Croft, William: Complete Chamber Music
£101.00
Edited by H Diack Johnstone
First published in 2009
Pages: 144
Format: Hardback
Dimensions (mm): 330 x 254 x 18
Weight: 1.166kg
Hitherto unpublished, the four trio sonatas and two five-part sonatas by William Croft, which came to light in 1977, are among the most interesting and rewarding of English chamber works to have been written in the period between the trio sonatas of Purcell and those of Boyce and Arne. Possibly first heard at the concerts of the musical smallcoals man, Thomas Britton, they are complemented by six sonatas for two solo recorders, and three violin sonatas that are amongst the earliest printed works in this genre by an English composer.
Any individual work from this volume is available in printed or digital (PDF) format on request (archive@stainer.co.uk).
CONTENTS
| Title | Instrumentation |
|---|---|
| Sonata in E major Allegro, Adagio, Allegro |
Four Violins and Continuo |
| Sonata in F major [Allegro], Adagio, Allegro |
Two Recorders, Two Violins and Continuo |
| Sonata No. 1 in A major Adagio, Allegro, [Adagio], Largo, [Vivace] |
Violin and Continuo |
| Sonata No. 1 in C minor Grave, Allegro, Adagio, Allegro |
Two Recorders |
| Sonata [No. 1] in E minor Grave, Allegro, Adagio, Vivace, Adagio, Allegro |
Two Violins and Continuo |
| Sonata No. 2 in B minor Adagio, Allegro, Grave, [Vivace] |
Violin and Continuo |
| Sonata No. 2 in F major Allegro, Adagio, Allegro |
Two Recorders |
| Sonata [No. 2] in F major Vivace, Adagio, Allegro, Adagio, Allegro |
Two Violins and Continuo |
| Sonata [No. 3] in B flat major Largo, Prestissimo, Adagio, Allegro, Vivace, Prestissimo |
Two Violins and Continuo |
| Sonata No. 3 in G major Adagio, Presto, Adagio, Allegro |
Two Recorders |
| Sonata No. 3 in G minor Adagio, Allegro–Adagio, [Vivace] |
Violin and Continuo |
| Sonata No. 4 in B flat major Adagio, Allegro, Adagio, Allegro |
Two Recorders |
| Sonata [No. 4] in B minor Largo, Vivace, Largo, Allegro |
Two Violins and Continuo |
| Sonata No. 5 in D minor Grave, Vivace, Allegro |
Two Recorders |
| Sonata No. 6 in G minor Grave, Vivace, Grave, Allegro |
Two Recorders |
