01	"La Sonata del Diavolo" in G minor - [Largo]						06:40
	02	"La Sonata del Diavolo" in G minor - Allegro						06:09
	03	"La Sonata del Diavolo" in G minor - Andante - Allegro - Adagio						06:24
	04	From "L'Arte del arco" - Theme and variation 1						01:00
	05	From "L'Arte del arco" - Variations 2 and 4						01:08
	06	From "L'Arte del arco" - Variations 9, 15 and 12						01:28
	07	From "L'Arte del arco" - Variations 10 and 20						01:51
	08	From "L'Arte del arco" - Variation 29						00:45
	09	From "L'Arte del arco" - Variation 30						00:37
	10	From "L'Arte del arco" - Variation 33						02:04
	11	From "L'Arte del arco" - Variation 34						01:11
	12	From "L'Arte del arco" - Variation 23						00:53
	13	From "L'Arte del arco" - Variation 38						01:14
	14	Sonata in A minor - Cantabile						01:56
	15	Sonata in A minor - Allegro						01:56
	16	Sonata in A minor - [Andante]						04:53
	17	Sonata in A minor - Giga						02:35
	18	Sonata in A minor - Aria (with variations)						01:40
	19	Sonata in A minor - Variation I						01:18
	20	Sonata in A minor - Variation II						03:51
	21	Sonata in A minor - Variation III						01:32
	22	Sonata in A minor - Variation IV						02:42
	23	Sonata in A minor - Variation V						01:24
	24	Pastorale for violin in scordatura - Grave						05:02
	25	Pastorale for violin in scordatura - Allegro						03:30
	26	Pastorale for violin in scordatura - Largo - Presto - Andante						04:59

"One night I dreamt that I had made a pact with the devil...I was so overcome that I stopped breathing and awoke gasping... The piece I then composed is without doubt my best, and I still call it The Devil's Sonata," said the great seventeenth-century violin virtuoso, prolific composer and famous teacher Giuseppe Tartini. Four of his most dazzling works, including a set of variations drawn from L'arte del arco, make up this CD, all played without basso continuo just as Tartini intended.



"...a phenomenal recording of solo violin music by the early Italian Baroque master Giuseppe Tartini that will leave no one accusing Mr. Manze of lacking spontaneity, imagination, passion or personal idiosyncrasy...riveting...the demonstration of Mr. Manze's technique is flabbergasting."
Richard Perry
Ottawa Citizen



"On this, their latest CD, the '4' offer songs to the Virgin Mary from 13th Century France (along with two Spanish pieces) each of which fairly glow with musical and lyrical spirituality. On Ave salus hominum, the four voices cascade in shimmering harmonic veils; while on Salve sancta parens quivering two-part vocals create a mesmerizing dialogue. On all the pieces, Anonymous 4 evoke a sense of sheer musical purity that echoes across centuries."
Ingrid Thorson
REDLUDWIG.COM



"The ubiquitous Andrew Manze, whose Biber recordings thrilled so many last year, has raised the stakes again in the baroque violin field with this recording of Tartini’s most famous work, the so-called "Devil’s Trill" Sonata. ... Manze’s performances are truly extraordinary. Virtuosic in every sense of the word, it is super high-energy playing that will thrill and delight listeners. This is the most exciting fiddling I’ve heard in a long time. Just buy it!"

Continuo



"Manze...plays like Tartini reincarnate. This is no academic exercise, but an imaginative, wildly passionate recreation. Manze also sparkles in the (somewhat) less devilish works. A must-have for lovers of great violin performance."
Rating: Three Stars
Wayne Donnelly
Ultimate Audio / Enjoythemusic.com



"The daring of violinist Andrew Manze makes this one of the most compelling Baroque performances of all time. The four works by Giuseppe Tartini are all performed by Manze on solo violin and in the case of the 'Devil's Trill Sonata' he truly departs from the score on a journey of inspired and improvised embellishments before veering back to the familiar. It was Tartini's own suggestion found in his correspondence that gave birth to this truly exciting recording."

CD Universe



"...the Tartini devil-disk is the one every violinist should hear. Manze, like Tartini before him, wreaks total havoc with the score as written, adding chords wholesale, transposing by octaves ad lib and indulging speculatively in all kinds of violinistic effects that were not only unwritten but unwritable at the time. He doubles pitches at the third, adds swells and tremolos, interpolates pizzicatos and natural harmonics with abandon. With his bow he produces a range of colors and articulations never before heard on "Baroque" violin. And what emerges is a violinistic masterpiece."

The New York Times



"One of the happier developments in the Baroque revival has been the emergence of period instrumentalists who are not afraid to improvise with the freedom of a Charlie Parker or Dizzy Gillespie. Among the most exuberant of them is the violinist Andrew Manze. His celebration of the wizardry of the 18th-century master fiddler Giuseppe Tartini, The Devil’s Sonata and Other Works, is astonishing not only for its technical virtuosity but its wittiness."

The New York Observer



"The real Paganini of the baroque was Giuseppe Tartini, and it is logical that Manze should take on the infamous "Devil's Trill" Sonata and play it seamlessly, fiendishly, and without the benefit of accompaniment. Did the devil carry a continuo ensemble around with him? There are other items of interest here, notably a Pastorale for scordatura violin... All are played without accompaniment but with a great deal of improvisatory freedom and flair, which is exactly how they should be played."
FOUR STARS

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