All Leclair articles
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ReviewAdrian Butterfield: Leclair
Stylish period-instrument advocacy of this founder of the French violin school
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ReviewThéotime Langlois de Swarte: Générations
Confidence and style underpin this exploration of Vivaldian cross-currents
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ReviewConcert review: Grace Park (violin) Joseph Liccardo (piano)
Bruce Hodges attends the all-French recital at New York’s Weill Recital Hall on 13 December 2021
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ReviewSol Gabetta, Patricia Kopatchinskaja: Sol & Pat
Two old friends are even more than the sum of their parts
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ReviewDmitry Sinkovsky, Il Pomo d’Oro: Virtuosissimo
Russian artist meets Italian Baroque and the result has thrilling moments
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ReviewVivaldi: The Four Seasons. Tartini: Violin Sonata in G minor ‘The Devil’s Trill’. Leclair: Violin Sonata in D major ‘Tambourin’
The Strad Issue: January 2016Description: A calmer, cooler version of Vivaldi’s seasonal concertosMusicians: James Ehnes (violin/director) Andrew Armstrong (piano) Sydney Symphony OrchestraComposer: Vivaldi, Tartini, LeclairThis might be the ideal antidote to Nigel Kennedy’s new, rebooted Four Seasons (see above), with its general disregard, healthy or otherwise, for ...
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ReviewTime Reflexion. Works by Rust, El-Khoury, Leclair, Stamitz, Tanguy and Narekatsi
THE STRAD RECOMMENDSThe Strad Issue: April 2015Description: Old and new combined by this Armenian violinist and friendsMusicians: Chouchane Siranossian (violin) with Rüdiger Lotter (baroque violin) Jean-Marc Phillips-Varjabedian (violin) Levon Chatikyan (duduk)Composer: Rust, El-Khoury, Leclair, Stamitz, Tanguy and NarekatsiIf pretentious titles usually put you off heterogeneous concept albums, ...
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ReviewLeclair: Sonatas for two unaccompanied violins op.3
The Strad Issue: March 2015Description: Proficient performances of Leclair’s Italian–French fusionsMusicians: Anima ConcordiaComposer: LeclairHusband-and-wife Baroque violin duo Paul Herrera and Kaori Toda form a technically assured and cohesive partnership in these accounts of Leclair’s Six Sonatas op.3. They thoroughly acknowledge Leclair’s marriage of Italian and French styles ...
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ArticleLeclair: Sonatas, Book 4
The Strad Issue: January 2006Musicians: Patrick Bismuth (violin) Valérie Balssa, La TempestaComposer: LeclairJean-Marie Leclair’s fourth book of solo sonatas contains twelve four-movement works in the sonata da chiesa form (ten for violin, two for flute), with a delightful smattering of French dance forms set between Sarabande, Largo ...