7318590090503

The Trio Sonata Through Two Centuries

London Baroque

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Format: 8CD

Cat No: BIS9050

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Release Date:  01 October 2018

Label:  Bis / BIS Records

Packaging Type:  Jewel Case

No of Units:  8

Barcode:  7318590090503

Genres:  Classical  Chamber Music  

Composer/Series:  The Trio Sonata through Two Centuries

  • Description

    Formed in 1978, London Baroque enjoys the position of being one of the most experienced and long-lived baroque chamber groups. Combining 8 CDs originally released between 2003 and 2013, the present boxed set of trio sonatas can be seen as the fruit of all those years of research, experiment and discovery. The trio sonata was the primary vehicle for chamber music in the seventeenth and at least half of the eighteenth centuries. Its history mirrors other developments throughout the whole of the baroque era. This set is chiefly concerned with those for two violins and continuo, with occasional digressions into those for violin, bass viol and continuo, and one with viola replacing the second violin. Like the string quartet in later ages, most composers (with some notable and regrettable exceptions) tried their hand in the form.