?Lightning in a bottle?

When James Ehnes was learning the violin in his native Canada, there was little live influence from the masters. Itzhak Perlman and Fritz Kreisler were studied from the speakers of a cassette player.

“The great violinists didn?t make detours to Brandon [Manitoba],” he said. “Recordings were essential to my artistic development. Perhaps one day, my own recordings will influence other people.”