The Strad Calendar 2021: Francesco Rugeri cello c.1680

The Strad’s 2021 Calendar celebrates the work of Dextra Musica, the Norwegian foundation that has built up a fine collection of historical and contemporary instruments over the past 15 years. All the instruments are in daily use, being loaned out both to top soloists and to up-and-coming young players. Some of the treasures include Stradivari’s golden-period ‘Rivaz, Baron Gutmann’ violin, now played by Eldbjørg Hemsing, the 1744 Guarneri ‘del Gesù’ used by Henning Kraggerud, and the 1783 Guadagnini cello once owned by Rostropovich, which was sold for a record £1.93 million in 2018.
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[@mylesjordan9970]

Excellent cellist! It’s wonderful how “right” Francesco got it. (Also how odd that, after Stradivari copied him, history accorded the credit for inventing the modern cello to Stradivari rather than to Ruggeri.) Ruggeri’s brilliant insight was not to proportion his instrument to the musical range needed, but rather to the human hand. Wound strings, recently developed in Brescia, opened up possibilities for a satisfactory bass response from the shorter stop length.

[@charliegrandison1176]

Lovely video. Lovely cello. Excellent cellist! Could you please tell us the name of the peice that he plays. It sounds so awesome and I want to hear more! Thank you!

[@Kwert]

It's the second movement of the Hindemith Sonata for Cello Solo

[@charliegrandison1176]

@@Kwert thank you. It is haubtingly beautiful