Nardini: Complete Music for 2 Violins (3CD)

Pietro Nardini 1722-1793

Complete Music for 2 Violins

CD1                                                                                                                                                                                66’49

Sonata No.1 in G

1. I. Andante 4’31
2. II. Allegro 5’38
3. III. Allegro 3’11

Sonata No.2 in C

4. I. Adagio ma non troppo 3’23
5. II. Allegro 5’18
6. III. Allegro 3’04

Sonata No.3 in D

7. I. Andante 2’44
8. II. Allegro 5’56
9. III. Allegro moderato 3’36

Sonata No.4 in F

10. I. Andante 2’20
11. II. Allegro 5’51
12. III. Allegro 4’20

Sonata No.5 in B-flat

13. I. Allegro 10’00
14. II. Andante 3’37
15. III. Allegro 2’52

CD2                                                                                                                                                                                69’46

Sonata No.6 in E minor

1. I. Allegro 8’46
2. II. Andante 4’20
3. III. Allegro 3’57

Sonata in A for 2 Violins and B.C.

4. I. Allegro 7’06
5. II. Andante 2’50
6. III. Allegro 2’21

Minuets

7. Minuet No.1 in D 1’27
8. Minuet No.2 in A 1’52
9. Minuet No.3 in D 1’14
10. Minuet No.4 in D 0’51
11. Minuet No.5 in G 2’19
12. Minuet No.6 in D 1’59
13. Minuet No.7 in C 1’55
14. Minuet No.8 in F 2’52
15. Minuet No.9 in D 1’37
16. Minuet No.10 in D 0’59
17. Minuet No.11 in D 1’26
18. Minuet No.12 in G 1’28
19. Minuet No.13 in G 2’08
20. Minuet No.14 in G 1’57

Duets

Duet No.1 in D

21. I. Andante 4’14
22. II. Allegro 2’34

Duet No.5 in G

23. I. Allegro 3’21
24. II. Largo 3’45
25. III. Allegro 2’17

CD3                                                                                                                                                                                70’25

Duet No.2 in E-flat

1. I. Andante 8’04
2. II. Allegro 3’10

Duet No.3 in D

3. I. Vivace (Coturnix — la Caille, Luscina — le Rossignol) 4’47
4. II. Adagio (La grenouille — La Rana) 4’58
5. III. Presto (Gallina — La Poule) 3’16

Duet No.4 in F

6. I. Largetto 10’02
7. II. Spirituoso 7’46
8. III. La Caccia 3’18

Duet No.6 in B-flat

9. I. Allegretto 6’46
10. II. Largo Assai 12’40
11. III. Allegro 3’01
12. Duet in F minor 2’13

Ensemble Violini Capricciosi

Igor Ruhadze Baroque violin (Hendrik Jakobs, Amsterdam, 1693) on loan from the NMF

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

Jacopo Ristori Baroque cello (anonymous, south Germany, around 1780)

Alexandr Puliaev harpsichord (T.Power, 2022 after Couchet-Blanchet-Taskin, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston)