Credits:

Unassisted Fold / Horlacher, Sonja / Virzi, Flavio

Description:

On the 325th anniversary of his birth, the recording of the third volume of the 12 violin sonatas by Leclerc, one of the greatest violinists of the first half of the 18th century, has begun. This album, the first volume of the 12 sonatas, includes Nos. 1 through 4. At the time when Leclerc was active in the 18th century, Italian violin music such as Corelli and Vivaldi was very popular, and he developed his style by combining this brilliant style with the traditional French dance form. In his early years, his works were marked by a rococo style of neatness, but in this third volume, many of them are filled with beautifully sung melodies, including some in variation form, and his musical language has undergone quite a variety of changes. The virtuoso Butterfield plays these four sonatas with skillful technique and free embellishment. Naxos Japan