Every year, tens of thousands of people go to the Cremona Town Hall to visit the Violin Room. Here they admire a unique exhibition of which Cremona is justly proud and which exemplifies the history of the classical Cremonese art of making stringed instruments, from the work of Andrea Amati and various members of his family, through to the absolute perfection of Antonio Stradivarius and the Guarneri family. The town's collection of violins has now become the center of a new enterprise: their voices have been recorded, rekindled by one of the greatest musicians of our time, Salvatore Accardo.

Track Listing

Disc 1

“Carlo IX” di A. Amati (1566)
Praeludium und Allegro
in the style of Pugnani

Menuett
in the style of Porpora

Tambourin
in the style of Leclair

Disc 2

“Hammerle” di N. Amati (1658)
Rondino
based on a theme by Beethoven

Melodie
Gluck arr. Kreisler

Allegretto
in the style of Boccherini

“Quarestani” di G. Guarneri (1689)
Hindu - Lied
Rimskij Korsakov from “Sadko”

Disc 3

Mazurka A minor
Chopin Op. 67, n. 4 arr. Kreisler

“G. Guarneri detto del Gesù” (1734)
La Gitana

Impromptu
Schubert Op. 90, n.3 arr. Kreisler

Disc 4

Liebesfreud
“Cremonese” di A. Stradivari (1715)

Tambourin Chinois

Cavatina

Schön Rosmarin