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):
• 1Cello Suite No. 2 in D Minor, BWV 1008 (Arr. I. Aziz for viola da gamba): I. Prelude03:46
• 2Cello Suite No. 2 in D Minor, BWV 1008 (Arr. I. Aziz for viola da gamba): II. Allemande03:53
• 3Cello Suite No. 2 in D Minor, BWV 1008 (Arr. I. Aziz for viola da gamba): III. Courante02:16
• 4Cello Suite No. 2 in D Minor, BWV 1008 (Arr. I. Aziz for viola da gamba): IV. Sarabande04:35
• 5Cello Suite No. 2 in D Minor, BWV 1008 (Arr. I. Aziz for viola da gamba): V. Menuets I & II03:15
• 6Cello Suite No. 2 in D Minor, BWV 1008 (Arr. I. Aziz for viola da gamba): VI. Gigue02:54
• Carlos Martínez Gil (b. 1959): Suite estiu:
• 7Suite estiu: I. Mirada. Adagio01:54
• 8Suite estiu: II. Resonancias. Allegro con brio01:37
• 9Suite estiu: III. Roces. Andante tranquilo02:34
• 10Suite estiu: IV. Aromas. Tempo di passacaglia03:02
• 11Suite estiu: V. Sazón. Presto02:03
• Carl Friedrich Abel (1723 - 1787): 27 Pieces (Excerpts):
• 1227 Pieces (Excerpts): No. 20 in D Minor, WK 20501:47
• 1327 Pieces (Excerpts): No. 23 in D Minor, WK 20805:57
• 1427 Pieces (Excerpts): No. 2 in D Major, WK 18704:42
• Rebecca Rowe (b. 1970):
• 15Journeying02:40
• Johann Schenck (1660 - 1712): Sonata in D Minor:
• 16Sonata in D Minor: I. Adagio - II. Allegro03:13
• 17Sonata in D Minor: III. Allemande03:47
• 18Sonata in D Minor: IV. Courante02:07
• 19Sonata in D Minor: V. Giga01:59
• 20Sonata in D Minor: VI. Aria02:42
• 21Sonata in D Minor: VII. Aria burlesca02:13
• Total Runtime01:02:56

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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