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This recording charts a path through the sonatas for violin and basso continuo composed by eight composers born in Italy, the epicentre of the genre's experimentation at the time. Most of these composers were also violin virtuosos, true explorers and connoisseurs of their instrument, and several enjoyed an international career that led them to publish beyond the Alps. One of the recording's key unifying elements is the exploration of the D minor key, with the only exception of two sonatas in the neighboring D major and A major keys, three particularly idiomatic tonalities that favor the instrument's natural resonance. Album Tracks 1. Violin Sonata No. 12 in D minor (12 Sonate Accademiche Op. 2, 1744)~Passagallo. Largo assai, e come stà, ma con grazia 2. Violin Sonata No. 12 in D minor (12 Sonate Accademiche Op. 2, 1744)~Andante 3. Violin Sonata No. 12 in D minor (12 Sonate Accademiche Op. 2, 1744)~Capriccio cromatico con due soggetti e loro Rovesci. Allegro, ma non presto 4. Violin Sonata No. 12 in D minor (12 Sonate Accademiche Op. 2, 1744)~Adagio 5. Violin Sonata No. 12 in D minor (12 Sonate Accademiche Op. 2, 1744)~Ciaconna. Allegro ma non presto 6. Violin Sonata Op. 4 No. 6 InchLa VinciolinaInch (6 Sonate Op. 4, Innsbruck 1660) 7. Violin Sonata in D major (18 Sonate a 1, 2, 3, Venice 1641) 8. Violin Sonata No. 1 in D minor (12 Sonate, 1692) 9. Violin Sonata No. 3 in A major (6 Sonate, A-Wn EM.27, ca. 1700)~Andante 10. Violin Sonata No. 3 in A major (6 Sonate, A-Wn EM.27, ca. 1700)~Allegro 11. Violin Sonata No. 3 in A major (6 Sonate, A-Wn EM.27, ca. 1700)~Allegro 12. Violin Sonata Op. 2 No. 3 in D minor, RV 14 (12 Sonate Op. 2, Venice 1709)~Preludio (Andante) 13. Violin Sonata Op. 2 No. 3 in D minor, RV 14 (12 Sonate Op. 2, Venice 1709)~Corrente (Allegro) 14. Violin Sonata Op. 2 No. 3 in D minor, RV 14 (12 Sonate Op. 2, Venice 1709)
