Count Unico Wilhelm van Wassenaer (1692-1766) was a nobleman, and Dutch ambassador of the United Provinces to Paris and to Cologne in the 1740s. He was also a remarkably skilled amateur musician and composer. Like many wealthy men of the period who had similar musical skills – Albinoni and Marcello for example – he published his music under a false name as the social standing of musicians and composers was way beneath his.
'Marvellous [music]… finely shaped and affectionate performances, beautifully recorded… a major addition to the recorded repertory of the period' --Gramophone Magazine
'Marvellous [music]… finely shaped and affectionate performances, beautifully recorded… a major addition to the recorded repertory of the period' --Gramophone Magazine
