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See Terms & Conditions for p&p rates. | |  | Bach, J S: Sonatas & Partitas for solo violin
After The Four Seasons, the Bach violin concertos, and the sonatas of Matteis, Amandine Beyer presents her vision of the Sonatas and Partitas, one of the pillars of the repertoire, coupled with the solo sonata of Pisendel, the best-known German violinist of his generation, who met Bach at Weimar. “These are fresh, spirited, finely judged performances. The tempi of the fast movements never seem too quick, though they often prove faster than those of other period players, and the slow movements are superbly paced...Beyer never plays on the listener's emotions but instead maintains a sliver of detachment that, in the context of her stylish performances, seems appropriate for music that is almost 300 years old...An enormously enjoyable set.” Gramophone Magazine, March 2012 “Beyer's playing is outstanding for her consistently sensitive delivery - finely chiselled in details but always organic with a keen ear for the music's broader harmonic direction. Although it invites and deserves close attention it does not overtly seek it...Her playing is at its finest...where it is at its most self-effacing: in the ear- and finger-defying polyphony Bach frequently demands from his player.” International Record Review, February 2012 | | | (also available to download from $20.75) | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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| |  | The Art of the Solo Violin in the German Baroque Era
Baroque specialist Mira Glodeanu has studied and performed with Jordi Savall, Manfredo Kremer, and Sigiswald Kuijken as wellas performing as a soloist with La Petite Bande, Les Arts Florissants, La Fenice, Il Seminario Musicale, Il Gardellino, Arpeggiata, Le Poème Harmonique… She is regularly invited to lead the orchestra of Collegium Vocale Ghent, Les Agremens and Al Ayre Espagnol and has recorded over 30 discs with Philippe Herreweghe, Gerard Lesne,Veronique Gens,William Christie, Christophe Rousset, Sigiswald Kuijken… Her keen interest in French music of the 18th century lead her to rediscover the violin sonatas of Francois Francoeur, of which she has made a world première recording for Alpha "As for Mira Glodeanu, we find intact once again her fervour, her compelling sonority, her rustic bow, and her heightened sense of mood as evident in the drunkenness of the adagios as in the joys of the finales" (Diapason). She performs on a violin by Augustin Chappuy (Paris, 1750), preserved in it's original condition, and a rare violin by Marcin Groblicz (Krakow, 1604). Here she peforms the German Baroque solo violin repertoire. “…Glodeanu's… a fine player, producing a wonderfully rich, expressively varied tone on her Groblicz Baroque violin and showing intense involvement throughout with the style and content of the music.” Gramophone Magazine, February 2010 | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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| |  | Pisendel & DresdenViolin Sonatas from the Court of Saxony
Martina Graulich (baroque violin), Ute Petersilge (baroque cello), Thomas C. Boysen (lute, theorbo, guitar), Stefano Demicheli (harpsichord) | | | (also available to download from $10.50) | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. (Available now to download.) |
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| |  | Pisendel - Violin Sonatas
Anton Steck (baroque violin) & Christian Rieger (harpsichord) “technically flawless” Classics Today “…Steck and Christian Rieger bring expressive fantasy and galant charm to the music with a unanimous partnership of evenly matched and eloquently punctuated dialogue.” BBC Music Magazine, September 2004 ***** | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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“Attentive and thoughtful as it is, Rachel Barton Pine's solo Bach is not outstanding. The context-giving rarities are worth exploring though, especially Pisendel's uncanny anticipation of Bachian rhetoric.” BBC Music Magazine, September 2005 *** | | | (also available to download from $10.50) | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. (Available now to download.) |
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| |  | Birth of the Strings
Antoni: | Ricercate (12) for solo cello, Op. 1 Julius Berger (cello) | Biber: | Passacaglia for violin solo in G minor Rebekka Hartmann (violin) | Boccherini: | String Quartet in C minor, Op. 2 No. 1, G. 159 Casal Quartett | Gabrielli: | Ricercari (7) for solo cello Julius Berger (cello) | Geminiani: | Etude Rebekka Hartmann (violin) | Guillemain: | Amusement for solo violin, Op. 18 Rebekka Hartmann (violin) | Haydn: | String Quartet, Op. 9 No. 4 in D minor Casal Quartett | Matteis the Younger: | Fantasia, con discretione Rebekka Hartmann (violin) | Mozart: | String Quartet No. 1 in G major, K80 Casal Quartett | Pisendel: | Sonata for Violin Solo in A minor Rebekka Hartmann (violin) | Rust: | Partite for Violin Solo in D minor Rebekka Hartmann (violin) | Sammartini, G B: | Sinfonia in G major, Jc 39 Casal Quartett | Scarlatti, A: | Sonata à 4 No. 4 in D minor Casal Quartett | Westhoff: | Violin Suite in A major Rebekka Hartmann (violin) |
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