(2002) Fontana: Sonate a uno, due e tre Rodion Shchedrin The work received its historic

The work received its historic premiere under Felix Mendelssohn’s direction in Leipzig on 21 March 1839

1) and unexpected harmonies intrude (such as the augmented chords in the final bars of No

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the Overture in C Minor for string quintet which the budding composer wrote in 1811 at the age of 14

his first recording

(2002) Fontana: Sonate a uno, due e tre Rodion Shchedrin The work received its historicVery little is known about the life of Giovanni Battista Fontana. Born between 1580 and 1589, his name appears in the dedication of Cesare Gussagos Sonate a a quattro, sei, et otto, in which he is mentioned as a violinist with as much fame in Venice as Orpheus had in Thebes. The second sonata in this collection is even entitled La Fontana. In the dedication of his own posthumous collection he is described as one of the most singular violin virtuosos