Pietro Nardini - Sonatas for strings

Pietro Nardini (1722-1793) was one of those typical violinists /composers in the vein of Giuseppe Tartini whose pupil he had been. Most works in his oeuvre call for the violin, both in orchestral and chamber pieces.
Although he himself had a great aptitude for the violin his solo concertos as was his performance style are not ostentatiously showing off technical skills. Apparently his own playing was incredibly moving, but he felt best at home in smaller scale works such as the sonatas.
In these sonatas he followed the order of movements favoured by Tartini: slow – fast- fast. These 2 CD’s (note by me: this is an error on brilliant site, there is only 1 cd not 2) contain some examples of this now unusual order.
The excellent Ensemble Ardi Cor Mio has dedicated itself to rediscovering and performing music by 17th- and 18th-century Italian composers. This is a record long overdue to confront the world again with this music which has been virtually absent from the musical stage for several centuries. At the time the pre-Classicist Nardini quickly became old-fashioned.

PIETRO NARDINI (1722-1793)
Sonata in La maggiore/A major per due violini e basso
1. Allegro 4:27
2. Andante 2:56
3. Allegro 2:09
Sonata in Re minore/D minor per violino e basso
4. Adagio 3:26
5. Allegro 2:52
6. Allegro 4:09
Sonata I in Re maggiore/D major per due violini
7. Andante 4:33
8. Allegro 2:17
Da “14 Minuetti per due violini e basso”
9. Minuetto n.5 in Sol maggiore/G major 2:21
Sonata in Mi bemolle maggiore/E flat major per clavicembalo
10. Allegro 4:36
11. Andante con variazioni 6:09
Sonata in Do maggiore/C major per violino e violoncello
12. Allegro 3:29
13. Adagio 2:57
14. Minuetto 2:32
Da “14 Minuetti per due violini e basso”
15. Minuetto n.13 in Sol maggiore/G major 2:03
16. Minuetto n.6 in Re maggiore/D major 2:28
Sonata II in Mi bemolle maggiore/E flat major per due violini
17. Andante 3:20
18. Allegro 2:22
Sonata “Enigmatica” in Fa maggiore/F major per violino
19. Largo 5:04
20. Minuetto (Vivace 1:03
21. Allegro 2:00
Sonata in Do maggiore/C major per violino e basso
22. Adagio 3:28
23. Allegro 4:16
24. Presto 2:01
Da “14 Minuetti per due violini e basso”
25. Minuetto n.6 in Re maggiore/D major 1:48
Total: 78:46


Still digging in my old rips folder. Surprisingly after many years from its official release there still no lossless version available (at least not here on avax).
Tested with accuraterip-foobar plugin and resulted accurate with confidence (2).
These sonatas are very nice, not just the random jumping you would expect from a virtuoso of the XVIII century (someone said Lolli?).