Leclair: Sonatas for Violin and Basso Continuo, op. 2 (Set of Parts)

In none of his sonatas does Leclair display a more sensitive feeling for melodic and harmonic material than here in his second book (opus 2). While Leclair's third and fourth books of sonatas (volumes B 4, B 5, B 10, and B 11 of this series) make great demands on the technical abilities of the performer, such a concern is not apparent in the second book, where five of the twelve sonatas are written for alternate performance on the transverse flute. Although less idiomatic, these earlier sonatas are perhaps more expressive than the later ones.

Edited by Robert E. Preston

CONTENTS:
Sonata I in E Minor ("Cette sonate peut se jouer sur la flûte allemande")
Sonata II in F Major
Sonata III in C Major ("Cette sonate peut se jouer sur la flûte allemande")
Sonata IV in A Major
Sonata V in G Major ("Cette sonate peut se jouer sur la flûte allemande")
Sonata VI in D Major
Sonata VII in B-flat Major
Sonata VIII in D Major ("a trois: Violon ou Flûte/Viole/Violoncelle")
Sonata IX in E Major
Sonata X in C Minor
Sonata XI in B Minor ("Cette sonate peut se jouer sur la flûte allemande")
Sonata XII in G Minor