Geminiani - Violin Sonatas, op.1
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Label: Brilliant Classics
Cat No: 96524
Format: CD
Number of Discs: 2
Genre: Chamber
Release Date: 8th April 2022
Contents
Artists
Igor Ruhadze (Baroque violin)Alexandra Nepomnyashchaya (harpsichord)
Works
Violin Sonatas (12), op.1Artists
Igor Ruhadze (Baroque violin)Alexandra Nepomnyashchaya (harpsichord)
About
Geminiani dedicated the Op.1 Sonatas (1716) to Baron Johann Adolf Kielmansegge, his first London patron. According to Hawkins, Kielmansegge favoured the composer by arranging a performance before the king in which Geminiani was accompanied on the harpsichord by Handel. With these sonatas, which clearly stem from Corelli, Geminiani presented himself to the public as Corelli's pupil. Many imitation editions followed the first printing, but the commentator Charles Burney maintained that only the composer himself could do them full justice.
Apparently designed as a calling card for Geminiani’s talents as a violinist-composer, the Op.1 Sonatas still make strenuous technical but also expressive demands on any interpreter. Their genteel surface and polished dialogue between parts conceals an array of sophisticated contrasts between moods and demonstration of a violinist’s credentials as an artist as well as a technician.
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