Credits:

Abel, Carl Friedrich (1723-1787)

Description:

Gamba prodigy Paolo Pandolfo! Collection of Abel’s viola da gamba sonatas! Paolo Pandolfo, the revolutionary of viola da gamba! The first new Abel recording since the famous “Drexel’s Manuscripts”, a collection of exciting and technical Gamba Sonatas by Carl Friedrich Abel, a master Gamba player of the same generation as J.C. Bach! He made a big splash with his recording of Telemann’s “Fantasia for Solo Viola da Gamba” (OGCD920417), which was rediscovered for the first time in about 280 years, and also attracted attention with his recording using a rare instrument called “viola bastarda” (PGCD922519) (both were “specially selected discs” by Record Art This is the first collection of works by Carl Friedrich Abel (1723-1787) since “Drexel’s Manuscripts” (GCD920410), a collection of works for unaccompanied viola da gamba recorded 12 years ago.Abel was renowned throughout Europe