Wolfgang Kostujak

The Musical Circul is a rondo that modulates through all the minor keys. With the 6th flute sonata the series continues on completion of this instrumentation.

With the three sonatas, all 6 trii of opus 2 are now available on Amadeus: F major (AD-BP2034); D minor (AD-BP2035); C minor (AD-BP2036).

One of Barsanti's major works, it reveals a commanding mastery of counterpoint and unusual bold harmonic constructions with chromatic passages.

Legrenzi's polyphonic chamber sonatas are not only captivating because of their contrapuntal facture, they take us into a new age of 'dramatic melody'.

First Edition Largo cantabile - Allegretto - Vivace assai

This attractive work is part of the famous Neapolitan collection of 24 concertos, created around 1725 as 'Concerti di Flauto, Violino, Violetta e Basso Di Diversi Autori'.

The sonata is part of the collection of two- to five-part sonatas from 1682. Experimental in form and harmony. Largely executable in the 1st position.

The arrangement of Bach's 5th organ trio sonata for strings and suspended bass is ideally within the range of the violin and viola; octave shifts were not necessary.

Bach's 4th organ trio sonata, originally in E minor, was transposed by a third to C minor, and thus ideally adapted to the range of the violin and viola.

Leclair's best-known trio sonata captivates with its grace in the thematic penetration of the upper voices and the partnered singing. Indispensable.

The six quadros with their French esprit captivate with bold, rapid changes of theme and abundant ornamentation.... At its finest.

The six quartets form the only instrumental cycle that the brilliant French baroque master left us. The rediscovery could not be dispensed with.

Enjoy the work, which is enriched with fine French esprit and captivates with bold, rapid changes of themes and abundant ornamentation.

The chess world champion Philidor also proves himself in his 6 only instrumental quadros: the genius congenially overcomes the baroque compositional scheme.

It gives us and the discoverers of Philidor pleasure to have completely snatched the convolute from oblivion with the 6th quartet. Rewarding and easy.

In anticipation of changing tastes, Fasch also gives free rein to the elaboration of melodic ideas in this sonata out of canonic rigor: in the process, he becomes one of the decisive pioneers of the n...

From the series: Aurea Amadeus, No. 338.

First Edition

An overall view of the trio sonatas, which Amadeus strives for, only conveys the wealth of compositional ideas that Quantz knew how to spread in these early works.

First Edition

First Edition

Faschs instrumental pieces reveal an outstanding master of counterpoint; still rooted in the baroque tradition, they are however works of transition that, without renouncing polyphonic writing, prefig...