As did most of the galant composers attached to the Berlin court of Frederick the Great, Carl Heinrich Graun wrote a significant number of trios [trio sonatas] that exist in versions with different scorings — for two violins (or two flutes) and continuo, for violin, flute and continuo, and for violin (or flute, or viola da gamba) and keyboard.

Of particular interest is this beautiful trio that has been come down to us in two different tonalities, E flat major and E major. The E major version,...