Joseph Bodin de Boismortier

To arrange the 'Sonates à deux Violes' for viola and cello was obvious, because the lower part is mainly set in bass clef: valuable as an enrichment of the genre.

These works contain some of Boismortier's finest and most accomplished music. Written in the 'Italian' style, they are an extension of his sonata writing for one or two instruments and continuo, and y...

Joseph Bodin de Boismortier's Op. 20 sonatas for solo violin and basso continuo (1727) are the least known of all his sets of sonatas for one or more violins and accompaniment. These very fine works a...

Joseph Bodin de Boismortier's Op. 20 sonatas for solo violin and basso continuo (1727) are the least known of all his sets of sonatas for one or more violins and accompaniment. These very fine works a...

Boismortier’s Six Sonates a deux violons Op. 71 were published in 1738, but it can be assumed that few copies were printed; all recent catalogues of Boismortier’s compositions describe Op. 71 as being...

Boismortier has imbued his Op. 28 sonatas with the same elegance, melodic and harmonic interest, and contrapuntal ability that characterise his other 'Italian' trio sonatas, and the works are technica...

Partly on account of their instrumentation, the Op. 18 sonatas are closely modelled on Corelli's Opp. 1-4, both in terms of style and violin technique. Each consists of four or five movements, at leas...

Joseph Bodin de Boismortier's [VI] Sonates en Trio Pour deux Violons avec la Baße Op. 18, which appeared in 1727, are veritable gems of high baroque French instrumental music.

These works contain some of Boismortier's finest and most accomplished music. Written in the 'Italian' style, they are an extension of his sonata writing for one or two instruments and continuo, and y...

The chaconne was particularly dear to French baroque composers, from Lully to Leclair, from Marais to Rameau, and Boismortier was no exception. In one of his most original works, the Quinque sur l'oct...

The edition is part of the ABRSM syllabus (grade 7) and the Trinity syllabus 2007 (grades 2,3,7)