Pezel: Opus Musicum Sonatarum - The Alphabet Sonatas
Genre: Audio CD
Brand: New Focus Recordings
Price: $16.99
Directed by cellist Kivie Cahn-Lipman, ACRONYM is devoted to resurrecting music of the past, giving modern premieres of long-lost works by forgotten composers. Johann Christoph Pezel's (1639-1694) Opus Musicum Sonatarum is a collection of twenty-five sonatas, organized by key, for two violins, three violas, bassoon or violone, and basso continuo. Each of the first twenty-four sonatas of the of Opus Musicum was given an ascending alphabetical feminine name.
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