STAMITZ C. (1745-1801) SIX DUOS FOR VIOLIN AND VIOLA Nos.1-6 / G.Demeterová violin, viola

Carl Stamitz (1745-1801) - Six Duos for Violin and Viola Op.1

Duo No. 1 for Violin and Viola in D major, Op. 1 12:52

1. Allegro 7:17

2. Andante moderato 3:26

3. Rondo. Allegro 2:04

Duo No. 2 for Violin and Viola in D minor, Op. 1 9:32

4. Allegro molto 4:52

5. Menuetto cantabile 3:04

6. Rondo. Allegro 1:29

Duo No. 3 for Violin and Viola in G major, Op. 1 12:52

7. Moderato (Adagio) 7:32

8. Rondo 2:55

Duo No. 4 for Violin and Viola in A major, Op. 1 16:12

9. Allegro 6:39

10. Amoroso 6:12

11. Allegro 3:14

Duo No. 5 for Violin and Viola in C major, Op. 1 10:40

12. Allegro 3:37

13. Andante grazioso 4:36

14. Allemande 2:21

Duo No. 6 for Violin and Viola in E flat major, Op. 1 7:58

15. Allegro moderato 6:03

16. Rondo. Presto 1:52

Gabriela Demeterová violin, viola

The violinist Gabriela Demeterova, who earned international recognition with recordings of music of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries (Biber, Bach), the big works of the violin repertoire of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries (Dvorak, Suk), and as an exceptional chamber music player in the recordings of the piano trio repertoire (Smetana, Dvorak) and clarinet trio repertoire (Milhaud, Bartok, Stravinsky, Khachaturian), is an artist who continuously attempts to broaden her horizons. In the past years she began to systematically devote herself to viola playing. As a result of this interest a unique project emerged. Gabriela Demeterova was the first and only performer to record both parts of the 6 Duets for Violin and Viola by Carl Stamitz.

Listeners can now become familiar with an exquisite result made possible by this exceptionally difficult method of recording.

(Supraphon 2002)