Peter Sheppard Skærved - The Great Violins, Vol. 4 (2021) [Hi-Res]

Tracklist

01. Violin Partita No. 1 in A Major: I. Prelude. Adagio
02. Violin Partita No. 1 in A Major: II. Aria. Allegro
03. Violin Partita No. 1 in A Major: III. Saraband. Adagio
04. Violin Partita No. 1 in A Major: IV. Gavotte. Allegro
05. Violin Partita No. 1 in A Major: V. Menuett
06. Violin Partita No. 1 in A Major: VI. Aria. Adagio - Allegro
07. Violin Partita No. 1 in A Major: VII. Menuett
08. Violin Partita No. 1 in A Major: VIII. Aria. Allegro
09. Violin Partita No. 1 in A Major: IX. Menuett
10. Violin Partita No. 1 in A Major: X. Gigue. Presto
11. Violin Partita No. 2 in B-Flat Major: I. Prelude. Adagio
12. Violin Partita No. 2 in B-Flat Major: II. Aria. Allegro
13. Violin Partita No. 2 in B-Flat Major: III. Saraband. Adagio
14. Violin Partita No. 2 in B-Flat Major: IV. Fantasia. Allegro
15. Violin Partita No. 2 in B-Flat Major: V. Menuett
16. Violin Partita No. 2 in B-Flat Major: VI. Aria
17. Violin Partita No. 2 in B-Flat Major: VII. Menuett
18. Violin Partita No. 2 in B-Flat Major: VIII. Gavotte. Allegro
19. Violin Partita No. 2 in B-Flat Major: IX. Passpied
20. Violin Partita No. 2 in B-Flat Major: X. Ciaccona
21. Violin Partita No. 3 in C Minor: I. Prelude. Adagio
22. Violin Partita No. 3 in C Minor: II. Courrant. Allegro
23. Violin Partita No. 3 in C Minor: III. Aria
24. Violin Partita No. 3 in C Minor: IV. Menuett
25. Violin Partita No. 3 in C Minor: V. Aria. Allegro
26. Violin Partita No. 3 in C Minor: VI. Canario. Presto
27. Violin Partita No. 3 in C Minor: VII. Aria lamentevole. Adagio
28. Violin Partita No. 3 in C Minor: VIII. Menuett. Allegro
29. Violin Partita No. 3 in C Minor: IX. Gigue. Presto
30. Violin Partita No. 4 in D Major: I. Prelude. Adagio
31. Violin Partita No. 4 in D Major: II. Aria
32. Violin Partita No. 4 in D Major: III. Menuett
33. Violin Partita No. 4 in D Major: IV. Brunada
34. Violin Partita No. 4 in D Major: V. Saraband. Adagio
35. Violin Partita No. 4 in D Major: VI. Aria. Allegro
36. Violin Partita No. 4 in D Major: VII. Menuett
37. Violin Partita No. 4 in D Major: VIII. Canario
38. Violin Partita No. 4 in D Major: IX. Passacaglia
39. Violin Partita No. 5 in G Minor: I. Prelude. Harpeggio
40. Violin Partita No. 5 in G Minor: II. Gavotte. Allegro
41. Violin Partita No. 5 in G Minor: III. Saraband. Adagio
42. Violin Partita No. 5 in G Minor: IV. Rigodon. Allegro
43. Violin Partita No. 5 in G Minor: V. Gigue. Allegro
44. Violin Partita No. 5 in G Minor: VI. Menuett
45. Violin Partita No. 5 in G Minor: VII. Boure
46. Violin Partita No. 5 in G Minor: VIII. Retirada. Allegro
47. Violin Partita No. 6 in A Major: I. Prelude. Allegro
48. Violin Partita No. 6 in A Major: II. Saraband. Adagio
49. Violin Partita No. 6 in A Major: III. Aria. Allegro
50. Violin Partita No. 6 in A Major: IV. Menuett
51. Violin Partita No. 6 in A Major: V. Aria. Allegro
52. Violin Partita No. 6 in A Major: VI. Menuett
53. Violin Partita No. 6 in A Major: VII. Aria. Allegro
54. Violin Partita No. 6 in A Major: VIII. Gigue. Allegro
55. Violin Partita No. 6 in A Major: IX. Eccho
56. Violin Partita No. 6 in A Major: X. Aria variata. Allegro



As well as being internationally recognized as a leading interpreter of music new and old, Peter Sheppard Skærved is the only violinist to have performed on the personal violins of Viotti, Paganini, Joachim, Kreisler and Ole Bull. In this new series, he plays music on these and many more instruments, many of which only he has access to. Probably the best known work of J.J. Vilsmaÿr, his set of six partitas of 1715 are perfect and relatively early examples of the baroque dance suite, and have found more popularity than many other contemporary works for the solo violin. Peter plays a superb instrument labelled Amati Brothers but in fact made by Girolamo (his brother had died by 1610) with the help of his son and successor Niccolò; it was probably one of the last violins on which Girolamo worked as he died in 1630. 1629 was the year in which the Great Plague swept through Italy; Nicolò found himself a lucky survivor and inheritor of the great Amati tradition. The spectacular instrument has a spruce front and single-piece maple back, with scroll and ribs in the early Cremona fashion. Skærved says that its extraordinary qualities (he has played it since 2013) have profoundly influenced his love for the violin and his understanding of what it can do. The violin is held in the collection of the Royal Academy of Music in London.

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