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Sonata in G minor, 'Devil's Trill'

Composer: Giuseppe Tartini
Performer: Alexandra Soumm (Violin)
Performer: Aimo Pagin (Piano)
Recording date: 10 July 2012
Date of broadcast: 26 July 2012

The composer's best-known work, notorious for its technically demanding passages, the 'Devil's Trill' Sonata arose from a dream that Tartini had, in which the devil appeared and had played with such skill and beauty that the composer wrote what he could remember upon his awakening.

Composer: Giuseppe Tartini
Performer: Alexandra Soumm (Violin)
Performer: Aimo Pagin (Piano)
Recording date: 10 July 2012
Date of broadcast: 26 July 2012

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