Comte de Saint-Germain. Sonata for Violin & Basso Continuo in C Minor.

Sonata for Violin & Basso Continuo in C Minor. Music by The Comte de Saint Germain (Count of St. Germain). Исполняет ансамбль старинной музыки «Солисты Екатерины Великой» (Санкт-Петербург): Андрей Решетин, Ирина Шнеерова, Анна Бурцева. The Comte de Saint Germain (born 1712?; died 27 February 1784) was a European courtier, with an interest in science and the arts. He achieved prominence in European high society of the mid-1700s. Prince Charles of Hesse-Kassel considered him to be «one of the greatest philosophers who ever lived». St. Germain used a variety of names and titles, an accepted practice amongst royals and nobles at the time. These include the Marquis de Montferrat, Comte Bellamarre, Chevalier Schoening, Count Weldon, Comte Soltikoff, Graf Tzarogy and Prinz Ragoczy. In order to deflect inquiries as to his origins, he would invent fantasies, such as that he was 500 years old.
His birth and background are obscure, but towards the end of his life he claimed that he was a son of Prince Francis II Rákóczi of Transylvania. His name has occasionally caused him to be confused with Claude Louis, Comte de Saint-Germain, a noted French general, and Robert-François Quesnay de Saint Germain, an active occultist.