The Great Violins, Vol. 3: Antonio Stradivari, 1685 - The Klagenfurt Manuscript Peter Sheppard Skærved

• Traditional:
• 1 The Klagenfurt Manuscript (Excerpts): Praeambulus in A Major [1] 01:09
• 2 The Klagenfurt Manuscript (Excerpts): Allemande in A Major [1] 01:03
• 3 The Klagenfurt Manuscript (Excerpts): Minuetto in A Major [1] 01:51
• 4 The Klagenfurt Manuscript (Excerpts): Finale in A Major [1] 01:13
• 5 The Klagenfurt Manuscript (Excerpts): Allemande in G Major 01:17
• 6 The Klagenfurt Manuscript (Excerpts): Courent in G Major [1] 01:32
• 7 The Klagenfurt Manuscript (Excerpts): Sarabande in G Major [1] 01:08
• 8 The Klagenfurt Manuscript (Excerpts): Gigue in A Major [1] 02:21
• 9 The Klagenfurt Manuscript (Excerpts): Praeambulus in G Major 01:16
• 10 The Klagenfurt Manuscript (Excerpts): Courent in G Major [2] 01:33
• 11 The Klagenfurt Manuscript (Excerpts): Sarabande in G Major [2] 01:17
• 12 The Klagenfurt Manuscript (Excerpts): Gigue in G Major [4] 01:21
• 13 The Klagenfurt Manuscript (Excerpts): Preludio in G Minor 01:07
• 14 The Klagenfurt Manuscript (Excerpts): Allemande in G Minor [1] 01:53
• 15 The Klagenfurt Manuscript (Excerpts): Sarabande in D Minor [1] 01:43
• 16 The Klagenfurt Manuscript (Excerpts): Allemande in G Minor [2] 01:42
• 17 The Klagenfurt Manuscript (Excerpts): Minuetto in G Minor [1] 02:13
• 18 The Klagenfurt Manuscript (Excerpts): Sarabande in G Minor [2] 02:10
• 19 The Klagenfurt Manuscript (Excerpts): Gigue in G Major [1] 01:53
• 20 The Klagenfurt Manuscript (Excerpts): Minuetto in E Major 01:33
• 21 The Klagenfurt Manuscript (Excerpts): Praeludium in D Minor 01:24
• 22 The Klagenfurt Manuscript (Excerpts): Allemande in D Minor 01:26
• 23 The Klagenfurt Manuscript (Excerpts): Courrente in D Minor 01:23
• 24 The Klagenfurt Manuscript (Excerpts): Sarabande in D Major [1] 01:05
• 25 The Klagenfurt Manuscript (Excerpts): Minuetto in D Minor [1] 01:08
• 26 The Klagenfurt Manuscript (Excerpts): Sarabande in D Minor [2] 01:21
• 27 The Klagenfurt Manuscript (Excerpts): Minuetto in D Major 01:14
• 28 The Klagenfurt Manuscript (Excerpts): Praeambulus in A Major [2] 01:33
• 29 The Klagenfurt Manuscript (Excerpts): Minuetto inA Major 01:55
• 30 The Klagenfurt Manuscript (Excerpts): Gigue in A Major [2] 01:22
• 31 The Klagenfurt Manuscript (Excerpts): Allemande in A Major [2] 01:50
• 32 The Klagenfurt Manuscript (Excerpts): Passepied in A Major 02:02
• 33 The Klagenfurt Manuscript (Excerpts): Sarabande in A Major 01:24
• 34 The Klagenfurt Manuscript (Excerpts): Courent in A Major 01:01
• 35 The Klagenfurt Manuscript (Excerpts): Double in A Major [1] 01:11
• 36 The Klagenfurt Manuscript (Excerpts): Double in A major [2] 01:47
• 37 The Klagenfurt Manuscript (Excerpts): Minuetto in A Major [2] 01:05
• 38 The Klagenfurt Manuscript (Excerpts): Finale in A Major [2] 01:25
• 39 The Klagenfurt Manuscript (Excerpts): Pfefferstossl in D Major 01:01
• 40 The Klagenfurt Manuscript (Excerpts): Sarabande in D Major [2] 01:14
• 41 The Klagenfurt Manuscript (Excerpts): Praeludium in D Major 00:47
• 42 The Klagenfurt Manuscript (Excerpts): Gigue in D Major [2] 01:20
• 43 The Klagenfurt Manuscript (Excerpts): Marcia in D Minor 00:36
• 44 The Klagenfurt Manuscript (Excerpts): Minuetto in D Minor [2] 00:34
• 45 The Klagenfurt Manuscript (Excerpts): Gigue in D Minor [1] 00:54
• 46 The Klagenfurt Manuscript (Excerpts): Courent in D Minor [1] 00:47
• 47 The Klagenfurt Manuscript (Excerpts): Aria in D Major 01:05
• 48 The Klagenfurt Manuscript (Excerpts): Courent in D Major [1] 00:52
• 49 The Klagenfurt Manuscript (Excerpts): Sarabande in D Major [3] 01:20
• 50 The Klagenfurt Manuscript (Excerpts): Sarabande in D Major [4] 01:19
• 51 The Klagenfurt Manuscript (Excerpts): Gigue in D Major [3] 00:48
• 52 The Klagenfurt Manuscript (Excerpts): Gigue in D Major [4] 01:46
• 53 The Klagenfurt Manuscript (Excerpts): Praeludium in D Minor [1] 01:32
• 54 The Klagenfurt Manuscript (Excerpts): Minuetto in D Minor [3] 01:20
• 55 The Klagenfurt Manuscript (Excerpts): Courent in D Minor [2] 01:47
• 56 The Klagenfurt Manuscript (Excerpts): Double in D Minor 01:44
• 57 The Klagenfurt Manuscript (Excerpts): Praeludium in D Major [2] 02:14
• 58 The Klagenfurt Manuscript (Excerpts): Allamande in D Major 01:22
• 59 The Klagenfurt Manuscript (Excerpts): Courent in D Major [2] 01:24
• 60 The Klagenfurt Manuscript (Excerpts): Gigue in G Minor [1] 01:05
• 61 The Klagenfurt Manuscript (Excerpts): Sarabande in G Minor [1] 01:21
• 62 The Klagenfurt Manuscript (Excerpts): Double in G Minor [1] 01:23
• 63 The Klagenfurt Manuscript (Excerpts): Gigue in G Minor [2] 01:13
• 64 The Klagenfurt Manuscript (Excerpts): Minuetto in G Minor [2] 00:47
• 65 The Klagenfurt Manuscript (Excerpts): Double in G Minor [2] 00:53
• 66 The Klagenfurt Manuscript (Excerpts): Courent in G Minor 01:39
• 67 The Klagenfurt Manuscript (Excerpts): Gigue in G Minor [3] 01:29
• 68 The Klagenfurt Manuscript (Excerpts): Gigue in G Major [2] 01:43
• 69 The Klagenfurt Manuscript (Excerpts): Gigue in G Major [3] 01:12
• 70 The Klagenfurt Manuscript (Excerpts): Praeludium in A Major [1] 03:20
• 71 The Klagenfurt Manuscript (Excerpts): Sarabande in A Minor [1] 01:27
• 72 The Klagenfurt Manuscript (Excerpts): Siciliana in A Minor 01:43
• 73 The Klagenfurt Manuscript (Excerpts): Gigue in A Minor [1] 01:32
• 74 The Klagenfurt Manuscript (Excerpts): Praeludium in A Major [2] 01:27
• 75 The Klagenfurt Manuscript (Excerpts): Gigue in E Minor 01:13
• 76 The Klagenfurt Manuscript (Excerpts): Minuet in G Minor 01:26
• 77 The Klagenfurt Manuscript (Excerpts): Gigue in C Major 01:45
• 78 The Klagenfurt Manuscript (Excerpts): Gigue in D Minor [2] 01:33
• 79 The Klagenfurt Manuscript (Excerpts): Tema con variazioni in A Major 02:04
• 80 The Klagenfurt Manuscript (Excerpts): Gigue in A Major [3] 01:27
• 81 The Klagenfurt Manuscript (Excerpts): Gigue in D Major [5] 01:22
• 82 The Klagenfurt Manuscript (Excerpts): Gigue in G Minor [4] 01:26
• 83 The Klagenfurt Manuscript (Excerpts): Gigue in C Minor 01:51
• 84 The Klagenfurt Manuscript (Excerpts): Gigue in D Major [6] 01:26
• 85 The Klagenfurt Manuscript (Excerpts): Gigue in D Major [7] 01:28
• 86 The Klagenfurt Manuscript (Excerpts): Gigue in A Major [4] 02:25
• 87 The Klagenfurt Manuscript (Excerpts): Allemande in G Minor [3] 02:19
• 88 The Klagenfurt Manuscript (Excerpts): Allemande in B Minor 01:00
• 89 The Klagenfurt Manuscript (Excerpts): Courent in B Minor 01:52
• 90 The Klagenfurt Manuscript (Excerpts): Minuetto in B Minor 01:14
• 91 The Klagenfurt Manuscript (Excerpts): Sarabande in C Minor 01:25
• 92 The Klagenfurt Manuscript (Excerpts): Gigue in G Minor [5] 02:06
• 93 The Klagenfurt Manuscript (Excerpts): Gigue in A Minor [2] 01:52
• 94 The Klagenfurt Manuscript (Excerpts): Sarabande in A Minor [2] 02:16
• 95 The Klagenfurt Manuscript (Excerpts): Minuetto in G Minor [3] 01:15
• 96 The Klagenfurt Manuscript (Excerpts): Courent in F Major 01:48
• Total Runtime 02:21:24

Info for The Great Violins, Vol. 3: Antonio Stradivari, 1685 - The Klagenfurt Manuscript

As well as being internationally recognised as a leading interpreter of music new and old, Peter Sheppard Skærved is the only violinist to have performed on the personal violins of Viotti, Paganini, Joachim, Kreisler and Ole Bull. In this new series, he plays music on these and many more instruments, many of which only he has access to.

This double album contains 96 (short) pieces which are all of the works for solo instrument contained in the Klagenfurt Manuscript, a substantial folio dated circa 1685 and which the violinist believes may have been composed by a nun – we will probably never know.

He plays these works which mainly consist of individual movements of a style typically found in the baroque Dance Suite; some seem to ‘fit’ into multi-movement suites, others clearly do not. For the purposes of this recording each movement is listed and tracked separately. This is the world premiere recording.

Peter plays a wonderful Stradivari instrument of 1685 (thus exactly contemporary with the music). In those days violins were made in several sizes and this one measures 328mm (the modern standard being 350mm). Its design and construction is clearly influenced by Nicola (or Niccolò) Amati. Though ‘modernised’ in the 19th century, it is here played with a period-design bow and gut strings for authenticity. The violin is from the historic instruments collection of the Royal Northern College of Music, Manchester, England.

Peter Sheppard Skaerved, violine

Peter Sheppard Skærved
is known for his pioneering approach to the music of the past and of our own time. He regularly appears as soloist in over 30 countries, and has released over 70 albums, ranging from 17th century solo works to many of 400-plus works dedicated to him, by composers including George Rochberg, Judith Weir, Poul Ruders, David Matthews and Michael Finnissy. He is a Grammy nominee, for his cycle of Henze concerti. This spring he has released five new albums, of Schubert Sonatas with square piano, Edward Cowie solos and quartets, Peter Dickinson sonatas, the Gregory Rose Concerto, and the first recording of the 100-movement Klagenfurt Manuscript (1685). His work with museums has resulted in long-term projects at institutions including the National Gallery of Art, Washington DC, the Metropolitan Museum, New York City, the Victoria and Albert Museum, the British Museum, Galeria Rufino Tamayo in Mexico City, and the exhibition ‘Only Connect’, which he curated at the National Portrait Gallery, London. His ‘Tegner’, commissioned by the Bergen International Festival, a close collaboration with the major Norwegian abstract artist, Jan Groth, premiered at Kunsthallen, Bergen, and travelled to Denmark, the US and even Svalbard/Spitzbergen. He is founder and leader of the acclaimed Kreutzer Quartet. He is the ‘Viotti Lecturer’ at the Royal Academy of Music, he was elected Fellow there in 2013. He is married to the Danish writer Malene Skærved and they live in Wapping.

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