Two Berlin Sonatas for viola da gamba and bass

Description

These sonatas are among the most valued works by Abel for viola da gamba. They are rather different from his other chamber works, and show that he was able to absorb and creatively reproduce some elements of the specific Berlin style (sequence of movements, slow - fast - fast, appogiaturas). Abel's bass lines are strong and purposefully melodic, and a chordal continuo instrument is not required.

• Sonata I in G-Dur, WKO 149, Erstausgabe
• Sonata II in E-Moll, WKO 150.

Diese Sonaten gehören zu den wertvollsten Werken Abels für Gambe und unterscheiden sich erheblich von seinen anderen Kammermusikwerken.