Robert VALENTINE: 12 Sonatas for Recorder and Basso Continuo, Op. 11
Catalog Number: FHR201
Robert VALENTINE: 12 Sonatas for Recorder and Basso Continuo, Op. 11
Printing music was expensive in the 18th century and copying manuscripts was commonplace. The works
in this première recording are part of a collection of five volumes of recorder music titled Sinfonie dei
varij autori bearing the name Paolo Antonio Parensi (1688–1749), who was thought to have been an
amateur musician in Lucca, Italy. Several of the works in this collection are by Robert Valentine ( c. 1674–
1747) but there is little know about his life: he was from Leicester, England, but left for Rome in his early
20’s to carve out his career. We don’t know what his connection to Parensi was, but this collection is a
hugely valuable source of Italian recorder repertoire from the earlier part of the 18th century. Several of
his sonatas were also published by Walsh & Hare, but this première recording presents his Opus 11 as
it appears in Parensi manuscript, as 12 recorder and basso continuo sonatas. Valentine wrote over 60
works for the recorder – his output makes him one of the most prolific composers of recorder repertoire in
the early 18th century.
Published date
2026-09-04
Number of discs
2
Channels
stereo:24:2.0
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