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DOR-93222

Jean Baptiste Masse:
Sonatas for Two Cellos, Book 1


Brandywine Baroque
Douglas McNames, Violincello
Vivian Barton, Violincello
Karen Flint, Harpsichord

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Jean Baptiste Joseph Masse (c.1700s-c.1757) Ordinaire de la Chambre du Roi and member of the King's Bande of Twenty-Four Violins, as well as member of the orchestra of Comédie Française, was a French composer an violoncellist in the court of Louis XV.   He published five volumes of sonatas.   Books I, II and V are for two cellos and basso continuo.   Books III and IV are for two cellos without a figured bass.   . . .
    Karen Flint

Sonata I in C Major
[1]   Andante
[2]   Allegro ma non presto
[3]   Aria I & II: gratioso
[4]   Minuetto

Sonata II in D Major
[5]   Capricio Presto, Adagio
[6]   Allegro ma non Presto
[7]   Aria I & II: gratioso
[8]   Allegro

Sonata III in A Minor
[9]   Andante
[10] Vivace
[11] Sarabanda
[12] Allegro
Sonata IV in E Minor
[13] Largo
[14] Allegro
[15] Aria: gratioso
[16] Giga Presto

Sonata V in B-flat Major
[17] Andante un poco Vivace
[18] Allegro ma non Presto
[19] Largo
[20] Presto

Sonata VI in G Minor
[21] Capricio presto, Adagio: Andante
[22] Andante Larghetto dolce et Lourée
[23] Sarabanda
[24] Aria I & II 3:24

Total Program Length:   59:04



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