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Generations: Senaille & Leclair - Sonatas for Violin and Harpsichord | Harmonia Mundi HAF8905292

Generations: Senaille & Leclair - Sonatas for Violin and Harpsichord

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Label: Harmonia Mundi

Cat No: HAF8905292

Barcode: 5400863053864

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 1

Genre: Chamber

Release Date: 16th July 2021

Contents

Works

Leclair, Jean-Marie

Violin Sonatas (12), Book 1
» no.5 in A major
Violin Sonatas (12), Book 2, op.2
» no.2 in F major

Senaille, Jean Baptiste

Violin Sonatas (10), op.1
» no.5 in C minor
» no.6 in G minor
Violin Sonatas (10), op.3
» no.5 in E minor: I. Gavotte. Andante grazioso
» no.10 in D major
Violin Sonatas (10), op.4
» no.5 in E minor

Artists

Theotime Langlois de Swarte (violin)
William Christie (harpsichord)

Works

Leclair, Jean-Marie

Violin Sonatas (12), Book 1
» no.5 in A major
Violin Sonatas (12), Book 2, op.2
» no.2 in F major

Senaille, Jean Baptiste

Violin Sonatas (10), op.1
» no.5 in C minor
» no.6 in G minor
Violin Sonatas (10), op.3
» no.5 in E minor: I. Gavotte. Andante grazioso
» no.10 in D major
Violin Sonatas (10), op.4
» no.5 in E minor

Artists

Theotime Langlois de Swarte (violin)
William Christie (harpsichord)

About

Poised at the convergence of 18th-century French and Italian schools, Leclair and Senaillé were the French Paganinis of their day.

Technically challenging yet full of poetry, rhythmically varied and always dance-like, their sonatas find two fervent advocates in William Christie and Théotime Langlois de Swarte.

Transcending generational differences, the “venerated elder statesman of early music” (Opera News) and the youthful violin prodigy join forces to help us rediscover these still unjustly neglected pages.

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