Handel: Works For Viola da Gamba and Harpsichord

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Release Date: 17th Apr 2020
Catalogue No: FHR91
Label: First Hand
Length: 77 minutes

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Handel: Sonata in G minor HWV364b

Work length7:00

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Ibrahim Aziz (viola da gamba), Masumi Yamamoto (harpsichord)

I. Andante larghetto

Track length1:58

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II. Allegro

Track length1:47

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III. Adagio

Track length0:51

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IV. Allegro

Track length2:24

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Handel: Sonata in A major for violin and continuo, HWV372, Op. 1 No. 14

Work length9:02

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arr. for viola da gamba & harpsichord
Ibrahim Aziz (viola da gamba), Masumi Yamamoto (harpsichord)

I. Adagio

Track length1:27

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II. Allegro

Track length3:16

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III. Largo

Track length1:10

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IV. Allegro

Track length3:09

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Handel: Viola da gamba Sonata in D Major (Attrib. G.F. Handel)

Work length8:07

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Ibrahim Aziz (viola da gamba), Masumi Yamamoto (harpsichord)

I. Adagio

Track length1:39

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II. Allegro

Track length2:15

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III. Sarabande

Track length2:51

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IV. Gigue

Track length1:22

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Sainte Colombe the elder: Suite in E minor

Work length5:27

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Ibrahim Aziz (viola da gamba)

I. Prélude

Track length5:27

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Handel: Keyboard Suite, HWV 429 in E minor

Work length15:26

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arr. for viola da gamba & harpsichord
Masumi Yamamoto (harpsichord)

I. Allegro

Track length4:21

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II. Allemande

Track length3:17

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III. Courante

Track length2:12

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IV. Sarabande

Track length3:53

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V. Gigue

Track length1:43

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Handel: Keyboard Suite, HWV 437 in D minor

Work length1:46

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arr. for viola da gamba & harpsichord
Ibrahim Aziz (viola da gamba)

I. Prelude (Transcr. I. Aziz for Viola da gamba)

Track length1:46

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Handel: Suite in D minor, HWV448

Work length18:17

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Ibrahim Aziz (viola da gamba), Masumi Yamamoto (harpsichord)

I. Overture

Track length2:55

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II. Allemande

Track length3:51

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III. Courante

Track length2:23

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IV. Sarabandes I & II

Track length4:43

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V. Chaconne

Track length4:25

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Handel: Sonata in C major for viola da gamba and obbligato harpsichord

Work length12:06

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Ibrahim Aziz (viola da gamba), Masumi Yamamoto (harpsichord)

I. Larghetto

Track length3:02

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II. Allegro

Track length2:57

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III. Adagio

Track length2:31

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IV. Allegro

Track length3:36

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The new album by Ibrahim Aziz (viola da gamba) and Masumi Yamamoto (harpsichord) features works by Handel including the premire recording of the Kassel Sonata No. 5. This is the first time a whole album of Handel featuring viola da gamba has been published.

George Frideric Handel is regarded as one of the greatest composers of the baroque era, known especially for his operas, oratorios, concertos and keyboard works. His chamber works include a fine selection of solo and trio sonatas with basso continuo, written for a variety of instruments such as the violin, recorder and transverse flute. In Handel's lifetime, the viola da gamba (or viol, as it is also known), was highly regarded in some parts of Europe and Handel featured the instrument in numerous works.

In the eighteenth century, the practice of transcribing music originally written for a different instrument was common. Included in this album are several transcriptions of works of Handel's, as well as pieces which are attributed to him such as the Sonata in C major with Obbligato Harpsichord and a sonata from a recently unearthed collection called the Kassel Sonatas, which here is a premire recording.

Aziz's previous FHR album 'Risonanze' (FHR83) has received much critical acclaim.

'This is a recording to be reckoned with' (American Record Guide)"

Described by the American Record Guide as a musician whose fine tone and technique are coupled with feeling and power, Ibrahim Aziz specialises in the performance of baroque, renaissance and contemporary music for the viola da gamba. His dbut solo album, Risonanze (FHR83), featuring old and new music for the instrument, has received favourable reviews from around the world from both specialist and mainstream critics. Born in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Aziz studied the viol in London at Trinity Laban (formerly Trinity College of Music) under Alison Crum. A multi award-winning student, he has since travelled the world working and collaborating with various musicians and artists including soprano Dame Emma Kirkby, harpsichordist Mahan Esfahani, and Sir David Attenborough. He has performed in prestigious venues and festivals including the BBC Proms, Wigmore Hall, the Dewan Filharmonik Pxetronas, the York and Brighton Early Music festivals, and George Town Festival in Malaysia. Ibrahim Aziz has recorded with Chelys Consort of Viols, Charivari Agrable and the Rose Consort of Viols in over a dozen albums for the BIS, Delphian, Signum, Deux-Elles and Resonus Classics labels.

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