Michael Talbot

At the heart of George Berg's (oEuvre are his seven collections of keyboard music. His sonatinas for harpsichord were a by-product of his teaching, appearing in three volumes between 1759 and 1762. Te...

Giuseppe Torelli (1658-1709) was the reputed father of the instrumental concerto, yet he also composed sacred vocal music. Discovered in 2001, when the Berlin Sing-Akademie's archive was returned from...

These previously unnoticed chamber duets for various pairs of voices and basso continuo are among the most original compositions from the pen of Diogenio Bigaglia (1678-1745), the Venetian monk who wa...

These previously unnoticed chamber duets for various pairs of voices and basso continuo are among the most original compositions from the pen of Diogenio Bigaglia (1678-1745), the Venetian monk who wa...

Henry Holcombe (1690-1756), nacido en Chester como hijo de un tejedor de seda, se convirtió entre 1720 y su muerte en uno de los principales compositores ingleses de formas a pequeña escala, principal...

Giuseppe Torelli (1658-1709) was the reputed father of the instrumental concerto; what is not widely known is that he also composed sacred vocal music. Discovered in 2001, when the Berlin Sing-Akademi...

George Berg's eight keyboard suites, Op. 5, were published in London around 1760, while the composer was travelling in Italy. They are his most varied and resourceful compositions, following generally...

Sonata 1 opens with a movement marked 'Sostenuto' and expresses to perfection the melancholy gracefulness associated with B minor. A vivacious Allegro follows, kaleidoscopic in its ever-changing rhyth...

Towards the end of his long life the organist Christian Michael Wolff (1707-1789), resident in the Baltic port of Stettin (today, Szczecin in Poland), achieved a degree of fame as a composer through t...

Trio sonatas by Italian composers from the period around 1730 that specify flutes for both upper parts are quite rare. Among the earliest known are these three concise four-movement sonatas of only mo...

The flute sonatas, now published in a modern edition for the first time, are all three-movement works. They bubble with life and have moments of great drama, particularly in the development sections o...

La principal publicación de Skinner fue un conjunto de seis sonatas para flauta, violín o clave solo, que vio la luz en 1752. Estas piezas sin pretensiones, entonces como ahora muy adecuadas para ser...

La principal publicación de Skinner fue un conjunto de seis sonatas para flauta, violín o clave solo, que vio la luz en 1752. Estas piezas sin pretensiones, entonces como ahora muy adecuadas para ser...

This compact sinfonia is an early example of a true chamber sinfonia: that is, an offshoot of the Italian-style operatic overture intended from the start to be a free-standing composition for use in e...

Towards the end of his long life the organist Christian Michael Wolff (1707-1789), resident in the Baltic port of Stettin (today, Szczecin in Poland), achieved a degree of fame as a composer through t...

Wolff's Concerto in G major for Flute, Strings and Basso Continuo encloses a wistful Largo in E minor between a stately Moderato and a sprightly, dance-like Allegretto. The solo instrument is treated...

Stanley Sadie’s opinion, expressed in 1963, that the two of the twelve trio sonatas by Frederick Ernest Fisher(1711/12–1760), divided equally between Op. 1 (c.1751) and Op. 2 (c.1761), were ‘among the...

Stanley Sadie’s opinion, expressed in 1963, that the two of the twelve trio sonatas by Frederick Ernest Fisher(1711/12–1760), divided equally between Op. 1 (c.1751) and Op. 2 (c.1761), were ‘among the...

Stanley Sadie’s opinion, expressed in 1963, that the two of the twelve trio sonatas by Frederick Ernest Fisher(1711/12–1760), divided equally between Op. 1 (c.1751) and Op. 2 (c.1761), were ‘among the...

Ordinary violin sonatas formed the backbone of the series of ten collections that the Italian violinist Michel Mascitti (1663/4–1760), born in southern Italy but permanently resident in Paris from 170...

Las sonatas en trío de Quentin impresionan por su dominio de todos los elementos de la composición musical, en particular el contrapunto (las fugas son una de sus especialidades). Mezclan de forma atr...

Las sonatas en trío de Quentin impresionan por su dominio de todos los elementos de la composición musical, en particular el contrapunto (las fugas son una de sus especialidades). Mezclan de forma atr...

De los seis conciertos de Cervetto que se conservan manuscritos, cinco son para violonchelo, pero uno, que ha salido a la luz recientemente, es para flauta, una inteligente adaptación de una de sus so...

Only a handful of Schreivogel's compositions for his instrument have survived. Among them is this impressive and forward-looking three-movement sonata for violin and continuo in E minor, evidently com...