Tartini: Sonatas for Solo Violin, Vol. 2 Črtomir Šiškovič

• Giuseppe Tartini (1692 - 1770): Violin Sonata No. 16 in C Major, B. C2:
• 1 Violin Sonata No. 16 in C Major, B. C2: I. Andante cantabile 02:55
• 2 Violin Sonata No. 16 in C Major, B. C2: II. Allegro 02:28
• 3 Violin Sonata No. 16 in C Major, B. C2: III. Giga 02:49
• 4 Violin Sonata No. 16 in C Major, B. C2: IV. Menuet 01:00
• 5 Violin Sonata No. 16 in C Major, B. C2: V. Allegro 02:53
• Violin Sonata No. 17 in D Major, B. D2:
• 6 Violin Sonata No. 17 in D Major, B. D2: I. Andante cantabile 04:04
• 7 Violin Sonata No. 17 in D Major, B. D2: II. Allegro assai 02:01
• 8 Violin Sonata No. 17 in D Major, B. D2: III. Aria del Tasso 01:36
• 9 Violin Sonata No. 17 in D Major, B. D2: IV. Furlana 02:38
• Violin Sonata No. 18 in C Major, B. C3:
• 10 Violin Sonata No. 18 in C Major, B. C3: I. Andante cantabile 02:09
• 11 Violin Sonata No. 18 in C Major, B. C3: II. Allegro 03:27
• 12 Violin Sonata No. 18 in C Major, B. C3: III. Grave 02:10
• 13 Violin Sonata No. 18 in C Major, B. C3: IV. Allegro assai 01:30
• Violin Sonata No. 19 in D Major, B. D3:
• 14 Violin Sonata No. 19 in D Major, B. D3: I. Andante cantabile 04:01
• 15 Violin Sonata No. 19 in D Major, B. D3: II. Allegro assai 01:42
• 16 Violin Sonata No. 19 in D Major, B. D3: III. Siciliana - Andante 03:27
• 17 Violin Sonata No. 19 in D Major, B. D3: IV. Menuet 01:07
• 18 Violin Sonata No. 19 in D Major, B. D3: V. Aria - Allegro assai 01:54
• Violin Sonata No. 20 in E Minor, B. e2:
• 19 Violin Sonata No. 20 in E Minor, B. e2: I. Andante cantabile 04:42
• 20 Violin Sonata No. 20 in E Minor, B. e2: II. Allegro 02:53
• 21 Violin Sonata No. 20 in E Minor, B. e2: III. Allegro assai 02:04
• 22 Violin Sonata No. 20 in E Minor, B. e2: IV. Allegro assai 02:39
• Violin Sonata No. 21 in F Major, B. F2:
• 23 Violin Sonata No. 21 in F Major, B. F2: I. Grave 03:23
• 24 Violin Sonata No. 21 in F Major, B. F2: II. Allegro ma non presto 02:20
• 25 Violin Sonata No. 21 in F Major, B. F2: III. Allegro 02:34
• 26 Violin Sonata No. 21 in F Major, B. F2: IV. Presto 01:46
• Violin Sonata No. 22 in A Minor, B. a2:
• 27 Violin Sonata No. 22 in A Minor, B. a2: I. Andante cantabile 01:47
• 28 Violin Sonata No. 22 in A Minor, B. a2: II. Allegro 01:51
• 29 Violin Sonata No. 22 in A Minor, B. a2: III. Presto 01:31
• 30 Violin Sonata No. 22 in A Minor, B. a2: IV. Allegro assai 01:34
• Violin Sonata No. 23 in E Major, B. E2:
• 31 Violin Sonata No. 23 in E Major, B. E2: I. Andante cantabile 02:48
• 32 Violin Sonata No. 23 in E Major, B. E2: II. Presto 02:06
• 33 Violin Sonata No. 23 in E Major, B. E2: III. Aria 01:17
• 34 Violin Sonata No. 23 in E Major, B. E2: IV. Menuet 01:56
• Violin Sonata No. 24 in D Major, B. D4:
• 35 Violin Sonata No. 24 in D Major, B. D4: I. Andante cantabile 03:31
• 36 Violin Sonata No. 24 in D Major, B. D4: II. Allegro assai 03:20
• 37 Violin Sonata No. 24 in D Major, B. D4: III. Aria cantabile 03:13
• 38 Violin Sonata No. 24 in D Major, B. D4: IV. Presto 02:21
• Violin Sonata No. 25 in D Minor, B. d2:
• 39 Violin Sonata No. 25 in D Minor, B. d2: I. Andante cantabile 03:18
• 40 Violin Sonata No. 25 in D Minor, B. d2: II. Allegro 02:11
• 41 Violin Sonata No. 25 in D Minor, B. d2: III. Allegro assai 01:26
• Violin Sonata No. 26 in G Major, B. G5:
• 42 Violin Sonata No. 26 in G Major, B. G5: I. Siciliana - Andante 02:28
• 43 Violin Sonata No. 26 in G Major, B. G5: II. Menuet 01:00
• 44 Violin Sonata No. 26 in G Major, B. G5: III. Presto 01:37
• 45 Violin Sonata No. 26 in G Major, B. G5: IV. Andante 01:57
• Violin Sonata in B-Flat Major, B. B2:
• 46 Violin Sonata in B-Flat Major, B. B2: I. Tema con variazioni 03:34
• 47 Violin Sonata in B-Flat Major, B. B2: II. Menuet 01:38
• 48 Violin Sonata in B-Flat Major, B. B2: III. Tema variato 03:49
• Violin Sonata in A Major, B. A2:
• 49 Violin Sonata in A Major, B. A2: I. Adagio 03:32
• 50 Violin Sonata in A Major, B. A2: II. Allegro 02:18
• 51 Violin Sonata in A Major, B. A2: III. Presto 01:29
• 52 Violin Sonata in A Major, B. A2: IV. Giga 02:26
• Violin Sonata in A Minor, B. a3:
• 53 Violin Sonata in A Minor, B. a3: I. Cantabile 02:01
• 54 Violin Sonata in A Minor, B. a3: II. Allegro 01:31
• 55 Violin Sonata in A Minor, B. a3: III. Allegro 02:43
• 56 Violin Sonata in A Minor, B. a3: IV. Giga 02:44
• 57 Violin Sonata in A Minor, B. a3: V. Tema variato 06:08
• Violin Sonata in D Minor, B. d3:
• 58 Violin Sonata in D Minor, B. d3: I. Cantabile 03:52
• 59 Violin Sonata in D Minor, B. d3: II. Presto 01:26
• 60 Violin Sonata in D Minor, B. d3: III. Giga - Non presto 03:41
• 61 Violin Sonata in D Minor, B. d3: IV. Presto - Tema con variazioni 02:55
• Violin Sonata in E Minor, B. e3:
• 62 Violin Sonata in E Minor, B. e3: I. Aria cantabile 02:07
• 63 Violin Sonata in E Minor, B. e3: II. Allegro 03:06
• 64 Violin Sonata in E Minor, B. e3: III. Presto 01:05
• Total Runtime 02:39:29

Info for Tartini: Sonatas for Solo Violin, Vol. 2

The programme of this triple album features 31 sonatas for solo violin that Giuseppe Tartini presumably wrote between 1745 and 1750 and are kept today in the archive of the Veneranda Arca del Santo in Padua. This collection contains the autograph manuscripts of these works that the composer kept editing throughout his lifetime, as the many marginal additions and corrections attest. However, many of these sonatas have come down to us also through other contemporary manuscript copies, which often differ substantially from the autographs, thus making it futile to look for a “final” or “correct” version. Quoting Giuseppe Tartini’s own words “in these small violin sonatas […] the bass is a formality; indeed, I play them without bass, which is the way I really intended them.” Although the first fifteen sonatas have a bass part, undoubtedly written for those who wished to perform them that way, the rest do not, this being a tangible proof that the continuo practice was being abandoned and the bass was no longer being included, not even as “a formality.”

Further indications in Tartini’s manuscript suggest that the movements of a sonata had no predetermined position and could be interchanged with other ones from a work in the same or similar tonality. This flexibility was also extended to the order of movements, thus leaving the performer with freedom of choice. Crtomir Šiškovic, violinist from Trieste of Slovenian origin and a specialist in Tartini’s music, chose, for each sonata where there were alternative movements, those that he deemed best for his interpretation. Just as Tartini would have expected. Together with the previous release - Tartini Sonatas for solo violin, Vol. 1, published in 2012 - we are proud to have completed recording the cycle of Tartini’s solo violin sonatas in the year of the 250th anniversary of Tartini’s death.

Črtomir Šiškovič, violin

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