Leclair: The Complete Sonatas for Two Violins, Volume 1 Barnabás Kelemen & Katalin Kokas

• Jean-Marie Leclair (1697 - 1764): Op.12 No.1 Sonata in B Minor:
• 1 Leclair: Op. 12 No. 1 Sonata in B Minor I. Allegro ma poco 05:14
• 2 Leclair: Op. 12 No. 1 Sonata in B Minor II. Andante. Amoroso – Altro 03:35
• 3 Leclair: Op. 12 No. 1 Sonata in B Minor III. Allegro assai 04:06
• Op.12 No.3 Sonata in D Major:
• 4 Leclair: Op. 12 No. 3 Sonata in D Major I. Un poco Andante 02:00
• 5 Leclair: Op. 12 No. 3 Sonata in D Major II. Un poco Andante 06:17
• 6 Leclair: Op. 12 No. 3 Sonata in D Major III. Sarabanda. Largo 02:40
• 7 Leclair: Op. 12 No. 3 Sonata in D Major IV. Giga. Prestissimo 03:21
• Op.3 No.3 Sonata in C Major:
• 8 Leclair: Op. 3 No. 3 Sonata in C Major I. Adagio – Vivace 06:40
• 9 Leclair: Op. 3 No. 3 Sonata in C Major II. Adagio 03:19
• 10 Leclair: Op. 3 No. 3 Sonata in C Major III. Allegro 03:01
• Op.3 No.5 Sonata in E Minor:
• 11 Leclair: Op. 3 No. 5 Sonata in E Minor I. Allegro ma poco 05:03
• 12 Leclair: Op. 3 No. 5 Sonata in E Minor II. Gavotta. Grazioso. Andante 04:20
• 13 Leclair: Op. 3 No. 5 Sonata in E Minor III. Presto 03:28
• Op.3 No.4 Sonata in F Major:
• 14 Leclair: Op. 3 No. 4 Sonata in F Major I. Allegro assai 02:43
• 15 Leclair: Op. 3 No. 4 Sonata in F Major II. Aria. Grazioso. Andante 03:50
• 16 Leclair: Op. 3 No. 4 Sonata in F Major III. Giga. Allegro moderato 02:46
• Op.12 No.5 Sonata in G Minor:
• 17 Leclair: Op. 12 No. 5 Sonata in G Minor I. Allegro 03:29
• 18 Leclair: Op. 12 No. 5 Sonata in G Minor II. Aria Grazioso. Andante – Un poco più Allegro – Più Andante 05:20
• 19 Leclair: Op. 12 No. 5 Sonata in G Minor III. Allegro assai 03:43
• Total Runtime 01:14:55

Info for Leclair: The Complete Sonatas for Two Violins, Volume 1

"Leclair was a French violinist but worked as a dance master for a long time in Italy as well. (...) Still, he became one of the greatest violin virtuosos of his age and established the French violin school. And we feel his virtuosity very much because we have to play some very complicated parts. As far as I know, he is the only composer who was murdered. His wife was said to be involved in the case. We play from her manuscript - from its replica (...) For the bottom three strings of our ‘modernized’ violins we use gut strings with silver spinning. By the early 18th century such strings had already been in use. And our instruments and our ears appreciated the 437 Hz tuning the most. (...) Compared to today's bows, we have to form the sounds with ours in a very different way, and in many aspects these work in a different way, as well. Our bows fully match what was used back then." Barnabás Kelemen, Katalin Kokas

Barnabás Kelemen, violin
Katalin Kokas, violin

Barnabás Kelemen
has established himself as one of the leading violinists of his generation, appearing regularly as a concerto soloist, recitalist, and chamber musician at many of the world's major musical venues and festivals. He has toured extensively throughout Europe, North and South America, South Africa, Japan and Taiwan.

Katalin Kokas
Hungarian violinist and violist has studied at the Conservatory of Toronto and graduated with honours from the Franz Liszt Academy of Music in Budapest. Kokas has collaborated with musicians such as Zoltán Kocsis, Miklós Perényi, Dénes Várjon, Philipp Cassard, Michael Stern, the Chilingirian Quartet, János Rolla and the Franz Liszt Chamber Orchestra, and performed with symphonic orchestras of Poznan, Kosice, Bratislava, Johannesburg, Durban, Taiwan, Israel and most of the Hungarian orchestras.

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