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Locatelli: L'Arte del Violino - Elizabeth Wallfisch / The Raglan Baroque Players / Nicholas Kraemer
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Italian Violin Sonatas: Fabio Biondi/Europa Galante
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Editorial Product Review: :One tends to associate the virtuoso violin repertoire with the 19th century, but in their own way these five sonatas, written between 1714 and 1743, offer an equally dazzling display of speed, facility, bow control and tonal variety. No wonder: the composers were among the foremost violin virtuosos of their time, as well as tireless innovators of technique and style; several even wrote treatises on violin playing. The earliest, and least familiar, is Michele Mascitti, a Neapolitan who moved to Paris when he was 30. His 'Psyché,' the program's only ...
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