Pisendel: Violin Sonatas /Steck * Rieger

Johann Georg Pisendel (Composer), Christian Rieger (Performer) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Performer: Christian Rieger
• Composer: Johann Georg Pisendel
• Audio CD (April 20, 2004)
• SPARS Code: DDD
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Cpo Records
• ASIN: B0001M64XE
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #135,772 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Allegro

2. Larghetto

3. Allegro

4. Without Indication

5. Allegro

6. Giga - Variationen

7. Largo

8. Moderato

9. Arioso

10. Scherzando

11. Adagio

12. Presto

13. Affettuoso

14. Vivace

15. Larghetto

16. Allegro

17. Largo

18. Allegro

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Good, but even recording quality, June 9, 2007

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Biberfan "Fan of Biber" (Virginia, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Pisendel: Violin Sonatas /Steck * Rieger (Audio CD)

Steck and Rieger are former Musica Antiqua Köln members. I enjoyed the recording... one sonata has been recorded by others as a Bach work.

Steck does a reasonable job; I disagree with the other comment - this music is hard! Especially so the solo material.

I found an uneven recorded quality between tracks. For those with lesser sound quality, those tracks suffer. Compare the first track with the next sonata... hear the difference?

4 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars an excellent find!, October 26, 2005

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another reader - See all my reviews

This review is from: Pisendel: Violin Sonatas /Steck * Rieger (Audio CD)

I read once that Bach was influenced by Pisendel's violin works. So when I found this cd in the clearance bin at a local cd store I didn't hesitate to snap it up while I could! Compared with Bach's (unaccompanied) solo violin works, Pisendel's (w/harpsichord) are much more "sprightly" and lively. That might sound strange since 4/5 of them are in a minor key but minor key doesn't have to mean sadness. There are exceptions (Bach's partita #3), but I would say as a rule that Bach's solo violin works are more serious (doesn't mean boring) than Pisendel's. As for the playing, it sounds fine; I don't have another recording to compare this one with but the two musicians sound very good together. The music doesn't sound like it's difficult to play, which is a good thing. If you like the violin works of Uccellini, Tartini, Bach, Corelli I would say there's a good chance you'll like this recording very much. I think Pisendel would fit right in with that crew. I like this Pisendel stuff better than a lot of Corelli's & Uccellini's violin works though.