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Antonio Vivaldi: Violin Sonatas
12 Sonatas, Op 2

Walter Reiter with Cordaria

-  Two CD Set  -

— Disc 1  —
Sonata No 1 in G minor
1 Preludio Andante [3:37]
2 Giga Allegro [1:53]
3 Sarabanda Largo [2:12]
4 Corrente Allegro [1:43]
Sonata No 2 in A major
5 Preludio à Capriccio Presto [0:36]
6 Presto [0:27]
7 Corrente Allegro [1:30]
8 Adagio [1:08]
9 Giga allegro [2:22]
Sonata No 3 in D minor
10 Preludio Andante [6:59]
11 Corrente Allegro [1:36]
12 Adagio [1:18]
13 Giga Allegro [1:42]
Sonata No 4 in F major
14 Andante [3:40]
15 Allemanda Allegro [2:14]
16 Sarabanda Andante [3:33]
17 Corrente Presto [2:16]
Sonata no 5 in B minor
18 Preludio Andante [3:25]
19 Corrente Allegro [2:25]
20 Giga Presto [1:18]
Sonata No 6 in C major
21 Preludio Andante [6:20]
22 Allemanda Presto [1:21]
23 Giga Allegro [1:54]
Total running time: [55:43]
— Disc 2  —
Sonata No 7 in C minor
1 Preludio Andante [2:26]
2 Allemanda Allegro [2:29]
3 Corrente Allegro [1:33]
Sonata No 8 in G major
4 Preludio Largo [3:36]
5 Giga Presto [1:59]
6 Corrente Allegro [1:14]
Sonata No 9 in E minor
7 Preludio Andante [6:01]
8 Cappriccio Allegro [1:19]
9 Giga Allegro [2:46]
10 Gavotta Presto [0:37]
Sonata No 10 in F minor
11 Preludio Largo [3:40]
12 Allemanda Allegro [2:16]
13 Giga Allegro [2:13]
Sonata No 11 in D major
14 Preludio Andante [5:37]
15 Fantasia Presto [1:27]
16 Gavotta Allegro [1:17]
Sonata no 12 in A minor
17 Preludio Largo [4:27]
18 Cappriccio Presto [1:20]
19 Grave [1:47]
20 Allemanda Allegro [2:37]
Total running time:  [50:51]

Instruments

Walter Reiter:
Violin by Mathias Klotz, Mittenwald, 1727

Shalev Ad-El:
Harpsichord by Il Laboratorio di Guido Bizzi, Varese, 1995, after Giusti, 1679

Katherine Sharman (Sonatas 1 to 11)
Cello by George Stoppani, Manchester, 1994. Copy of anon. Italian, c.1760

Lynda Sayce (Sonatas 8, 9 & 12)
Theorbos by Klaus Jacobson and David van Edwards, Baroque guitar by Edward Fitzgibbon

Acknowledgements

John Toll for the generous loan of his harpsichord;

Peter and Jean Harvey, in whose lovely house the artists stayed during the recording

Linda Reiter for her encouragement and inspiration during this recording project.

  
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Release date: 4th May 2000
Order code: SIGCD014
Barcode: 635212001424
 
 
 

Recorded:
    18th-20th May & 15th August 1998
    St Martin's Church, East Woodhay 

Production, editing & engineering:
    Floating Earth

Producer:
    Tony Harrison

Engineer:
    Mike Clements

Editor:
    Stephen Frost & Geoff Miles

Booklet Notes:
    Michael Talbot

Translations:
    French: Robert Bagur
    German: Margarete Forsyth

Text and translation editor:
    Christine Darby

Booklet cover design:
    ATX Design Associates

Booklet layout and typesetting:
    Jan Hart

Copyright:
    © Copyright 2000 Signum Records Ltd

 
 

 

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