C.P.E. Bach: Sonatas For Viola da Gamba & Harpsichord

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Release Date: 12th Nov 2021
Catalogue No: LDV14079
Label: Leonardo
Length: 47 minutes

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Bach, C P E: Trio Sonata in G minor for viola da gamba and keyboard, Wq.88, H.510

Work length20:43

$4.00

$5.20

Luca Lazzarini (viola da gamba), Nicola Reniero (harpsichord)

I. Allegro moderato

Track length9:58

$2.00

$2.60

II. Larghetto

Track length4:07

$1.00

$1.30

III. Allegro assai

Track length6:38

$1.00

$1.30

Bach, C P E: Viola da gamba Sonata in C major, Wq.136, H.558

Work length13:34

$3.00

$3.90

Luca Lazzarini (viola da gamba), Nicola Reniero (harpsichord)

I. Andante

Track length3:18

$1.00

$1.30

II. Allegretto

Track length6:28

$1.00

$1.30

III. Arioso

Track length3:48

$1.00

$1.30

Bach, C P E: Viola da gamba Sonata in D MAJOR Wq137 H559

Work length13:11

$3.00

$3.90

Luca Lazzarini (viola da gamba), Nicola Reniero (harpsichord)

I. Adagio ma non tanto

Track length3:39

$1.00

$1.30

II. Allegro di molto

Track length6:20

$1.00

$1.30

III. Arioso

Track length3:12

$1.00

$1.30

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The music of C.P.E. Bach showed the way to other great musicians who came after him and links baroque to classicism. He wrote the three Sonatas for viola da gamba and harpsichord during his period in Berlin, when he was working at the court of Frederick the Great. In those years the use of the viola da gamba was becoming increasingly less common in many countries, leading several contemporary sources to allow the viola da braccio in the performance of these works. These three compositions follow a pattern which lies between the baroque sonata and the classical one. The sonata form is not yet defi ned but notably the main movement (the first in Wq 88, the second in the other two) is indeed divided into two parts but the second one is longer. The choice of tempo has to be analysed separately. Also J.J. Quantz was in the service of Frederick II and it was precisely Quantz, in his momentous treatise Versuch einer Answeisung die Flte traversiere zu spielen (On Playing the Flute) who gave valuable indications on the speed of performance that we have tried to adopt and follow. These indications are extremely useful and, just because they come from a leading author and are truly inserted in the musical scene of the time, they are to be considered precious, reliable testimonies that can guide in the choice of metronomic tempos.

C.P.E. Bach: Sonatas For Viola da Gamba & Harpsichord

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