J.c. Bach & C.f. Abel:sonatas For Viola Da Gamba
Label: Coviello Catalog: COV21205 Format: CD Thomas Fritzsche (Viola da Gamba), Shalev Ad-El (Pianoforte/ Harpsichord)Carl Friedrich Abel: Sonata à Viola di Gamba Solo et Basso in E minor - Solo à Viola di Gamba è Basso in G major Johann Christian Bach: Sonata Cembalo, Viola da Gamba in G major - Sonata a Piano Forte e Viola da Gamba in F major - Sonata di Cembalo e Viola da Gamba obligata in B flat major - Sonata a Piano e Forte (e Viola da Gamba) in F major Anyone who is interested in the biography of Johann Christian Bach (1735-1782), the youngest son of Johann Sebastian Bach, immediately encounters the name Carl Friedrich Abel (1723-1787). Abel was born in a musical family that has been noted as viola da gamba players for three generations. In 1763 the two bachelors moved into shared room in a fashionable neighbourhood of Soho in the north of London. After two years Bach and Abel presented their popular subscription concerts which were the first of their kind in Europe. The close relationship between the two composers has inevitably raised the question of the whereabouts of Johann Christians Bach's compositions for viola da gamba. On 29 May 1992 a previously unknown collection of manuscription was put up for harpsichord and viola da gamba and two sonatas for pianoforte and viola da gamba by Johann Christian Bach. They were sold to a private collector. Thomas Fritzsche received the composition from the collector along with permission to perform them. Price: $27.98 |