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Corelli: Violin Sonatas, Op. 5, Nos. 1-12 - Complete Audio CD – CD, March 11, 2003

by Andrew Manze (Performer), Richard Egarr (Performer), Arcangelo Corelli (Composer)

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Corelli's Op. 5 Violin Sonatas have always been admired by chamber music fans; there are a couple of good recordings of them already available. But this new one by Baroque specialist and virtuoso Andrew Manze and harpsichordist Richard Egarr presents the sonatas in such a bright, exciting, and improvisatory light that they seem brand new. During the composer's lifetime, these sonatas were widely played and tremendously influential; there's a good chance that it was assumed that virtuosi took what was written on the page as a starting point for embellishing and sheer showing off. Manze is breathtaking--fast, articulate, conscious of the genuinely good tunes some of these sonatas contain--and his variances from the written music are thrilling. Egarr knows how to embellish too, and he matches Manze every step of the way. If you're wondering if 131 minutes of only two instruments can keep your interest, don't worry. This will. --Robert Levine

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English
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Harmonia Mundi
Publication date

March 11, 2003
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5.6 x 0.4 x 4.9 inches
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ASIN ‏ : ‎ B000076CW2
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Harmonia Mundi (March 11, 2003)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 5 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.6 x 0.4 x 4.9 inches

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alsoanonyma

Five Stars

Reviewed in the United States on July 11, 2018

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Beautifully, intelligently played.

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J. C Clark

Playing is better than the music

Reviewed in the United States on January 7, 2010

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Corelli wrote at least two pieces of music that will last forever: his Christmas Concerto and the Sonata XII on this set. Now, he wrote lots of other fine and charming music (and I have it and enjoy it), but, as another reviewer says, Corelli often falls into the background music grab bag. Lovely and fun, pleasant, well-composed and sprightly, but not enough to hold your attention for an extended period.

And much of the music on these two discs falls into the same category. These sonatas have their moments, but to me at least (a non-performer) too many of them are a tad characterless. However, the playing is sensational. Manze clearly demonstrates why violinists love them. The ear focuses on that violin, with good reason. It is violent, raspy, poetic, exhilarating, and jubilant. Rippingly fast and achingly slow, Manze can send chills up your spine. But the harpsichord is also incredible. Savoring this has been a joy, as two world class musicians work together like a pair jazz improvisers, twisting and leaping and igniting.

Their performance of La Follia, the famous Sonata number 12, will send those chills up your spine, down your arms, and out through your toes. Exhilarating is too tame a word for this divine treat. I am not a Baroque expert, but a guy who's listened to a lot of this music with pleasure. And this CD will have me looking for their other collaborations.

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Robert B.

Five Stars

Reviewed in the United States on February 14, 2015

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Simply outstanding.

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Avant-Captain_Nemo

What The Baroque Alone Can Do

Reviewed in the United States on January 15, 2006

There's something in the greatest of baroque music that it alone can do - a kind of grace in suspended passion, angular sour biting lines that somehow are sweet without being sickly sweet, a mathematical precision that is not arid. It's all here in Arcangelo Corelli's great and generous gift to us all.

I think this music is best listened to on a night when one is physically ill or one is simply too spiritually ill to go much furthur without some sort of stroking of the soul. When played at such times Corelli asks nothing and gives everything - but what a sweet everything he gives!

Full of light and air, a transfiguration that is not heavy, a thoughtfulness that avoids the perils and pains of excessive introspection. There's a reason why people call this music humane and if you'd like to find out why purchase this double CD set and put it on when the burdens of your humanity are a bit too heavy.

What does the Book of Job tell us? That humans are born to trouble as the sparks fly. Here's music that's a true comfort for the likes of Job while he waits for the answers to his rightful questionings.

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Sound Quest

... " I completely agree with her and would highly recommend this album

Reviewed in the United States on June 10, 2017

To quote my wife " this music is therapy for the senses " I completely agree with her and would highly recommend this album.

Reviewed in the United States on September 2, 2003

I usually think of Corelli as nice "background music," pleasant, but without the emotional depth of Vivaldi, Bach or Handel. However, with this disc I find myself stopping and losing myself in the beautiful tones of Manze's baroque violin. The playing is superb and subtle, revealing these pieces as intimate and poetic. Harmonia Mundi's recording quality is excellent as well. Highly recommended. I can't wait to see what the venerable English Concert does under Manze's new leadership.

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Thomas Brantseg

Outstanding musicality

Reviewed in the United States on July 13, 2006

Like a lot of Italian High Baroque music, the scores for these sonatas are rather minimalist, and played strictly as written, these pieces can come across as drab harmony exercises. Manze and Egarr take the score as merely a starting point, in true High Baroque fashion, improvising with an impressive combination of stylistic accuracy, control, and passion that one virtually never hears in classical music.

The fire and immediacy of these performances is exceptional - the sheer joy of the gigue from the A major sonata (no. 9) is something that will stay with you for a while, and the floating, delicate lyricism they give to the slow movements is simply haunting.

I've always thought that Corelli was, with the exceptions of Bach and perhaps Scarlatti, the best composer of the Baroque era, and this set stands comfortably with Trevor Pinnock's magisterial set of the Op. 6 concerti grossi as proof.

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Norman Housley

Addictive stuff

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on May 1, 2020

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This is so easy and enjoyable to listen to. The combination of violin and harpsichord is beautiful. A great find!

FiddlerOnRoof

Simply enchanting...

Reviewed in Canada on May 6, 2014

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Andrew Manze, in his liner notes, called the Corelli sonata "the best ever assembled". I'd agree with him 80%. The first 2 sonatas were a bland. So bland you wonder if the Corelli household ever add salt or sugar in their food. The 3rd and 4th it better. Once you throw in the second CD, the awesomeness starts. The melody flows, the rhythm impresses, the mood elevates... Then come the 10th sonata, the 3rd movement, one of the most lenegedary tune emerges. During the short 41 second, it is nirvana. It's ashame the movement is so short. Look to Andrew Manze's Tatini CD, the Corelli variation is like a continuation of this 10th sonata. Fritz Krieler also has his own variations on this beautiful theme. The CD finishes with Corelli's 12th sonata which, Rachmaninoff made variations off.

Yes, this set of violin sonatas is amazing. The playing is also amazing. Manze plays with his usual poise and funk. Not as much as funk as the Bach concerto CD, but he makes the sonata sound easy. It really flows.

Arthur Grumiaux recorded this set of sonata as well on his Del Gesu violin. It sounds good but the flavor just isn't quite right compared to Manze and his baroque Joseph Gagliano violin. I strongly recommend this CD. It has become one of my favorite to listen to. A further recommendation is Tartini's CD which include Tarini's variation on Corelli's theme. Buy these two CDs at the same time. Once you hear that famous Corelli's theme from 10sonata 3rd movement, you thank me for recommending the Tartini CD.

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opus79

La « follia » de Corelli

Reviewed in France on August 8, 2012

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Paru en 1700, l'opus 5 de Corelli est un pur joyau musical mais, comme le souligne le violoniste Andrew Manze, ce recueil de 12 sonates pour violon et clavecin est peu joué, ce qui explique sans doute une discographie limitée.
Cet enregistrement pourrait cependant changer la donne, tant les « impros » d'Andrew Manze et la réalisation géniale de Richard Egarr nous transportent. Un Corelli débridé donc, qui nous rappelle un peu l'extravagance et les « bizarreries » des premiers violonistes compositeurs italiens...

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