℗ 2021 Athene
Released | March 12, 2021 |
Duration | 1h 21m 29s |
Record Label | Athene |
Catalogue No. | ATH23210 |
Genre | Classical (Violin) |
The Great Violins, Vol. 4
Peter Sheppard Skærved
Available in 192 kHz / 24-bit AIFF, FLAC high resolution audio formats
Violin Partita No. 1 in A Major
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1.1
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I. Prelude. Adagio
Johann Joseph Vilsmayr; Peter Sheppard Skærved |
1:59 | |||
1.2
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II. Aria. Allegro
Johann Joseph Vilsmayr; Peter Sheppard Skærved |
1:02 | |||
1.3
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III. Saraband. Adagio
Johann Joseph Vilsmayr; Peter Sheppard Skærved |
1:28 | |||
1.4
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IV. Gavotte. Allegro
Johann Joseph Vilsmayr; Peter Sheppard Skærved |
1:28 | |||
1.5
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V. Menuett
Johann Joseph Vilsmayr; Peter Sheppard Skærved |
1:12 | |||
1.6
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VI. Aria. Adagio - Allegro
Johann Joseph Vilsmayr; Peter Sheppard Skærved |
1:40 | |||
1.7
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VII. Menuett
Johann Joseph Vilsmayr; Peter Sheppard Skærved |
1:02 | |||
1.8
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VIII. Aria. Allegro
Johann Joseph Vilsmayr; Peter Sheppard Skærved |
1:06 | |||
1.9
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IX. Menuett
Johann Joseph Vilsmayr; Peter Sheppard Skærved |
0:50 | |||
1.10
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X. Gigue. Presto
Johann Joseph Vilsmayr; Peter Sheppard Skærved |
1:04 | |||
Violin Partita No. 2 in B-Flat Major
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1.11
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I. Prelude. Adagio
Johann Joseph Vilsmayr; Peter Sheppard Skærved |
1:24 | |||
1.12
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II. Aria. Allegro
Johann Joseph Vilsmayr; Peter Sheppard Skærved |
1:10 | |||
1.13
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III. Saraband. Adagio
Johann Joseph Vilsmayr; Peter Sheppard Skærved |
1:15 | |||
1.14
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IV. Fantasia. Allegro
Johann Joseph Vilsmayr; Peter Sheppard Skærved |
2:15 | |||
1.15
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V. Menuett
Johann Joseph Vilsmayr; Peter Sheppard Skærved |
0:51 | |||
1.16
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VI. Aria
Johann Joseph Vilsmayr; Peter Sheppard Skærved |
1:04 | |||
1.17
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VII. Menuett
Johann Joseph Vilsmayr; Peter Sheppard Skærved |
0:48 | |||
1.18
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VIII. Gavotte. Allegro
Johann Joseph Vilsmayr; Peter Sheppard Skærved |
1:09 | |||
1.19
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IX. Passpied
Johann Joseph Vilsmayr; Peter Sheppard Skærved |
2:03 | |||
1.20
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X. Ciaccona
Johann Joseph Vilsmayr; Peter Sheppard Skærved |
3:07 | |||
Violin Partita No. 3 in C Minor
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1.21
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I. Prelude. Adagio
Johann Joseph Vilsmayr; Peter Sheppard Skærved |
1:35 | |||
1.22
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II. Courrant. Allegro
Johann Joseph Vilsmayr; Peter Sheppard Skærved |
1:23 | |||
1.23
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III. Aria
Johann Joseph Vilsmayr; Peter Sheppard Skærved |
0:51 | |||
1.24
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IV. Menuett
Johann Joseph Vilsmayr; Peter Sheppard Skærved |
0:47 | |||
1.25
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V. Aria. Allegro
Johann Joseph Vilsmayr; Peter Sheppard Skærved |
0:51 | |||
1.26
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VI. Canario. Presto
Johann Joseph Vilsmayr; Peter Sheppard Skærved |
0:32 | |||
1.27
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VII. Aria lamentevole. Adagio
Johann Joseph Vilsmayr; Peter Sheppard Skærved |
2:23 | |||
1.28
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VIII. Menuett. Allegro
Johann Joseph Vilsmayr; Peter Sheppard Skærved |
1:03 | |||
1.29
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IX. Gigue. Presto
Johann Joseph Vilsmayr; Peter Sheppard Skærved |
1:50 | |||
Violin Partita No. 4 in D Major
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1.30
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I. Prelude. Adagio
Johann Joseph Vilsmayr; Peter Sheppard Skærved |
2:06 | |||
1.31
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II. Aria
Johann Joseph Vilsmayr; Peter Sheppard Skærved |
1:49 | |||
1.32
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III. Menuett
Johann Joseph Vilsmayr; Peter Sheppard Skærved |
1:14 | |||
1.33
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IV. Brunada
Johann Joseph Vilsmayr; Peter Sheppard Skærved |
0:53 | |||
1.34
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V. Saraband. Adagio
Johann Joseph Vilsmayr; Peter Sheppard Skærved |
2:03 | |||
1.35
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VI. Aria. Allegro
Johann Joseph Vilsmayr; Peter Sheppard Skærved |
0:34 | |||
1.36
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VII. Menuett
Johann Joseph Vilsmayr; Peter Sheppard Skærved |
1:30 | |||
1.37
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VIII. Canario
Johann Joseph Vilsmayr; Peter Sheppard Skærved |
0:56 | |||
1.38
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IX. Passacaglia
Johann Joseph Vilsmayr; Peter Sheppard Skærved |
2:53 | |||
Violin Partita No. 5 in G Minor
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1.39
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I. Prelude. Harpeggio
Johann Joseph Vilsmayr; Peter Sheppard Skærved |
1:24 | |||
1.40
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II. Gavotte. Allegro
Johann Joseph Vilsmayr; Peter Sheppard Skærved |
1:45 | |||
1.41
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III. Saraband. Adagio
Johann Joseph Vilsmayr; Peter Sheppard Skærved |
2:04 | |||
1.42
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IV. Rigodon. Allegro
Johann Joseph Vilsmayr; Peter Sheppard Skærved |
1:26 | |||
1.43
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V. Gigue. Allegro
Johann Joseph Vilsmayr; Peter Sheppard Skærved |
0:45 | |||
1.44
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VI. Menuett
Johann Joseph Vilsmayr; Peter Sheppard Skærved |
1:22 | |||
1.45
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VII. Boure
Johann Joseph Vilsmayr; Peter Sheppard Skærved |
0:58 | |||
1.46
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VIII. Retirada. Allegro
Johann Joseph Vilsmayr; Peter Sheppard Skærved |
1:16 | |||
Violin Partita No. 6 in A Major
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1.47
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I. Prelude. Allegro
Johann Joseph Vilsmayr; Peter Sheppard Skærved |
1:53 | |||
1.48
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II. Saraband. Adagio
Johann Joseph Vilsmayr; Peter Sheppard Skærved |
1:22 | |||
1.49
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III. Aria. Allegro
Johann Joseph Vilsmayr; Peter Sheppard Skærved |
1:34 | |||
1.50
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IV. Menuett
Johann Joseph Vilsmayr; Peter Sheppard Skærved |
1:33 | |||
1.51
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V. Aria. Allegro
Johann Joseph Vilsmayr; Peter Sheppard Skærved |
2:04 | |||
1.52
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VI. Menuett
Johann Joseph Vilsmayr; Peter Sheppard Skærved |
1:04 | |||
1.53
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VII. Aria. Allegro
Johann Joseph Vilsmayr; Peter Sheppard Skærved |
1:23 | |||
1.54
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VIII. Gigue. Allegro
Johann Joseph Vilsmayr; Peter Sheppard Skærved |
0:34 | |||
1.55
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IX. Eccho
Johann Joseph Vilsmayr; Peter Sheppard Skærved |
0:40 | |||
1.56
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X. Aria variata. Allegro
Johann Joseph Vilsmayr; Peter Sheppard Skærved |
5:12 | |||
Digital Booklet
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As well as being internationally recognized as a leading interpreter of music new and old, Peter Sheppard Skærved is the only violinist to have performed on the personal violins of Viotti, Paganini, Joachim, Kreisler and Ole Bull. In this new series, he plays music on these and many more instruments, many of which only he has access to. Probably the best known work of J.J. Vilsmaÿr, his set of six partitas of 1715 are perfect and relatively early examples of the baroque dance suite, and have found more popularity than many other contemporary works for the solo violin. Peter plays a superb instrument labelled ‘Amati Brothers’ but in fact made by Girolamo (his brother had died by 1610) with the help of his son and successor Niccolò; it was probably one of the last violins on which Girolamo worked as he died in 1630. 1629 was the year in which the Great Plague swept through Italy; Nicolò found himself a lucky survivor and inheritor of the great Amati tradition. The spectacular instrument has a spruce front and single-piece maple back, with scroll and ribs in the early Cremona fashion. Skærved says that its extraordinary qualities (he has played it since 2013) have profoundly influenced his love for the violin and his understanding of what it can do. The violin is held in the collection of the Royal Academy of Music in London.
192 kHz / 24-bit PCM – Athene Studio Masters
Track title | Peak (dB FS) | RMS (dB FS) | LUFS (integrated) | DR | |
Album average Range of values | -9.65 -18.33 to -1.14 | -31.12 -37.90 to -25.71 | -27.31 -34.20 to -21.10 | 13 12 to 18 | |
1 | I. Prelude. Adagio | -5.71 | -31.45 | -27.2 | 15 |
2 | II. Aria. Allegro | -6.35 | -29.06 | -25.7 | 14 |
3 | III. Saraband. Adagio | -9.59 | -30.09 | -26.4 | 12 |
4 | IV. Gavotte. Allegro | -8.00 | -30.38 | -26.9 | 12 |
5 | V. Menuett | -11.99 | -32.38 | -29.0 | 13 |
6 | VI. Aria. Adagio - Allegro | -9.19 | -31.96 | -28.7 | 13 |
7 | VII. Menuett | -8.69 | -29.55 | -25.8 | 12 |
8 | VIII. Aria. Allegro | -6.63 | -27.98 | -24.3 | 14 |
9 | IX. Menuett | -11.01 | -31.89 | -28.3 | 13 |
10 | X. Gigue. Presto | -8.46 | -28.70 | -24.9 | 12 |
11 | I. Prelude. Adagio | -9.98 | -33.50 | -29.5 | 12 |
12 | II. Aria. Allegro | -10.56 | -31.33 | -27.5 | 12 |
13 | III. Saraband. Adagio | -8.94 | -31.25 | -26.8 | 14 |
14 | IV. Fantasia. Allegro | -10.68 | -30.60 | -27.2 | 13 |
15 | V. Menuett | -8.47 | -31.06 | -26.9 | 13 |
16 | VI. Aria | -9.78 | -32.74 | -28.8 | 14 |
17 | VII. Menuett | -8.39 | -29.99 | -25.9 | 13 |
18 | VIII. Gavotte. Allegro | -9.26 | -30.17 | -26.1 | 13 |
19 | IX. Passpied | -8.24 | -29.83 | -25.9 | 15 |
20 | X. Ciaccona | -8.79 | -30.81 | -27.1 | 14 |
21 | I. Prelude. Adagio | -6.84 | -29.38 | -25.8 | 12 |
22 | II. Courrant. Allegro | -9.49 | -29.55 | -26.1 | 12 |
23 | III. Aria | -11.16 | -30.61 | -26.6 | 12 |
24 | IV. Menuett | -11.51 | -30.43 | -26.5 | 13 |
25 | V. Aria. Allegro | -11.46 | -31.09 | -27.3 | 12 |
26 | VI. Canario. Presto | -6.10 | -27.45 | -23.2 | 12 |
27 | VII. Aria lamentevole. Adagio | -10.53 | -31.23 | -26.9 | 13 |
28 | VIII. Menuett. Allegro | -9.99 | -30.02 | -26.6 | 14 |
29 | IX. Gigue. Presto | -8.33 | -30.24 | -25.8 | 14 |
30 | I. Prelude. Adagio | -13.04 | -35.55 | -31.4 | 12 |
31 | II. Aria | -12.60 | -35.87 | -32.3 | 14 |
32 | III. Menuett | -15.29 | -36.14 | -31.8 | 13 |
33 | IV. Brunada | -13.22 | -33.32 | -29.4 | 13 |
34 | V. Saraband. Adagio | -15.72 | -37.90 | -34.2 | 13 |
35 | VI. Aria. Allegro | -18.33 | -36.82 | -32.8 | 12 |
36 | VII. Menuett | -11.40 | -33.53 | -29.7 | 14 |
37 | VIII. Canario | -12.39 | -33.54 | -29.7 | 12 |
38 | IX. Passacaglia | -10.23 | -33.94 | -30.3 | 14 |
39 | I. Prelude. Harpeggio | -15.60 | -35.85 | -32.2 | 13 |
40 | II. Gavotte. Allegro | -11.05 | -32.55 | -28.8 | 14 |
41 | III. Saraband. Adagio | -9.31 | -31.41 | -27.5 | 15 |
42 | IV. Rigodon. Allegro | -6.62 | -28.99 | -25.3 | 14 |
43 | V. Gigue. Allegro | -8.76 | -30.03 | -25.9 | 13 |
44 | VI. Menuett | -8.84 | -30.50 | -26.4 | 14 |
45 | VII. Boure | -10.27 | -31.41 | -27.3 | 14 |
46 | VIII. Retirada. Allegro | -6.84 | -29.71 | -25.6 | 15 |
47 | I. Prelude. Allegro | -9.79 | -32.14 | -28.6 | 14 |
48 | II. Saraband. Adagio | -12.58 | -32.05 | -28.1 | 13 |
49 | III. Aria. Allegro | -12.03 | -31.17 | -27.7 | 13 |
50 | IV. Menuett | -7.14 | -29.80 | -26.3 | 13 |
51 | V. Aria. Allegro | -7.77 | -28.86 | -25.6 | 13 |
52 | VI. Menuett | -7.79 | -28.64 | -25.3 | 13 |
53 | VII. Aria. Allegro | -6.44 | -29.69 | -26.2 | 12 |
54 | VIII. Gigue. Allegro | -6.05 | -25.75 | -22.2 | 12 |
55 | IX. Eccho | -5.78 | -25.71 | -21.1 | 12 |
56 | X. Aria variata. Allegro | -1.14 | -27.32 | -24.0 | 18 |