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Professor Michael Talbot

Michael Talbot portrait


Michael Talbot retired from the Alsop Chair of Music at the University of Liverpool in 2003, but retains his connection to that university as an Emeritus Professor. He is a Fellow of the British Academy and a Corresponding Member of the Slovenian Academy of Arts and Sciences. He is known internationally for his publications, which are mainly on Italian music of the eighteenth century, focusing on Vivaldi and his Venetian and Italian contemporaries. Especially since 2010 he has turned his attention also to British and other European music in many genres. He is the sole author of fifteen books, many of which have been translated, and has edited or co-edited several more. Numerous articles by him have appeared in journals worldwide. He has co-edited the yearbook Studi vivaldiani since 2000 and for over fifty years has been active as an editor of eighteenth-century music and a translator of writings on music in several other languages..

John ADDISON
Henricus ALBICASTRO
Tomaso ALBINONI
Giuseppe ALDROVANDINI
Simon BALICOURT
George BERG
Diogenio BIGAGLIA
Martino BITTI
Henry BURGESS, JUNIOR
Giuseppe STEFANO CARBONELLI
Fortunato CHELLERI
Philip Peter EIFFERT
Antoine FAVRE
Frederick Ernest FISHER
Maurice GREENE
Henry HOLCOMBE
Antonio LOTTI
Michele MASCITTI
Antonio MONTANARI
Richard MUDGE
Henri-Joseph RIGEL
Jean-Baptiste QUENTIN
Johann Friedrich SCHREIVOGEL
John SHEELES
Benjamin SKINNER
Giuseppe TORELLI
Giuseppe VALENTINI
Benedetto VINACCESI
Thomas VINCENT
Christian Michael WOLFF


JOHN ADDISON
Six Duets C minor

HENRICUS ALBICASTRO
‘London’ sonata No. 1 in C minor C minor
‘London’ sonata No. 2 in B flat major B flat major
‘London’ sonata No. 3 in F minor F minor
‘London’ sonata No. 4 in F major F minor
‘Leuven’ sonata in D minor D minor
‘Kilravock’ sonata in A minor D minor

TOMASO ALBINONI
Two newly identified violin sonatas 2 sonatas
16 cantatas 16 cantatas 16 cantatas 16 cantatas 16 cantatas 16 cantatas 16 cantatas 16 cantatas 16 cantatas 16 cantatas 16 cantatas 16 cantatas 16 cantatas 16 cantatas 16 cantatas 16 cantatas 16 cantatas 16 cantatas 16 cantatas

GIUSEPPE ALDROVANDINI
Two motets 2 sonatas

SIMON BALICOURT
Set 2, 1 and 2 Set 2, 3 and 4 Set 2, 5 and 6 Set 2, 7 and 8
Set 1, 1 and 2 Set 1, 3 and 4 Set 1, 5 and 6 Set 1, 5 and 6

GEORGE BERG
Set 2, 1 and 2 Set 2, 1 and 2
Set 2, 1 and 2 Set 2, 1 and 2

DIOGENIO BIGAGLIA
Set 2, 1 and 2Set 2, 1 and 2Set 2, 1 and 2Set 2, 1 and 2 Set 2, 1 and 2 La canzona cover La canzona cover La canzona cover La canzona cover


MARTINO BITTI
London 1 London 2 London 3 London 3 London 3 Violin, basso continuo Violin, basso continuo Violin, basso continuo
Violin, basso continuo Violin, basso continuo Violin, basso continuo Violin, basso continuo Violin, basso continuo Violin, basso continuo Violin, basso continuo Violin, basso continuo Violin, basso continuo Violin, basso continuo Violin, basso continuo Violin, basso continuo
Violin, basso continuo

HENRY BURGESS, JUNIOR
6 concertos 6 cconcertos



GIUSEPPE STEFANO CARBONELLI
16 cantatas 16 cantatas

FORTUNATO CHELLERI
Trio Sonata

PHILIP PETER EIFFERT
2 sonatas 2 sonatas Op.7 Op.7
ANTOINE FAVRE
Six Sonatas Six Sonatas

FREDERICK ERNEST FISHER
Six Sonatas Six Sonatas
Six Sonatas Six Sonatas

MAURICE GREENE
Six Italian Arias Six Italian Arias Libertà

HENRY HOLCOMBE
Six Sonatas Six Sonatas
Twelve Italian CanzonetsVolume 1
The four cantatasVolume 1


ANTONIO LOTTI
Oboe concerto

MICHELE MASCITTI
16 cantatas 16 cantatas Trio sonata sonata cover sonata cover



ANTONIO MONTANARI
16 cantatas 16 cantatas


RICHARD MUDGE
16 cantatas


HENRI-JOSEPH RIGEL
Six sonatas, Op.1 volume 1 2 sonatas
Six sonatas, Op.1 volume 2 2 sonatas

JEAN-BAPTISTE QUENTIN
Six trio sonatas, Op.4 volume 1 2 sonatas
Six trio sonatas, Op.4 volume 2 2 sonatas

JOHANN FRIEDRICH SCHREIVOGEL
Sonata in E flat major violin sonata
Sonata in E minor violin sonata

JOHN SHEELES
Suites of Lessons Book 1 (1724)Suites of Lessons

Suites of Lessons Book 2 (c.1730)Suites of Lessons

BENJAMIN SKINNER
Six sonatas, volume 1Six sonatas
Six sonatas, volume 2Six sonatas

GIUSEPPE TORELLI
16 cantatas 16 cantatas 16 cantatas 16 cantatas
Motet: Ite, procul abite, maestitiae (Soprano, two violins and Basso Continuo) Motet

Motet: O fideles, modicum sustinete tempus (Alto, two violins and Basso Continuo) Motet

Motet: Totus orbis, umbra canit (Soprano, two violins and Basso Continuo) Motet


GIUSEPPE VALENTINI
16 cantatas
Concerto in G minor for Oboe, two violins and basso continuo Oboe

BENEDETTO VINACCESI
16 cantatas 16 cantatas 16 cantatas 16 cantatas 16 cantatas 16 cantatas 16 cantatas

THOMAS VINCENT

Six Sonatinas (keyboard)Concerto

CHRISTIAN MICHAEL WOLFF

Concerto in G major (flute, strings and basso continuo)Concerto
Concerto in C major (flute, strings and basso continuo)Concerto
Sinfonia in B flat major (strings and basso continuo)Sinfonia
Concerto in E flat major (oboe, strings and basso continuo)Concerto

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