Vandini/ L'Arte Dell'Arco/ Galligioni - Complete WorksAntonio Vandini was born around 1690 in Bologna, the city where the cello knew it's first glories as a solo instrument. He held several assignments in Bergamo, Venice and later Padua, where he developed a friendship with Giovanni Tartini. His virtuosity was brought to fame by Charles Burney who defined him "the famous old Antonio Vandini on the violoncello who, the Italians say, plays and expresses a parlare, that is in such a manner as to make his

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a lively Bohemian dance

Gustav Strube: Violin Sonata in E minor (1924)

due to the tight section riffing by the horns

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