Music of the 17th and 18th centuries aimed to imitate 'affects' (human emotions), with composers using various musical parameters to best represent the desired emotion.
Interpretation
The ensemble Klingekunst, founded in 2009, focuses on well-grounded historical performance practice while also aiming for a lively conveyance of music.
Composer Biography
The composer, Georg Christoph Wagenseil, was an Austrian composer, harpsichordist, and music educator who was one of the most famous Viennese composers of his time.
Composer's Artistic Vision
The sonata form was considered ideal for expressing different affects due to its contrasting movements, allowing composers to transform standard techniques into an 'appealing image of the human soul'.
Composition History
The trio sonatas on this album are part of a collection of seventeen trio sonatas for transverse flute, violin, and basso continuo, preserved in manuscript form in the Biblioteca Civica Angelo Mai in Bergamo.
Composer Biography
Georg Christoph Wagenseil's works, including church music, operas, about 100 symphonies, and chamber music, are found in music libraries and archives across Europe.
Compositional Technique
These trio sonatas are structured in the typical fast-slow-fast sonata form, featuring two equal melodic voices (flute and violin) over a basso continuo accompaniment.
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