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Richard Bootby, Iestyn Davies, Fretwork - ...feeling, taste and science...The viola da gamba music of Carl Friedrich Abel Richard Bootby, Iestyn Davies, Fretwork

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Release date: Nov 13, 2026
Catalogue number: SIGCD1022
Barcode: 0635212102220
Format: CD

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Richard Boothby and Fretwork explore the works of German-born composer and viola da gamba player Carl Friedrich Abel, who became a central figure in London’s musical life from 1759 until his death in 1787.

The programme draws on solo works from the Drexel Manuscript, three sonatas with harpsichord, and a fugue believed to have been composed for Abel’s close friend Thomas Gainsborough. 

Countertenor Iestyn Davies joins for Abel’s only known aria.

Two of the three sonatas included are recorded here for the first time, having been discovered in a castle in Poland.

Track List:

1. [Prelude]: AbelWVA25
2. [Prelude]: AbelWVA26
3. Adagio: AbelWVA6
4. Allegro: AbelWVA18
5. Sonata in C minor: I. Moderato
6. Sonata in C minor: II. Adagio
7. Sonata in C minor: III. Vivace
8. Frena le belle lagrime: AbelWVG1
9. Fuga: AbelWVA16
10. Sonata in F major: I. Allegro moderato
11. Sonata in F major: II. Adagio
12. Sonata in F major: III. Vivace
13. [Allegro]: AbelWVA29
14. Adagio: AbelWVA30
15. Allegro: AbelWVA28
16. Sonata in G minor: I. Allegro
17. Sonata in G minor: II. Adagio
18. Sonata in G minor: III. Tempo di Minuet
19. Allegro: AbelWVA5
20. Adagio: AbelWVA8
21. Allegretto (A major): AbelWVA32
22. Allegro (A major): AbelWVA33

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