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This unusually elaborate sonata survives uniquely in Leuven (Louvain), Belgium, where it forms part of the large Di Martinelli family archive. It has seven movements (or sections), of which the third and the seventh require the violinist to engage in complex double- stopping. Several features are old-fashioned for a composer of Albicastro’s generation, such as ‘solo’ sections involving rapid figuration over a slowly moving bass (II and V), and the reappearance of two portions in a transformed state (II/V and III/VII).
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Descriptive leaflet (pdf)