This volume contains trio sonatas written during the early part of Telemann's career, when he was heavily influenced by the sonatas of Corelli and the dance music of Jean-Baptiste Lully. Probably composed before 1715, these works reveal an unfamiliar side of the composer, once far removed from the galant style and "mixed taste" of the music he published during the 1720s and 1730s. The trio sonatas encompass a variety of styles and movement types, including French preludes and dances, ostinato-...