(2017) The violin’s delight - a garden of pleasure, 17th Century Virtuoso Violin Music Stephen Somary Or perhaps even more because

Or perhaps even more because of its “Hinsz” temperament

This CD is essentially the second step of an unparalleled project that was initiated by the Bern University of the Arts

but finding here as part of a whole renewed expressivity

first studying in Patrick Gabard’s class

September 2023

(2017) The violin’s delight - a garden of pleasure, 17th Century Virtuoso Violin Music Stephen Somary Or perhaps even more becauseAbout this album Wohl gepflanzter Violinischer Lust Garten (Well Planted Violin Pleasure Garden) such was the title employed by Johann Jacob Walther for a second printing of the sonata like preludes for solo violin and basso continuo originally issued back in 1688. Published in Mainz in 1694, the re edition reaffirmed his reputation as a virtuoso master violinist with a further compositional calling card. Contrary to what a Baroque garden might