New CDs with Early Music. Today we will focus on CDs ‘Monteverdi – Anima dolorosa’ by Collegium Vocale Gent conducted by Philip Herreweghe, and ‘Carl Friedrich Abel – 6 sonatas for Viola da Gamba with Bass’ by Marco Casonato, viola da gamba and Massimo Marchese, theorbo.
Claudio Monteverdi (1567-1643)
From Madrigals, Book 4:
1. Ah dolente partita, SV 75
2. Sfogava con le stelle un inferno d’amore, SV 78
3. Volgea l’anima mia soavemente, SV 79
4. Luci Serene e chiare voi mincendente, SV 81
5. Voi pur da me partite, anima dura, SV 83
6. Si, ch’io vorrei morire hora ch’io bacio amore, SV 89
7. Anima dolorosa che vivendo, SV 90
8. Piagn’e sospira e quand’i caldi raggi, SV 93
Collegium Vocale Gent conducted by Philip Herreweghe
(CD Monteverdi: Anima dolorosa. Phi Outhere Music LPH037)
Carl Friedrich Abel (1723-1787)
9. Sonata no. 1 in C WKO 141
– Vivace
– Adagio
– Minuetto
10. Vivace in D, WKO 190, for viola da gamba
11. Piece in D, WKO 193, Minuet, for viola da gamba
12. Piece in d minor, WKO 206, Minuet for viola da gamba
13. Untitled Piece (Pembroke Manuscript) (in diesen heilig’n Hallen), for viola da gamba
14. Sonata no. 6 in e minor, WKO 146
– Moderato
– Adagio
– Minuetto
Marco Casonato, viola da gamba. Massimo Marchese, theorbo
(CD Carl Friedrich Abel – 6 sonatas for Viola da Gamba with Bass. Brilliant Classic 96565)
Compiled by: Beatrijs Vissers
