Need some primo violin prog

How about Lark's tongue in aspic part one by King Crimson

A few recent bands that make heavy use of violin:

Miasma & the Carousel of Headless Horses
Indukti
Discus
Uzva

what about string driven thing-'the machine that cried'-the title song and'sold down the river'.

It's more jazz/rock, but try the "Renaissance" piece on J.L Ponty/Aurora album(1976). It makes me alsmost cry.

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Jean-Luc Ponty, Eddie Jobson are two "prog" violinists; David Cross with King Crimson 1973/74; but also try early Mahavishnu Orchestra with Jerry Goodman for some fast n furious improvising (albums: Inner Mounting Flame and Birds of Fire)

I RECOMMEND YOU CURVED AIR : the violinist is DARRYL WAY except in "AIR CUT" (1973) : there was EDDIE JOBSON.

• AIR CONDITIONING (1970) : ( as just said on the previous thread, listen to "VIVALDI" an instrumental song just for violin).This is their most famous piece of work!
• SECOND ALBUM (1971)
• PHANTASMAGORIA (1972)
• AIR CUT (1973)
• CURVED AIR LIVE (1975)
• MIDNIGHT WIRE (1975)
• LOVECHILD (released in 1990, consists of unreleased material recorded in spring 1973)
• AIRBORNE (1976)
• ALIVE 1990 (live)

FAMILY : RIC GRECH is the violinist:

• MUSIC IN A DOLL'S HOUSE (1968)

 

• FAMILY ENTERTEINMENT (1969)

GENTLE GIANT : RAY SHULMAN (violin, bass, guitar)

• GENTLE GIANT (1970)
• ACQUIRING THE TASTE (1971)
• THREE FRIENDS (1972)
• OCTOPUS (1973)
• IN A GLASS HOUSE (1973)
• THE POWER AND THE GLORY (1974)
• FREE HAND (1975)
• INTERVIEW (1976)
• LIVE-PLAYING THE FOOL (released in 1977, consists of live performances between 1975/1976 all around the world)

KING CRIMSON : DAVID CROSS at violin:

• LARK'S TONGUES IN ASPIC (1973)
• STARLESS AND BIBLE BLACK (1974)
• RED (1974)

MAGMA : DIDIER LOCKWOOD is the violinist:

1. MAGMA LIVE (2 lp 1975)

VAN DER GRAAF GENERATOR, with GRAHAM SMITH on violin:

1. THE QUIET ZONE/THE PLEASURE DOME (1977)

COMUS (COLIN PEARSON - violinist):

1. FIRST UTTERANCE (1971)

EAST OF EDEN (DAVE ARBUS, great violinist):

1. MERCATOR PROJECTED (1969)
2. SNAFU (1970)
3. EAST OF EDEN (1971)

HIGH TIDE (SIMON HOUSE - violinist)

1. SEA SHANTIES (1969)
2. HIGH TIDE (1970)
3. PRECIOUS CARGO (released in 1989 , it includes 1970's unpublished tapes )

HENRY COW (FRED FRITH : violin, guitar, piano)

1. LEGEND (1973)
2. UNREST (1974)
3. DESPERATE STRAIGHTS (1975)
4. IN PRAISE OF LEARNING (1975)
5. CONCERTS (2 lps ; 1974/75's live recordings)

JADE WARRIOR (with guests violinists) :

1. KITES (1976)
2. DISTANT ECHOES (1993)

PANAM LIMITED (DAVE GRIFFITHS : bass, violin, keyboards) :

1. INDIAN SUMMER (1970)

PAVLOV'S DOG ( SIEGFRIED CARVER : violin) :

1. PAMPERED MENIAL (1975)

QUINTESSENCE ( RON ROTHFIELD: violin)

1. IN BLISSFUL COMPANY (1969)
2. QUINTESSENCE (1970)
3. DIVE DEEP (1970)

STRING DRIVEN THING ( GRAHAM SMITH : violin)

1. STRING DRIVEN THING (1970)
2. STRING DRIVEN THING (1972)
3. THE MACHINE THAT CRIED (1973)
4. PLEASE MIND YOUR HEAD (1974)
5. KEEP YER AND ON IT (1975)

THIRD EAR BAND ( RICHARD COFF : violin)

1. ALCHEMY (1969)
2. THIRD EAR BAND (AIR EARTH FIRE WATER - 1970)
3. ABELARD AND HELOISE ( recorded before MACBETH, in 1970)
4. MUSIC FROM MACBETH (1972 with SIMON HOUSE on violin)
5. THE MAGUS (2005, with SIMON HOUSE on violin, VCS3, sitar and piano)

ARTI + MESTIERI ( GIOVANNI VIGLIAR : violin)

1. TILT (IMMAGINI PER UN ORECCHIO-1974)
2. GIRO DI VALZER PER DOMANI (1975)
3. ESTRAZIONI ( CORRADO TRABUIO on violin ; 2005)

PREMIATA FORNERIA MARCONI (MAURO PAGANI : violinist)

1. STORIA DI UN MINUTO (1972)
2. PER UN AMICO (1972)
3. PHOTOS OF GHOSTS (1973)
4. L'ISOLA DI NIENTE (1974)
5. THE WORLD BECAME THE WORLD (English version of "L'ISOLA DI NIENTE" - 1974)
6. LIVE IN U.S.A. (1974)
7. CHOCOLATE KINGS (1975)
8. JET LAG ( with GRGORY BLOCK on violin - 1977)
9. SUONARE SUONARE ( with LUCIO FABBRI on violin - 1980)

QUELLA VECCHIA LOCANDA : DONALD LAX (1st album) and CLAUDIO GILICE (2nd album) on violin

1. QUELLA VECCHIA LOCANDA (1972)
2. IL TEMPO DELLA GIOIA (1974)

ALAN SORRENTI (JEAN-LUC PONTY and TONI MARCUS on violin)

1. ARIA (1972)
2. COME UN VECCHIO INCENSIERE ALL'ALBA DI UN VILLAGGIO DESERTO (1973)

CELESTE ( MARIANO SCHIAVOLINI on violin and guitar)

1. PRINCIPE DI UN GIORNO (1976)

 

Quite a list, ANDREW! 

add saecula saeculorum - a great band from brazil, simliar in some ways to the great qvl.

Not prog, but Kronos Quartet's Purple Haze (Hendrix). They actually imitate feedback with their acoustic instruments.

 

There's also Laurie Anderson

http://www.laurieanderson.com/home.html