Viennese Violin Music c.1680 from the British Library

ALESSANDRO POGLIETTI (?-1683): Praeludium secundi toni, JOHANN HEINRICH SCHMELZER (c.1620/1623-1680): Sonatas 3 in and 14 in G Minor, GIOVANNI BATTISTA FERRINI (1601-1674): Ballo di Mantova, ANON.: Sonatas 11 in D Minor, 2 in D Minor, 15 in A Minor, 13 in G Minor, 20 in A and 21 in A Minor, Capriccio 4 in A Minor.

Description: Virtuoso sonatas by and from the circle of the devil's violinist Johann Heinrich Schmelzer. Veronika Skuplik, "prima donna" in the baroque violin firmament, has worked out some of these musical stories with virtuosity and incomparable sensitivity. Spurning the current fashion of lush continuo, she is accompanied by Jörg Jacobi on the historic organ of the Laurentiuskirche in Langwarden. A companion volume to one released in September 2014 (09Q014). Veronika Skuplik (violin), Jörg Jacobi (organ).