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- Sonata No. 29 in A Minor 'L'infidele': EntreeComposer(s) Sylvius Leopold WeissArtist(s) Nigel North
Sonata No. 29 in A Minor 'L'infidele': Entree
03:54$1.80 - Sonata No. 29 in A Minor 'L'infidele': CouranteComposer(s) Sylvius Leopold WeissArtist(s) Nigel North
Sonata No. 29 in A Minor 'L'infidele': Courante
02:25$1.80 - Sonata No. 29 in A Minor 'L'infidele': SarabandeComposer(s) Sylvius Leopold WeissArtist(s) Nigel North
Sonata No. 29 in A Minor 'L'infidele': Sarabande
04:59$1.80 - Sonata No. 29 in A Minor 'L'infidele': MenuetComposer(s) Sylvius Leopold WeissArtist(s) Nigel North
Sonata No. 29 in A Minor 'L'infidele': Menuet
01:57$1.80 - Sonata No. 29 in A Minor 'L'infidele': MusetteComposer(s) Sylvius Leopold WeissArtist(s) Nigel North
Sonata No. 29 in A Minor 'L'infidele': Musette
02:53$1.80 - Sonata No. 29 in A Minor 'L'infidele': PaysanneComposer(s) Sylvius Leopold WeissArtist(s) Nigel North
Sonata No. 29 in A Minor 'L'infidele': Paysanne
02:51$1.80 - Prelude in C MajorComposer(s) Sylvius Leopold WeissArtist(s) Nigel North
Prelude in C Major
01:44$1.80 - Fantasia in C MajorComposer(s) Sylvius Leopold WeissArtist(s) Nigel North
Fantasia in C Major
03:57$1.80 - Fugue in C MajorComposer(s) Sylvius Leopold WeissArtist(s) Nigel North
Fugue in C Major
04:37$1.80 - Concerto in F Major: I. AllegroComposer(s) Antonio VivaldiArtist(s) Nigel North
Concerto in F Major: I. Allegro
02:34$1.80 - Concerto in F Major: II. LarghettoComposer(s) Antonio VivaldiArtist(s) Nigel North
Concerto in F Major: II. Larghetto
04:04$1.80 - Concerto in F Major: III. AllegroComposer(s) Antonio VivaldiArtist(s) Nigel North
Concerto in F Major: III. Allegro
02:28$1.80 - Tombeau sur la mort de M. Comte de LogyComposer(s) Sylvius Leopold WeissArtist(s) Nigel North
Tombeau sur la mort de M. Comte de Logy
07:50$2.70 - Violin Partita No. 2 in D Minor, BWV 1004: ChaconneComposer(s) Johann Sebastian BachArtist(s) Nigel North
Violin Partita No. 2 in D Minor, BWV 1004: Chaconne
14:01$3.70
Total running time: 60 minutes.
Album information
Nigel North is considered the pre-eminent lute player of his generation and this debut recording has achieved benchmark status.
The programme opens with Weiss' 'L'infidèle' Sonata, the work which inspired North to play the D minor tuned eighteenth-century lute. Weiss was undoubtedly the greatest lutenist-composer of his time; and Tombeau sur la mort de M. Comte de Logy is perhaps his most well-known piece and has been widely performed. The Prelude, Fantasia and Fugue in C major pay tribute to Weiss' skill as an improviser and demonstrate a truly idiomatic lute style.
Transcription has long been a popular tool for both composers and performers; here both Bach and North contribute to an innovative reworking of what was originally a Vivaldi violin concerto. Bach's Chaconne in the lute's 'home' key of D minor adapts perfectly to the instrument; so successful was North's transcription that he went on to transcribe Bach's complete music for solo cello and violin.