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The Trio Sonata through Two Centuries


Formed in 1978, London Baroque enjoys the position of being one of the most experienced and long-lived baroque chamber groups. Combining 8 CDs originally released between 2003 and 2013, the present boxed set of trio sonatas can be seen as the fruit of all those years of research, experiment and discovery. The trio sonata was the primary vehicle for chamber music in the seventeenth and at least half of the eighteenth centuries. Its history mirrors other developments throughout the whole of the baroque era. This set is chiefly concerned with those for two violins and continuo, with occasional digressions into those for violin, bass viol and continuo, and one with viola replacing the second violin. Like the string quartet in later ages, most composers (with some notable and regrettable exceptions) tried their hand in the form. The customary addition of a figured bass part played on a harpsichord or organ around 1600 meant that middle parts of the old contrapuntal style could be excluded and chamber music soon began to favour the trio sonata texture. 150 years later, with the string quartet, the process was reversed as the viola took over the middle ground previously occupied by the keyboard.
 
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Disc 1
 
  Composer: Gibbons, Orlando
  Three fantasias a 3 (c. 1620) 07:42
01 No.6 02:34 $ 0.58 USD
02 No.8 02:52 $ 0.65 USD
03 No.9 02:16 $ 0.51 USD
 
 
  Composer: Coprario, John
  Fantasia Suite (early 1620s) 05:43
04 Fantasia 02:51 $ 0.64 USD
05 Alman 01:36 $ 0.36 USD
06 Galliard 01:16 $ 0.29 USD
 
 
  Composer: Lawes, William
  Sett No.1 (early 1620s?) 09:25
07 Fancy 04:51 $ 1.09 USD
08 Alman 02:10 $ 0.49 USD
09 Galliard 02:24 $ 0.54 USD
 
 
  Composer: Jenkins, John
  Fancy and Ayre for 2 trebles, bass and organ (1630-1650) 09:15
10 Fancy 05:07 $ 1.15 USD
11 Ayre 04:08 $ 0.93 USD
 
12 Fantasia a 3 (c. 1650) 05:04 $ 1.14 USD
 
 
  Composer: Locke, Matthew
  Suite in D minor (Little Consort, 1651) 06:11
13 Pavan 03:53 $ 0.87 USD
14 Ayre 01:03 $ 0.24 USD
15 Courante 00:41 $ 0.15 USD
16 Saraband 00:34 $ 0.13 USD
 
 
  Composer: Simpson, Christopher
  Suite in D major (c. 1650s) 09:41
17 Pavan 04:08 $ 0.93 USD
18 Almaine 00:53 $ 0.20 USD
19 Courante 00:44 $ 0.17 USD
20 Air 01:33 $ 0.35 USD
21 Courante 00:50 $ 0.19 USD
22 Air 01:33 $ 0.35 USD
 
 
  Composer: Blow, John
  Sonata in A major 05:49
23 Largo 02:29 $ 0.56 USD
24 Largo 01:11 $ 0.27 USD
25 Brisk 02:09 $ 0.48 USD
 
26 Ground in G minor 03:48 $ 0.86 USD
 
 
  Composer: Purcell, Henry
  Sonata XX in D major, from Sonatas in Four Parts (1697) 05:20
27 Adagio 01:07 $ 0.25 USD
28 Canzona (Allegro) 01:33 $ 0.35 USD
29 Grave 01:10 $ 0.26 USD
30 Largo 00:49 $ 0.18 USD
31 Allegro 00:41 $ 0.15 USD
 
 
Disc 2
 
  Composer: Ravenscroft, John
  Sonata in G major 28:13
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02 II. Allegro 01:30 $ 0.34 USD
03 III. Grave 01:27 $ 0.33 USD
04 IV. Allegro 01:26 $ 0.32 USD
 
 
  Composer: Handel, George Frideric
  Sonata in G minor 21:01
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06 II. Allegro 02:41 $ 0.60 USD
07 III. Adagio 01:58 $ 0.44 USD
08 IV. Allegro 03:15 $ 0.73 USD
 
 
  Composer: Avison, Charles
  Sonata in D minor 07:58
09 I. Adagio - Andante 01:52 $ 0.42 USD
10 II. Allegro 02:02 $ 0.46 USD
11 III. Dolce 01:33 $ 0.35 USD
12 IV. Allegro 02:31 $ 0.57 USD
 
 
  Composer: Boyce, William
  Sonata in D major 29:14
13 I. Allegro 02:26 $ 0.55 USD
14 II. Largo 02:32 $ 0.57 USD
15 III. Fuga. Allegro assai 02:44 $ 0.62 USD
 
 
  Composer: Arne, Thomas Augustine
  Sonata in G major 28:13
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17 II. Con spirito 03:53 $ 0.87 USD
18 III. Largo 01:23 $ 0.31 USD
19 IV. Allegro 02:15 $ 0.51 USD
 
 
  Composer: Handel, George Frideric
  Sonata in D major 29:14
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21 II. Allegro 01:31 $ 0.34 USD
22 III. Musette. Andante - Allegro - Andante 04:01 $ 0.90 USD
23 IV. Marche 01:28 $ 0.33 USD
24 V. Gavotte 00:32 $ 0.12 USD
 
 
  Composer: Abel, Carl Friedrich
  Sonata in G major 28:13
25 I. Vivace 04:50 $ 1.09 USD
26 II. Adagio ma non troppo 02:46 $ 0.62 USD
27 III. Minuetto 02:11 $ 0.49 USD
 
 
  Composer: Erskine, Thomas
  Sonata VI 09:28
28 I. Andantino 06:05 $ 1.37 USD
29 II. Tempo di Minuetto 03:23 $ 0.76 USD
 
 
Disc 3
 
  Composer: Lully, Jean-Baptiste
  Trios pour le Coucher du Roi 07:33
01 Symphonie 01:44 $ 0.39 USD
02 Sarabande 01:26 $ 0.32 USD
03 Menuet 01:15 $ 0.28 USD
04 Chaconne 03:08 $ 0.71 USD
 
 
  Composer: Geoffroy, Jean Nicolas
05 Dialogue pour le clavessin et les violes 04:49 $ 1.08 USD
 
 
  Composer: Couperin, Louis
06 Simphonie 01:34 $ 0.35 USD
 
 
  Composer: Couperin, Louis
07 Dialogue 01:06 $ 0.25 USD
 
 
  Composer: Couperin, François
  La Superbe 08:15
08 I. 01:49 $ 0.41 USD
09 II. Légèrement 00:50 $ 0.19 USD
10 III. Très lantement 01:34 $ 0.35 USD
11 IV. Légèrement 01:38 $ 0.37 USD
12 V. Air tendre 01:24 $ 0.32 USD
13 VI. Gayement 01:00 $ 0.23 USD
 
 
  Composer: Le Roux, Gaspard
  Suite No.2 in D major 07:02
14 I. Allement grave 03:39 $ 0.82 USD
15 II. Courante 01:07 $ 0.25 USD
16 III. Sarabande 01:23 $ 0.31 USD
17 IV. Gavotte en Rondeau 00:53 $ 0.20 USD
 
 
  Composer: Clérambault, Louis-Nicolas
  Sonata in G major La Félicité 06:50
18 I. Lentement - Allegro - Lent 03:41 $ 0.83 USD
19 II. Allegro 01:20 $ 0.30 USD
20 III. Piano 00:37 $ 0.14 USD
21 IV. Allegro 01:12 $ 0.27 USD
 
 
  Composer: Marais, Marin
  Suite in G minor from Pièces en Trio 17:02
22 Prélude 02:49 $ 0.63 USD
23 Sarabande I 01:49 $ 0.41 USD
24 Gigue 01:49 $ 0.41 USD
25 Menuet I and II 03:07 $ 0.70 USD
26 Plainte 02:33 $ 0.57 USD
27 Petitte Passacaille 03:30 $ 0.79 USD
28 Air 01:25 $ 0.32 USD
 
 
  Composer: Rebel, Jean-Féry
  Tombeau de Monsieur Lully for two violins and Bc 13:03
29 I. Lentement 02:15 $ 0.51 USD
30 II. Vif 02:04 $ 0.47 USD
31 III. Lentement 02:47 $ 0.63 USD
32 IV. Vivement 03:39 $ 0.82 USD
33 V. Les Regrets 02:18 $ 0.52 USD
 
 
Disc 4
 
  Composer: Couperin, François
  L’Impériale (from Les Nations, publ. 1726) 26:30
01 Gravement - Vivement - Gravement - Légèrement - Rondement
- Vivement
09:50 $ 2.21 USD
02 Allemande 02:19 $ 0.52 USD
03 Courante 01:28 $ 0.33 USD
04 Seconde Courante 01:38 $ 0.37 USD
05 Sarabande 01:59 $ 0.45 USD
06 Bourrée 00:40 $ 0.15 USD
07 Gigue 01:04 $ 0.24 USD
08 Rondeau 01:51 $ 0.42 USD
09 Chaconne 04:36 $ 1.04 USD
10 Menuet 01:05 $ 0.24 USD
 
 
  Composer: Dolle, Charles
  Sonata in G minor 21:01
11 Adagio 02:04 $ 0.47 USD
12 Aria gratioso 03:59 $ 0.90 USD
13 Sarabanda 02:16 $ 0.51 USD
14 Allegro ma non troppo 02:03 $ 0.46 USD
 
 
  Composer: Leclair, Jean-Marie
  Sonata No.3 in G minor 14:22
15 Adagio 02:23 $ 0.54 USD
16 Allegro ma non troppo 03:02 $ 0.68 USD
17 Aria 05:22 $ 1.21 USD
18 Allegro 03:35 $ 0.81 USD
 
 
  Composer: Boismortier, Joseph Bodin de
  Trio in E minor for violin, bass viol and Bc 05:46
19 Allegro 02:06 $ 0.47 USD
20 Adagio 02:02 $ 0.46 USD
21 Allegro 01:38 $ 0.37 USD
 
 
  Composer: Guignon, Jean-Pierre
  Sonata in D major 29:14
22 Staccato 03:10 $ 0.71 USD
23 Allegro 03:54 $ 0.88 USD
24 Andante 02:57 $ 0.66 USD
25 Allegro 02:55 $ 0.66 USD
 
 
Disc 5
 
  Composer: Vierdanck, Johann
  Suite in A major 07:51
01 Pavan 04:22 $ 0.98 USD
02 Gagliarda 01:40 $ 0.38 USD
03 Ballo 00:56 $ 0.21 USD
04 Correnta 00:53 $ 0.20 USD
 
 
  Composer: A Kempis, Nicolaus
05 Symphonia No.2 ‘Dolorosa’ 04:47 $ 1.08 USD
 
 
  Composer: Schmelzer, Johann
06 Lanterly (Sonate a 3) 05:35 $ 1.26 USD
 
 
  Composer: Becker, Dietrich
07 Sonata No.26 in A major 04:13 $ 0.95 USD
 
 
  Composer: Rosenmuller, Johann
  Sonata in E minor 08:15
08 Grave 01:19 $ 0.30 USD
09 Largo 01:30 $ 0.34 USD
10 Adagio 01:37 $ 0.36 USD
11 Adagio 02:03 $ 0.46 USD
12 Largo 01:46 $ 0.40 USD
 
 
  Composer: Weckmann, Matthias
13 Sonata in G major 03:28 $ 0.78 USD
 
 
  Composer: Hacquart, Carolus
  Sonata No.6 in D minor 10:51
14 Allegro moderato - Meno mosso - Chorale (Tranquillo) 01:27 $ 0.33 USD
15 Adagio 01:43 $ 0.39 USD
16 Adagio 01:37 $ 0.36 USD
17 Adagio 01:53 $ 0.42 USD
18 Grave - Allegro 00:43 $ 0.16 USD
19 Canzona. Vivace - Adagio 02:17 $ 0.51 USD
20 Aria. Vivace 01:11 $ 0.27 USD
 
 
  Composer: Buxtehude, Dietrich
  Trio Sonata in G major 09:04
21 Allegro moderato - Meno mosso - Chorale (Tranquillo) 01:57 $ 0.44 USD
22 Adagio - Allegro - Adagio - Allegro 01:58 $ 0.44 USD
23 Adagio 00:34 $ 0.13 USD
24 Allegro 01:52 $ 0.42 USD
25 Adagio - Allegro - Adagio - Allegro 02:43 $ 0.61 USD
 
 
  Composer: Kerll, Johann Kaspar
26 Trio Sonata in F major 06:03 $ 1.36 USD
 
 
  Composer: Biber, Heinrich Ignaz Franz von
  Partita No.6 in D major 11:28
27 Praeludium (Adagio - Allegro) 02:47 $ 0.63 USD
28 Aria and variations 07:18 $ 1.64 USD
29 Finale (Adagio - Allegro) 01:23 $ 0.31 USD
 
 
Disc 6
 
  Composer: Goldberg, Johann Gottlieb
  Trio sonata in C major for two violins and Bc 10:39
01 Adagio 03:12 $ 0.72 USD
02 Alla breve 02:38 $ 0.59 USD
03 Largo 01:39 $ 0.37 USD
04 Gigue 03:10 $ 0.71 USD
 
 
  Composer: Fasch, Johann Friedrich
  Trio Sonata in C minor for two violins and Bc, FWV N:c2 09:45
05 1. Largo 02:26 $ 0.55 USD
06 2. Allegro un poco 02:10 $ 0.49 USD
07 3. Largo 02:24 $ 0.54 USD
08 4. Allegro 02:45 $ 0.62 USD
 
 
  Composer: Bach, Johann Christoph Friedrich
  Trio sonata in F major for two violins and Bc, W. VII/3 09:25
09 Allegro 03:27 $ 0.78 USD
10 Andante 03:28 $ 0.78 USD
11 Tempo di Minuetto 02:30 $ 0.56 USD
 
 
  Composer: Graun, Johann Gottlieb
  Trio in B flat major for violin, viola and Bc from
Musikalisches Vielerley, Hamburg 1770
13:21
12 Adagio 02:56 $ 0.66 USD
13 Allegretto 05:28 $ 1.23 USD
14 Allegro non troppo 04:57 $ 1.11 USD
 
 
  Composer: Telemann, Georg Philipp
  Trio in G major for violin, gamba and Bc 08:44
15 Cantabile 02:23 $ 0.54 USD
16 Vivace 01:59 $ 0.45 USD
17 Affettuoso 02:11 $ 0.49 USD
18 Allegro 02:11 $ 0.49 USD
 
 
  Composer: Bach, Carl Philipp Emanuel
  Trio sonata in B flat major for two violins and Bc (H 584,
from Musikalisches Mancherley)
13:05
19 Allegretto 05:00 $ 1.13 USD
20 Largo 04:31 $ 1.02 USD
21 Allegro 03:34 $ 0.80 USD
 
 
Disc 7
 
  Composer: Cima, Giovanni Paolo
01 Sonata a Tre 02:56 $ 0.66 USD
 
 
  Composer: Turini, Francesco
02 Sonata a Tre 2ndo Tuono 05:57 $ 1.34 USD
 
 
  Composer: Buonamente, Giovanni Battista
03 Sonata 8 sopra La Romanesca 03:25 $ 0.77 USD
 
 
  Composer: Castello, Dario
04 Sonata Decima a 3, Due Soprani è Fagotto overo Viola 04:35 $ 1.03 USD
 
 
  Composer: Merula, Tarquinio
05 Chiaconna 02:32 $ 0.57 USD
 
 
  Composer: Uccellini, Marco
  Sonata 26 sopra La Prosperina
06 Sonata 26 sopra la prosperina 03:16 $ 0.74 USD
 
 
  Composer: Falconiero, Andrea
  Folias echa para mi Señora Doña Tarolilla de Carallenos
07 Folias echa para mi Senora Dona Tarolilla de Carallenos 03:17 $ 0.74 USD
 
 
  Composer: Cazzati, Maurizio
  Ciaconna 05:16
08 Ciaconna 02:32 $ 0.57 USD
 
 
  Composer: Marini, Biagio
09 Sonata sopra fuggi dolente core 02:26 $ 0.55 USD
 
 
  Composer: Cavalli, Francesco
10 Canzon a 3 05:23 $ 1.21 USD
 
 
  Composer: Legrenzi, Giovanni
11 Sonata à 3. Due Violini, e Violone La Boiarda 04:10 $ 0.94 USD
 
 
  Composer: Pandolfi, Giovanni Antonio
12 Il Marcquetta 07:04 $ 1.59 USD
 
 
  Composer: Bononcini, Giovanni Maria
13 Sonata Quinta dell’ Ottavo Tuono un tuono più alto 04:51 $ 1.09 USD
 
 
  Composer: Vitali, Giovanni Battista
  Ciaconna 05:16
14 Ciaconna 02:44 $ 0.62 USD
 
 
  Composer: Pestolozza, Giacinto
15 Sonata 12 04:39 $ 1.05 USD
 
 
  Composer: Corelli, Arcangelo
16 Sonata 06:16 $ 1.41 USD
 
 
Disc 8
 
  Composer: Albinoni, Tomaso Giovanni
  Baletto in G major (1701) 05:20
01 Preludio. Largo 01:06 $ 0.25 USD
02 Allemanda. Allegro 01:43 $ 0.39 USD
03 Corrente. Allegro 01:53 $ 0.42 USD
04 Gavotta. Presto 00:38 $ 0.14 USD
 
 
  Composer: Bonporti, Francesco Antonio
  Sonata in G minor (1705) 04:54
05 Adagio 01:50 $ 0.41 USD
06 Allemanda. Allegro 01:28 $ 0.33 USD
07 Giga. Presto 01:36 $ 0.36 USD
 
 
  Composer: Vivaldi, Antonio
08 Folia (1705) 09:13 $ 2.07 USD
 
 
  Composer: Bononcini, Giovanni Maria
  Sonata II from XII Sonatas for the Chamber (1732) 08:05
09 Largo - Andante 02:30 $ 0.56 USD
10 Lento 01:36 $ 0.36 USD
11 Allegro 01:37 $ 0.36 USD
12 Menuet I. Non presto - Menuet II. Presto 02:22 $ 0.53 USD
 
 
  Composer: Porpora, Nicola
  Sonata (London 1736) 10:53
13 1. Adagio sostenuto 02:11 $ 0.49 USD
14 2. Allegro 02:47 $ 0.63 USD
15 3. Adagio 02:19 $ 0.52 USD
16 4. Allegro 03:36 $ 0.81 USD
 
 
  Composer: Samartini, Giuseppe
  Sonata V from XII Sonate a due Violini, e Violoncello, e
Cembalo, se piace, Opera Terza (Paris 1743)
09:27
17 Andante sostenuto 01:52 $ 0.42 USD
18 Allegro 02:59 $ 0.67 USD
19 Sarabanda. Allegro ma non tanto e grazioso - Allegro -
Sarabanda d.c.
04:36 $ 1.04 USD
 
 
  Composer: Locatelli, Pietro
  Sonata in D major (1744) 13:09
20 Largo andante 02:52 $ 0.65 USD
21 Vivace 04:08 $ 0.93 USD
22 Cantabile 02:55 $ 0.66 USD
23 (Alla Breve) - Adagio 01:49 $ 0.41 USD
24 Allegro molto 01:25 $ 0.32 USD
 
 
  Composer: Gallo, Domenico
  Sonata No.1 in G major (c. 1750?) 05:46
25 Moderato 02:35 $ 0.58 USD
26 Andantino 01:47 $ 0.40 USD
27 Presto 01:24 $ 0.32 USD
 
 
  Composer: Tartini, Giuseppe
  Suonata a tre in D minor (undated manuscript) 08:45
28 Allegro 02:55 $ 0.66 USD
29 Largo andante 03:55 $ 0.88 USD
30 Presto 01:55 $ 0.43 USD
 
  Album total 568:25
ComposerA Kempis, Nicolaus
Abel, Carl Friedrich
Albinoni, Tomaso Giovanni
Arne, Thomas Augustine
Avison, Charles
Bach, Carl Philipp Emanuel
Bach, Johann Christoph Friedrich
Becker, Dietrich
Biber, Heinrich Ignaz Franz von
Blow, John
Boismortier, Joseph Bodin de
Bononcini, Giovanni Maria
Bonporti, Francesco Antonio
Boyce, William
Buonamente, Giovanni Battista
Buxtehude, Dietrich
Castello, Dario
Cavalli, Francesco
Cazzati, Maurizio
Cima, Giovanni Paolo
Clérambault, Louis-Nicolas
Coprario, John
Corelli, Arcangelo
Couperin, François
Couperin, Louis
Dolle, Charles
Erskine, Thomas
Falconiero, Andrea
Fasch, Johann Friedrich
Gallo, Domenico
Geoffroy, Jean Nicolas
Gibbons, Orlando
Goldberg, Johann Gottlieb
Graun, Johann Gottlieb
Guignon, Jean-Pierre
Hacquart, Carolus
Handel, George Frideric
Jenkins, John
Kerll, Johann Kaspar
Lawes, William
Le Roux, Gaspard
Leclair, Jean-Marie
Legrenzi, Giovanni
Locatelli, Pietro
Locke, Matthew
Lully, Jean-Baptiste
Marais, Marin
Marini, Biagio
Merula, Tarquinio
Pandolfi, Giovanni Antonio
Pestolozza, Giacinto
Porpora, Nicola
Purcell, Henry
Ravenscroft, John
Rebel, Jean-Féry
Rosenmuller, Johann
Samartini, Giuseppe
Schmelzer, Johann
Simpson, Christopher
Tartini, Giuseppe
Telemann, Georg Philipp
Turini, Francesco
Uccellini, Marco
Vierdanck, Johann
Vitali, Giovanni Battista
Vivaldi, Antonio
Weckmann, Matthias
EnsembleLondon Baroque

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