Haym: Complete Sonatas, Part 2

Nicola Francesco Haym (Rome 1678–London 1729) was a cellist and disciple of Corelli who emigrated to London in 1701. His patrons included the dukes of Bedford and Chandos. Later, he established himself as an adaptor of opera librettos (for Handel and others) and produced volumes of historical and literary scholarship. Haym composed the op. 1 trio sonatas in Rome in 1698–99 and they were published in Amsterdam in 1703, with a dedication to the duke of Bedford. The four solo sonatas (for transverse flute, oboe, or violin) were likely composed for Bedford’s private concerts and published in 1710. The solo sonatas and the first six trio sonatas of op. 1 are sonate da chiesa, which demonstrate Haym’s mastery of imitative counterpoint and his favor toward the minor keys of D, A, and especially C. The other six trio sonatas are sonate da camera, in which the fast movements are a pair of dance airs, either corrente and gavotta or allemanda and giga.

Sonata No. 1 in C Major for Two Violins and a Violoncello, Lute, or Cembalo

Sonata No. 2 in D Major for Two Violins and a Violoncello, Lute, or Cembalo

Sonata No. 3 in G Minor for Two Violins and a Violoncello, Lute, or Cembalo

Sonata No. 4 in A Major for Two Violins and a Violoncello, Lute, or Cembalo

Sonata No. 5 in A Minor for Two Violins and a Violoncello, Lute, or Cembalo

Sonata No. 6 in G Minor for Two Violins or Two Flutes and a Violoncello, Lute, or Cembalo

Sonata No. 7 in C Major for Two Violins or Two Flutes and a Violoncello, Lute, or Cembalo

Sonata No. 8 in F Major for Two Violins or Two Flutes and a Violoncello, Lute, or Cembalo

Sonata No. 9 in E Minor for Two Violins or Two Flutes and a Violoncello, Lute, or Cembalo

Sonata No. 10 in A Minor for a Violin and a Violoncello with Basso continuo

Sonata No. 11 in G Major for a Violin and a Violoncello with Basso continuo

Sonata No. 12 in G Major: Partite di Ciaccona for Two Flutes and a Violoncello, Lute, or Cembalo

 

Sonata[?] in A Minor/E Minor for Violoncello and Basso continuo

Sonata in G Major for Violoncello and Basso continuo

Sonata[?] in G Minor for Violoncello and Basso continuo, Quirino [Colombani]

 

Sonata in C Major for Two Violins, Archlute, and Basso continuo, [Giovanni] Antonio Haim

Peter Holman, Early Music, May 2003