Suzuki Violin Pieces in their Original Forms

composer: Henry Eccles (ca.1680–ca.1740)
source: Premier livre de sonates à violon seul et la basse

Sonata Undecimo
English title: First book of sonatas for solo violin and basso continuo

Sonata No. 11
originally written for: violin and continuo
date: published 1720
score: first edition: IMSLP (starts on 4th line) | WorldCat
suggested recording: Angela East, baroque cello (solo)
Ruth Alford, baroque cello (continuo)
Howard Beach, harpsichord

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notes: The Premier livre de sonates à violon seul et la basse, published by Eccles in 1720, is known to contain movements taken from Giuseppe Valentini’s Allettamenti per camera, Op. 8, so it is possible that some of the movements from this sonata are attributable to Valentini. The original Valentini score is available here, though it is not so easy to read.

Also, the second movement of this sonata (marked Corente in the original and Courante in the Suzuki books) is a exact copy of the final movement from Francesco Antonio Bonporti’s Invenzione Quarta, Op. 10 No. 4, published eight years earlier in 1712. (Special thanks to violinist Erik Leveille for pointing that out).

I was unable to find any recording of this sonata with baroque violin and continuo. This recording by Angela East uses baroque cello and continuo, but it follows the original score.

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composer: Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750)
source: Violin Sonata No.3 in C major, BWV 1005

III. Largo
originally written for: solo violin
date: 1720
more information: Wikipedia
score: Autograph manuscript (written by J. S. Bach):

(sixth line down): zoomable | full-page
Early copy, by A. M. Bach: zoomable | full-page
Bach Gesellschaft Ausgabe:

full score: Band 27.1 p.44 IMSLP (p.7 of the pdf)

Neue Bach Ausgabe:

Series VI, Volume 1.
suggested recording: Elizabeth Wallfisch, violin

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composer: Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750)
source: Violin Sonata in E minor, BWV 1023

I. —
originally written for: violin and continuo
date: 1714–1717?
more information: album liner notes
score: Bach Gesellschaft Ausgabe:

full score: Band 43.1 p.31 IMSLP (p.3 of the pdf)

Neue Bach Ausgabe:

Series VI, Volume 1.
suggested recording: Elizabeth Wallfisch, violin
Paul Nicholson, harpsichord

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composer: Gaetano Pugnani (1731–1798)
source: Sei Sonate per violino e basso, Op. 8

No. 3: Sonata in D major

I. Largo
originally written for: violin and continuo
date: 1773[?]
more information: Wikipedia
score: early edition: IMSLP (pdf: p.14, score: p.12)
suggested recording: No recordings with baroque instruments are available

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composer

Francesco Maria Veracini (1690–1768)

source

Sonate accademiche, Op. 2:

No. 8. Sonata in E minor

No. 11. Sonata in E major

The movements are re-ordered: 8/II, 8/I, 11/IV, 8/III.

originally written for

violin and continuo

date

published 1744

more information

album liner notes | Wikipedia

score

first edition: sample page | WorldCat | order online

suggested recording

The Locatelli Trio:
Elizabeth Wallfisch, violin
Richard Tunnicliffe, cello
Paul Nicholson, harpsichord and organ

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(original source material for the Suzuki Violin School)