondi,he descubierto a Biber!!!.-

[@oldthudman]

Beautiful sound...……………….

[@drixd.1736]

Only in Italy!

[@premkarkiavatara6037]

**Years** **ago** *in* **My** *old* **B*Day** *date* , Dec 25th ,, **I** *was* *for* **My** **Sacred** **Heart** **happily** **living** **(** **from** **several** **years** *and* *for* *a* *quite* *while* **)** *in* *the* **holy** **lands** *of* **Livorno** , **Tuscany** , **Italy** , **Visiting** *sometime* *also* *the* **peaceful** **Livorno** **Cathedral** *or* **Duomo** *di* **Livorno** , *and* *especially* *around* *those* *special* *dates* *for* *a* **unforgettable** **Stradivari** **Solo** **Violin** **concert** **!** 💝

[@sebastiangaia5865]

*FY*

[@jeanpaulgilleron3766]

c'est vrai que ce violon a une sonorité exceptionnelle dans de bonnes mains

[@marcosbernal816]

Que gusto escuchar no ahy violín mejor hecho esto no modernalidad es calidad y secreto de su gran creador Stradivarius

[@edumeder]

Pena que o villaume modificou o braço aumentou o cavalete aumentou o angulo do espelho e o comprimento do mesmo, e sem duvidas a barra armonica e a alma todas aumentadas tirando a originalidade do instrumento, construido para menos tensao sobre o tampo, com afinaçao 405/415 e o uso das cordas de tripa, o que com certeza teriamos um som absolutamente diferente daquele que ouvimos. Sem duvidas, a tecnica perfeita de arco do Biondi, arco barroco, nos permite ouvir dinamicas diferentes do que com o arco moderno, obtendo sons armonicos e qualidade sonora diferente..

[@b4baroquearcoatelier929]

Very beatiful and interesting. One detail: in 1794 there was no Medici court... it ended in1737, the Lorena ruled.

[@oliviu-dorianconstantinesc288]

Weird, same year Stradivari died.

[@jamesforbes2205]

​@@oliviu-dorianconstantinesc288 A lot of people died in 1737. Medici family ruled in Florence, Tuscany, and Stradivari worked in Cremona, Cremona much mich closer to the sphere of Milan. Lomarby has it's own language, Lombard, and Tuscan in Tuscany. There is the Great Plague in 1738 which was surely underway by then. Stradivari was 93, he had far surpassed the life expectancy which was 43 years. The Medici failed to produce a male heir and in 1737, and the Duke of Lorraine and his Habsburg wife, Maria Theresa became the rulers and the territory became Austrian briefly. One is a death of old age, the other is a story of many great houses. So no, not weird at all.

[@oliviu-dorianconstantinesc288]

@@jamesforbes2205 Thank you, very interesting context!

[@malcolmabram2957]

"Stoke up the fire will you." "Have already done so." "Oh, okay, great. Did you see where I put my strad?"

[@rliukis]

Beautiful.

[@mikeday62]

Hey there...so how did Stradivari know how to make violins sound so beautiful? Did he get wood from a magic 'Tuscan' forest? Did he have a permit to go in there? Sorry for so many questions. 🎻

[@Daouda-4]

Superbe !!

[@fnersch3367]

Can the museum's lab perform CT scans (now down to bacterial level resolution) of the great violins to investigate the topologies of the two plates of the instrument? The tweeter region (left of the left f-hole) and the soundboard under the fingerboard are of the most importance. Much would be learned.

[@travis5125]

Hmm. You got me thinking that perhaps you could add sticky lead disks to certain areas to muffle them as a crude investigational technique into violin acoustics.

[@fnersch3367]

@@travis5125 Yes, this with the Schladni test could tell a lot.

[@Glicksman1]

This is all well and good, however... given the recording medium, YT playback medium, and my listening system, I'm not hearing this violin accurately. To do this one has to be in the room with it when it is played.

[@TheRobilottas]

Goosebumps & tears!

[@giorgionieddu8343]

Ma che corde usano in strumenti cosí preziosi e delicati?

[@alexandremarcondesmachado5141]

" Magnificent..."

[@mqbitsko25]

Yes, but do the knobs go to eleven?

[@paolopalicalligaris]

Fantastico.

[@mezrot]

I wonder how different this would sound if Biondi used a more modern bow as opposed to a baroque one.

[@amezcuaist]

Wouldn`t it be great if you could have an Italian lady talking every time someone played a violin ?

[@ramunezekeviciene9413]

BE ABEJONĖS- TOBULAS, EFEKTINGAS VIENETINIS GARSAS... ... MANAU, KAD VIENODŲ- 🎶NEBŪNA.🎻⭕💎

[@AlexRiversMusic]

Heaven ❤️

[@massimolonardi7886]

BRAVISSIMO!

[@dsokind]

The strad varnish was based on oil or spirit ? And what about the ground ?

[@conorsullivan8108]

Really

[@danielphendarko2651]

It's based on oil

[@wdobni]

only Jascha Heifetz could play Chaconne .... biondi's version is like lukewarm tap water

[@bb1111116]

I believe you are referring to Heifetz playing the Bach Chaconne. Biondi is playing a Chaconne written by Biber.

[@grimmrad]

Is there a recording of the Biber Sonatas? Cannot find one with Fabio Biondi!

[@michelecherchi154]

Until now only a Passacaglia. Cd "The poet Violinist" edit by Opus111 in the 1993

[@michelecherchi154]

Until now only the final Passacaglia. CD "The poet violinist " edit by Opus111 in 1993.

[@TheCreate78]

Yes By Rachel Podger Or Lina Tur Bonet Or Andrew Manze...

[@michelecherchi154]

@@TheCreate78 yes but she asked a recording made by Fabio Biondi :-)

[@circa1720]

Here's the Passacaglia played by Monica Hugget: kzbin.info/www/bejne/hofSZoaIpbB_rqc A magical performance.

[@barrymak8061]

Such beauty 🎼

[@kliop00023]

3:48 PERFETTI lol

[@gregorydocenko4019]

So much reverb/echo can make anything sound beautiful. Excellent, but confused reality.

[@renatoarantes5844]

um espetáculo sonoro.

[@celsop57]

Queria dar dois lides.

[@patriciajrs46]

Very nicely done, though I don't speak Italian.

[@gregorydocenko4019]

Fake timbre,all enhanced, but still great.Most recordings are adjusted/tweaked.

[@nicolericci2365]

Easy

[@kiourhimo3238]

Bien

[@conorsullivan8108]

Nice voice. However

[@sandytheviolin]

:)

[@constantinpobirci829]

Am1 din1737

[@modestoluisestelasanchez1892]

Nosesicuandoloasercasalacaranovariael sonido

[@gregorydocenko4019]

Great playing. Looks funny because his chin is on the other side. The chinrest is far away. That’s Okay because it’s great. Awkward.

[@arsantiqua8741]

They didn't play with chinrests before. Mr. Biondi follows the "old" style (based on iconography and treatise descriptions) where they put the violin in said way. That said, it does look awkward from a modern perspective.

[@modestoluisestelasanchez1892]

Yosigopensandokuetodoestacomoesta hecho ikuemedidasimaterialesaiestatodopiensokuelamaderapuedcanviarseiotrascositas

[@modestoluisestelasanchez1892]

Suenalindoperonoeslacuerdaconlaestridensia kuesepierde

[@nora7528]

He arranged the biber's original score too much. Other violinist played it better.

[@SimoneStellaMusic]

Che ci fa a Roma? Ridatecelo, quello deve stare a Firenze!! 😂

[@ilariopastore]

... peccato per la "montatura" e non solo .. moderna ... Fabio Biondi non bravo ma Bravissimo !!! ...

[@constantinpobirci829]

Am1 din1737