Abel and Gainsborough
Thomas Gainsborough was a keen viol player and friend of virtuoso Carl Abel. Lucie Skeaping chats to Richard Boothby about their relationship and the music that stemmed from it.
The painter Thomas Gainsborough was a keen viol player, whose teacher was the German-born, London-based Carl Friedrich Abel. They struck up a firm friendship, and Abel is thought to have written a number of pieces for his enthusiastic pupil. Lucie Skeaping chats to viol-player Richard Boothby about Abel and Gainsborough’s relationship and the music that stemmed from it.
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Carl Friedrich Abel
Prelude in D minor
Performer: Jordi Savall.- ALIA VOX.
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Carl Friedrich Abel
Prelude in D minor
Performer: Jordi Savall.- Alia Vox.
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Carl Friedrich Abel
Suite for Viola da Gamba in D Minor: Adagio
Performer: Paolo Pandolfo.- GLOSSA.
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Carl Friedrich Abel
Allegro WK.186
Performer: Petr Wagner.- ACCENT.
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Carl Friedrich Abel
Allegro WK.198
Performer: Susanne Heinrich.- Hyperion.
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Carl Friedrich Abel
Allegro in D minor, K.207
Performer: Vittorio Ghielmi.- ACCENT.
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Carl Friedrich Abel
Duetto in G major K.228
Performer: Thomas Fritzsch. Performer: Werner Matzke.- Coviello.
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Carl Friedrich Abel
Minuet in D major, K.188
Performer: Maddalena Del Gobbo.- ARCHIV.
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Carl Friedrich Abel
Viola da Gamba Suite in D: Fuga
Performer: Paolo Pandolfo.- GLOSSA.
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Carl Friedrich Abel
Tempo minuetto in D major K.154; Tempo minuetto, WK.202
Performer: Susanne Heinrich.- Hyperion.
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Carl Friedrich Abel
5 Pieces in D minor for Unaccompanied Bass Viol WKO. 208: No. 5
Performer: Wieland Kuijken.- DENON.
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Carl Friedrich Abel
Viola da Gamba Suite in D: Allegro
Performer: Paolo Pandolfo.- GLOSSA.
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