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Summary:

“Most remarkable of all is the Sonata in A minor, a truly virtuoso piece which is said, not without justification, to have inspired Bach’s Sonatas and Partitas for solo violin. It is given here in a quite breathtakingly effective performance by Adrian Chandler, whose effortless and stylish command of the writing brings Pisendel’s legendary fully alive” – Gramophone

“With his sumptuous and brilliant readings of two sonatas — one unaccompanied, the other supported by his excellent continuo team — the baroque violinist Chandler demonstrates again the justness of his devotion to the cause of Johann Georg Pisendel” – The Sunday Times

Adrian Chandler returns to where it all began. Per Monsieur Pisendel (AV 0018) was the debut album by the Vivaldi enthusiast released on AVIE in 2003, launching a recording career that has earned international plaudits, awards, chart-topping albums and recognition as one of the world’s leading authorities on the music of Vivaldi and his Italian baroque contemporaries. Per Monsieur Pisendel 2 brings together works by the dazzling German violinist’s teachers Antonio Montanari and the Red Priest, the last “Pisendel” sonata by Albinoni, and two sonatas by the Saxon himself, including the fiendish unaccompanied sonata which inspired Bach to compose his six similarly-scored works. Shining through Adrian’s erudition is stellar music performed with laser beam precision.

Tracklist:

ANTONIO VIVALDI (1678–1741)
Suonata à Solo facto per Monsieur Pisendel in A Major, RV 29
1. I. Andante
2. II. Allegro
3. III. Largo
4. IV. Presto

JOHANN GEORG PISENDEL (1687–1755)
Sonata for violin & continuo in C Major
5. I. Adagio prolubite – Andante
6. II. Allegro
7. III. Largo
8. IV. Allegro

ANTONIO MONTANANRI (1676–1737)
Sonata for violin & continuo in D Major
9. I. Adagio
10. II. Allegro
11. III. Adagio
12. IV. Giga senza basso

TOMASO ALBINONI (1671–1751)
Sonata for violin & continuo in B flat Major
13. I. Allemanda: Larghetto
14. II. Corrente: Allegro
15. III. Gavotta: Allegro
16. IV. Sarabanda: Allegro

JOHANN GEORG PISENDEL
Sonata for violin in A Minor
17. I. Grave
18. II. Allegro
19. III. Giga – Variazione

ANTONIO VIVALDI
Suonata à Solo facto per Monsieur Pisendel in F Major, RV19
20. I. Andante
21. II. Giga
22. III. Largo
23. IV. Allegro
24. V. Allegro con variazioni

Gareth Deats, cello • Thomas Dunford, theorbo
Robert Howarth, harpsichord

Adrian Chandler, violin
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