Pietro Nardini (1722-1793) - Sonatas for Strings

• Pietro Nardini (1722-1793) was one of those typical violinists /composers in the vein of Giuseppe Tartini whose pupil he had been. Most works in his oeuvre call for the violin, both in orchestral and chamber pieces.

• Although he himself had a great aptitude for the violin his solo concertos as was his performance style are not ostentatiously showing off technical skills. Apparently his own playing was incredibly moving, but he felt best at home in smaller scale works such as the sonatas.

• In these sonatas he followed the order of movements favoured by Tartini: slow – fast- fast. These 2 CD’s contain some examples of this now unusual order.

• The excellent Ensemble Ardi Cor Mio has dedicated itself to rediscovering and performing music by 17th- and 18th-century Italian composers. This is a record long overdue to confront the world again with this music which has been virtually absent from the musical stage for several centuries. At the time the pre-Classicist Nardini quickly became old-fashioned.

Composer: Pietro Nardini (1722-1793)
Orchestra: Ensemble Ardi Cor Mio



Tracks:


Sonata per due violini e basso (A) 1.Allegro
Sonata per due violini e basso (A) 2.Andante
Sonata per due violini e basso (A) 3.Allegro
Sonata per violino e basso (d minor) 1.Adagio
Sonata per violino e basso (d minor) 2.Allegro
Sonata per violino e basso (d minor) 3.Allegro
Sonata No.1 per due violini (D) 1.Andante
Sonata No.1 per due violini (D) 2.Allegro
Minuetto No.5 per due violini e basso (G)
Sonata per clavicembalo (E flat) 1.Allegro
Sonata per clavicembalo (E flat) 2.Andante con variazioni
Sonata per violino e violoncello (C) 1.Allegro
Sonata per violino e violoncello (C) 2.Adagio
Sonata per violino e violoncello (C) 3.Minuetto
Minuetto No.13 per due violini e basso (G)
Minuetto No.6 per due violini e basso (D)
Sonata No.2 per due violini (E flat) 1.Andante
Sonata No.2 per due violini (E flat) 2.Allegro
Sonata “Enigmatica” per violino (F) 1.Largo
Sonata “Enigmatica” per violino (F) 2.Minuetto (Vivace)
Sonata “Enigmatica” per violino (F) 3.Allegro
Sonata per violino e basso (C) 1.Adagio
Sonata per violino e basso (C) 2.Allegro
Sonata per violino e basso (C) 3.Presto
Minuetto No.6 per due violini e basso (D)






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English Classical Violin Concertos (Unusual stuff)



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*Brahms Hungarian Dances for violin and piano
*Tartini - Violin concertos (any disc from Hungaroton or Dynamic collection)