LECLAIR: Complete Violin Concertos (3CD)

Jean-Marie Leclair 1697-1764

Complete Violin Concertos

CD1                                                                                                                                                                                66’21

Concerto Op.10 No.1 in B flat

for violin, strings and basso continuo

1. I. Allegro 5’49
2. II. Andante 2’42
3. III. Giga- Allegro ma non troppo 5’22

Concerto Op.10 No.2 in A

for violin, strings and basso continuo

4. I. Allegro ma non troppo 5’33
5. II. Adagio 5’52
6. III. Allegro ma non troppo 5’01

Concerto Op.10 No.3 in D

for violin, strings and basso continuo

7. I. Allegro moderato 5’34
8. II. Andante 5’25
9. III. Allegro ma non troppo 5’29

Concerto Op.10 No.4 in F

for violin, strings and basso continuo

10. I. Allegro ma poco 6’49
11. II. Aria. Grazioso – Andante 6’38
12. III. Allegro 5’49

CD2                                                                                                                                                                                65’14

Concerto Op.10 No.5 in E minor

for violin, strings and basso continuo

1. I. Allegro ma poco 6’25
2. II. Largo 5’13
3. III. Allegro 5’37

Concerto Op.10 No.6 in G minor

for violin, strings and basso continuo

4. I. Allegro ma poco 8’20
5. II. Andante. Aria Grazioso 3’29
6. III. Allegro 6’57

Concerto Op.7 No.1 in D minor

for violin, strings and basso continuo

7. I. Allegro 3’34
8. II. Aria. Grazioso 4’36
9. III. Vivace 4’30

Concerto Op.7 No.2 in D

for violin, strings and basso continuo

10. I. Adagio – Allegro ma non troppo 7’05
11. II. Adagio 3’59
12. III. Allegro 5’37

CD3                                                                                                                                                                                67’19

Concerto Op.7 No.3 in C

for violin, strings and basso continuo

1. I. Allegro 4’55
2. II. Adagio 7’23
3. III. Allegro assai 3’46

Concerto Op.7 No.4 in F

for violin, strings and basso continuo

4. I. Allegro moderato 5’26
5. II. Adagio 5’32
6. III. Allegro 3’42

Concerto Op.7 No.5 in A minor

for violin, strings and basso continuo

7. I. Vivace 5’19
8. II. Largo – Adagio 5’46
9. III. Allegro assai 4’41

Concerto Op.7 No.6 in A

for violin, strings and basso continuo

10. I. Allegro ma non presto 9’18
11. II. Aria. Grazioso non troppo adagio 5’49
12. III. Giga. Allegro 5’19

Ensemble Violini Capricciosi

Igor Ruhadzeleader, baroque violin

(Hendrik Jakobs, Amsterdam, 1693) on loan from the NMF

Daria Gorbanbaroque violin (David Tecchler, Rome, 1706) on loan from the NMF

Marta Noelia Jiménez Vegabaroque violin (Anonymous, Germany 18th century)

Eirini Stratigopouloubaroque viola (Anonymous, Germany 19th century)

Octavie Dostaler-Lalondebaroque cello

(Anonymous, Germany 18th century) on loan from the NMF

Juan Diazdouble bass (Mirecourt, 1850)

Alexandr Puliaevharpsichord

(Klaus Ahrend, Leer 1968, after Dulcken, Antwerpen 1750)

Recording: 14, 21 February, 21-23 April, 24-26 September 2018, Westvestkerk, Schiedam, The Netherlands