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In this new recording, Vartan Manoogian's elegant artistry brings to life J.S. Bach's unsurpassed masterwork for unaccompanied violin. The violin used for this recording was made by J. B. Guadagnini in Piacenza, Italy in 1747. According to records dated 1956 in the archives of violin maker William E. Hill of London, England, ""the earliest connection which we had with this instrument was when it was in the possession of Lady Kingston at the beginning of this century, who was a well-known amateur player, the pupil of Emil Sauret. It subsequently passed into the possession of a well-known professional, Miss Blaha, who emanated from Germany and from whose heirs the instrument was purchased by us in 1929. It was then sold to Mr. Robert Bower, a well-known collector, and from him passed into the hadns of Mr. Harry Blech, formerly a well-known soloist and now the conductor of the Mozart Players (in London)."" In 1956 it was sold to M. Paolo Peterlango of Milano, Italy, from whom the eminent Italian violinist Franco Gulli purchased it in 1960. Mr. Manoogian obtained the Guadagnini in the 1980s 2 CD Compact Disc set

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Vartan Manoogian is professor of music at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. A graduate of the Juilliard School, he has played with many orchestras and toured throughout the world. He was the concertmaster of the Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, with which he toured Japan. Manoogian has played at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts and has appeared in festivals in Italy, Germany, Switzerland, Spain, France, and the United States. He is the author of four books on violin technique, available in English and Spanish. During the summer he serves as artistic director of the Madeline Island Chamber Music Festival in Wisconsin.

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