Composer: Giuseppe Tartini
Performer: Peter Sheppard Skærved
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Toccata
Catalogue: TOCC0297
Release: 2015
Size: 402 MB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
Violin Sonata No. 13 in B minor
01. I. Andante
02. II. Allegro assai
03. III. Giga: Allegro affettuoso
Violin Sonata No. 14 in G major
04. I. Andante cantabile
05. II. Allegro assai
06. III. Allegro
07. IV. Aria del Tasso
08. VI. Allegro
09. VII. Allegro arpeggio
Violin Sonata in C Major, B.C2
10. I. Andante Cantabile
11. II. Allegro
12. III. Giga
13. IV. Menuet
14. V. Allegro
Violin Sonata in D Major, B.D2
15. I. Andante cantabile
16. II. Allegro assai
17. III. Tasso
18. IV. Furlana
Violin Sonata in C Major, B.C3
19. I. Andante cantabile amatissimo
20. II. Allegro battute sciolte
21. III. Allegro assai
22. IV. Gravi (per Solfaut)
23. V. Giga
Violin Sonata in D Major, B.D3
24. I. Andante cantabile
25. II. Allegro assai
26. III. Siciliana, andante
27. IV. Menuet I-II
28. V. Aria: Allegro assai
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.
Tartini is remembered by the general public only for his ‘Devil’s Trill’ Sonata but he is a far more important composer than that work would suggest: taken together, these sonatas form the most important composition for solo violin after Bach.
At six hours in duration, it is the largest integrated work for the instrument.
The music is surprisingly lyrical, and frequently has echoes of folk-music from Tartini’s Istrian homeland.
This complete recording is based on a fresh study of the source and includes a number of works in Tartini’s shorthand, overlooked in earlier editions, and deciphered by the solo violinist Peter Sheppard Skærved for the first time.
Peter Sheppard Skærved is the dedicatee of over 300 works for solo violin. His discography stretches from Telemann to many of the works written for him, and he was nominated for a Grammy in 2007. He is the leader of the Kreutzer Quartet and Viotti Lecturer at the Royal Academy of Music, London.