William Boyce

Este final se compuso originalmente en fa mayor para cuerdas, oboe y continuo. La edición cambia la tonalidad a Re mayor, añade una parte única para el segundo violín y proporciona articulaciones añad...

The publication and frequent performance of the Trii led the composer to 'the first rank of his profession'. The fugues are artfully arranged, the airs original and elegantly conceived.

The trio sonatas were best sellers in their day. The witty pieces were (according to Burney) 'acquired, performed and admired longer than any publications of this kind in the kingdom'.

The list of 487 subscribers to the first printing of 1747 testifies to the esteem in which Boyce was held; it reflects the expectations that were placed in the high quality of these masterpieces - and...