Gamba Sonatas

Album by Johann Sebastian Bach & Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach & Daniel Müller‐Schott & Angela Hewitt

Gamba Sonatas is a set of three sonatas for viola da gamba and harpsichord by Johann Sebastian Bach, composed around 1740–1741. Written in the late Baroque idiom, the works feature contrapuntal interplay between the gamba and continuo alongside expressive slow movements and lively fugal writing, and they occupy a notable place in Bach's chamber output for bowed string and keyboard instruments.
First released: 9th July 2007

Tracklist

  1. 1.
    Sonate No. 1 G-Dur, BWV 1027: I. Adagio
    3:55
  2. 2.
    Sonate No. 1 G-Dur, BWV 1027: II. Allegro ma non tanto
    3:33
  3. 3.
    Sonate No. 1 G-Dur, BWV 1027: III. Andante
    2:57
  4. 4.
    Sonate No. 1 G-Dur, BWV 1027: IV. Allegro moderato
    3:11
  5. 5.
    Sonate No. 2 D-Dur, BWV 1028: I. Adagio
    2:04
  6. 6.
    Sonate No. 2 D-Dur, BWV 1028: II. Allegro
    3:34
  7. 7.
    Sonate No. 2 D-Dur, BWV 1028: III. Andante
    4:14
  8. 8.
    Sonate No. 2 D-Dur, BWV 1028: IV. Allegro
    4:02
  9. 9.
    Sonate No. 3 g-Moll, BWV 1029: I. Vivace
    5:07
  10. 10.
    Sonate No. 3 g-Moll, BWV 1029: II. Adagio
    5:43
  11. 11.
    Sonate No. 3 g-Moll, BWV 1029: III. Allegro
    3:56
  12. 12.
    Sonate für Viola da gamba und Basso continuo D-Dur, H 559: I. Adagio ma non tanto
    3:13
  13. 13.
    Sonate für Viola da gamba und Basso continuo D-Dur, H 559: II. Allegro con brio
    4:20
  14. 14.
    Sonate für Viola da gamba und Basso continuo D-Dur, H 559: III. Arioso
    4:53

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