L' Arte Del Violino

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Album Info

Release Date: 1994

Label: Hyperion

℗ & © Hyperion Records Limited, London, MCMXCIV (1994). Made in England. Total duration 213' 06''
Front illustration: "Vanitas" by Pieter Claez (c1597-1640).

Recorded:
• 14–16 July 1992 (Concertos 1–3),
• 12–14 January 1993 (Concertos 5, 6 & 10),
• 1–2 & 22–23 June 1993 (Concertos 4, 7 & 11) and
• 20–23 September 1993 (Concertos 8, 9 & 12).

The mentioned players took part in this recording of Locatelli's L' Arte del Violino.
Not all, however, were involved in all of the many sessions, each of which used 4 violins, 2 violas, 2 cellos, 1 bass plus continuo;
either theorbo or archlute, and harpsichord or organ. Pitch: A = 415Hz
Elizabeth Wallfisch plays a violin made in 1750 by Petrus Paulus de Vitor of Brescia.
The bow is a modern copy of a Dodd by Matthew Coltman.

The 28-page glossy booklet contains notes in English, Italian, French and German.
Booklet and the 3 CD's are sheltered by a (fat) chubby 4 CD jewel case with black trays.

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