Carl Friedrich Abel - Orchestral, Concertante & Chamber Works (Various Artists)

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Composer: Carl Friedrich Abel

CD1: Music for flute and strings

• Concerto for Flute and Strings No. 5 in G Major
• Sonata No. 1 in C Major, Op. 6
• Trio Sonata No. 1 in G Major, Op. 3
• Sonata No. 3 in E Minor, Op. 6
• Concerto for Flute and Strings No. 2 in E Minor
• Symphony No. 1 in C Major, Op. 7

CD2: 6 Sonatas for Viola da Gamba & Bass

• Sonata No. 1 in C Major, WKO 141
• Sonata No. 2 in A Major, WKO 142
• Vivace in D Major, WKO 190
• Piece in D Major, WKO 193 - Minuet for Viola da Gamba
• Sonata No. 3 in D Major, WKO 143
• Sonata No. 4 in G Major, WKO 144
• Piece in D Minor, WKO 206 - (Minuet) for Viola da Gamba
• Sonata No. 5 in A Major, WKO 145
• Sonata No. 6 in E Minor, WKO 146
• Untitled Piece (Pembroke Manuscript) [in diesen heilig'n Hallen] for Viola da Gamba

CD3: Between two Worlds

• Symphony in C Major, Op. 10 No. 4, Abelwv E22
• Aria "Frena le belle lagrime" from Sifari, AbelWV A8
• Concerto Flauto Traverso Concertato in E Minor, Abelwv F14
• Concerto Viola De Gamba in A Major, Abelwv A9:1A
• Concerto a Cembalo Obligato in D Major, Abelwv F7
• Concerto a Viola da Gamba Concertata in G Major, Abelwv A9:2

Georgia Browne, flute / Nordic Affect

Marco Casonato, viola da gamba / Massimo Marchese, theorbo

La Spagna / Alejandro Marías, viola da gamba, cello & director

Compilation: 2026

Label: Brilliant Classics

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Carl Friedrich Abel (1723–1787) was a prominent pre-Classical symphonist and one of the final master virtuosos of the viola da gamba. Following a fifteen-year tenure with the Dresden court orchestra, he relocated to London in 1759, ultimately earning an appointment as chamber musician to Queen Charlotte. In collaboration with Johann Christian Bach, Abel co-founded the influential "Bach and Abel" concert series in 1765, which introduced Joseph Haydn’s symphonies to English public audiences. A close associate of young Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Abel primarily composed instrumental works, including roughly 45 symphonies and overtures—one of which was historically misattributed to Mozart himself.