Sonate Accademiche - An Anthology by Eva Saladin | Daniel Rosin

Francesco Maria Veracini

Eva Saladin | Daniel Rosin | Johannes Keller

Sonate Accademiche - An Anthology

Price: € 19.95
Format: CD
Label: Challenge Classics
UPC: 0608917200058
Catnr: CC 720005
Release date: 06 June 2025
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Label
Challenge Classics

UPC
0608917200058

Catalogue number
CC 720005

Release date
06 June 2025

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Florentine, born Francesco Maria Veracini (1690-1786), was considered one of the greatest violin virtuosos of his day. Periods of residence in London, Düsseldorf, Venice, and Dresden brought the eccentric musician international fame. Amongst his extensive output, his Sonate Accademiche Op. 2 (London/Florence 1744) for violin and basso continuo are the best known today. The character of the Sonate Accademiche is defined by a peculiar combination of the intellectual, the virtuosic, and the highly expressive. Despite the technically demanding writing for the violin, Veracini’s masterfully idiomatic approach to his own instrument means the virtuosity flows with a natural ease and playfulness. The Sonate Accademiche collection is vast in terms of its length and variety. The sonatas do not adhere to the standard forms of the day, such as the Italian sonata da camera or sonata da chiesa. Veracini himself in his own preface: "... two, or even three movements, chosen at one’s own discretion, are sufficient to form a sonata of appropriate length." Eva Saladin has applied Veracini’s approach to the entire book, which allows her to choose contrasting parts of sonatas and to highlight the most interesting features of the music by combining individual movements into a flowing programme with connecting tonalities and a clear dramaturgy.

Der Florentiner Francesco Maria Veracini (1690-1786) galt als einer der größten Violinvirtuosen seiner Zeit. Aufenthalte in London, Düsseldorf, Venedig und Dresden verhalfen dem exzentrischen Musiker zu internationalem Ruhm. Unter seinen zahlreichen Werken ist seine Sonate Accademiche op. 2 (London/Florenz 1744) für Violine und Basso continuo heute am bekanntesten. Der Charakter der Sonate Accademiche wird durch eine eigentümliche Verbindung von Intellektualität, Virtuosität und Expressivität bestimmt. Trotz des technisch anspruchsvollen Violinparts fließt die Virtuosität dank Veracinis meisterhaft idiomatischem Umgang mit seinem eigenen Instrument mit natürlicher Leichtigkeit und Verspieltheit. Die Sammlung der Sonate Accademiche ist sowohl von der Länge als auch von der Vielfalt her sehr umfangreich. Die Sonaten entsprechen nicht den Standardformen der Zeit wie der italienischen Sonata da camera oder Sonata da chiesa. Veracini selbst schreibt in seinem Vorwort: „... zwei oder sogar drei Sätze, nach Belieben gewählt, genügen, um eine Sonate von angemessener Länge zu bilden“. Eva Saladin hat Veracinis Ansatz auf das gesamte Buch übertragen, was es ihr ermöglicht, kontrastierende Teile der Sonaten auszuwählen und die interessantesten Merkmale der Musik hervorzuheben, indem sie die einzelnen Sätze zu einem fließenden Programm mit verbindenden Tonarten und einer klaren Dramaturgie kombiniert.

Artist(s)

Johannes Keller (harpsichord)

Eva Saladin (violoncello)

Eva Saladin is a freelance musician based in Basel, Switzerland. She gives solo recitals and performs with chamber music ensembles and orchestras all over Europe. She has a wide knowledge about style and playing techniques from the early 17th until the early 19th century. She is an experienced orchestra and ensemble leader as well as a skilled improviser. In 2021 she was Artist in Residence at the Utrecht Early Music Festival. In the same year, she published her solo cd “The Di Martinelli Manuscript”. Her second album with the complete violin sonatas by Antonio Pandolfi Mealli was released in May 2023. She will publish a third album with a selection from Veracini’s “Sonate Accademiche” in June 2025. Since October 2024 she has been...

Eva Saladin is a freelance musician based in Basel, Switzerland. She gives solo recitals and performs with chamber music ensembles and orchestras all over Europe. She has a wide knowledge about style and playing techniques from the early 17th until the early 19th century. She is an experienced orchestra and ensemble leader as well as a skilled improviser.
In 2021 she was Artist in Residence at the Utrecht Early Music Festival. In the same year, she published her solo cd “The Di Martinelli Manuscript”. Her second album with the complete violin sonatas by Antonio Pandolfi Mealli was released in May 2023.
She will publish a third album with a selection from Veracini’s “Sonate Accademiche” in June 2025.

Since October 2024 she has been Professor for Baroque Violin at the mdw (Universität für Musik und darstellende Kunst Wien) in Vienna.

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Daniel Rosin (violoncello)

Having completed his conventional studies on the cello, Daniel Rosin set out to train in the field of historical performance practice, among others at the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis. Today, Daniel Rosin is a freelance baroque cellist and works as guest principal cellist with orchestras such as Vox Luminis, Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin, Bach-Stiftung and La Cetra Barockorchester. His main activity, however, is chamber music, and his work within a number of ensembles can be traced through recordings that were produced by Glossa, Deutsche Grammophon, Christophorus, Passacaille, Claves, Accent and Deutsche Harmonia Mundi and awarded prizes such as Diapason d’Or, Echo Klassik, Preis der Deutschen Schallplattenkritik and Opus Klassik. Mainly dedicated to live performance as the very core of any living music culture, Daniel Rosin is also committed to research and is active as...

Having completed his conventional studies on the cello, Daniel Rosin set out to train in the field of historical performance practice, among others at the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis.

Today, Daniel Rosin is a freelance baroque cellist and works as guest principal cellist with orchestras such as Vox Luminis, Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin, Bach-Stiftung and La Cetra Barockorchester. His main activity, however, is chamber music, and his work within a number of ensembles can be traced through recordings that were produced by Glossa, Deutsche Grammophon, Christophorus, Passacaille, Claves, Accent and Deutsche Harmonia Mundi and awarded prizes such as Diapason d’Or, Echo Klassik, Preis der Deutschen Schallplattenkritik and Opus Klassik.

Mainly dedicated to live performance as the very core of any living music culture, Daniel Rosin is also committed to research and is active as an artistic director and lecturer, currently holding fixed teaching positions at Frankfurt University of Music and Performing Arts and Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts.

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