E. Elgar - Larghetto from Serenade for Strings op.20

[maurfe_8550]

Extract of Larghetto from Serenade for Strings op. 20 by E. Elgar

https://soundcloud.com/maurfe/e-elgar-larghetto-from-serenate-for-strings-op20

thank you for listening

Maurizio

[muziksculp]

Sounds Great !

Very natural, and realistic. You did a very good job.

Thanks for sharing it. 

[maurfe_8550]

thank you

maurizio

[Philippe BAYLAC]

Very beautiful work indeed !

The "old" Chamber strings remain a reference when used with finesse and musicality as is the case here.

Congratulations !

Philippe

[maurfe_8550]

Thanks a lot for the comment.

 

Yes, Chamber strings is really amazing for sound rich in nuances and flexibility of use

 

Maurizio

[Jos Wylin]

Delicate music demands a delicate approach, which you performed brilliantly. Congrats!

Max

[William]

That sounds just about perfect!  Expression is very detailed and musical, and the overall sound totally natural.  Another of the performances of the VSL strings that are hard to distinguish from a very good live ensemble... 

[maurfe_8550]

Thanks to all for the positive comments, but I want to point out that my merit is merely craftsmanship, since this work is largely based on the splendid performance of the Concertgebouw Chamber Orchestra.

 

I have always been fascinated of the sound and dynamics of strings ensemble, musical aspects to me foreclosed - I play the guitar - so the opportunity to "play the bows" thanks to the virtual sounds is, besides the study, the source of a great personal pleasure.

 

I am also convinced that imitation aware of fine performances is the best approach to thoroughly the executive practice of various musical instruments families.

 

best regards

 

Maurizio

 

(sorry for my english)

[muziksculp]

Hi Maurizio,

Do you have VSL Dimension Strings Library ?

 If you do, I was wondering if you have tried to produce this same piece, or something similar to it, withVSL's  Dimension-Strings. 

Thanks,

Muziksculp 

[maurfe_8550]

No, I have Chambers Strings I - II and Special Edition 

Maurizio

[muziksculp]

@maurfe_8550 said:

No, I have Chambers Strings I - II and Special Edition 

Maurizio

 

I see.  

Thanks for the feedback. 

[William]

I agree on the performance aspect you mentioned - in fact, I have to add that I think it is wrong to listen to a performance then copy it.  I think one should look at the score, listen to existing or live performances, and then FORGET ALL THE PERFORMANCES and do a new one of your own.  Do not copy, but rather create your own based on your knowledge of the music.  I have never once copied a performance in any of the MIDI demos here - I simply tried to feel the music and do it with VSL.  This is not bragging to say I'm better, not for an instant since maybe that makes me worse - but I refuse to copy things intellectually. I have to do things by feel.  

[maurfe_8550]

William is perfectly right, score reading and personal processing are the only serious approach to music, this is the attitude I've always had with my instrument, always refusing to listen to the great executions before I have developed my own. In fact I was very embarrassed by your congratulations on the musical aspects of a performance that is not mine. Sorry I should have explained immediately that my intention is not to propose my interpretation but to make it probable to render a strings ensemble with the virtual orchestra. On guitar I know how to accomplish my ideas what I find very difficult with orchestral strings. After several unsatisfactory attempts on some of my small pieces I thought that trying to reproduce a good performance might be the right way. Indeed this meticulous observation has made me clear the ideas on how to proceed. One of the aspects that strikes me most is how the bows strongly affect the overall yield. I hope to be able to propose soon something entirely mine.

 

For now I still apologize to everyone for the misunderstanding

 

best regard

 

Maurizio

[Paul McGraw]

I liked this very much. Are you using MIR, MIRx or some other reverb for spatialization? Whatever you are using the mix has a very attractive, airy clarity that I like. I am currently working on the opening of the Tchaikovsky "Serenade for Strings" opus 48 to try to improve my skills with samples and spatialization. In some ways working with smaller forces (in this case strings only) I find to be an excellent challenge.

[William]

Maurizio is a very serious musician in his approach, and very impressive in studying the performance so carefully - that is a great idea and I didn't mean to say it was wrong to study in that way, not at all.  I completely understand what you are saying and by doing the "reproduction" of something consciously, it allows one to incorporate that into a performance later on that is more personal.  Anyway it is a great job you did on this, no matter how it was accomplished.      

[maurfe_8550]

@Another User said:

Maurizio is a very serious musician in his approach, and very impressive in studying the performance so carefully - that is a great idea and I didn't mean to say it was wrong to study in that way, not at all.  I completely understand what you are saying and by doing the "reproduction" of something consciously, it allows one to incorporate that into a performance later on that is more personal.  Anyway it is a great job you did on this, no matter how it was accomplished.      

 

 

Hi, William,

 

thank you again for your attention and your sincere remarks

 

best regard

 

 

Maurizio