The Great Violins, Vol. 2: Niccolò Amati Peter Sheppard Skaerved & Roderick Chadwick

• 1 Siciliana 02:24
• 2 I. Allegro con spirito 11:29
• 3 II. Allegro 04:59
• 4 Myllargutens bruremarsj (arr. J. Halvorsen for violin) 02:34
• 5 Meditation sur le premier Prelude de piano de J.S. Bach 04:19
• 6 Quartet for Violin Solo 00:48
• 7 Guitar-Serenade 01:25
• 8 Aurora 03:12
• 9 2 Springdandser 01:46
• 10 Hallinger No. 2 02:12
• 11 Fanitullen 01:50
• 12 No. 2. Des Dichters Herz 01:22
• 13 An American Fantasy 11:02
• 14 La Serenata (The Angel's Serenade) (arr. A. Pollitzer) 02:52
• 15 Nissespel, Op. 11 03:08
• 16 Et Saeterbesøg (A Mountain Vision) 07:51
• Total Runtime 01:03:13

Info for The Great Violins, Vol. 2: Niccolò Amati

This album is part of a unique series in that it doesn’t so much focus on the pieces performed, rather, the instruments the works are performed on. The second installment in The Great Violins series, features Peter Sheppard Skaerved performing on the 1647 Amati which was crafted while Stradivarius was a student of Amati. The instrument was taken out of public view for over a century, and was only recently brought back into service. At least ten volumes are planned in this open-ended series. Peter Sheppard Skaerved is the only violinist that has performed on the personal isntruments of Paganini, Joachim, Ole Bull, Kreisler, and Viotti. The next release will feature the complete sonatas and partitas of Bach, performed on the Joachim Stradivari of 1698.

Peter Sheppard Skaerved, violin
Roderick Chadwick, piano

Peter Sheppard Skærved
is the dedicatee of well over 200 works for solo violin, by composers such as George Rochberg, Judith Weir, Michael Finnissy, and Hans Werner Henze. He regularly appears as soloists in over 30 countries. His discography is extensive, ranging from cycles of sonatas by Beethoven and Telemann, the complete quartets of David Matthews, Michael Tippett, and cycles of concerti from Haydn to Henze.

He has won awards from the BBC Music Magazine, been nominated for a Gramophone Award, as well as a GRAMMY for a concerto recording in 2007. He records for NMC, Chandos, Naxos, Metier and Toccata. Director of an acclaimed series of concerts at Wiltons Music Hall in London, Peter Sheppard Skærved is the founder and leader of the Kreutzer Quartet and the Munich-based Ensemble Triolog. He regularly appears as director and soloist with ensembles such as the Zagreb Soloists and Athelas Sinfonietta Copenhagen. Peter Sheppard Skærved is the only British violinist to have been invited to play on Paganini’s violin il Cannone more than once (five times in particular) and he regularly gives recitals on the prestigious collection of historic instruments at the Library of Congress, Washington. He is also acclaimed for his collaborative work with museums, working regularly with the British Museum, National Portrait Gallery, Tate Galleries, Victoria and Albert Museum and worldwide. He plays on a 1698 Stradivari owned by Joseph Joachim from the collections of the Royal Academy of Music, where he is the Fellow of Performance Studies.

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