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Elizabeth Wallfisch, L'Orfeo Barockorchester - Georg Philipp Telemann: Complete Violin Concertos, Vol. 4 (2012)

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Elizabeth Wallfisch, L'Orfeo Barockorchester - Georg Philipp Telemann: Complete Violin Concertos, Vol. 4 (2012)

Elizabeth Wallfisch, L'Orfeo Barockorchester - Georg Philipp Telemann: Complete Violin Concertos, Vol. 4 (2012)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 332 Mb | Total time: 61:30 | Scans included
Classical | Label: CPO | # 777 242-2 | Recorded: 2006

The fourth volume of CPO’s set of Telemann’s “complete violin concertos” contains three overture-concertos, two works of which kind appeared in a previous volume (in D, TWV 55:D14; in A, TWV 55: colla parte , but woodwind highlights don’t distract from the sometimes brilliant solos that emerge not only in the fast sections of the first movements (ouvertures), but in the jaunty movements like the G-Major Concerto’s Bourée (these concertos usually consist of an ouverture followed by sets of dances, including entrées, bourées, loures, menuets, siciliennes, gigues, and rondeaus, mixed in various orders).

Elizabeth Wallfisch, The Wallfisch Band - Georg Philipp Telemann: Complete Violin Concertos, Vol. 3 (2010)

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Elizabeth Wallfisch, The Wallfisch Band - Georg Philipp Telemann: Complete Violin Concertos, Vol. 3 (2010)

Elizabeth Wallfisch, The Wallfisch Band - Georg Philipp Telemann: Complete Violin Concertos, Vol. 3 (2010)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 327 Mb | Total time: 60:42 | Scans included
Classical | Label: CPO | # 777 473-2 | Recorded: 2009

…this is the third instalment of a very fine series. The best work is the Concerto in D, which has movement titles like Badinage and is wonderfully inventive…Wallfisch is joined by Susan Carpenter-Jacobs for some very elegant duetting.

Elizabeth Wallfisch, L'Orfeo Barockorchester - Georg Philipp Telemann: Complete Violin Concertos, Vol. 2 (2006)

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Elizabeth Wallfisch, L'Orfeo Barockorchester - Georg Philipp Telemann: Complete Violin Concertos, Vol. 2 (2006)

Elizabeth Wallfisch, L'Orfeo Barockorchester - Georg Philipp Telemann: Complete Violin Concertos, Vol. 2 (2006)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 378 Mb | Total time: 64:21 | Scans included
Classical | Label: CPO | # 777 089-2 | Recorded: 2004

With the release of this second disc in violinist Elizabeth Wallfisch's survey of the complete violin concertos of Telemann, one thing is readily apparent: the Hamburg composer wrote a lot of really fine violin concertos. Taken altogether, the seven concertos on the first volume and now these eight concertos on the second volume form a wonderful body of work as remarkable for its consistency and its diversity. That is to say, all the works are not only superbly written to show off the virtuosity of the soloist and the composer, but they are all markedly different from each other.

Elizabeth Wallfisch, L'Orfeo Barockorchester - Georg Philipp Telemann: Complete Violin Concertos Vol. 1 (2004)

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Elizabeth Wallfisch, L'Orfeo Barockorchester - Georg Philipp Telemann: Complete Violin Concertos Vol. 1 (2004)

Elizabeth Wallfisch, L'Orfeo Barockorchester - Georg Philipp Telemann: Complete Violin Concertos Vol. 1 (2004)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 326 Mb | Total time: 59:21 | Scans included
Classical | Label: CPO | # 999 900-2 | Recorded: 2002

In this, the first disc in a series covering the violin concertos of Telemann (of which there are twenty), we have cause for rejoicing. These performances are so fine, and this music so appealing and elegant, that I immediately listened to the entire disc through a second time…. rare praise indeed.

Jeannette Sorrell, Apollo's Fire - Johann Sebastian Bach: Brandenburg Concertos; Harpsichord & Violin Concertos (2010)

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Jeannette Sorrell, Apollo's Fire - Johann Sebastian Bach: Brandenburg Concertos; Harpsichord & Violin Concertos (2010)

Jeannette Sorrell, Apollo's Fire - Johann Sebastian Bach: Brandenburg Concertos; Harpsichord Concertos; Violin Concerto (2010)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 875 Mb | Total time: 79:21+72:41 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Avie | # AV2207 | Recorded: 1999, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2005

Cleveland's phenomenal early music ensemble Apollo's Fire ought to be proud of its 2010 double-disc release of J.S. Bach's Brandenburg Concertos, BWV 1046-1051, augmented with the Harpsichord Concertos, BWV 1052 and 1056, and the reconstructed Violin Concerto, BWV 1052, for this set is quite comparable to other excellent period versions on the market. Led by Jeannette Sorrell from the harpsichord, the group is vibrant and fully engaged in making lively music, so the performances are far from stodgy museum pieces.

Anthony Halstead, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment - Johan Helmich Roman: Solo Concertos (1994)

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Anthony Halstead, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment - Johan Helmich Roman: Solo Concertos (1994)

Anthony Halstead, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment - Johan Helmich Roman: Solo Concertos (1994)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 466 Mb | Total time: 71:21 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Musica Sveciae | # MSCD 405 | Recorded: 1992

Johan Helmich Roman (born 26 October 1694 in Stockholm, died 20 November 1758 on the Haraldsmåla estate in Småland) is one of Sweden’s most important composers of all time. He has been called ‘the father of Swedish music’, and with good reason. As chief conductor of the Royal Court Orchestra, composer, musician and teacher, Roman laid the ground for an increasingly rich music scene in 18th century Sweden. He was also the first Swedish composer to attain international status, and had a prolific musical output covering most of the genres of his time, instrumental and vocal, with the exception of opera and oratorios.

Elizabeth Wallfisch - Pierre Rode: 24 Caprices en formes d'études (2010)

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Elizabeth Wallfisch - Pierre Rode: 24 Caprices en formes d'études (2010)

Elizabeth Wallfisch - Pierre Rode: 24 Caprices en formes d'études (2010)
EAC | FLAC | Tracks (Cue & Log) ~ 458 Mb | Total time: 83:45 | Scans included
Classical | Label: CPO | # 777 129-2 | Recorded: 2004

Elizabeth Wallfisch returns to CPO, this time to perform the 24 Caprices of another member of the Classical French violin school, Pierre Rode. Wallfisch is a superb violinist who specializes in historical performance practice. Rode composed almost entirely for the violin and his 24 Caprices en Forme d’Etudes are undoubtedly his most important works for solo violin. Unlike Kreutzer’s forty Études ou Caprices (999901-2), Rode’s Caprices are in order of key, not technical ability.

R. Beckett, L. Beznosiuk, P. Goodwin, E. Wallfisch, R. Tunnicliffe, P. Nicholson - Handel: 20 Sonatas 'Opus 1' (2014)

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R. Beckett, L. Beznosiuk, P. Goodwin, E. Wallfisch, R. Tunnicliffe, P. Nicholson - Handel: 20 Sonatas 'Opus 1' (2014)

Rachel Beckett, Lisa Beznosiuk, Paul Goodwin, Elizabeth Wallfisch, Richard Tunnicliffe, Paul Nicholson - George Frideric Handel: 20 Sonatas 'Opus 1' (2014)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 816 Mb | Total time: 02:51:34 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Hyperion | # CDS44411/3 | Recorded: 1994

The twenty sonatas on this recording show Handel writing for the professional musicians of his London opera orchestra; they demand considerable skill and stamina both from the soloist and the continuo. Prominent bass parts give the sonatas a contrapuntal strength and vitality, and Handel keeps the elements of display and purely musical argument in admirable balance in these works. For this reason, they are among the most attractive Baroque solo sonatas and deserve their lasting popularity.

Elizabeth Wallfisch, The Locatelli Trio - Giuseppe Tartini: The Devil's Trill & other violin sonatas (1991)

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Elizabeth Wallfisch, The Locatelli Trio - Giuseppe Tartini: The Devil's Trill & other violin sonatas (1991)

Elizabeth Wallfisch, The Locatelli Trio - Giuseppe Tartini: The Devil's Trill & other violin sonatas (1991)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 448 Mb | Total time: 73:17 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Hyperion | # CDA66430 | Recorded: 1990

Half a century ago, Giuseppe Tartini might have been the only composer of the Italian Baroque most classical music listeners could name. That was thanks to the so-called Devil's Trill, which appears as the final track on disc one of this two-disc set. Here one can experience the "trillo del Diavolo" in its proper place, as the final movement of a three-movement Sonata in G minor for violin and continuo, and within a larger slice of his output: this pairing of two previously released discs also includes a published set of violin sonatas from around the time of the Devil's Trill (around the early 1730s), and several later sonatas with a goodly degree of novelty on disc two. In a way, the rest of the music makes the Devil's Trill seem less remarkable.

The Purcell Quartet - Arcangelo Corelli: Sonatas for Strings, Vol. 1 (1991)

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The Purcell Quartet - Arcangelo Corelli: Sonatas for Strings, Vol. 1 (1991)

The Purcell Quartet - Arcangelo Corelli: Sonatas for Strings, Vol. 1 (1991)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 333 Mb | Total time: 66:47 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Chandos | # CHAN 0516 | Recorded: 1990

The early music revival has seen a spate of recordings of Corelli's music, both of his famous concerti grossi and of his less well-known sonatas. This recording of the first six sonatas each from Corelli's first and second published works was praised in the "Gramophone" magazine as possibly the best ever. These sonatas were all written for two violins plus "violone or archlute" plus organ or harpischord. After studying the scores, the Purcell Quartet concluded - and the sound of the recording proves them right - that they should perform the pieces with a violoncello playing the "violone" part, while they vary the bass, using an organ for five of the six Op. 1 sonatas and a theorbo on Op. 1 No. 4, while sticking with a harpsichord on Op. 2.

The Purcell Quartet with Elizabeth Wallfisch - Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber: Harmonia artificiosa ariosa (1994) 2CDs

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The Purcell Quartet with Elizabeth Wallfisch - Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber: Harmonia artificiosa ariosa (1994) 2CDs

Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber: Harmonia artificiosa ariosa (1994) 2CDs
The Purcell Quartet with Elizabeth Wallfisch (viola d`amore)

EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue&Log) ~ 429 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 216 Mb | Scans included
Classical, Baroque | Label: Chandos | # CHAN0575/6 | Time: 01:30:22

Like many of his German and Austrian contemporaries, Bohemian-born composer Heinrich von Biber was strongly influenced by the Italian school of violin composition that included Biagio Marini (1587-1665) and Marco Uccellini (1603-1680). A noted virtuoso himself, Biber and his teacher Johann Heinrich Schmelzer (1621-1680) were two of the most important figures of the late seventeenth-century Viennese violin style. Biber's keen understanding of the technical and expressive possibilities of the instrument is evident in his innovative use of pizzicato (plucking of the string with the finger), double and triple stops (more than one note played at once creating "chords"), col legno (stick of the bow on the string), sul ponticello (played close to the bridge), and, especially, scordatura (intentional "mistuning" of the strings). Scordatura allowed the performer to play chords in particular keys more easily, extended the range of notes, and provided more open strings in order to negotiate the difficulty of polyphonic writing for a single instrument. Biber's imaginative and original use of these techniques or special effects brought violin virtuosity to an entirely new level of musical expression in the Baroque period. It can be argued that J. S. Bach's masterful Sonatas and Partitas for Solo Violin, written in 1720, are direct descendants of Biber's grounding breaking Mystery or Rosary Sonatas, composed nearly a quarter of a century earlier.

Convivium - Early Italian Violin Sonatas: Stradella, Marini, Castello, Cima, Uccellini (1998)

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Convivium - Early Italian Violin Sonatas: Stradella, Marini, Castello, Cima, Uccellini (1998)

Convivium - Early Italian Violin Sonatas: Stradella, Marini, Castello, Cima, Uccellini (1998)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 351 Mb | Total time: 72:16 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Hyperion | # CDA66985 | Recorded: 1997

Everybody will know by now that Elizabeth Wallfisch has a special interest, affection and regard for the 17th- and 18th-century Italian violin schools. She has already recorded much music by the likes of Tartini, Corelli, Locatelli and others with her group, The Locatelli Trio, and also with The Raglan Baroque Players under Nicholas Kraemer. Here is a varied and fascinating collection of pieces by some of the lesser-known composers from a generation or two earlier than those composers.

Elizabeth Wallfisch - Rodolphe Kreutzer: 40 Etudes ou Caprices pour violon (2008)

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Elizabeth Wallfisch - Rodolphe Kreutzer: 40 Etudes ou Caprices pour violon (2008)

Elizabeth Wallfisch - Rodolphe Kreutzer: 40 Etudes ou Caprices pour violon (2008)
EAC | FLAC | Tracks (Cue & Log) ~ 551 Mb | Total time: 103:36 | Scans included
Classical | Label: CPO | 999 901-2 | Recorded: 2003

Rodolphe Kreutzer, a virtuoso violinist and composer, was a central figure of the French violin school. The work that brought him his most enduring fame as a composer was his forty classical Études ou Caprices for violin solo. These etudes first published in 1796, quickly established themselves in violin repertoire laying the foundations for violin technique which is why they are regarded as indispensable by virtuosos and teachers alike. The collection not only includes practice pieces that require good technical ability but also character pieces which are expressive and fun to play.

The Locatelli Trio - Francesco Maria Veracini: Sonate Accademiche (1995)

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The Locatelli Trio - Francesco Maria Veracini: Sonate Accademiche (1995)

The Locatelli Trio - Francesco Maria Veracini: Sonate Accademiche (1995)
EAC | FLAC | Tracks (Cue & Log) ~ 898 Mb | Total time: 175:42 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Hyperion | # CDA66871/3 | Recorded: 1993

He performances by the Locatelli Trio respond with spontaneity and expressive warmth to the wide-ranging effects, sometimes playful, at others sober and idiosyncratic of these fascinating pieces. Violinist Elizabeth Wallfisch articulates Veracini's melodic line with clarity and communicative charm …

Elizabeth Wallfisch, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment - Johann Sebastian Bach: Violin Concertos (1999)

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Elizabeth Wallfisch, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment - Johann Sebastian Bach: Violin Concertos (1999)

Elizabeth Wallfisch, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment - Johann Sebastian Bach: Violin Concertos (1999)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 700 Mb | Total time: 62:46+67:29 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Virgin | # 5 61558 2 | Recorded: 1993, 1996

The violin concertos here are not the familiar pair in A minor and E. Bach composed a number of concertos for orchestral instruments and later transcribed them as keyboard concertos. Reversing Bach’s procedure, Wilfried Fischer has taken the harpsichord versions and from them has reconstructed the originals. BWV 1056 is a transposed transcription of the Keyboard Concerto in F minor (though New Grove identifies the outer movements as being from a lost oboe concerto). The D minor work is also usually heard in its keyboard adaptation. The concerto in C minor for two harpsichords appears in its original instrumentation for violin and oboe, the soloists here being perfectly balanced for clarity of line. It was Tovey who suggested that the A major concerto may have been intended for the oboe d’amore, an instrument pitched between the oboe proper and the cor anglais.