Michele Mascetti (1663/4-1760) was a Neapolitan violinist who settled in Paris in 1704. This substantial trio sonata, the only one of its type that he published (and perhaps wrote) was included in his Op. 6 collection (Paris, 1722), where it was preceded by fourteen ordinary violin sonatas.

It takes its place among a small but musically distinguished group of late baroque sonatas for violin, violoncello (or bass viol) and basso continuo, which includes examples by Torelli, Vivaldi and Leclai...