| Label: PAN CLASSICS
Catalog: PC10228
Format: CD Jessica Horsley & David Hatcher, bass violsGottfried Finger (c 1660-1730)
Virtuoso music for two bass viols:
"Selecta" Sonata no. 14 in D - "Grandoena" Sonata no. 7 in G - "Ariosa" Sonata no.
2 in d - "Furiosa" Sonata Nr. 13 in G
Suite in D - Suite in G This CD documents an exciting discovery of outstanding music by a previously little-known
composer, Godfrey (Gottfried) Finger (c 1660-1730). None of the over thirty works for viols
from the Sünching Codex recently attributed to Finger has been recorded previously, and most of
them remain unpublished. The pieces premiered here necessitate not only a major reassessment
of Finger's oeuvre, but also of viol repertoire per se, for they represent the very pinnacle of musical
beauty and technical prowess of the epoch, stretching the instrument to its very limits. Furiosa has
the complex alchemy to delight a modern audience. It broadens our perception of the viola da
gamba and its repertoire.
Jessica Horsley was a founder member of the consort The Earle His Viols. As well as working
with various early music ensembles such as Ferrara (Crawford Young) and Gilles Binchois
(Dominique Vellard), she has taken part in performances of new music with Collegium Novum
(Zürich) and the Ensemble Modern (Frankfurt/Main) with Heinz Holliger. David Hatcher began his
career based in England, performing with his own chamber ensemble Harmonie Universelle and as
a guest with The New London Consort and Fretwork. Today he works with the Royal Shakespeare
Theatre, the Consort of Musicke and with numerous other period ensembles and orchestras.  Price: $27.98 |
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