Leclair: Violin Sonatas, Op. 5 Nos. 5-8 Classical Chamber Naxos

Leclair: Violin Sonatas, Op. 5 Nos. 5-8

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Leclair: Violin Sonatas, Op. 5 Nos. 5-8

Label Catalogue Number:
8.574351

Running Time: 00:54:52

Release Date: April 2022
Originally recorded in 2021

Genre:
Classical
Chamber

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Jean-Marie Leclair’s violin sonatas embody a stylistic fusion known as les goûts réunis in which the lyricism and the virtuosity of the Italian school are integrated with the dance idioms of French Baroque music. In this volume, the music reaches new heights of technical complexity in its filigree ornamentation and continuous multiple stopping while still incorporating much wistful beauty. In the Sonata in D major, however, Leclair’s ambition expands yet further, as he combines innate lyricism and rustic drones in a prototype concerto form.

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Sound 8 Libretto 7 Repertoire 8.5 Interpretation 7.5

Christophe Steyne – Crescendomagazine.be – 4 January 2024

**** Excellent Album

Jeremie Bigorie - Classica magazine (France) - July/August 2022

“… As before, Butterfield makes stylish work of capturing Leclair’s famed taste, neatness, sweetness and dance feel. Equally as before, he’s matched at every step by cellist Sarah McMahon and harpsichordist Silas Wollston … there’s much to enjoy here.”

Charlotte Gardner – Gramophone magazine – June 2022

“Stylish period-instrument advocacy of this founder of the French violin school… Butterfield seems totally at ease with the more adventurous technical challenges of these sonatas … The recording with Butterfield slightly to the fore in the balance, is top drawer.”

Robin Stowell – The Strad – June 2022

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