Tartini: The Devil's Sonata / Andrew Manze

Composer: Giuseppe Tartini
Performer: Andrew Manze
Audio CD (March 10, 1998)
SPARS Code: DDD
Number of Discs: 1
Format: Import
Label: Harmonia Mundi Fr.
ASIN: B000005Z35

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Amaz*n.com's Best of 1998 Violinist Andrew Manze did something truly breathtaking in 1998--he transformed the way we hear Giuseppe Tartini's The Devil's Sonata by playing it solo, without accompaniment. And we'll never hear it the same way again. It's a riveting performance, filled with as much improvisation as many jazz compositions, and yet it remains thoroughly faithful to Tartini's vision (Manze was inspired to play the work solo by the composer's own correspondence). Hands down, one of the best Baroque performances ever. --Jason Verlinde Amaz*n.com essential recording This is one of the craziest classical CDs you will ever hear, but the madness is inspired. Andrew Manze, following a suggestion in one of Tartini's letters, gets rid of the published accompaniment and plays these pieces on the solo violin. In the other three works he takes plenty of liberties, but in the famous Devil's Trill Sonata he embellishes, improvises, departs from the text and comes back again. The verbal description sounds like my idea of a nightmare, but the execution is so inspired that this is one of the most compelling Baroque performances ever. Whether it is "authentic" or not, I have no idea, and Manze probably doesn't either. But this is a recording you will remember. --Leslie Gerber

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TRACKS:

1. The Devil's Sonata: La Sonata del Diavolo in G Minor - Largo
2. The Devil's Sonata: La Sonata del Diavolo in G Minor - Allegro
3. The Devil's Sonata: La Sonata del Diavolo in G Minor - Andante, Allegro, Adagio
4. The Devil's Sonata: L'arte del Arco - Theme & variation 1
5. The Devil's Sonata: L'arte del Arco - Variations 2 & 4
6. The Devil's Sonata: L'arte del Arco - Variations 9, 15, & 12
7. The Devil's Sonata: L'arte del Arco - Variatios 10 & 20
8. The Devil's Sonata: L'arte del Arco - Variation 29
9. The Devil's Sonata: L'arte del Arco - Variation 30
10. The Devil's Sonata: L'arte del Arco - Variation 33
11. The Devil's Sonata: L'arte del Arco - Variation 34
12. The Devil's Sonata: L'arte del Arco - Variation 23
13. The Devil's Sonata: L'arte del Arco - Variation 38
14. The Devil's Sonata: Sonata in A minor - Cantabile
15. The Devil's Sonata: Sonata in A minor - Allegro
16. The Devil's Sonata: Sonata in A minor - Andante
17. The Devil's Sonata: Sonata in A minor - Giga
18. The Devil's Sonata: Sonata in A minor - Aria (with variations)
19. The Devil's Sonata: Sonata in A minor - Variation 1
20. The Devil's Sonata: Sonata in A minor - Variation 2
21. The Devil's Sonata: Sonata in A minor - Variation 3
22. The Devil's Sonata: Sonata in A minor - Variation 4
23. The Devil's Sonata: Sonata in A minor - Variation 5
24. The Devil's Sonata: Pastorale for violin in scordatura - Grave
25. The Devil's Sonata: Pastorale for violin in scordatura - Allegro
26. The Devil's Sonata: Pastorale for violin in scordatura - Largo, Presto, Andante

On this CD:

1. Sonata for violin & continuo in G minor, B. g5 ("The Devil's Trill")
Composed by Giuseppe Tartini
with Andrew Manze

2. Variations (38) on a Gavotte by Corelli for violin & continuo ("L'arte del arco"), B. F11 Theme & variations nos. 1, 2, 4, 9, 10, 12, 15, 20, 23, 29, 30, 33, 34 & 38
Composed by Giuseppe Tartini
with Andrew Manze

3. Work(s) unspecified Sonata in A minor
Composed by Giuseppe Tartini
with Andrew Manze

4. Pastorale for violin & continuo in A major, B. A16 (Op. 1/13)
Composed by Giuseppe Tartini
with Andrew Manze

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