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Mozart: Violin Sonatas (K.

296, 378, 379)


Alexander Schneider, violin; Ralph Kirkpatrick, harpsichord
Recorded November 26-28, 1945, in New York City. Issued in 1947 as Columbia Mas
terworks Set M-650 (records 71860-D through 71865-D), and in automatic sequence
as Set MM-650 (records 71866-D through 71871-D). Reissued in 1949 on LP, along
with two further Mozart sonatas recorded in November, 1947, as Set SL-52 (record
s ML-4113 and ML-4114), and in automatic sequence as Set SL-152 (records ML-4169
and ML-4170). The side and matrix information:
Sonata
Side 1
Side 2
Side 3
Side 4

in C
(XCO
(XCO
(XCO
(XCO

Major, K. 296 (recorded November 26, 1945):


35464): First movement (Allegro vivace)
35465): Second movement (Andante sostenuto), part 1
35466): Second movement, part 2
35467): Third movement (Rondo: Allegro)

Sonata in B-Flat Major, K. 378 (recorded November 27, 1945):


Side 5 (XCO 35468): First movement (Allegro moderato), part 1
Side 6 (XCO 35469): First movement, part 2;
Second movement (Andantino sostenuto e cantabile), part 1
Side 7 (XCO 35470): Second movement, part 2
Side 8 (XCO 35471): Third movement (Rondo: Allegro)
Sonata in G Major, K. 379 (recorded November 28, 1945):
Side 9 (XCO 35472): First movement (Adagio)
Side 10 (XCO 35473): Second movement (Allegro)
Side 11 (XCO 35474): Third movement (Andantino cantabile), part 1
Side 12 (XCO 35475): Third movement, part 2
The first and second movements of K. 379 are meant to be played without pause.
The collaboration between Alexander Schneider and Ralph Kirkpatrick was quite a
fruitful one, leading even to a contemporary work being written for them: Walter
Piston's Sonatina for Violin and Harpsichord (1945). They made a number of rec
ordings together for Columbia from 1945-51, not all of them issued. Here are th
e details, as obtained from the CHARM website (www.charm.rhul.ac.uk):
Matrices
XCO 35460/3
XCO 35464/7
XCO 35468/71
XCO 35472/5
XCO 35476/9
XCO 35542/9
XCO 37286/9
XCO 37290/4
XCO 37295/8
XCO 37322/3
XCO 37324/7
XCO 37347
XCO 39457/9
XCO 39460/4
XCO 42135/7
XCO 42138/41
XCO 42142/6
XCO 42212/3
XCO 42214/5
XCO 42216/8
XCO 42219/21
XCO 42222/3

Date
1945-11-26
1945-11-26
1945-11-27
1945-11-28
1947-01-03*
1945-12-27
1947-01-13
1947-01-13
1947-01-13
1947-01-27
1947-01-27
1947-02-03
1947-11-26
1947-11-26
1949-12-07
1949-12-07
1949-12-07/8
1950-01-04
1950-01-04
1950-01-04
1950-01-04
1950-01-04

Work
Bach: Sonata No. 6 in G
Mozart: Sonata in C, K. 296
Mozart: Sonata in B-Flat, K. 376
Mozart: Sonata in G, K. 379
Bach: Sonata No. 1 in B minor
Couperin: 9th Concert
Bach: Sonata No. 2 in A
Bach: Sonata No. 4 in C minor
Bach: Sonata No. 3 in E (i & iii)
Bach: Sonata No. 3 in E (ii & iv)
Bach: Sonata No. 5 in F minor
Bach: Sonata No. 5 in F minor (iv)
Mozart: Sonata in E-Flat, K. 302
Mozart: Sonata in D, K. 306
Mozart: Sonata in A, K. 305
Mozart: Sonata in F, K. 376
Mozart: Sonata in A, K. 526
Handel: Sonata in A, Op. 1/3
Handel: Sonata in G minor, Op. 1/10
Handel: Sonata in F, Op. 1/12
Handel: Sonata in D, Op. 1/13
Handel: Sonata in A, Op. 1/14

Issue
MM-719, ML-2111
M-650, SL-(1)52
M-650, SL-(1)52
M-650, SL-(1)52
MM-719, ML-2109
Unissued
MM-719, ML-2109
MM-719, ML-2110
MM-719, ML-2110
MM-719, ML-2110
MM-719, ML-2111
MM-719, ML-2111
MM-811, SL-(1)52
MM-811, SL-(1)52
ML-4617
ML-4617
ML-4617
ML-2149**
ML-2149**
ML-2150**
ML-2150**
ML-2151**

XCO
XCO
XCO
XCO

42224/5
45344/7
45348/50
45290/3

1950-01-04
1951-02-20
1951-02-20
1951-02-21

Handel: Sonata in E, Op. 1/15


Tartini: "Devil's Trill" Sonata
Piston: Sonatina (1945)
Corelli: Sonata No. 6 in A

ML-2151**
Unissued
ML-4495
Unissued

*The recording of the Bach Sonata No. 1 was obviously begun much earlier, at the
time of the 1945 sessions; however, CHARM says that XCO 35476 was recorded Janu
ary 3, 1947; XCO 35478 on January 13, 1947; and XCO 35477 and 35479 on January 2
7, 1947.
**The Handel Sonatas, on three ten-inch LPs, were later reissued as one twelve-i
nch LP: ML-4787. On these, the duo were joined by cellist Frank Miller.

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