Gottfried Finger: The Complete Music for Viola Da Gamba Solo / Petr Wagner, da

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Finger, Gottfried : Aria & Variations for viola da gamba & continuo in D major

Finger, Gottfried : Sonata for viola da gamba & continuo no 2 in D major

Finger, Gottfried : Sonata for viola da gamba & continuo no 3 in A major

Finger, Gottfried : Sonata for 2 violas da gamba & continuo no 4 in D minor

Finger, Gottfried : Sonatina for 2 violas da gamba & continuo in A major

Finger, Gottfried : Sonata for viola da gamba & continuo no 5 in A major

Finger, Gottfried : Sonata for viola da gamba & continuo no 6 in A minor

Finger, Gottfried : Balletti scordati for 2 violas da gamba & continuo in A major

Finger, Gottfried : Sonata for viola da gamba & continuo no 1 in D major

Finger, Gottfried : Prelude for viola da gamba solo in E minor

Finger, Gottfried : Sonata for viola da gamba & harpsichord

Finger, Gottfried : Divisions on a ground for viola da gamba

Performers

Petr Wagner (Bass Viola da gamba)
Marcin Swiatkiewicz (Organ)
Marcin Swiatkiewicz (Harpsichord)
Jan Cizmar (Theorbo)
Hana Flekova (Cello)

Conductor

Wagner, Petr

Ensembles

Ensemble Tourbillon

Composer

Gottfried Finger (Composer) (1660 - 1730)

Notes & Reviews:

Coming from Moravia, composer and virtuoso Gottfried Finger was active throughout Europe. In the course of his life he worked in London, Munich, Vienna, Berlin among other places, and finally in Mannheim, where he was concertmaster of the upandcoming court orchestra, dying there in 1730. It is known that he had mastered several instruments. In addition to the viola da gamba, he also played trumpet, violin, lute, recorder, bassoon, baryton and eventually the cello. He was certainly one of the greatest viola da gamba players of his time, and wrote some of the most elaborate and technically demanding pieces for that instrument.

Finger's viol da gamba music reflects AustrianCzech as well as English and Italian influences. During his lifetime, only his Opus 1 appeared in print, an indication that his work is only being rediscovered gradually. The present CD, with the Czech viola da gamba player Petr Wagner and his Ensemble Tourbillon, is the first complete recording of Finger's works for solo viola da gamba. The composer demands from the soloist all the technical and musical abilities available in his day, and covers a broad range of highly virtuosic to poetically elegant works. So Petr Wagner as in his recording, highly acclaimed by the critics, of the Pièces de Viole by Roland Marais (ACC 24229) - can now prove his complete mastery with Finger's solo viola da gamba works.

American Record Guide, March / April 2013
Gottfried Finger (c. 1660-1730) was a talented musician - a virtuoso both of the viol and trumpet, and he played several other instruments besides. The program ends with Divisions in G minor. Petr Wagner's playing is entirely equal to the demands of this virtuosic repertory - an absolute delight to listen to. Notes are in English.

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Recording information: The Baroque Assembly Hall of Tyrsuv dum, Prague, Czech (01/2012).

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