TARTINI: Violin Sonata in A Major: III. Presto - 12 Sonatas & a Pastorale, Op. 1 No. 1 (1734)

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Presto from Violin Sonata in A Major from Tartini's 12 Sonatas and a Pastorale, Op. 1 (1734) 🎻
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Diavolo features 6 of Tartini’s Violin Sonatas, most famously ‘The Devil’s Trill’ from which the album takes it’s name - Diavolo is the Italian word for Devil.
Apart from a handful of trio sonatas, sonate a quattro and some devotional vocal works (written towards the end of his life), the vast majority of Tartini’s compositions are made up of violin sonatas or concertos, most of which require the solo violinist to display a prodigious level of technique.
It is understandable that Tartini is often compared with Vivaldi: they both had links with the priesthood, lived in neighbouring cities, were famous virtuoso violinists and highly respected teachers, were roughly contemporary (and probably knew each other) and have been remembered for one piece above all others, both works which, interestingly, bear descriptive titles.
Whilst Tartini’s sonata known as Il Trillo del Diavolo (The Devil’s Trill) has not enjoyed popularity to the extent of Vivaldi’s Le Quattro Stagioni (The Four Seasons), it has, nevertheless, become legendary both for its fiendish level of technical wizardry and for the story that surrounds its origins.
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