Top ten georgeous female fiddle players of all time...

[Nick Armstrong]

Back on topic - since it is 'of all time, Marie Hall (1884-1956) who made the first recording (incomplete) of Elgar's violin concerto, conducted by EE.

RVW dedicated The Lark Ascending to her.

WOW!

[Anna]

With my lawyer's wig on, even though Anna has conceded the point, I think that corroborating evidence might be useful as regards the term 'totty' which was in fact an issue in a real-life case I dealt with, featuring (inter alia) this site: http://tottyworld.blogspot.com/

Je repose ma valise (as the French advocate said)

Well, that website certainly is slightly eye watering.

Talking about lawyers, I am totally glued to Silk (not in that sense of course, that would be so silly and totally Blue-Peterish) but the TV drama

[visualnickmos]

The late, and very lovely, Iona Brown.
(She once asked me to take my trousers off, but we won't go into that here.)

You rotter - depriving us of what is probably one the most entertaining postings on here!

This is basically another of those frustrated straight mens' "fillies I'd like to s***g!" threads.... nevertheless, it is sadly amusing.

[BBMmk2]

Tasmin Little, and or Lydioa Mordkovitch. One the best best performances I have seen Little in, is of that horrendous Ligeti VC. that made me understand his music far better after that mesmerrising performance she gave at the Proms.

[Norfolk Born]

Sorry Ofca, I think my post got in the way and spoiled your immaculate comic timing from message 40...

'We apologize for the delay to your service this afternoon. This is due to a Shakespearean character trespassing on the line'.

[Petrushka]

Can't believe no-one has mentioned Alina Ibragimova or Julia Fischer .

http://www.google.co.uk/imgres?imgurl=http://i.telegraph.co.uk/multimedia/archive/01440/alina-ibragimova_1440195c.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/culturecritics/ivanhewett/5786459/Alina-Ibragimova-at-the-Manchester-International-Festival.html&h=288&w=460&sz=19&tbnid=rPdaF_uPcyJ_TM:&tbnh=80&tbnw=128&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dalina%2Bibragimova&zoom=1&q=alina+ibragimova&usg=__eF3KTxefY6Q63TU3QfqGiBZQ990=&sa=X&ei=8d6DTdHsDpKxhAeJg5zSBA&ved=0CDIQ9QEwBA

http://www.google.co.uk/imgres?imgurl=http://www.tokafi.com/static/2007/10/julia-fischer-sol-gabetta-gramophone-echo-award-image.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.tokafi.com/news/julia-fischer-sol-gabetta-gramophone-echo-award/&h=517&w=517&sz=54&tbnid=Ovvh0YLy_Qql0M:&tbnh=131&tbnw=131&prev=/images%3Fq%3Djulia%2Bfischer&zoom=1&q=julia+fischer&usg=__jaC4Vo8V6yw5cdKTuEidU03oNOc=&sa=X&ei=beCDTdzoDemAhAew0OHRBA&ved=0CEAQ9QEwBA

[Nick Armstrong]

And hey folks, what about Lara St. John??? http://orchestralworks.blogspot.com/...rto-album.html

[Simon]

Can't believe no-one has mentioned Alina Ibragimova.

WOW!

[amateur51]

WOW!

Lordy! The very idea of The Sage of Nutwood on heat - phnnuuuuurrrrrr-pphhhnnuuuuurrrr

With apologies to those of any sort of delicate sensibility

[gurnemanz]

To Alina Ibragimova (not seen her live) I would add Baiba Skride who we saw a while ago at the Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie in Bremen under Paavo Järvi.