Giuseppe Tartini: 30 Sonate piccole, Volume Four – Sonatas Nos. 19-24
In the last years of his life, the great composer, violinist and swordsman Giuseppe Tartini (1692–1770) laboured at a cycle of sonatas for solo violin. The resulting manuscript offers the most important composition for solo violin after Bach and, at six hours in duration, the largest integrated work for the instrument. This first complete recording is based on a fresh study of the source and includes a number of works deciphered from Tartini’s shorthand and overlooked in earlier editions.
Peter Sheppard Skærved
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Sonata No. 19 in E minor
- I Andante cantabile
- II Allegro
- III Allegro assai
- IV Menuet
- V Allegro assai
- I Grave
- II Allegro non presto
- III Allegro
- IV Presto
- I Andante
- II ‘Tra l’orror dell tempesta’: Allegro
- III Presto
- IV Allegro assai
- I Andante cantabile
- II Presto
- III Aria
- IV Menuet
- V Grave
- VI Giga
- Cantabile in A major
- I Andante cantabile
- II Allegro assai
- III Aria cantabile
- IV [Furlana]
- V ‘Amico il fato mi guida’
- I Andante cantabile
- II Allegro
- III Allegro assai
Sonata No. 20 in F Major
Sonata No. 21 in A minor
Sonata No. 22 in E major
Sonata No. 23 in D major
Sonata No. 24 in D minor
First Complete Recording
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