J.S. BACH

Gamba Sonatas BWV1027-1029

 

C.P.E. BACH

Sonata for Viola da gamba Wq137

 

Daniel Müller-Schott (cello)

Angela Hewitt (piano)

 

It is difficult to imagine two performers better suited than Angela Hewitt and Daniel Müller-Schott to achieving a felicitous balance between the chamber-like aspects of these works and their concerto-like ambitions. The Canadian pianist is entirely familiar with all Bach's works for solo keyboard, while the German cellist is equally at home in all the great concertos

as well as the chamber repertory. Together they have recorded Bach's three gamba sonatas for ORFEO in addition to the Sonata for viola da gamba and continuo by the 'Hamburg' Bach, Carl Philipp Emanuel, a work that is set apart from his father's sonatas by dint of its simple and memorable melodic writing as well as its ornaments and virtuoso effects.

 

Orfeo C693071A