Robert Smith & Paolo Pandolfo - The Excellency of Hand (English Viola da Gamba Duos) (2017) [Hi-Res]

Tracklist
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01. Divisions for Two Viols in G Major, VdGS 28
02. Prelude No. 2 in D Minor
03. Divisions on a Ground in D Major, VdGS 21
04. Prelude No. 5 in A Minor
05. Divisions on a Ground in A Minor, VdGS 19
06. Divisions on a Ground in C Major, VdGS 13
07. Ayre for Two Bass Viols No. 1
08. Prelude No. 4 in F Major
09. Division for Two Viols in F Major, VdGS 26
10. Air with Divisions in C Major, VdGS 11
11. Divisions on a Ground in A Minor, VdGS 20
12. Prelude No. 11 in B-flat Major
13. Divisions on a Ground in A Major, VdGS 18
14. Prelude No. 7 in G Minor
15. Divisions on a Ground in G Minor, VdGS 23
16. Ayre for Two Bass Viols No. 2
17. Prelude in A Minor
18. Division for Two Viols in A Minor, VdGS 25
19. Air with Divisions in C Major, VdGS 12
20. Ayre for Bass Viols and Basso Continuo in D Minor, VdGS 32
21. Prelude No. 3 in F Major
22. Division for Two Viols in F Major, VdGS 27

Following on from his critically acclaimed recording of solo English viola da gamba works (Tickle the Minikin), founder member of Fantasticus, Robert Smith, returns with this album of English works for viola da gamba duo.

Smith is joined in this collaboration by the prolific and celebrated gambist Paolo Pandolfo.

Featuring a selection of seventeenth-century repertoire from Christopher Simpson, John Jenkins & Simon Ives, this album is packed with divisions for duo, which are often intensely virtuosic. Also featured are a selection of preludes from Christopher Simpson’s The Division Viol and an additional Prelude in A minor by gambist Robert Smith.

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