Leclair / Biondi / Europa Galante: JeanMarie Leclair: Violin Concertos, Op. 7, Nos. 1, 35 - COMPACT DISCS

Leclair / Biondi / Europa Galante: JeanMarie Leclair: Violin Concertos, Op. 7, Nos. 1, 35 - COMPACT DISCSTitle: JeanMarie Leclair: Violin Concertos, Op. 7, Nos. 1, 35 Artist: Leclair Biondi Europa Galante Label: Glossa Product Type: COMPACT DISCS UPC: 8424562234079 Genre: Classical Release Date: 2017 05 05 Number of Discs: 1 Jean Marie Leclair epitomized the idea of an eighteenth century virtuoso composer, one whose compositional output largely reflects his activity as a performer. Whilst the French school possessed precursors such as Jean Fry Rebel, it

Title: JeanMarie Leclair: Violin Concertos, Op. 7, Nos. 1, 35
Artist: Leclair / Biondi / Europa Galante
Label: Glossa
Product Type: COMPACT DISCS
UPC: 8424562234079
Genre: Classical
Release Date: 2017-05-05
Number of Discs: 1

Jean-Marie Leclair epitomized the idea of an eighteenth-century virtuoso-composer, one whose compositional output largely reflects his activity as a performer. Whilst the French school possessed precursors such as Jean-Féry Rebel, it is very much to Leclair that it owes it's genuine development. The virtuoso violinist became a highly sought-after teacher, and a full generation of musicians were recipients of his teaching. Leclair published twelve concertos for violin in two sets, Op. 7 and Op. 10. The Op. 7 collection, of which four concertos have been included in this recording, is without doubt partially made up of works which Leclair performed at the Concert Spirituel between 1728 and 1736. Today, we are aware of the sytle employed by Leclair in his violin playing through his own writings and concert reviews from the time. His uncompromising ideal of performance is of a truly Appolonian nature: precision and integrity in execution, economy with the use of effects, accurate intonation and nobility of expression - all features brought to this new recording by Fabio Biondi and his already legendary ensemble, Europa Galante. The scholar Louis Castelain of the Centre de Musique Baroque de Versailles provides the booklet notes.

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