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Corelli: Violin Sonatas [CD]

Andrew Manze (Artist), Richard Egarr (Artist), Arcangelo Corelli (Composer) | Format: Audio CD
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  • Composer: Arcangelo Corelli
  • Audio CD (10 Feb 2003)
  • SPARS Code: DDD
  • Number of Discs: 2
  • Format: CD
  • Label: Harmonia Mundi
  • ASIN: B000076CW2
  • Other Editions: MP3 Download
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
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Disc 1:

Samples
Song Title Time Price
Listen  1. Corelli: Violin Sonata Op.5, No. 1 in D Major: I. Grave - Allegro - Adagio - Grave -Allegro - Adagio 3:23£0.89
Listen  2. Corelli: Violin Sonata Op.5, No. 1 in D Major: II. Allegro 2:58£0.89
Listen  3. Corelli: Violin Sonata Op.5, No. 1 in D Major: III. Allegro 1:01£0.89
Listen  4. Corelli: Violin Sonata Op.5, No. 1 in D Major: IV. Adagio 3:04£0.89
Listen  5. Corelli: Violin Sonata Op.5, No. 1 in D Major: V. Allegro 1:42£0.89
Listen  6. Corelli: Violin Sonata Op.5 No.2 in B-flat Major: I. Grave 2:50£0.89
Listen  7. Corelli: Violin Sonata Op.5 No.2 in B-flat Major: II. Allegro 2:19£0.89
Listen  8. Corelli: Violin Sonata Op.5 No.2 in B-flat Major: III. Vivace 1:21£0.89
Listen  9. Corelli: Violin Sonata Op.5 No.2 in B-flat Major: IV. Adagio 2:23£0.89
Listen10. Corelli: Violin Sonata Op.5 No.2 in B-flat Major: V. Vivace 1:21£0.89
Listen11. Corelli: Violin Sonata Op.5 No.3 in C Major: I. Adagio 2:53£0.89
Listen12. Corelli: Violin Sonata Op.5 No.3 in C Major: II. Allegro 2:28£0.89
Listen13. Corelli: Violin Sonata Op.5 No.3 in C Major: III. Adagio 3:08£0.89
Listen14. Corelli: Violin Sonata Op.5 No.3 in C Major: IV. Allegro0:59£0.89
Listen15. Corelli: Violin Sonata Op.5 No.3 in C Major: V. Allegro 2:24£0.89
Listen16. Corelli: Violin Sonata Op.5 No.4 in F Major: I. Adagio 2:13£0.89
Listen17. Corelli: Violin Sonata Op.5 No.4 in F Major: II. Allegro 2:29£0.89
Listen18. Corelli: Violin Sonata Op.5 No.4 in F Major: III. Vivace 1:11£0.89
Listen19. Corelli: Violin Sonata Op.5 No.4 in F Major: IV. Adagio 2:35£0.89
Listen20. Corelli: Violin Sonata Op.5 No.4 in F Major: V. Allegro 2:19£0.89
Listen21. Corelli: Violin Sonata Op.5 No.5 in G Minor: I. Adagio 2:55£0.89
Listen22. Corelli: Violin Sonata Op.5 No.5 in G Minor: II. Vivace 2:00£0.89
Listen23. Corelli: Violin Sonata Op.5 No.5 in G Minor: III. Adagio 2:28£0.89
Listen24. Corelli: Violin Sonata Op.5 No.5 in G Minor: IV. Vivace 1:42£0.89
Listen25. Corelli: Violin Sonata Op.5 No.5 in G Minor: V. Giga (Allegro) 2:00£0.89
Listen26. Corelli: Violin Sonata Op.5 No.6 in A Major: I. Grave 3:14£0.89
Listen27. Corelli: Violin Sonata Op.5 No.6 in A Major: II. Allegro 2:15£0.89
Listen28. Corelli: Violin Sonata Op.5 No.6 in A Major: III. Allegro0:58£0.89
Listen29. Corelli: Violin Sonata Op.5 No.6 in A Major: IV. Adagio 2:27£0.89
Listen30. Corelli: Violin Sonata Op.5 No.6 in A Major: V. Allegro 2:04£0.89


Disc 2:

Samples
Song Title Time Price
Listen  1. Corelli: Violin Sonata Op.5 No.7 in D Minor: I. Preludio (Vivace) 2:14£0.89
Listen  2. Corelli: Violin Sonata Op.5 No.7 in D Minor: II. Corrente (Allegro) 2:50£0.89
Listen  3. Corelli: Violin Sonata Op.5 No.7 in D Minor: III. Sarabanda (Largo) 1:57£0.89
Listen  4. Corelli: Violin Sonata Op.5 No.7 in D Minor: IV. Giga (Allegro) 2:04£0.89
Listen  5. Corelli: Violin Sonata Op.5 No.8 in E Minor: I. Preludio (Largo) 4:04£0.89
Listen  6. Corelli: Violin Sonata Op.5 No.8 in E Minor: II. Allemanda (Allegro) 2:15£0.89
Listen  7. Corelli: Violin Sonata Op.5 No.8 in E Minor: III. Sarabanda (Largo) 3:05£0.89
Listen  8. Corelli: Violin Sonata Op.5 No.8 in E Minor: IV. Giga (Allegro) 2:29£0.89
Listen  9. Corelli: Violin Sonata Op.5 No.9 in A Major: I. Preludio (Largo) 5:01£0.89
Listen10. Corelli: Violin Sonata Op.5 No.9 in A Major: II. Giga (Allegro) 2:47£0.89
Listen11. Corelli: Violin Sonata Op.5 No.9 in A Major: III. Adagio0:47£0.89
Listen12. Corelli: Violin Sonata Op.5 No.9 in A Major: IV. Tempo di gavotta (Allegro) 2:45£0.89
Listen13. Corelli: Violin Sonata Op.5 No.10 in F Major: I. Preludio (Adagio) 2:22£0.89
Listen14. Corelli: Violin Sonata Op.5 No.10 in F Major: II. Allemanda (Allegro) 2:25£0.89
Listen15. Corelli: Violin Sonata Op.5 No.10 in F Major: III. Sarabanda (Largo) 2:47£0.89
Listen16. Corelli: Violin Sonata Op.5 No.10 in F Major: IV. Gavotta (Allegro)0:42£0.89
Listen17. Corelli: Violin Sonata Op.5 No.10 in F Major: V. Giga (Allegro) 2:17£0.89
Listen18. Corelli: Violin Sonata Op.5 No.11 in E Major: I. Preludio (Adagio) 2:19£0.89
Listen19. Corelli: Violin Sonata Op.5 No.11 in E Major: II. Allegro 2:45£0.89
Listen20. Corelli: Violin Sonata Op.5 No.11 in E Major: III. Adagio0:47£0.89
Listen21. Corelli: Violin Sonata Op.5 No.11 in E Major: IV. Vivace 2:07£0.89
Listen22. Corelli: Violin Sonata Op.5 No.11 in E Major: V. Gavotta (Allegro)0:42£0.89
Listen23. Corelli: Violin Sonata Op.5 No.12 in D Minor, "Follia": Adagio-Allegro-Adagio-Vivace-Allegro-Andante-Allegro-Adagio-Allegro12:11Album Only

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BBC Review

Arcangelo Corelli published Opus 5 on 1st January, 1700, his one and only set of violin sonatas, and arguably the finest and most influential ever assembled...all other baroque sonatas can be defined as being pre- or post-Corelli', says Andrew Manze as he begins his booklet note for this new recording. As you listen you realise he and Richard Egarr have put their money firmly where his mouth is: I've never been more persuaded of the greatness of these sonatas than I am here.

Why? What makes Manze and Egarr's approach so persuasive? Well, in many respects it's exactly the same qualities that have made their previous collaborations rewarding. This is a genuine musical partnership forged on stage in live performance, prepared to approach this repertoire as Corelli and his peers must surely have done with the spirit of improvisation uppermost in their minds and fingers. After all, he left only a bass line and the unadorned violin part, with no harmonies, figurations or ornamentation - baroque performers were supposed to have a modern jazzers ability to fill in the gaps, so every performance would have an imaginative spontaneity that's missing from most modern recordings.

Those old skills are hard to find, but Manze and Egarr have them in spades, sparring with one another, reacting lightening-fast to each other's ideas and imaginations, unleashing a wider range of tone colours than I've heard in these sonatas before. There's the quietest, querulous stroking of the string, with judiciously applied expressive vibrato to heighten the emotional weight of a phrase, and the most extrovert virtuosity: fleet fingers, Manze's swiftly darting bow, and dazzling ornamentation (especially from Egarr, whose sweeps and surges over the keyboard can be quite breathtaking). They eschew the Amsterdam edition of 1710, which came fully ornamented - an obvious shortcut for 21st century performers who haven't acquired the ability to improvise like this pair. As Manze puts it, 'reheating' these ornaments goes against the spirit of improvisation, and diametrically opposes the practices of the time: incarcerating the living music behind the glass of a museum display case.

Corelli's Sonatas have never felt more alive and less perfectly preserved than they do here, and if you care at all for the baroque repertoire or fine fiddle playing, you owe it to yourself to hear these exhilarating performances. Everything's come together for this one: repertoire, performers, recording, notes, even the perfect artwork for the cover. From the gentle questioning of the First Sonata's introduction to the insanely entertaining Follia variations at the end, this is a recording that will open ears and minds. I suspect some academics will hate this, but there's nothing academic about this music, dammit: just buy these CDs and have fun!

Like This? Try These:

JS Bach: Harpsichord Concertos (Richard Egarr)

Telemann: Chamber Music (Chandos Baroque Players)

Rameau: Nouvelles Suites (Alexandre Tharaud) --Andrew McGregor

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6 of 7 people found the following review helpful
By Sid Nuncius HALL OF FAME TOP 10 REVIEWER
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You may like to know that this excellent recording is now included in an excellent bargain 5-CD box set: Andrew Manze: The Art of the Violin
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I imagine this set of Corelli's Violin Sonatas, op. 5, published in 1700, will divide most people. Whilst offering an almost definitive account of pieces to play for violin, they can also appear to be complacent. (`the reason perhaps lies in the contrast between the music's appearance on the page [elegant, perfect, bland, formulaic] and its unparalleled celebrity in the eighteenth century.) This, however, is not true. Corelli's art, along with Bach's, is some of the most subtle, refined and masterly music from the C18th. When I first heard the concerto grosso of Corelli, I thought I was underwhelmed, but once you have understood the intention of the composer, this music is brilliant, and subtle in ways which normally do not occur even in the greatest composers. It is the kind of music which has so many layers that you find something new and intriguing upon each listen. But this is not flashy music: it is rare, dignified and expertly controlled. In fact, I would nickname it something along the lines of the well tempered violin!

The violin was Corelli's instrument, and here we have his magnum opus, a personal testament, for that style which he became famous for, and indeed infamous, as witnesses describe his rolling eyes as he played, thinking him to be mad. It seems all compositions for violin appearing after these works owe them a rather large debt.

However, such anecdotes merely seem to reinforce the idea of a very passionate man indeed. And the violin sonatas seem to capture this flame of harmony: Manze, the magical violinist delivering this set, called them `arguably the finest and most influential ever assembled'. Yet, unless the composer *was* a violinist first and foremost it is unwise to judge his skills on projected violin sonatas alone. However, this, here, seems justifiable. And the product does not disappoint, as these are excellent works, played with feeling and imagination. Manze and Egarr do indeed spar with one another to generate a grande rapport between the violin and harpsichord.

Endlessly spun slow harmonies dominate here. Let the music wash over you and seek the nooks and crannies which made this exploration of the violin so great.
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I just love this recording. It has thousands of details, you need to slow down yourself to be able to fully appreciate them.
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