Various Composers - From Silence (Miguel Bonal)

Information

• Tobias Hume - The First Part of Ayres: No. 1, Captain Humes Pavin
• Georg Philipp Telemann - Sonata in D Major, TWV 40:1
• Marin Marais - Pièces de viole, Livre II, Suite No. 3 in D Major: Les Voix humaines
• Johannes Schenck - Scherzi musicali, Op. 6: Sonata in D Minor
• Carl Friedrich Abel - The Drexel Manuscript: Arpeggiata
• Johann Sebastian Bach - Cello Suite No. 2 in D Minor, BWV 1008 (transcr. Miguel Bonal)
• Francisco Tárrega - Recuerdos de la Alhambra (arr. Miguel Bonal)
• Carl Friedrich Abel - The Drexel Manuscript: Adagio in D Major
• Tobias Hume - The First Part of Ayres: No. 48, Loves Farewell
• Gabriel Fauré - 3 Songs, Op. 7: No. 1, Après un rêve (arr. Miguel Bonal & Jeremy Nastasi)

Miguel Bonal, viola da gamba

Date: 2026

Label: Alpha Classics

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Miguel Bonal, born in Zaragoza in 1999, is a Spanish viola da gamba player who began studying the instrument at the age of seven. He pursued his higher education at the Escola Superior de Música de Catalunya, graduating with the highest distinctions. For his first solo recital, released in Alpha Classics’ Baroque Stories series dedicated to emerging artists, he presents a programme combining key works for viola da gamba with innovative transcriptions. The repertoire spans composers such as Tobias Hume, Marin Marais, Abel, Schenck, and Telemann, highlighting the instrument’s rich Baroque tradition. The programme also includes Bach’s Cello Suite No. 2 performed on viola da gamba, alongside later works by Gabriel Fauré and Francisco Tárrega, illustrating the instrument’s expressive versatility across centuries.

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