Profane music from all parts of Europe. In this episode, attention is given to gambist Kaori Uemura’s CD released in 2019. Also featured are vocal music from eighteenth-century Spain and an oboe concerto by Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach, recently released by Xenia Löffler and her accompanists.
Tobias Hume (1569-1645)
1 Captain Humes pavane
Carl Friedrich Abel (1723-1787)
2 Solo for viola da gamba No. 21 WKO.205 in D minor ‘Arpeggiata’
3 Solo for viola da gamba No. 23 WKO.208 in D minor ‘Allegro’
Georg Friedrich Telemann (1681-1767)
4 Fantasia for viola da gamba No. 7 TWV40, No. 32 in G minor
– I. Andante
– II. Vivace
– III. Allegro
Kaori Uemura, viola da gamba
(CD Yuu: Gentleness and melancholy, Ramée RAM 1915, 2019)
Antonio Martín y Coll (1650-1734)
5 Spanish Suite
– I. Matachina
– II. el Villano
– III. Baile di Dama
– IV. Españoleta
– V. las Vacas
– VI. Folia
Nicola Conforto (1718-1793)
6 Cantata for soprano and basso continuo “Misera donna son”
– I (recitative)
– II (aria)
Domènec Terradellas (1713-1751)
7 Cantata “Merope, l’augelin che in lacci stretto”
– I (recitative)
– II (aria)
Ruth Rosique, soprano. Capella de Ministrers conducted by Carles Magraner
(CD Il barbaro dolore – Arias y cantatas del s.XVIII español, Licanus CDM 0306, 2004)
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach (1714-1788)
8 Sonata for oboe and basso continuo, Wq.135 or H.549 in G minor
– I. Adagio
– II. Allegro
Additional movement:
– III. Vivace
Xenia Löffler, oboe. Felix Görg, viola da gamba. Michaela Hasselt, harpsichord
(CD The Oboe in Berlin, Accent ACC 24377, 2021)
Thanks to Muziekweb.
In photo: Kaori Uemura (source: Outhere Music)
