Leclair: Sonates à violon seul avec la basse continue (Extraites du Quatrième livre)
7/1/2004, 16 Tracks, 1:02:28
Featuring
Luís Otávio Santos
Ricardo Rodríguez Miranda
Alessandro Santoro
Jean-Marie Leclair
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Instruments
The violin used on this recording is a Carlo Antonio Testore from Milan, circa 1740.
Compositional Technique
Leclair's Fourth Book of Sonatas surpasses his previous works in harmonic complexity and extreme technical intricacy for the violin, incorporating surprising melodic twists, sudden modulations, and broken cadences.
Composer Biography
Jean-Marie Leclair, a French composer, was murdered in 1764 in a Parisian suburb, likely by his nephew Guillaume-François Vial, who was also a violinist.
Composition History
Jean-Marie Leclair's Fourth Book of Sonatas was published when he was 46, six years after its first announcement, during which time he lived in Amsterdam and The Hague.
Performer Biography
Luis Otavio Santos, the baroque violinist on this recording, is the Artistic Director of the Festival Internacional de Musica Colonial Brasiliera e Musica Antiga de Juiz de Fora, an event honored by the Brazilian Ministry of Culture.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Leclair was the first composer to blend the Italian virtuoso violin style, exemplified by Corelli's sonatas and Vivaldi's concertos, with the French musical tradition.
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