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Henry Purcell (1659-1695): Sonata No. 9 in F Major, Z. 810 "The Golden Sonata"
from Ten Sonatas in 10 Sonatas in Four Parts (1697 post.)
Allegro-Adagio-Allegro-Grave-Allegro
0:00 Opening
0:18 Allegro
1:21 Adagio
2:48 Allegro
4:41 Grave
5:52 Allegro
7:16 Credits
Elizabeth Blumenstock, violin • YuEun Gemma Kim, violin • William Skeen, viola da gamba • Corey Jamason, harpsichord
Eddie Frank, video • Chris Landen, audio
American Bach Soloists • Jeffrey Thomas, Artistic Director
Filmed in March 2021 in the Mondavi Center for the Performing Arts (Davis, California).
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There are two collections of instrumental sonatas by Henry Purcell. Like all of his purely instrumental works, it is very difficult to determine when they were actually composed. In all likelihood, they were produced during a short period of time prior to 1680. The Sonatas in Four Parts seem to have been written over a long period of time and were assembled for publication by his wife, after his death in 1695. These sonatas consist of four or more short, linked sections. Some of them simply alternate between slow and fast, while others include dances and contrapuntal canzonas. This particular sonata became well known in the nineteenth century as a violin solo with piano accompaniment. It is in this form that it acquired the sobriquet, “The Golden Sonata.”
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