Baroque Trio Sonatas

Featuring

Danubius Ensemble
Georg Philipp Telemann
Antonio Vivaldi
Johann Friedrich Fasch
Giuseppe Tartini

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Recording & Production

This album of Baroque Trio Sonatas by the Danubius Ensemble was recorded in 1989 at the Concert Hall of the Czecho-Slovak Radio.

Compositional Technique

The Baroque trio sonata, a popular instrumental form, typically required two melody instruments (often violins), a bass melody instrument, and a chordal instrument like a harpsichord or organ.

Compositional Technique

Baroque trio sonatas developed into two main categories: the Sonata da chiesa (Church Sonata) with alternating slow and fast movements, and the Sonata da camera (Chamber Sonata), a suite of dance movements.

Composer Biography

Antonio Vivaldi, known as the 'red-haired priest,' spent much of his life serving the Ospedale della Pietà in Venice, a charitable foundation educating orphaned girls, for whom he wrote many concertos.

Composer Biography

Johann Friedrich Fasch, though admired by J.S. Bach, was neglected by later generations and had none of his instrumental works, including nearly a hundred overtures and 18 trio sonatas, published during his lifetime.

Composer Biography

Giuseppe Tartini, a famous Italian violinist, abandoned his studies for the priesthood to pursue music, establishing himself in Padua where he became renowned as a performer and teacher.

Composer Biography

Georg Philipp Telemann, godfather to J.S. Bach's son Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach, was more famous than Bach during his lifetime and was the initial candidate for the Thomaskantor position Bach eventually took.