Monograph of the Antonio Stradivari Cello c.1690 ‘Barjansky’
Probably the most extensive and detailed study of a stringed instrument that has ever been published
Cello by William Pleeth
Foreword by Jacqueline du Pré
The Best of Technique
In The Best of Technique you’ll discover the top playing tips of the world’s leading string players and teachers. It’s packed full of exercises for students, plus examples from the standard repertoire to show you how to integrate the technique into your playing.
Valentin Berlinsky – A Quartet for Life by Maria Matalaev
The compiled memoirs of Valentin Berlinsky, cellist with the Borodin Quartet for more than six decades.
Foreword by Steven Isserlis
Listening through the lens by Christopher Nupen (with sampler DVD)
The official autobiography from BAFTA award-winning film maker, Christopher Nupen, director of The Trout – one of the most watched classical music films.
Foreword by Vladimir Ashkenazy
Rostropovich: A Celebration
Discover the man behind the legend, from interviews with the renowned cellist and the people who knew him.
Cello Heroes
Steven Isserlis, Ralph Kirshbaum, Mischa Maisky and Natalia Gutman are among the cellists featured in this special publication from The
The Strad Masterclass: Solo Cello
Alban Gerhardt, Bonnie Hampton, Gary Hoffman, Jean-Guihen Queyras, Jan Vogler: some of the cello world’s top names have given their
An Introduction to the Old Italian Violins (simplified mandarin)
The book offers an overview of 300 years of violin history. Exploring the historical circumstances in Northern Italy, namely the city of Cremona, where the violin originated, it takes the reader from Andrea Amati’s workshop to those of the most famous Cremonese violin makers such as Antonio Stradivari, Guarneri del Gesù and Carlo Bergonzi. From there violin making spread across other Italian and European cities.
Illustrated with more than 600 pictures of instruments, the book is a unique guide to the complex world of violin family instruments; it provides valuable advice on how to choose the best violin, and how to take care of it.
A Voice in the Dark, The Philharmonia Years by Alexander Kok
Alexander Kok, a supremely talented cellist, shares his life with the reader in an anecdotal autobiography. Kok was only 19