This is a new re-engraved edition of Molino’s Three Trios op. 4 for flute, viola and guitar, score and parts, ready for performance, not a facsimile.
It’s the Romanza from op. 4 no. 1 that I like best. It’s wonderfully romantic and catchy.
In fact, these Three Trios op. 4 for flute, viola and guitar by Francesco Molino are surely among the most beautiful of all works for guitar with other instruments. “Love at first sight” was the reaction by musicians when they played Molino’s later Grand Trio Concertant op. 30 for the first time, and perhaps it can be true also for these very fine earlier ones.
Francesco Molino was born in 1768 and was a professional violinist in Italy, and later moved to Paris where he composed music both for the violin and for the guitar.
The gem of the collection in my opinion is the first trio, op. 4 no. 1. It starts with an Allegro moderato, then that beautiful catchy haunting slow movement Romanza, and finally a fast Rondo allegretto scherzoso.
The second and third trios, op. 4 nos. 2 and 3, are shorter and Molino himself said that they were like notturni, which was a short serenade in 18th century Italy.
You may also be interested in Molino’s Grand Trio Concertant op. 30 or his Second Grand Trio Concertant op. 45.
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