Skaerved - Florish in the Key: The solo violin in London 1650-1700

As well as being internationally recognised as a leading interpreter of music new and old, Peter Sheppard Sk�rved is the only violinist to have performed on the personal violins of Viotti, Paganini, Joachim, Kreisler and Ole Bull. Here he presents the works from �Preludes or Voluntarys� (2nd edition, published by John Walsh in 1705. The edition includes petite gems from the leading lights of the age such as Purcell, Biber, Pepusch, Correlli and Torrelli, and some whose names are somewhat forgotten: Matteis, Bassani and Vitali � and more who are only known by their surname, probably musicians of the royal court who had presented a work to Walsh for publication. It�s also true that Walsh included several extracts from sonatas, suites and other chamber works, not always correctly attributed.