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ANTHOLOGY "London, 1760" : J.C. Bach, C.F. Abel & friends La Rêveuse, Florence Bolton, Benjamin Perrot

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London, 1760. Handel had just died and George III acceded to the throne. During the reign of this monarch and his queen Charlotte, both discerning musicians, musical life in the British capital was to enjoy an exceptional revival. Virtuosos and composers from all over Europe flocked there, vying with each other in originality and modernity. Now La Rêveuse invites us to sample the creative whirlwind of the age, spinning from viol concertos to airs for musical glasses . . .

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Artists

  • Florence Bolton
    Viola da gamba
  • Benjamin Perrot
    Theorbo

Composers

  • Carl Friedrich Abel
  • Johann Christian Bach
  • Thomas Alexander Erskine
  • Rudolf Straube
  • Ann Ford

Contents

London circa 1760Carl Friedrich Abel (1723-1787) · Concerto a Viola da Gamba Concertata G major / Sol majeur Reconstructed version by Thomas Fritzsch et Günter von Zadow (Güntersberg publishing, 2020), after the Violoncello Concerto in B flat major WKO 52 and the Flute Concerto in C major WKO 51 · Moderato (5'19) · Adagio ma non troppo (4'21) · Allegro (5'08) Johann Christian Bach (1735-1782) · Quartet op. 8 No. 2 D major / Ré majeur Edition by Thomas Fritzsch and Günter von Zadow (Güntersberg publishing, 2017), based on the manuscript in the Kulukundis Collection (on deposit at the Bach-Archiv Leipzig) [Quartetto a Oboè Violino Viola da Gamba Basso. Del Sigr: G. C. Bach] (viol part missing), and the period editions of London, Paris, The Hague, Manheim (with flute instead of oboe and viola instead of viol) · Andantino (5'11) · Rondeaux (allegro assai) (3'19) Francesco Geminiani (1687-1762) · Pieces for English guitar D minor / Ré mineur The Art of Playing the Guitar or Cittra, Edinburgh, 1760 · Andante - Allegro moderato (1'33) · Affettuoso (1'24) Carl Friedrich Abel · Quartet WKO 227 G major / Sol majeur Edition by Günter von Zadow (Güntersberg publishing, 2011) based on manuscripts in the Berlin State Library, D-B Mus. Ms. Klingenberg Nr. 2 / D-B Mus. Ms 253/10 · Allegro moderato (6'18) · Allegretto (2'40) Thomas Alexander Erskine (also known as '6th Earl of Kelly') (1732-1781) · Trio Sonata No. 6 CM 5 G major / Sol majeur 6 Sonatas for Two Violins & a Bass, London, 1769, Welcker · Andantino (3'58) · Tempo di minuetto (3'38) Carl Friedrich Abel · Viol pieces from the Drexel manuscript D minor / Ré mineur New York Public Library, US-NYp Drexel 5871 / Reconstruction of the basso continuo by Benjamin Perrot · Adagio A1: 30 (3'22) · Allegro A1 : 28 (3'59) Rudolf Straube (1717-1785) (2'48) · Largo C major / Do majeur Three sonatas for the Guittar, London, 1768 Ann Ford (1737-1824) · Instructions for Playing on the Musical Glasses C major / Do majeur By Miss Ford, Instructions for Playing on the Musical Glasses, London, 1761 · An Italian Air (Care luci che regnate) (3'20) · Duetto (Siciliana) (1'41)

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