Leclair: Violin Concertos

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Moments of pure magic can be savoured above all in slow movements, but also when ingeniously incorporated within the contrasting ideas of faster ones…Biondi conveys this subtle blend of ‘beau... — BBC Music Magazine, August 2017, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Release Date: 5th May 2017
Catalogue No: GCD923407
Label: Glossa
Length: 59 minutes

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Leclair, J-M: Flute Concerto Op. 7 No. 3 in C major

Work length15:41

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Fabio Biondi (violin)
Europa Galante
Recorded: 23-25 November 2016
Recording Venue: Padua, San Francesco Grande, Sala Carità, Italy

Violin Concerto in C Major, Op. 7 No. 3: I. Allegro

Track length6:26

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Violin Concerto in C Major, Op. 7 No. 3: II. Adagio

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Violin Concerto in C Major, Op. 7 No. 3: III. Allegro assai

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Leclair, J-M: Violin Concerto Op. 7 No. 4 in F major

Work length14:56

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Fabio Biondi (violin)
Europa Galante
Recorded: 23-25 November 2016
Recording Venue: Padua, San Francesco Grande, Sala Carità, Italy

Violin Concerto in F Major, Op. 7 No. 4: I. Allegro

Track length5:32

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Violin Concerto in F Major, Op. 7 No. 4: II. Adagio

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Violin Concerto in F Major, Op. 7 No. 4: III. Allegro

Track length3:39

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Leclair, J-M: Concerto Op. 7 No. 5 in A minor

Work length15:24

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Fabio Biondi (violin)
Europa Galante
Recorded: 23-25 November 2016
Recording Venue: Padua, San Francesco Grande, Sala Carità, Italy

Violin Concerto in A Minor, Op. 7 No. 5: I. Vivace

Track length5:52

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Violin Concerto in A Minor, Op. 7 No. 5: II. Largo

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Violin Concerto in A Minor, Op. 7 No. 5: III. Allegro assai

Track length4:37

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Leclair, J-M: Violin concerto Op. 7, No. 1

Work length13:19

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Fabio Biondi (violin)
Europa Galante
Recorded: 23-25 November 2016
Recording Venue: Padua, San Francesco Grande, Sala Carità, Italy

Violin Concerto in D Minor, Op. 7 No. 1: I. Allegro

Track length4:12

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Violin Concerto in D Minor, Op. 7 No. 1: II. Aria. Gratioso

Track length4:37

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Violin Concerto in D Minor, Op. 7 No. 1: III. Vivace

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Jean-Marie Leclair epitomised the idea of an 18th-century virtuoso-composer, one whose compositional output largely reflects his activity as a performer. Whilst the French school possessed precursors such as Jean-Féry Rebel, it is very much to Leclair that it owes its genuine development. The virtuoso violinist became a highly sought-after teacher, and a full generation of musicians were recipients of his teaching.

Leclair published twelve concertos for violin in two sets, Op 7 (c.1737) and Op 10 (c.1743). The Op 7 collection, of which four concertos have been included in this recording, is without doubt partially made up of works which Leclair performed at the Concert Spirituel between 1728 and 1736.

Today, we are aware of the style employed by Leclair in his violin playing through his own writings and concert reviews from the time. His uncompromising ideal of performance is of a truly Appolonian nature: precision and integrity in execution, economy with the use of effects, accurate intonation and nobility of expression – all features brought to this new recording by Fabio Biondi and his already legendary ensemble, Europa Galante.

The scholar Louis Castelain of the Centre de Musique Baroque de Versailles provides the booklet notes.

Reviews

August 2017

Moments of pure magic can be savoured above all in slow movements, but also when ingeniously incorporated within the contrasting ideas of faster ones…Biondi conveys this subtle blend of ‘beau chant’ and virtuosity with vitality and sensibility providing his own brief cadenzas where he feels they are called for.

July 2017

It feels as though Fabio Biondi and Europa Galante have hit the nail on the head with these readings...Brightness and delicacy reign...Biondi himself equally brings a Leclair-worthy combination of tenderness and precision to his solo lines...All in all, Leclair couldn’t have been displayed in a more warmly faithful light.

21st May 2017

Using slightly lower pitch increases their eloquence, and Fabio Biondi’s playing with his fine ensemble is beyond reproach. Not earth-shattering music, but very elegant.

19th June 2017

Biondi’s playing has a melting purity, and a precision offset ever so subtly by languid elasticity and nuance. His small band of strings and continuo find equal warmth in accompaniment, ever vital but luxurious in tone

August 2017

this is an enjoyable and charismatic disc, well (if not flawlessly) presented by Glossa. Stimulating listening

Early Music Today September 2017

Biondi and friends summon the refined manners, graceful, lighthearted gestures, rococo freshness, even in a sense the lacy embroidery and heady perfume of Louis XV’s decadent 18th-centruy Parisian court … a haunting evocation.

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