Antoine Mahaut & Wilhelm Friedemann Bach & Wilhelm Friedemann Bach & Wilhelm Friedmann Bach & C.P.E. Bach.(music manuscript publications)

Antoine Mahaut. 6 Kammersonaten fur 2 Floten und Basso continuo. Herausgegeben von Janos Malina; Continuo-Aussetzung von Matyas Kovacs. Erstausgabe. Adliswil-Zurich: Edition Kunzelmann, c1993. [Heft 1: Nrn 1-3. Score, 45 p.; and 3 parts. GM 1628a. [euro]11.25. Heft 2: Nrn 4-6. Score, 39 p.; and 3 parts. GM 1628b. [euro]11.25.]

Wilhelm Friedemann Bach. Sonata I in D-Dur fur zwei Floten und Basso continuo. Herausgegeben von Elisabeth Weinzierl und Edmund Wachter; Continuo-Aussetzung von Winfried Michel. Winterthur: Amadeus Verlag, Bernhard Pauler, 1993. (Camera flauto Amadeus, 91.) [Pref. in Ger., Eng., p. 2-3; score, p. 4-16; and 3 parts; Krit. Bericht, back cover recto. BP 761. [euro]9.71.]

Wilhelm Friedemann Bach. Sonata II in D-Dur fur zwei Floten und Basso continuo. Herausgegeben von Elisabeth Weinzierl und Edmund Wachter; Continuo-Aussetzung von Winfried Michel. Winterthur: Amadeus Verlag, Bernhard Pauler, 1993. (Camera flauto Amadeus, 92.) [Pref. in Ger., Eng., front cover verso, back cover recto; score, p. 2-12; and 3 parts. BP 762. [euro]9.71.]

Wilhelm Friedemann Bach. Sonata III in a-Moll fur zwei Floten und Basso continuo. Herausgegeben von Elisabeth Weinzierl und Edmund Wachter; Fragment-Erganzung und Continuo-Aussetzung von Winfried Michel. Winterthur: Amadeus Verlag, Bernhard Pauler, 1993. (Camera flauto Amadeus, 93.) [Pref. in Ger., Eng., front cover verso, p. 20; score, p. 1-19; and 3 parts. BP 763. [euro]13.29.]

C. P. E. Bach. Complete Sonatas for Flute and Basso Continuo. [Edited by Ulrich Leisinger]. Monteux, France: Musica Rara [Breitkopf & Hartel], c1995-99. [Vol. 1 (1995): 1, Sonata in G Major, Wq. 123/H. 550; 2, Sonata in E Minor, Wq. 124/H. 551. Pref., 3 p.; score, p. 1-12; and 2 parts. MR 2212. [euro]11.50. Vol. 2 (1995): 3, Sonata in D Major, Wq. 126/H. 553; 4, Sonata in G Major, Wq. 127/H. 554. Pref., 3 p.; score p. 1-16; and 2 parts. MR 2213. [euro]13.04. Vol. 3 (1996): 5, Sonata in A Minor, Wq. 128/H. 555; 6, Sonata in G Major, Wq. 134/H. 548. Pref., 3 p.; score, p. 1-19; and 2 parts. MR 2214. [euro]13.80. Vol. 4 (1996): 7, Sonata in B*, Major, Wq. 125/H. 552; 8, Sonata in B*, Major, Wq. 130/H. 560. Pref., 3 p.; score p. 1-16; and 2 parts. MR 2215. [euro]13.04. Vol. 5 (1999): 9, Sonata in D Major, Wq. 129/H. 556; 10, Sonata in D Major, Wq. 131/H. 561. Pref., 3 p.; score, p. 1-16; and 2 parts. MR 2216. [euro]14.57. Vol. 6 (1999): 11, Sonata in G Major, Wq. 133/H. 564. Pref., 2 p.; score, p. 1-10; and 2 p arts. MR 2217. [euro]14.83.]

C. P. E. Bach. Complete Sonatas for Flute and Obbligato Keyboard. [Edited by Ulrich Leisinger]. Monteux, France: Musica Rara [Breitkopf & Hartel], c1993-94. [Vol. 1 (1993): Sonata in Bl, Major, Wq. 161.2/H. 578. Pref., 2 p.; score, 21 p.; and 1 part. MR 2202. [euro]11. Vol. 2 (1993): Sonata in D Major, Wq. 83/H. 505. Pref., 3 p.; score, 20 p; and 1 part. MR 2203. [euro]10. Vol. 3 (1993): Sonata in E Major, Wq. 84/H. 506. Pref., 2 p.; score, 19 p.; and 1 part. MR 2204. [euro]10. Vol. 4 (1994): Sonata in G Major, Wq. 85/H. 508. Pref., 4 p.; score, 14 p.; and 1 part. MR 2205. [euro]9. Vol. 5 (1994): Sonata in G Major, Wq. 86/H. 509. Pref., 4 p.; score, 13 p.; and 1 part. MR 2206. [euro]9. Vol. 6 (1994): Sonata in C Major, Wq. 87/H. 515. Pref., 4 p.; score, 13 p.; and 1 part. MR 2207. [euro]9.]

Recent years have seen renewed interest in eighteenth-century music that lies stylistically on the border between the baroque and classical styles. At the same time, performers have begun to present this music more sensitively and knowledgeably. The various editions of sonatas by mid-eighteenth-century composers for one or two flutes with keyboard accompaniment addressed in this review will be of considerable interest to musicians, above all to players of modern, baroque, and early classical flute. Janos Malina presents the first modern edition of Antoine Mahaut's six trio sonatas for two transverse flutes and basso continuo, and Elisabeth Weinzierl and Edmund Wachter contribute a new edition of Wilhelm Friedemann Bach's three known trio sonatas for two flutes and continuo. By far the most extensive and researched publication here is Ulrich Leisinger's complete edition of Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach's sonatas for solo flute with either basso continuo or obbligato keyboard accompaniment. All of the editions pro vide some contribution to the existing literature, but the choice to acquire each edition will depend upon the need for owning all available publications of a particular repertoire.