Huws Jones, The Viennese Fiddler for Violin (Boosey and Hawkes) advanced_cello_endpin_stops * The Swan from Carnival

* The Swan from Carnival of the Animals (Saint-Saëns)

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The Adventure Begins

Evah Pirazzi Gold rosin increases the ease of response in the softer dynamic range and maximises the ability of the instrument to react to bow impulses during fast

and recorded by violist Barbara Barber

Huws Jones, The Viennese Fiddler for Violin (Boosey and Hawkes) advanced_cello_endpin_stops * The Swan from CarnivalViennese music has become almost synonymous with Johann Strauss II and his great waltzes. But of course there were other luminaries: his father Johann Strauss I his talented brothers Josef and Eduard as well as their colleagues friends and rivals. This collection includes music by some of these; and apart from waltzes we have polkas (slow and fast) a couple of melodies from operettas and a march. The selection ranges from shorter eminently playable