Violin; Harpsichord
SKU: UT.HS-281
Composed by Michel
Corrette. Edited by
Eloise Ameruoso. Saddle
stitching. Classical.
Score and Parts. Ut
Orpheus #HS 281.
Published by Ut Orpheus
(UT.HS-281).
ISBN
9790215326385. 9 x 12
inches.
Sonata I
(Les Fêtes de Flore);
Sonata II (Les Champs
Elisées); Sonata III
(Le Jardin des
Hesperides); Sonata IV
(Les Amusemens
d’Apollon chez Le
Roi Admète); Sonata V
(Les Jeux Olympiques);
Sonata VI (Les Voyages
d’Ulysse)
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br>Published in 1742 by
the author with Boivin,
Le Clerc and de Bretonne,
Corrette’s Op. 25
was committed to the
Knight of Orleans. It
contains six sonatas with
violin accompaniment.
Nevertheless, on the
frontispiece, Corrette
reminds the possibility
to perform these sonatas
also for solo
harpsichord; violin
accompaniment is
therefore considered as
collateral and not
crucial even though two
instruments complete each
other and continuously
dialogue in a charming
way. The composer
declares the effect he
requires to obtain at the
beginning of sonata
punctuating that the
violin must play mezzo
piano way and giving,
once again, a great
relevance to the
keyboard. Despite the
notices, imitations and
plots between the
instruments are so
pleasant and constant
that it is very
improbable to imagine
that violin role has
considered as
unsubstantial.
In the
fourth sonata, the only
one written in minor
tonality, Corrette
supposes flute
accompaniment as
alternative to the
violin. In this case,
Italian style is evident,
for example, in the third
movement where the
composer imitates Vivaldi
with frequent unison
passages.
On technical
plan, the harpsichordist
is occupied in recurring
hands crossing, playing
suddenly overall
keyboard.
