{"product_id":"robert-valentine-12-sonatas-for-recorder-and-basso-continuo","title":"Robert Valentine: 12 Sonatas for Recorder and Basso Continuo","description":"Printing music was expensive in the 18th century and copying manuscripts was commonplace. The works in this premiere recording are part of a collection of five volumes of recorder music titled Sinfonie dei varij autori bearing the name Paolo Antonio Parensi (1688-1749), who was thought to have been an amateur musician in Lucca, Italy. Several of the works in this collection are by Robert Valentine (c. 1674-1747) but there is little know about his life: he was from Leicester, England, but left for Rome in his early 20's to carve out his career. We don't know what his connection to Parensi was, but this collection is a hugely valuable source of Italian recorder repertoire from the earlier part of the 18th century. Several of his sonatas were also published by Walsh \u0026amp; Hare, but this premiere recording presents his Opus 11 as it appears in Parensi manuscript, as 12 recorder and basso continuo sonatas. Valentine wrote over 60 works for the recorder - his output makes him one of the most prolific composers of recorder repertoire in the early 18th century.","brand":"First Hand Records","offers":[{"title":"CD","offer_id":52764595683608,"sku":"5060216344201","price":26.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0687\/4346\/3192\/files\/4532836-3685451.jpg?v=1790335653","url":"https:\/\/hbdirect.com\/products\/robert-valentine-12-sonatas-for-recorder-and-basso-continuo","provider":"HBDirect","version":"1.0","type":"link"}