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Handel - Complete Violin Sonatas | Delphian DCD34304

Handel - Complete Violin Sonatas

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Label: Delphian

Cat No: DCD34304

Barcode: 0801918343049

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 1

Genre: Chamber

Release Date: 23rd February 2024

Contents

About

Though better known as a virtuoso keyboard player, as a young man Handel also trained as a violinist. His works for violin and harpsichord, says essayist Donald Burrows, ‘do not attract attention by flashy virtuosity: rather, they are flowing and agreeable chamber music, in which the violinist is in musical conversation with the keyboard player.’

Who better to guide us in this conversation than two early music stars – Bojan Čičić, fresh from acclaimed solo recordings of Bach and Johann Jakob Walther; and Steven Devine, who has known the magnificent 1756 Kirckman harpsichord since boyhood and for whom, he says, it is a privilege and delight to record these Handel Sonatas on it.

Reviews

The presence of this Croatian-born violinist is definitely a big attraction, particularly after last year’s superlative album of Bach’s solo sonatas and partitas. His keyboard partner, Steven Devine, is no slouch either, and both find innumerable delights in the seven sonatas, plus five bits and bobs, from a composer mostly known for his operas, oratorios and keyboard prowess, not for fiddling about with a bow and four strings. The opening D major sonata, dated about 1750, is especially splendid, featuring strong dancing rhythms...
The Times

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