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Johann Heinrich Schmelzer, Wolfgang Ebner, Giovanni Pittoni
Johann Heinrich Schmelzer: Sonatae a Violino Solo
Genre: Classical

Track Listings (30) - Disc #1
1. Sonata for solo violin in A minor: (Preludio)
2. Sonata for solo violin in A minor: Aria
3. Sonata for solo violin in A minor: Variatio prima
4. Sonata for solo violin in A minor: Variatio seconda
5. Sonata for solo violin in A minor: Gigue
6. Ciaccona for violin in A major
7. Sonata for violin & continuo in B flat major: Grave (e recitativo)
8. Sonata for violin & continuo in B flat major: Presto e adagio
9. Sonata for violin & continuo in B flat major: (Fantaisie sur une basse obstin?e)
10. Sonata for violin & continuo in B flat major: Grave e Aria
11. Toccata tertii toni, for organ
12. Sonate unarum fidium No. 4, sonata for violin & continuo in D major: (Ciaccona)
13. Sonate unarum fidium No. 4, sonata for violin & continuo in D major: (Variatio)
14. Sonate unarum fidium No. 4, sonata for violin & continuo in D major: Sarabande
15. Sonate unarum fidium No. 4, sonata for violin & continuo in D major: Gigue
16. Sonate unarum fidium No. 4, sonata for violin & continuo in D major: Adagio e recitativo
17. Sonate unarum fidium No. 4, sonata for violin & continuo in D major: Allegro
18. Gigue for solo violin ('Pfefferstossl')
19. Sonatina for solo violin in G minor: Sonatina
20. Sonatina for solo violin in G minor: Allemande
21. Sonatina for solo violin in G minor: Courante e variatio
22. Sonatina for solo violin in G minor: Sarabande e variatio
23. Sonatina for solo violin in G minor: Gigue
24. Sonata No. 2 for solo theorbo
25. Sonate unarum fidium No. 5, sonata for violin & continuo in D minor: (preludio)
26. Sonate unarum fidium No. 5, sonata for violin & continuo in D minor: Allegro
27. Sonate unarum fidium No. 5, sonata for violin & continuo in D minor: (Adagio e recitativo)
28. Sonate unarum fidium No. 5, sonata for violin & continuo in D minor: (Aria e recitativo)
29. Sonate unarum fidium No. 5, sonata for violin & continuo in D minor: (Allegro)
30. Sonate unarum fidium No. 5, sonata for violin & continuo in D minor: (Recitativo), adagio

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CD Details

All Artists: Johann Heinrich Schmelzer, Wolfgang Ebner, Giovanni Pittoni
Title: Johann Heinrich Schmelzer: Sonatae a Violino Solo
Members Wishing: 2
Total Copies: 0
Label: ALPHA PRODUCTIONS
Original Release Date: 1/1/2007
Re-Release Date: 10/9/2007
Genre: Classical
Styles: Chamber Music, Historical Periods, Baroque (c.1600-1750), Classical (c.1770-1830)
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPC: 3760014191091

Synopsis

Album Description

"Delicate in her phrasing and nuances ... Her playing is in a collaborative, chamber music style." -- Rob Barnett, Music Web International After her acclaimed version of Bach's Sonatas and Partitas for solo violin, Hélène Schmitt devotes a new recording to unpublished sonatas by Johann Heinrich Schmelzer (ca. 1620-1680), recently discovered in the archives of the British Library. These sonatas will no doubt confirm the words of a contemporary critic who wrote that Viennese virtuoso Schmelzer was "the most accomplished violinist in Europe."

CD Reviews

Feeling and depth........

Amandine - FR | Minnesota | 01/18/2008

(5 out of 5 stars)

"This recording is in my top 4 favorites. The composer pulls you into the smooth waves of an ocean and carries you to shore on the ripples of a quality composition. It's exciting, fresh, yet poised. Johann Schmelzer was a man who was detail oriented and strived for perfection."

Some information and a warning

Hoyt C. Devane | Columbia, Missouri | 12/26/2008

(4 out of 5 stars)

"I wish I'd been given more information before I bought this album, though I did get a chance to hear samples of the MP3s before downloading. What I didn't note was that the piece called Sonata quarta (which by the way is from Schmelzer's Sonatae unarum fidium of 1664--all six of which were nicely recorded by Andrew Manze and Romanesca) is chopped up into several pieces, and done so at unfortunate places. In fact, the sonata really is supposed to run all together and it is particulary jarring when it has breaks in it. Until such time as Amazon makes Sonata quarta all one track (and perhaps only available on the "album" as they do with other classical albums), it should only be purchased as a CD. In other words, forget the MP3s.

All that said, I think the album is glorious, which makes it all the more shameful that Amazon has chopped it up (as MP3s) as they have."