The first of Frank Almond's A Violin's Life albums, featuring the novel programming concept of performing works associated with his 1715 "Lipinski" Stradivarius violin, was well received, but hardly made him a household name. Between that release and this one, Almond was mugged with a Taser in a Milwaukee parking lot, and his priceless violin was stolen. It was recovered by Milwaukee police ten days later, and Almond had the presence of mind to propose Taser-proof clothing for musicians that would "mainly be for conductors. ...
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The first of Frank Almond's A Violin's Life albums, featuring the novel programming concept of performing works associated with his 1715 "Lipinski" Stradivarius violin, was well received, but hardly made him a household name. Between that release and this one, Almond was mugged with a Taser in a Milwaukee parking lot, and his priceless violin was stolen. It was recovered by Milwaukee police ten days later, and Almond had the presence of mind to propose Taser-proof clothing for musicians that would "mainly be for conductors." In any event, it is to be hoped that Almond's ordeal will draw wider attention to the second A Violin's Life, which presents two unusual pieces and one standard that have been performed on his Lipinski Strad. The Violin Sonata in B minor of Sweden's Amanda Maier-Röntgen, a female composer who will be unfamiliar to all but specialists in the field, is an entirely competent essay in the Schumann style. Her father-in-law and teacher, Engelbert Röntgen, owned the Lipinski, and she...
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