Michael Elphinstone

These works contain some of Boismortier's finest and most accomplished music. Written in the 'Italian' style, they are an extension of his sonata writing for one or two instruments and continuo, and y...

Boismortiers Sechs Sonaten a deux violons op. 71 wurden 1738 veröffentlicht, aber es ist anzunehmen, dass nur wenige Exemplare gedruckt wurden; alle neueren Kataloge von Boismortiers Kompositionen bez...

Boismortier's numerous musical achievements include composing the first (and probably the only) concertos for two unaccompanied melody instruments, namely his Op. 38: VI Concerto pour 2 Flutes-travers...

While the quartet for flute and strings in C major (c. 1827) by itinerant flute virtuoso Louis Drouët belongs to a genre that had seen its heyday in the late 1770s and early 1780s, this composition sh...

Von besonderem Interesse unter den zahlreichen Ensembles von Instrumentalduos, die François Devienne komponiert hat, ist das fünfte "Livre", das sechs "duos concertants" für die ungewöhnliche Paarung...

Joseph Bodin de Boismortier's Op. 20 sonatas for solo violin and basso continuo (1727) are the least known of all his sets of sonatas for one or more violins and accompaniment. These very fine works a...

Joseph Bodin de Boismortier's Op. 20 sonatas for solo violin and basso continuo (1727) are the least known of all his sets of sonatas for one or more violins and accompaniment. These very fine works a...

Boismortier has imbued his Op. 28 sonatas with the same elegance, melodic and harmonic interest, and contrapuntal ability that characterise his other 'Italian' trio sonatas, and the works are technica...

Partly on account of their instrumentation, the Op. 18 sonatas are closely modelled on Corelli's Opp. 1-4, both in terms of style and violin technique. Each consists of four or five movements, at leas...

Joseph Bodin de Boismortier's [VI] Sonates en Trio Pour deux Violons avec la Baße Op. 18, which appeared in 1727, are veritable gems of high baroque French instrumental music.

The chaconne was particularly dear to French baroque composers, from Lully to Leclair, from Marais to Rameau, and Boismortier was no exception. In one of his most original works, the Quinque sur l'oct...

While one tends to associate the trio sonata for two violins and continuo with Italy, the trio sonata for flute, violin and continuo was largely the province of German composers (including Telemann, J...