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Catalina Vicens Music The subtlety of Bach’s Andante from the Concerto Italiano, explored through the colors of this unique instrument of the Tagliavini Collection, the harpsichord-fortepiano by Giovanni Ferrini (Florence, 1746). This genious invention by the pupil of Bartolomeo Cristofori, the inventor of the early piano, combines the Cristoforian piano mechanism on the upper keyboard - with all dynamic subtleties of pianissimo to mezzo piano, and the brilliance of the harpsichord. Here prepari