Violin Concerto, for violin, strings & continuo in G minor ("L'estate"), RV 315, Op. 8/2 (The Four Seasons; "Il cimento" No. 2): Tempo Impetuoso d'Estate
Tzigane, rhapsodie de concert, for violin & piano (or orchestra), M. 76
Valse sentimentale, for piano (or violin & piano) in F minor, Op. 51/6
Violin Concerto in D minor, Op. 47: Finale - Allegro ma non tanto
Polonaise (No. 2) brillante, for violin & orchestra in A major, Op. 21
Violin Concerto, for violin, strings & continuo in G minor ("L'estate"), RV 315, Op. 8/2 (The Four Seasons; "Il cimento" No. 2): Tempo Impetuoso d'Estate
Tzigane, rhapsodie de concert, for violin & piano (or orchestra), M. 76
Valse sentimentale, for piano (or violin & piano) in F minor, Op. 51/6
Violin Concerto in D minor, Op. 47: Finale - Allegro ma non tanto
Polonaise (No. 2) brillante, for violin & orchestra in A major, Op. 21
Sonata for violin & piano in A major, FWV 8: Allegro Moderato
Caprice for solo violin in A minor (Theme & Variations), Op. 1/24, MS 25/24
Violin Concerto, for violin, strings & continuo in D major ("Il grosso Mogul"), RV 208: Grave - Recitativo
Sonata for violin & continuo in G minor, B. g11 (Op. 2/7): Allegro assai
Liebesleid (Love's Sorrow), for violin & piano
Violin Concerto No. 5 in A major ("Turkish") K. 219: Rondeau
Danse Espagnole for violin & piano (transcription of Granados's Andaluza, Op. 37/5)
Study for violin No 24 in G major
Partia, for 2 violins, viola da braccio & continuo No. 4 in E flat major (Harmonia Artificiosa-Ariosa No. 4), C. 65: Praeludium
Sonata for violin & keyboard No. 3 in E major, BWV 1016: Adagio ma non tanto
Violin Concerto, for violin, strings & continuo in F minor ("L'inverno"), RV 297, Op. 8/4 (The Four Seasons; "Il cimento" No. 4): Allegro non molto
The Extreme Violin in this album's title simply consists of a collection of virtuoso violin favorites, drawn from the catalog of the French label Naïve and featuring a variety of violinists from its stable of artists. Some of the works are encore pieces perennially popular with concert artists; some are longer pieces, or movements from larger works, that have traditionally provided violinists with black-belt-level challenges. The performers of these pieces are mostly from the Russian School's current generation. The new ...
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The Extreme Violin in this album's title simply consists of a collection of virtuoso violin favorites, drawn from the catalog of the French label Naïve and featuring a variety of violinists from its stable of artists. Some of the works are encore pieces perennially popular with concert artists; some are longer pieces, or movements from larger works, that have traditionally provided violinists with black-belt-level challenges. The performers of these pieces are mostly from the Russian School's current generation. The new ingredient in this set is the inclusion of some of Naïve's recordings of Baroque violin music. The label has played a pioneering role in presenting Baroque music with the vigor and, where appropriate, the sexiness it deserves, and it has showcased a new generation of mostly Italian players who treat Vivaldi and Bach with the same abandon the virtuosi of the nineteenth century brought to their art. Sample one of the tracks featuring violinist Fabio Biondi in Baroque music (perhaps track...
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