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# Speaking In Strings - A Musical Companion To The Film 1999 Documentary Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg

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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 







  
  
    Nadja - breakthrough artist
  

*by S***N on Reviewed in the United States on December 29, 1999*

The picture on this album cover is horrible... gotta say this up front.Now, if I could only give a one sentence appraisal of both this CD  and the documentary, Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg is the one person, the one  superior artist who is also a "real" person (well, who let us see  that), who could possibly reach out and grab the non-classical music  enthusiast and make them thirst for classical music, because they will want  more of her music.And, if there were no other reason, I love the album,  but then it and the film it stems from are so rich on so many other facets.  The music itself is perfect beyond reproach.For those of us who were  never completely classically inclined, like myself, we are presented with a  whole person here.  Nadja is not stiff and unreachable, but rather, someone  who is so very much an "average joe" who loves her family and  treasures her friends, perhaps with an extremely heightened awareness that  we would all kill for but might kill us if we ever got there without a  likewise outlet as she has with her music, but also with a "who you  lookin' at" New York accent.I'd like to see Paola Di Florio's  documentary of Nadja, "Speaking in Strings" as required viewing,  world-wide.  I think then that classical music would have a whole new  audience.  Not a doubt in my mind.Until I saw "Speaking in  Strings", I thought all classical soloists were people with sticks up  their behinds who talked down their noses at everyone else.  Shows you what  I know.Her music reduces me to tears, in a way I never thought possible  (there's an old phrase that goes -- "This guy not only knows nothing,  he don't even suspect nothing").. and that was really honestly me and  classical music.I can't even watch TV now without hearing the violin  in the music of shows or commercials and then instantly switching to the  stereo to this or another of her albums to hear Nadja, to hear the really  good stuff.  I want to feel it now, and no longer being fed junk or be a  passive observer.Just my opinion, but we've shortchanged ourselves in  what "feeds" us.  I never knew it was missing, until I saw this  documentary, which led me to buy the album, which now, happily takes me  from smiles to tears throughout.  So that now I am listening to it all.  A  whole new world has been opened up to me.So, I give this album as many  stars as there are in the heavens.  I've gotten a great gift, and if I go  any farther, I'll ruin it with words.Thank you Paola and Nadja for  taking the time, the caring, and to Nadja especially for letting us so  deeply into her life to make sure we "got it."Nadja, I  "got it", and I now totally believe that line in the film where  you say that great moments we all have are fleeting and they are only good  if you "share it."  You sure have shared it.  Thanks.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 







  
  
    Extraordinary
  

*by J***A on Reviewed in the United States on May 16, 2017*

I saw the documentary and had to have this.  Wonderfully done

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ 







  
  
    Bits and pieces winningly played
  

*by F***S on Reviewed in the United States on October 6, 1999*

The EMI release of <Speaking in Strings> (72435 56908-2) is subtitled "A Musical Companion to the Film." So I assume the music herein is not from the film but a sampling that represents, as the  soloist is quoted as saying, "the variety and growth of my musical  life so far." The writer is Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg and the film is  to be about her life as an artist. But none of that need concern us here.  As a rule I object to movements being played out of the context of the work  from which they come--e.g., the Adagio movement of the Sibelius Violin  Concerto--but in this case the opening selection, Saint-Saens "The  Swan," was so winningly played that I found myself liking this program  very much indeed. Other composers represented here are listed above in this  website. The artist is given more than adequate assistance from several  pianists, chamber players, and the London Symphony Orchestra, making me  suspect the selections are drawn from earlier recordings.  Nevertheless,  for those who like violin music in general and do not care if you hear an  entire composition or just part of one, or for those who simply admire this  artist, I can recommend this CD.

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