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Geminiani: Violin Sonatas, Op. 1 / Ruhadze, Nepomnyashchaya
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Geminiani: Violin Sonatas, Op. 1 / Ruhadze, Nepomnyashchaya

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Composer
Francesco Geminiani
Artist
Igor Rughadze, Alexandra Nepomnyashchaya
Format
CD
Label
Brilliant Classics
Released
Apr 22, 2022
Catalog #
BRI96524
UPC
5028421965246

About

Igor Ruhadze’s Brilliant Classics recording of sonatas by Locatelli (94736) won warm praise from Gramophone. ‘The playing is elegantly supple, the string tone warm, and the architecture of individual movements thoughtfully worked out. All this makes for a pleasant mood and enjoyable listening. The more exuberant pieces are brilliantly and at times breathtakingly performed.’ With his latest Brilliant Classics album, the Russian Baroque-specialist violinist and director turns to another pivotal figure in Baroque-era violin culture, Francesco Geminiani.

Taught first by his violinist father and then by both Corelli and Alessandro Scarlatti in Rome, Geminiani was already a leading figure in north Italian courts in his 20s, before he undertook the move to London that made his name and fortune. Geminiani dedicated the Op.1 Sonatas (1716) to Baron Johann Adolf Kielmansegge, his first London patron. According to Hawkins, Kielmansegge favored the composer by arranging a performance before the king in which Geminiani was accompanied on the harpsichord by Handel. With these sonatas, which clearly stem from Corelli, Geminiani presented himself to the public as Corelli's pupil. Many imitation editions followed the first printing, but the commentator Charles Burney maintained that only the composer himself could do them full justice. Apparently designed as a calling card for Geminiani’s talents as a violinist-composer, the Op.1 Sonatas still make strenuous technical but also expressive demands on any interpreter. Their genteel surface and polished dialogue between parts conceals an array of sophisticated contrasts between moods and demonstration of a violinist’s credentials as an artist as well as a technician.

For this new recording, Igor Ruhadze is joined not by his colleagues in the Violini Capricciosi ensemble but the Russian-born harpsichordist Alexandra Nepomnyashchaya. Having pursued graduate studies with early-music luminaries such as Richard Egarr and Menno van Delft, she too evinces intense sympathy with Geminiani’s idiom.

Tracklist 43 tracks

  1. 1 I. Adagio - Presto - Adagio - Presto - Adagio 03:05
    Track
    1
    Title
    I. Adagio - Presto - Adagio - Presto - Adagio
    Duration
    03:05
    Composer
    Francesco Geminiani
    Performer
    Igor Ruhadze, Alexandra Nepomnyashchaya
  2. 2 II. Allegro 02:23
    Track
    2
    Title
    II. Allegro
    Duration
    02:23
    Composer
    Francesco Geminiani
    Performer
    Igor Ruhadze, Alexandra Nepomnyashchaya
  3. 3 III. Grave - Allegro 00:45
    Track
    3
    Title
    III. Grave - Allegro
    Duration
    00:45
    Composer
    Francesco Geminiani
    Performer
    Igor Ruhadze, Alexandra Nepomnyashchaya
  4. 4 IV. Allegro 02:50
    Track
    4
    Title
    IV. Allegro
    Duration
    02:50
    Composer
    Francesco Geminiani
    Performer
    Igor Ruhadze, Alexandra Nepomnyashchaya
  5. 5 I. Grave 02:39
    Track
    5
    Title
    I. Grave
    Duration
    02:39
    Composer
    Francesco Geminiani
    Performer
    Igor Ruhadze, Alexandra Nepomnyashchaya
  6. 6 II. Allegro 02:06
    Track
    6
    Title
    II. Allegro
    Duration
    02:06
    Composer
    Francesco Geminiani
    Performer
    Igor Ruhadze, Alexandra Nepomnyashchaya
  7. 7 III. Adagio 01:34
    Track
    7
    Title
    III. Adagio
    Duration
    01:34
    Composer
    Francesco Geminiani
    Performer
    Igor Ruhadze, Alexandra Nepomnyashchaya
  8. 8 IV. Allegro 02:00
    Track
    8
    Title
    IV. Allegro
    Duration
    02:00
    Composer
    Francesco Geminiani
    Performer
    Igor Ruhadze, Alexandra Nepomnyashchaya
  9. 9 I. Adagio - Allegro - Adagio - Tempo justo - Adagio 03:54
    Track
    9
    Title
    I. Adagio - Allegro - Adagio - Tempo justo - Adagio
    Duration
    03:54
    Composer
    Francesco Geminiani
    Performer
    Igor Ruhadze, Alexandra Nepomnyashchaya
  10. 10 II. Adagio 00:24
    Track
    10
    Title
    II. Adagio
    Duration
    00:24
    Composer
    Francesco Geminiani
    Performer
    Igor Ruhadze, Alexandra Nepomnyashchaya
  11. 11 III. Allegro 02:41
    Track
    11
    Title
    III. Allegro
    Duration
    02:41
    Composer
    Francesco Geminiani
    Performer
    Igor Ruhadze, Alexandra Nepomnyashchaya
  12. 12 I. Adagio 02:05
    Track
    12
    Title
    I. Adagio
    Duration
    02:05
    Composer
    Francesco Geminiani
    Performer
    Igor Ruhadze, Alexandra Nepomnyashchaya
  13. 13 II. Allegro 02:43
    Track
    13
    Title
    II. Allegro
    Duration
    02:43
    Composer
    Francesco Geminiani
    Performer
    Igor Ruhadze, Alexandra Nepomnyashchaya
  14. 14 III. Grave 01:33
    Track
    14
    Title
    III. Grave
    Duration
    01:33
    Composer
    Francesco Geminiani
    Performer
    Igor Ruhadze, Alexandra Nepomnyashchaya
  15. 15 IV. Allegro 02:01
    Track
    15
    Title
    IV. Allegro
    Duration
    02:01
    Composer
    Francesco Geminiani
    Performer
    Igor Ruhadze, Alexandra Nepomnyashchaya
  16. 16 I. Affettuoso 02:45
    Track
    16
    Title
    I. Affettuoso
    Duration
    02:45
    Composer
    Francesco Geminiani
    Performer
    Igor Ruhadze, Alexandra Nepomnyashchaya
  17. 17 II. Vivace 02:31
    Track
    17
    Title
    II. Vivace
    Duration
    02:31
    Composer
    Francesco Geminiani
    Performer
    Igor Ruhadze, Alexandra Nepomnyashchaya
  18. 18 III. Grave 01:13
    Track
    18
    Title
    III. Grave
    Duration
    01:13
    Composer
    Francesco Geminiani
    Performer
    Igor Ruhadze, Alexandra Nepomnyashchaya
  19. 19 IV. Allegro 01:41
    Track
    19
    Title
    IV. Allegro
    Duration
    01:41
    Composer
    Francesco Geminiani
    Performer
    Igor Ruhadze, Alexandra Nepomnyashchaya
  20. 20 I. Affetuoso 03:06
    Track
    20
    Title
    I. Affetuoso
    Duration
    03:06
    Composer
    Francesco Geminiani
    Performer
    Igor Ruhadze, Alexandra Nepomnyashchaya
  21. 21 II. Adagio 01:12
    Track
    21
    Title
    II. Adagio
    Duration
    01:12
    Composer
    Francesco Geminiani
    Performer
    Igor Ruhadze, Alexandra Nepomnyashchaya
  22. 22 III. Allegro assai 02:38
    Track
    22
    Title
    III. Allegro assai
    Duration
    02:38
    Composer
    Francesco Geminiani
    Performer
    Igor Ruhadze, Alexandra Nepomnyashchaya
  23. 23 I. Grave 02:47
    Track
    23
    Title
    I. Grave
    Duration
    02:47
    Composer
    Francesco Geminiani
    Performer
    Igor Ruhadze, Alexandra Nepomnyashchaya
  24. 24 II. Allegro 02:22
    Track
    24
    Title
    II. Allegro
    Duration
    02:22
    Composer
    Francesco Geminiani
    Performer
    Igor Ruhadze, Alexandra Nepomnyashchaya
  25. 25 III. Grave 01:07
    Track
    25
    Title
    III. Grave
    Duration
    01:07
    Composer
    Francesco Geminiani
    Performer
    Igor Ruhadze, Alexandra Nepomnyashchaya
  26. 26 IV. Allegro 02:21
    Track
    26
    Title
    IV. Allegro
    Duration
    02:21
    Composer
    Francesco Geminiani
    Performer
    Igor Ruhadze, Alexandra Nepomnyashchaya
  27. 27 I. Affettuoso 02:05
    Track
    27
    Title
    I. Affettuoso
    Duration
    02:05
    Composer
    Francesco Geminiani
    Performer
    Igor Ruhadze, Alexandra Nepomnyashchaya
  28. 28 II. Vivace 02:42
    Track
    28
    Title
    II. Vivace
    Duration
    02:42
    Composer
    Francesco Geminiani
    Performer
    Igor Ruhadze, Alexandra Nepomnyashchaya
  29. 29 III. Adagio 02:17
    Track
    29
    Title
    III. Adagio
    Duration
    02:17
    Composer
    Francesco Geminiani
    Performer
    Igor Ruhadze, Alexandra Nepomnyashchaya
  30. 30 IV. Vivace 02:19
    Track
    30
    Title
    IV. Vivace
    Duration
    02:19
    Composer
    Francesco Geminiani
    Performer
    Igor Ruhadze, Alexandra Nepomnyashchaya
  31. 31 I. Vivace 03:50
    Track
    31
    Title
    I. Vivace
    Duration
    03:50
    Composer
    Francesco Geminiani
    Performer
    Igor Ruhadze, Alexandra Nepomnyashchaya
  32. 32 II. Andante 02:12
    Track
    32
    Title
    II. Andante
    Duration
    02:12
    Composer
    Francesco Geminiani
    Performer
    Igor Ruhadze, Alexandra Nepomnyashchaya
  33. 33 III. Allegro 03:49
    Track
    33
    Title
    III. Allegro
    Duration
    03:49
    Composer
    Francesco Geminiani
    Performer
    Igor Ruhadze, Alexandra Nepomnyashchaya
  34. 34 I. Adagio 02:24
    Track
    34
    Title
    I. Adagio
    Duration
    02:24
    Composer
    Francesco Geminiani
    Performer
    Igor Ruhadze, Alexandra Nepomnyashchaya
  35. 35 II. Allegro 02:49
    Track
    35
    Title
    II. Allegro
    Duration
    02:49
    Composer
    Francesco Geminiani
    Performer
    Igor Ruhadze, Alexandra Nepomnyashchaya
  36. 36 III. Adagio 01:20
    Track
    36
    Title
    III. Adagio
    Duration
    01:20
    Composer
    Francesco Geminiani
    Performer
    Igor Ruhadze, Alexandra Nepomnyashchaya
  37. 37 IV. Allegro 02:45
    Track
    37
    Title
    IV. Allegro
    Duration
    02:45
    Composer
    Francesco Geminiani
    Performer
    Igor Ruhadze, Alexandra Nepomnyashchaya
  38. 38 I. Vivace 02:00
    Track
    38
    Title
    I. Vivace
    Duration
    02:00
    Composer
    Francesco Geminiani
    Performer
    Igor Ruhadze, Alexandra Nepomnyashchaya
  39. 39 II. Affetuoso 02:53
    Track
    39
    Title
    II. Affetuoso
    Duration
    02:53
    Composer
    Francesco Geminiani
    Performer
    Igor Ruhadze, Alexandra Nepomnyashchaya
  40. 40 III. Allegro 02:42
    Track
    40
    Title
    III. Allegro
    Duration
    02:42
    Composer
    Francesco Geminiani
    Performer
    Igor Ruhadze, Alexandra Nepomnyashchaya
  41. 41 I. Amoroso - Adagio 03:54
    Track
    41
    Title
    I. Amoroso - Adagio
    Duration
    03:54
    Composer
    Francesco Geminiani
    Performer
    Igor Ruhadze, Alexandra Nepomnyashchaya
  42. 42 II. Allegro - Adagio 02:45
    Track
    42
    Title
    II. Allegro - Adagio
    Duration
    02:45
    Composer
    Francesco Geminiani
    Performer
    Igor Ruhadze, Alexandra Nepomnyashchaya
  43. 43 III. Allegro 02:38
    Track
    43
    Title
    III. Allegro
    Duration
    02:38
    Composer
    Francesco Geminiani
    Performer
    Igor Ruhadze, Alexandra Nepomnyashchaya