Carl Friedrich Abel (1723-1787)
Two
Berlin Sonatas for viola da gamba and bass
Preface
Reviews [in German version]
Sample page
CDs [in German version]
2nd sample page
Errata / Addenda
Sound samples 
Deutsche Version
Deutsche Version
Editor: Günter and Leonore von Zadow, publication date: 2006-05, introduction: Michael O’Loghlin, source: RISM: D-B KHM 25a and 25b
Order information
| G090 | C.F. Abel, Two Berlin Sonatas for viola da gamba and bass, AbelWV B38–39 (A2:7–8), partly First Edition, VdG+Bc, 2 scores, 28 p., ISMN 979-0-50174-090-1 | 15.50 € |
Description
These sonatas are among the most valued works by Abel for viola da gamba. They are rather different from his other chamber works, and show that he was able to absorb and creatively reproduce some elements of the specific Berlin style (sequence of movements, slow - fast - fast, appogiaturas). Abel’s bass lines are strong and purposefully melodic, and a chordal continuo instrument is not required.
