I'd also like to point this out:
http://www.samhulick.com/misc/bad_legato.mp3
Cellos perf legato. Now, contrast this to the woodwinds... which sound great. All you have to do is load up the clarinet, or flute, for example, and play. It's magical, really. But the strings legato sound horrible... jumpy, and disconnected. Why? Why do the strings not sound as perfect as the Opus woodwinds? Or the legato brass? (solo trumpet, yum)
http://www.samhulick.com/misc/bad_legato.mp3
Cellos perf legato. Now, contrast this to the woodwinds... which sound great. All you have to do is load up the clarinet, or flute, for example, and play. It's magical, really. But the strings legato sound horrible... jumpy, and disconnected. Why? Why do the strings not sound as perfect as the Opus woodwinds? Or the legato brass? (solo trumpet, yum)