DESCRIPTION

The trio sonata originated in Italy and was extensively used by Corelli and Vivaldi.

Leclair had a special talent which declared itself very early on in his instrumental output and especially in Op.4. The slow movements of this collection display a contrapuntal sense unique in the French music of the time, a feel for the long phrase that justifies his nickname of ‘the French Bach’ – or “Everything announces him as the French Corelli”, according to Charles-Henri de Blainville

In this collection abounding in formal innovations and timbral experiments, Leclair is careful not to overload the harmonic language. And so French flowers of new colours bloomed in Corelli’s classical garden!

ROSASOLIS

The ensemble Rosasolis was founded in 2003 by musicians with aim to share their passion for 17th- and 18th-century vocal and instrumental music, and approach it in a true chamber-music spirit.

The group soon met with success. Their sincere, lively and sensual interpretations have delighted and impressed numerous festival audiences and organisers over the years.