Abel: 6 Sonatas for Viola da Gamba & Bass (CD)

Carl Friedrich Abel 1723- 1787

6 Sonatas for Viola da Gamba with Bass (c.1771)

Sonata No.1 in C WKO141

1. I. Vivace 4’13
2. II. Adagio 3’55
3. III. Minuetto 1’49

Sonata No.2 in A WKO142

4. I. Allegro 3’49
5. II. Siciliano 2’01
6. III. Minuetto 1’39

7. Vivace in D WKO190 for viola da gamba 2’33

8. Piece in D WKO193 – Minuet for viola da gamba 1’05

Sonata in No.3 D WKO143

9. I. Allegro 3’06
10. II. Adagio 3’20
11. III. Minuetto 1’53

Sonata in No.4 G WKO144

12. I. Allegro 3’25
13. II. Adagio 3’45
14. III. Minuetto 1’30

15. Piece in D minor WKO206 - [Minuet] 2’48

for viola da gamba

Sonata No.5 in A WKO145

16. I. Allegro 3’27
17. II. Andante 2’33
18. III. Minuetto 1’35

Sonata No.6 in E minor WKO146

19. Moderato 4’35
20. Adagio 2’17
21. Minuetto 2’03

22. Untitled Piece (Pembroke Manuscript)

[in diesen heilig’n Hallen] for viola da gamba                                                                                                               2’11

Marco Casonato viola da gamba

Massimo Marchese theorbo

Total time: 60’01

Recording: 17-19 August 2021, Gonzaga Room at the Palazzo Tornielli, Mombello Monferrato (AL), Italy