Petr Wagner, Ensemble Tourbillon - Gottfried Finger: The Complete Music for Viola da Gamba Solo (2012)

Tracklist

01. Aria et variationes in D Major
02. Viola da gamba Sonata No. 2 in D Major
03. Viola da gamba Sonata No. 3 in A Major
04. Viola da gamba Sonata No. 4 in D Minor
05. Viola da gamba Sonatina in A Major
06. Sonata No. 5 in A Major
07. Viola da gamba Sonata No. 6 in A minor
08. Balletti scordati: I. Intrada
09. Balletti scordati: II. Allamande
10. Balletti scordati: III. Courante
11. Balletti scordati: IV. Sarabande - Double
12. Balletti scordati: V. Gavotte - Double
13. Balletti scordati: VI. Aria. Adagio - Presto
14. Balletti scordati: VII. Gigue
15. Viola da gamba Sonata No. 1 in D Major
16. Prelude in E Minor
17. Viola da gamba Sonata D Minor
18. Divisions in G Minor



Moravian composer and virtuoso Gottfried Finger was active throughout Europe. In the course of his life he worked in London, Munich, Vienna and Berlin amongst other places, finally dying in Mannheim in 1730. He was one of the greatest viola da gamba players of his time, and wrote some of the most elaborate and technically demanding pieces for that instrument.

This CD, with the Czech viola da gamba player Petr Wagner and his Ensemble Tourbillon, is the first complete recording of Finger's works for solo viola da gamba.

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