Keyboard

SKU: HH.HH570-SOL

Composed by Henri-Joseph Rigel. Edited by Michael Talbot. Playing score. Edition HH Music Publishers #HH570-SOL. Published by Edition HH Music Publishers (HH.HH570-SOL).

ISBN 9790708185857.

Rigel’s keyboard music is a relatively neglected area within his oeuvre. This edition of his first published collection – a set of six sonatas for solo harpsichord or piano issued in 1767 – seeks to bring it to the attention of players and listeners. These highly idiomatic sonatas display the richness and pan-European character of Rigel’s musical inheritance. In them we hear a blend of influences drawn from the Italian tradition of galant keyboard music, the drama-filled world of the German symphony and the intimate milieu of French pièces de clavecin.

Keyboard

SKU: HH.HH481-SOL

Composed by Thomas Vincent. Edited by Michael Talbot. Keyboard. Playing score. Edition HH Music Publishers #HH481-SOL. Published by Edition HH Music Publishers (HH.HH481-SOL).

ISBN 9790708146926.

This set of six short two-movement keyboard sonatinas, or ‘lessons’ (in the traditional English manner), come from a hitherto overlooked 1755 publication by a composer already well known and appreciated for his slightly earlier oboe sonatas. Vincent’s melodic gifts and skill in musical construction, clearly evident in the wind sonatas, are here complemented by an obvious flair for effective keyboard writing and an ability to spring welcome musical surprises.