Dieupart: Six Sonatas for a Flute with a Thorough Bass (London 1717)

Featuring

Isabel Favilla
Roberto Alonso Álvarez
Giulio Quirici
João Rival
Charles Dieupart

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Compositional Technique

The sonatas have an unusually large number of movements, more akin to suites, with five, eight, six, eight, six, and four movements respectively.

Compositional Technique

Unique aspects of Dieupart's sonatas include sometimes irregular phrasing and structure, and the eruption of unexpected harmonies.

Critical Reception

These sonatas by Dieupart are so little known that this recording appears to be the first commercial recording of any of them.

Compositional Technique

Dieupart's recorder sonatas show the influence of the great Roman violinist and composer Corelli in their movement types, varied bass support, and elegant simplicity.

Recording & Production

This album was recorded in July 2017 at the Oud Katholieke Kerk in The Hague, Netherlands.

Composition History

The Six Sonatas for a Flute and a Thorough Bass by Dieupart were dedicated to Lady Essex Finch, daughter of a prominent politician, who was likely Dieupart's student and funded their printing.

Composer Biography

Charles (François) Dieupart, the composer, published a famous set of harpsichord suites in 1701, which Johann Sebastian Bach copied and may have influenced his French Suites.