Eight Pieces saw the light of day when Bruch was 70

The book comes with a score and a bass part

Famed del Gesù sold to an anonymous Russian billionaire

Beethoven: The Complete String Quartets. Alexander String Quartet (Foghorn Classics)

Includes photos of more than 40 instruments

A bow hair conditioner and cleaner

Transfigurations. Christopher Rouse’s String Chamber. The Calder Quartet (E1)

A fearless soloist and chamber musician, she is being hailed as 'the young old master'

Want to expand your repertoire of violin and cello duos? These lesser-known gems are sure to please

Ex-Cleveland String Quartet member Martha Katz offers advice

A blind test of shoulder rests leads to some surprising results

Black and Latino orchestral players make inroads, but void remains

5 steps to apply what you know to a full classroom

Defying recession woes, a music director establishes a period ensemble at a California public school—roll over, Beethoven!

When a Strad just isn't good enough. The pleasures and perils of adding a new instrument to a quartet

Tips on searching for a new member, interviewing candidates, and boosting public relations

Learn to negotiate both the uncontrolled and controlled techniques

Rhymes & Reasons. Catherine Fraser and Duncan Smith (Cromarty, catherinefraser.com)

Regina Carter and others lead the way at concerts with strong international flavor

Published rock arrangements for string quartets

World-class musicians provide intensive workshops for gifted chamber-music students at the Chamber Music Institute

Cameo appearance on PBS crafts series

Violist John Cale became a driving force in rock's Velvet Underground

Adrian Anantawan pushes aside any doubts that a one-handed violinist can succeed

Debut recording on Flower Note Records is a circling back to musical roots

Financial difficulties cited

Showroom located near Berklee

Despite economic downturn, sales records broken

Joe Bushkin Quartet, featuring Stuff Smith: Live Embers, 1964 and c. 1966 Violin Solos (AB Fable)

Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto, Piano Trios Nos. 1 & 2. Leonidas Kavakos, soloist and conductor with Camerata Salzburg (Sony)

Luthier died last year at age 98

New York violin maker delivers Baroque instruments for permanent collection

Wendy Warner Plays Popper and Piatigorsky. Wendy Warner, cello, Eileen Buck, piano (Cedille Records)