Orchestral Strings I

The Indispensable Foundation – Violins and Violas

The ensemble of 14 violinists is headed by Christian Eisenberger, who in his esteemed international concert work has collaborated with artists and conductors such as Claudio Abbado, Martha Argerich, Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Herbert von Karajan, Gideon Kremer, Kent Nagano, Roger Norrington, Murray Perahia, Andras Schiff, Georg Solti, and many others. The ensemble of 10 violas is headed by Anett Homoki, who is a member of the Vienna Chamber Philharmony as well as of the Volksoper Vienna.

All Vienna Instruments string sections offer an extremely wide range of articulations. The special qualities of these instruments are the result of a multitude of Performances. With larger ensembles, the random effect of articulations like Performance Trills or fast Legatos is especially pronounced, lending those Performance Patches remarkable authenticity in conjunction with the Vienna Instruments engine’s Performance algorithms. With larger ensembles, there is also greater variety in the natural imperfections of musicians when changing from one note to the next. This effect, for instance, gets extra attention with the “Repetition Performance Pizzicatos” that have been recorded in two different tempos.

Many user requests for additional samples were also answered, for example, the short staccatos, the expressive Interval Legatos, espressivo con sordino, as well as extensions of the tonal ranges for sustains and staccatos.

ARTICULATIONS

Performances:

• Interval Performances: legato, portamento, staccato, tremolo
• Fast Interval Performances: legato, marcato, spiccato
• Repetition Performances: legato, portato, staccato, spiccato, harsh/td>
• Performance Trills
• Interval Performances muted (con sordino): normal, portamento
• Violins: Interval Performance Glissandos on the same string
• Repetition Performances: legato, bow vibrato, portato, staccato, spiccato, harsh, upbeats, pizzicato
• Repetition Performances muted: sustains, legato, portato, staccato
• Runs: legato, spiccato; major, minor, chromatic, whole tone

Single notes:

• Short notes: short staccato, staccato, short détaché, long détaché, 4 variations each
• Long notes: sustains with and without vibrato, espressivo, flautando
• Dynamics: various crescendos & diminuendos, with and without vibrato, fp, sfz, sffz, pfp
• Tremolos: sustains, crescendo & diminuendo
• Trills: half tone, whole tone, minor, major 3rd, accelerando
• Pizzicatos and Bartók pizzicatos (loose and tight)
• Col legno
• Artificial harmonics: staccato, sustains, repetitions
• Con sordino: staccato, détaché, sustained, crescendos & diminuendos, fortepiano, sforzato, tremolo, pizzicato, trills
• Artificial harmonics: staccato, sustains

Orchestral Strings I - Instruments: Violin ensemble (14 players) & Viola ensemble (10 players)

Library Content

• Standard Library: Samples 10.193 | Download Files Size 13,5 GB | Installed File Size 23,5 GB

• Full Library: Samples 51.137 | Download Files Size 13,5 GB | Installed File Size 23,5 GB