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Henricus Albicastro

‘London’ Sonata No. 2 in B flat major

Violin and basso continuo

edited by Andrew Woolley | Michael Talbot


This work belongs to a group of four violin sonatas by Albicastro included in a manuscript anthology of 66 violin sonatas by at least 15 different composers copied in England c.1705. It consists of four movements in the tempo-sequence slow – fast – slow – fast: the ‘classic’ structure associated especially with Corelli. The slow movements are lyrical, the fast movements brilliant, and clearly of Corellian inspiration (the second movement recalls the third of Sonata I from Corelli’s Op. 5). Especially characteristic of Albicastro is the extended third movement where there are modulations to various keys and prominent Neapolitan chords.

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‘London’ Sonata No. 2 in B flat major
hh416.fsp · ISMN 979 0 708146 16 2 · ISBN 978-1-910359-32-7
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