Leonid Kogan plays the 'Cannon' - or does he?
(30 March 2010)
Leonid Kogan plays the 'Cannon' - or does he?
The intensity and clarity of the Russian's playing show through in this short film of him performing Paganini but opinion is divided as to whether he plays Guarneri's 'Cannon' throughout the clip.
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