Complete Violin Sonatas

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Album Info

Release Date: 2001

Label: Harmonia Mundi

TOTAL TIME 76:43

THE INSTRUMENTS
Violin by Joseph Gagliano, Naples, 1782.
Bow by Gerhard Landwehr, Heemstede, 1986.
Harpsichord by John Phillips, 1993, after Nicolas Dumont, 1707.
Pitch: A = 415 Hz
Temperament: French ordinaire, early eighteenth century

LES INSTRUMENTS
Violon de Joseph Gagliano, Naples, 1782
Archet de Gerhard Landwehr, Heemstede, 1986
Clavecin de John Phillips, 1993, d'après Nicolas Dumont, 1707
Accord : la = 415 Hz
Tempérament : ordinaire, France, début du XVIIIᵉ siècle

DIE INSTRUMENTE
Violine von Joseph Gagliano, Neapel, 1782.
Bogen von Gerhard Landwehr, Heemstede, 1986.
Cembalo von John Phillips, 1993, nach Nicolas Dumont, 1707.
Stimmton: A = 415 Hz
Temperatur: Französische Normalstimmung des frühen 18.Jahrhunderts.

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
Front Cover: Young Man with a Violin, a portrait of Charles Theodose Godefroy (1718–96) (detail) by Jean Baptiste Simeon Chardin (1699–1779), Louvre, Paris, France/Bridgeman Art Library.
Page 4: Portrait of George Frederick Handel (1685–1759), by William Hoare, of Bath (1707–92) Private Collection/Bridgeman Art Library.
Page 12: The instrument maker's workshop and tools, from the Encyclopedia of Denis Diderot (1713–84) and Jean le Rond d'Alembert (1717–83), 1751–72 (engraving) by Robert Benard (b.1734), Stapleton Collection, UK/Bridgeman Art Library.

The performing editions used in this recording were prepared by Andrew Manze and Richard Egarr from original sources.

All texts and translations © 2001 harmonia mundi usa

PRODUCTION USA
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Recorded November 28–30, 1998 at Skywalker Sound, a division of Lucas Digital, LTD, LLC, Nicasio, California

Recorded and Produced in the USA

Made in Germany

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