Description
Track listing:
Disc 1
Sonata III
1-4
Sonata IV
5-7
Sonata V
8-10
Sonata VI
11-13
Sonata I
14-18
Sonata II
19-23
Disc 2
Sonata VII
1-5
Sonata VIII
6-8
Sonata IX
9-13
Sonata X
14-17
Sonata XI
18-21
Sonata XII
22-25
Henry Eccles
Sonatas for Violin & Continuo (First Book, 1720)
The Callipygian Players
Martin Davids, director/violin
Craig Trompeter, cello & viola da gamba
David Schrader, harpsichord
Configuration: 2 CD set
Available: June, 2013
Recorded: Sept. 22-24, 2011
Booklet: 16 page
Features:
• World premiere recording of the complete First Book of Sonatas by Henry Eccles,
a member of a leading English family of musicians of the 17th and 18th centuries.
• Complete integral recording on period instruments, featuring Baroque violin virtuoso,
Martin Davids and members of Chicago’s leading period instrument ensemble, The Callypigian Players.
• Provides a rare window into the musical life of London during the little-explored years after
the career of Henry Purcell (1659 -1695)
• Includes the “borrowed” movement by Bonporti, which became Eccles’ most famous work during the
nineteenth and twentieth centuries.
• Performances are based on the original printed edition from 1720, achieving the ultimate in authenticity.
