L’opinion de Stanley Sadie, exprimée en 1963, selon laquelle deux des douze sonates en trio de Frederick Ernest Fisher (1711/12-1760), réparties à parts égales entre l’opus 1 (vers 1751) et l’opus 2 (...
This set of four works, all in minor keys, is unique for the energy of the fugal writing, the passionate chromaticism of the slow movements and the playful, asymmetrical phrasing of the final Minuets....
These 50 variations are based on a Gavotte by Arcangelo Corelli. Each variation is a small étude developing an important element of violin technique.
These exceptionally beautiful quartets (HH67, HH68 and HH69) are both elegantly and skilfully written with musically interesting parts for all the players. They thus provide an essential core to the f...
The problems of ornamenting a slow movement were as apparent in the 18th century as they are to players today: even Charles Burney admitted that it was an area 'in which performers of great powers of...
Joseph Haydn's La Canterina ('The Singing Girl') was one of the composer's earliest stage works, written in 1766 soon after Prince Nikolaus Esterházy had promoted him to first Kapellmeister. The libre...