The two were close friends and the concerto had been written with Joachim in mind and in particular, his instrument, a Stradivarius which boasts a rich and resonant tone. Nearly a century and a ...

Crafted by the renowned violin maker Antonio Stradivari in 1714, the rare instrument is expected to sell for between $12 million and $18 million Ella Feldman Daily Correspondent Known as the ...

The recorder used to be an instrument people wanted to hear. As a 1946 article in The Atlantic explained, it gets mentioned lovingly in Shakespeare’s Hamlet and Milton’s Paradise Lost.