Corelli | Violin Sonatas, Op. 5 (Nos 1, 4 & 8)

Arcangelo Corelli's twelve Violin Sonatas, Op. 5, are divided between the sonata da camera (chamber sonata) and sonata da chiesa (church sonata) types, between short suites of dance-based movements and abstract, mostly binary structures, respectively. Unlike other instrumental works of the High Baroque, they remained popular for decades, both as vehicles for the display of technique and as compositional models. Corelli himself was famous as a performer, and these sonatas call for a good deal of non-notated ornamentation. This book includes three of the Sonatas (1, 4 and 8).