Partitions pour instruments à cordes

Joseph Bodin de Boismortier's Op. 20 sonatas for solo violin and basso continuo (1727) are the least known of all his sets of sonatas for one or more violins and accompaniment. These very fine works a...

For nearly 150 years Bach's ever-popular Concerto in D minor for harpsichord (BWV 1052) has been regarded as a transcription of a much earlier violin concerto. Numerous published reconstructions of th...

The six Sonate a due violini e basso, published here for the first time, and known to us through a single non-autograph manuscript preserved in Sweden, are his only compositions in this last-mentioned...

The six trio sonatas published alongside eight violin sonatas in his Op. 4 are works in four or five movements that felicitously mix the 'church' and 'chamber' styles in various configurations. This i...

Michele Mascitti (1663/4-1760), was a Neapolitan violinist who settled in Paris in 1704. This substantial trio sonata, the only one of its type that he published (and perhaps wrote) was included in hi...

The 'divertissement' Psiché, a ten-movement suite for violin and basso continuo by Michele Mascitti (1663/4-1760), the Neapolitan violinist who did more than anyone else to acclimatize the Italian son...

Henry Holcombe (1690–1756), born in Chester as the son of a silk weaver, became between 1720 and his death one of the leading English composers in small-scale forms, mainly vocal but also instrumental...

Henry Holcombe (1690–1756), born in Chester as the son of a silk weaver, became between 1720 and his death one of the leading English composers in small-scale forms, mainly vocal but also instrumental...

En 1772, John Addison a publié à Édimbourg un volume contenant six duos sous la forme de sonates en trois ou quatre mouvements pour deux violons sans accompagnement, ses seules œuvres à avoir survécu....

Les Six Sonates a deux violons Op. 71 de Boismortier ont été publiées en 1738, mais on peut supposer que peu d'exemplaires ont été imprimés ; tous les catalogues récents des compositions de Boismortie...

Accompaniment: Stuttgart Symphony Orchestra - Tchaikovsky's soaring, magnificent violin concerto is one of the summits of the literature and one which every aspiring virtuoso needs to learn. Highly re...

A favorite of audiences and performers, this concerto glows with exuberance and solid structural beauty. You play either the first or second part. - Contains a printed score and a compact disc featuri...

Accompaniment: Classic Chamber Orchestra - Three beautiful Baroque concerti from the master composer, Antonio Vivaldi, all part of his famous 'L'Estro Armonico. ' Glorious Venetian Baroque music, rewa...

Accompaniment: The Bedford String Quartet: Robert Zubrycki, 2nd violin; Kathleen Foster, viola; Arthur Fiacco, violoncello - This fifth quartet in the op. 76 group of six shows Haydn at his full music...

Accompaniment: The Bedford String Quartet: Robert Zubrycki, 2nd violin; Kathleen Foster, viola; Arthur Fiacco, violoncello - This final string quartet in Haydn's op. 76 group introduces a witty trio u...

An album designed for the beginning student facing problems of tone, rhythm and articulation. In presenting a professional model, this recording is best introduced as soon as the student has started s...

Accompaniment: Toni Rapport, 2nd violin; Hugh Loughran, viola - Dvorak's beautiful Terzetto, composed in 1887 at the very height of his career, is one of only two works using the combination of two vi...

Accompagnement : Le trio Vardi : Alan Shulman, violoncelle ; Edwin Hymovitz, piano - Écrit en 1914, le trio pour piano de Maurice Ravel a été créé le 28 janvier 1915 à Paris, avec l'éminent pianiste A...

Accompaniment: David Miller, violoncello; Peter Basquin, piano - This trio is an exciting and passion-filled musical ride. The violin is pitted against a strong, almost virtuosic piano part. Highly re...

Accompaniment: The Vardi Trio: Alan Shulman, violoncello; Edwin Hymovitz, piano - Beethoven's Trio No. 8 is an excellent and beautiful piano trio, beautifully composed in the great composer's inimitab...

Accompaniment: Vieuxtemps String Quartet: Marine Hall, 2nd violin; Linda Lawrence, viola; Evalyn Steinbock, violoncello - This beautiful and substantial string quartet is eternally popular amongst cha...

Accompaniment: The Classic Piano Trio: Harriet Wingreen, piano; Alan Shulman, violoncello - Famous trios composed about 1790, displaying Haydn's genius for writing charming chamber works. Haydn delibe...

Performed by Bojidara Kouzmanova, violin Accompaniment: Tempi Concertati Chamber Orchestra Conductor: Nayden Todorov This wonderful and unique Baroque concerto features four magnificent violin parts w...

Written in 1823, this magical 'double' concerto was composed in three-movement form (Allegro-Adagio-Allegro molto) and represents an unusual concerto pairing. It is pure Mendelssohn at its best! The c...