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Ricercar's recording of Weckman's complete cantatas (RIC216) is now followed by one of his chamber music. His sonatas for four instruments were written for the Hamburg Collegium Musicum, and inspired by the virtuoso works by Viennese and Venetian composers.The harpsichord pieces are very much in the style of his friend J.J. Froberger; they foreshadow the works of Bach's generation in that they allude just as much to the style of the French suite as to that of Italian contrapuntal works.The various German songs recorded here are examples of works that Weckman supplied for the official occasions of Hamburg municipal life.