The opening Allegro has the two soloists and the string ripieno working as a fully integrated unit from the brief ritornello that starts the work through the elaborate development sections straight through to the broad final cadence.

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The Partita in D minor for solo violin (BWV 1004) by Johann Sebastian Bach was written between 1717 and 1720. It is a part of his compositional cycle called Sonatas and Partitas for Solo Violin.

Dedicated to Clara Haskill. The Nocturne in F Sharp Minor (25th April 1939) is the only one among his 'French' Nocturnes. It is a special work with dense writing, rigorous construction and rich in harmony. It is based on several sound levels and uses an independent rhythmical ostinato, producing a neoclassical French atmosphere in the style of Faure. Its complex and refined polyphonic thread demands from the performer a total control of finger movement that illustrates Lipatti's pianistic ideal perfectly. 'The independence of finger attach, touch and timbre in each hand'. First performance: Bucharest, December 16, 1939. Piano: Dinu Lipatti Editions Salabert, Paris, 1961 (E. A. S. 16644) From the nocturnes composed in 1939, only this one, in F sharp minor, is known. As evidenced in letters and program notes, Lipatti wrote several nocturnes and often played three of them as a group.