Robert Smith & Francesco Corti • Bach: Sonatas for Viola da Gamba and Harpsichord (CD) Instrument_Baroque Violin Having made five previous albums

Having made five previous albums of Telemann on Brilliant Classics

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The lessons in Volume II cover the early seventeenth-century Italian sonata

– its solo repertory

Robert Smith & Francesco Corti • Bach: Sonatas for Viola da Gamba and Harpsichord (CD) Instrument_Baroque Violin Having made five previous albumsThe cembalo obbligato sonata reached its zenith in the middle decades of the eighteenth century; thought to date from the last fifteen years of J. S. Bachs life, the composer was a pioneer of this compelling form, and for the soloistic role of the harpsichord in ensemble music. Critically acclaimed Amsterdam based viola da gamba player Robert Smith joins with the celebrated Italian harpsichordist Francesco Corti to present a new recording of four