Carl Friedrich Abel

(1723-87)

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Mr Abel’s Fine Airs

Mr Abel’s Fine Airs

Music for solo viola da gamba


Abel:

Adagio WKO189

Vivace WKO190

Allegro

Tempo minuetto WKO154

Adagio WKO209

[Arpeggio] WKO205

[Tempo di menuet con variazioni] WKO203 & WKO204

[Moderato] WKO208

[Adagio] WKO187

Fuga WKO196

Sonata in G major for viola da gamba

Allegro WKO198

Tempo di menuet WKO202

Andante WKO191

[Arpeggio] WKO194

Allegro WKO207

Tempo di menuet WKO188

[Andante] WKO199

[Allegro] WKO195

Allegretto WKO211

Allegro WKO212


Susanne Heinrich (viola da gamba)

Carl Friedrich Abel (1723–1787) was a contemporary of J C Bach, and a fashionable performer and promoter in London in the eighteenth century. By that time the viola da gamba was a rarity, but Abel’s performances sparked a revival of interest among performers and audiences. The works recorded on this disc (six of which have never been previously recorded) can be seen as musical expositions of sensibility, inhabiting the same tragic world as the gamba solos in J S Bach’s Passions. Abel’s contemporary Charles Burney commented on the musician’s ability to ‘breathe’ the notes as he played them, and this extraordinary sensitivity is present too in the beautiful playing of Susanne Heinrich.

The first time I put this disc in my player, I  wasn’t in the mood. I  tried again a few days later and was absolutely entranced. Carl Friedrich Abel was a pupil of Bach’s and the influence shows, but the younger composer’s own breadth of invention is breathtaking. As are the dark, velvety colours that viola da gamba player Susanne Heinrich finds in his long lines. A  really special album, this. - Gramophone Magazine

“Susanne Heinrich rises ably to the challenge of understanding this 18th-century Jekyll-and-Hyde figure, heightening to fine effect the music's light and shade, energy and indolence. Her readings are effortlessly poised and imbued with an almost vocal lyricism...” BBC Music Magazine, February 2008 ****

GGramophone Awards 2008

Finalist - Baroque Instrumental

GGramophone Magazine

Editor's Choice - January 2008

Hyperion - CDA67628

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Duo

Duo

Baroque German Music For Lute And Viola Da Gamba


Abel:

Piezas manuscritas para viola sola, ca.1770

Allegro moderato en re menor

Allegro en re mayor

Bach, C P E:

La Capricieuse, W.117/33 (H.113)

La Caroline en sol menor

Gluck:

Aria "Che faro' senza Euridice" from the opera Orfeo et Euridice

Handel:

Aria "Credete al mio Dolore" from the opera Alcina

Lidl:

Sonata for viola de gamba & b.c.

Mozart:

Aria "In diesen heil'gen Hallen"

Schenk:

Adagio y Ciaccona en do mayor

Ciaccona en fa mayor


Luca Pianca (lute) & Vittorio Ghiemi (viola da gamba)

“As a viol player, Ghielmi has it all: technique, taste and imagination. His range of bow strokes, command of ornamentation and control of dramatic tension are deeply satisfying. His choice of accompanist is truly inspired. Along with what can only be described as cleverly contrived contreparties, Luca Pianca brings to the music a rich and colourful palette of instrumental effects,which he deploys imaginatively and with discrimination." The Gramophone

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C. P. E. Bach - Viola da gamba Sonatas

C. P. E. Bach - Viola da gamba Sonatas


Abel:

Adagio

Postlude

Bach, C P E:

Viola da gamba Sonata in C major, Wq.136, H.558

Viola da gamba Sonata in D MAJOR Wq137 H559

Trio Sonata in G minor for viola da gamba and keyboard, Wq.88, H.510


Friederike Heumann (viola da gamba), Gaetano Nasillo (cello) & Dirk Börner (hammerflügel by Denzil Wraight, after Cristofori 1730)

"… the results are breathtaking. Stylus Phantasticus reveals the genius that made Bach, Handel and Pachelbel revere Buxtehude…The imagination of the continuo treatment alone makes this disc worth the price. This recording fascinates throughout...." BBC Music Magazine

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English Music of the 18th Century

English Music of the 18th Century


Abel:

Sonata, Op. 9, No.1 in A for violin, cello & basso continuo

Arne:

Harpsichord Sonata No. 2 in E minor

Trio Sonata No. 2 in G major

Avison:

Sonata Op. 5, No. 2 in C min/maj for harpsichord

Handel:

Trio Sonata, Op. 2, No. 3 in F major

Stanley:

Harpsichord Concerto op. 10 No. 4 in C minor


London Baroque (on original instruments)

”Here are stylish and spirited performances - recommended" The Gramophone

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Souper Galant

Souper Galant


Abel:

Sonata I

Bach, C P E:

Sonata in G for solo harp

Bach, J C:

Sonata I & VI

Bach, J S:

Flute Sonata in G minor, BWV1020

Flute Sonata No. 2 in E flat major, BWV1031

Schaffrat:

Duet in B


Masuni Nagasawa (single-action harp) & Alfredo Bernardini (baroque oboe)

Etcetera - KTC1293

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Foreign Insult

Foreign Insult

English Baroque Music by Immigrant Composers


Abel:

Flute Concerto in E minor

Bach, J C:

Quintet in D major for flute, oboe, violin, viola, violoncello & b.c., Op. 11 No.6

Barsanti:

A collection of Old Scots tunes (selection)

Finger:

Sonata Op. 5/10 in C major for recorder, violoncello & b.c.

Handel:

Oboe Concerto No. 3 in G minor, HWV 287

Sonata No. 4 in F major HWV383

Matteis:

Ground after the Scotch Humour


La Ricordanza

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Suites in D

Suites in D


Abel:

Sonata in D minor

Bach, J S:

Partita for solo violin No. 3 in E major, BWV1006

Telemann:

Sonata in D major


Marianne Muller (viola da gamba)

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Symphonies Concertantes

Symphonies Concertantes


Abel:

Sinfonia concertante

Crusell:

Sinfonia Concertante, Op. 3 for clarinet, horn, bassoon and orchestra

Danzi:

Sinfonia concertante

Hoffmeister:

Sinfonia concertante

Kozeluch:

Sinfonia concertante

Pleyel:

Sinfonia concertante

Ritter, A:

Sinfonia concertante

Schneider, G A:

Sinfonia concertante

Winter, P von:

Sinfonia concertante


Consortium Classicum, Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Iona Brown

Remastered from 1977 EMI LP recordings

CPO - 7770092

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Music for Lute and Viola da Gamba

Music for Lute and Viola da Gamba


Abel:

Sonata in G major for viola da gamba

Sonata in G major

Ballard:

Four Pieces for Lute

Dowland:

Resolution

Gibbons, O:

Fancy

Hervelois:

Suite in A major for viola da gamba and b.c.

Morley:

Lamento - Fancy

La Grandola - La Sampogna

Ortiz, D:

Recercada primera

Quinta Pars

Recercada segunda

Robinson, T:

The Queenes Goodnight

Passamezo Galyard

A Plaine Song - A Toy

Telemann:

Sonata in Canon No. 1 in G major


Rolf LaFleur (lute), Bengt Ericson (viola da gamba)

BIS - BISCD022

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Abel: Symphonies Op. 17 Nos. 1-6

Abel: Symphonies Op. 17 Nos. 1-6


Cantilena, Adrian Shepherd

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