Igor Ruhadze – Nardini: Complete Music for 2 Violins (2023)
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A feast of first recordings to celebrate the art of one of the greatest violinist-composers in 18th-century Europe.
‘I have heard a certain Nardini, Leopold Mozart once wrote, ‘and regarding beauty, purity, and equality of tone and in the singing taste nothing more beautiful can be heard.’ The inveterate traveller and collector of culture Charles Burney was no less certain in his judgment of Nardini: ‘he seems the completest player on the violin in all Italy; and, according to my feelings and judgment, his style is delicate, judicious, and highly finished.’
We may judge for ourselves through the medium of his works, presented here in superbly stylish new recordings by a Dutch-based period ensemble with a track record of success in reviving lesser- known names from the golden age of the Baroque violin. Modern luminaries of the violin including Grumiaux, Milstein and Ricci used to perform Nardini’s ‘Sonata in D’, and modern-Baroque virtuosos such as Giovanni Guglielmo and Giuseppe Carmignola have recorded his ornately wrought concertos, but this is the most comprehensive collection ever made of the composer’s chamber-music output.
Tracklist:
1-1. Igor Ruhadze – Violin Sonata No. 1 in G Major: I. Andante (04:33)
1-2. Igor Ruhadze – Violin Sonata No. 1 in G Major: II. Allegro (05:40)
1-3. Igor Ruhadze – Violin Sonata No. 1 in G Major: III. Allegro (03:16)
1-4. Igor Ruhadze – Violin Sonata No. 2 in C Major: I. Adagio ma non troppo (03:25)
1-5. Igor Ruhadze – Violin Sonata No. 2 in C Major: II. Allegro (05:20)
1-6. Igor Ruhadze – Violin Sonata No. 2 in C Major: III. Allegro (03:06)
1-7. Igor Ruhadze – Violin Sonata No. 3 in D Major: I. Andante (02:46)
1-8. Igor Ruhadze – Violin Sonata No. 3 in D Major: II. Allegro (05:58)
1-9. Igor Ruhadze – Violin Sonata No. 3 in D Major: III. Allegro moderato (03:39)
1-10. Igor Ruhadze – Violin Sonata No. 4 in F Major: I. Andante (02:22)
1-11. Igor Ruhadze – Violin Sonata No. 4 in F Major: II. Allegro (05:52)
1-12. Igor Ruhadze – Violin Sonata No. 4 in F Major: III. Allegro (04:23)
1-13. Igor Ruhadze – Violin Sonata No. 5 in B-Flat Major: I. Allegro (10:02)
1-14. Igor Ruhadze – Violin Sonata No. 5 in B-Flat Major: II. Andante (03:39)
1-15. Igor Ruhadze – Violin Sonata No. 5 in B-Flat Major: III. Allegro (02:54)
1-16. Igor Ruhadze – Violin Sonata No. 6 in E Minor: I. Allegro (08:47)
1-17. Igor Ruhadze – Violin Sonata No. 6 in E Minor: II. Andante (04:22)
1-18. Igor Ruhadze – Violin Sonata No. 6 in E Minor: III. Allegro (03:59)
1-19. Igor Ruhadze – Violin Sonata in A Major: I. Allegro (07:08)
1-20. Igor Ruhadze – Violin Sonata in A Major: II. Andante (02:52)
1-21. Igor Ruhadze – Violin Sonata in A Major: III. Allegro (02:18)
1-22. Igor Ruhadze – Minuet No. 1 in D Major (01:29)
1-23. Igor Ruhadze – Minuet No. 2 in A Major (01:55)
1-24. Igor Ruhadze – Minuet No. 3 in D Major (01:16)
1-25. Igor Ruhadze – Minuet No. 4 in D Major (00:53)
1-26. Igor Ruhadze – Minuet No. 5 in G Major (02:21)
1-27. Igor Ruhadze – Minuet No. 6 in D Major (02:01)
1-28. Igor Ruhadze – Minuet No. 7 in C Major (01:57)
1-29. Igor Ruhadze – Minuet No. 8 in F Major (02:54)
1-30. Igor Ruhadze – Minuet No. 9 in D Major (01:39)
1-31. Igor Ruhadze – Minuet No. 10 in D Major (00:59)
1-32. Igor Ruhadze – Minuet No. 11 in D Major (01:28)
1-33. Igor Ruhadze – Minuet No. 12 in G Major (01:30)
1-34. Igor Ruhadze – Minuet No. 13 in G Major (02:10)
1-35. Igor Ruhadze – Minuet No. 14 in G Major (01:54)
1-36. Igor Ruhadze – Duet No. 1 in D Major: I. Andante (04:16)
1-37. Igor Ruhadze – Duet No. 1 in D Major: II. Allegro (02:34)
1-38. Igor Ruhadze – Duet No. 5 in G Major: I. Allegro (03:23)
1-39. Igor Ruhadze – Duet No. 5 in G Major: II. Largo (03:47)
1-40. Igor Ruhadze – Duet No. 5 in G Major: III. Allegro (02:16)
1-41. Igor Ruhadze – Duet No. 2 in E-Flat Major: I. Andante (08:06)
1-42. Igor Ruhadze – Duet No. 2 in E-Flat Major: II. Allegro (03:17)
1-43. Igor Ruhadze – Duet No. 3 in D Major: I. Vivace (Coturnix – la Caille, Luscina – le Rossignol) (04:49)
1-44. Igor Ruhadze – Duet No. 3 in D Major: II. Adagio (La grenouille – La Rana) (05:01)
1-45. Igor Ruhadze – Duet No. 3 in D Major: III. Presto (Gallina – La Poule) (03:23)
1-46. Igor Ruhadze – Duet No. 4 in F Major: I. Largetto (10:04)
1-47. Igor Ruhadze – Duet No. 4 in F Major: II. Spirituoso (07:48)
1-48. Igor Ruhadze – Duet No. 4 in F Major: III. La caccia (03:24)
1-49. Igor Ruhadze – Duet No. 6 in B-Flat Major: I. Allegretto (06:47)
1-50. Igor Ruhadze – Duet No. 6 in B-Flat Major: II. Largo assai (12:42)
1-51. Igor Ruhadze – Duet No. 6 in B-Flat Major: III. Allegro (03:03)
1-52. Igor Ruhadze – Duet for 2 Violins ‘Romance’ (02:17)