Abel - (The) Drexel Manuscript
Delightful viol music ably played by Pandolfo
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Composer or Director: Carl Friedrich Abel
Genre:
Instrumental
Label: Glossa
Magazine Review Date: 7/2009
Media Format: CD or Download
Media Runtime: 79
Mastering:
Stereo
DDD
Catalogue Number: GCD920410
Tracks:
Composition | Artist Credit |
---|---|
Suite in D |
Carl Friedrich Abel, Composer
Carl Friedrich Abel, Composer Paolo Pandolfo, Viola da gamba |
Suite in D minor |
Carl Friedrich Abel, Composer
Carl Friedrich Abel, Composer Paolo Pandolfo, Viola da gamba |
Suite No 2, in D |
Carl Friedrich Abel, Composer
Carl Friedrich Abel, Composer Paolo Pandolfo, Viola da gamba |
(27) Pieces for Viola da gamba, Movement: Allegretto (A major) |
Carl Friedrich Abel, Composer
Carl Friedrich Abel, Composer Paolo Pandolfo, Viola da gamba |
(27) Pieces for Viola da gamba, Movement: Allegro (A major) |
Carl Friedrich Abel, Composer
Carl Friedrich Abel, Composer Paolo Pandolfo, Viola da gamba |
Author: Julie Anne Sadie
We are treated on this CD to all but one – a fragment. Paolo Pandolfo has arranged them, appropriately, into two suites in D major and one in D minor, concluding with two pieces in A major. Anyone familiar with the elder Bach’s Solo Cello Suites will immediately appreciate the influences as well as the originality and relative modernity of Abel’s music. Pandolfo, considered by many to be the finest violist of our day, has already recorded several of the Cello Suites on the viol. But whereas the Suites present the modern player with awkward challenges (the Sixth in particular), Abel’s music (like that of Marais) is supremely crafted for his instrument.
In Pandolfo’s hands, Abel’s music is highly communicative – packed with ideas, oft-repeated and always varied. His strong sense of overall form, both in freely expressed (preludes and slow movements) and more structured movements (dances and rondos), allows him to indulge in dynamic moments of silence, heightening the impression of monologue, and even dialogue. Technically wondrous, few could perform these delightful pieces with the skill, eloquence and sheer panache Pandolfo brings to them.
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