String Instruments from The Metropolitan Museum of Art (playlist)
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(ca. 1644--1737), Cremona, 1711. Ex. 1
Estrellita by Manuel Ponce (1882--1948), arranged by Jascha Heifetz (1901--1987). Performed by Sean Avram Carpenter and Gabriela Martinez, piano.
Violin, Bequest of Annie Bolton Matthews Bryant, 1933 (34.86.1).
2. "The Antonius" Violin, Antonio Stradivari (ca. 1644--1737), Cremona, 1711. Ex. 2
Tango by Isaac Albeniz (1860--1909), arranged by Fritz Kreisler (1875--1962). Performed by Sean Avram Carpenter and Gabriela Martinez, piano.
3. "The Antonius" Violin, Antonio Stradivari (ca. 1644--1737), Cremona, 1711. Ex. 3
"It Ain't Necessarily So" from Porgy and Bess by George Gershwin (1898--1937), arranged by Jascha Heifetz (1901--1987). Performed by Sean Avram Carpenter and Gabriela Martinez, piano.
4. "The Antonius" Violin, Antonio Stradivari (ca. 1644--1737), Cremona, 1711. Ex. 2
Cantabile by Niccolò Paganini (1782--1840). Performed by Sean Avram Carpenter.
5. "The Antonius" Violin, Antonio Stradivari (ca. 1644--1737), Cremona, 1711. Ex. 1
"Double" from the Sarabande of Partita No. 1 in B minor by J. S. Bach (1685--1750). Performed by Sean Avram Carpenter.
6. "The Francesca" Violin, Antonio Stradivari (ca. 1644--1737), Cremona, 1694. Ex. 2
Liebesleid by Fritz Kreisler (1875--1962). Performed by Sean Avram Carpenter and Gabriela Martinez, piano.
Violin, Bequest of Annie Bolton Matthews Bryant, 1933 (34.86.2).
7. "The Francesca" Violin, Antonio Stradivari (ca. 1644--1737), Cremona, 1694. Ex. 1
La Gitana by Fritz Kreisler (1875--1962). Performed by Sean Avram Carpenter and Gabriela Martinez, piano.
8. "The Gould" Violin, Antonio Stradivari (ca. 1644--1737), Cremona, 1693. Ex. 2
Largo from Sonata in C Major by J. S. Bach (1685--1750). Performed by Sean Avram Carpenter.
Violin, Gift of George Gould, 1955 (55.86)
9. "The Gould" Violin, Antonio Stradivari (ca. 1644--1737), Cremona, 1693. Ex. 1
"Double" from the Sarabande of Partita No. 1 in B minor by J. S. Bach (1685--1750). Performed by Sean Avram Carpenter.
10. Viola, Pietro Giovanni Mantegazza (ca.1730-1803), Milan, 1767. La Capriceuse, Op. 17, by Edward Elgar (1857-1934). Originally for violin, arranged by David Aaron Carpenter. Performed by David Aaron Carpenter, viola, and Gabriela Martinez, piano.
Viola on loan from a Private Collector.
11. Violin, Andrea Amati (ca. 1505--1578), Cremona, ca. 1559 Ex. 1
"Double" from the Sarabande of Partita no. 1 in B minor by Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) played by Sean Avram Carpenter at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, September 19, 2011.
Performed on a violin by Andrea Amati built ca. 1559 in Cremona, Italy
12. Violin, Andrea Amati (ca. 1505--1578), Cremona, ca. 1559 Ex. 2
Gigue from Partita No. 2 in D minor by Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) played by Sean Avram Carpenter at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, September 19, 2011.
Performed on a violin by Andrea Amati built ca. 1559 in Cremona, Italy.
13. Violin, Antonio Gragnani (active 1765--1795), Livorno, 1783.
Sicilienne and Rigaudon by Fritz Kreisler (1875--1962). Performed by Sean Avram Carpenter and Gabriela Martinez, piano.
Violin, Gift of Evelyn Stark, 1997 (1997.147).
14. Violin, Carlo Antonio Testore (1693--1765), Milan, 1737.
"You Is My Woman Now" from Porgy and Bess by George Gershwin (1898--1937), arranged by Jascha Heifetz (1901--1987). Performed by Sean Avram Carpenter and Gabriela Martinez, piano.
Violin, Bequest of Annie Bolton Matthews Bryant, 1933 (34.86.1).
15. Violin, Joachim Tielke (1641--1719), Hamburg, ca. 1685. Ex. 2
Allegro from Sonata No. 2 in A minor by J. S. Bach (1685--1750). Performed by Sean Avram Carpenter.
Violin, Purchase, Clara Mertens Bequest, in memory of André Mertens, 1992 (1992.333).
16. Violin, Joachim Tielke (1641--1719), Hamburg, ca. 1685. Ex. 1
"Double" from the Sarabande of Partita No. 1 in B minor by J. S. Bach (1685--1750). Performed by Sean Avram Carpenter.
Violin, Purchase, Clara Mertens Bequest, in memory of André Mertens, 1992 (1992.333).
17. Violin, Nicoló Amati (1596--1684), Cremona, 1669. Ex. 1
Adagio from Sonata No. 1 in G minor by J. S. Bach (1685--1750). Performed by Sean Avram Carpenter.
Violin, Gift of Evelyn Stark, 1974 (1974.229).
18. Violin, Nicoló Amati (1596--1684), Cremona, 1669. Ex. 2
"Double" from the Sarabande of Partita No. 1 in B minor by J. S. Bach (1685--1750). Performed by Sean Avram Carpenter.
19. Violoncello, attributed to François Louis Pique (1758--1822), Paris, ca. 1800.
Prelude in C Major by J. S. Bach (1685--1750). Performed by Mihai Marica.
Violoncello, Purchase, The Astor Foundation, Mrs. Jackson Burke, J. Richardson Dilworth, Mrs. Harold H. Krechmer, in memory of Harold H. Krechmer and American Society for Eighteenth Century Studies Gifts; Rogers Fund; Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Gregory W. Mandeville, The Crosby Brown Collection of Musical Instruments, Gifts of Mrs. Harold H. Krechmer and Helen Blank, in memory of Therese Gittler, by exchange; and funds from various donors, 1983 (1983.435).
20. Violoncello, Jean Baptiste Vuillaume (1798--1875), Paris, mid-19th century. Ex. 2
Sonata for Solo 'Cello by György Ligeti (1923--2006). Performed by Mihai Marica.
Violoncello, Gift of Dr. Peter Blos, 1984 (1984.114.1).
21. Violoncello, Jean Baptiste Vuillaume (1798--1875), Paris, mid-19th century. Ex. 1
Prelude in C Major by J. S. Bach (1685--1750). Performed by Mihai Marica.
Violoncello, Gift of Dr. Peter Blos, 1984 (1984.114.1).
22. Viola, Benjamin Banks (1727--1795), London, 1791.
Vocalise, Op. 34, No. 14 by Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873--1943), originally for voice, arranged for viola by David Aaron Carpenter. Performed by David Aaron Carpenter and Gabriela Martinez, piano.
Viola, Gift of Dorothy and Robert Rosenbaum, 1979 (1979.177).
23-24. Stradivari violin, "The Antonius," played by Eric Grossman
The concert violinist Eric Grossman performs the chaconne from the Partita no. 2 in D Minor by J. S. Bach (1685 - 1750) on a violin made by Antonio Stradivari in 1717. The instrument — one of three by Stradivari in the Metropolitan Museum's collection — is named "The Antonius" and comes from Stradivari's so-called golden period (about 1700 to 1720).
Violin, "The Antonius," 1717
Made by Antonio Stradivari (Italian, 1644 - 1737)
Cremona, Italy
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Bequest of Annie Bolton Matthews Bryant, 1933 (34.86.1a)
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