"One night I dreamed that I had made a pact with the devil ... I was so overwhelmed that my breath stopped and I had to struggle for breath ... The piece I then composed is undoubtedly my best, and I still call it the Devil's Sonata," said the great violin virtuoso, productive composer and famous teacher of the 17th century, Giuseppe Tartini. Andrew Manze recorded four of his most dazzling works for solo violin, including a series of variations from L'arte del arco, for harmonia mundi in 1997.

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Camerata Obscura" - Arles in the south of France has not only been home to the traditional classical label harmonia mundi since 1986, but also to the École nationale supérieure de la photographie, the only French art academy for
photography,
since 1982


Four young artists were invited to take a new look at key works of the Baroque repertoire and thus take over the design of a new series of four reissues.