Hoffler: Suites For Viola Da Gamba
Label: PanClassic Catalog: PC10275 Format: CD Guido Balestracci, Nicola dal Maso, Rafael Bonavita/+Conrad Höffler (1647-1705) Conrad Höffler (1647-1705), virtuoso on the viol, published his collection Primitiae Chelicae for viola da gamba and continuo in 1695 in Nuremberg, at a time when viol literature was truly at its height. Germany and the Netherlands became a forge of excellent performers most of whom also composed and published music. To judge from the technical difficulty of these compositions there is no doubt that Höffler was a great virtuoso of the instrument. Price: $27.98 |