Jean-Marie Leclair
French Baroque violinist and composer
Jean-Marie Leclair l'aîné (Jean-Marie Leclair the Elder) (10 May 1697 – 22 October 1764) was a French Baroque violinist and composer. He is considered to have founded the French violin school. His brothers, the lesser-known Jean-Marie Leclair the younger (1703–77) as well as Pierre Leclair (1709–84) and Jean-Benoît Leclair (1714–after 1759), were also musicians.
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Works
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- 12 Violin Sonatas, op. 5
- 6 Violin Concertos, op. 10
- 6 Violin Concertos, op. 7
- Concerto pour flûte, orcheste à cordes et continuo en do majeur
- Deuxième récréation de musique d'une exécution facile in G minor, op. 8
- Overture in D, op. 13 no. 2
- Premier livre de sonates, op. 1
- Quatrième livre de sonates, op. 9
- Scylla et Glaucus
- Second livre de Sonates, op. 2
- Sonata For Two Violins in B-flat major, op. 12, no. 6
- Sonata II. en mi mineur, op. 9 no. 2
- Sonata V. en sol majeur, op. 2 no. 5
- Sonata for 2 Violins in C major, op. 3 no. 3
- Sonata for 2 Violins in E minor, op. 3 no. 5
- Sonata for 2 Violins in F major, op. 3 no. 4
- Sonata for 2 Violins in G major, op. 3 no. 1
- Sonata in A major, op. 1 no. 5
- Sonate en trio en ré mineur, Op. 4 n° 3
- Trois Ouvertures et trois Sonates en trio pour deux violons, op. 13
- Violin Concerto in E-flat major
- Violin Concerto op. 7 no. 3 in C major
Box sets & recent recordings
- Leclair: Chamber Music With Flute (Complete) — Jean-Marie Leclair, Fenwick Smith (2007) box set · 42 tracks Spotify
- Leclair: The Complete Sonatas for 2 Violins — Jean-Marie Leclair, Greg Ewer, Adam LaMotte (2014) box set · 41 tracks Spotify
- Leclair: Complete Violin Concertos — Jean-Marie Leclair, Ensemble Violini Capricciosi, Igor Ruhadze (2019) box set · 36 tracks Spotify
- Leclair: Complete Violin Concertos — Jean-Marie Leclair, Stéphanie-Marie Degand, La Diane française (2025) box set · 36 tracks Spotify
- Leclair: Flute Sonatas (Complete) — Jean-Marie Leclair, Barthold Kuijken (1984) box set · 35 tracks Spotify
- Leclair: Violin Sonata No.5 in B minor, Op.5 - III. Allegro (Play Along) — Jean-Marie Leclair, Domitille Gilon, Thomas Soltani (2026) Spotify
- Leclair: Sonata No. 5 for 2 Violins in G Minor, Op. 12: I. Allegro — Jean-Marie Leclair, La Serenissima, Adrian Chandler (2026) Spotify
- Jean-Marie Leclair: The Complete Sonatas for Two Violins (Volume 2) — Barnabás Kelemen, Katalin Kokas (2022) Spotify
Box sets & recent releases via Spotify — surfaced automatically, not editorial picks.