So this might not be what you would expect as a first post from a viola player's blog, but this happens to be my most recent obsession... Andreas Scholl
Okay, maybe obsession is an understatement...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dPRUe97p7rE&feature=related
Andreas Scholl and Akademie Alte Musik Berlin performing Gigue and Va
tacito from George Frederick Handel's Giulio Cesare in Eggito, HWV 17
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iRe16N_UziY
Andreas Scholl Performing Va tacito again, but the Royal Danish Theatre in Copenhagen with Lars Ulrik Mortensen (conductor) & Concerto Copenhagen
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iCeKGW7cxQc&feature=related
Andreas Scholl performing Se in Fiorito from George Frederick Handel's Giulio Cesare in Eggito, again with Lars Ulrik Mortensen (conductor) & Concerto Copenhagen at Royal Danish Theatre in Copenhagen. The solo violinist is one of the best I've ever seen!