Composer: Johann Jakob Walther
Performer: Bojan Čičić, The Illyria Consort
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Delphian
Catalogue: DCD34294
Release: 2022
Size: 1.91 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
Scherzi da Violino Solo, No. 1: Suite in A Major
01. I. Allemanda
02. II. Corrente
03. III Sarabanda
04. IV. Giga
Scherzi da Violino Solo, No. 2: Sonata in C Major
05. I. [Adagio I]
06. II. Presto
07. III. Lento
08. IV. Allegro I
09. V. [Adagio II]
10. VI. [Adagio II]
11. VII. Adagio III
12. VIII. Adagio III
Scherzi da Violino Solo, No. 3: Sonata in D Major
13. I. Allegro & forte
14. II. Adagio – Presto – Adagio
15. III. Lento
16. IV. [Allegro I]
17. V. Adagio I
18. VI. [Allegro II]
19. VII. [Adagio II]
20. VIII. Largo
21. IX. [Adagio III]
Scherzi da Violino Solo, No. 4: Sonata in G Major
22. I. [Adagio – Allegro]
23. II. [Allegro I]
24. III. [Adagio I]
25. IV. [Allegro II]
26. V. [Adagio II]
27. VI. [Allegro III]
Scherzi da Violino Solo, No. 5: Aria in E Minor
28. I. Aria Malincon[ico]
29. II. Presto – Tremolo
30. III. [Allegro I]
31. IV. Adagio
32. V. [Allegro II]
Scherzi da Violino Solo, No. 6: Sonata in B-Flat Major
33. I. Adagio
34. II. Presto
35. III. [Andante – Staccato]
36. IV. [Allegro]
37. V. [Aria]
Scherzi da Violino Solo, No. 7
38. Sonata in A Major: I. [Grave – Presto]
39. Sonata in A Major: II. Adagio I
40. Sonata in A Major: III. [Andante I]
41. Sonata in A Major: IV. [Andante II]
42. Sonata in A Major: V. Adagio & Presto
43. Sonata in A Major: VI. Lento
44. Sonata in A Major: VII. Adagio II
Scherzi da Violino Solo, No. 8: Sonata in C Major
45. I. [Introduzione]
46. II. Adagio & Presto
47. III. [Allegro I]
48. IV. Ondeggiando
49. V. Arpeggiando con arcate sciolte
50. VI. Allegro II
51. VII. Adagio – Prestissimo
Scherzi da Violino Solo, No. 9: Sonata in D Major
52. I. [Adagio]
53. II. [Andante]
54. III. [Adagio – Allegro – Adagio]
55. IV. [Allegro]
Scherzi da Violino Solo, No. 10: Imitatione del cuccu
56. I. [Adagio] – Allegro
57. II. Adagio – Cuccu
58. III. Adagio – Presto
59. IV. [Andante] – Cuccu
60. V. Cuccu
61. VI. Adagio I
62. VII. Largo – Cuccu
63. VIII. Adagio II
Scherzi da Violino Solo, No. 11
64. Sonata in B-Flat Major: I. [Andante]
65. Sonata in B-Flat Major: II. [Adagio – Presto]
66. Sonata in B-Flat Major: III. Staccaro [Allegro]
67. Sonata in B-Flat Major: IV. Lento
68. Sonata in B-Flat Major: V. Largo
69. Sonata in B-Flat Major: VI. Adagissimo
70. Sonata in B-Flat Major: VII. [Finale]
Scherzi da Violino Solo, No. 12: Aria in E Minor
71. I. Aria: Adagio
72. II. Presto
73. III. Allegro I
74. IV. Adagio
75. V. A gusto
76. VI. Allegro II
77. VII. Arpeggiata: legato
78. VIII. Affetuoso
79. IX. Allegro III
Johann Jakob Walther was one of the most significant violinists in Germany in the generation before Johann Sebastian Bach, and Bojan Čičić believes his music should be essential listening for anyone seeking a fuller understanding of Bach’s polyphonic writing for the instrument. Having built their reputation with a series of Delphian recordings focussing on “missing link” composers, Čičić and his Illyria Consort are passionate about bringing Walther’s collection of Scherzi da violino to the wider audience it deserves. This first complete recording displays the sheer ambition of Walther’s opus, with highlights including his demonstration of the violin’s polyphonic potential in the D major Sonata (No. III); the joyful playfulness of the end of No. IV; the inventiveness of the Imitatione del cuccu; and – Bojan Čičić’s personal favourite – the dramatic melancholy of the final Aria in E minor.