Boismortier's instrumental chamber music, characterized by an easy melodic vein, was primarily intended for amateurs with a generally good level of musical preparation.
Instruments
The gut strings used for this recording are made of mutton and ox, produced by the company Toro strings in Salle, Italy.
Composer Biography
Joseph Bodin de Boismortier, unlike many 18th-century French composers, did not come from a musical family but became one of France's most prolific composers.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Boismortier had a particular fondness for wind instruments, including the recorder, transverse flute, oboe, bassoon, viola da gamba, and musette (a type of small bagpipe).
Composer Biography
Boismortier was his own publisher in Paris, where he began to publish musical collections dedicated to various instruments.
Interpretation
The printed frontispiece for Boismortier's Op. 34 sonatas indicates that the three soprano parts are 'different and equally worked,' emphasizing their substantial parity.
Interpretation
The first soprano part in Boismortier's Op. 34 sonatas is explicitly noted as interchangeable, allowing for the use of a recorder in place of a violin or transverse flute.
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