Bernhard Päuler

I. Invention, II. arietta, III. jump dance.

The sonatas are characterized by rich harmonies, a preference for three-part forms and large melodic arches. Original literature long since adapted for home and concert!

The sonatas are characterized by rich harmonies, a preference for three-part forms and large melodic arches. Original literature long since adapted for home and concert!

Source: Ouvrage Posthume WoO 8 1714, Roger, Amsterdam 6 Sonaten für 2 Violinen und Bc.

The 6 pastorales in suite form can be played on any melody instrument, especially in mixed ensembles. Light and lively.

As one of the most popular opera composers of his time, only these three instrumental pieces by Sarri are highly recommended for school and home, in addition to a flute concerto.

The dances are in the tradition of the early Baroque sonata da camera. They are instrumental works of high cantabile, which even preceded Corelli's work in style.

No virtuoso superstructure disturbs the harmonic and instrumental balance in his works conceived for the most varied instrumentations, among which our D minor Sonata is to be accorded a pleasurable pr...

Edited from the first edition.

Edited from the first edition.

The movements, still largely in the classical-early Romantic style, captivate with multifaceted viola-specific layered playing. Easy to moderately difficult.

The melodic invention may be distantly modeled on Schumann's 'fairy tale pictures', but it captivates with sweeping rhapsodic elements characteristically found in the Romance.

Edited from the first edition

Edited from the first Edition.

Onslow's viola sonatas deserve to be brought back into the repertoire. Technically not overly difficult, their Biedermeier melos exudes melodiousness and esprit.

Each of the 3 viola sonatas are among the pieces from which contemporaries expected a 'profoundly exciting alternation of pain and joy, of sadness and cheerfulness'.

Onslow's 3 viola sonatas are always distinguished. They want to entertain in the most amiable way, offer dialogues on a high compositional level.

The beautiful-sounding concerto with its clear formal structure and the energetic ductus of the viola part, which also makes only modest technical demands, leaves no doubt on stylistic grounds about t...