Adrian Butterfield - Leclair Violin Concertos, Vol. 1 (2025) [Official Digital Download 24/96]

SOMM Recordings is delighted to build upon its critically acclaimed discography with violinist, Adrian Butterfield, and the London Handel Players in a new collaboration featuring the Op. 7 set of six Violin Concertos by the French violinist-composer, Jean-Marie Leclair. The London Handel Players, praised by the New York Times for their “soulful depth” and “consummate skill and musicianship,” have previously released five Handel discs with SOMM, along with recordings that celebrate Geminiani, J.S. Bach, and Telemann. The group’s co-founder and director, period-instrument violinist Adrian Butterfield, has been described as “a marvel” by Gramophone for his recordings of Leclair’s first three books of violin sonatas.

The solo concerto emerged in Italy in the early 18th century through composers like Torelli, Albinoni and, particularly, Vivaldi. J.S. Bach acquired a copy of Vivaldi’s popular set of twelve concertos, L’Estro Armonico, to transcribe and study, and he put his own stamp on concerto writing with works that are larger in scale, making use of more detailed contrapuntal development and a greater degree of harmonic variety.

TRACKLIST

1. Adrian Butterfield - Violin Concerto No. 5 in A Minor, Op. 7 No. 5: I. Vivace
2. Adrian Butterfield - Violin Concerto No. 5 in A Minor, Op. 7 No. 5: II. Largo
3. Adrian Butterfield - Violin Concerto No. 5 in A Minor, Op. 7 No. 5: III. Allegro assai
4. Adrian Butterfield - Violin Concerto No. 4 in F Major, Op. 7 No. 4: I. Allegro moderato
5. Adrian Butterfield - Violin Concerto No. 4 in F Major, Op. 7 No. 4: II. Adagio
6. Adrian Butterfield - Violin Concerto No. 4 in F Major, Op. 7 No. 4: III. Allegro
7. Adrian Butterfield - Violin Concerto No. 1 in D Minor, Op. 7 No. 1: I. Allegro
8. Adrian Butterfield - Violin Concerto No. 1 in D Minor, Op. 7 No. 1: II. Aria. Grazioso
9. Adrian Butterfield - Violin Concerto No. 1 in D Minor, Op. 7 No. 1: III. Vivace
10. Adrian Butterfield - Violin Concerto No. 6 in A Major, Op. 7 No. 6: I. Allegro ma non presto
11. Adrian Butterfield - Violin Concerto No. 6 in A Major, Op. 7 No. 6: II. Aria. Grazioso non troppo adagio
12. Adrian Butterfield - Violin Concerto No. 6 in A Major, Op. 7 No. 6: III. Giga. Allegro



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