Fritz, Gasparo: Violin Sonatas Op. 3, Nos. 1-5

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Fritz, Gasparo: Violin Sonatas Op. 3, Nos. 1-5

Plamena Nikitassova (violin, Sebastian Klotz, Mittenwald, first half of 18th century, with special thanks to family Vischer, Geneva), Maya Amrein (cello, end of 18th century), Jörg-Andreas Bötticher (harpsichord, Christian Zell, Hamburg 1728, replica by Bruce Kennedy, Château d‘OEx 1989)

[Nikitassova] plays Fritz's cosmopolitan, often virtuosic works with elegance and brilliance, ornamenting imaginatively...all three artists use delightful-sounding period instruments. Pan's sound... — MusicWeb International, 24th February 2014 More…

Release Date: 13th Jan 2014
Catalogue No: PC10295
Label: Pan Classics
Length: 71 minutes

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Fritz, Gasparo: Violin Sonata in D Major, Op. 3, No. 1

Work length16:24

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Plamena Nikitassova (violin), Maya Amrein (cello), Jörg-Andreas Bötticher (harpsichord)
Recorded: 5-8 February 2013
Recording Venue: Rom.-kath. Kirche, Nuglar-St. Pantaleon, Switzerland

I. Allegro

Track length7:14

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II. Adagio

Track length5:46

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III. Allegro

Track length3:24

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Fritz, Gasparo: Violin Sonata in A Major, Op. 3, No. 2

Work length14:26

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Plamena Nikitassova (violin), Maya Amrein (cello), Jörg-Andreas Bötticher (harpsichord)
Recorded: 5-8 February 2013
Recording Venue: Rom.-kath. Kirche, Nuglar-St. Pantaleon, Switzerland

I. Andante

Track length4:34

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II. Adagio

Track length4:17

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III. Allegro

Track length5:35

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Fritz, Gasparo: Violin Sonata in C Major, Op. 3, No. 3

Work length14:18

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Plamena Nikitassova (violin), Maya Amrein (cello), Jörg-Andreas Bötticher (harpsichord)
Recorded: 5-8 February 2013
Recording Venue: Rom.-kath. Kirche, Nuglar-St. Pantaleon, Switzerland

I. Allegro

Track length5:30

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II. Largo

Track length4:59

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III. Allegro

Track length3:49

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Fritz, Gasparo: Violin Sonata in E-Flat Minor, Op. 3, No. 4

Work length14:16

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Plamena Nikitassova (violin), Maya Amrein (cello), Jörg-Andreas Bötticher (harpsichord)
Recorded: 5-8 February 2013
Recording Venue: Rom.-kath. Kirche, Nuglar-St. Pantaleon, Switzerland

I. Adagio

Track length3:04

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II. Allegro

Track length4:36

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III. Aria

Track length6:36

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Fritz, Gasparo: Violin Sonata in B Major, Op. 3, No. 5

Work length12:32

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Plamena Nikitassova (violin), Maya Amrein (cello), Jörg-Andreas Bötticher (harpsichord)
Recorded: 5-8 September 2012
Recording Venue: Rom.-kath. Kirche, Nuglar-St. Pantaleon, Switzerland

I. Allegro

Track length4:51

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II. Adagio

Track length4:19

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III. Allegro

Track length3:22

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That Gaspar Fritz was by no means a composer of provincial music that could be reduced to a type of Swiss Pre-Classicism becomes immediately clear upon listening to his Sonatas, Op. 3: North Italian, English and French elements come together in a highly virtuoso manner in which extended ornamentation and improvised passages play an important role. The Bulgarian violinist Plamena Nikitassova studied baroque violin with Chiara Banchini at the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis and interprets these works with a lightness that seems to know no technical difficulties. As on her prize-winning recording with violin sonatas of Carlo Zuccari (Diapason d’or 10/2012), she is accompanied here by the cellist Maya Amrein and the harpsichordist Jörg-Andreas Bötticher. The violinist and composer Gaspard Fritz (1716-1783) from Geneva is one of the better-known unknowns in the music history of the 18th century. Following instruction from Giovanni-Battista Somis in Turin, Fritz returned to his native city, characterised by Calvinism. There were no public concerts or theatrical performances there, so he became active as a violin and music teacher. Geneva was a regular station on the way to Italy on the Grand Tours customary of the age, and Fritz maintained stimulating exchanges with the foreign educated classes in the city – the lack of concerts was at least partially compensated by the performances at the "Common Room", the social club of the English-speaking population in Geneva.

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24th February 2014

[Nikitassova] plays Fritz's cosmopolitan, often virtuosic works with elegance and brilliance, ornamenting imaginatively...all three artists use delightful-sounding period instruments. Pan's sound quality is warm and intimate, the violinist sensibly placed slightly forward of the continuos.

Fritz, Gasparo: Violin Sonatas Op. 3, Nos. 1-5

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