Leclair: Ouvertures et Sonates en Trio

Leclair: Ouvertures et Sonates en Trio, Op.13

Purcell Quartet
Chandos Chaconne 0542

Contents:

Ouvertura I in G major

1. Grave: Staccatto
2. Allegro
3. Andante: Dolce
4. Minuetto - non troppo Allegro: Altro

Sonata I in B minor

5. Adagio
6. Allegro
7. Sarabanda: Largo
8. Allegro assai

Ouvertura II in D major

9. Grave: Staccatto
10. Allegro
11. Andante: Dolce
12. Allegro

Sonata II in A major

13. Largo
14. Allegro ma non troppo
15. Largo
16. Allegro

Ouvertura III in D major

17. Grave: Staccatto
18. Allegro
19. Largo: Dolce
20. Allegro assai

Sonata III in G minor

21. Adagio
22. Allegro ma non troppo
23. Aria: Gratioso - Altro - Gratioso
24. Allegro

Performers: Catherine Mackintosh (violin), Catherine Weiss (violin), Richard Boothby (viol), Robert Woolley (harpsichord)

Playing time: 70'

Recording date: February 1993 (Orford)

This program constitutes Leclair's complete Op. 13, published in 1753. It was his final publication before his death. Four of the works are transcriptions, the last overture from that of his opera Scylla et Glaucus, and the three trio sonatas from earlier single violin sonatas. The other overtures may be transcriptions from lost theatre works.

Another Leclair recording by the present ensemble:

Leclair: Sonatas for Strings, Op. 4

Purcell Quartet
Chandos Chaconne 0536

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