Joseph Gibbs - 8 Sonatas for Violin and Basso Continuo, Op. 1 (Album) The Brook Street Band

• Joseph Gibbs (1699 - 1788): 8 Sonatas for Violin and Basso Continuo Sonata:
• 1 Gibbs: 8 Sonatas for Violin and Basso Continuo Sonata: No. 1 in D minor I. Adagio 03:12
• 2 Gibbs: 8 Sonatas for Violin and Basso Continuo Sonata: No. 1 in D minor II. Allmanda 03:07
• 3 Gibbs: 8 Sonatas for Violin and Basso Continuo Sonata: No. 1 in D minor III. Largo 00:42
• 4 Gibbs: 8 Sonatas for Violin and Basso Continuo Sonata: No. 1 in D minor IV. Aria Andante 05:18
• 5 Gibbs: 8 Sonatas for Violin and Basso Continuo Sonata: No. 2 in A major I. Adagio 03:09
• 6 Gibbs: 8 Sonatas for Violin and Basso Continuo Sonata: No. 2 in A major II. Allegro assai 03:06
• 7 Gibbs: 8 Sonatas for Violin and Basso Continuo Sonata: No. 2 in A major III. Grave e piano 01:16
• 8 Gibbs: 8 Sonatas for Violin and Basso Continuo Sonata: No. 2 in A major IV. Minuet 02:23
• 9 Gibbs: 8 Sonatas for Violin and Basso Continuo Sonata: No. 3 in G major I. Largo 02:36
• 10 Gibbs: 8 Sonatas for Violin and Basso Continuo Sonata: No. 3 in G major II. Allegro 02:42
• 11 Gibbs: 8 Sonatas for Violin and Basso Continuo Sonata: No. 3 in G major III. Grave 00:51
• 12 Gibbs: 8 Sonatas for Violin and Basso Continuo Sonata: No. 3 in G major IV. Minuetto 03:26
• 13 Gibbs: 8 Sonatas for Violin and Basso Continuo Sonata: No. 4 in B flat major I. Largo 04:14
• 14 Gibbs: 8 Sonatas for Violin and Basso Continuo Sonata: No. 4 in B flat major II. Allegro 02:56
• 15 Gibbs: 8 Sonatas for Violin and Basso Continuo Sonata: No. 4 in B flat major III. Affettuoso 02:52
• 16 Gibbs: 8 Sonatas for Violin and Basso Continuo Sonata: No. 4 in B flat major IV. Minuet 01:38
• 17 Gibbs: 8 Sonatas for Violin and Basso Continuo Sonata: No. 5 in E major: I. Adagio 03:50
• 18 Gibbs: 8 Sonatas for Violin and Basso Continuo Sonata: No. 5 in E major: II. Vivace 02:19
• 19 Gibbs: 8 Sonatas for Violin and Basso Continuo Sonata: No. 5 in E major: III. Saraband 01:23
• 20 Gibbs: 8 Sonatas for Violin and Basso Continuo Sonata: No. 5 in E major: IV. Giga Allegro 01:31
• 21 Gibbs: 8 Sonatas for Violin and Basso Continuo Sonata: No. 6 in F major I. Vivace 03:06
• 22 Gibbs: 8 Sonatas for Violin and Basso Continuo Sonata: No. 6 in F major II. Allegro – Adagio 02:30
• 23 Gibbs: 8 Sonatas for Violin and Basso Continuo Sonata: No. 6 in F major III. Largo e piano 02:04
• 24 Gibbs: 8 Sonatas for Violin and Basso Continuo Sonata: No. 6 in F major IV. Gavotta Allegro 01:17
• 25 Gibbs: 8 Sonatas for Violin and Basso Continuo Sonata: No. 7 in A minor I. Andante 04:25
• 26 Gibbs: 8 Sonatas for Violin and Basso Continuo Sonata: No. 7 in A minor II. Allegro 02:40
• 27 Gibbs: 8 Sonatas for Violin and Basso Continuo Sonata: No. 7 in A minor III. Affettuoso 04:35
• 28 Gibbs: 8 Sonatas for Violin and Basso Continuo Sonata: No. 8 in E flat major I. Grave 01:47
• 29 Gibbs: 8 Sonatas for Violin and Basso Continuo Sonata: No. 8 in E flat major II. Siciliana 02:40
• 30 Gibbs: 8 Sonatas for Violin and Basso Continuo Sonata: No. 8 in E flat major III. Fuga 02:40
• 31 Gibbs: 8 Sonatas for Violin and Basso Continuo Sonata: No. 8 in E flat major IV. Corno 03:09
• Total Runtime 01:23:24

Info for Joseph Gibbs - 8 Sonatas for Violin and Basso Continuo, Op. 1 (Album)

Joseph Gibbs is one of the 18th century’s best-kept secrets; his music is characterful and individual, fusing the best of Italianate virtuosity with English and quirky Gibbs-ian humour. Despite the obvious brilliance of his compositions, the 8 Solos for Violin and Basso Continuo, Op. 1 of c. 1746 are one of only two published sets of music, and there are scant references to Gibbs in the years after his death. However, the re-emergence of his portrait (painted by Thomas Gainsborough) in the early years of the 20th century sparked a curiosity and interest in Gibbs’s music, which has been described as amongst ‘the finest English violin sonatas of the century’.

The Brook Street Band:
Rachel Harris, violin
Tatty Theo, cello
Carolyn Gibley, harpsichord

The Brook Street Band
takes its name from the London street where composer George Frideric Handel lived from 1723-1759. The Band was formed in 1996 by baroque cellist Tatty Theo and rapidly established itself as one of the UK’s leading Handel specialists, winning grants, awards and broadcasting opportunities from various organisations including BBC Radio 3 and the Handel Institute. Eighteenth-century chamber repertoire has always been the Band’s driving passion, focusing particularly on Handel’s music. However, in recent years the Band’s activities have also expanded to include regular collaborations with conductors, choirs and venues on larger-scale Handel vocal works.

The past 20 years have seen The Brook Street Band perform and teach extensively at many of the most prestigious British and European Festivals, including Dartington International Summer School, Barcelona Early Music Festival and Kuhmo Chamber Music Festival. As The Band looks to its next decade, The Band’s regular British concert venues continue to include Wigmore Hall, St. John’s Smith Square and The Maltings, Snape. It has recently set up its own music festival in Norfolk, love: Handel, working with young people in schools, and extending its concert links within this community. The inaugural festival took place in April 2017.

In addition to performing 18th-century music, The Brook Street Band is committed to developing new repertoire. It has an ongoing Handelian collaboration with several authors and librettists including Louis de Bernières and Alasdair Middleton, fusing newly-commissioned prose with Handel’s music. The wide-ranging educational work of The Band is supported through The Brook Street Band Trust (Registered Charity No.1122890), focusing in particular on Handel’s life and music, linking this to wide areas of the national curriculum and working with schools across the UK. The Band’s recent flagship education project ‘Getting a Handle on Handel’ resulted in the commission of a new community oratorio, Il Pastorale, L’Urbino e Il Suburbano by composer Matthew King, in response to Handel’s L’Allegro, Il Penseroso ed Il Moderato.

The Brook Street Band regularly broadcasts for BBC Radio 3 and its extensive discography for AVIE has been singled out to critical acclaim with accolades including Gramophone Magazine Editor’s Choice, as well as CD features on both BBC Radio and Classic FM.

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