In the last years of his life, the composer, violinist and swordsman Giuseppe Tartini (1692-1770) laboured at a vast 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. These 'Little Sonatas' tread a delicate line between Baroque formality and proto-Romantic passion, occasionally illuminated with an echo of the folk-fiddling of his Slovenian homeland.

Tracklist:

Violin Sonatano. 25 In G Major (Ed. P. S. Skærved): I. Siciliano
Violin Sonatano. 25 In G Major (Ed. P. S. Skærved): II. Menuet
Violin Sonatano. 25 In G Major (Ed. P. S. Skærved): III. Giga
Violin Sonatano. 25 In G Major (Ed. P. S. Skærved): IV. Andante
Violin Sonatano. 26 In B-Flat Major (Ed. P. S. Skærved): I. Andante
Violin Sonatano. 26 In B-Flat Major (Ed. P. S. Skærved): II. Allegro
Violin Sonatano. 26 In B-Flat Major (Ed. P. S. Skærved): III. Allegro
Violin Sonatano. 26 In B-Flat Major (Ed. P. S. Skærved): IV. Menuet
Violin Sonatano. 26 In B-Flat Major (Ed. P. S. Skærved): V. Andante
Violin Sonatano. 27 In D Minor (Ed. P. S. Skærved): I. Andante
Violin Sonatano. 27 In D Minor (Ed. P. S. Skærved): II. Presto
Violin Sonatano. 27 In D Minor (Ed. P. S. Skærved): III. Giga
Violin Sonatano. 27 In D Minor (Ed. P. S. Skærved): IV. Tema Con Variazioni
Violin Sonatano. 28in A Minor (Ed. P. S. Skærved): I. Andante Cantabile
Violin Sonatano. 28in A Minor (Ed. P. S. Skærved): II. Allegro
Violin Sonatano. 28in A Minor (Ed. P. S. Skærved): III. Allegro
Violin Sonatano. 28in A Minor (Ed. P. S. Skærved): IV. Giga
Violin Sonatano. 28in A Minor (Ed. P. S. Skærved): V. Tema Con Variazioni
Violin Sonatano. 29 In G Major (Ed. P. S. Skærved): I. Andante
Violin Sonatano. 29 In G Major (Ed. P. S. Skærved): II. Giga
Violin Sonatano. 29 In G Major (Ed. P. S. Skærved): III. Menuet
Violin Sonatano. 30 In E Minor (Ed. P. S. Skærved): I. Grave
Violin Sonatano. 30 In E Minor (Ed. P. S. Skærved): II. Andante Cantabile
Violin Sonatano. 30 In E Minor (Ed. P. S. Skærved): III. Giga
Violin Sonatano. 30 In E Minor (Ed. P. S. Skærved): IV. Minuet
Violin Sonatano. 30 In E Minor (Ed. P. S. Skærved): V. Presto
Violin Sonatano. 30 In E Minor (Ed. P. S. Skærved): VI. Aria Cantabile
Violin Sonatano. 30 In E Minor (Ed. P. S. Skærved): VII. Double - Minuet
Violin Sonatano. 30 In E Minor (Ed. P. S. Skærved): VIII. Allegro

UPC: 5060113444547
Label: Toccata
Release Date: 8.2.19
Format: CD

Tartini / Skaerved - 30 Sonate Piccole 5 (CD)