With Foreword and Critical commentary for 2nd Sonata in C major.
The perfectly formed contrapuntal interplay, the compact shaping of the movements show Boni to be a profound connoisseur of the high baroque Italian composer's style.
Legrenzi's polyphonic chamber sonatas are not only captivating because of their contrapuntal facture, they take us into a new age of 'dramatic melody'.
Legrenzi's music-historical significance culminates in the fusion of the vocal voices with the concertante instruments. We also encounter the 'dramatic' melody in the chamber sonatas.
Legrenzi is considered an innovator of instrumental music. The transformation away from the 'style alla Palestrina' to the 'Concerto die Messa' is characteristic of the detachment from the dominance o...
Hardly anyone among the traveling flute virtuosos of the early 18th century wrote more beautifully for the recorder than J.Chr. Schickhardt. In his sonatas and trios he knew how to capture once again...
The only oboe sonata by the Bach student Kirnberger appeared in the anthology 'Vermischter Musikalien' in 1769, which can be seen as a sign of compositional appreciation.
The melodic inventiveness of the 'Amuzettes' is indebted to the taste of the Parisian salon. The characterizing 'Zeitvertreib' titles reflect the noble grace and playfulness of the 'very light'-flavor...
Sonata I: G major; Sonata II: d minor; Sonata III: a minor
Sonata IV: C major; Sonata V: B flat major, Sonata VI: C major
Sonata VII: g minor; Sonata VIII: F major; Sonata IX: g minor
The idiomatic peculiarities of the recorder are taken into account in all 6 sonatas and their possibilities regarding the range, their tonal as well as technical-virtuosic bandwidth are fully exhauste...
Loeillet's sonatas shine with a didactic flair for flute-specific passage playing as well as cultivated French 'sound rhetoric'. A must for school and home.
The sonatas published in 1732 in Amsterdam, London and Paris under Benedetto Marcello's name are to the present day firmly established in the cello repertoire. Although Marcello's authorship is not un...
Quantz's first solo sonatas from his Dresden years are indebted to the 'mixed taste' cultivated by the teacher Pisendel, Italian included.
As the composition teacher of Princess Anna Amalia of Prussia, the sonatas offer insights into the multifaceted teaching practices of the time. Authentically edited according to three sources.
The Musical Circul is a rondo that modulates through all the minor keys. With the 6th flute sonata the series continues on completion of this instrumentation.
With the three sonatas, all 6 trii of opus 2 are now available on Amadeus: F major (AD-BP2034); D minor (AD-BP2035); C minor (AD-BP2036).
One of Barsanti's major works, it reveals a commanding mastery of counterpoint and unusual bold harmonic constructions with chromatic passages.
Telemann's sonatas, published in 1728, are 'methodical' according to the meaning of the word in his own day, since in addition to the plain melody line given to the soloist in the first movements they...
'Methodical' was how Telemann's six sonatas were described when they were published in 1732, because they included a second, ornamented version of the simple melody line of the solo instrument for the...
The now much-loved cantata from 1699 is presented here in an edition critically arranged according to the source. The recorder parts are included in 2 playing scores.
Taken from the collection of 10 sonatas for 2 to 5 string instruments, the work's themes and rhythms reveal the musical heritage of Rosenmüller's homeland. Light.
Bach's 6th trio sonata concludes the cycle of organ trios, whose 'beauty cannot be said enough' (J.N. Forkel), congenially usable in the version with strings.
The arrangement of Bach's 5th organ trio sonata for strings and suspended bass is ideally within the range of the violin and viola; octave shifts were not necessary.
Bach's 4th organ trio sonata, originally in E minor, was transposed by a third to C minor, and thus ideally adapted to the range of the violin and viola.
Leclair's best-known trio sonata captivates with its grace in the thematic penetration of the upper voices and the partnered singing. Indispensable.
As the most important French composer of his generation, Fr.-A. Danican left behind works that left a lasting mark on the valid art form of opéra-comique.
The six quadros with their French esprit captivate with bold, rapid changes of theme and abundant ornamentation.... At its finest.
The six quartets form the only instrumental cycle that the brilliant French baroque master left us. The rediscovery could not be dispensed with.
Enjoy the work, which is enriched with fine French esprit and captivates with bold, rapid changes of themes and abundant ornamentation.
The chess world champion Philidor also proves himself in his 6 only instrumental quadros: the genius congenially overcomes the baroque compositional scheme.
It gives us and the discoverers of Philidor pleasure to have completely snatched the convolute from oblivion with the 6th quartet. Rewarding and easy.
In anticipation of changing tastes, Fasch also gives free rein to the elaboration of melodic ideas in this sonata out of canonic rigor: in the process, he becomes one of the decisive pioneers of the n...
From the series: Aurea Amadeus, No. 338.
First Edition
Faschs instrumental pieces reveal an outstanding master of counterpoint; still rooted in the baroque tradition, they are however works of transition that, without renouncing polyphonic writing, prefig...
The varied forms of the Trii op. 5 show Handel's proven practice of 'exploiting' the popular thematic wealth of his orchestral works and organ concertos in chamber music.
These pearls of upscale table music, reflecting French, Italian and German urmusikantische dance culture from the style of the time, are again available complete in 3 booklets.
