Leclair: The Complete Sonatas for 2 Violins Greg Ewer & Adam LaMotte

• Jean-Marie Leclair (1697-1764): Sonata for 2 Violins in G Major, Op. 3, No. 1
• 1I. Allegro02:44
• 2II. Allegro ma poco02:36
• 3III. Allegro02:21
• Sonata for 2 Violins in A Major, Op. 3, No. 2
• 4I. Allegro02:26
• 5II. Sarabanda - Largo02:17
• 6III. Allegro02:34
• Sonata for 2 Violins in C Major, Op. 3, No. 3
• 7I. Adagio Vivace04:56
• 8II. Adagio02:46
• 9III. Allegro03:34
• Sonata for 2 Violins in F Major, Op. 3, No. 4
• 10I. Allegro assai02:51
• 11II. Aria - Andante grazioso04:18
• 12III. Gigue - Allegro moderato02:55
• Sonata for 2 Violins in E Minor, Op. 3, No. 5
• 13I. Allegro ma poco03:16
• 14II. Gavotte01:46
• 15III. Presto02:31
• Sonata for 2 Violins in D Major, Op. 3, No. 6
• 16I. Andante sempre piano —01:28
• 17II. Allegro02:36
• 18III. Largo02:01
• 19IV. Allegro ma non troppo03:38
• Sonata for 2 Violins in B Minor, Op. 12, No. 1
• 20I. Allegro ma poco03:38
• 21II. Andante - Amoroso - Altro03:28
• 22III. Allegro assai02:14
• Sonata for 2 Violins in E Major, Op. 12, No. 2
• 23I. Allegro ma poco03:51
• 24II. Largo03:13
• 25III. Minuetto - Non tropo allegro - Altro04:42
• 26IV. Allegro03:25
• Sonata for 2 Violins in D Major, Op. 12, No. 3
• 27I. Un poco andante02:22
• 28II. Un poco andante03:02
• 29III. Sarabanda - Largo02:13
• 30IV. Giga - Prestissimo02:44
• Sonata for 2 Violins in A Major, Op. 12, No. 4
• 31I. Andante02:37
• 32II. Allegro moderato02:53
• 33III. Largo03:07
• 34IV. Vivace04:40
• Sonata for 2 Violins in G Minor, Op. 12, No. 5
• 35I. Allegro03:27
• 36II. Aria Grtioso - Andante - Un poco piu allegro - Piu andante04:16
• 37III. Allegro assai02:34
• Sonata for 2 Violins in B-Flat Major, Op. 12, No. 6
• 38I. Allegro03:07
• 39II. Allego moderato02:24
• 40III. Andante - Dolce04:19
• 41IV. Allegro non presto02:23
• Total Runtime02:04:13

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Leclair’s contribution to music history cannot be overstated. His innovation as a composer revolutionized the French school of violin playing and his playing helped to raise the standard of play- ing in France immeasurably. By weaving together elements of Italian and French music, he created an entirely new compositional style. His duos influenced later composers such as Mozart, de Beriot, Viotti, and closer to our own time, Bartok and Berio.

Greg Ewer and Adam Lamotte currently hail from the Pacific Northwest. Greg is well known to audiences for his regular appearances with the Oregon Symphony, Portland Baroque Orchestra, Third Angle New Music Ensemble and Pink Martini. He is also the founder and artistic director of 45th Parallel. He holds faculty positions at Reed College and Lewis & Clark College.

Adam Lamotte has appeared as soloist, concertmaster, and conductor of numerous orchestras throughout the country, including the Northwest Sinfonietta in Seattle, String Orchestra of the Rockies, Astoria Festival Orchestra, Portland Baroque Orchestra, and the Maggini String Orchestra in Houston. He is the founder of The Orchestra, a conductorless ensemble which creates “tapestry” programs, combining drastically different pieces into a single concert experience. His is the Artistic Director of the Montana Baroque Festival.

Performed on period instruments, the album is sure to be a perfect addition to the collections of audiophiles, early music lovers, and violin lovers.

Greg Ewer, violin
Adam LaMotte, violin

Recorded at Sono Luminus Studios, Boyce Virginia - June 11-14 & July 17-20, 2013
Engineered by Daniel Shores
Produced by Dan Merceruio

Greg Ewer
is well known to audiences for his regular appearances with the Oregon Symphony, Portland Baroque Orchestra, Third Angle New Music Ensemble and Pink Martini. He is also the founder and artistic director of 45th Parallel, a highly acclaimed chamber music series featuring musicians of the Pacific Northwest. He holds faculty positions at Reed College and Lewis & Clark College.

Greg began his musical career at the age of seventeen with the Houston Grand Opera Orchestra. He was also the fiddler in the Houston-based bluegrass band, Classical Grass.

Greg has appeared as a guest recitalist at Yale University and at the National Library in Mexico City. He has performed at numerous summer festivals including the Tanglewood Music Center, San Luis Obispo Mozart Festival, Grand Teton Music Festival, Moab Music Festival and the Mon- tana Baroque Festival. Recent recordings include the six string quintets of Giuseppe Antonio Capuzzi for Cinnabar Records, and a compilation of pieces by contemporary Chinese composer Chen Yi with Third Angle New Music Ensemble. Mr. Ewer performs on a Cremonese violin from 1738, attributed to Lorenzo Guadagnini

Adam Lamotte
has been hailed by critics for his expressive and compelling playing. He has appeared as soloist, concertmaster, and conductor of numerous orchestras throughout the country, including the Northwest Sinfonietta in Seattle, String Orchestra of the Rockies, Astoria Festival Orchestra, Portland Baroque Orchestra, and the Maggini String Orchestra in Houston. Adam’s ever-widening interest in repertoire of all styles has led him to found The Orchestra, a conductorless ensemble which creates “tapestry” programs, combining drastically different pieces into a single concert experience. As Artistic Director of the Montana Baroque Festival, he brings world-class period instrument performances to the rural Montana community. Adam has co-founded two critically- acclaimed ensembles, in Portland and in Houston, and continues to produce many chamber music and chamber orchestra performances. He can be heard on Cinnabar Records, Warner Brothers, and Sono Luminus. In collaboration with ensembles such as Portland Baroque Orchestra, Ars Lyrica Houston, El Mundo and Chanticleer, Mr. LaMotte performs on period instruments, using a fine Italian instrument made in 1730 by Bernardo Calcagni.

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