Luigi Merci - Sei sonate per fagotto e basso continuo (Bassoon Sonatas), op.III (1735)
Classical | EAC: FLAC+Cue+Log | 1 Cd, Covers | 313 Mb
Label: TACTUS - Date: 1999

Luigi Merci, composer of the Baroque era (born c. 1695 - died in London c. 1750). He was engaged around 1720 by the Earl of Caernarvon and Duke of Chandos. In 1730 he married Ann Hampshire and moved to Covent Garden…

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