Composer: Arcangelo Corelli, Jean Baptiste Quentin
Performer: Jean Rondeau, Anna Besson, Myriam Rignol
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Alpha
Catalogue: ALPHA1022
Release: 2024
Size: 2.56 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
Quentin: 3e Livre de Sonates à violon seul et basse continue, Sonata Sexta
01. I. Adagio
02. II. Corrente
03. III. Largo
04. IV. Aria
Quentin: 2e Livre de Sonates à violon seul et basse continue, Sonata X
05. Largo
Corelli: Violin Sonata Op. 5 No. 4 in F major (Version for Flute)
06. I. Adagio
07. II. Allegro
08. III. Vivace
09. IV. Adagio
10. V. Allegro
Quentin: Sonata seconda du IIème Livre de Sonates à violon seul et basse continue
11. Andante
Quentin: Violin Sonata, Op. 14 No. 4
12. I. Allegro
13. II. Adagio
14. III. Aria
Corelli: Violin Sonata Op. 5 No. 3 in C major (Version for Flute)
15. I. Adagio
16. II. Allegro
17. III. Adagio
18. IV. Allegro
19. V. Allegro
Quentin: 3e Livre de Sonates à violon seul et basse continue, Sonata Decima
20. Largo
Corelli: Violin Sonata Op. 5 No. 5 in G minor (Version for Flute)
21. I. Adagio
22. II. Vivace
23. III. Adagio
24. IV. Vivace
25. V. Allegro
Quentin: 3e Livre de Sonates à violon seul avec la basse continue, Sonata Quarta
26. I. Un poco andante
27. II. Allemanda
28. III. Sarabanda
29. IV. Aria
In 1700, Corelli published his 12 violin sonatas, Opus 5, in Rome. A veritable revolution in violin technique, they won the admiration of eminent composers (Bach, Dandrieu, Couperin) and greatly influenced the French (Francoeur, Leclair, Senaille, Quentin), who were to try their hand at this virtuoso and brilliant Italian style. At the end of the 1730s, the first six sonatas of opus 5 were “adapted to the transverse flute with the bass” by a Parisian publisher. The level of virtuosity they demanded was quite innovative at the time. This display of virtuosity is also to be found in the compositions of Jean-Baptiste Quentin, known as Le Jeune. We have very little biographical information on Quentin himself, but all his work is greatly inspired by Italian music and is heavily influenced by Corelli. Anna Besson has made the world’s first recording of his sonatas, with the help of two other eminent performers of the new Baroque generation, Myriam Rignol on viola da gamba and Jean Rondeau on harpsichord…