{"product_id":"hres2239-leclair-sonatas-for-two-violins-volume-2","title":"Leclair: Sonatas for Two Violins, Volume 2","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"page\" title=\"Page 14\"\u003e\r\n\u003cdiv class=\"section\"\u003e\r\n\u003cdiv class=\"layoutArea\"\u003e\r\n\u003cdiv class=\"column\"\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cem\u003eSonatas for Two Violins, Volume 2\u003c\/em\u003e is the second album of music composed by Jean-Marie Laclair and performed by the violin duo of Barnanas Kelemen and Katalin Kokas.  Their earlier album of violin duets is also available from NativeDSD Music.\r\n\r\nRecording Engineer Gabor Halasz tells us \u003cem\u003e\"The church in Velemér which became our home for a week, has great acoustics and is surrounded by a beautiful forest. This environment also inspired the process. Thanks to the high-end DPA microphones and the Merging Technologies Hapi Analog to Digital Converter, we were able to make a recording that reproduces the artists' play in every detail. I’m sure anyone who takes the time to get to know the recording will have a unique experience.\" \u003c\/em\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cspan data-sheets-value=\"{\" the french corelli tuesday october first performance of scylla glaucus tragedy was given. words are by mr d and music leclair celebrated in all europe for his learned elaborate sonatas elegance violin playing. genius again made itself known composition opera. le mercure de france royal press reported this way about opera composer jean-marie at time premiere one best-known musicians even though he owed reputation primarily to virtuoso skills world stage also close heart. born lyon mentioned among members local ballet troupe age actively played from an early some years later participated wedding festivities turin both as a master violinist. it there where had taken classes with former student legendary arcangelo greatly influential violinist period giovanni battista somis worked under patronage wealthiest aristocrats paris got sonata collection published. fifteen have following description sonatas: appeared kind algebra capable rebuffing most courageous musicians. is not regarded greatest masters generations may several reasons quality composed does always play role given reception history but them certainly virtuosity performer. surely influenced fact that written academics who mainly focus on scores documents requires inspired spirited performers if possible more than contemporaries. could consider himself extremely fortunate get interpreted such outstanding violinists katalin kokas barnab kelemen. fazekas data-sheets-userformat=\"{\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e“On Tuesday, 4 October, the first performance of Scylla \u0026amp; Glaucus, tragedy, was given. The words are by Mr D'Albaret, and the music by Mr Leclair, celebrated in all of Europe for his learned and elaborate sonatas, and for the elegance of his violin playing. His genius again made itself known in the composition of his opera.”\u003c\/em\u003e Le Mercure de France, the royal press reported this way about the first performance of the first opera by the French composer, Jean-Marie Leclair (1697–1764). At the time of the premiere, in 1746, Leclair was one of the best-known French musicians, and even though he owed his reputation primarily to his virtuoso violin skills, the world of the stage was also close to his heart.\u003c\/span\u003e\r\n\r\nHe was born in Lyon and was mentioned among the members of the local ballet troupe at the age of 19. He also actively played the violin from an early age, and some years later, he participated in the royal wedding festivities in Turin both as a ballet master and as a violinist. It was there where he had first taken violin classes with a former student of the legendary Arcangelo Corelli, a greatly influential violinist of the period, Giovanni Battista Somis (1686– 1763). In 1723, Leclair worked under the patronage of one the wealthiest aristocrats of France in Paris, where he got his first sonata collection published. Fifteen years later, the Mercure de France have the following description of the sonatas: \"\u003cem\u003e[they] appeared at first a kind of algebra capable of rebuffing the most courageous musicians.”\u003c\/em\u003e\r\n\r\nWhy Leclair is not regarded as one of the greatest masters by later generations may have several reasons (the quality of the music composed does not always play a role in a given composer’s reception history), but one of them is certainly Leclair’s virtuosity as a performer. His reception was surely greatly influenced by the fact that music history is written by academics, who mainly focus on scores and documents, and Leclair’s music requires inspired and spirited performers, if possible, even more than most of his contemporaries. The composer could consider himself extremely fortunate that 250 years later his sonatas get interpreted by such outstanding violinists as Katalin Kokas and Barnabás Kelemen.\r\n\r\n\u003cstrong\u003eBarnabas Kelemen - Violin\u003c\/strong\u003e\r\n\u003cstrong\u003eKatalin Kokas - Violin\u003c\/strong\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003c\/div\u003e\r\n\u003c\/div\u003e\r\n\u003c\/div\u003e\r\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Hunnia Records","offers":[{"title":"DSD 128 \/ 2ch Stereo","offer_id":56739666657604,"sku":"HRES2239-15","price":25.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"DSD 256 \/ 2ch Stereo","offer_id":56739666690372,"sku":"HRES2239-16","price":29.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"DSD 512 \/ 2ch Stereo","offer_id":56739666723140,"sku":"HRES2239-21","price":35.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"DXD 24 Bit \/ 2ch Stereo","offer_id":56739666755908,"sku":"HRES2239-22","price":25.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"FLAC 192 kHz \/ 2ch Stereo","offer_id":56739666788676,"sku":"HRES2239-6","price":20.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"FLAC 96 kHz \/ 2ch Stereo","offer_id":56739666821444,"sku":"HRES2239-7","price":19.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"DSD 64 \/ 2ch Stereo","offer_id":57339154334020,"sku":"HRES2239-14","price":23.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0966\/7900\/2436\/files\/HRES2239.jpg?v=1778489212","url":"https:\/\/www.nativedsd.com\/products\/hres2239-leclair-sonatas-for-two-violins-volume-2","provider":"NativeDSD Music","version":"1.0","type":"link"}