Risonanze: Music for viola da gamba Ibrahim Aziz

• Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750): Cello Suite No. 2 in D Minor, BWV 1008 (Arr. I. Aziz for viola da gamba):
• 1 Cello Suite No. 2 in D Minor, BWV 1008 (Arr. I. Aziz for viola da gamba): I. Prelude 03:46
• 2 Cello Suite No. 2 in D Minor, BWV 1008 (Arr. I. Aziz for viola da gamba): II. Allemande 03:53
• 3 Cello Suite No. 2 in D Minor, BWV 1008 (Arr. I. Aziz for viola da gamba): III. Courante 02:16
• 4 Cello Suite No. 2 in D Minor, BWV 1008 (Arr. I. Aziz for viola da gamba): IV. Sarabande 04:35
• 5 Cello Suite No. 2 in D Minor, BWV 1008 (Arr. I. Aziz for viola da gamba): V. Menuets I & II 03:15
• 6 Cello Suite No. 2 in D Minor, BWV 1008 (Arr. I. Aziz for viola da gamba): VI. Gigue 02:54
• Carlos Martínez Gil (b. 1959): Suite estiu:
• 7 Suite estiu: I. Mirada. Adagio 01:54
• 8 Suite estiu: II. Resonancias. Allegro con brio 01:37
• 9 Suite estiu: III. Roces. Andante tranquilo 02:34
• 10 Suite estiu: IV. Aromas. Tempo di passacaglia 03:02
• 11 Suite estiu: V. Sazón. Presto 02:03
• Carl Friedrich Abel (1723 - 1787): 27 Pieces (Excerpts):
• 12 27 Pieces (Excerpts): No. 20 in D Minor, WK 205 01:47
• 13 27 Pieces (Excerpts): No. 23 in D Minor, WK 208 05:57
• 14 27 Pieces (Excerpts): No. 2 in D Major, WK 187 04:42
• Rebecca Rowe (b. 1970):
• 15 Journeying 02:40
• Johann Schenck (1660 - 1712): Sonata in D Minor:
• 16 Sonata in D Minor: I. Adagio - II. Allegro 03:13
• 17 Sonata in D Minor: III. Allemande 03:47
• 18 Sonata in D Minor: IV. Courante 02:07
• 19 Sonata in D Minor: V. Giga 01:59
• 20 Sonata in D Minor: VI. Aria 02:42
• 21 Sonata in D Minor: VII. Aria burlesca 02:13
• Total Runtime 01:02:56

Info for Risonanze: Music for viola da gamba

”Risonanze” is the debut solo album of London-based viola da gamba player Ibrahim Aziz. Aziz is considered to be one of the greatest performers of the instrument of his generation. This recording is a performance of immense expression, expertly delivered on a viol made by English string maker Barak Norman in 1712 and which features the premiere recordings of three works.

The album includes one of the highlights of the baroque era, the Cello Sonata No. 2 by J.S. Bach as well as other baroque works by Carl Friedrich Abel and Johan Schenck. “Risonanze” also includes contemporary works, including onespecially written for Aziz, “Journeying” by Rebecca Rowe, along with the Summer Suite by Carlos Martinez Gil.

Popular between the 15th-18th centuries, the viol has a unique quality of the sound through plangent tones of its middle voice, silvery and vibrant high notes, and the depth of its bass and human-like qualities. Its bow is played with a technique that discourages sharp attacks on the strings, but instead draws out and threads together each note. This quality of sound is not volume but resonance.

Ibrahim Aziz was born in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia and has worked and travelled around the world with his viola da gamba. An award-winning student in London (he won the Trinity College of Music’s prestigious Gold Medal in 2005, being the first to do so on a period instrument, and was a finalist in the International Bach-Abel competition in Kothen a few years later), Aziz has since collaborated and performed with many distinguished personalities such as soprano Dame Emma Kirkby, harpsichordist Mahan Esfahani and natural historian Sir David Attenborough. He has formed various period instrument groups and, as a member of the Chelys Consort of Viols, the Stanesby Players, the London Abel Quartet and the Rose Consort of Viols, has appeared on numerous highly-acclaimed broadcasts and recordings.

Ibrahim Aziz, viola da gamba

Ibrahim Aziz
was born in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, and has worked and travelled around the world with his viola da gamba and baroque cello. An award winning student in London - he won the Trinity College of Music's prestigious Gold Medal in 2005, being the first to do so on a period instrument, and a few years later was a finalist in the International Bach-Abel Competition in Koethen - Ibrahim has since collaborated and performed with many distinguished personalities such as soprano Dame Emma Kirkby, harpsichordist Mahan Esfahani and natural historian Sir David Attenborough. He is the founder of various period instrument groups, and as a member of the Chelys Consort of Viols, The Stanesby Players, The London Abel Quartet and the Rose Consort of Viols, has appeared on numerous highly acclaimed CDs, broadcasts and recordings. ​

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