CRC 3892 The recent recovery of the previously lost Telemann Fantasias for a solo viola da gamba fills a significant gap in Telemann’s extant works and provides an exciting bounty of “new music” for the Baroque music audience. The variety of forms and keys is impressive, and the Fantasias are not only tuneful but also [...]
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John Dornenburg, viola da gamba Malcolm Proud, harpsichord. The music on this disc provides a tour de force of Marais’ creative genius, ranging from the deceptive simplicity of the Chaconne en Rondeau in G Major to the overt virtuosity of the Caprice and Boutade in D minor, the Boutade and Fantaisie in A Major, and the Fantaisie, Gigue, and Fugue gaie in [...]
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Johann Schenck, Georg Philipp Telemann, August Kühnel, Carolus Hacquart: John Dornenburg, Viola da Gamba (Centaur CRC 3313). The music for unaccompanied viola da gamba has a richness of sonority that is unlike any other. The program on this recording is book-ended by two sonatas of Johannes Schenck, whose published music for viola da gamba represents [...]
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Centaur CRC 2713 Tobias Hume: Captaine Humes Pavan and The Spirit of Gambo Le Sieur de Sainte-Colombe: Pièces de viole seule Christopher Simpson: Prelude and Division in D Major August Kühnel: Partita XIII in A Minor Carl Friedrich Abel: Pieces for Solo Viol Marin Marais: Chaconne “All of these are played with a natural flair [...]
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John Dornenburg with Malcolm Proud, harpsichord, and Lynn Tetenbaum, continuo viola da gamba Centaur CRC 2429 Features four different suites from Marin Marais’ Third Book of pieces for viola da gamba and basso continuo, including Charivari, Le Moulinet, Gigue la Chicane, Plainte, Fugue gaye, the Grand Ballet, and Chaconne in D Major. Also includes Jean-Henri [...]
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