Guadagnini documentary film (in French)

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This has just gone up on You Tube:  a 55-minute film concerning the Guadagnini violin that belonged to the mostly-forgotten virtuoso Raoul Vidas.  It was bequeathed  to the Paris Conservatory in 1996, especially for the use of students there.  The Conservatory then commissioned three copies to be made by three luthiers, and all four violins are shown, heard and discussed.  Some fine moments of music, as well as much detailed comment by luthiers and musicians— much of which will be hard for some of us to follow.