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<DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2>Dear List:</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2>I just received information (via BMG =
classical
Record Service Newsletter) that Yo-Yo Ma has recorded and released a =
recording
of Bach selections and Boccherini concertos performed with the Amsterdam =
Baroque
Orchestra, Tom Koopman conducting.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2>According to the brochure, he =
modified his 1712
Strad cello by removing the endpin, replaced the standard bridge with a =
thicker,
Baroque styled bridge (giving the fingerboard a different feel), used =
gut
strings and a baroque bow, and tuned the instrument differently (the =
article
does not say how).</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2>Ma called the result "a warmer =
and more
relaxed sound...Suddenly you get a different world of sound - a whole =
world of
expressivity, of color.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2>The reviewer said that it is indeed
ear-opening.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2>I haven't ordered it yet, but with =
the many
discussions of historical tunings on the list, I thought many would find =
it
interesting that we are not the only experimenters and likers of =
alternate
tunings.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2>Dan Hallett, Jr. =
RPT</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>