Professor Michael Talbot
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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
Jacques AUBERT
Simon BALICOURT
William BATES
George BERG
Diogenio BIGAGLIA
Martino BITTI
Henry BURGESS, JUNIOR
Giuseppe STEFANO CARBONELLI
Giacob Basevi CERVETTO
Fortunato CHELLERI
Giuseppe DALL'ABACO
Philip Peter EIFFERT
Antoine FAVRE
Frederick Ernest FISHER
Maurice GREENE
Henry HOLCOMBE
Antonio LOTTI
Michele MASCITTI
Antonio MONTANARI
Richard MUDGE
Charles NOBLET
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
HENRICUS ALBICASTRO
‘London’ sonata No. 1 in C minor
‘London’ sonata No. 2 in B flat major
‘London’ sonata No. 3 in F minor
‘London’ sonata No. 4 in F major
‘Leuven’ sonata in D minor
‘Kilravock’ sonata in A minor
TOMASO ALBINONI
Two newly identified violin sonatas
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GIUSEPPE ALDROVANDINI
Two motets
JACQUES AUBERT
Two sonatas
SIMON BALICOURT
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WILLIAM BATES
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GEORGE BERG
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DIOGENIO BIGAGLIA
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MARTINO BITTI
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HENRY BURGESS, JUNIOR
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GIUSEPPE STEFANO CARBONELLI
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GIACOB BASEVI CERVETTO
FORTUNATO CHELLERI
GIUSEPPE DALL'ABACO
PHILIP PETER EIFFERT
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ANTOINE FAVRE
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FREDERICK ERNEST FISHER
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MAURICE GREENE
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HENRY HOLCOMBE
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Twelve Italian Canzonets
The four cantatas
ANTONIO LOTTI
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MICHELE MASCITTI
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ANTONIO MONTANARI
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RICHARD MUDGE
CHARLES NOBLET
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HENRI-JOSEPH RIGEL
Six sonatas, Op.1 volume 1
Six sonatas, Op.1 volume 2
JEAN-BAPTISTE QUENTIN
Six trio sonatas, Op.4 volume 1
Six trio sonatas, Op.4 volume 2
Six trio sonatas, Op.19 volume 1
Six trio sonatas, Op.19 volume 2
JOHANN FRIEDRICH SCHREIVOGEL
Sonata in E flat major
Sonata in E minor
JOHN SHEELES
Suites of Lessons Book 1 (1724)
Suites of Lessons Book 2 (c.1730)
BENJAMIN SKINNER
Six sonatas, volume 1
Six sonatas, volume 2
GIUSEPPE TORELLI
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Motet: Ite, procul abite, maestitiae (Soprano, two violins and Basso Continuo)
Motet: O fideles, modicum sustinete tempus (Alto, two violins and Basso Continuo)
Motet: Totus orbis, umbra canit (Soprano, two violins and Basso Continuo)
GIUSEPPE VALENTINI
Concerto in G minor for Oboe, two violins and basso continuo
BENEDETTO VINACCESI
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THOMAS VINCENT
Six Sonatinas (keyboard)
CHRISTIAN MICHAEL WOLFF
Concerto in G major (flute, strings and basso continuo)
Concerto in C major (flute, strings and basso continuo)
Sinfonia in B flat major (strings and basso continuo)
Concerto in E flat major (oboe, strings and basso continuo)