Leclair: Violin Sonatas, Op. 5, Nos. 1-4 / McMahon, Butterfield, Wollston

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Label
Naxos
Release Date
January 28, 2022
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      Jean-Marie Leclair
    • PERFORMER
      Adrian Butterfield, Sarah Mcmahon, Silas Wollston
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      January 28, 2022
    • UPC
      747313434176
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      8574341
    • LABEL
      Naxos
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Classical

The third of Jean-Marie Leclair’s four books of violin sonatas displays the qualities of exquisite Italianate lyricism and French dance idioms that made the earlier works such a stylistic triumph. However, the composer’s pervasive use of variation form in this book offers a new element, and the technical demands increase through continuous multiple-stopping, intricate figuration and the inclusion of rustic drones. Violinist Adrian Butterfield, who has been described by Gramophone ‘as technically and musically a marvel’ (Naxos 8.572866 / Violin Sonatas, Book 3, Nos.1–5and 8), is a leading exponent of Leclair’s music.