Haydn: Six Sonatas for Violin and Viola

Online purchase or streaming (Spotify, iTunes, Amazon Music, Deezer, Google Play): https://brilliant-classics.lnk.to/HaydnSixSonatas
More Information: https://www.brilliantclassics.....com/articles/h/haydn
Brilliant Classics Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/brilliantclassics
Brilliant Classics Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/user/....brilliantclassics?si

Spotify Playlists:
Brilliant Classics Spotify: https://brilliant-classics.lnk.to/Spotify
The best of Liszt: https://brilliant-classics.lnk.to/Playliszt
The best of Bach: https://brilliant-classics.lnk.....to/BestOfBachPlayli
Most popular piano music: https://brilliant-classics.lnk.to/MostPopularPiano
Beautiful classical Music: https://brilliant-classics.lnk.....to/BeautifulClassic
Classical music for dinnertime: https://brilliant-classics.lnk.....to/ClassicalMusicfo

Composer: Franz Joseph Haydn
Artists: Federico Guglielmo (violin), Massimo Piva (viola)

About this Album:
Joseph Haydn was a national treasure in his native Austria. Excelling in all areas of composition, he was the ‘Father of the Symphony’, the author of such renowned vocal works such as The Creation, and a pioneer of the string quartet. He was also a vital mentor to the young Mozart.

These unique works – the only ones for violin and viola in Haydn’s oeuvre – are thought to have been written in the late 1760s or early 1770s, the period during which the composer was employed at the Esterházy court. Little is known about the circumstances of their composition, but most of Haydn’s works for violin at this time were intended for the leader of the court chapel, Luigi Tomasini. The pieces certainly tend towards being solo compositions for the violin, which is accorded the bulk of the melodic interest, with an obbligato viola part providing the harmonic support.

Accalimed violinist Federico Guglielmo studied at the Conservatorio Benedetto Marcello in Venice, later specialising in Baroque and Classical violin repertoire, and has won prizes in numerous international competitions. In this recording he plays alongside Massimo Piva, a past principal violist of Europa Galante and the Orchestra di Padova e del Veneto.

Tracklist:
00:00:00 Sonata I in F Major, Hob VI:1: Allegro moderato
00:04:48 Sonata I in F Major, Hob VI:1: Adagio e sostenuto
00:08:51 Sonata I in F Major, Hob VI:1: Tempo di menuet, variazione
00:12:12 Sonata II in A Major, Hob VI:2: Allegro moderato
00:16:27 Sonata II in A Major, Hob VI:2: Adagio
00:20:33 Sonata II in A Major, Hob VI:2: Finale (Tempo di menuet)
00:24:21 Sonata III in B Major, Hob VI:3: Andante
00:29:02 Sonata III in B Major, Hob VI:3: Adagio
00:32:08 Sonata III in B Major, Hob VI:3: Menuet
00:34:15 Sonata IV in D Major, Hob VI:4: Moderato
00:39:01 Sonata IV in D Major, Hob VI:4: Adagio
00:42:02 Sonata IV in D Major, Hob VI:4: Tempo di menuet
00:44:52 Sonata in E-Flat Major, Hob VI:5: Moderato
00:49:10 Sonata in E-Flat Major, Hob VI:5: Adagio
00:52:57 Sonata in E-Flat Major, Hob VI:5: Tempo di menuet, variazione
00:56:04 Sonata VI in C Major, Hob VI:6: Allegro
01:01:13 Sonata VI in C Major, Hob VI:6: Adagio
01:05:37 Sonata VI in C Major, Hob VI:6: Tempo di Menuet, Variazione