"Violin-playing of rare fluency and elegance." - BBC Music Magazine
"What an exquisite recording this is!" - Goldberg Magazine

Personnel:
Simon Standage: violin
Nicholas Parle: harpsichord

Recording:
26-28 January 2005, West Road Concert Hall, University of Cambridge

Chandos/Chaconne CHAN 0726

Track listing:
1. Violin Sonata in A major, Op. 9/1: Adagio
2. Violin Sonata in A major, Op. 9/1: Allegro assai
3. Violin Sonata in A major, Op. 9/1: Andante. Arpeggio sempre
4. Violin Sonata in A major, Op. 9/1: Minuetto. Allegro moderato
5. La Superbe, ou La Forqueray (PiГЁces de clavecin, III, 17e ordre)
6. Violin Sonata in D major, Op. 9/3: Un poco andante
7. Violin Sonata in D major, Op. 9/3: Allegro
8. Violin Sonata in D major, Op. 9/3: Sarabanda. Largo
9. Violin Sonata in D major, Op. 9/3: Tambourin. Presto
10. La Leclair (from PiГЁces de viole, DeuxiГЁme Divertissement)
11. Violin Sonata in A minor, Op. 9/5: Andante
12. Violin Sonata in A minor, Op. 9/5: Allegro assai
13. Violin Sonata in A minor, Op. 9/5: Adagio
14. Violin Sonata in A minor, Op. 9/5: Allegro ma non troppo
15. La Forqueray, rondeau for harpsichord (from PiГЁces de Clavicin, Book 3)
16. Violin Sonata in C major, Op. 9/8: Andante ma non troppo
17. Violin Sonata in C major, Op. 9/8: Allegro assai
18. Violin Sonata in C major, Op. 9/8: Andante
19. Violin Sonata in C major, Op. 9/8: Tempo di Ciaccona

Reviews:
BBC Music Magazine
A superlative account of Leclair’s A major Sonata sets the scene… [it] introduces us to violin-playing of rare fluency and elegance. Simon Standage blends impeccable musicianship with florid bursts of technical virtuosity, while Nicholas Parle is a perfect partner, the two of them exhibiting the kind of unanimity of approach that makes this music-making of the very highest order.
Standage of course imparts �period’ insights, balancing the Sonata’s frisky second movement with an eloquently-turned Sarabande topped off by a Tambourin that is simultaneously rustic yet rocket-propelled.

Gramophone
It is for the Leclair that this disc will be sought out, and with classy playing from one of the most experienced Baroque violinists around, it will not disappoint.

Goldberg Magazine
What an exquisite recording this is! Presented under the overall title �Excess of Good Taste’, this performance of music by Leclair and his contemporaries fully justifies its name.

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