SFZ MUSIC, the independent label for HIS MAJESTYS SAGBUTTS & CORNETTS, are pleased to announce their latest release, a recording given by one of the finest scholar-performers currently working in Britain. John Irving is an internationally recognized Mozart scholar, having written five books including the international best-selling The Treasures of Mozart, and also widely acclaimed as one of the finest interpreters of the keyboard music from the early classical period. Sonatas from the Court of Salzburg is a programme setting music by Leopold Mozart in context with some of his contemporaries. The music is fresh, tender, elegant and utterly charming: Irving’s performances are balanced and exquisitely judged, with moments of high drama, all played on an historic Hass harpsichord of 1764. Irving also provides comprehensive scholarly notes. Track listing: Cajetan Anton Aldgasser (1729-1777) Sonata in B flat major [1] Allegro [2] Andantino [3] Minuetto (Trio) Leopold Mozart (1719-1787) Sonata in F major [4] Molto Allegro [5] Andante [6] Presto Johann Ernst Eberlin (1702-1762) Sonata in G major [7] Vivace [8] Andantino [9] Allegro Leopold Mozart Sonata in B flat major [10] Allegro assai [11] Andante [12] Allegro