From Venice To Berlin: Baroque Trio Sonatas For Violin, Oboe And Continuo – Intarsio Armonico

Among the musicians represented in this Da Vinci Classics album, both Brescianello and Platti were Italian composers who emigrated to, and worked in, Germany. It comes as no surprise, therefore, that a copious number of their scores is now found in German libraries. Conversely, the two Sonatas by German composers (Pfeiffer and Schaffrath) recorded here, and that by an anonymous musician, are characterized by a fascinating commixture of timbres. This is a typical feature of the Italian Baroque, along with the tight interweaving of musical dialogues, still another idiosyncratic trait of coeval music.
Altogether, this Da Vinci Classics album contains two Italian Triosonatas, two by German composers, and one by an anonymous musician.