Brook Street Band: Joseph Gibbs: 8 Sonatas for Violin and Basso Continuo - COMPACT DISCS

Brook Street Band: Joseph Gibbs: 8 Sonatas for Violin and Basso Continuo - COMPACT DISCS

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Joseph Gibbs: 8 Sonatas for Violin and Basso Continuo

Artist:

Brook Street Band

Label:

First Hand

Product Type:

COMPACT DISCS

UPC:

5060216344188

Genre:

Classical Artists

Release Date:

2025-11-21

Number of Discs:

1

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'.

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