Marcello: Recorder Sonatas - Volume 1 (Op. 2, Nos. 1 & 2)
Composer: Benedetto Marcello (1686-1739) Editor: Jörgen Glode Format: Set of Parts Instrumentation: Basso continuo, Recorder Binding: ISMN: 9790006003280 Size: 9.1 x 11.8 inches Pages: 28 Description The recorder sonatas presented by Benedetto Marcello (1686–1739) are taken from a collection of 12 sonatas, printed for the first time in 1712 by G. Sale in Venice. That same year, the 26-year old Marcello became a member of the "Accademia Filarmonica" in Bologna. in 1711 he had already been elected a judge in the "Council of Forty" in Venice. These sonatas were composed by a man who already at the time, but also throughout his later life, had to divide between music and strenuous official duties, and who always called himself a simple "Dilettante della musica". Works: Sonata no. 1 in F major from 12 Recorder Sonatas, Op. 2 Sonata no. 2 in D minor from 12 Recorder Sonatas, Op. 2