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Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
Gamba Sonatas Wq 88, 136, 137
Editor: Wolfram Enßlin, Ernst-Günter Heinemann
Fing. va: Jürgen Weber
Fingering and bowing for Gamba: Rainer Zipperling
Figured bass realization: Wolfgang Kostujak
65.95 $
Urtext Edition, Edition for Gamba or Viola and Harpsichord, paperbound
with marked and unmarked string parts
Pages: 99 (VIII, 44, 26, 21), Size 23,5 x 31,0 cm
Order no. HN 990 · ISMN 979-0-2018-0990-8
Like his father, Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach wrote three sonatas for viola da gamba. They were written during his time at the Berlin court of Frederick the Great and gave the excellent viola da gamba player in the court orchestra an opportunity to show his virtuosic ability. While the two Sonatas Wq 136 and 137 have a basso continuo, Bach followed his father’s example as far as the Sonata in g minor Wq 88 was concerned: the right and left hands of the harpsichord compete with the solo instrument in three equal parts. The original register of the viola da gamba part also permits a version for viola, a practice that has been verified in the sources of the time. This version is available in our Urtext edition as an alternative part.
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Reviews
Die folgenden Ausführungen beziehen sich auf eine Ausführung mit Viola und Klavier. In dieser Besetzung haben die drei Sonaten auch den häuslichen Praxistest bestanden, und soviel vorweg: sie sind eine große Bereicherung der Violasonaten-Literatur, die doch gerade in der Barockzeit noch recht dürftig ist. Die eingerichtete Violastimme ist mit recht guten Fingersätzen und Strichen versehen, die Continuo-Aussetzung einfach und sehr gut, die Wendestellen sind optimal.
[Das Liebhaberorchester, 2012]
Contents
- Gamba Sonata (Viola) C major Wq 136
- Gamba Sonata (Viola) D major Wq 137
- Gamba Sonata (Viola) g minor Wq 88
- Gamba Sonata C major Wq 136
- Gamba Sonata D major Wq 137
- Gamba Sonata g minor Wq 88