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The Manchester Gamba Book (c.1660)

Dietmar Berger (viola da Gamba)

The Manchester Gamba Book (c.1660)
This recording is a considerable achievement by any standard. Berger plays cleanly, his warm tone resonantly captured here. His command of diversions and the ornamentation is impressive even...

Gramophone Magazine, October 2012

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The Manchester Gamba Book (c.1660)

Dietmar Berger (viola da Gamba)

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This recording is a considerable achievement by any standard. Berger plays cleanly, his warm tone resonantly captured here. His command of diversions and the ornamentation is impressive even...

Gramophone Magazine, October 2012

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The Manchester Gamba Book is the largest extant manuscript of 17th century viol music, now kept in the Watson music collection in Manchester. Different in many regards from the later cello, the secrets of viola da gamba performance style are revealed in this priceless volume, including Gervise Gerrarde’s Paven, the most richly ornamented piece in the instrument’s literature. Other contributions include settings of popular English songs of the period, and from otherwise unknown musicians such as Stephen Goodall and Richard Sumarte.

  • Release date: 2nd Jul 2012
  • Label: Naxos
  • Catalogue number: 8572863-64
  • Length: 2 hours 38 minutes

Contents and tracklist

The Manchester Lyra-Viol Manuscript, "The Manchester Gamba Book": The First Tuning
Work length6:27
  • Dietmar Berger (viola da gamba)
  • Recorded: 2-5 January 2011
  • Recording Venue: St Andreas Church, Cologne, Germany
No. 1. Queen Marie's Dumpe (R.S.)
Track length6:27
The Manchester Lyra-Viol Manuscript, "The Manchester Gamba Book": The Third Tuning
Work length3:54
  • Dietmar Berger (viola da gamba)
  • Recorded: 2-5 January 2011
  • Recording Venue: St Andreas Church, Cologne, Germany
No. 11. A Paven (Mr. Joseph Sherlie)
Track length3:54
The Manchester Lyra-Viol Manuscript, "The Manchester Gamba Book": The First Tuning
Work length32:51
  • Recorded: 2-5 January 2011
  • Recording Venue: St Andreas Church, Cologne, Germany
No. 22. — (Stephen Goodall)
Track length3:17
No. 3. Fortune (R.S.)
Track length5:42
No. 4. Roben is to the greens-woode gon (R.S.)
Track length3:53
No. 13. Preludiu (R.S.)
Track length1:53
No. 5. Whoope doe me no harme (R.S.)
Track length3:30
No. 6. Daphne (R.S.)
Track length3:40
No. 7. Monusier's Allman (Mr. R. Sumarte)
Track length3:30
No. 9. Lachryme (R.S.)
Track length3:55
No. 11. Solus cum sola (R.S.)
Track length3:31
The Manchester Lyra-Viol Manuscript, "The Manchester Gamba Book": The Third Tuning
Work length3:58
  • Recorded: 2-5 January 2011
  • Recording Venue: St Andreas Church, Cologne, Germany
No. 10. Coranto (Alphonso Ferrabosco)
Track length2:10
No. 8. Coranto (Alphonso Ferrabosco)
Track length1:48
The Manchester Lyra-Viol Manuscript, "The Manchester Gamba Book": The First Tuning
Work length5:03
  • Recorded: 2-5 January 2011
  • Recording Venue: St Andreas Church, Cologne, Germany
No. 8. Salte pitts (R.S.)
Track length1:58
No. 21. — (Mr. Elliot, Oxon.)
Track length3:05
The Manchester Lyra-Viol Manuscript, "The Manchester Gamba Book": The Third Tuning
Work length2:50
  • Recorded: 2-5 January 2011
  • Recording Venue: St Andreas Church, Cologne, Germany
No. 12. A Thumpe (Mr. Tho Martine)
Track length2:50
The Manchester Lyra-Viol Manuscript, "The Manchester Gamba Book": The First Tuning
Work length5:15
  • Recorded: 2-5 January 2011
  • Recording Venue: St Andreas Church, Cologne, Germany
No. 19. — (Stephen Goodall)
Track length5:15
The Manchester Lyra-Viol Manuscript, "The Manchester Gamba Book": The Second Tuning
Work length3:28
  • Dietmar Berger (viola da gamba)
  • Recorded: 2-5 January 2011
  • Recording Venue: St Andreas Church, Cologne, Germany
No. 2. A Coranto (G. Gerrarde)
Track length1:07
No. 3. Coranto (R. Sumarte)
Track length2:21
The Manchester Lyra-Viol Manuscript, "The Manchester Gamba Book": The First Tuning
Work length19:31
  • Recorded: 2-5 January 2011
  • Recording Venue: St Andreas Church, Cologne, Germany
No. 27. Saraband (Mr. Thomas Woodson)
Track length2:41
No. 26. — (Mr. Willm Younge)
Track length3:41
No. 17. — (Mr. Elliot, Oxon.)
Track length3:40
No. 16. — (Stephen Goodall)
Track length5:10
No. 2. What if a Daye
Track length4:19
The Manchester Lyra-Viol Manuscript, "The Manchester Gamba Book": The Second Tuning
Work length2:42
  • Recorded: 2-5 January 2011
  • Recording Venue: St Andreas Church, Cologne, Germany
No. 1. Malte Man (Mr. R. Sumarte)
Track length2:42
The Manchester Lyra-Viol Manuscript, "The Manchester Gamba Book": The Third Tuning
Work length2:16
  • Recorded: 2-5 January 2011
  • Recording Venue: St Andreas Church, Cologne, Germany
No. 6. — (Gervise Gerrarde)
Track length2:16
The Manchester Lyra-Viol Manuscript, "The Manchester Gamba Book": The First Tuning
Work length16:41
  • Recorded: 2-5 January 2011
  • Recording Venue: St Andreas Church, Cologne, Germany
No. 10. The Buildings (R.S.)
Track length5:38
No. 15. Preludiu (R.S.)
Track length2:15
No. 12. The Nightingale (R.S.)
Track length4:34
No. 18. — (Mr. Younge)
Track length4:14
The Manchester Lyra-Viol Manuscript, "The Manchester Gamba Book": The Second Tuning
Work length3:21
  • Recorded: 2-5 January 2011
  • Recording Venue: St Andreas Church, Cologne, Germany
No. 4. The King's Maske (R. Sumarte)
Track length3:21
The Manchester Lyra-Viol Manuscript, "The Manchester Gamba Book": The First Tuning
Work length1:12
  • Recorded: 2-5 January 2011
  • Recording Venue: St Andreas Church, Cologne, Germany
No. 25. Preludiu (Mr. Rich. Sumarte)
Track length1:12
The Manchester Lyra-Viol Manuscript, "The Manchester Gamba Book": The Third Tuning
Work length8:02
  • Recorded: 2-5 January 2011
  • Recording Venue: St Andreas Church, Cologne, Germany
No. 7. An Almaine (Mr. Joseph Sherlie)
Track length2:39
No. 14. Coranto (G. Willis)
Track length1:57
No. 13. A Saraband (Willm. Kinglake)
Track length3:26
The Manchester Lyra-Viol Manuscript, "The Manchester Gamba Book": The Thirteenth Tuning
Work length2:53
  • Dietmar Berger (viola da gamba)
  • Recorded: 2-5 January 2011
  • Recording Venue: St Andreas Church, Cologne, Germany
No. 4. — (John Jenkins)
Track length2:53
The Manchester Lyra-Viol Manuscript, "The Manchester Gamba Book": The Eleventh Tuning
Work length3:03
  • Dietmar Berger (viola da gamba)
  • Recorded: 2-5 January 2011
  • Recording Venue: St Andreas Church, Cologne, Germany
No. 1. Almaine (John Jenkins)
Track length3:03
The Manchester Lyra-Viol Manuscript, "The Manchester Gamba Book": The Third Tuning
Work length4:43
  • Recorded: 2-5 January 2011
  • Recording Venue: St Andreas Church, Cologne, Germany
No. 15. Paven (Mr. Gervise Gerrarde)
Track length4:43
The Manchester Lyra-Viol Manuscript, "The Manchester Gamba Book": The First Tuning
Work length1:01
  • Recorded: 2-5 January 2011
  • Recording Venue: St Andreas Church, Cologne, Germany
No. 14. Preludium (R.S.)
Track length1:01
The Manchester Lyra-Viol Manuscript, "The Manchester Gamba Book": The Third Tuning
Work length2:55
  • Recorded: 2-5 January 2011
  • Recording Venue: St Andreas Church, Cologne, Germany
No. 5. Coranto (Alphonso Ferrabosco)
Track length1:24
No. 3. Coranto (Alphonso Ferrabosco)
Track length1:31
The Manchester Lyra-Viol Manuscript, "The Manchester Gamba Book": The Tenth Tuning
Work length6:50
  • Dietmar Berger (viola da gamba)
  • Recorded: 2-5 January 2011
  • Recording Venue: St Andreas Church, Cologne, Germany
No. 9. Saraband (John Jenkins)
Track length6:50
The Manchester Lyra-Viol Manuscript, "The Manchester Gamba Book": The First Tuning
Work length10:49
  • Recorded: 2-5 January 2011
  • Recording Venue: St Andreas Church, Cologne, Germany
No. 23. — (Stephen Goodall)
Track length4:12
No. 20. — (Stephen Goodall)
Track length6:37
The Manchester Lyra-Viol Manuscript, "The Manchester Gamba Book": The Sixteenth Tuning
Work length3:08
  • Dietmar Berger (viola da gamba)
  • Recorded: 2-5 January 2011
  • Recording Venue: St Andreas Church, Cologne, Germany
No. 1.
Track length3:08
The Manchester Lyra-Viol Manuscript, "The Manchester Gamba Book": The First Tuning
Work length5:52
  • Recorded: 2-5 January 2011
  • Recording Venue: St Andreas Church, Cologne, Germany
No. 24. A Sarabande (Mr. Willm Younge)
Track length5:52

Awards and reviews

October 2012

This recording is a considerable achievement by any standard. Berger plays cleanly, his warm tone resonantly captured here. His command of diversions and the ornamentation is impressive even if his intonation occasionally falters.

9th July 2012

Here's one for the specialist...Dietmar Berger plays with admirable commitment but it's heavy going for all but the most avid devotee.
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