This download features Intimate, virtuosic pieces written by the greatest composers of the eighteenth century for their friends and family. A short selection of our favourite tracks; these anticipate the release of Concentus VII's first full length album later in 2011. Concentus VII was formed to perform Baroque chamber music, with an emphasis on repertoire with wind instruments and basso continuo. Its members perform with leading early music ensembles in the UK and Europe such as The Academy of Ancient Music, New London Consort, Gabrieli Consort and Players, Philidor Ensemble, The Sixteen and Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin. For more information please look at our website, www.concentus7.com Some notes on our composers: George Frideric Handel (1685–1759) is best known today for the great oratorios of the 1740s, which became defining landmarks in an increasingly self-confident and distinctively English Georgian culture. But, like his patro...